Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions – Preparation for Setting the Public Hearing — Tiffin City Code - DRAFT

CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE 10. Dutch Elm Disease. Trees infected with Dutch elm disease. (See also Chapter 151) 11. Airport Air Space. Any object or structure hereafter erected within 1,000 feet of the limits of any municipal or regularly established airport or landing place, which may endanger or obstruct aerial navigation including take-off and landing, unless such object or structure constitutes a proper use or enjoyment of the land on which the same is located. 12. Houses of Ill Fame. Houses of ill fame, kept for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness; gambling houses; places resorted to by persons participating in criminal gang activity prohibited by Chapter 723A of the Code of Iowa or places resorted to by persons using controlled substances, as defined in Section 124.101 of the Code of Iowa, in violation of law, or houses where drunkenness, quarreling, fighting, or breaches of the peace are carried on or permitted to the disturbance of others. 50.03 ADULT ESTABLISHMENTS. 1. As used in this section, “adult establishment” means any business that provides nude or topless dancing or operates any other adult-oriented business. 2. A public safety nuisance exists when it is established by clear and convincing evidence that an owner, manager, employee, contemporaneous patron, or guest of an adult establishment commits any of the following acts either on the premises or in any parking lots or areas, including, but not limited to, public rights-of-way, adjacent to the premises: A. Unlawfully discharges a firearm or uses an offensive weapon, as defined in Section 724.1 of the Code of Iowa, regardless of whether it inflicts injury or death. B. Assaults another person with a dangerous weapon as defined in Section 702.7 of the Code of Iowa resulting in injury or death. C. Engages in a riot as defined in Section 723.1 of the Code of Iowa on three or more dates within a 12-month period to which the police respond and disperse a crowd. The participants need not be the same persons for each incident. 3. When the City Attorney believes a serious threat to the public safety exists, the City Attorney or any other attorney on behalf of the City Attorney, may file a suit in equity in the district court without bond seeking abatement of the public safety nuisance arising from an adult establishment. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.12) 50.04 OTHER CONDITIONS. The following chapters of this Code contain regulations prohibiting or restricting other conditions that are deemed to be nuisances: 1. Junk and Junk Vehicles (See Chapter 51) 2. Urban Chickens (See Chapter 58) 3. Solid Waste Control (See Chapter 105) 4. Dangerous Buildings (See Chapter 145) CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 404 -