SPONSOR: Knight
Currently, if 30% or more of the owners of areas of land inside of or within a certain distance of an area subject to a particular zoning regulation protest a proposed amendment to the regulation, the regulation will only become effective when approved by 2/3 of all the members of the legislative body of the municipality.
This bill prohibits a city, by charter, order, or ordinance, from allowing any additional method of repealing or challenging changes or amendments to zoning regulations through an initiative, referendum, or other voting method by residents of the city.
This will apply only to any home rule city partially located in a county with more than 260,000 but fewer than 300,000 inhabitants. Upon enactment, this will apply to Republic and Springfield.
This bill is the same as HB 1583 (2025).
Statutes affected: