Adopted 2018

Code of Ordinances by Section

Table of Contents

Title I. Organization and Structure 

  • 1.1 Organization of the Board of Supervisors
  • 1.2 Industrial Tax Credits
  • 1.3 Special Assessment Reimbursement Fee
  • 1.4 Local Option Sales and Services Tax
  • 1.5 Acceptance and Reporting of Gifts
  • 1.6 Highway 65 Urban Renewal Area
  • 1.7 Chapin Urban Revitalization Area
  • 1.8 Northern Pipe Urban Renewal Area
  • 1.9 Repealed by Iowa Acts 2008 House File 2663
  • 1.10 Assessment of Wind Energy Conversion Property
  • 1.11 Dows Urban Renewal Are
  • 1.12 Whispering Willow Urban Renewal Area
  • 1.13 Bradford Revitalization Area
  • 1.14 Latham Hi-Tech Seed Revitalization Area
  • 1.15 2015 Coop Urban Renewal Area
  • 1.16 2016 Coop Urban Renewal Area

Title II. Public Services

  • 2.1 Reserved

Title III. Business and Occupations

  • 3.1 Junkyards

Title IV. Streets, Roads, Public Ways, and Transportation

  • 4.1 Secondary Road Right-of-Way
  • 4.2 Uniform Rural Address
  • 4.3 Snow Policy
  • 4.4 Snow Removal Regulation
  • 4.5 Utility Line Installation
  • 4.6 Area Service System B Road Classification
  • 4.7 Area Service System C Road Classification
  • 4.8 Animal Safety

Title V. Public Order, Safety, and Health

  • 5.1 Conservation Officers – Authority
  • 5.2 Nuisances
  • 5.3 Public Activities
  • 5.4 Litter – Public Places
  • 5.5 Hazardous Substances
  • 5.6 Solid Waste
  • 5.7 Yard Waste
  • 5.8 Drug Paraphernalia
  • 5.9 Residency Restriction for Sex Offenders
  • 5.10 Liability of a Landowner
  • 5.11 Intentional Consumption or intentional intoxication from inhalation in public place
  • 5.12 Social Host and Underage Consumption
  • 5.13 Open Burning

Title VI. Property and Land Use


Title VII. Social and Human Services

  • 7.1 Board of Health Regulations

Title VIII. Culture, Education, and Recreation

  • 8.1 Conservation Board
  • 8.2 Conservation-Rolling Prairie Trail Regulated Usage

Title IX. Franchises

  • 9.1 Reserved

Title X. Administration

  • 10.1 Recodification
Ordinances Adopted Since Last Codification

Ordinance 2023H An Ordinance Amending Chapter 6.1 "A-Agriculture District", "R-1 Single-Family Residential District",  "R-2 Multi-Family Residential District", "C-1 Commercial District", "RE Resort District", "I-1 Light Industry District", "I-2 Heavy Industrial District", "F Flood Plain District" WITHIN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, IOWA, TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS

Ordinance No 2023I An Ordinance Amending Chapter 6.1 "A-Agriculture District ", "R-1 Single-Family Residential District", "R-2 Multi-Family Residential District", "C-1 Commercial District", "RE Resort District", "I-1 Light Industry District", "I-2 Heavy Industrial District", "F Flood Plain District" WITHIN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, IOWA, TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS.  WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Supervisors (the "Board") has received and considered the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendations for the following amendment: WHEREAS the Board has considered the County's comprehensive plan and the objectives set forth in Iowa Code section 335.5; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Iowa Code 335.6, the Board scheduled a public hearing on this ordinance and cause notice of said hearing to be published in accordance with Iowa Code section 331.305; and WHEREAS, the Board now finds it in the best interest of the County to adopt this ordinance NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, IOWA, THAT: