Draft chapter 1: Code of Ordinances
§ 1.02 Definitions
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Wording changed minor wording (96% same words)
What changed
1. “Alley” means a public right-of-way, other than a street, affording secondary means of access to abutting property.
2. “City” means the
3. “Clerk” means the city clerk of Tiffin, Iowa.
4. “Code” means the specific chapter of this Code of Ordinances in which a specific subject is covered and bears a descriptive title word (such as the Building Code
5. “Code of Ordinances” means the Code of Ordinances of the City of Tiffin, Iowa.
6. “Council” means the city council of Tiffin, Iowa.
7. “County” means Johnson County, Iowa.
8. “IAC” means the Iowa Administrative Code.
9. “May” confers a power.
Word-level comparison of the current text with the draft's; spacing and paragraph breaks come from the documents' text. Footnotes are left out.
Current code
§ 1.02 Definitions
Where words and phrases used in this Code of Ordinances are defined in the Code of Iowa, such definitions apply to their use in this Code of Ordinances unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council or repugnant to the context of the provision. Other words and phrases used herein have the following meanings, unless specifically defined otherwise in another portion of this Code of Ordinances or unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council or repugnant to the context of the provision:
1. “Alley” means a public right-of-way, other than a street, affording secondary means of access to abutting property.
2. “City” means the City of Tiffin, Iowa.
3. “Clerk” means the city clerk of Tiffin, Iowa.
4. “Code” means the specific chapter of this Code of Ordinances in which a specific subject is covered and bears a descriptive title word (such as the Building Code and/or a standard code adopted by reference).
5. “Code of Ordinances” means the Code of Ordinances of the City of Tiffin, Iowa.
6. “Council” means the city council of Tiffin, Iowa.
7. “County” means Johnson County, Iowa.
8. “May” confers a power.
9. “Measure” means an ordinance, amendment, resolution or motion.
10. “Must” states a requirement.
11. “Occupant” or “tenant,” applied to a building or land, includes any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
12. “Ordinances” means the ordinances of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, as embodied in this Code of Ordinances, ordinances not repealed by the ordinance adopting this Code of Ordinances, and those enacted hereafter.
13. “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, domestic or foreign corporation, company, association or joint stock association, trust or other legal entity, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative thereof, but does not include a governmental body.
14. “Public way” includes any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk, or other public thoroughfare.
15. “Shall” imposes a duty.
16. “Sidewalk” means that surfaced portion of the street between the edge of the traveled way, surfacing, or curb line and the adjacent property line, intended for the use of pedestrians.
17. “State” means the State of Iowa.
18. “Statutes” or “laws” means the latest edition of the Code of Iowa, as amended.
19. “Street” or “highway” means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic. Words that are not defined in this Code of Ordinances or by the Code of Iowa have their ordinary meaning unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council, or repugnant to the context of the provision.
2026 draft
§ 1.02 Definitions
Where words and phrases used in this Code are defined in the Code of Iowa, such definitions apply to their use in this Code unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council or repugnant to the context of the provision. Other words and phrases used herein have the following meanings, unless specifically defined otherwise in another portion of this Code or unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council or repugnant to the context of the provision:
1. “Alley” means a public right-of-way, other than a street, affording secondary means of access to abutting property.
2. “City” means the city of Tiffin, Iowa.
3. “Clerk” means the city clerk of Tiffin, Iowa.
4. “Code” means the specific chapter of this Code of Ordinances in which a specific subject is covered and bears a descriptive title word (such as the Building Code or a standard code adopted by reference).
5. “Code of Ordinances” means the Code of Ordinances of the City of Tiffin, Iowa.
6. “Council” means the city council of Tiffin, Iowa.
7. “County” means Johnson County, Iowa.
8. “IAC” means the Iowa Administrative Code.
9. “May” confers a power.
10. “Measure” means an ordinance, amendment, resolution, or motion.
11. “Must” states a requirement.
12. “Occupant” or “tenant,” applied to a building or land, includes any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
13. “Ordinances” means the ordinances of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, as embodied in this Code, ordinances not repealed by the ordinance adopting this Code, and those enacted hereafter.
14. “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, domestic or foreign corporation, company, association or joint stock association, trust, or other legal entity, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative thereof, but does not include a governmental body.
15. “Public way” includes any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk, or other public thoroughfare.
16. “Shall” imposes a duty.
17. “Sidewalk” means that surfaced portion of the street between the edge of the traveled way, surfacing, or curb line and the adjacent property line, intended for the use of pedestrians.
18. “State” means the State of Iowa.
19. “Statutes” or “laws” means the latest edition of the Code of Iowa, as amended.
20. “Street” or “highway” means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic. Words that are not defined in this Code or by the Code of Iowa have their ordinary meaning unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council, or repugnant to the context of the provision.
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