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House File 134 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to the authority of cities to regulate and
restrict the occupancy of residential rental property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 414.1, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
amended to read as follows:
1. a. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals, or the general welfare of the community or for the
purpose of preserving historically significant areas of
the community, any city is hereby empowered to regulate and
restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings
and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be
occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the
density of population, and the location and use of buildings,
structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, or other
purposes.
b. A city shall not, after January 1, 2018, adopt or enforce
any regulation or restriction related to the occupancy of
residential rental property that is based upon the existence
of familial or nonfamilial relationships between the occupants
of such rental property.
______________________________
LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House______________________________
JACK WHITVERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 134, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.______________________________
CARMINE BOALChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2017______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTADGovernoraw/sc
restrict the occupancy of residential rental property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 414.1, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
amended to read as follows:
1. a. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals, or the general welfare of the community or for the
purpose of preserving historically significant areas of
the community, any city is hereby empowered to regulate and
restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings
and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be
occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the
density of population, and the location and use of buildings,
structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, or other
purposes.
b. A city shall not, after January 1, 2018, adopt or enforce
any regulation or restriction related to the occupancy of
residential rental property that is based upon the existence
of familial or nonfamilial relationships between the occupants
of such rental property.
______________________________
LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House______________________________
JACK WHITVERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 134, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.______________________________
CARMINE BOALChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2017______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTADGovernoraw/sc