Chapter 7
ELECTIONS
Sec. 7-1. Run-off election adopted.
The provision of section 376.9, Code of Iowa,
providing for a run-off election are hereby adopted in lieu of the requirements for a
primary in sections 376.6 and 376.7 thereof. (Code 1983,
§ 8½-17; Ord. No. 1023, 6-1-92)
Sec. 7-2. Wards.
The city is divided into four (4) wards as
follows:
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(1)
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The First Ward shall include all that part of the city lying north
and east of a line beginning on the centerline of Sixth Avenue at the east
city limits and extending along the centerline of Sixth Avenue to the
centerline of Penrose Street to Eighth Avenue, then west along the
centerline of Eighth Avenue to Summer Street, then south along the centerline
of Summer Street to Sixth Avenue, then west along the centerline of Sixth
Avenue to Main Street, then north along the centerline of Main Street from
Sixth Avenue to Eleventh Avenue, then west along the centerline of Eleventh
Avenue to West Street, then north along the centerline of West Street to the
north city limits.
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The Second Ward shall include all that part of the city lying north and west of a line beginning
on the centerline of Sixth Avenue at the west city limits and extending east
along the centerline of Sixth Avenue to the centerline of Prairie Street, then
south along the centerline of Prairie Street to Fifth Avenue, then east along
the centerline of 5th Avenue to Pearl Street, then north along the centerline of
Pearl Street to Sixth Avenue, then east along the centerline of Sixth Avenue to
Main Street, then north along the centerline of Main Street from Sixth Avenue to
Eleventh Avenue, then west along the centerline of Eleventh Avenue to West
Street, then north along the centerline of West Street to the north city limits.
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The Third Ward shall be all that part of the city which is encompassed by a line which begins
at the intersection of the centerline of Sixth Avenue and the west city limits,
and then extends east along the centerline of Sixth Avenue to the centerline of
Prairie Street, then south along the centerline of Prairie Street to Fifth
Avenue, then east along the centerline of Fifth Avenue to Pearl Street, then
north along the centerline of Pearl Street to Sixth Avenue, then east along the
centerline of Sixth Avenue to East Street, then south along the centerline of
East Street to Fourth Avenue, then west along the centerline of Fourth Avenue to
Broad Street, then south along the centerline of Broad Street to the north
right-of-way line of the Iowa Interstate Railroad tracks, then easterly along
the north right-of-way line of the Iowa Interstate Railroad right-of-way to its
intersection with the west right-of-way line of the Union Pacific Railroad then
southerly along said west right-of-way line of the Union Pacific Railroad to its
first point of intersection with the city limits, then continuing on along the
city limits in a clockwise direction to the point of beginning.
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The Fourth Ward shall include all that part of the city lying south of the First Ward and east
of the Third Ward.
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(Code 1983, § 2-1; Ord. No. 1007; § 1, 11-4-91; Ord. No. 1188, § 1, 8-28-01; Ord. No. 1192, § 1, 10-22-01)
State law reference - Wards, I.C.A. § 372.13(7).
Sec. 7-3. Precincts.
The following wards shall have the precinct
designations as follows:
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The First Ward as described in section 7.2 shall be the Sixth
Precinct.
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The Second Ward as described in section 7.2 shall be the Seventh
Precinct.
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The Third Ward as described in section 7.2 shall be the Eighth
Precinct.
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The Fourth Ward as described in section 7.2 shall be the Ninth
Precinct.
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(Ord. No. 1193, § 1, 11-5-01)
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