A city may adopt the provisions of any statewide or nationally recognized standard code or portions of any such code by an ordinance which identifies the code by subject matter, source and date, and incorporates the provisions by reference without setting them forth in full. Such code or portion must be adopted only after notice and hearing in the manner provided in section 380.8.
A city may by ordinance adopt by reference any portion of the Code of Iowa in effect at the time of the adoption in the manner provided in section 380.8 for adoption of a proposed code of ordinances containing a proposed new ordinance or amendment, subject to the following limitations:
1. The ordinance shall describe the subject matter and identify the portion of the Code of Iowa adopted by chapter, section, and subsection or other subpart, as applicable.
2. A portion of the Code of Iowa may be adopted by reference only if the criminal penalty provided by the law adopted does not exceed thirty days' imprisonment or a one hundred dollar fine.
3. Amendments or other changes to those portions of the Code of Iowa which have been adopted by reference shall serve as an automatic modification of the applicable ordinance.
An ordinance which adopts by reference any portion of the Code of Iowa may provide that violations of the ordinance are municipal infractions and subject to the limitations of section 364.22.
[R60, § 1133; C73, § 492; C97, § 686, 687; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 5720, 5721, 5721-a1; C39, § 5720, 5721, 5721.1; C46, 50, § 366.7--;366.9; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 366.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 380.10]
91 Acts, ch 145, §4
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