SF 2100 (LSB 5283XS (2) 91)

SENATE FILE 2100

BY  GREEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to county zoning of industrial and commercial businesses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  335.29  Industrial and commercial business storage.
   A county shall not adopt or enforce a zoning regulation or other ordinance that prevents an industrial or commercial business that operates or seeks to operate the business on and out of property in the county but outside the corporate limits of any city from storing items directly related to the business, regardless of zoning designation, when all of the following conditions are met:
   1.  The business uses a building to store the items.
   2.  The business does not have more than one location in the county located outside the corporate limits of any city.
   3.  The business is independently owned and operated.
   4.  The business does not have more than thirty employees.
   5.  The business owns the property from which it is operating and at which it is storing items.
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 county from preventing an industrial or commercial business that operates or seeks to operate the business on and out of property in the county but outside the corporate limits of any city from storing items directly related to the business, regardless of zoning designation, when all of the following conditions are met: the business (1) uses a building to store the items; (2) does not have more than one location in the county located outside the corporate limits of any city; (3) is independently owned and operated; (4) does not have more than 30 employees; and (5) owns the property from which it is operating and at which it is storing items.