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1 1 Section 1. Section 335.6, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
1 3 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. If an ordinance containing a
1 4 regulation, restriction, or boundary is adopted in compliance
1 5 with this chapter, it shall take effect on the thirtieth day
1 6 following its adoption, unless within twenty-eight days
1 7 following its adoption the county auditor receives a petition
1 8 asking that an election be called to approve or reject the
1 9 action of the board in adopting the ordinance. The petition
1 10 shall meet the requirements of section 331.306, except that
1 11 only eligible electors who are residents of the unincorporated
1 12 area of the county may sign the petition. Within thirty days
1 13 after the petition is received by the county auditor, the
1 14 board shall either repeal the ordinance or direct the county
1 15 commissioner of elections to submit the question to the
1 16 registered voters of the unincorporated area of the county at
1 17 the next following general election. If a majority of those
1 18 voting on the question approves the ordinance, the ordinance
1 19 shall take effect January 1 following the election. If the
1 20 ordinance is rejected at the election, the ordinance is
1 21 repealed immediately. This paragraph applies only to the
1 22 adoption of zoning ordinances adopted pursuant to this chapter
1 23 on or after July 1, 1997.
1 24 EXPLANATION
1 25 This bill provides that an ordinance containing a zoning
1 26 regulation, restriction, or boundary is subject to referendum
1 27 by petition filed within 28 days of adoption of the ordinance.
1 28 The bill applies only to adoption of zoning ordinances
1 29 adopted on or after July 1, 1997.
1 30 LSB 1661HH 77
1 31 sc/jw/5.1
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