Senate File 281

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  ZIEMAN


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to setback requirements for agricultural
  2    buildings and structures.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2725SS 80
  5 dea/cf/24

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 335.2, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    335.2  FARMS EXEMPT.
  1  4    Except to the extent required to implement section 335.27,
  1  5 and except for an ordinance regulating the setback of
  1  6 buildings and structures from the highway right=of=way, no
  1  7 ordinance adopted under this chapter applies to land, farm
  1  8 houses, farm barns, farm outbuildings or other buildings or
  1  9 structures which are primarily adapted, by reason of nature
  1 10 and area, for use for agricultural purposes, while so used.
  1 11 However, the ordinances may apply to any structure, building,
  1 12 dam, obstruction, deposit or excavation in or on the flood
  1 13 plains of any river or stream.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill amends Code section 335.2, which exempts farms
  1 16 from county zoning ordinances, by creating an exception for
  1 17 ordinances regulating the setback of buildings and structures
  1 18 from the highway right=of=way.  The exception also applies to
  1 19 farms within unincorporated areas subject to city zoning
  1 20 ordinances.
  1 21 LSB 2725SS 80
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