The council of a city where establishment of more than one precinct is necessary or deemed advisable shall at the time required by law, divide the city into the number of election precincts as will best serve the convenience of the voters. As used in this section, the term "the convenience of the voters" refers to, but is not necessarily limited to, the use of precinct boundaries which can be readily described to and identified by voters and for which there is ease of access by voters to their respective precinct polling places by reasonably direct routes of travel.
The precinct boundaries shall conform to section 49.3 and shall be described in an ordinance adopted by the council within the time required by section 49.7. Before final adoption of any change in election precinct boundaries pursuant to this section or section 49.6, the council shall permit the commissioner not less than seven and not more than ten days time to offer comments on the proposed reprecincting. A public hearing shall be held before final adoption of the ordinance. Notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing shall be given as provided in chapter 21.
[C97, § 1090; S13, § 1090; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 723; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.5]
93 Acts, ch 143, § 14; 94 Acts, ch 1179, §7, 8
Referred to in § 49.7, 49.8, 49.10, 49.11, 273.8
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