Amendment S-5176 to SF 2378
Relating to the ability of property owners to protest proposed changes in zoning districts
Never voted on
Filed April 9, 2026 in the Senate by
In plain words
AI summary This amendment adds a rule that allows a city council to overturn a board of adjustment's decision to grant a variance by a two-thirds vote, even if no one files an official appeal.1
What it changes
- Page 1, after line 22 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 414.7, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
- The council may provide for review of variances granted by the board of adjustment by the council before the effective date of the variances. Any individual affected by the variance may appeal the decision of the board of adjustment to the city council within sixty days and the effective date of the variance shall be stayed until after the council has reviewed the appeal. The council may remand a decision to grant a variance to the board of adjustment for further study. The effective date of the variance is delayed for thirty days from the date of the remand. The city council may also overturn the decision of the board of adjustment by a vote of at least two-thirds of all members of the council, regardless of whether an appeal has been brought.”
- By renumbering as necessary. -1- SF 2378.3911.H (1) 91 md 1/ 1