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IA Code § 368.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.12 - Dismissal.

368.12 Dismissal.   The board may dismiss a petition only if it finds that the petition does not meet the requirements of this chapter, or that substantially the same incorporation, discontinuance, or boundary adjustment has been disapproved by a committee formed to consider the proposal, or by the voters, within the two years prior to the date the petition is filed with the board, or that the territory to be annexed, or a portion of that territory, has been voluntarily annexed under section 368.7. The board shall file for record a statement of each dismissal and the reason for it, and shall promptly notify the parties to the proceeding of its decision.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.12]  91 Acts, ch 250, §7  Referred to in §368.3, 368.20
IA Code § 368.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.13 - Board may initiate proceedings.

368.13 Board may initiate proceedings.   Based on the results of its studies, the board may initiate proceedings for the incorporation, discontinuance, or boundary adjustment of a city. The board may request a city to submit a plan for city development or may formulate its own plan for city development. A plan submitted at the board’s initiation must include the same information as a petition and be filed and acted upon in the same manner as a petition. A petition or plan may include any information relevant to the proposal, including but not limited to results of studies and surveys, and arguments.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.13]  93 Acts, ch 152, §10  Referred to in §368.3, 368.7, 368.20
IA Code § 368.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.14 - Local representatives.

368.14 Local representatives.   If an involuntary petition is not dismissed, the board shall direct the appointment of local representatives to serve with board members as a committee to consider the proposal. Each local representative is entitled to receive from the state the representative’s actual and necessary expenses spent in performance of committee duties. Three board members and one local representative, or if the number of local representatives exceeds one, three board members and at least one-half of the appointed local representatives, are required for a quorum of the committee. A local representative must be a registered voter of the territory or city which the representative represents, and must be selected as follows:   1. From a territory to be incorporated, one representative appointed by the county board of supervisors. If the territory is in more than one county, the board shall direct the appointment of a local representative from each county involved.   2. From a city to be discontinued, one representative appointed by the city council.   3. From a territory to be annexed to or severed from a city, one representative appointed by the county board of supervisors. If there are no registered voters residing in an area to be annexed to or severed from a city, the county board of supervisors shall appoint as local representative an individual owning property in the territory whether or not the individual is a registered voter or appoint a designee of such individual. If the territory is in more than one county, the board shall direct the appointment of a local representative from each county involved by its board of supervisors.   4. From a city to which territory is to be annexed or from which territory is to be severed, one representative appointed by the city council. If the territory is in more than one county, the board shall direct the appointment of an equal number of city and county local representatives.   5. From each city to be consolidated, one representative appointed by each city council.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.14]  91 Acts, ch 250, §8; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64  Referred to in §331.321, 368.1, 368.3, 368.7, 368.14A, 368.20
IA Code § 368.14A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.14A - Special local committees.

368.14A Special local committees.   When two or more petitions for city development action or applications for voluntary annexation describing common territory are being considered together, the board shall direct the appointment of representatives for each of the petitions to serve on one special committee to consider the petitions. Expense reimbursement and qualifications of these representatives shall be as provided in section 368.14. Three board members and at least one-half of the appointed local representatives are required for a quorum of the special local committee. The manner of appointment of representatives shall be the same as for single petition committees as provided in section 368.14. The special committee shall consider the petitions in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, and shall resolve common territory issues between petitioners. The special committee shall conduct a public hearing on the petitions pursuant to section 368.15. If the common territory issue is resolved, the special local committee may approve the resulting compatible petitions by a single vote or separately, in its discretion.  91 Acts, ch 250, §9; 93 Acts, ch 152, §11  Referred to in §368.1, 368.3, 368.7, 368.11, 368.20
IA Code § 368.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.15 - Public hearing.

368.15 Public hearing.   The committee shall conduct a public hearing on a proposal as soon as practicable. Notice of the hearing must be served upon the council of each city for which a discontinuance or boundary adjustment is proposed, the county board of supervisors for each county which contains a portion of a city to be discontinued or territory to be incorporated, annexed, or severed, and any regional planning authority for the area involved. A notice of the hearing, which includes a brief description of the proposal and a statement of where the petition or plan is available for public inspection, must be published as provided in section 362.3, except that there must be two publications in a newspaper having general circulation in each city and each territory involved in the proposal. Any person may submit written briefs, and in the committee’s discretion, may be heard on the proposal. The board may subpoena witnesses and documents relevant to the proposal.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.15]  Referred to in §368.3, 368.7, 368.14A, 368.18, 368.20, 368.21
IA Code § 368.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.16 - Approval of proposal.

368.16 Approval of proposal.   Subject to section 368.17, the committee shall approve any proposal which it finds to be in the public interest. A committee shall base its finding upon all relevant information before the committee, including but not limited to the following:   1. Statements in the petition or plan, and evidence supporting those statements.   2. Recommendations of the regional planning authority for the area.   3. Commercial and industrial development.   4. Potential growth in population.   5. Cost and adequacy of existing services and facilities.   6. Potential effect of the proposal and of possible alternative proposals on the cost and adequacy of services and facilities.   7. Potential effect of the proposal on adjacent areas, and on any unit of government directly affected, including but not limited to the potential effect on future revenues of any such unit of government.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.16]  Referred to in §368.3, 368.20
IA Code § 368.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.17 - When approval barred.

368.17 When approval barred.   The committee may not approve:   1. An incorporation unless it finds that the city to be incorporated will be able to provide customary municipal services within a reasonable time.   2. A discontinuance or severance if the city to be discontinued or the territory to be severed will be surrounded by one or more cities unless a petition for annexation of the same area is also filed and approved.   3. A discontinuance or severance unless it finds that the county or another city will be able to provide necessary municipal services to the residents.   4. An annexation unless the territory is adjoining the city to which it will be annexed, and the committee finds that the city will be able to provide to the territory substantial municipal services and benefits not previously enjoyed by such territory, and that the motive for annexation is not solely to increase revenues to the city.   5. A consolidation unless the cities are contiguous.   6. An incorporation of territory, any part of which is within two miles of an existing city, unless a petition for annexation of substantially the same territory to such city has been dismissed, disapproved, or voted upon unfavorably within the last five years.   7. A city development action which creates an island.  [R60, §1043; C73, §430, 431; C97, §610, 611, 615; S13, §615; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5612 – 5614; C46, 50, §362.26, 362.28, 362.29; C54, §362.26; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.1, 362.26; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.17]  91 Acts, ch 187, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1174, §5  Referred to in §368.3, 368.16, 368.20
IA Code § 368.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.18 - Amendment.

368.18 Amendment.   The committee may amend a petition or plan. If a petition or plan is substantially amended, the committee shall continue the hearing to a later date and serve and publish a notice describing the amended petition or plan, as required in section 368.15.  [C97, §600; S13, §600; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5591; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.4; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.18]  Referred to in §368.3, 368.20
IA Code § 368.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.19 - Time limit — election.

368.19 Time limit — election.   1. The committee shall approve or disapprove the petition or plan as amended, within ninety days of the final hearing, and shall file its decision for record and promptly notify the parties to the proceeding of its decision. If a petition or plan is approved, the board shall submit the proposal at an election held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “a” or “b”, whichever is applicable, and the county commissioner of elections shall conduct the election. In a case of incorporation or discontinuance, registered voters of the territory or city may vote, and the proposal is authorized if a majority of those voting approves it. In a case of annexation or severance, registered voters of the territory and of the city may vote, and the proposal is authorized if a majority of the total number of persons voting approves it. In a case of consolidation, registered voters of each city to be consolidated may vote, and the proposal is authorized only if it receives a favorable majority vote in each city. The county commissioner of elections shall publish notice of the election as provided in section 49.53 and shall conduct the election in the same manner as other special elections.   2. The city shall provide to the commissioner of elections a map of the area to be incorporated, discontinued, annexed, severed, or consolidated, which must be approved by the commissioner as suitable for posting. The map shall be displayed prominently in at least one place within the voting precinct, and inside each voting booth.   3. The costs of an incorporation election shall be borne by the initiating petitioners if the election fails, but if the proposition is approved the cost shall become a charge of the new city.  [R60, §1032, 1037, 1043, 1044; C73, §422, 423, 425, 430 – 432, 447 – 450; C97, §600 – 605, 610 – 612, 615; S13, §600 – 602, 615; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5592 – 5594, 5596, 5598, 5599, 5605, 5606, 5612 – 5614; C46, 50, §362.5 – 362.7, 362.9, 362.11, 362.12, 362.19, 362.20, 362.26, 362.28, 362.29; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.5 – 362.7, 362.9, 362.11, 362.12, 362.19, 362.20, 362.26; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.19]  91 Acts, ch 250, §10; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 98 Acts, ch 1123, §16; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §62, 71; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §90  Referred to in §368.3, 368.20
IA Code § 368.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.20 - Procedure after approval.

368.20 Procedure after approval.   1. After the county commissioner of elections has certified the results to the board, the board shall:   a. Serve and publish notice of the result as provided in section 362.3.   b. File with the secretary of state and the clerk of each city incorporated or involved in a boundary adjustment, and record with the recorder of each county which contains a portion of any city or territory involved, copies of the proceedings including the original petition or plan and any amendments, the order of the board approving the petition or plan, proofs of service and publication of required notices, certification of the election result, and any other material deemed by the board to be of primary importance to the proceedings.   2. Upon proper filing and expiration of time for appeal, the incorporation, discontinuance, or boundary adjustment is complete. However, if an appeal to any of the proceedings is pending, completion does not occur until the appeal is decided, unless a subsequent date is provided in the proposal. The board shall also file with the state department of transportation a copy of the map and legal land description of each completed incorporation or corporate boundary adjustment completed under sections 368.11 through 368.22 or approved annexation within an urbanized area.  [R60, §1044, 1053, 1054; C73, §432, 445, 446, 452; C97, §267, 603, 608, 612; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5596, 5603, 5606, 5618; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.9, 362.16, 362.20, 362.33; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.20]  89 Acts, ch 22, §1; 93 Acts, ch 152, §12; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §149  Referred to in §368.3, 368.7
IA Code § 368.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.21 - Supervision of procedures.

368.21 Supervision of procedures.   When an incorporation, discontinuance, or boundary adjustment is complete, the board shall supervise procedures necessary to carry out the proposal. In the case of an incorporation, the county commissioner of elections shall conduct an election for mayor and council of the city, who shall serve until their successors take office following the next regular city election. In the case of a discontinuance, the board shall publish two notices as provided in section 368.15 that it will receive and adjudicate claims against the discontinued city for a period of six months from the date of last notice, and shall cause necessary taxes to be levied against the property within the discontinued city to pay claims allowed. All records of a discontinued city shall be deposited with the county auditor of the county designated by the board. Any remaining balances shall be deposited in the county treasury where the former city was located. In the case of boundary adjustments, the proper city officials shall carry out procedures necessary to implement the proposal.  [R60, §1037, 1045; C73, §425, 433, 449, 451, 453; C97, §602, 603, 605 – 607, 613; S13, §602; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5594, 5597, 5600 – 5602, 5607; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.7, 362.10, 362.13 – 362.15, 362.21; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.21]  83 Acts, ch 123, §172, 209  Referred to in §331.427, 368.3, 368.20
IA Code § 368.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.22 - Appeal.

368.22 Appeal.   1. a. A city or a resident or property owner in the territory or city involved may appeal a decision of the board or a committee, or the legality of an election, to the district court of a county which contains a portion of any city or territory involved.   b. Appeal must be filed within thirty days of the filing of a decision or the publication of notice of the result of an election.   c. Appeal of an approval of a petition or plan does not stay the election.   2. The judicial review provisions of this section and chapter 17A shall be the exclusive means by which a person or party who is aggrieved or adversely affected by agency action may seek judicial review of that agency action. The court’s review on appeal of a decision is limited to questions relating to jurisdiction, regularity of proceedings, and whether the decision appealed from is arbitrary, unreasonable, or without substantial supporting evidence. The court may reverse and remand a decision of the board or a committee, with appropriate directions.   3. The following portions of section 17A.19 are not applicable to this chapter:   a. The part of subsection 2 which relates to where proceedings for judicial review shall be instituted.   b. Subsection 5.   c. Subsection 8.   d. Subsection 9.   e. Subsection 10.   f. Subsection 11.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.22]  98 Acts, ch 1202, §40, 46; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §150  Referred to in §368.3, 368.20
IA Code § 368.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.23 - Fees and taxes of public utilities.

368.23 Fees and taxes of public utilities.   Additional or increased fees or taxes, other than ad valorem taxes, imposed on a public utility as a result of an annexation of territory to a city shall become effective sixty days after the effective date of the annexation.  93 Acts, ch 152, §13
IA Code § 368.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.24 - Notification to public utilities and to the department of revenue.

368.24 Notification to public utilities and to the department of revenue.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any city that annexes territory or any city from which territory is severed shall provide written notification consisting of a legal description and map of the annexed or severed territory, each street address within the annexed or severed area, where possible, a statement containing the effective date of the annexation or severance and a copy of the order, resolution, or ordinance proclaiming the annexation or severance to all public utilities operating in the annexed or severed area and to the department of revenue. If the notification of an annexation is provided to a public utility less than sixty days prior to the effective date of the annexation, the public utility shall have sixty days from the date of notification to adjust its tax and accounting records to reflect the annexation for any tax purpose.  96 Acts, ch 1204, §10; 2012 Acts, ch 1110, §25
IA Code § 368.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.25 - Failure to provide municipal services.

368.25 Failure to provide municipal services.   Prior to expiration of the three-year period established in section 368.11, subsection 3, paragraph “n”, the annexing city shall submit a report to the board describing the status of the provision of municipal services identified in the plan required in section 368.11, subsection 3, paragraph “n”. If a city fails to provide municipal services, or fails to show substantial and continuing progress in the provision of municipal services, to territory involuntarily annexed, according to the plan for extending municipal services filed pursuant to section 368.11, subsection 3, paragraph “n”, within the time period specified in that subsection, the city development board may initiate proceedings to sever the annexed territory from the city. The board shall notify the city of the severance proceedings and shall hold a public hearing on the proposed severance. The board shall give notice of the hearing in the same manner as notice of a public meeting in section 368.11. The board may order severance of all or a portion of the territory and the order to sever is not subject to approval at an election. A city may request that the board allow up to an additional three years to provide municipal services if good cause is shown. As an alternative to severance of the territory, the board may impose a moratorium on additional annexation by the city until the city complies with its plan for extending municipal services. For purposes of this section, “municipal services” means services included in the plan required by section 368.11, subsection 3, paragraph “n”, for extending municipal services.  2002 Acts, ch 1132, §10, 11; 2002 Acts, ch 1175, §32; 2003 Acts, ch 148, §7, 9; 2005 Acts, ch 19, §51
IA Code § 368.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT|Section 368.26 - Annexation of certain property — compliance with less stringent regulations.

368.26 Annexation of certain property — compliance with less stringent regulations.   1. A city ordinance or regulation that regulates a condition or activity occurring on protected farmland or regulates a person who owns and operates protected farmland is unenforceable against the owner of the protected farmland for a period of ten years from the effective date of the annexation, to the extent the city ordinance or regulation is more stringent than county legislation. Section 335.2 shall apply to the protected farmland until the owner of the protected farmland determines that the land will no longer be operated as an agricultural operation. Any enforcement activity conducted in violation of this section is void.   2. For purposes of this section:   a. “Condition or activity occurring on protected farmland” includes but is not limited to the raising, harvesting, drying, or storage of crops; the marketing of products at roadside stands or farm markets; the creation of noise, odor, dust, or fumes; the production, care, feeding, or housing of animals including but not limited to the construction, operation, or management of an animal feeding operation, an animal feeding operation structure, or aerobic structure, and to the storage, handling, or application of manure or egg washwater; the operation of machinery including but not limited to planting and harvesting equipment, grain dryers, grain handling equipment, and irrigation pumps; ground and aerial seeding and spraying; the application of chemical fertilizers, conditioners, insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides; and the employment and use of labor.   b. “County legislation” means any ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment adopted by a county pursuant to section 331.302.   c. “Protected farmland” means land that is part of a century farm as that term is defined in section 403.17, subsection 10.  2003 Acts, ch 148, §8, 9; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §43; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §97
IA Code § 372.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 372 - ORGANIZATION OF CITY GOVERNMENT|Section 372.1 - Forms of cities.

372.1 Forms of cities.   1. The forms of city government are:   a. Mayor-council, or mayor-council with appointed manager.   b. Commission.   c. Council-manager-at-large.   d. Council-manager-ward.   e. Home rule charter.   f. Special charter.   g. City-county consolidated form as provided in sections 331.247 through 331.252.   h. Community commonwealth as provided in sections 331.260 through 331.263.   2. A city when first incorporated has the mayor-council form. A city retains its form of government until it adopts a different form as provided in this subchapter.   3. A city shall adopt by ordinance a charter embodying its existing form of government, which must be one of the forms provided in this subchapter, and shall file a copy of its charter with the secretary of state, and maintain copies available for public inspection.  [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §363.1, 363.30; C75, 77, 79, 81, §372.1]  2004 Acts, ch 1066, §29, 31; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §113  Referred to in §372.2, 372.12