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Royal council agrees to comprehensive ordinance update

NWIPDC will assist with first major revisions since 2002

After several months of discussion, the process of updating the City of Royal’s code of ordinances will soon get underway.

During a Zoom meeting with Darren Bumgarner, of Northwest Iowa Planning and Development, council members agreed on Feb. 10 to move forward with the first comprehensive update of Royal’s ordinances since 2002.

Discussion centered on what services will be provided for the $4,500 fee that NWIPDC will charge the city.

Bumgarner said Royal’s code book will be “substantially updated.” All pertinent sections of the Code of Iowa and any ordinance amendments made since 2002 will be...