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IA Code § 360.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS|Section 360.6 - Custodian.

360.6 Custodian.   The township clerk, under the direction of the trustees, shall be the custodian of the building, and the use thereof may be permitted by the township trustees to citizens of the township for any lawful purpose; and, for the purposes of this chapter, the township clerk is hereby clothed with all the powers and duties of a constable of the township, to maintain order within and about the premises, protect the property, and enforce orders of the township trustees with respect thereto. In case of joint ownership by the township and city, the duties herein enumerated shall devolve jointly upon the township trustees and the city authorities or they may purchase a building already built with the same limitations as in said section 360.4. A copy of this section shall be at all times kept posted in a conspicuous place in said hall.  [C97, §571; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5579; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.6]
IA Code § 360.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS|Section 360.7 - Bond.

360.7 Bond.   When a tax is voted as provided in this chapter, the township clerk shall, before drawing any of said tax from the treasury of the county, execute a bond, with penalty double the amount of said tax, which bond shall be approved by the board of supervisors.  [C97, §572; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5580; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.7]
IA Code § 360.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 360 - TOWNSHIP HALLS|Section 360.8 - Tax for repairs.

360.8 Tax for repairs.   The trustees of any township where such building has been erected or acquired by purchase, lease with purchase option, or by gift are hereby authorized to certify to the board of supervisors that a tax of not exceeding in any one year, thirteen and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value, on the taxable property of the township, should be levied, to be used in keeping such building in repair, to furnish same with necessary furniture, and provide for the care thereof. Provided, that in counties with a population of seventeen thousand to seventeen thousand two hundred fifty, census 1960, where such buildings are of brick construction with at least one hundred thousand cubic feet of space, such tax may be twenty-seven cents per thousand dollars of assessed value on the taxable property. When such certificate is filed in the auditor’s office, the board of supervisors shall levy such tax.  [C97, §573; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5581; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §360.8]
IA Code § 362.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|Section 362.1 - Citation.

362.1 Citation.   This chapter and chapters 364, 368, 372, 376, 380, 384, 388 and 392 may be cited as the “City Code of Iowa”.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.1]
IA Code § 362.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|Section 362.3 - Publication of notices.

362.3 Publication of notices.   1. Unless otherwise provided by state law:   a. If notice of an election, hearing, or other official action is required by the city code, the notice must be published at least once, not less than four nor more than twenty days before the date of the election, hearing, or other action.   b. A publication required by the city code must be in a newspaper published at least once weekly and having general circulation in the city. However, if the city has a population of two hundred or less, or in the case of ordinances and amendments to be published in a city in which no newspaper is published, a publication may be made by posting in three public places in the city which have been permanently designated by ordinance.   2. In the case of notices of elections, a city with a population of two hundred or less meets the publication requirement of this section by posting notices of elections in three public places which have been designated by ordinance.  [R60, §1133; C73, §492; C97, §686, 687; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5720, 5721, 5721-a1; C39, §5720, 5721, 5721.1; C46, 50, §366.7 – 366.9; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §366.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.3]  93 Acts, ch 143, §48; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §50; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180  Referred to in §26.12, 26.15, 37.4, 330.18, 336.13, 336.16, 364.2, 364.7, 364.12, 368.2, 368.3, 368.15, 368.20, 372.4, 372.9, 372.13, 376.5, 380.7, 380.8, 380.10, 384.12, 384.22, 384.25, 384.37, 384.38, 384.40, 384.50, 384.60, 384.83, 386.3, 392.7, 403.9, 404.2, 404B.2, 404B.3, 414.3, 414.4, 427B.1, 427B.20, 427B.26
IA Code § 362.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|Section 362.4 - Petition of eligible electors.

362.4 Petition of eligible electors.   1. If a petition of the voters is authorized by the city code, the petition is valid if signed by eligible electors of the city equal in number to ten percent of the persons who voted at the last preceding regular city election, but not less than ten persons, unless otherwise provided by state law. The petition shall include the signatures of the petitioners, a statement of their place of residence, and the date on which they signed the petition.   2. The petition shall be examined before it is accepted for filing. If the petition appears valid on its face it shall be accepted for filing. If it lacks the required number of signatures it shall be returned to the petitioner.   3. Petitions which have been accepted for filing are valid unless written objections are filed with the city clerk within five working days after the petition is received. The objection process in section 44.8 shall be followed.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.4]  89 Acts, ch 136, §70; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §51; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76  Referred to in §28E.17, 37.2, 43.112, 44.8, 330.17, 364.2, 364.4, 368.3, 372.4, 372.6, 372.11, 372.13, 376.2, 384.7, 384.12, 384.24A, 384.26, 388.2, 389.2, 392.5
IA Code § 362.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|Section 362.6 - Conflict of interest.

362.6 Conflict of interest.   A measure voted upon is not invalid by reason of conflict of interest in an officer of a city, unless the vote of the officer was decisive to passage of the measure. If a specific majority or unanimous vote of a municipal body is required by statute, the majority or vote must be computed on the basis of the number of officers not disqualified by reason of conflict of interest. However, a majority of all members is required for a quorum. For the purposes of this section, the statement of an officer that the officer declines to vote by reason of conflict of interest is conclusive and must be entered of record.  [C71, 73, §368A.25; C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.6]
IA Code § 362.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|Section 362.7 - Prior measures valid.

362.7 Prior measures valid.   A valid measure adopted by a city prior to July 1, 1975, remains valid unless the measure is irreconcilable with the city code.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.7]
IA Code § 362.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|Section 362.8 - Construction.

362.8 Construction.   The city code, being necessary for the public safety and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.8]
IA Code § 362.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|Section 362.9 - Application of city code.

362.9 Application of city code.   The provisions of this chapter and chapters 364, 368, 372, 376, 380, 384, 388 and 392 are applicable to all cities.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §362.9]
IA Code § 362.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|Section 362.10 - Police officers and fire fighters.

362.10 Police officers and fire fighters.   The maximum age for a police officer, marshal, or fire fighter employed for police duty or the duty of fighting fires is sixty-five years of age. This section shall not apply to volunteer fire fighters.  [C35, §6326-f6; C39, §6326.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §411.6; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §410.6, 411.6; C81, §362.10]  98 Acts, ch 1183, §113
IA Code § 362.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 362 - DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS|Section 362.11 - Elections on public measures.

362.11 Elections on public measures.   Unless otherwise stated, the dates of elections on public measures authorized in the city code are limited to those specified for cities in section 39.2.  2008 Acts, ch 1115, §61, 71
IA Code § 364.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.1 - Scope.

364.1 Scope.   A city may, except as expressly limited by the Constitution of the State of Iowa, and if not inconsistent with the laws of the general assembly, exercise any power and perform any function it deems appropriate to protect and preserve the rights, privileges, and property of the city or of its residents, and to preserve and improve the peace, safety, health, welfare, comfort, and convenience of its residents. This grant of home rule powers does not include the power to enact private or civil law governing civil relationships, except as incident to an exercise of an independent city power.  [C51, §664; R60, §1047, 1056, 1057, 1071 – 1073, 1095; C73, §454 – 456, 482, 524; C97, §680, 695, 947; C13, §695; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5714, 5738, 6720; C46, 50, §366.1, 368.2, 420.31; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §366.1, 368.2, 420.31; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.1]  2006 Acts, ch 1010, §95  Municipal home rule, Iowa Constitution, Art. III, §38A
IA Code § 364.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.5 - Joint action — Iowa league of cities — penalty.

364.5 Joint action — Iowa league of cities — penalty.   1. A city or a board established to administer a city utility, in the exercise of any of its powers, may act jointly with any public or private agency as provided in chapter 28E.   2. The financial condition and the transactions of the Iowa league of cities shall be audited as provided in section 11.6.   3. It is unlawful for the Iowa league of cities to provide any form of aid to a political party or to the campaign of a candidate for political or public office. Any person violating or being an accessory to a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.   4. A city may enter into an agreement with the federal government acting through any of its authorized agencies, and may carry out provisions of the agreement as necessary to meet federal requirements to obtain the funds or cooperation of the federal government or its agencies for the planning, construction, rehabilitation, or extension of a public improvement.  [S13, §694-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5684; C46, 50, §363.62; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.43; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.5]  89 Acts, ch 264, §8; 95 Acts, ch 3, §4; 2011 Acts, ch 75, §40; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
IA Code § 364.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.6 - Procedure.

364.6 Procedure.   A city shall substantially comply with a procedure established by a state law for exercising a city power. If a procedure is not established by state law, a city may determine its own procedure for exercising the power.  [C66, 71, 73, §368.2; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.6]
IA Code § 364.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.7 - Disposal of property.

364.7 Disposal of property.   A city may not dispose of an interest in real property by sale, lease for a term of more than three years, or gift, except in accordance with the following procedure:   1. The council shall set forth its proposal in a resolution and shall publish notice as provided in section 362.3, of the resolution and of a date, time and place of a public hearing on the proposal.   2. After the public hearing, the council may make a final determination on the proposal by resolution.   3. A city may not dispose of real property by gift except to a governmental body for a public purpose.  [C73, §470; C97, §883, 1001; S13, §1056-a47; C24, 27, §6205, 6206, 6580, 6602, 6738, 6739; C31, 35, §6205, 6206, 6580, 6602, 6679-c1, 6738, 6739; C39, §6205, 6206, 6580, 6602, 6679.1, 6738, 6739; C46, 50, §390.6, 403.11, 403.12, 416.108, 416.131, 419.66, 420.49, 420.50; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §368.35, 368.39, 390.6; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.7]  2007 Acts, ch 54, §33  Referred to in §174.15, 306.42, 364.12A, 446.19A
IA Code § 364.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.8 - Overpasses or underpasses.

364.8 Overpasses or underpasses.   A city may by ordinance require a railway company operating railway tracks on or across a city street to construct or reconstruct, and maintain, an overpass or underpass to permit the street to pass over or under the tracks, and may establish specifications for the construction or reconstruction of such an overpass or underpass, subject to the following:   1. The requirement may not be enforced until the Iowa state department of transportation approves the specifications for a construction or reconstruction, after examination and a determination that the overpass or underpass is necessary for public safety and convenience.   2. The council shall hold a hearing on the matter and shall give not less than twenty days’ notice of the hearing to the railway companies involved, served in the same manner as an original notice.   3. A city may not require overpasses or underpasses of the same railway company to be constructed closer than on every fourth parallel street, nor require a company to construct or contribute to the construction of more than one overpass or underpass each year, nor require the construction of approaches longer than a total of eight hundred feet for a single overpass or underpass.   4. A city which requires construction or reconstruction of an overpass or underpass shall provide for appraisal and assessment of resulting damage to private property, and shall pay the damages assessed, all as provided in chapter 6B.   5. A city shall pay one half of all required maintenance costs, and may allocate costs between railway companies whose tracks are to be crossed by an overpass or underpass.   6. A city may enforce a requirement made as provided in this section by an action in mandamus, to be conducted and enforced as provided in section 327C.16 for actions brought by the state department of transportation. If the city prevails in the mandamus action, in addition to other remedies it may cause the required construction, reconstruction, or maintenance work to be done, and have judgment for the cost of the work against the companies.  [C97, §770 – 774; S13, §771, 773, 774; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5910 – 5913, 5916 – 5920, 5923 – 5925; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §387.1 – 387.4, 387.7 – 387.11, 387.14 – 387.16; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.8]
IA Code § 364.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.9 - Flood control — railway tracks.

364.9 Flood control — railway tracks.   A city may require a railway company to provide necessary structures, temporary and permanent, to carry its tracks during and after construction of a diverted channel for flood control purposes, subject to the following:   1. The city shall give notice to the railway company, served in the same manner as an original notice, stating:   a. The nature of the flood control project.   b. The place where the diverted channel will cross the company’s right-of-way.   c. The specifications for construction of the diverted channel across the company’s right-of-way.   d. Details of the city’s requirement for the company to provide the necessary structures where the diverted channel crosses the right-of-way, including a designated period of time for construction, and a requirement that the construction be in a manner which does not interfere with the construction of the diverted channel or the free flow of water.   2. If the company does not comply with the requirement, the city may provide the necessary structures, and the railway is liable for the cost of the construction, in addition to its liability for assessment for special benefits as other property is assessed. The cost of the construction may be collected by the city from the company by court action.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6093 – 6095; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §395.15 – 395.17; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.9]
IA Code § 364.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.11 - Street construction by railways.

364.11 Street construction by railways.   1. All railway companies shall construct and repair all street improvements between the rails of their tracks, and one foot outside, at their own expense, unless by ordinance the railway is required to improve other portions of the street, and in that case the railway shall construct and repair the improvement of that part of the street specified by the ordinance, and the improvement or repair must be of the material and character ordered by the city, and must be done at the time the remainder of the improvement is constructed or repaired.   2. When an improvement is made, the company shall lay rail as required by the council, and shall then keep up to grade that part of the improvement they are required to construct or maintain.   3. If a railway fails or refuses to comply with the order of the council to construct or repair an improvement, the work may be done by the city and the expense shall then be assessed upon the property of the railway company, for collection in the same manner as a property tax. A tax assessed under this section shall also be a debt due from the railway, and may be collected in an action at law in the same manner as other debts.  [R60, §1068; C73, §478; C97, §834, 840; C13, §791-i; SS15, §840-r; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6052 – 6055; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §391.79 – 391.82; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.11]  2017 Acts, ch 54, §76  Referred to in §364.13A, 445.1
IA Code § 364.12A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.12A - Condemnation of residential buildings — public purpose.

364.12A Condemnation of residential buildings — public purpose.   For the purposes of section 6A.4, subsection 6, a city may condemn a residential building found to be a public nuisance and take title to the property for the public purpose of disposing of the property under section 364.7 by conveying the property to a private individual for rehabilitation or for demolition and construction of housing.  96 Acts, ch 1204, §26
IA Code § 364.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.13 - Installments.

364.13 Installments.   If any amount assessed against property under section 364.12 will exceed five hundred dollars, a city may permit the assessment to be paid in up to ten annual installments, in the same manner and with the same interest rates provided for assessments against benefited property under chapter 384, subchapter IV.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5784 – 5786; C46, 50, §368.53 – 368.55; C54, 58, §368.26; C62, 66, §368.26, 389.38; C71, 73, §368.3, 368.26, 389.38; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.13]  2012 Acts, ch 1138, §100; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127
IA Code § 364.13A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.13A - Special assessments — lien and precedence.

364.13A Special assessments — lien and precedence.   A special assessment levied pursuant to section 364.11 or 364.12, including all interest, is a lien against the benefited property from the date of filing the schedule of assessments until the assessment is paid. Special assessments have equal precedence with ordinary taxes and are not divested by judicial sale.  83 Acts, ch 90, §20; 92 Acts, ch 1016, §6
IA Code § 364.13B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.13B - Special assessments — procedures for levy.

364.13B Special assessments — procedures for levy.   The procedures for making and levying a special assessment pursuant to this chapter and for an appeal of the assessment are the same procedures as provided in sections 384.59 through 384.67 and sections 384.72 through 384.75.  83 Acts, ch 90, §20
IA Code § 364.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.14 - Personal injuries.

364.14 Personal injuries.   When action is brought against a city for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by its negligence, the city may notify in writing any person by whose negligence it claims the injury was caused. The notice shall state the pendency of the action, the name of the plaintiff, the name and location of the court where the action is pending, a brief statement of the alleged facts from which the cause arose, that the city believes that the person notified is liable to it for any judgment rendered against the city, and asking the person to appear and defend. A judgment obtained in the suit is conclusive in any action by the city against any person so notified, as to the existence of the defect or other cause of the injury or damage, as to the liability of the city to the plaintiff in the first named action, and as to the amount of the damage or injury. A city may maintain an action against the person notified to recover the amount of the judgment together with all the expenses incurred by the city in the suit.  [C97, §1053; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6735; C46, 50, §420.46; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §368.34, 420.46; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.14]
IA Code § 364.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 364 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF CITIES|Section 364.15 - Changing grade of streets.

364.15 Changing grade of streets.   1. If a city has established the grade of a street or alley, and any person has made improvements on lots abutting the street or alley according to the established grade, and afterward the grade is altered in a manner to damage, injure, or diminish the value of the improved property, the city shall pay to the owner of the property the amount of such damage or injury.   2. If a city has opened a street or alley, and any person has made improvements on lots abutting the street or alley or uses such street or alley for ingress or egress, and afterward the street or alley is vacated causing damage or injury or loss of access, or diminishing the value of the improved property, the city shall pay to the owner of the property the amount of such damage or injury.  [C73, §469; C97, §785, 786; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5953, 5954; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §389.22, 389.23; C75, 77, 79, 81, §364.15]