HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Addition of Effective Date to Recent Chapter 28 Updates ORDINANCE NO. 4344
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
AMES,IOWA,BY REPEALING SEC.28.214(1)AND ENACTING A NEW
SECTION 28.218(1)THEREOF,FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSERTION OF
AN EFFECTIVE DATE. REPEALING ANY AND ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH
CONFLICT; PROVIDING A PENALTY; 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 Section 28.214(1)as follows:
"Sec.28.214. OWNERSHIP AND REPAIR,WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS
(1) For the purpose of accountability, Apartment Dwellings, Condominiums, Commercial Buildings,
Dwelling House, Family Home, Single-Family, Single Family Attached, Two-Family Attached, Efficiency Unit
Dwellings,Manufactured Homes,and Mobile Homes(by means of individual meter pits),shall be individually metered.
Assisted Living Facilities, Congregate Housing, Hospice Facilities, Hospitals, Hotels, Independent Senior Living
Facilities,Nursing Homes,Residential Corrections Facilities,and Sorority or Fraternity Facilities would not be required
to meter individual dwelling units.Requirements and exceptions are based on definitions stated in Section 29.201 of the
Ames Municipal Code.The requirement for individual water meter installations in Section 28.214(1)shall not apply to
any project for which a site development plan was submitted to the Planning and Housing Department for review prior
to January 1,2019."
Section Two. Violation ofthe provisions ofthis ordinance shall constitute a municipal infraction punishable
as set out by law.
Section Three. All ordinances,or parts of ordinances,in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent
of such conflict, if any.
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as
required by law.
Passed this 241h day of April,2018.
Diane R.Voss,City Clerk John :Haila,Mayor