House File 296 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 296
BY WILLS
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the regulation of short-term rental
2 properties by counties and cities.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 331.301, subsection 17, paragraphs b and
2 d, Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
3 b. A county with a population greater than seventy-five
4 thousand shall not adopt or enforce any regulation,
5 restriction, or other ordinance, including a conditional use
6 permit requirement, relating to short-term rental properties
7 within the county. A short-term rental property shall be
8 classified as a residential land use for zoning purposes.
9 d. A county with a population greater than seventy-five
10 thousand shall not require a license or permit fee for a
11 short-term rental property in the county.
12 Sec. 2. Section 414.1, subsection 1, paragraph e,
13 subparagraphs (2) and (4), Code 2023, are amended to read as
14 follows:
15 (2) A city with a population greater than seventy-five
16 thousand shall not adopt or enforce any regulation,
17 restriction, or other ordinance, including a conditional use
18 permit requirement, relating to short-term rental properties
19 within the city. A short-term rental property shall be
20 classified as a residential land use for zoning purposes.
21 (4) A city with a population greater than seventy-five
22 thousand shall not require a license or permit fee for a
23 short-term rental property in the city.
24 EXPLANATION
25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
27 This bill relates to the regulation of short-term rental
28 properties by counties and cities. Current law prohibits
29 a county or city from adopting or enforcing a regulation,
30 restriction, or other ordinance, including a conditional use
31 permit requirement, relating to short-term rental properties
32 within the county or city. Current law also prohibits a county
33 or city from requiring a license or permit fee for a short-term
34 rental property in the jurisdiction. The bill applies these
35 prohibitions only to counties and cities with a population
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1 greater than 75,000.
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