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

CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES and asking the person to appear and defend. A judgment obtained in the suit is conclusive in any action by the City against any person so notified, as to the existence of the defect or other cause of the injury or damage, as to the liability of the City to the plaintiff in the first named action, and as to the amount of the damage or injury. The City may maintain an action against the person notified to recover the amount of the judgment together with all the expenses incurred by the City in the suit. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.14) 1.06 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. In the construction of this Code, the rules of statutory construction as set forth in Chapter 4 of the Code of Iowa shall be utilized to ascertain the intent of the Council, with the understanding that the term “statute” as used therein will be deemed to be synonymous with the term “ordinance” when applied to this Code. 1.07 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY. Whenever an officer or employee is required or authorized to do an act by a provision of this Code, the provision shall be construed as authorizing performance by a regular assistant, subordinate, or a duly authorized designee of said officer or employee. 1.08 AMENDMENTS. All ordinances that amend, repeal, or in any manner affect this Code shall include proper reference to chapter, section, subsection, or paragraph to maintain an orderly codification of ordinances of the City. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 380.2) 1.09 CATCHLINES AND NOTES. The catchlines of the several sections of this Code, titles, headings (chapter, section, and subsection), editor’s notes, cross references, and State law references, unless set out in the body of the section itself, contained in this Code, do not constitute any part of the law and are intended merely to indicate, explain, supplement, or clarify the contents of a section. 1.10 ALTERING CODE. It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of this Code, or to insert or delete pages, or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with this Code in any manner that will cause the law of the City to be misrepresented. 1.11 SEVERABILITY. If any section, provision, or part of this Code is adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication will not affect the validity of this Code as a whole or any section, provision, or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. 1.12 RIGHT OF ENTRY. 1. Right of Entry. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any ordinance, or whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that there exists an ordinance violation in any building or upon any premises within the jurisdiction of the City, any authorized official of the City may, upon presentation of proper credentials, enter such building or premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same and to perform any duty imposed upon such official by ordinance; provided, except in emergencies, such official shall first give the owner or occupant, if they can be located after reasonable effort, 24-hour written notice of the authorized official’s intention to inspect. In the event the owner or occupant refuses entry, the official is empowered to seek assistance from any court of competent jurisdiction in obtaining such entry. CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA -3-