Draft chapter 156: Housing Code
§ 156.05 Compliance With State Law
The 2026 draft's § 156.05 beside the current code's § 156.05: removed words are struck through, added words underlined.
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.
Wording changed largely rewritten (17% same words) match not yet reviewed: matched by catchline only; 17% of the words agree
Notable changes
- Text removed: …The City, in compliance with the requirements of
the Code of Iowa, as amended, hereby adopts the December 17 1979 version of the Housing Quality Standards promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (24 C.F.R. Section 882.109[a] through [1]) as the adopted model Housing Code for the City, as amended. The City has integrated the Housing Quality Standard in Sections 156.01-156.20 of this chapter, which provisions, …Chapter 155. …
What changed
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
§ 156.05 Compliance With State Law
The City, in compliance with the requirements of the Code of Iowa, as amended, hereby adopts the December 17, 1979, version of the Housing Quality Standards promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (24 C.F.R. Section 882.109[a] through [1]) as the adopted model Housing Code for the City, as amended. The City has integrated the Housing Quality Standard in Sections 156.01 through 156.20 of this chapter, which provisions, to be enforced by the City, are as stringent as, or more stringent than, those in the model Housing Code as adopted.
2026 draft
§ 156.05 Compliance With State Law
The City, in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 155.
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