Senate
Study
Bill
3089
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
DANIELSON)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
city
regulation
of
sprinkler
systems
in
1
rental
housing.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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aw/sc
S.F.
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Section
1.
Section
364.17,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
Cities
may
adopt
housing
code
provisions
3
related
to
sprinkler
systems
in
rental
housing.
Any
housing
4
code
provisions
adopted
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
5
only
apply
to
newly
constructed
rental
units
or
substantially
6
renovated
rental
units.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection,
7
“substantially
renovated”
means
renovations
that
include
repairs
8
or
improvements
to
more
than
fifty
percent
of
the
rental
unit.
9
EXPLANATION
10
This
bill
relates
to
city
regulation
of
sprinkler
systems
in
11
rental
housing.
12
The
bill
states
that
a
city
may
adopt
housing
code
provisions
13
related
to
sprinkler
systems
in
rental
housing.
The
bill
14
states
that
any
such
housing
code
provisions
shall
only
apply
15
to
newly
constructed
rental
units
or
substantially
renovated
16
rental
units.
The
bill
states
that
“substantially
renovated”
17
means
renovations
that
include
repairs
or
improvements
to
more
18
than
50
percent
of
the
rental
unit.
19
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