Chapter 32 Ordinance 44-08 Summary
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
A SUMMARY
OF
ORDINANCE NO. 44-08
AMENDING THE CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REPEALING
CHAPTER 32 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC AND ADOPTING A NEW
CHAPTER 32 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC IN LIEU THEREOF.
Chapter 32 of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances is the City’s traffic code and
regulations. This ordinance repeals Chapter 32 and adopts a new Chapter 32 in its
place. The new Chapter 32 is largely the same as the repealed Chapter 32 with
changes to grammar, capitalization, and punctuation. The following are the substantive
changes made to Chapter 32:
1. Under Section 32-321.604, the back-in angular parking on Fourth Street was
changed to front-in angular parking.
2. Section 32-321.601 is amended to expand the definition of a loading zone and
regulates both passenger and commercial loading zones as follows:
Sec. 32-321.601. Loading Zones
A. Loading Zones shall be established and marked by signs.
B. Loading Zones. A space not to exceed fifty feet (50') is hereby reserved at
the side of the street in front of any theater, auditorium, hotel having more than
twenty-five (25) sleeping rooms, or other buildings where large assemblages of
people are being held, within which space, when clearly marked as such, no
motor vehicle shall be left standing, parked, or stopped except in taking on or
discharging passengers or freight.
C. Passenger Loading. A motor vehicle standing, parked, or stopped for
taking on or discharging passengers shall not remain in the loading zone in
excess of fifteen (15) minutes unless otherwise instructed by a law enforcement
officer.
D. Commercial Loading. A motor vehicle standing, parked, or stopped for
taking on or discharging freight shall not remain in the loading zone in excess of
fifteen (15) minutes unless otherwise instructed by a law enforcement officer.
1. On two-way streets in commercial districts, commercial vehicles
may stop, stand, or park in a traveled lane while engaging in the loading or
unloading of property, provided ten feet (10’) of width of roadway is open
for the free movement of vehicular traffic.
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2. On one-way streets in commercial districts, commercial vehicles
may stop, stand, or park in a traveled lane while engaging in the loading or
unloading of property, provided ten feet (10’) of width of the roadway is
open for the free movement of vehicular traffic.
E. Motor vehicles shall not block an egress from a building or facility. In the
instance of a conflict with the above provisions and the International Fire Code,
the provisions of the International Fire Code shall govern.
3. A definition was added to Section 32-321.1 for electric personal assistive mobility
devices. The definition is:
Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device means a device, powered by an
electric propulsion system designed to transport one person, with a maximum
speed on a paved level surface of less than twenty five (25) miles per hour with
an average power of 750 watts or 1 horsepower.
4. The following new section regulating electric personal assistive mobility devices
is added:
32-321.276A. Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices.
(a) No person under 16 years of age may operate an electric personal
assistive mobility device in the City of Dubuque.
(b) No operator's permit or license shall be required for the operation of an
electric personal assistive mobility device.
(c) No licensure or registration of the electric personal assistive mobility
device is required.
(d) No proof of financial responsibility is required.
(e) A person shall operate an electric personal assistive mobility device in a
safe and non-hazardous manner so as not to endanger himself or herself or any
other person or property.
(f) There shall be no prohibition against any person riding an electric
personal assistive mobility device upon a sidewalk or bicycle path within the City,
so long as the rider does not create a hazard; provided, that no person shall
operate an electric personal assistance mobility device upon a sidewalk within
the City on those sidewalks expressly designated by the City Manager as
prohibited and appropriate signs to such effect are posted.
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(g) Any person riding an electric personal assistive mobility device upon a
sidewalk shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, and shall travel at a speed no
greater than is safe for the conditions then existing on the sidewalk.
(h) A person propelling an electric personal assistive mobility device upon and
along a sidewalk or while crossing a roadway in a crosswalk shall have all the
rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances,
except that the electric personal assistive mobility device operator must yield to
pedestrians on the sidewalk or crosswalk.
(i) The operator of an electric personal assistive mobility device emerging
from, or entering an alley, driveway, or building, shall upon approaching a
sidewalk, or the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway, yield the right-of-
way to all pedestrians approaching on said sidewalk, and upon entering the
roadway in a cross-walk shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching
on said roadway.
(j) Electric personal assistive mobility devices shall not be used on roadways,
except when using a cross-walk or on side-streets where there is not a sidewalk
adjacent to the street.
(k) A person shall not operate an electric personal assistive mobility device at
the times specified in §32-321.384 unless the person or the electric personal
assistive mobility device is equipped with a headlight visible from the front of the
electric personal assistive mobility device and at least one red reflector visible
from the rear of the electric personal assistive mobility device.
(l) The provisions of this section shall not apply to use of a wheelchair or
other similar conveyance when used for transportation by any temporarily or
permanently disabled person.
(m) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the above proscribed
conveyances when used in any parade, exhibition or gathering of persons which
has been authorized by permit from the City Manager.
(n) The provision of this section shall not apply to the above proscribed
conveyances when used by the fire or police departments.
(o) The scheduled fine for a violation of this section shall be twenty-five
($25.00) dollars.
5. The careless driving provision under Section 32-321.277A is amended. The prior
section only covered careless driving by motor vehicles. The section as
amended is expanded to include motorcycles, motorized bicycles, motor
bicycles, bicycles, skateboards, and electric personal assistive mobility devices,
and provides as follows:
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Sec. 32-321.277A. Careless Driving.
A person commits careless driving if the person intentionally operates a motor
vehicle, motorcycle, motorized bicycle, motor bicycle, bicycle, skateboard, or
electric personal assistive mobility device, on a public road, highway, sidewalk,
bicycle path, or trail in any one of the following ways:
(a) Creates or causes unnecessary tire squealing, skidding, or sliding upon
acceleration or stopping.
(b) Simulates a temporary race.
(c) Causes any wheel or wheels to unnecessarily lose contact with the
ground.
(d) Causes the vehicle to unnecessarily turn abruptly or sway.
(e) Creates or causes unnecessary danger to himself or herself or any other
person or property.
Amended Chapter 32 also includes the following sections establishing fines for
violations: The provisions and the fines remained the same as the earlier version of
Chapter 32, but in compliance with Iowa Code §380.7 they are being printed in their
entirety.
1. Sec. 32-321.275A. Use of Bicycles, Motorcycles, Etc. in Parks.
(a) The use of bicycles, skateboards, and other non-motorized conveyances
and motorcycles, motor scooters, go carts, cars, trucks, and other motor driven
vehicles other than those vehicles engaged in authorized park maintenance and
security in any park, recreation facility, or trail may be prohibited by the park and
recreation advisory commission.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any car, truck, motorcycle, or any
other type vehicle to stop, stand, or park upon any roadway or in any parking
areas in any park, recreation facility, or trail in such manner as to obstruct the
flow of traffic.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to play games, catch,
throwing of frisbees or other objects, gathering in groups on any roadway or
parking areas in any park, recreation facility, or trail as to obstruct the flow of
traffic.
(d) It shall be unlawful to park any car, truck, motorcycle, or other type of
vehicle along any roadway or area in any park or recreation facility that is posted
prohibiting such parking.
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(e) It shall be unlawful for any car, truck, motorcycle, or any other type of
motorized vehicle to drive on and/or park on any grass area, sidewalk, or trail in
any park, recreation facility, or trail except with the express permission of the
leisure services manager's designee.
(f) The scheduled fine for a violation of this Section shall be twenty-five
dollars ($25.00).
2. Sec. 32-321.276. Use of Certain Non-motorized Vehicles, Conveyances, and
Equipment in Municipal Parking Ramps or Lots and in Certain Other Places in
the City.
(a) No person shall be upon and make use of roller skates, skateboards,
bicycles, or other wheeled recreational vehicles or conveyances within any
municipal parking ramp or municipal parking lot. This provision shall not apply to
use of a wheelchair or other similar conveyance when used for transportation by
any temporarily or permanently disabled person or to a wagon being pulled by a
pedestrian at a walking speed.
(b) No person shall use roller skates, skateboards, wagons, or other wheeled
or non-motorized recreational vehicles, with the exception of bicycles, upon the
roadway portion of any right-of-way, except that a person may use any of the
above proscribed conveyances in any marked or unmarked crosswalk. Any
person using any of the above proscribed conveyances in crossing a roadway at
a place other than a marked or unmarked crosswalk shall be subject to the
requirements set forth in Section 32-321.328 of this Article.
(c) The City Manager is hereby authorized to designate and post signs in
areas where skateboarding, skating, and riding bicycles and scooters is
prohibited. No person shall skateboard, skate, or ride a bicycle or a scooter in
any such area.
(d) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the above proscribed
conveyances when used in any parade, exhibition, or gathering of persons which
has been authorized by permit from the City Manager.
(e) The scheduled fine for a violation of this Section shall be twenty five
dollars ($25.00).
3. Sec. 32-321.285. Limits Generally.
(a) Any person driving a motor vehicle on any street of this city shall drive the
same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than or less than is reasonable
and proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface, and width of the streets and
of any other conditions then existing and no person shall drive any vehicle at a
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speed greater than will permit such person to bring it to a stop within the assured
clear distance ahead, such driver having the right to assume, however, that all
persons using such streets will observe the law.
(b) The following shall be lawful speeds except as otherwise provided in
Subsection (c) of this Section or elsewhere in this Code or other ordinance of the
city and any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful:
(1) Twenty (20) miles per hour in any business district.
(2) Twenty-five (25) miles per hour in any residential or school district.
(3) Forty (40) miles per hour for any motor vehicle drawing another
vehicle in any district or on any street where the lawful speed is in excess
of forty (40) miles per hour, except when otherwise specified under
Section 32-321.285 of the state Code.
(4) Forty-five (45) miles per hour in any suburban district.
(c) When signs are erected giving notice thereof, the following shall be the
lawful speed on the streets or portions thereof designated herein:
FIFTEEN (15) MILES PER HOUR
Streets and roadways in all city parks.
TWENTY-FIVE (25) MILES PER HOUR
Admiral Sheehy Drive, U.S. Highway 61-151 to its terminus.
Airport Road, from a point two thousand three hundred feet (2,300’)
west of U.S. Highway 61 to its westerly terminus.
Bryant Street, from Grandview Avenue to the centerline of U.S.
Highway 20.
Central Avenue, Thirty Second Street to its southerly terminus.
Fremont Avenue, from Simpson Street to U.S. Highway 20.
Greyhound Park Drive, U.S. Highway 61-151 to its terminus.
Hill Street, from Ninth Street to the centerline of U.S. Highway 20.
Pennsylvania Avenue, from University Avenue to Hickson Street.
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Ramp connector, eastbound from Fremont Avenue to Grandview
Avenue.
Ramp connector, westbound from Grandview Avenue to Lombard
Street.
White Street, Fourth Street to Twelfth Street.
THIRTY (30) MILES PER HOUR
Ninth Street, Bluff Street to University Avenue.
Thirty Second Street, West, Highland Park to J.F. Kennedy Road.
Asbury Road, University Avenue to a point five hundred feet (500')
west of St. John Drive.
Cedar Cross Road, U.S. Highway 20 to a point eight hundred feet
(800') east of Ace Avenue.
Central Avenue, Thirty Second Street to Ruby Street.
Chavenelle Road, from Associates Drive to its westerly terminus.
Fremont Avenue, from North Cascade Road to Simpson Street.
J.F. Kennedy Road, Sunset Park Circle to city limits.
Kaufman Avenue, J.F. Kennedy Road to Central Avenue.
Locust Street, West, Clarke Drive to Sixteenth Street.
Loras Boulevard, Bluff Street to University Avenue.
Pennsylvania Avenue, from Hickson Street to John F. Kennedy
Road.
Peru Road, from a point seven hundred feet (700’) east of Jackson
to Sheridan Road.
Rhomberg Avenue, Elm Street to its northeasterly terminus.
Shiras Avenue, Rhomberg Avenue to its northerly terminus.
University Avenue, Ninth Street to Prysi Street.
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Windsor Avenue, East Twenty Fourth Street to its northerly
terminus.
THIRTY-FIVE (35) MILES PER HOUR
Sixteenth Street, East, Kerper Boulevard to Sycamore Street.
Thirty Second Street, West, Grandview Avenue to Highland Park.
Airport Road, from U.S. Highway 61 to a point two thousand three
hundred feet (2,300') west of U.S. Highway 61.
Asbury Road, from a point five hundred feet (500') west of St.
John's Drive to city limits.
Cedar Cross Road, Fremont Street to a point eight hundred feet
(800') east of Ace Avenue.
Dodge Street (U.S. Highway 20), from Locust Street to a point one
thousand five hundred thirty feet (1,530') east of Locust Street.
Dodge Street (U.S. Highway 20), Locust Street to a point one
thousand one hundred feet (1,100') west of Locust Street.
Grandview Avenue, Balboa Street to Thirty Second Street.
Grandview Avenue, from a point approximately four hundred feet
(400') north of Ungs Street to Kaufman Avenue.
J.F. Kennedy Road, Dodge Street (U.S. Highway 20) to Sunset
Park Circle.
Kerper Boulevard, Pine Street to Hawthorne Street.
Pennsylvania Avenue, J.F. Kennedy Road to westerly city limits.
Peru Road, Sheridan Road to Roosevelt Road (Valley Road).
Radford Road, from Chavenelle Road to the northerly city limits.
Roosevelt Road (Valley Road and Pebman Road), Peru Road to a
point five hundred feet (500') north of Amelia Drive.
Seippel Road, Old Highway Road to the northerly city limits.
University Avenue, Prysi Street to J.F. Kennedy Road.
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Wacker Drive, Dodge Street (U.S. Highway 20) to J.F. Kennedy
Road.
FORTY (40) MILES PER HOUR
Central Avenue, Ruby Street to Olympic Heights Road.
FORTY FIVE (45) MILES PER HOUR
Dodge Street (U.S. Highway 20), from a point one thousand five
hundred thirty feet (1,530') east of Locust Street to the easterly city
limits on the Julien Dubuque Bridge.
Dodge Street (U.S. Highway 20), from a point one thousand one
hundred feet (1,100') west of Locust Street to a point five hundred
feet (500') east of Crescent Ridge Road.
Locust Street ramps to U.S. 52/61/151, from Locust Street to U.S.
52/61/151.
Northwest Arterial (IA 32), U.S. Highway 20 to U.S. Highway 52.
Peru Road, Roosevelt Road (Valley Road) to northerly city limits.
Seippel Road, U.S. Highway 20 to Old Highway Road.
U.S. 61/151/52, from a point one hundred fifty feet (150') north of
Fifth Street to a point one thousand one hundred feet (1,100') south
of the Julien Dubuque Bridge.
FIFTY (50) MILES PER HOUR
Central Avenue, Olympic Heights Road to northerly city limits.
Dodge Street (U.S. Highway 20), from a point five hundred feet
(500') east of Crescent Ridge Road to the westerly city limits.
Northwest Arterial (IA 32), from Dodge Street (U.S. Highway 20) to
the northerly city limits.
FIFTY-FIVE (55) MILES PER HOUR
Dodge Street (U.S. Highway 20), from a point one thousand sixty
feet (1,060') west of Old Highway Road to the westerly city limits.
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U.S. 61/151/52, from a point one hundred fifty feet (150') north of
Fifth Street to the northerly city limits on the Dubuque/Wisconsin
bridge, and from a point one thousand one hundred feet (1,100')
south of the Julien Dubuque bridge to the southerly city limits.
(d) Scheduled fines are established pursuant to Iowa Code Section 805.6(6).
Excessive speed in zones 55 mph or less
(1) 1 through 5 over
(2) 6 through 10 over
(3) 11 through 15 over
(4) 16 through 20 over
(5) Over 20 mph over (plus $2.00 for each mile in excess of 20
mph over limit)
Excessive speed in zones greater than 55 mph
(6) 1 through 5 over
(7) 6 through 10 over
(8) 11 through 15 over
(9) 16 through 20 over
(10) Over 20 mph over (plus $2 for each mile in excess of 20
mph over limit)
4. Sec. 32-321.621. Parking Violations – Fines.
The owner or operator of any vehicle who shall receive notice, either personally
or by the attaching of such notice to said vehicle, that said vehicle is parked in
such manner, in such a place or for such a time as to violate the provisions of
this Chapter relating to the parking of vehicles shall pay to the city treasurer as a
penalty for such violation the following sum:
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), (3), or (4), any violation of the
Subsections of Article VIII. Stopping, Standing and Parking, an initial fine of
fifteen dollars ($15.00) if paid within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the
violation. If payment is not made within such thirty (30) calendar days, said fine
shall be twenty dollars ($20.00).
(2) Disabled Parking Violations, a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(3) Expired Parking Meter Violations, an initial fine of seven dollars ($7.00) if
paid within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the violation. If payment is not
made within such thirty (30) calendar days, said fine shall be twelve dollars
($12.00).
(4) Parking in violation of any designated fire lane, a fine of fifty dollars
($50.00)
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(5) Parking in violation of snow route restrictions, a fine of thirty dollars
($30.00) if paid within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the violation. If
payment is not made within such thirty (30) calendar days, said fine shall be
thirty-five dollars ($35.00),
Payment of the above fine by mail to the city treasurer shall be deemed paid as
of the date of the postmark on the envelope thereof.
5. Sec. 32-321.622. Parking Violations – Posting Bond.
All persons receiving such notice of violation and deeming themselves not guilty
of such offense, or desiring to appear and defend against the same, shall within
seven calendar days appear at the police department and promise to appear in
the District Court of Dubuque County, Iowa for trial.
6. Sec. 32-321.645. Meters – Time and Fee Schedule for Specific Lots.
Parking meters on municipally owned parking lots, when installed and properly
operated, shall show legal parking upon and after the deposit of United States
coins, and in the nonmetered parking lots, parking spaces shall be reserved in
accordance with the following schedules:
(1) On parking lots no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10, the amount of fee shall be
displayed on each parking meter and shall indicate the period of time allowed for
the particular United States coin deposit after meter has been placed in
operation. The maximum parking time allowed shall be indicated on the parking
meter assigned to the meter space to which it applies.
(2) On parking lot no. 5, reserved parking for each space for which a parking
meter has not been installed shall be reserved by the city for assignment by the
City Manager for purposes of carrying out the business of city government.
(3) On parking lot no. 10, reserved parking for nonmetered spaces shall be
between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. daily,
excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays at a monthly rate of thirty seven
dollars ($37.00), payable each month.
(4) On parking lot no. 12, reserved parking for nonmetered spaces shall be
between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. daily,
excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays at a monthly rate of twenty five
dollars ($25.00), payable each month.
(5) On parking lot no. 2, reserved parking for each space for which parking
meters have not been installed shall be rented through an agreement approved
by the City Council. Reserved parking for nonmetered spaces shall be between
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the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. daily, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays at a monthly rate of twenty seven dollars
($27.00), payable each month.
(6) On parking lot no. 1, reserved parking for each space for which parking
meters have not been installed shall be rented through an agreement approved
by the City Council. Reserved parking for nonmetered spaces shall be between
the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. daily, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays at a monthly rate of twenty seven dollars
($27.00), payable each month.
Notice of such restrictions, as provided for in this Section, shall be displayed at
each lot. The owner or operator of any vehicle who shall receive notice either
personally or by the attaching of such notice to said vehicle if said vehicle is
parked in violation of this Section shall, when such notice is served upon such
owner or operator or attached to said vehicle, pay to the city treasurer as a
penalty for such violation the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) and after thirty (30)
days a sum of twenty dollars ($20.00).
7. Sec. 32-321.667. Fee Schedule.
Subject to the limitations provided in this Division, parking meters, when installed
and properly operated, shall show legal parking upon and after deposit of United
States coins in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) One hour parking meters shall show legal parking for fifty cents ($0.50)
per hour, but not more than a total of sixty (60) minutes at any one time.
(2) Two (2) hour parking meters shall show legal parking for fifty cents ($0.50)
per hour, but not more than a total of one hundred twenty (120) minutes at any
one time.
(3) Four (4) hour parking meters shall show legal parking for fifty cents
($0.50) per hour, but not more than a total of four (4) hours at any one time.
(4) Ten (10) hour parking meters shall show legal parking for twenty five cents
($0.25) per hour, but not more than a total of ten (10) hours at any one time.
(5) Twenty (20) minute parking meters shall show legal parking for seventy
five cents ($0.75) per hour, but not more than a total of twenty (20) minutes at
any one time.
(6) Forty (40) minute parking meters shall show legal parking for seventy five
cents ($0.75) per hour, but not more than a total of forty (40) minutes at any one
time.
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8. Sec. 32-321.669. Exemption of Persons Holding Resident Parking Permits from
Sections 32-321.667 and 32-321.668 of this Division.
(a) "Resident Parking Sticker" Defined; Display Required. A "resident parking
sticker" is a permit to park a motor vehicle upon the streets of the city in the
parking meter district. When a valid parking sticker is displayed upon a vehicle,
that vehicle shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 32-321.667 and 32-
321.668 of this Division in the parking meter district.
(b) Sticker Issuance: A resident parking sticker shall only be issued to an
individual who is occupying a housing unit as that person's principal abode. The
housing unit must be located within the parking meter district. No more than one
parking sticker shall be issued for each housing unit and shall be issued subject
to the following conditions:
(1) The place of residency of the applicant shall be verified by the
parking system manager.
(2) Stickers shall be issued at the rate of one per block in those blocks
having ten (10) or fewer parking spaces at the rate of two (2) per block in
those blocks containing eleven (11) or more parking spaces.
(3) In the case of multiple applications, the date of sticker application
shall be the determination factor and preference shall be given that
applicant with the longest time on the resident parking sticker waiting list.
(4) In the case of municipal lot no. 1, one residential permit per unit, up
to twenty nine (29) permits may be issued to persons whose principal
address is listed as the Cornerstone Place located at 9th and Iowa.
(c) Information on Sticker, Manner of Display. The resident parking sticker
shall indicate a control number, the location for which the sticker is valid, the
expiration date, and the license number of the vehicle for which it is issued. The
block in which the resident parking sticker is valid shall be determined by the
parking system manager or his/her duly authorized representative in accordance
with Subsection (b)(2) of this Section. The resident parking sticker shall be
placed in the upper portion of the rear window on the driver's side of the vehicle.
(d) Non-eligibility of Businesses for Permit. The resident parking sticker shall
not be issued to any businesses, corporations, or organizations who maintain
facilities in the meter districts.
(e) Falsely Obtaining Permit. No person shall knowingly misrepresent or
intentionally falsify any information which is required in order to obtain a resident
parking sticker.
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(f) Permit Limitation to Authorized Location. No person shall park a vehicle
bearing a resident parking sticker in any area other than that indicated on the
sticker, unless such person has fulfilled the requirements of any and all parking
ordinances applicable to that area.
(g) Permit Fee, Revocation. The City Manager is hereby authorized to set a
fee for the issuance of the resident parking sticker. The sticker shall be sold on a
quarterly basis and the cost shall be prorated to the nearest half (1/2) month. The
City Manager shall have the authority to revoke the parking sticker of any person
who fails to continue to meet the original issuance requirements. In the event of
revocation of a resident parking sticker, refund shall be made for any month
remaining wholly unused.
(h) Violation; Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this Section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), and upon
failure to pay said fine shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding thirty (30)
days.
9. Sec. 32-321.704. Disability Signs Required.
(a) Parking spaces designated as special parking places for disabled persons
shall be identified with the disability parking sign on a vertical post bearing the
international symbol of accessibility; the fine is one hundred dollars ($100.00) for
improper use.
(b) Any person who owns or leases rental property in the city and is required
to provide disabled parking by the Iowa Code shall identify each parking space
with a disability parking sign bearing the international symbol of accessibility; the
fine is one hundred dollars ($100.00) for improper use.
10. Sec. 32-321.705. Prohibited Use of Parking Places or Identification Devices.
The use of a disabled person space, including the access aisle, located on either
public or private property, by a motor vehicle not displaying a special
identification device issued by an official state or federal agency, or by a motor
vehicle displaying such a device but not being used by a disabled person, as
operator or passenger, is prohibited and is a misdemeanor for which a fine may
be imposed upon the owner, operator, or lessee of the motor vehicle. The fine for
each violation shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
11. Sec. 32-321.771. Unauthorized Removal of Vehicle.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a vehicle from the facility
where it is being held without the prior payment of all accrued and delinquent
fines and costs for towing, preservation, and storage charges, and a city
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administrative fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) payable to the City of Dubuque
resulting from placing the vehicle in custody and the costs of the notice required
pursuant to Section 32-321.431 of this Division.
(b) The City Manager is authorized to summarily reimpound any vehicle
removed in violation of this Section.
12. Sec. 32-321.800. Vehicular Noise.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause any
disturbing, excessive, or offensive noise which results in discomfort or
annoyance to any reasonable person of normal sensitivity by means of any radio,
compact disk player, stereo, speakers, cassette tape player, or similar sound
device in a motor vehicle.
(b) The operation of any radio, compact disk player, stereo, speakers,
cassette tape player, or similar sound device in such a manner so as to be
audible at a distance of two hundred feet (200') from the motor vehicle shall
constitute evidence of a prima facie violation of this Section.
13. Sec. 32-321.805. Engine Brakes and Compression Brakes.
(a) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to use or operate or cause
to be used or operated within the city, any engine brake, compression brake, or
mechanical exhaust device designed to aid in the braking or deceleration of any
vehicle that results in excessive, loud, unusual, or explosive noise from such
vehicle.
(b) The usage of an engine brake, compression brake, or mechanical exhaust
device designed to aid in braking or deceleration in such a manner so as to be
audible at a distance of three hundred feet (300') from the motor vehicle shall
constitute evidence of a prima facie violation of this Section.
(c) The scheduled fine for a violation of this Section shall be fifty dollars
($50.00).
14. Sec. 32-321.902. Motor Truck Routes Prohibited on Designated Streets.
(a) Motor trucks registered for a gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand
(10,000) pounds (five (5) tons) shall not travel over the following streets:
Ice Harbor Drive, from First Street to the Third Street Overpass.
Main Street, from Fifth Street to Ninth Street.
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(b) The City Manager shall post signs limiting motor trucks registered with a
gross weight limit exceeding ten thousand (10,000) pounds (five (5) tons) from
operating on the streets designated in Subsection (a) of this Section.
(c) The scheduled fine for a violation of this Section shall be fifty dollars
($50.00).
15. Sec. 32-321.903. Heavy Vehicles Prohibited on Certain Bridges.
(a) When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall operate a
vehicle exceeding the posted gross vehicle weight limits on, or over the following
bridges:
10 Tons
Louise Lane Bridge
12 Tons
Brunskill Road Bridge
20 Tons
Cousins Road Bridge
(b) This Section shall not apply to implements of husbandry or to implements
of husbandry loaded on hauling units for transporting the implements to locations
for purposes of repair.
(c) A person who violates this Section shall, upon conviction or a guilty plea,
be subject to a fine determined by dividing the difference between the actual
weight of the vehicle and the maximum weight allowed by this Section by one
hundred (100) and multiplying the quotient by two dollars ($2.00).
Chapter 32 as amended is available at the City Clerk’s office located in City Hall, 50 W.
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13 Street, Dubuque, IA 52001. The regular business hours of the City Clerk’s office
are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Amended Chapter 32 becomes
effective upon publication.
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Published officially in the Telegraph Herald Newspaper the 25 day of June, 2008.
/s/Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
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