HF 456 (LSB 2630YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 456

BY  BAGNIEWSKI

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning city ordinances regarding vegetation planted in residential areas by landowners including property along curb lines.
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 not otherwise prohibited by law that is forty-two inches or less in height or, for that portion of the property abutting the curb line that may obstruct a motorist’s view, thirty-four 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 or, for that portion of the property abutting the curb line that may obstruct a motorist’s view, 34 inches or less in height.