Chapter 110: Natural Gas Franchise
In the August 2026 draft recodification (Franchises and Other Services), from page 227. Current 110 Natural Gas Franchise.
Comparison with a draft: not adopted. The archive holds no public hearing, ordinance or vote adopting the recodified Code through the October 20, 2026 meeting packet. Until one is adopted, every page here compares the consolidated code with a draft that can still change: the revised draft with the October 6 changes is not in the archive.
A comparison with the August 2026 draft recodification prepared by Iowa Codification for the City. The draft has not been adopted and can still change; the current code (unofficial compilation) governs until a recodified Code is adopted. Matches between sections are made by machine from the texts and are reviewed where uncertain.
3 wording changed, 1 renumbered or moved, 13 new, 2 removed · 5 notable changes.
Section by section
§ 110.01 Franchise Granted→ § 110.01 Franchise Granted · Wording changed largely rewritten (22% same words) · compare the texts match not yet reviewed: matched by catchline only; 22% of the words agree
- Amount or number: …“Company,” and to its successors and assigns for
thea 25 year period of 25 years from and after the… - Amount or number: …to its successors and assigns for the period
of 25 yearsfrom and after the effective date of the… - New requirement: …the “Company,” and to its successors and assigns the right and non-exclusive franchise to acquire, construct, erect, maintain and operate in the City of Tiffin, Iowa, (hereinafter called the “City”), a gas distribution system, to furnish natural gas along, under, and upon the right-of-way, streets, avenues, alleys, and public places to serve customers within and without the City and to furnish and sell natural gas to the City and its inhabitants… for the period of 25 years from and…
- Text removed: …effective date of the ordinance codified in this
chapter,† the right and franchise to acquire, erect, maintain, and operate in the City a gas plant or plants for the storage, transmission, distribution, sale, delivery or furnishing of natural gas for public and private use in the City and elsewhere, and to use the streets, avenues, alleys and public grounds and bridges in the City for the purpose of laying, constructing, maintaining, replacing a…chapter.† …
§ 110.02 State Code Restrictions→ § 110.02 Rights And Privileges · Wording changed wording changed (75% same words) · compare the texts
§ 110.03 Excavations→ § 110.03 Pipes And Mains · Wording changed largely rewritten (61% same words) · compare the texts
- Text removed: …hereafter be located by authority of the City.
Said gas pipes, mains, conduits and other facilities shall be so located and maintained in the streets, avenues, alleys, and public places of the City as to make no unnecessary obstruction therein to the use thereof by the public.…
§ 110.06 Police Regulations→ § 110.11 Applicable Regulations · Renumbered or moved largely rewritten (22% same words) · compare the texts match not yet reviewed: matched by catchline only; 22% of the words agree
—→ § 110.16 Validity · New · read match not yet reviewed: 43% of its words appear in § 1.11 of the current code
§ 110.04 Restoration Of Property→ not in the draft · Removed match not yet reviewed: 25% of its words appear in § 110.05 of the draft
§ 110.05 Indemnity→ not in the draft · Removed match not yet reviewed: the draft's § 110.05 (Excavation) has its number and is new
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