HF 159 (LSB 1796YH (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE 159

BY  BAGNIEWSKI

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning city ordinances regarding vegetation planted in residential areas by landowners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 364.3, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  20.  A city shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment that restricts an owner of real property located in a district zoned for residential use with a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour or less from growing purposely planted vegetation that is forty-two inches or less in height.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits a city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment that restricts an owner of real property located in a district zoned for residential use with a speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less from growing purposely planted vegetation that is 42 inches or less in height.