A bill for an act relating to county zoning of industrial and commercial businesses.

Senate

File

2100

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2100

BY

GREEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

county

zoning

of

industrial

and

commercial

1

businesses.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

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335.29

Industrial

and

commercial

1

business

storage.

2

A

county

shall

not

adopt

or

enforce

a

zoning

regulation

3

or

other

ordinance

that

prevents

an

industrial

or

commercial

4

business

that

operates

or

seeks

to

operate

the

business

on

5

and

out

of

property

in

the

county

but

outside

the

corporate

6

limits

of

any

city

from

storing

items

directly

related

to

the

7

business,

regardless

of

zoning

designation,

when

all

of

the

8

following

conditions

are

met:

9

1.

The

business

uses

a

building

to

store

the

items.

10

2.

The

business

does

not

have

more

than

one

location

in

the

11

county

located

outside

the

corporate

limits

of

any

city.

12

3.

The

business

is

independently

owned

and

operated.

13

4.

The

business

does

not

have

more

than

thirty

employees.

14

5.

The

business

owns

the

property

from

which

it

is

operating

15

and

at

which

it

is

storing

items.

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EXPLANATION

17

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

18

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

19

This

bill

prohibits

a

county

from

preventing

an

industrial

20

or

commercial

business

that

operates

or

seeks

to

operate

the

21

business

on

and

out

of

property

in

the

county

but

outside

22

the

corporate

limits

of

any

city

from

storing

items

directly

23

related

to

the

business,

regardless

of

zoning

designation,

when

24

all

of

the

following

conditions

are

met:

the

business

(1)

uses

25

a

building

to

store

the

items;

(2)

does

not

have

more

than

one

26

location

in

the

county

located

outside

the

corporate

limits

of

27

any

city;

(3)

is

independently

owned

and

operated;

(4)

does

not

28

have

more

than

30

employees;

and

(5)

owns

the

property

from

29

which

it

is

operating

and

at

which

it

is

storing

items.

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