Bill Text: IA SF2315 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the scope and nature of use restrictions on land. (Formerly SSB 3115.) Effective 7-1-14.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-03 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 720. [SF2315 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2315-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
SCOPE
AND
NATURE
OF
USE
RESTRICTIONS
ON
LAND.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
614.24,
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
As
used
in
this
section,
“use
restrictions”
means
a
limitation
or
prohibition
on
the
rights
of
a
landowner
to
make
use
of
the
landowner’s
real
estate,
including
but
not
limited
to
limitations
or
prohibitions
on
commercial
uses,
rental
use,
parking
and
storage
of
recreational
vehicles
and
their
attachments,
ownership
of
pets,
outdoor
domestic
uses,
construction
and
use
of
accessory
structures,
building
dimensions
and
colors,
building
construction
materials,
and
landscaping.
As
used
in
this
section,
“use
restrictions”
does
not
include
any
of
the
following:
a.
An
easement
granting
a
person
an
affirmative
right
to
use
land
in
the
possession
of
another
person
including
but
not
limited
to
an
easement
for
pedestrian
or
vehicular
access,
reasonable
ingress
and
egress,
solar
access,
utilities,
supporting
utilities,
parking
areas,
bicycle
paths,
and
water
flow.
b.
An
agreement
between
two
or
more
parcel
owners
providing
for
the
sharing
of
costs
and
other
obligations
for
real
estate
taxes,
insurance
premiums,
and
for
maintenance,
repair,
improvements,
services,
or
other
costs
related
to
two
or
more
parcels
of
real
estate
regardless
of
whether
the
parties
to
the
agreement
are
owners
of
individual
lots
or
incorporated
or
unincorporated
lots
or
have
ownership
interests
in
common
areas
in
a
horizontal
property
regime
or
residential
housing
Senate
File
2315,
p.
2
development.
c.
An
agreement
between
two
or
more
parcel
owners
for
the
joint
use
and
maintenance
of
driveways,
party
walls,
landscaping,
fences,
wells,
roads,
common
areas,
waterways,
or
bodies
of
water.
______________________________
PAM
JOCHUM
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2315,
Eighty-fifth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2014
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
