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The Williamsburg City Code, available by chapters in PDF format. If you have questions regarding the City Code please contact the City Clerk’s office at 319-668-1133.

Chapter 1 – Code of Ordinances
Chapter 2 – Charter
Chapter 3 – Municipal Infractions
Chapter 5 – Operating Procedures
Chapter 6 – City Elections
Chapter 7 – Fiscal Management
Chapter 8 – Industrial Property Tax Exemptions
Chapter 9 – Urban Renewal
Chapter 15 – Mayor
Chapter 16 – Mayor Pro Tem
Chapter 17 – City Council
Chapter 18 – City Clerk
Chapter 19 – City Treasurer
Chapter 20 – City Attorney
Chapter 21 – Library Board of Trustees
Chapter 22 – Planning and Zoning Commission
Chapter 23 – Parks and Recreation
Chapter 24 – Historical Commission
Chapter 30 – Police Department
Chapter 35 – Fire Department
Chapter 36 – Hazardous Substance Spills
Chapter 40 – 47 Public Offenses
- Ordinance 45.20 TOBACCO, NICOTINE, ELECTRONIC SMOKING
Chapter 50 – Nuisance Abatement Procedure
Chapter 51 – Junk and Junk Vehicles
Chapter 55 – Animal Protection and Control
- Ordinance 49.20 Chickens
Chapter 60 – Administration of Traffic Code
Chapter 61 – Traffic Control Devices
Chapter 62 – General Traffic Regulations
Chapter 63 – Speed Regulations
Chapter 64 – Turning Regulations
Chapter 65 – Stop or Yield Required
Chapter 66 – Load and Weight Restrictions
Chapter 67 – Pedestrians

Chapter 68 – One-Way Traffic
Chapter 69 – Parking Regulations
- SNOW EMERGENCY
Chapter 70 – Traffic Code Enforcement Procedures
Chapter 75 – All -Terrain Vehicles and Snowmobiles
Chapter 76 – Bicycle Regulations
Chapter 77 – Skateboards and Similar Conveyances
Chapter 78 – Operation of Golf Carts and Similar Conveyances on City Streets
Chapter 80 – Abandoned Vehicles
Chapter 90-93 – Water Service System
Chapter 95-101 – Sanitary Sewer System
- Ordinance 67-23 Signed 06/12/23 – Amendment to Chapter 99.04
Chapter 105-106 – Garbage & Solid Waste
- Ordinance 68-23 Signed 06/12/23 – Amendment to Chapter 106.08
Chapter 110 – Natural Gas Franchise
Chapter 111- Electric Franchise
Chapter 112 – Cable Television Franchise
Chapter 113 – Cable Television Regulations
Chapter 114 – Regulations of Cable Television Rates
Chapter 120 – Liquor Licenses and Wine and Beer Permits
Chapter 121 – Cigarette and Tobacco Permits
Chapter 122 – Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants
Chapter 123 – House Movers
Chapter 124 – Adult Entertainment
Chapter 125 – Hotel/Motel Tax

Chapter 135 – Street Use and Maintenance
Chapter 136 – Sidewalk Regulations
Chapter 137 – Vacation and Disposal of Streets
Chapter 138 – Street Grades
Chapter 139 – Naming of Streets
Chapter 140 – Driveway Regulations
Chapter 145 – Dangerous Buildings
Chapter 150 – Building Numbering
Chapter 151 – Trees and Grass
Chapter 160 – Flood Plain Regulations
Chapters 165-168 – Zoning Regulations
– General Provisos and Definitions
– Nonconformities
– Enforcement and Administration
– District Regulations
Chapter 170 – Subdivision Regulations
Chapter 175 – Storm Water Conveyance from New Structures

Iowa Code Chapter 414.23 Extending beyond city limits.

The City of Williamsburg zoning ordinances may extend into unincorporated areas two miles beyond the city’s limits.

A GIS map of this “buffer zone” may be found here