HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Exempting fraternities and sororities from Rental Housing Code ORDINANCE NO.4171
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY
OF AMES, IOWA, BY ENACTING A NEW SUBSECTION 13.100 (5)(f)
AND REPEALING SECTION 13.301(3)(a)(i), SECTION 13.601(2) AND
SECTION 13.602(1) AND ENACTING NEW SECTIONS 13.601(2) AND
13.602(1) THEREOF, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXEMPTING
FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES FROM THE RENTAL HOUSING
CODE; REPEALING ANY AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH
CONFLICT; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED,by the City Council for the City of Ames,Iowa,that:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa shall be and the same is hereby amended by
enacting a new Subsection 13.100 (5)(f) and repealing Section 13.301(3)(a)(i), Section 13.601(2) and 13.602(1)and
enacting new Sections 13.601(2)and 13.602(1)as follows:
DIVISION 1
ADMINISTRATION
See. 13.100 GENERAL
"(5) Exceptions.
The following residential structures are exempt from these rules:
(f) fraternity and sorority houses;
Sec. 13.601. REQUIRED PLUMBING FACILITIES.
(2) Rooming units.
In lodging or boarding houses, the maximum number of persons sharing the same bathroom facilities shall be eight
(8). Such facilities shall be located to afford privacy and to be accessible from a common hall or passage way to all
persons sharing the facilities.
Sec. 13.602. TOILET ROOMS.
(1) Privacy.
Toilet rooms and bathrooms shall provide privacy and shall not constitute the only passageway to a hall or other
space, or to the exterior. A door and interior locking device shall be provided for all common or shared bathrooms
and toilet rooms.Exception: dormitories."
Section Two. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent
of such conflict,if any.
Section Three. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as
required by law.
ADOPTED this 251h day of February,2014.
Diane R.Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell,Mayor