Bill Text: IA SF2096 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to requirements for additional members of a city planning and zoning commission and a board of adjustment when a city extends its zoning jurisdiction.(See SF 2285.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-16 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2285. S.J. 309. [SF2096 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-SF2096-Introduced.html
Senate File 2096 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2096 BY KLIMESH A BILL FOR An Act relating to requirements for additional members of 1 a city planning and zoning commission and a board of 2 adjustment when a city extends its zoning jurisdiction. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5622XS (2) 89 js/ns
S.F. 2096 Section 1. Section 414.23, subsection 2, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. A municipality, during the time its zoning jurisdiction 3 is extended under this section , shall increase the size of its 4 planning and zoning commission and its board of adjustment 5 each by two members. The planning and zoning commission shall 6 include a member of the board of supervisors of the affected 7 county, or the board’s designee, and a resident of the area 8 outside the city limits over which the zoning jurisdiction 9 is extended. The member of the board of supervisors or the 10 board’s designee, if any, shall also be a resident of the 11 county in which such extended area is located outside the 12 city limits over which the zoning jurisdiction is extended . 13 The additional members of the board of adjustment shall be 14 residents of the area outside the city limits over which 15 the zoning jurisdiction is extended. At least one of the 16 additional members of the planning and zoning commission 17 and at least one of the additional members of the board 18 of adjustment shall own land that is actively used for an 19 agricultural purpose as defined in section 570A.1. The county 20 supervisor, or the board’s designee, and the residents shall 21 be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county in 22 which such extended area is located. The county supervisor, 23 or the board’s designee, and the residents shall serve for the 24 same terms of office and have the same rights, privileges, and 25 duties as other members of each of the bodies. However, if the 26 extended zoning jurisdiction of a municipality extends into an 27 adjacent county without a county zoning ordinance, the boards 28 of supervisors of the affected counties, jointly, shall appoint 29 one of their members, or a designee, to the planning and zoning 30 commission. 31 EXPLANATION 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 33 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 34 This bill relates to requirements for additional members of 35 -1- LSB 5622XS (2) 89 js/ns 1/ 2
S.F. 2096 a city planning and zoning commission and a board of adjustment 1 when a city extends its zoning jurisdiction. Current law 2 authorizes a city to extend its zoning jurisdiction into the 3 unincorporated area up to two miles beyond the limits of the 4 city, subject to limitations. When a city extends its zoning 5 jurisdiction in this manner, the city shall increase its 6 planning and zoning commission and its board of adjustment 7 each by two members. One of the members appointed to the 8 planning and zoning commission shall be a member of the board 9 of supervisors or the board’s designee. The board’s designee, 10 if any, shall be a resident of the county in which the extended 11 area is located. The other appointee to the planning and 12 zoning commission shall be a resident of the area outside the 13 city limits over which the zoning jurisdiction is extended. 14 The bill requires the member of the board of supervisors or 15 the board’s designee, if any, appointed to the planning and 16 zoning commission to also be a resident of the area outside the 17 city limits over which the zoning jurisdiction is extended. 18 Additionally, at least one of the appointees to the planning 19 and zoning commission and at least one of the appointees to the 20 board of adjustment shall own land that is actively used for 21 an agricultural purpose. 22 -2- LSB 5622XS (2) 89 js/ns 2/ 2
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