House File 2384 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY EICHHORN
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act allowing cities to conditionally zone unincorporated areas
2 to take effect upon annexation and including a retroactive
3 applicability provision.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 5689HH 81
6 eg/je/5
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 414.23A ZONING CONDITIONED UPON
1 2 ANNEXATION.
1 3 The powers granted by this chapter may be extended by
1 4 ordinance by a city to the unincorporated area beyond the
1 5 limits of such city and, except as provided in section 414.23,
1 6 the ordinance shall not become effective until the
1 7 unincorporated area is annexed into the city.
1 8 Sec. 2. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act is
1 9 retroactively applicable to ordinances adopted prior to July
1 10 1, 2006, that will become effective upon annexation, and is
1 11 applicable to ordinances adopted on and after that date.
1 12 EXPLANATION
1 13 Under this bill, a city may conditionally zone an
1 14 unincorporated area beyond the limits of the city that will
1 15 become effective when the area is annexed into the city. This
1 16 authority does not affect and is in addition to a city's power
1 17 to extend its jurisdiction under Code section 414.23 to an
1 18 unincorporated area within two miles of the limits of the
1 19 city. The bill applies both prospectively and retrospectively
1 20 to ordinances adopted prior to July 1, 2006, that will become
1 21 effective upon annexation.
1 22 LSB 5689HH 81
1 23 eg:rj/je/5.1