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House Journal: Page 1658: Tuesday, April 16, 1996

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 1   accordance with rules adopted by the authority.
 2     b.  Pass a successful bond issuance by referendum,
 3   in accordance with the statutory requirements for each
 4   entity.
 5     5.  Upon a determination of eligibility, the
 6   authority shall notify the department of revenue and
 7   finance of the eligible county, city, or school
 8   district and the amount of funding that the entity is
 9   to receive.  The department of revenue and finance
10   shall disburse the moneys to the entity in the
11   appropriate amount."
12     19.  Page 12, by inserting after line 30 the
13   following:
14     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  18A.12  STATE CAPITOL
15   VIEW PRESERVATION PLAN.
16     1.  The department of general services, at the
17   direction of the capitol planning commission, shall
18   adopt rules establishing and updating a state capitol
19   view preservation plan.  The commission shall consult
20   with the city of Des Moines in establishing and
21   updating the plan.  The purpose of the plan shall be
22   to ensure that the most dramatic or scenic views of
23   the state capitol remain unobstructed by the erection
24   of structures, including but not limited to buildings,
25   towers, and monuments.
26     2.  As part of the plan the commission shall
27   establish a state capitol dominance zoning district
28   and state capitol scenic corridors.
29     a.  The district shall include the area where the
30   state capitol is located and an area not less than
31   one-half mile surrounding the state capitol as
32   measured from the center of the state capitol's dome.
33   The district is not required to be symmetrical, and
34   the size of the district is not required to be
35   uniform.
36     b.  Corridors shall allow views of the state
37   capitol, and especially the state capitol's dome, from
38   numerous vantage points in each direction, which
39   provide unique or dramatic perspectives.
40     3.  The state capitol view preservation plan shall
41   provide for regulating the height and setback of
42   structures erected within the state capitol dominance
43   zoning district, and within and along state capitol
44   scenic corridors.  The regulations shall provide for
45   absolute height and setback limitations, and may
46   provide for proportional increases based on the
47   structure's distance from the state capitol, or based
48   on a comprehensive formula of trigonometric
49   projections.
50     4.  In developing the plan, the commission shall

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