House
File
134
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Enrolled
House
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134
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
AUTHORITY
OF
CITIES
TO
REGULATE
AND
RESTRICT
THE
OCCUPANCY
OF
RESIDENTIAL
RENTAL
PROPERTY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
414.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
a.
For
the
purpose
of
promoting
the
health,
safety,
morals,
or
the
general
welfare
of
the
community
or
for
the
purpose
of
preserving
historically
significant
areas
of
the
community,
any
city
is
hereby
empowered
to
regulate
and
restrict
the
height,
number
of
stories,
and
size
of
buildings
and
other
structures,
the
percentage
of
lot
that
may
be
occupied,
the
size
of
yards,
courts,
and
other
open
spaces,
the
density
of
population,
and
the
location
and
use
of
buildings,
structures,
and
land
for
trade,
industry,
residence,
or
other
purposes.
b.
A
city
shall
not,
after
January
1,
2018,
adopt
or
enforce
any
regulation
or
restriction
related
to
the
occupancy
of
residential
rental
property
that
is
based
upon
the
existence
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of
familial
or
nonfamilial
relationships
between
the
occupants
of
such
rental
property.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
134,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor