Amendment H-8295 to HF 2636
Relating to the ability of property owners to protest proposed changes in zoning districts
Adopted · April 8, 2026Strike everything: replaces the whole bill
Filed April 6, 2026 in the House by
Amends this HF 2636 to CONFORM to SF 2378
In plain words
AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill with new rules regarding zoning regulations and shooting ranges. It allows city councils to impose extra conditions on property owners if they agree to them in writing, and it updates the requirements for getting approval to build or change a shooting range.1
What it changes
- By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
- Section 414.4, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 414.4 Zoning regulations, district boundaries, amendments.
- The council of the city shall provide for the manner in which the regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of the districts shall be determined, established, and enforced, and from time to time amended, supplemented, or changed , modified, or repealed . However, the regulation, restriction, or boundary shall not become effective until after a public hearing at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. The notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published as provided in section 362.3 .
- Notwithstanding section 414.2, as part of an ordinance changing land from one zoning district to another zoning district or an ordinance approving a site development plan, a council may impose conditions on a property owner that are in addition to existing regulations if the additional conditions have been agreed to in writing by the property owner before the public hearing required under this section or adjournment of the hearing. The conditions must be reasonable and imposed to satisfy public needs that are directly caused by the requested change. Sec.
- Section 657.9, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
- Before a person improves property acquired to establish, use, and maintain a shooting range by the erection of buildings, breastworks, ramparts, or other works or before a person substantially changes the existing use of a shooting range, the person shall obtain approval of the county zoning commission or the city zoning commission, whichever is appropriate. The appropriate commission shall comply with section 335.8 or 414.6 . In the event a county or city does not have a zoning commission, the county board of supervisors or the city council shall comply with section 335.6 or 414.5 before granting the approval. Sec.
- REPEAL. Section 414.5, Code 2026, is repealed.”