HomeMy WebLinkAbout4272-12/15/1997 ORDINANCE NO. 4272
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SUBSECTION 7-57a,
CONFINED ANIMAL WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS--
EXTERIOR RESIDENTIAL USE ONLY, TO CHAPTER 7,
ANIMALS AND FOWL, OF THE 1993 CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO,
IOWA:
That Subsection 7-57a, Confined Animal Waste Disposal Systems--
Exterior Residential Use Only, is hereby added to Chapter 7,
Animals and Fowl, of the 1993 Code of Ordinances of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, as follows :
Sec. 7-57a. Confined Animal Waste Disposal Systems--
Exterior Residential Use Only
Anyone who owns or otherwise cares for any animal in a
residential zone as defined in the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
Waterloo and who intends to install a confined waste system shall
conform to all of the following requirements:
(a) The confined waste system container (hereinafter
"container" ) shall have a maximum volume of two and thirty-six
hundredths (2 .36) cubic feet or seventeen and seventy-two
hundredths (17 . 72) gallons .
(b) The container shall be placed in an area of the
property not normally occupied or used for play or recreation, and
the container shall be buried so that the lid remains exposed.
(c) The container shall have a water-proof lid that shall
remain closed at all times . The lid may be removed only when
animal excrement or droppings are deposited or added. The lid
shall, thereafter, be immediately replaced.
(d) Lime or activated enzymes shall be added periodically
to promote the continued decomposition of waste.
(e) Enforcement of this ordinance shall be by the Black
Hawk County Health Department and/or the animal control officer as
designated by the City Council .
INTRODUCED: December 1, 1997
PASSED 1ST CONSIDERATION: December 1, 1997
PASSED 2ND CONSIDERATION: December 8, 1997
PASSED 3RD CONSIDERATION: December 15, 1997
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa on the 15th day of December 1997, and approved by
the Mayor on the 17th day of December 1997 .
Jo n R Roof f, May,
ATTEST:
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Nancy Eck;/t, City Clerk
CERTIFICATE
I, Nancy Eckert, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do
hereby certify that the preceding is a true and complete copy of
Ordinance No. 4272, as passed and adopted by the Council of the
City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 15th day of December 1997 .
Witness my hand and seal of office this 17th day of December
1997 .
Nancy E ert, City Clerk
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FORM 1 1 T.
STATE OF IOWA, SS I do solemnly swear that the annexed copy of legal Waterloo, City of
Black Hawk County, Ordinance 4272
notice was published in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, a daily newspaper printed in
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, once commencing on the 15th
ORDINANCE NO.4272
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SUB-
SECTION 7-57a,CONFINED ANI- da Of July 98
MAL WASTE DISPOSAL SYS-
TEMS--EXTERIOR
y 19 in the name of
RESIDEN-
TIAL USE ONLY,TO CHAPTER 7,
ANIMALS CODE AND
OFOWL,
ORDIOF THE NTHE said newspaper, and that the annexed rate of advertised is the regular legal rate of said
199OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO,
IOWA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY newspaper,and that the following is a correct bill for publishing said notice.
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WA-
TERLOO,IOWA:
That Subsection 7-57a,Confined
Printer's Bill $ 18.50
Animal Waste Disposal Systems--
Exterior Residential Use Only,is
hereby added to Chapter 7,Ani-
mals and Fowl,of the 1993 Code of
Ordinances of the City of Waterloo,
Iowa,as follows:
Sec.7-57a.Confined Animal
Waste Disposal Systems--
Exterior Residential Use Only c� r
Anyone who owns or otherwise
cares for any animal in a residential Signed
zone as defined in the Zoning Or-
dinance of the City of Waterloo and
who intends to install a confined
waste system shall conform to all of
the following requirements: Subscribed and sworn to before me this //
(a)The confined waste system /�J day of
container(hereinafter"container")
shall have a maximum volume of
two and feet
xhuventee(2.36) G
cubic feet or seventeen and A.D., 19 /1
seventy-two hundredths(17.72)
gallons.
(b)The container shall be placed
in an area of the property not nor-
mallyrrti occupied or used for play a or
recreation,and the container shall
be buried so that the lid remains
exposed.
(c)The container shall have a Notary Public
water-proof lid that shall remain
``closed at all times.The lid may be
' removed only when animal excre-
ment or droppings are deposited or
added.The lid shall,thereafter,be Received of
immediately replaced.
(d)Lime or activated enzymes
shall be added periodically to pro-
mote the continued decomposition
of waste.
(e)Enforcement of this ordinance
shall be by the Black Hawk County the sum of
Health Department and/or the ani-
mal control officer as designated
by the City Council.
INTRODUCED:December 1,1997
PASSED 1ST CONSIDERATION: Dollars
December 1,1997
PASSED 2ND CONSIDERATION:
December 8,1997 in full forp ublication of the above notice.
PASSED 3RD CONSIDERATION:
December 15,1997
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the
City Council of the City of Waterloo,
Iowa on the 15th day of December
1997,and approved by the Mayor
on the 17th day of December 1997.
John R.Rooff,Mayor
ATTEST
Nancy Eckert,City Clerk