1951 Supplement to Revised Ordinances of 1951 for use during 19521951 Supplement
to
Revised Ordinances of 1951
of
City of Dubuque, Iowa
For use during 1952
This pamphlet contains all Ordinances of the City of Dubuque of general
interest adopted since Angust 10, 1951 and prior to January 1, 1952
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Chapter V Parks and Playgrounds No new
CHAPTER VI
Streets and Sidewalks
ORDINANCE NO. 45-51.
An Ordinance Prohibiting Excavations in Streets or
Other Public Places Without a Permit; Provid-
ing For the Issuance of Permits and Making a
Charge Therefor and Providing a Penalty for a
Violation Thereof.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque:
Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall
make or cause to be made any excavation in any
public street, avenue, alley or other public place
in the City of Dubuque or dig up, cut into, or re-
move any public sidewalk, curb or pavement with-
out first obtaining a permit from the City Man-
ager as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Before any such permit shall be
issued, an application therefor shall be filed with
the City Manager by the person desiring to do the
work which application shall state the place, amount
and purpose of the contemplated work, the time
when the work is to be started and the estimated
time required for completion thereof, together with
such other information as the Manager may reason-
ably require to determine whether the permit would
be granted. Each application shall contain an agree-
ment signed by the applicant, in which the applicant
agrees to perform the work, including all digging,
tunnelling, backfilling and restoration of the surface
in a good and workmanlike manner and in accordance
with specifications established by the City Manager.
Section 3. Such application shall contain an
agreement by the applicant to compensate the City
for the cost of restoring the pavement surface de-
termined as hereinafter provided.
Section 4. When the permittee has completed
the excavation, including backfilling and restora-
tion, to the approval of the City Manager, the pav-
ing surface shall then be restored by the City
Street Department as soon as practicable at per-
mittee's cost. The cost of the restoration of the
pavement surface shall be determined by the City
Manager and shall include field labor, supervision,
materials, use of equipment, and inspection. The
City Manager may, at his discretion, make an ad-
ditional charge equal to 2% of the basic charge
multiplied by the difference between 36 and the
number of months the pavement has been laid.
Section 5. At the time the application is filed the
applicant shall deposit with the City Treasurer a
sum equal to the charge for restoring the pavement
surface as estimated by the City Manager which
sum shall be retained by the City to apply against
the charge for restoring the surface hereinabove re-
ferred to and credited to the Street Fund. In the
event the amount of the deposit proves to be in ex-
cess of the charge the difference shall be refunded
to the permit holder.
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Section 6. Any work done under a permit provid-
ed for in this ordinance shall be performed in such
a manner as to cause the least possible interference
with the movement of traffic. On main thorough-
fares there shall be at all times sufficient traffic
lanes open to permit a substantially normal traffic
flow. Unless this can be accomplished the work
shall be confined to the hours between 9 a.m. and
4 p.m. or between midnight and 7 a.m. In the event
the work is of emergency nature the City Manager
may authorize work during other hours but shall
assign police to direct traffic.
Section 7. Permits shall be executed in duplicate
and shall show the work for which the same has
been granted, the name of the person, firm or cor-
poration to which the same is issued, the location
of the premises, the purpose of the excavation and
the time within which the work shall be commenced
and completed. The work shall be started within
one week from the date of the issuance of the permit.
Section 8. No permit shall be granted to any per-
son, firm, or corporation shall have first been
authorized by the City Council to do excavating with-
in the limits of the City -and shall have deposited a
policy of liability insurance satisfactory to the City
Council insuring the City against any liability aris-
ing out of the work during the period the same is
being carried on or within 2 years thereafter.
Section 9. Any work done under a permit as pro-
vided for in this ordinance shall be done expedi-
tiously and in a good and workmanlike manner
under the direction and supervision of the City
Manager.
Section 10. Any person, firm or corporation vio-
lating the provisions of this ordinance shall upon
conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more
than $ 100.00 or, in default thereof, imprisoned for
not more than thirty days.
Section 11. Any person, firm or corporation who
shall fail to comply with the terms and conditions
of the permit herein authorized or shall violate the
terms of this ordinance shall not hereafter be
granted another such permit without the prior ap-
proval of the City Council.
Section 12. The City Manager is hereby author-
ized to delegate any of the powers conferred on
him by this ordinance to either the City Engineer
or the City Plumbing Inspector.
Section 13. The provisions of this ordinance
shall not apply to City Departments or to persons
performing work under a contract with the City but
any such contract shall require a substantial com-
pliance with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 14. Ordinance No.171 adopted
February 1, 1926 is hereby repealed.
Section 15. This Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its final passage, adop-
tion and publication as by law provided.
Passed, adopted and approved this 25th day of
September, 1951.
Published September 28, 1951.
ORDINANCE NO. 51-51
An Ordinance Providing for the Removal of Snow,
Ice and Slush From Sidewalks; Repealing Ordi-
nance No.53 and Providing a Penalty for a
Violation Hereof.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque:
Section 1. The owner of any lot or parcel there-
of abutting upon any sidewalk on the City streets in
the City of Dubuque, shall promptly remove, or
cause to be removed, accumulations of snow, ice or
slush from such sidewalks.
Section 2. In the event such accumulations are
permitted to remain on such sidewalks for more
than a reasonable length of time, then the City Man-
ager, when he deems necessary in the interests of
public safety, shall cause the same to be removed
and the cost of such removal shall be assessed
against the abutting property in the manner set out
in Section 3.
Section 3. When the City Manager has caused
accumulations of snow, ice or slush to be removed
from any sidewalk in accordance with the provisions
of this Ordinance, he shall promptly ascertain the
actual cost thereof, including the cost of supervi-
sion, inspection and accounting, and shall certify
such actual cost to the City Clerk who, in turn,
shall promptly certify said cost to the County Audi-
tor and it shall then be collected with and in the
same manner as general property taxes in accord-
ance with the provisions of Chapter 151 of the Acts
of the 54th General .Assembly of Iowa.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation who
shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion thereof, shall be fined not to exceed one hun-
dred dollars ($100).
Section 5. Ordinance No.53 entitled "An Ordi-
nance providing for the cleaning of sidewalks" is
hereby repealed.
Adopted November 13, 1951.
Published November 19, 1951.
ORDINANCE NO. 61-51
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No.47 as Amend-
ed by Repealing Sections 9 and 10 thereof and
Enacting Substitutes Therefor.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque, Iowa:
Section 1. That Ordinance No.47 is hereby
amended by repealing Sections 9 and 10 thereof and
enacting the following as a substitute therefor:
"Section 4. No resolution for the construction of
a sidewalk as provided in Section 3 hereof shall be
adopted unless three -fourths (3/4ths) of the members
vote in favor thereof after a public hearing in rela-
tion thereto at which parties in interest and citizens
shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice of
time and place of such hearing shall be given to
abutting property owners by the City Clerk by U. S.
Mail at least ten (10) days before the date set for
said hearing.
Section 5. After the completion of the work of
constructing a sidewalk pursuant to any such Res-
olution the City Engineer shall certify the cost
thereof to the City Council, who shall assess the
cost thereof as provided in Section 3 hereof and
Sections 389.32 to 389.36, inclusive, of the 1950
Code of Iowa. Before any such assessment is
made, notice of said proposed assessment shall
be mailed by the City Clerk to all abutting property
owners affected at least fifteen (15) days prior to
the date fixed for making said assessment which
notice shall state that all objections to prior pro-
ceedings must be made in writing and filed with the
City Clerk prior to the date fixed for said assess-
ment and that all objections not so made will be
deemed waived, except where fraud is shown."
Adopted December 12, 1951.
Published December 17, 1951.
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Chapter VIII Public Health
Chapter IX Animals
Chapter X Regulating Certain
Businesses
Chapter XI Beer Ordinance
CHAPTER XI!
Nuisances
ORDINANCE NO. 59-51
An Ordinance providing for the cutting or destroy-
ing of all weeds, vines, brush or other growth
which constitute a health, safety or fire hazard;
repealing Ordinance No.25-39; and providing a
penalty for a violation hereof.
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Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque, Iowa:
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the owner of
any lot or parcel of land within the limits of the
City of Dubuque to maintain the same free and
clear of any dense growth of weeds, vines, brush
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or other vegetation that may constitute a health,
safety or fire hazard and any such growth is hereby
declared a public nuisance.
Section 2. Whenever the City Manager shall de-
termine that the nature or quantity of weeds, vines,
brush or other growth on any lot or parcel of land
in the City of Dubuque is such as to constitute a
health, safety or fire hazard, he shall mail a written
notice to the owner of said lot or parcel of land, or
his agent or attorney, notifying the owner of said
property to cut or destroy such weeds, vines or
other growth and thereafter it shall be the duty of
such owner to cut or destroy such weeds, vines or
other growth within a reasonable time and in such
a manner as to remove such hazard.
Section 3. In the event the owner of such lot or
parcel of land shall fail to remove such hazard with-
in ten (10) days after the mailing of such notice, it
shall be the duty of the City Manager to cause said
weeds, vines or other growth to be cut and destroyed
and to certify the actual cost thereof to the City
Clerk who, in turn, shall certify such cost to the
County Auditor and it shall then constitute a lien
against said property and be collected with and in
the same manner as general property taxes on said
property, all in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 151 of the Laws of the 54th General Assem-
bly of Iowa.
Section 4. Ordinance No.25-39 entitled "An Ordi-
nance prohibiting weeds and noxious growths upon
lots and parcels of land in the City of Dubuque, pro-
viding for the destruction of the same and punishing
the violation thereof" is hereby repealed.
Section 5. Any person, firm or corporation who
shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be fined not to exceed One Hun-
dred Dollars ($100).
Adopted December 3, 1951.
Published December 10, 1951,
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CHAPTER XV
Public Service
ORDINANCE NO. 49-51
An Ordinance Establishing and Fixing Rates to be
Charged for the Furnishing of Bus Transporta-
tion to Passengers on Buses Operated by the
Interstate Power Company in the City of Dubuque,
Repealing Ordinance No.42-50, and Providing
a Penalty for the Violation Hereof.
Whereas the Interstate Power Company operates
a bus system in, and along, and upon the streets of
the City of Dubuque by virtue of a franchise, being
Ordinance No.16-46; and
Whereas it is provided by said franchise that the
City Council reserves the right to fix reasonable
and just rates; and
Whereas application has been filed by the Inter-
state Power Company for an increase in bus rates;
and
Whereas after investigation by the City Council
it has been determined that there should be an in-
crease in bus fares;
Now Therefore be it Ordained by the City Council of
the City of Dubuque:
Section I. That Ordinance No.42-50 adopted the
19th day of October, 1950 be and the same is hereby
repealed;
Section II. The fares to be charged by the Inter-
state Power Company on all buses operating in the
City of Dubuque under said franchise are hereby
fixed as follows:
1. The charge for a single cash fare shall be ten
cents (10);
2. In accordance with and subject to the provisions
of Section V of said Franchise Ordinance, chil-
dren in arms shall be carried free of charge and
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the fare for children twelve (12) years of age and
younger shall be five cents (5) cash;
3. In lieu of tokens required under Section V of
said Ordinance No.16-46 said company is here-
by authorized to issue identification cards to
all school children eighteen (18) years of age
and younger, and from the 1st day of September
to the 30th day of June in each year Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays excepted, upon exhibiting
such identification card to the driver, school
children of the age of thirteen (13) to
eighteen (18) years, inclusive, shall be entitled
to ride for a five cents (5) cash fare in going to
and from public and parochial schools during
the hours of 7:45 A.M. to 4:15 P.M. In accord-
ance with said Section V any abuse of the use
of such identification card and the privilege
granted thereunder, at the option of the company,
may result in forfeiture thereof by the individual
concerned;
4. When requested transfers shall be issued upon
the payment of all fares, without additional
charge.
Section III. That any person, firm or corpora-
tion who shall violate any of the terms of this Ordi-
dinance shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one
hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned in jail not to
exceed thirty (30) days;
Section IV. That this Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect immediately upon its final adoption
and publication as provided by law.
Passed, adopted and approved October 24, 1951.
Published October 29, 1951.
ORDINANCE NO. 50-51
An Ordinance Fixing and Establishing Rates to be
Charged for the Furnishing of Gas for Residen-
tial, Commercial, Industrial, and Other Uses
and Purposes Within the City of Dubuque, Iowa;
Fixing and Regulating the Method of Service
Thereof; Prescribing a Penalty For Violation
Thereof; Repealing Ordinance No.10-49 and all
Other Ordinances and Resolutions in Conflict
Herewith; and Declaring an Emergency.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque:
Section 1. Commencing with all meter readings
on and after November 10, 1951, the rates to be
charged for gas for residential, commercial, indus-
trial, and other uses and purposes by any person,
firm, or corporation supplying gas within the City
of Dubuque, except as herein otherwise provided,
shall be fixed and determined as follows:
SCHEDULE I
GENERAL SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
This rate is available for general service to all
residential users of gas having neither an auto-
matic water heater nor house heating equipment
and to all commercial and industrial users of gas
for general purposes including, at their option, gas
used for automatic water heating, or space heat-
ing, or both.
RATE:
500 Cu. Ft. or less per meter
per month Net
600 Cu. Ft. per meter per month Net
700 Cu. Ft. per meter per month Net
800 Cu. Ft. per meter per month Net
900 Cu. Ft. per meter per month Net
First 3000 Cubic Feet per month
per M. Cubic Feet Net
Next 4000 Cubic Feet per month
per M. Cubic Feet Net
Next 5000 Cubic Feet per month
per M. Cubic Feet Net
Next 8000 Cubic Feet per month
per M. Cubic Feet Net
Next 10,000 Cubic Feet per month
per M. Cubic Feet Net
Next 20,000 Cubic Feet per month
per M. Cubic Feet Net
Next 50,000 Cubic Feet per month
per M. Cubic Feet Net
Next 50,000 Cubic Feet per month
per M. Cubic Feet Net
All in excess of 150,000 Cubic Feet
per M. Cubic Feet Net
Minimum Monthly charge
per meter
PROMPT PAYMENT:
$1.47
$1.61
$1.72
$1.84
$1.89
$1.91
$1.61
$1.49
$1.43
$1.31
$1.20
$1.09
$1.03
$ .80
$1.47
Customers monthly bills shall be computed at the
net rate and there shall be added to all bills of
$1.89 or less, a charge of ten cents (10) and to all
bills in excess of $1.89 a charge equal to the quan-
tity of gas consumed at ten cents (100 per 1000 Cubic
Feet, which charges shall be collected from those
customers who fail to pay their net bill within
ten (10) days from and after date thereof.
SCHEDULE II
COMBINATION RESIDENTIAL AUTOMATIC
WATER HEATING AND/OR HOUSE
HEATING SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
This rate is available to all residential users of
gas having an automatic gas water heating unit or a
gas house heating unit regardless of other gas
appliances, where all gas is supplied through one
meter.
RATE:
500 Cu. Ft. or less per meter
per month Net $1.47
600 Cu. Ft. per meter per month Net $1.61
700 Cu. Ft. per meter per month Net $1.72
800 Cu. Ft. per meter per month Net $1.84
900 Cu. Ft. per meter per month Net $1.89
First 2,000 Cubic Feet per month $1.91
per M. Cu. Ft. Net
Next 1,000 Cubic Feet per month $1.57
per M. Cu. Ft. Net
Next 7,000 Cubic Feet per month $1.07
per M. Cu. Ft. Net
All in excess of 10,000 Cubic Feet per month.. $ .80
per M. Cu. Ft. Net
Minimum Monthly Charge $1.47
per meter
PROMPT PAYMENT:
Customers monthly bills shall be computed at
the net rate and there shall be added to all bills of
$1.89 or less, a -charge of ten cents (100 and to all
bills in excess of $1.89 a charge equal to the quan-
tity of gas consumed at ten cents (10) per 1,000
Cubic Feet, which charges shall be collected from
those customers who fail to pay their net bill with-
in ten (10) days from and after date thereof.
REGULATIONS:
Customers desiring gas house heating service
shall first ascertain from the person, firm or cor-
poration supplying gas, if such service is available
at the desired location and then shall install only
approved gas burning apparatus in compliance with
the supplier's safety requirements.
SCHEDULE III
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATIC
WATER HEATING AND/OR SPACE
HEATING SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
This rate is available to all commercial and in-
dustrial consumers using an automatic gas water
heater, or automatic space heating equipment, or
both, supplied with gas through a separate meter.
Commercial consumers shall include all restau-
rants, business houses, apartment buildings,
churches and institutions.
DEFINITION OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING:
(a) An apartment is defined as a portion of a
building consisting of two or more rooms, equipped
for living purposes.
(b) In buildings where five or more rooms, ex-
clusive of apartments are rented, or are for rent,
each five rooms or fraction thereof, (real estate
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rating) exclusive of apartments, shall be counted
as an apartment.
(c) An "Apartment building" is a building con-
taining two or more apartments as herein defined.
RATE:
$1.13 per M. Cubic Feet per Month Net
Minimum monthly charge: $1.47 per meter.
PROMPT PAYMENT:
Customers monthly bills shall be computed at
the net rate and there shall be added to all bills of
$1.47 a charge of ten cents (10) and to all bills in
excess of $1.47 a charge equal to the quantity of
gas consumed at ten cents (10) per 1,000 Cubic
Feet, which charges shall be collected from those
customers who fail to pay their net bill within
ten (10) days from and after date thereof.
FUEL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE
Rates for gas are predicated upon the base price
of materials as follows:
Gas Coal - $13.16 per ton
Gas Oil - $ .108 per gallon
Propane - $ .073 per gallon
and on the consumption of these materials in the
following quantities:
.082 tons of coal per M. Cu. feet of coke oven
gas produced;
3.0 galons of oil per M. Cu. feet of water gas
produced;
6.1 gallons of propane per M. Cu. feet of propane
air gas produced.
Any change in the cost of these materials from
the base price will result in an increase or de-
crease in the rate per M. Cu. feet by the amount of
the weighted average increase or decrease in the
fuel costs per M. Cu. feet; said weighted average
being based upon the proporation of coal gas, water
gas and propane -air gas produced each quarter of
the year. This computation will be made at the end
of each quarter based upon the invoice cost of mate-
rials at that date and the gas production during the
quarter. Any change in the rate per M. Cu. Ft. of
gas sales shall become effective with all billings on
the first day of the second month following the end
of each quarter. All rate changes are to be com-
puted to the nearest one cent (1).
Before placing into effect the terms of this pro-
vision, the firm, person or corporation supplying
gas in the City of Dubuque shall first disclose to
the City Council sufficient data to warrant such
action.
For the purpose of keeping the City Council in-
formed as to the cost of gas based on the fuel clause
outlined in the Ordinance, the person, firm or cor-
poration supplying gas shall file with the City Coun-
cil each quarter of the calendar year complete cal-
culations on the subject, whether a rate adjustment
is indicated or not.
Section 2. No person, firm or corporation supply-
ing gas shall install any meter or meters upon a
customer's premises for the purpose of measuring
gas to be supplied to said customer unless and until
such meter has been properly calibrated and adjust-
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ed within a period of six (6) months preceding date
of installation upon a customer's premises so that
the error in registration at rated meter capacity
is within two per cent (2%) of accuracy. Any meter
installed upon a customer's premises shall bear a
label clearly indicating the date that said meter was
tested and recalibrated.
No meter shall be kept in service which has not
been recalibrated within a five year period.
The person, firm or corporation supplying gas
in the City of Dubuque shall keep on file a record
of the test of each meter, installed upon or retained
in service upon the customer's premises after test,
which record shall be available for inspection by
officials of the City of Dubuque. Such record as
filed shall indicate the name of the manufacturer of
said meter, its serial number, type, capacity, num-
ber assigned to it by its owner, name and address
of the customer where said meter was in service
prior to said test, and the date of last previous
test, together with the percentage of error above or
below accuracy, as disclosed by said test. Meters
shall be adjusted to register within plus or minus
two per cent (2%) of accuracy at full load.
• Section 3. No person, firm or corporation, who
shall charge or exact other or different rates and
charges for any type of service, the rates for. which
service are herein fixed and determined, or who
shall violate any of the provisions hereof, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be fined not to exceed one hun-
_ dred dollars ($100) or imprisoned not to exceed
thirty (30) days in jail.
Section 4. Ordinance No.10-49 adopted
March 28, 1949 and all other Ordinances or parts
of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect at 12:01 o'clock A.M. of Saturday,
November 10, 1951.
Adopted November 5, 1951.
Published November 8, 1951.
ORDINANCE NO. 56-51
An Ordinance fixing and establishing rates to be
charged for the furnishing of electricity for
residential, commercial, street lighting, power
and other uses and purposes within the City of
Dubuque, Iowa; fixing and regulating the method
of service thereof; prescribing a penalty for vio-
lation thereof; repealing all ordinances and res-
olutions in conflict herewith.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque:
RATES FIXED:
Section 1. Commencing on and after 12:01 a.m.
November 17, 1951, the rates to be charged for elec-
tricity for residential, commercial, street lighting,
power and other uses and purposes by any person,
firm or corporation supplying electrical energy
within the City of Dubuque, except as herein other-
wise provided, shall be fixed and determined as
follows:
SCHEDULE I
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available for 115/230 volt, single phase, alter-
nating current service taken through one meter to
an individual customer residing in a single occu-
pancy residence or apartment for full domestic
use, including small motors with individual rated
capacities not in excess of five horsepower
(5 H. P.), provided, however, that off-peak
controlled service for water heating will be taken
through a separate meter.
This rate is not available to the public areas of
apartment buildings, or for rooming houses where
in excess of four (4) rooms are held for rental.
RATE:
First 16 Kwhrs or less used per month for $1.00
Next 34 Kwhrs used per month @ $ .041 per
Kwhr, net.
Next 50 Kwhrs used per month @ .032 per Kwhr,
net.
*Next 100 Kwhrs used per month @ .032 per
Kwhr, net.
Excess Kwhrs used per month @ .025 per Kwhr,
net.
*The fourth block of the rate to be increased
200 Kwhr for each whole KW of demand in excess
of 7 KW.
Minimum Monthly Charge: $1.00.
PROMPT PAYMENT:
Customers' monthly bills shall be computed at
the net rate and there will be added to the total
net bill a sum equal to ten percent (10%) thereof,
which will be collected from the customers who
fail to pay the net bill within ten (10 days) from and
after the date of the bill.
SCHEDULE II
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available for 115/230 volt, single phase, alter-
nating current service for lighting and other uses
in commercial establishments, institutions, public
areas of apartment buildings, including janitor's
quarters when service to same is combined with
service to public areas, and service when furnished
through a single meter to two or more families
residing in distinctive dwelling quarters in a single
structure, and for rooming houses where in excess
of four (4) rooms are held for rental. This rate is
not available for the purchase of energy for resale,
nor for breakdown or standby service.
No motor with rated capacity in excess of two
horsepower (2 H. P.), no single piece of cooking
equipment with a rated capacity in excess of five
kilowatts (5 KW) nor any apparatus that produces
abnormal voltage fluctuations will be served under
this schedule.
RATE:
For demands of less than six (6) Kilowatts:
First 16 Kwhrs or less used per month for $1.00.
Next 84 Kwhrs used per month @ $ .044 per
Kwhr, net.
Next 400 Kwhrs used per month @ .033 per
Kwhr, net.
*Next 500 Kwhrs used per month @ .027 per
Kwhr, net.
Excess Kwhrs used per month @ .02 per Kwhr,
net.
For Demand of six (6) Kilowatts and more:
The number of kilowatthours in the fourth block
(*) of the above rate will be increased by 200
Kwhrs for each whole kilowatt of demand in excess
of five kilowatts (5KW).
Minimum Monthly Charge: $1.00.
POWER FACTOR:
Neon lighting, fluorescent lamps and/or other
gaseous tube lamps or appliances having a low
power factor, shall be equipped with effective cor-
rective devices to increase the power factor of
such lamps, or appliances, to ninety per cent
(90%) lagging, with such tolerance as may be
necessary to conform to existing manufacturer's
equipment.
PROMPT PAYMENT:
Customers' monthly bills shall be computed at
the net rate, and there shall be added to the total
net bill a sum equal to ten per cent (10%) thereof,
which will be collected from customers who fail
to pay the net bill within the (10) days from and
after the date of the bill.
SCHEDULE III
WATER HEATING SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available for 115/230 volt, single phase, alter-
nating current service, for residences and com-
mercial establishments for water heating with
automatic storage type water heaters of standard
make and design. The design and operating char-
acteristics of all water heaters served under this
schedule, as well as all necessary electrical con-
nections for the protection of the circuit furnish-
ing service to the water heater, must be accept-
able to the person, firm or corporation supplying
electrical energy.
A suitable time switch will be supplied by the
person, firm or corporation supplying electrical
energy to control the periods when energy shall
be supplied for heating. The hours of operation of
off-peak service may be changed when deemed ad-
visable, but under no condition shall they be less
than twelve hours during any twenty-four hour
period.
Minimum storage capacity of each electric
water heater shall be fifty (50) gallons, and no
heating element shall have a capacity in excess of
thirty (30) watts per gallon of tank capacity. If two
heating elements are provided, one at the bottom
and one at the top of the tank, and they are so in-
terconnected that only one unit can be in operation
at a time, then both units may be connected to the
time -controlled water heating circuit to be served
under this schedule. If one unit is so connected
that it can be used other than during the controlled
off-peak hour, then such unit shall be connected
to the regular lighting circuit.
RATE:
Energy used during off-peak hours @ $ .0125
per Kwhr, net.
Minimum Monthly Charge: $1.00.
Energy used during periods other than off-peak,
as hereinbefore specified, shall be billed with and
at the same rate as other residential or commer-
cial service.
PROMPT PAYMENT:
Customers' monthly bills shall be computed at
the net rate and there shall be added to the total
net bill a sum equal to ten per cent (10%) thereof,
which will be collected from customers who fail
to pay the net bill within ten (10) days from and
after the date of bill.
SCHEDULE IV
GENERAL POWER SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available for alternating current service at
115/230 volts, single phase, or three phase at
either 230 volts or 460 volts for all power purposes
when the connected load exceeds two horsepower
(2 H. P.). Three phase service need not be sup-
plied to loads of five horsepower (5 H. P.) or less,
except at the option of the person, firm or corpora-
tion supplying electrical energy. Lighting service
may be combined with power service under this
rate provided service is rendered through one
meter and at the same secondary voltage, and the
Minimum Billing Demand is not less than twenty
kilowatts (20 KW). This rate is not available for
the purchase of energy for resale, nor for break-
down or standby service.
TERM OF CONTRACT:
Service will be rendered under this schedule for
a minimum period of one (1) year and shall continue
thereafter until cancelled by a thirty (30) day writ-
ten notice by the customer.
Conditions requiring unusual construction and
expenditures for equipment to render service may
require an agreement for a term in excess. of
one (1) year.
RATE:
First 10 .hours use per month of each KW of bill-
ing demand @ $ .05 per Kwhr, net.
Next 20 hours use per month of each KW of bill-
ing demand @ .041 per Kwhr, net.
Next 30 hours use per month of each KW of bill-
ing demand @ .031 per Kwhr, net.
Next 2000 Kwhrs used per month @ .021 per
Kwhr, net.
All excess Kwhrs used per month @ .02 per
Kwhr, net.
MINIMUM BILLING DEMAND:
Five (5) kilowatts except when combined light
and power service is rendered when minimum bill-
ing demand is twenty (20) kilowatts.
MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGE:
$1.00 per month per horsepower, or equivalent,
of connected load for the first five horsepower
(5 H. P.) and $.50 per month per horsepower, or
equivalent thereof, for the next forty-five horse-
power (45 H. P.) and $.25 per horsepower for all
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over fifty horsepower (50 H. P.) or equivalent,
of the total connected load in horsepower.
Major fractions of a horsepower shall be con-
sidered as one whole horsepower of connected
load.
$1.00 per month will be added to the mini-
mum monthly charge as stated above if light-
ing service is combined with power service
under this rate.
DETERMINATION OF BILLING DEMAND:
The billing demand shall be determined by
the greatest number of kilowatts registered
during any thirty (30) minute interval as indi-
cated by an integrating demand meter, or by
using the maximum demand as recorded by a
thermal type demand meter, furnished, installed
and maintained by the person, firm or cor-
poration supplying such electrical energy, pro-
vided, however that when the customer's load
includes hoists, elevators, welding machines,
and/or other apparatus where the use of elec-
tricity is intermittent or subject to violent
fluctuations to the extent that the indicated or
recorded demand for a fifteen (15) minute in-
terval exceeds the maximum recorded or indi-
cated demand during a thirty (30) minute inter-
val by an amount in excess of fifty per
cent (50%), then the customer's billing demand
shall be determined by using the average of the
three (3) highest fifteen (15) minute intervals
indicated or recorded during the month.
The billing demand for loads of less than
twenty-five horsepower (25 H. P.) in lieu of
measured demands may be calculated in kilo-
watts, by multiplying the total rated connected
load in horsepower�/ (or H.P. equivalent) by
sixty per cent (60%). Any major fraction of a
kilowatt of demand so determined shall be con-
sidered one whole kilowatt of additional
demand.
POWER FACTOR:
If the power factor of any customer's load
is found by test to be below eighty per cent
(80%) lagging under normal operating con-
ditions, and upon written notification thereof,
the customer fails to correct the power factor
within sixty (60) days, the person, firm or cor-
poration supplying electricity will then increase
the demand used for billing purposes by the
ratio of 0.80 to the power factor as determined
by test.
Neon lighting, fluorescent lamps and/or
other gaseous tube lamps, having a low power
factor, shall be equipped with effective correc-
tive devices to increase the power factor of
such lamps to ninety per cent (90%) lagging,
with such tolerance as may be necessary to
conform to existing manufacturer's equipment.
PROMPT PAYMENT:
Customer's monthly bills shall be computed
at the net rate and there will be added to the
total net bill a sum equal to ten per cent (10%)
thereof, which will be collected from customers
who fail to pay the net bill within ten (10) days
of date of bill.
SCHEDULE V
DIRECT CURRENT SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available only to customers who are presently
served with direct current on premises where
direct current is now available for power purposes.
No additional customers will be served, and no ex-
tensions to existing installations will be permitted.
RATE:
First 500 Kwhrs used per month @ $ .07 per
Kwhr net.
Next 500 Kwhrs used per month @ .055 per
Kwhr, net.
Next 1000 Kwhrs used per month @ .045 per
Kwhr, net.
All in excess of 2000 Kwhrs used per month @
$ .035 per Kwhr, net.
MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGE:
$1.00 per horsepower for the first five horse-
power (5 H. P.) and $ .50 per horsepower for the
next forty-five horsepower (45 H.P.) and $ .25 per
horsepower for all over fifty horsepower (50 H.P.)
of the total connected load in horsepower (or H.P.
equivalent), a major fraction of a horsepower
shall be considered as one whole horsepower of
additional connected load.
PROMPT PAYMENT:
Customers' monthly bills shall be computed at
the net rate and there shall be added to the total
net bill ten per cent (10%) thereof, which amount
shall be collected from customers who fail to pay
the net bill within ten (10) days from date of bill.
SCHEDULE VI
LARGE INDUSTRIAL POWER SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available for alternating current service to in-
dustrial arid commercialcustomers whose month-
ly demand exceeds fifty kilowatts (50 KW), or who
agree to pay the demand charge for fifty kilowatts
(50 KW), for lighting and power purposes, when
all service is measured through one meter and
taken from one service connection. Service will
be rendered at standard primary voltages of
2300 volts, or higher as may be available, or at
secondary voltages of 460 volts or 230 volts.
Transformers for rendering these standard volt-
ages will be supplied by the person, firm or cor-
poration supplying such electrical energy, provid-
ed, however, that only one secondary voltage will
be supplied to customers whose maximum demand
is less than one hundred kilowatts (100 KW). Ad-
ditional transformers not located at the point of
delivery, and special voltage transformers for
lighting or other purposes shall be supplied and
maintained by the customer. This rate is not avail-
able for the purchase of energy for resale, nor for
breakdown or standby service.
TERM OF CONTRACT:
Service will be rendered under this schedule for
a minimum period of one (1) year and shall continue
thereafter until cancelled by a sixty (60) day written
notice by the customer.
Conditions requiring unusual construction and
expenditures for equipment to render service may
require an agreement for a term in excess of one
(1) year.
RATE:
DEMAND CHARGE
First 50 KW of billing demand @ $1.50 per
month.
Next 150 KW of billing demand @ 1.25 per
month.
Excess KW of billing demand @ 1.00 per
month.
ENERGY CHARGE
First 5,000 Kwhrs used per month @ $ .015 per
Kwhr.
Next 10,000 Kwhrs used per month @ .012 per
Kwhr.
Next 15,000 Kwhrs used per month @ .01 per
Kwhr.
Next 120,000 Kwhrs used per month @
.0085 per Kwhr.
Excess Kwhrs used per month @ .0075 per
Kwhr.
PREMIUM RATE FOR HIGH LOAD FACTOR:
When customer's billing demand exceeds 1000
KW, all energy used in excess of 365 hours' use
of billing demand will be billed at $ .006 per
Kwhr.
EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED BY CUSTOMER:
When customer furnishes and maintains all
transformers and/or other apparatus necessary
for the customer to take service at primary volt-
age, the charges computed under the above rate
will be reduced by an amount equal to five per
cent (5%) thereof.
METERING:
Metering shall be at either primary or second-
ary voltage at the option of the person, firm or
corporation supplying electrical energy. If it is
elected to meter at the primary voltage, the bill-
ing less any previous adjustment will be reduced
by two and one-half (24%) per cent to compensate
for transformer losses.
PROMPT PAYMENT DISCOUNT:
A discount of two and one-half per cent (21%)
of the billing less any adjustments heretofore
made will be allowed if bill is paid within
ten (10) days of date thereof.
MAXIMUM DEMAND:
The maximum demand in any month shall be
determined by the greatest number of kilowatts
(KW) recorded or indicated on a standard integra-
ted demand meter in any thirty (30) minute inter-
val during the month, or by using the maximum
demand as recorded by a thermal type demand
such meter to be provided, installed and maintained
by the person, firm or corporation supplying such
electrical energy, provided, however, that when
the customer's load includes hoists, elevators,
welding machines, and/or other appartus where
the use of electricity is intermittent or subject to
violent fluctuation to the extent that the indicated
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or recorded demand for a fifteen (15) minute in-
terval exceeds the recorded or indicated demand
for a thirty (30) minute interval by more than
fifty per cent (50%), then the customer's billing
demand shall be determined by using the average
of the three highest fifteen (15) minute interval
indicated or recorded demands during the month.
BILLING DEMAND:
The billing demand shall be the maximum de-
mand except when the customer's average power
factor, by actual measurement, is less than eighty
per cent (80%) lagging, or more than ninety per
cent (90%) lagging, in which case the billing de-
mand shall be determined each month therefrom
by increasing the measured maximum demand by
one per cent (1%) for each one per cent (1%n) that
the average monthly power factor is found to be
below eighty-five per cent (85%) lagging and de-
creasing the maximum demand by one per cent
(1%) for each one per cent (1%) that the average
monthly power factor is found to be greater than
eighty-five per cent (85%) lagging. The billing de-
mand shall in no event be less than fifty kilowatts
(50 KW).
POWER FACTOR
The average power factor of the customer's
load shall be determined monthly from readings
registered by the watthour meter and a reactive
component meter which shall be furnished by the
person, firm or corporation supplying the electric-
ity. It shall be calculated by dividing the number
of kilowatthours as registered by the square root
of the sum of the square of the kilowatthours reg-
istered plus the square of the reactive kilovolt
ampere hours registered. Reactive component
meters will be ratcheted so only lagging reactive
kilovolt ampere hours will be recorded.
MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGE:
The minimum monthly charge shall be the de-
mand charge for fifty (50) kilowatts plus the en-
ergy charges which may apply.
FUEL ADJUSTMENT:
The rates for electrical energy stated herein
are based upon using coal or other boiler fuel to
produce such energy and costing sixteen cents
($0.16) per million B.T.U. delivered in the bunkers
of the Dubuque, Iowa plant of the person firm, or
corporation supplying such electrical energy at
Dubuque, Iowa.
In the event that the average cost of boiler fuel
delivered as aforesaid differs from the base price
of sixteen cents ($0.16) per million B.T.U. by one
cent ($0.01) or more per million B.T.U., then the
net bill as computed shall be increased or de-
creased, as the case may be, by an amount equal
to the number of kilowatthours used at twenty-two
hundredths mills ($.00022) per kilowatthour for
each whole one cent ($0.01) by which the cost of
one million B.T.U. of boiler fuel used during the
preceding month exceeds or is less respectively
than the base price of sixteen cents ($0.16) per
million B.T.U.
Before placing into effect the terms of this pro-
vision, the firm, person or corporation supplying
electrical energy at Dubuque shall first disclose
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to the City Manager of the City of Dubuque suffi-
cient data to warrant such action.
SCHEDULE VII
CITY OF DUBUQUE WATER SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available to the Water Department of the City
of Dubuque for three phase, alternating current
service of 2300 volts or 6900 volts for water
pumping, when such pumping is restricted to off-
peak periods as defined herein.
RATE:
$ .009 per Kwhr, net.
OFF-PEAK PERIODS:
The off-peak period, as prescribed under this
schedule, is defined to be the hours between 8:00
p.m. and 8:00 a.m.. the following day, and the
hours between 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m. daily
through the year and between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00
p.m. daily during the period from April 15 to
September 15, inclusive, or in case of emergency,
or when at any time, the life or property of the
citizens of Dubuque may be in danger. An emer-
gency shall be held to exist (1) whenever the water
in the Eagle Point Reservoir is indanger of over-
flowing, (2) whenever, to maintain proper pres -
sures for fire protection, it is necessary to pump
water from the lower level storage to the high
service elevated tanks and standpipes.
FUEL ADJUSTMENT:
The rate for electrical energy stated herein is
based upon using coal or other boiler fuel to pro-
duce such energy and costing sixteen cents ($0.16)
per million B.T.U. delivered in the bunkers of the
Dubuque, Iowa, plant of the person, firm or cor-
poration supplying such electrical energy at
Dubuque, Iowa.
In the event that the average cost of boiler fuel
delivered as aforesaid differs from the base price
of sixteen cents ($0.16) per million B.T.U. by one
cent ($0.01) or more per million B.T.U., then
there shall be added to or deducted from the rate
hereinbefore provided per kilowat hour, twenty-
two hundredths mills ($ .00022) for each whole
one cent ($0.01) by which the cost of one million
B.T.U. of boiler fuel used during the preceding
month exceeds, or is less respectively, than the
base price of sixteen cents ($0.16) per million
B.T.U.
Before placing into effect the terms of this
provision, the firm, person, or corporation sup-
plying electrical energy at Dubuque shall first
disclose to the City Manager of the City of Dubuque
sufficient data to warrant such action.
SCHEDULE VIII
STREET AND BOULEVARD LIGHTING
SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available to the municipality of the City of
Dubuque and to the Board of Park Commissioners
of the City of Dubuque for lighting, streets, alley
ways, and park areas, and for traffic control and
police call signals.
RATE:
(a) Overhead System:
The rates to be charged for each overhead
street light owned, operated, maintained and sup-
plied with electrical energy by the person, firm or
corporation supplying electrical energy within the
City of Dubuque, including the replacement of all
glassware and renewal of lamps. shall be:
Size of
Lamp -
Lumens
1000
2500
4000
Per Year
Hours of Rate per
Burning Year
4000
4000
4000
$ 20.40
26.40
31.20
(b) Ornamental Street Lighting:
The rates to be charged for each lighting stand-
ard by the person, firm or corporation supplying
electrical energy within the City of Dubuque for
the operation of such lighting standard of the orna-
mental street lighting system owned by the City of
Dubuque and/or the Park Board of the City of
Dubuque, including the electric energy for the op-
eration thereof and all expenses and/or charges
incident to the operation of said system, including
the cost of replacement of any and all glassware
and renewal of lamps, except where the breakage
of such glassware and/or lamps is due to traffic
damage, but not including the maintenance of cables
and lighting standards which shall be maintained by
the owners thereof, shall be:
Standard
Size of
Lamp -
Lumens
1 - Lamp @ 600
1 - Lamp @ 1000
1 - Lamp @ 2500
1 - Lamp @ 6000
2 - Lamp @ 4000
2 - Lamp @ 4000
2 - Lamp @ 6000
1 - Lamp @ 2500
1 - Lamp @ 6000
2 - Lamp @ 6000
Per
Hours
of
Burning
4000
4000
4000
4000
4000
4000
4000
2000
2000
2000
Year
Rate
per
Year
$10.20
11.40
16.80
29.40
45.60
45.60
53.40
12.60
20.40
34.80
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS:
The rates to be charged for electrical energy
furnished for the operation of the traffic control
signals owned, operated and maintained by the City
of Dubuque, shall be:
No. and Size of Lamps
4 - Light - 40 watts
3 - Light - 40 watts and arrow
4 - Light - 40 watts and no turn
8 - Light - 40 watts
9 - Light - 40 watts
12 - Light - 6 arrows
Traffic flashing signals
School flashing signals
POLICE CALL SIGNALS
Rate per
Year
$ 40.80
36.00
82.80
64.20
72.00
156.00
24.00
12.00
The rates to be charged for electrical energy
furnished for the operation of the police call sig-
nal system owned by the City of Dubuque shall be
$8.00 per year per call signal.
PARK LIGHTS:
The rates to be charged by the person, firm or
corporation supplying electrical energy within the
City of Dubuque for the operation of each park
lighting standard of the park or street lighting
system owned by the Dubuque Park Board, includ-
ing all energy required for the operation thereof,
and all expenses or charges incident to the opera-
tion of said system, including the cost of the re-
placement of any and all glassware and/or
renewal of lamps, except where the breakage of
such glassware or lamps is due to traffic damage,
but not including the maintenance of cables and
lighting standards which shall be maintained at the
cost of the owners thereof, shall be:
Size
of
Standard Lamp
1-Lamp @ 4000 Lumens
1-Lamp @ 2500 Lumens
1-Lamp @ 200 Watts
PAYMENT:
Per Year
Hours Rate
of per
Burning Year
4000 $22.80
4000 16.80
4000 19.08
Bills shall be rendered monthly by the person,
firm or corporation supplying such electrical en-
ergy to the City of Dubuque, Iowa, at the rate of
one -twelfth (1-12th) of the respective annual
charge for each street light, ornamental standard,
traffic control signal, and/or police call signal in
service during the month for which the bill is
rendered.
SCHEDULE IX
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR AIR
CONDITIONING AND AIR COOLING
These rules and regulations will apply to loads
of more than 2 H.P. for commercial air condition-
ing and air cooling equipment but will not apply
to equipment used for refrigeration of foods or
other supplies. (Loads of 2 H.P. or less, single
phase, can be used on commercial lighting rates.)
Service will be rendered under standard power
service conditions on the commercial power rates
in effect under a five year contract.
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE:
The conditions stated herein will not apply to
air conditioning loads where a customer has any
motor for other purposes larger than 2 H.P. be-
cause the person, firm, or corporation supplying
electrical energy will not install separate power
metering for the air conditioning load where the
customer has other power load of more than
2 H.P. Where other small power loads of 2 H.P.
or less are now connected and taking service
through the same meter as the air conditioning
load, then the customer may take advantage of
these rules and regulations by changing, at his
own expense, such wiring as may be necessary to
take the service for the motors of 2 H.P. or less
through the commercial lighting meter.
MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGES:
The standard monthly minimum bill of the pow-
er rate in effect will apply to this service from
the date of connection of the service to the date of
disconnection without prorating of the minimum
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monthly bill for fractional parts of the month either
at the time service is ordered connected or discon-
nected. The minimum monthly bill will not be
charged during the period that service is discon-
nected.
SERVICE DISCONNECTION CHARGE:
In order for the customer to secure permission
for the minimum monthly bill to be eliminated, he
must order the service disconnected in writing and
the customer will then be given a final billing for
the amount of energy used including the proper
monthly minimum bill and will make a payment of
a disconnection charge of $2.00 plus an amount of
$ 1.00 per H.P. of connected load, in lieu of payment
of minimum monthly bills during the period when
service is disconnected.
CONNECTION CHARGE:
At the time service is ordered connected, the
customer will pay a $2.00 connection charge to
pay the person, firm or corporation supplying elec-
trical energy for its cost in connecting service.
Service may be disconnected by any method deter-
mined as feasible, but, if it is desirable to leave
the meter installed, then service may be disconnect-
ed by sealing the switch open with the customer
understanding that the seal is only to be broken and
the switch closed by a representative of the person,
firm or corporation supplying electrical energy.
GENERAL PROVISIONS:
Service may be rendered at either single phase
or three phase in accordance with the general prac-
tice of rendering three phase service. Where it is
necessary for the person, firm or corporation
supplying electrical energy to make any special in-
vestment to render the service for air conditioning
load, then the regulations of the person, firm or
corporation supplying electrical energy in regard
to setting up a monthly service charge will apply
based upon an allowable investment of $125.00 (the
same as is used for residential and small commer-
cial lighting service) for loads up to 5 H.P. plus
$25.00 per H.P. in excess of 5 H.P. If the cost to
serve is greater than the allowable amount, then
the annual service char e will be an amount of $ 6.00
for each major fraction of $50.00 in excess of the
allowable expenditure and such annual service
charge will be payable at the time connection for
the season is ordered.
CHANGE IN SERVICE CLASSIFICATION:
Section 2. Any customer taking service under
one or more of the various classifications of serv-
ice may elect to change to any other classification
that may be available to him, provided, however,
that the person, firm or corporation supplying elec-
trical energy in the City of Dubuque need not change
any customer's classification more than once in any
twelve (12) month period.
METER SERVICE:
Section 3. No person, firm or corporation
supplying electrical energy in the City of Dubuque
shall install any meter or meters upon a customer's
premises for the purpose of measuring electrical
energy to be supplied to said customer unless and
until such meter has been compared with a stand-
ard meter and adjusted so that the error in regis-
tration at full load is not more than plus or minus
two per cent (2%) of accuracy within a period of
six (6) months preceding date of installation upon
said customer's premises. Any meter installed
upon a customer's premises shall bear a label
clearly indicating the date that said meter was
tested and recalibrated.
All meters in service in the City of Dubuque
shall be systematically tested and/or compared
with a standard meter and adjusted to register
within plus or minus two per cent (2%) of accu-
racy, and no meter shall be kept in service which
has not been recalibrated within eight (8) years.
The person, firm or corporation supplying
electrical energy in the City of Dubuque shall
keep on file a record of the test of each meter,
installed upon or retained in service upon a cus-
tomer's premises after test, which record shall
be available for inspection by officials of the
City of Dubuque. Such record as filed shall indi-
cate the name of the manufacturer of said meter,
its serial number, type, capacity, number assigned
to it by its owner, the name and address of the
customer where said meter was in service prior
to said test, the date of said test and date of last
previous test, together with the percentage of
error above or below accuracy, as disclosed by
said test. Meters shall be adjusted to register
within plus or minus two per cent (2%) of accu-
racy at full load.
PENALTY:
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation
who shall charge or exact other or different
rates or charges for any type of service, the
rates for which service are herein fixed and de-
termined, or who shall violate any of the provi-
sions hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not to exceed $ 100.00, or imprisoned not to ex-
ceed thirty (30) days in jail.
REPEAL CLAUSE:
Section 5. Ordinance No. 8-41 and all amend-
ments thereto are hereby repealed.
PUBLICATION:
Section 6. This ordinance shall be in effect
from and after its final passage, adoption, and
approval by the Council of the City of Dubuque
and publication provided by law.
Passed, adopted and approved upon final read-
ing this 13th day of November, 1951.
Published November 16, 1951.
ORDINANCE NO. 66-51
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No.44-46 by
Repealing Section 1 and Substituting a New
Section 1 in Lieu Thereof.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque;
Section 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance
No.44-46, being an Ordinance entitled "An Ord-
inance Regulating the operation of Taxicabs
within the City of Dubuque and fixing the rates
and prices to be charged for the transportation of
passengers from one part of the City to another,
Repealing all Ordinances in conflict herewith and
providing a penalty for a violation thereof" is
hereby repealed and the following substituted
therefor:
"Section 1. The following rates and prices for
the transportation of passengers by taxi -cabs
are hereby fixed as the rates and prices to be
charged for services rendered by the means above
stated, to -wit:
(a) For one passenger from one part of the
City of Dubuque to any other part thereof, includ-
ing such passenger's ordinary luggage, the sum
of 604;
(b) For two or more passengers to and includ-
ing five passengers from one part of the City to
any other part thereof, including such passenger's
ordinary luggage, the sum of 75;
(c) Where two or more passengers board a
taxicab at the same place, from that place to any
other parts of the City as designated by each pas-
senger, the passenger alighting shall pay 604 and
each other passenger shall pay 35 as he leaves
the taxicab at his destination. These fares include
the passenger's ordinary luggage;
(d) Waiting time may be charged for on the fol-
lowing terms: At the rate of $3.00 per hour. No
charge shall be made for waiting time under ten
minutes."
Adopted December 12, 1951.
Published December 17, 1951.
ORDINANCE NO. 39-51
An Ordinance Prohibiting the Blocking of Railroad
Crossings and Providing a Penalty Therefor.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque, Iowa:
Section 1. No railroad company, railroad engi-
neer, train conductor, or other person having
charge or control of any locomotive engine, car or
train of cars, shall allow the same to remain
standing on its tracks for a longer period than
five (5) minutes in such.a manner as to obstruct
the free flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic
along any, street intersecting the said tracks:
Section 2. Any person who shall establish that
a failure to comply with the terms of Section 1
hereof resulted from a mechanical failure or
other unforeseeable circumstance beyond his con-
trol shall not be deemed guilty of a violation of
this Ordinance;
Section 3. Any railroad company, or any offi-
cer, agent or employee thereof, who shall violate
any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or who
shall do any act herein prohibited, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall
be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred
dollars ($ 100) for each offense.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its final passage,
adoption and publication as by law provided.
Introduced the 27th day of August, 1951.
Adopted August 27, 1951.
Published August 30, 1951.
CHAPTER XVI
Traffic Regulations
ORDINANCE NO. 44-51
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No.33-49 to
Provide for One Way Traffic on Part of Bluff
Street and the Alley Between Bluff Street and
Locust Street and Permitting Parking on the
Left Side of One Way Streets.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque:
Section 1. That Schedule I of Ordinance
No.33-49 is hereby repealed and the following en-
acted as a substitute therefor:
"SCHEDULE I
In accordance with Section 10.6, and when prop-
erly signposted, traffic shall move only in the
direction indicated upon the following streets or
alleys or parts thereof:
1. Traffic shall move northerly only:
a. In the alley between Iowa Street and Central
Avenue from West Fourth Street to Loras Boule-
vard;
b. In the alley between Locust Street and Main
Street from Jones Street to West Twelfth Street;
c. In the alley between Bluff Street and Locust
Street from Eighth Avenue to West Tenth Street.
2. Traffic shall move southerly only:
a. On Bluff Street from Loras Boulevard to
Eighth Avenue;
b. In the alley between Central Avenue and
White Street from East Fourteenth Street to East
Fourth Street;
c. In the alley between Main Street and Iowa
Street from West Twelfth Street to West Second
Street."
Section 2. That Section 16.2 of Ordinance
No.33-49 is hereby repealed and the following en-
acted as a substitute therefor:
"Section 16.2. Except where angle parking is
permitted and on one-way streets, every vehicle
stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an
adjacent curb shall be stopped or parked with the
right hand wheels of such vehicle parallel with
and within eighteen inches (18") of the right hand
curb. On one-way streets vehicles may also be
parked with the left hand wheels parallel with and
within eighteen inches (18") of the left hand curb."
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Adopted September 25, 1951.
Published September 28, 1951.
ORDINANCE NO. 46-51
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No.33-49 by
adding a new Section to Schedule IV thereof; by
adding a new Section IV-2 thereof, and by adding
two new Sections to Schedule VI thereof.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque:
Section 1. That Ordinance No.33-49 known as
the "Traffic Code" be amended by adding a new
Section to Schedule IV thereof as follows:
"SCHEDULE IV
3. For longer than 15 minutes upon the follow-
ing streets:
a. Both sides of Jones Street between Main
Street and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacific Railroad Tracks."
Section 2. That Ordinance No.33-49 known as
the "Traffic Code" be amended by adding a new
section to Schedule IV-2 thereof as follows:
"SCHEDULE IV
2.x Seminary Street from the northeast corner
of Avoca Street and Seminary Street to a point
600 feet east thereof."
Section 3. That Ordinance No.33-49 known as
the "Traffic Code" be amended by adding two new
sections to Schedule VI thereof as follows:
"SCHEDULE VI
f.f. East side of Wartburg Place from Fremont
Avenue to 385 Wartburg Place;
g.g. Both sides of Wartburg Place from 385
Wartburg Place to the entrance to Sunset Ridge."
Section 4. That this Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its final adoption
and publication as provided by law.
Chapter XVII Buildings
Adopted October 15, 1951.
Published October 18, 1951.
ORDINANCE NO. 52-51
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No.33-49 by
adding two new Sections to Schedule VI thereof.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque:
Section 1. That Ordinance No.33-49, known as
the "Traffic Code" be amended by adding two new
Sections to Schedule VI thereof as follows:
"SCHEDULE VI
h.h. The south side of University Avenue from
the south line of McCormick Street to the north
line of Algona Street.
i.i. The east side of Algona Street for a distance
of three hundred (300) feet south from the south
line of Campus Lane."
Adopted November 5, 1951.
Published November 9, 1951.
ORDINANCE NO. 60-51
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No.33-49, by
adding a new Section to Schedule VI thereof.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque, Iowa:
Section 1. That Ordinance No.33-49, known as
the "Traffic Code" be amended by adding a new
section to Schedule VI thereof as follows:
"SCHEDULE VI
j.j. The North side of Broadway from Diagonal
Street to Gay Street."
Passed December 3, 1951.
Published December. 10, 1951.
CHAPTER XV I 1 I
Zoning
ORDINANCE NO. 57-51
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No.3-34 Enti-
tled "The Zoning Ordinance of the City of
Dubuque" by Adding New Subsections Thereto
Defining "Trailers" and "Trailer Parks;"
Providing Restrictions on the use of Premises
for the Storage of Trailers and as Trailer
Parks; and Providing a Penalty for the Viola-
tion Thereof.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Dubuque:
Section 1. That Article II, Section 4 of Ordi-
nance No.3-34 entitled "The Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Dubuque" is hereby amended by adding
a new subsection (e) thereto as follows:
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"Art.II Section 4 (e): The storage of not more
than one unoccupied trailer, as hereinafter de-
fined, shall be considered a proper accessory use
provided the same shall not be used for living
quarters or business purposes while so parked."
Section 2. That Article V, Section 1 of said
Ordinance No.3-34 is hereby amended by adding
new subsections (j) and (k) thereto as follows:
"Art.V, Section 1 -
(j) Trailer Parks provided the same are de-
signed, constructed and maintained in accordance
with Article IX hereof.
(k) Trailer Sales Lots."
Section 3. That Article VI, Section 1 of said
Ordinance No.3-34 is hereby amended by adding
a new subsection (23) thereto as follows:
"Article VI Section 1 -
(23) Trailer Parks except those designed, con-
structed and maintained in accordance with Arti-
cle IX hereof."
Section 4. That Article VII Section 1 of said Or-
dinance No.3-34 is hereby amended by adding
thereto a new subsection (52) thereto as follows:
"Article VII Section 1 -
(52) Trailer Parks except those designed, con-
structed and maintained in accordance with Arti-
cle IX hereof."
Section 5. That Article IX of said Ordinance
No.3-34 is hereby amended by adding a new sub-
section (v) thereto as follows:
"Article IX
(v) Trailer Parks. No premises shall be used
for a Trailer Park unless and until the following
conditions have been complied with:
1. The proprietor of such Trailer Park shall
file with the Building Commissioner a plat of such
proposed Trailer Park showing the following in-
formation:
(a) Location of sites for trailers.
(b) Location and number of sanitary conven-
iences to be used by occupants of trailers.
(c) Plan for electrical distribution of lights to
trailers.
2. The actual use of such premises shall con-
form to such plat.
3. Each trailer park shall have erected there-
on, at a distance not greater than two hundred (200)
feet from any trailer site it is designed to serve,
a suitable building for housing toilets and showers
hereinafter required, which shall be provided with
a floor of concrete or similar material impervious
to water and properly drained.
4. There shall be provided and accessible at
all times, separate toilet rooms for each sex.
Each toilet room shall contain satisfactory lava-
tories with hot and cold running water and toilets
connected to the City sewer system.
5. Separate bathing facilities with hot and cold
running water shall be provided for each sex with
at least one shower head for every 15 persons.
6. Trailers shall be kept at least four (4) feet
distant from any lot line, and ten feet from anv
trailer or other structure.
7. All other applicable ordinances of the City
of Dubuque shall be complied with.
8. No premises shall be used for a Trailer
Park unless and until a Certificate of Occupancy
therefor has been issued.
9. The provisions of Article IX (a) shall not
apply to use of premises as Trailer Parks."
Section 6. That Article X of said Ordinance
No.3-34 is hereby amended by adding thereto the
following definitions:
"Trailer. A Trailer is any vehicle or structure
so designed and constructed in such manner as
will permit occupancy thereof as sleeping
quarters by one or more persons, or the conduct
of any business or profession, occupation, or
trade (or use as a selling or advertising device)
and so designed that it is or may be mounted on
wheels and used as a conveyance on highways or
streets, propelled or drawn by its own or other
motive power, but the word "trailer" shall not be
construed to include any standard model automo-
bile body designed to accommodate six or less pas-
sengers.
Trailer Park. A Trailer Park is any lot, par-
cel or tract of land designed, maintained or in-
tended for the purpose of supplying a location or
accommodations for any Trailer, or upon which any
Trailer is parked and shall include all buildings
used or intended for use as part of the equipment
thereof whether charge is made for the use of the
Trailer Park and its facilities or not.
Trailer Sales Lot. A Trailer Sales Lot is any
lot, parcel or tract of land on which unoccupied
Trailers are parked for purpose of inspection and
sale only."
Section 7. This Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from June 15, 1952 and after its final
passage, adoption and publication as by law pro-
vided.
Adopted December 3, 1951.
Published December 7, 1951.
ORDINANCE NO. 47-51
An Ordinance Amending and Changing the Zoning
Map of the City of Dubuque as Provided by
Ordinance No.3-34 so as to Change the Below
Described Area from its Present Classification
to Two Family Residence District Classifica-
tion.
Whereas the Planning and Zoning Commission
has recommended to the City Council that the
following described area be changed from its
present classification to Two Family District
Classification, to -wit:
Lots 7 to 20 inclusive of Finleys Addition in the
City of Dubuque, Iowa, including any or all subdi-
visions of said lots;
Now Therefore, be it Ordained by the City Council
of the City of Dubuque, Iowa:
Section 1. That the Zoning Map and Ordinance
No.3-34 known as the Zoning Ordinance be and the
same is hereby amended by changing the above de-
scribed area from its present classification to
Two Family Residence District Classification.
Adopted December 3, 1951.
Published December 10, 1951.
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TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES ADOPTED SINCE AUG. 10, 1951.
Date Ordinance Date
Subject Adopted Number Published
Granting Donald R. Nank et al right to construct a Sept. 6 38-51 Sept. 7
sanitary sewer
Vacating alley first east of Concord Sept. 17 40-51 Sept. 20
Authorizing Sinclair Refining Co. to erect a fire- Sept. 17 41-51 Sept. 20
wall in Terminal street and Railroad Ave.
Issuing $ 131,000.00 Sanitation Fund Bonds Oct. 4 42-51 Oct. 9
Authorizing Trausch Bakery to construct a load- Oct. 4 43-51 Oct. 9
ing dock
Vacating alley adjoining Lot 113 in Belmont Add. Dec. 3 48-51 Dec. 10
Directing installation of sani-toilets on certain Nov. 13 53-51 Nov. 19
property
Directing installation of sani-toilets on certain Nov. 13 54-51 Nov. 19
property
Directing installation of sani-toilets on certain Nov. 13 55-51 Nov. 19
property
Granting A.H. Bolte et al right to construct a san- Dec. 3 58-51 Dec. 10
itary sewer
Granting Henry A. Reelfs et al right to construct a Dec. 12 62-51 Dec. 19
sanitary sewer
Amending appropriation ordinance Dec. 20 67-51 Dec. 21
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