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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 335.25, subsection 3, Code 1997, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  Notwithstanding the optional provision in section 335.1
  1  4 and any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a
  1  5 county, county board of supervisors, or a county zoning
  1  6 commission shall consider a family home a residential use of
  1  7 property for the purposes of zoning and shall treat a family
  1  8 home as a permitted use in all residential zones or districts,
  1  9 including all single-family residential zones or districts, of
  1 10 the county.  A county, county board of supervisors, or a
  1 11 county zoning commission shall not require that a family home,
  1 12 its owner, or operator obtain a conditional use permit,
  1 13 special use permit, special exception, or variance.  However,
  1 14 new family homes owned or operated by public or private
  1 15 agencies shall be dispersed through the residential zones and
  1 16 districts and shall not be located within contiguous areas
  1 17 equivalent in size to city block areas based on a ratio of not
  1 18 more than one new family home for each one thousand residents
  1 19 in a residential zone or district.  Section 135C.23,
  1 20 subsection 2, shall apply to all residents of a family home.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  Section 414.22, subsection 3, Code 1997, is
  1 22 amended to read as follows:
  1 23    3.  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the
  1 24 contrary, a city, city council, or city zoning commission
  1 25 shall consider a family home a residential use of property for
  1 26 the purposes of zoning and shall treat a family home as a
  1 27 permitted use in all residential zones or districts, including
  1 28 all single-family residential zones or districts, of the city.
  1 29 A city, city council, or city zoning commission shall not
  1 30 require that a family home, its owner, or operator obtain a
  1 31 conditional use permit, special use permit, special exception,
  1 32 or variance.  However, new family homes owned and operated by
  1 33 public or private agencies shall be dispersed throughout the
  1 34 residential zones and districts and shall not be located
  1 35 within contiguous city block areas based on a ratio of not
  2  1 more than one new family home for each one thousand residents
  2  2 in a residential zone or district.  Section 135C.23,
  2  3 subsection 2, shall apply to all residents of a family home.  
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5    This bill provides that zoning ordinances or restrictions
  2  6 allow a new family home which is a community-based residential
  2  7 home which is licensed as a residential care facility under
  2  8 Code chapter 135C or as a child foster care facility under
  2  9 Code chapter 237 to be located in the residential areas of a
  2 10 county or a city based on a ratio of one family home for each
  2 11 1,000 residents in a residential area.  
  2 12 LSB 2208YH 77
  2 13 tj/cf/24
     
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