2009-10-09 Xenia Rural Water File (Sample Mandatory Connection Ordinance)
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Title
2009-10-09 Xenia Rural Water File (Sample Mandatory Connection Ordinance)
Subject
Xenia Rural Water District; Xenia Rural Water; Xenia; Rural Water; Dana, Iowa; Greene County, Iowa; mandatory connection; Ordinance Requiring Mandatory Connection to City Water System; sample ordinance; habitable dwelling; simple misdemeanor; city water main
Description
Blank, unnumbered sample ordinance requiring owners to connect to a city water main within 6 months of its construction, with non-compliance a simple misdemeanor. It appears to be the enclosure with Xenia's October 9, 2009 letter, from another franchise community. It is not a Dana ordinance. Two pages; the second is at an angle on the scan.
Creator
City of Dana, Iowa
Source
Xenia folder, City Hall
Publisher
City of Dana, Iowa
Date
2009-10-09
Contributor
City of Dana, Iowa
Format
Printed pages on white paper
Language
American English
Type
Government records
Coverage
Dana, Greene County, Iowa
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Text
ORDINANCE NO. ____ [blank sample form]
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING MANDATORY CONNECTION TO CITY WATER SYSTEM
Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of ________,
Iowa:
SECTION 1. Definitions:
a. The words, “habitable dwelling", shall mean any
building, trailer house, or other structure in which a person or
persons have lived or reside with the past three years.
b. The word, "business", shall mean any activity for
profit which is or was conducted with a building, trailer house
or other structure within the past three years.
c. The words, “other public or private buildings",
shall include, but is not limited to, churches, schools, and
other buildings owned or operated by any governmental
subdivision.
SECTION 2. Mandatory Connection Required:
From the effective date of this Ordinance, the owner of
every real property lot, or subdivision thereof, upon which is
located a habitable dwelling, business building, or other public
or private building, shall, within 6 months of the time a city
water main is constructed adjacent to said property, connect said
dwelling, business or other building to said city water main.
SECTION 3. Violation:
Failure to comply with this Ordinance shall constitute
a simple misdemeanor. Each day of non-compliance with this
Ordinance shall constitute a separate offence.
SECTION 4. Repealer Clause:
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with
the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. Severability Clause:
If any section, provision or part of this Ordinance
shall be judged invalid and unconstitutional, such adjudication
shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any
section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional.
[page 2, turned at an angle on the scan]
SECTION 6. When Effective:
This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED and APPROVED this ____ day of ________,
________ Mayor
of the City of ________, Iowa
Attest:
________, City Clerk
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING MANDATORY CONNECTION TO CITY WATER SYSTEM
Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of ________,
Iowa:
SECTION 1. Definitions:
a. The words, “habitable dwelling", shall mean any
building, trailer house, or other structure in which a person or
persons have lived or reside with the past three years.
b. The word, "business", shall mean any activity for
profit which is or was conducted with a building, trailer house
or other structure within the past three years.
c. The words, “other public or private buildings",
shall include, but is not limited to, churches, schools, and
other buildings owned or operated by any governmental
subdivision.
SECTION 2. Mandatory Connection Required:
From the effective date of this Ordinance, the owner of
every real property lot, or subdivision thereof, upon which is
located a habitable dwelling, business building, or other public
or private building, shall, within 6 months of the time a city
water main is constructed adjacent to said property, connect said
dwelling, business or other building to said city water main.
SECTION 3. Violation:
Failure to comply with this Ordinance shall constitute
a simple misdemeanor. Each day of non-compliance with this
Ordinance shall constitute a separate offence.
SECTION 4. Repealer Clause:
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with
the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. Severability Clause:
If any section, provision or part of this Ordinance
shall be judged invalid and unconstitutional, such adjudication
shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any
section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional.
[page 2, turned at an angle on the scan]
SECTION 6. When Effective:
This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED and APPROVED this ____ day of ________,
________ Mayor
of the City of ________, Iowa
Attest:
________, City Clerk
Files
Collection
Citation
City of Dana, Iowa, “2009-10-09 Xenia Rural Water File (Sample Mandatory Connection Ordinance),” Dana, Iowa - Historical Records, accessed November 8, 2026, https://records.danaia.gov/items/show/481.