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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
456
BY
BAGNIEWSKI
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
city
ordinances
regarding
vegetation
planted
1
in
residential
areas
by
landowners
including
property
along
2
curb
lines.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
364.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
20.
A
city
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
an
3
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
that
restricts
4
an
owner
of
real
property
located
in
a
district
zoned
for
5
residential
use
with
a
speed
limit
of
twenty-five
miles
per
6
hour
or
less
from
growing
purposely
planted
vegetation
not
7
otherwise
prohibited
by
law
that
is
forty-two
inches
or
less
in
8
height
or,
for
that
portion
of
the
property
abutting
the
curb
9
line
that
may
obstruct
a
motorist’s
view,
thirty-four
inches
10
or
less
in
height.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
prohibits
a
city
from
adopting
or
enforcing
an
15
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
that
restricts
16
an
owner
of
real
property
located
in
a
district
zoned
for
17
residential
use
with
a
speed
limit
of
25
miles
per
hour
or
less
18
from
growing
purposely
planted
vegetation
that
is
42
inches
or
19
less
in
height
or,
for
that
portion
of
the
property
abutting
20
the
curb
line
that
may
obstruct
a
motorist’s
view,
34
inches
21
or
less
in
height.
22
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