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IA Code § 303.44 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.44 - Date and notice of hearing.

303.44 Date and notice of hearing.   The board of supervisors to whom the petition is addressed, at its next regular, special, or adjourned meeting, shall set the time and place when it will meet for a hearing upon the petition, and direct the county auditor in whose office the petition is filed to cause notice to be given to all persons whom it may concern, without naming them, of the pendency and prayer of the petition, by publication of a notice once each week for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the proposed district. The last publication shall not be less than twenty days prior to the date set for the hearing of the petition. If no such newspaper is published in the proposed district, then notice shall be by posting at least five copies of the notice in the proposed district at least twenty days before the hearing. Proof of giving notice shall be made by affidavit of the publisher or affidavit of the person who posted the notices, and the proof shall be on file with the county auditor at the time the hearing begins. The notice of hearing shall be directed to all persons it may concern, and shall state the following:   1. That a petition has been filed with the county auditor of that county for establishment of a proposed land use district and the name of the proposed district.   2. An intelligible description of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced in the district.   3. The date, hour, and place where the petition will come on for hearing before the board of supervisors of the named county.   4. That the board of supervisors will fix and determine the boundaries of the proposed district as described in the petition, and at the hearing all interested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard regarding the location and boundaries of the proposed district and to make suggestions regarding it.  83 Acts, ch 108, §4  Referred to in §303.45, 303.46, 303.48, 303.64
IA Code § 303.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.45 - Hearing of petition and order.

303.45 Hearing of petition and order.   The board of supervisors to whom the petition is addressed shall preside at the hearing provided for in section 303.44 and shall continue the hearing in session, with adjournments from day to day, if necessary, until completed, without being required to give any further notice of it. Proof of the residence and qualification of the petitioners as eligible electors shall be made by affidavit or otherwise as the board may direct. The board shall consider the boundaries of the proposed land use district, whether they shall be as described in the petition or otherwise, and for that purpose may alter and amend the petition and limit or change the boundaries of the proposed district as stated in the petition. The boundaries of a proposed district shall not be changed to include property not included in the original petition and published notice until the owner of that property is given notice as on the original hearing. All persons in the proposed district shall have an opportunity to be heard regarding the location and boundaries of the proposed district and to make suggestions regarding them. The board of supervisors, after hearing the statements, evidence, and suggestions made and offered at the hearing, shall enter an order fixing the boundaries of the proposed district and directing that an election be held for the purpose of submitting to the registered voters residing within the boundaries of the proposed district the question of organization and establishment of the proposed land use district as determined by the board of supervisors. The order shall fix a date for the election not more than sixty days after the date of the order, establish voting precincts within the proposed district and define their boundaries, and specify the polling places which in the board’s judgment will best serve the convenience of the voters, and shall appoint from residents of the proposed district three judges and two clerks of election for each voting precinct established.  83 Acts, ch 108, §5; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §17  Referred to in §303.48, 303.64
IA Code § 303.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.46 - Notice of election.

303.46 Notice of election.   In its order for the election the board of supervisors shall direct the county auditor to cause notice of the election to be given by posting at least five copies of the notice in public places in the proposed district at least twenty days before the date of election and by publication of the notice once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the proposed district, or, if no such newspaper is published within the proposed district, then in such a newspaper published in the county in which the major part of the proposed district is located. The last publication is to be at least twenty days prior to the date of election. The notice shall state the time and place of holding the election and the hours when the polls will be open and closed, the purpose of the election, with the name of the proposed district and a description of its boundaries, and shall set forth briefly the limits of each voting precinct and the location of the polling places. Proof of posting and publication shall be made in the manner provided in section 303.44 and filed with the county auditor.  83 Acts, ch 108, §6  Referred to in §303.48, 303.64
IA Code § 303.47 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.47 - Election.

303.47 Election.   1. Each registered voter residing within the proposed district may cast a ballot at the election and a person shall not vote in any precinct but that of the person’s residence. Ballots at the election shall be in substantially the following form:  For Land Use District ....................  Against Land Use District ....................   2. The election shall be conducted in the manner provided by law for general elections and the ballots so cast shall be issued, received, returned, and canvassed in the same manner and by the same officers, in the county whose board of supervisors is vested with jurisdiction of the proceedings, as provided by law in the case of ballots cast for county officers, except as modified by this subchapter. The board of supervisors shall cause a statement of the result of the election to be spread upon the records of the county auditor. If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of incorporation of the proposed district is in favor of the proposed district, the proposed district becomes an organized district under this subchapter.  83 Acts, ch 108, §7; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §18  Referred to in §303.48, 303.64
IA Code § 303.48 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.48 - Expenses and costs of election.

303.48 Expenses and costs of election.   All expenses incurred in carrying out sections 303.41 through 303.47, including the costs of the election, as determined by the board of supervisors, shall be paid by the county whose board is vested with jurisdiction of the proceedings.  83 Acts, ch 108, §8  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.50 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.50 - Trustee’s bond.

303.50 Trustee’s bond.   Each trustee shall, before entering upon the duties of office, execute a bond payable to the district, with security to be approved by the board of supervisors which had jurisdiction of the petition for establishment of the district, in a form and amount as that board of supervisors may determine, and file the bond with the county auditor of that county.  83 Acts, ch 108, §10  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.51 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.51 - Land use district to be a body corporate.

303.51 Land use district to be a body corporate.   1. A land use district organized under this subchapter is a body corporate and politic, with the name and style under which it was organized, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real and personal property necessary for corporate purposes, adopt a corporate seal and alter it, and exercise all the powers conferred in this chapter.   2. The courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the existence of a land use district organized under this subchapter.  83 Acts, ch 108, §11; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94  Referred to in §303.64  Code editor directive applied
IA Code § 303.52A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.52A - Inclusion or exclusion of land.

303.52A Inclusion or exclusion of land.   If at least sixty percent of the registered voters of a land area petition the board of supervisors for inclusion in or exclusion from a land use district, the board shall review the petition and determine if the petition contains a sufficient number of registered voters residing in the affected land area and, if the petition is sufficient, submit it to the board of trustees of the land use district. The land area to be included in or excluded from the land use district must be contiguous to the land use district. If two thirds of the membership of the board of trustees vote in favor of the petition, the petition shall be granted and the land area included in or excluded from the district.  85 Acts, ch 161, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §19  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.53 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.53 - Changes and amendments.

303.53 Changes and amendments.   The land use plan, once established, may be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed. In case, however, of a protest against a change signed by the owners of twenty percent or more either of the area included in the proposed change, or of the immediately adjacent area and within five hundred feet of the boundaries, the amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of at least eighty percent of all of the members of the board of trustees.  83 Acts, ch 108, §13  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.54 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.54 - Board of adjustment.

303.54 Board of adjustment.   The board of trustees of the district shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment, shall provide that the board of adjustment may, in appropriate cases, and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, make special exceptions to the terms of the land use plan which are in harmony with its general purpose and intent and in accordance with the general or specific rules of the plan, and provide that a property owner aggrieved by the action of the board of trustees in the adoption of the land use plan may petition the board of adjustment directly to modify regulations and restrictions as applied to those property owners.  83 Acts, ch 108, §14  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.55 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.55 - Membership — term — compensation.

303.55 Membership — term — compensation.   The board of adjustment shall consist of five members, all of whom shall reside within the district, each to be appointed for a term of five years. For the initial board one member shall be appointed for a term of five years, one for a term of four years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year. Members are removable for cause by the appointing authority upon written charges and after public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of a member whose term becomes vacant. The compensation for the members of the board of adjustment is the same as for the members of the board of trustees.  83 Acts, ch 108, §15; 85 Acts, ch 161, §4  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.56 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.56 - Rules.

303.56 Rules.   The board of adjustment shall adopt rules in accordance with any regulation or ordinance adopted by the board of trustees pursuant to this subchapter. Meetings of the board of adjustment shall be held at the call of the chairperson and at other times as the board determines. The chairperson, or the acting chairperson, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating that fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record.  83 Acts, ch 108, §16  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.57 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.57 - Appeals to board of adjustment.

303.57 Appeals to board of adjustment.   Appeals to the board of adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or affected by the land use plan or by a decision of the administrative officer. The appeal shall be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the board of adjustment, by filing with the administrative officer and the board of adjustment a notice of appeal specifying the grounds of the appeal.  83 Acts, ch 108, §17; 85 Acts, ch 161, §5  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.58 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.58 - Powers of board.

303.58 Powers of board.   The board of adjustment may:   1. Hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in an order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of this subchapter or of any ordinance adopted pursuant to it.   2. Hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the ordinance upon which the board is required to pass under the ordinance.   3. Authorize upon appeal, in specific cases, a variance from the terms of the land use plan which are not contrary to the public interest, where owing to special conditions a literal enforcement of the plan would result in unnecessary hardship, and so that the spirit of the plan shall be observed and substantial justice done.  83 Acts, ch 108, §18  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.59 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.59 - Powers on appeal.

303.59 Powers on appeal.   In exercising its powers the board may, in conformity with this subchapter, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may make the order, requirement, decision, or determination as should be made, and to that end have all the powers of the administrative officer of the board.  83 Acts, ch 108, §19; 85 Acts, ch 161, §6  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.60 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.60 - Vote required.

303.60 Vote required.   The concurring vote of three members of the board is necessary to reverse an order, requirement, decision, or determination, or to decide in favor of the applicant on a matter upon which it is required to pass under an ordinance or to effect a variation in the land use plan.  83 Acts, ch 108, §20  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.61 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.61 - Petition to court.

303.61 Petition to court.   Any persons, jointly or severally, aggrieved by a decision of the board of adjustment under this subchapter, or any taxpayer, may present to a court of record a petition, duly verified, setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition shall be presented to the court within thirty days after the filing of the decision in the office of the board.  83 Acts, ch 108, §21  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.62 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.62 - Review by court.

303.62 Review by court.   Upon the presentation of a petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment to review the decision of the board of adjustment prescribing the time within which a return must be made and served upon the relator’s attorney, which shall not be less than ten days and may be extended by the court. The allowance of the writ does not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may, on application, on notice to the board and on due cause shown, grant a restraining order.  83 Acts, ch 108, §22  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.63 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.63 - Trial to court.

303.63 Trial to court.   1. If upon the hearing, which shall be tried de novo, it appears to the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, the court may take evidence or appoint a referee to take evidence as it directs and report the evidence to the court with findings of fact and conclusions of law, which shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the decision brought up for review.   2. Costs shall not be allowed against the board unless it appears to the court that the board acted with gross negligence or in bad faith or with malice in making the decision appealed from.  83 Acts, ch 108, §23; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §39  Referred to in §303.64
IA Code § 303.64 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.64 - Precedence.

303.64 Precedence.   All issues in any proceedings under sections 303.41 through 303.63 have preference over all other civil actions and proceedings.  83 Acts, ch 108, §24
IA Code § 303.65 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.65 - Restraining order.

303.65 Restraining order.   If a building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or a building, structure, or land is used in violation of this subchapter or of an ordinance or other regulation made under this subchapter, the board of trustees, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent the unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain, correct, or abate the violation, to prevent the occupancy of the building, structure, or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in, or about the premises.  83 Acts, ch 108, §25
IA Code § 303.66 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.66 - Taxes — power to levy — tax sales.

303.66 Taxes — power to levy — tax sales.   1. The board of trustees of a land use district organized under this subchapter may by ordinance levy annually for the purpose of paying the administrative costs of the district, a tax upon real property within the territorial limits of the land use district not exceeding twenty-seven cents per thousand dollars of the adjusted taxable valuation of the property for the preceding fiscal year. The tax shall not be levied on any tillable farmland, pastureland, timber pasture, or forestland located within the district.   2. Taxes levied by the board shall be certified on or before the first day of March to the county auditor of each county where any of the property included within the territorial limits of the land use district is located, and shall be placed upon the tax list for the current year. The county treasurer shall collect the taxes in the same manner as other taxes. When delinquent, the taxes shall draw the same interest and penalties as other taxes. All taxes so levied and collected shall be paid over to the treasurer of the district.   3. Sales for delinquent taxes owing to a land use district shall be made at the same time and in the same manner as sales are made for other taxes, and all provisions of the law of this state relating to the sale of property for delinquent taxes are applicable, so far as may be, to such sales.  83 Acts, ch 108, §26; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §85
IA Code § 303.67 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.67 - Records and disbursements.

303.67 Records and disbursements.   The clerk of each land use district shall keep a record of all the proceedings and actions of the trustees. The treasurer shall receive, collect, and disburse all moneys belonging to the district, and no claim shall be paid or disbursement made until it has been duly audited by the board of trustees.  83 Acts, ch 108, §27
IA Code § 303.68 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.68 - Conflict with other regulations.

303.68 Conflict with other regulations.   If the regulations made under this subchapter impose higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the regulations made under this subchapter govern. If any other statute or local ordinance or regulation imposes higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of this subchapter, that statute or ordinance or regulation governs. If a regulation proposed or made under this subchapter relates to a structure, building, dam, obstruction, deposit, or excavation in or on the floodplains of a river or stream, prior approval of the department of natural resources is required to establish, amend, supplement, change, or modify the regulation or to grant a variation or exception from it.  83 Acts, ch 108, §28