House Study Bill 575 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KAUFMANN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the composition of a county zoning 1 commission. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5601YC (3) 89 js/ns
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 335.8, subsection 1, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by this 3 chapter, the board of supervisors shall appoint a commission 4 consisting of eligible electors, as defined in section 39.3 , 5 who reside within the county, but outside the corporate limits 6 of any city, to be known as the county zoning commission. 7 However, in a county with a population of less than twenty 8 thousand, any eligible elector who resides within the county 9 may be appointed to the commission regardless of whether the 10 eligible elector resides within the corporate limits of a 11 city. The commission may recommend the boundaries of the 12 various districts and appropriate regulations and restrictions 13 to be enforced in the districts. The commission shall, with 14 due diligence, prepare a preliminary report and hold public 15 hearings on the preliminary report before submitting the 16 commission’s final report. The board of supervisors shall not 17 hold its public hearings or take action until it has received 18 the final report of the commission. After the adoption of 19 the regulations, restrictions, and boundaries of districts, 20 the zoning commission may, from time to time, recommend to 21 the board of supervisors amendments, supplements, changes, or 22 modifications. The commission’s report and any recommendations 23 may include a proposed ordinance or amendments to an ordinance. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill relates to the composition of a county zoning 28 commission. Under current law, in order to regulate county 29 zoning a county board of supervisors shall appoint a county 30 zoning commission that consists of eligible electors who reside 31 in the county, but outside the corporate limits of any city. 32 Under the bill, an eligible elector who resides in a county 33 with a population of less than 20,000 may be appointed to the 34 county’s zoning commission regardless of whether the eligible 35 -1- LSB 5601YC (3) 89 js/ns 1/ 2
H.F. _____ elector resides in the corporate limits of a city. 1 -2- LSB 5601YC (3) 89 js/ns 2/ 2