CITY HALL HOURS
Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Closed these holidays
New Year Day January 1
Memorial Day
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Friday after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day December 25
Snow Removal Updates
A snow emergency might be declared ahead of an anticipated winter weather event or during the weather event. Not every winter event will lead to a snow emergency.
Procedures and ordinances for a snow emergency and other winter events (those not declared snow emergencies) are outlined below. While many things are the same, the snow emergency will allow the City to set its removal plans into motion before a winter weather event ends.
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Snow Emergency |
Any Other Winter Event |
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When do these ordinances take effect? |
When snow emergency is declared by City |
When City receives 2” of snow/ice |
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Is an announcement made? |
Yes, on local TV and radio |
No. Automatically in force once 2” of snow/ice arrives. |
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When does enforcement start? |
2 hours after Snow Emergency is declared |
12 hours after snow/ice event ends |
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What is prohibited? |
Parking or leaving vehicle unattended |
Parking |
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Prohibited areas for vehicles |
All city streets, alleys, and city-owned parking lots |
All city streets and alleys |
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When does it end? |
When snow emergency period ends |
Once street or alley is plowed curb-to-curb for the entire block length |
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Penalties |
Ticket, vehicle towed |
Ticket, vehicle towed |
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City Code Reference |
Sec. 10.48.057 |
Sec. 10.48.056 |
Other Winter Reminders
As winter approaches, please keep in mind the following rules on snow & ice removal and parking:
Pushing Snow into Streets. For everyone’s safety, snow should not be pushed on, plowed to, or piled upon public streets. Penalties may result from these actions.
Snowmobiles or motorized vehicles are prohibited at all times in the Walkway Corridor and grounds along Jacoby Drive.
The City has adopted an open burning ordinance allowing the burning of yardwaste generated on the premises from:
April 1 to May 15 & October 1 to November 15
The garbage hauler will also pickup bagged yardwaste curbside with a $2.00 yellow yardwaste tag. Tags are sold at City Hall.
Loads may be taken to the Dubuque County Landfill with fees based on weight.
The Iowa Land Use Planning Notebook defines a Deed Restriction (Covenant) as follows:
"A private legal restriction on the use of land, attached in the deed to a property. A deed restriction is most commonly used in the establishment of a subdivision to restrict the use of all individual lots in the development to a certain type of use, e.g., single-family dwellings. Usually the community has no control over deed restrictions." (Source: Iowa State University Extension)
Deed restrictions may also restrict the type of construction materials, the minimum finished floor area, and may even require review and approval of building plans by an "architectural control committee." Deed restrictions, also called restrictive covenants, are private controls and the City has no authority to enforce such restrictions. Enforcement is therefore a civil matter between owners within the subdivision.
Curbside garbage and recycling service is provided through a contract with the hauler Kluesner Sanitation. Recycled items are not required to be sorted. Glass can not be recycled. Extra bag/container tags are available for $1.00 at City Hall and at the Quik 'n Handi.
**Garbage pick up is every Tuesday morning, the hauler does ask that it be set to the curb by 7am
**Recycling pick up is every other Tuesday morning, the hauler does as that it be set to the curb by 7am
>Large items may also be disposed weekly with the appropriate tag. Furniture, carpet, etc, require a $1.00 tag for each 40 pounds. Appliances require a special appliance tag, fee of $10.00, sold only at City Hall.
>Electronics with a screen such as TV's, computer monitors, and laptops require a $15 disposal tag sold only at City Hall.
*** Go to Services and Recycling Tips for additional information and view a calendar for the recycling schedule