1993-04-21 Dana City Ordinance 43
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Title
1993-04-21 Dana City Ordinance 43
Subject
Ordinance 43; junk; junk ordinance; junked automobiles; nuisance; nuisance abatement; vermin; Title 3 Chapter 11; Code of Iowa 657.1; Code of Iowa 364.12; Jack Pedersen; George Brabbs
Description
Ordinance defining junk and prohibiting its storage on property in a person's control, except within a structure, garage or other enclosed structure. Stored junk is declared a nuisance, and the city is to start abatement within five days of discovery. Passed and effective April 21, 1993. Signed by Jack Pedersen, Mayor, and George Brabbs, City Clerk, with the city seal embossed.
Creator
City of Dana, Iowa
Source
City of Dana, Iowa
Publisher
City of Dana, Iowa
Date
1993-04-21
Contributor
City of Dana, Iowa
Format
Printed pages on white paper
Language
American English
Type
Public government records
Coverage
Dana, Greene County, Iowa
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Text
ORDINANCE NO. 43 [number handwritten]
AN ORDINANCE ON JUNK IN THE CITY OF DANA, IOWA, GREENE COUNTY.
TITLE 3 CHAPTER 11
DEFINITION: For use in this Ordinance the following terms are defined.
1. "Junk" means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts of automobiles, or iron, steel, or other old or scap ferrous or nonferrous material.
2. Habitat for Nuisance Animals or Insects. Any junk which has become the habitat for rats, mice, or snakes, or any other vermin or insects.
3. Junk prohibited, It shall be unlawful for any person to store, accumlate, or allow to remain on any property in the person's control, any junk.
4. It is hereby declared that storage within the corporate limits of any junkupon City or private property owned or controlled by the the owner of the junk, unless excepted, constitutes a threat to the health and safety of the citizens and a nuisance within the meaning of Secton 657.1 of the Code of Iowa. If any junk is storedupon private property in violation hereof, the owner or person in control of the property upon which it is stored shall be prima facie liable said violation.
5. Exceptions: The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to any junk stored within a structure, or a garage or other enclosed structure.
6. Notice to abate: Upon discovery of any junk stored upon private property in violation of the Ordinance the City City authority shall within five (5) days initate abatement procedures as outlined in the Code of Iowa.
(Code of Iowa Section 364.12 (3a)
7. Effective date. This Ordinance shall be in effect on or after April 21, 1993 and after passage and posted as provided by law.
PASSED AN ADOPTED THIS 21st OF April 1993.
CITY OF DANA, IOWA
[signature: Jack Pedersen, Mayor]
ATTEST:
[signature: George Brabbs, City Clerk]
(Seal) [embossed seal, City of Dana, Iowa]
AN ORDINANCE ON JUNK IN THE CITY OF DANA, IOWA, GREENE COUNTY.
TITLE 3 CHAPTER 11
DEFINITION: For use in this Ordinance the following terms are defined.
1. "Junk" means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts of automobiles, or iron, steel, or other old or scap ferrous or nonferrous material.
2. Habitat for Nuisance Animals or Insects. Any junk which has become the habitat for rats, mice, or snakes, or any other vermin or insects.
3. Junk prohibited, It shall be unlawful for any person to store, accumlate, or allow to remain on any property in the person's control, any junk.
4. It is hereby declared that storage within the corporate limits of any junkupon City or private property owned or controlled by the the owner of the junk, unless excepted, constitutes a threat to the health and safety of the citizens and a nuisance within the meaning of Secton 657.1 of the Code of Iowa. If any junk is storedupon private property in violation hereof, the owner or person in control of the property upon which it is stored shall be prima facie liable said violation.
5. Exceptions: The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to any junk stored within a structure, or a garage or other enclosed structure.
6. Notice to abate: Upon discovery of any junk stored upon private property in violation of the Ordinance the City City authority shall within five (5) days initate abatement procedures as outlined in the Code of Iowa.
(Code of Iowa Section 364.12 (3a)
7. Effective date. This Ordinance shall be in effect on or after April 21, 1993 and after passage and posted as provided by law.
PASSED AN ADOPTED THIS 21st OF April 1993.
CITY OF DANA, IOWA
[signature: Jack Pedersen, Mayor]
ATTEST:
[signature: George Brabbs, City Clerk]
(Seal) [embossed seal, City of Dana, Iowa]
Collection
Citation
City of Dana, Iowa, “1993-04-21 Dana City Ordinance 43,” Dana, Iowa - Historical Records, accessed November 8, 2026, https://records.danaia.gov/items/show/403.