HSB 575 (LSB 5601YC (3) 89)

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 commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 335.8, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by this chapter, the board of supervisors shall appoint a commission consisting of eligible electors, as defined in section 39.3, who reside within the county, but outside the corporate limits of any city, to be known as the county zoning commission.  However, in a county with a population of less than twenty thousand, any eligible elector who resides within the county may be appointed to the commission regardless of whether the eligible elector resides within the corporate limits of a city. The commission may recommend the boundaries of the various districts and appropriate regulations and restrictions to be enforced in the districts. The commission shall, with due diligence, prepare a preliminary report and hold public hearings on the preliminary report before submitting the commission’s final report. The board of supervisors shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of the commission. After the adoption of the regulations, restrictions, and boundaries of districts, the zoning commission may, from time to time, recommend to the board of supervisors amendments, supplements, changes, or modifications. The commission’s report and any recommendations may include a proposed ordinance or amendments to an ordinance.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the composition of a county zoning commission. Under current law, in order to regulate county zoning a county board of supervisors shall appoint a county zoning commission that consists of eligible electors who reside in the county, but outside the corporate limits of any city. Under the bill, an eligible elector who resides in a county with a population of less than 20,000 may be appointed to the county’s zoning commission regardless of whether the eligible elector resides in the corporate limits of a city.