House
Study
Bill
9
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BALTIMORE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
authority
of
cities
to
regulate
and
1
restrict
the
occupancy
of
residential
rental
property.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
414.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2013,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
a.
For
the
purpose
of
promoting
the
health,
safety,
3
morals,
or
the
general
welfare
of
the
community
or
for
the
4
purpose
of
preserving
historically
significant
areas
of
5
the
community,
any
city
is
hereby
empowered
to
regulate
and
6
restrict
the
height,
number
of
stories,
and
size
of
buildings
7
and
other
structures,
the
percentage
of
lot
that
may
be
8
occupied,
the
size
of
yards,
courts,
and
other
open
spaces,
9
the
density
of
population,
the
occupancy
of
residential
rental
10
property
on
the
basis
of
square
footage,
and
the
location
and
11
use
of
buildings,
structures,
and
land
for
trade,
industry,
12
residence,
or
other
purposes.
13
b.
A
city
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
any
regulation
or
14
restriction
related
to
the
occupancy
of
residential
rental
15
property
that
is
based
upon
the
existence
of
familial
or
16
nonfamilial
relationships
between
the
occupants
of
such
rental
17
property.
18
EXPLANATION
19
This
bill
relates
to
the
authority
of
cities
to
regulate
and
20
restrict
the
occupancy
of
residential
rental
property.
21
The
bill
provides
that
a
city
may
regulate
and
restrict
the
22
occupancy
of
residential
rental
property
on
the
basis
of
square
23
footage.
The
bill
also
provides
that
a
city
shall
not
adopt
or
24
enforce
any
regulation
or
restriction
related
to
the
occupancy
25
of
residential
rental
property
based
upon
the
familial
or
26
nonfamilial
relationships
of
occupants.
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