Section 335.15 – Powers of board.
335.15 Powers of board. The board of adjustment shall have the following powers: 1. To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of this chapter or of any ordinance adopted pursuant thereto. 2. To hear and […]
Section 335.16 – Decision.
335.16 Decision. In exercising the powers in section 335.15, the board of adjustment may, in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made, and to […]
Section 335.17 – Vote required.
335.17 Vote required. The concurring vote of three members of the board of adjustment shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of an administrative official, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which the board is required to pass under an ordinance or to effect any […]
Section 335.2 – Farms exempt.
335.2 Farms exempt. 1. Except to the extent required to implement section 335.27, no ordinance adopted under this chapter applies to land, farm houses, farm barns, farm outbuildings, or other buildings or structures that are primarily adapted, by reason of nature and area, for use for agricultural purposes, while so used. However, the ordinances may […]
Section 335.18 – Petition to court.
335.18 Petition to court. Any person or persons, jointly or severally, aggrieved by any decision of the board of adjustment under the provisions of this chapter, or any taxpayer, or any officer, department, board, or bureau of the county, may present to a court of record a petition, duly verified, setting forth that such decision […]
Section 335.3 – Powers.
335.3 Powers. 1. Subject to section 335.2, the board of supervisors may by ordinance regulate and restrict the height, number of structures, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use […]
Section 335.19 – Review by court.
335.19 Review by court. Upon the presentation of such petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment to review the decision of the board of adjustment and shall prescribe within the writ the time within which a return must be made and served upon the relator’s attorney, which […]
Section 335.4 – Areas and districts.
335.4 Areas and districts. The board of supervisors may divide the county, or any area or areas within the county, into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, […]
Section 335.20 – Record advanced.
335.20 Record advanced. The board of adjustment shall not be required to return the original papers acted upon by the board, but it shall be sufficient to return certified or sworn copies of the originals or of such portions of the originals as may be called for by the writ under section 335.19. The return […]
Section 335.5 – Regulations and comprehensive plan — considerations and objectives — notice, adoption, distribution.
335.5 Regulations and comprehensive plan — considerations and objectives — notice, adoption, distribution. 1. The regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to preserve the availability of agricultural land; to consider the protection of soil from wind and water erosion; to encourage efficient urban development patterns; to lessen congestion in […]