S-5176

   Amend Senate File 2378, as passed by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 22 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 414.7, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The council may provide for review of variances granted by the board of adjustment by the council before the effective date of the variances.  Any individual affected by the variance may appeal the decision of the board of adjustment to the city council within sixty days and the effective date of the variance shall be stayed until after the council has reviewed the appeal. The council may remand a decision to grant a variance to the board of adjustment for further study. The effective date of the variance is delayed for thirty days from the date of the remand.  The city council may also overturn the decision of the board of adjustment by a vote of at least two-thirds of all members of the council, regardless of whether an appeal has been brought.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.