ORDINANCE NO. 14,693

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 14,093 passed June 3, 2002, and Ordinance 14,177 passed December 16, 2002, and Ordinance No. 14,213 passed March 10, 2003, and Ordinance No. 14,567 passed June 5, 2006, by deleting paragraph (e) of Section 46-1, deleting alarm monitoring services for current users upon 60 day’s notice.

Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:

Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, is hereby amended by deleting Section 46-1(e) relating to fire alarm monitoring services, as follows:

Sec. 46-1. Permits required.

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(e) A permit shall be required for removal of an underground storage tank which contains or has contained any substance for which a permit is required under this section, and the fee for such permit shall be the amount established in the schedule of fees adopted by the city council by resolution.

(f) Exemption for certain classes of applicants. Persons performing work or operations for the federal government or the state may obtain permits for such work or operations without paying the permit fees described in this section.

(g) The permit fees required by this section shall be doubled whenever a permit is not obtained prior to conducting the activities described in this section. No additional permits shall be issued to any person who owes the city the double fee established in this subsection.

Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

FORM APPROVED:

Glenna K. Frank, Assistant City Attorney

T.M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor

Attest:

I, Diane Rauh, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 07-1642), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held August 20, 2007 signed by the Mayor on August 20, 2007 and published as provided by law in the Business Record on September 3, 2007, Authorized by Publication Order No. 5852.

Diane Rauh, City Clerk