House Journal: Page 1480: Friday, April 12, 2002
44 original districts, and appropriate regulations and
45 restrictions to be enforced therein within those
46 districts. Such The commission shall, with due
47 diligence, prepare a preliminary report and hold
48 public hearings thereon on the preliminary report
49 before submitting its final report; and the. The
50 board of supervisors shall not hold its public
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1 hearings or take action until it has received the
2 final report of such commission. After the adoption
3 of such regulations, restrictions, and boundaries of
4 districts, the zoning commission may, from time to
5 time, recommend to the board of supervisors
6 amendments, supplements, changes, or modifications.
7 b. Provide for the siting of confinement feeding
8 operations as follows:
9 (1) The zoning commission shall prepare a
10 confinement feeding operations siting ordinance
11 including a plan for siting for recommendation to the
12 board of supervisors as provided in section 335.2A.
13 The zoning commission shall prepare and recommend the
14 ordinance or any amendments, supplements, changes, or
15 modifications to the ordinance, in the same manner as
16 other regulations pursuant to paragraph "a". The
17 zoning commission shall not make a recommendation
18 without holding a public hearing in the same manner as
19 provided in section 335.6.
20 (2) The zoning commission shall review and
21 recommend the approval or disapproval of a proposal
22 for the construction of a confinement feeding
23 operation as provided in section 335.2A based on
24 compliance with the confinement feeding operations
25 siting ordinance.
26 2. The zoning commission, with the approval of the
27 board of supervisors, may contract with professional
28 consultants, regional planning commissions, the Iowa
29 department of economic development, the department of
30 natural resources, or the federal government, for
31 local planning assistance."
32 2. Page 16, by inserting after line 15, the
33 following:
34 "Sec. . Section 455B.165, Code 2001, is amended
35 by adding the following new subsection:
36 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. A separation distance
37 requirement that is provided in a confinement feeding
38 operation siting ordinance adopted by a county board
39 of supervisors pursuant to section 335.2A. The
40 ordinance shall not include a requirement providing a
41 lesser separation distance than is provided for in
42 this part. If requested by a county, the department
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