303.42 Petition.
Eligible electors residing within the limits of a proposed land use district equal in number to at least ten percent or more of the registered voters residing within the limits of a proposed land use district may file a petition in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the proposed land use district, or its major portion, is located, requesting that there be submitted to the registered voters of the proposed district the question of whether the territory within the boundaries of the proposed district shall be organized as a land use district under this subchapter. The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county where it is filed and shall set forth the following:
1. An intelligible description of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced in the district.
2. The name of the proposed district.
3. That the territory to be embraced in the district has a distinctive historical and cultural character which might be preserved by the establishment of the district.
4. That the public welfare will be promoted by the establishment of the district.
5. The signatures of the petitioners.
83 Acts, ch 108, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §16
Referred to in §303.48, 303.64
Structure Iowa Code
Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Section 303.1 - Department of cultural affairs.
Section 303.1A - Director’s duties.
Section 303.2 - Division responsibilities.
Section 303.2A - Intradepartmental advisory council.
Section 303.3 - Cultural grant programs.
Section 303.3A - Arts and cultural conferences and caucuses.
Section 303.3B - Cultural and entertainment districts.
Section 303.3C - Iowa great places program.
Section 303.3D - Iowa great places program fund.
Section 303.3E - Culture, history, and arts teams program.
Section 303.4 - State historical society of Iowa — board of trustees.
Section 303.5 - Powers and duties of state historical society administrator.
Section 303.6 - Officers — meetings.
Section 303.7 - Membership in state historical society.
Section 303.8 - Powers and duties of board and department.
Section 303.9 - Funds received by department.
Section 303.9A - Iowa heritage fund.
Section 303.10 - Acceptance and use of money grants.
Section 303.16 - Historical resource development program — country school grants.
Section 303.17 - Iowa studies — findings — curriculum — committee.
Section 303.19 - American civil war sesquicentennial advisory committee.
Section 303.22 - Action by department.
Section 303.29 - Use of structures.
Section 303.31 - Action by commission.
Section 303.32 - Ordinary maintenance and repair.
Section 303.33 - Termination of district.
Section 303.34 - Areas of historical significance.
Section 303.41 - Eligibility and purpose.
Section 303.43 - Jurisdiction — decisions — records.
Section 303.44 - Date and notice of hearing.
Section 303.45 - Hearing of petition and order.
Section 303.46 - Notice of election.
Section 303.48 - Expenses and costs of election.
Section 303.49 - Election of trustees — terms — vacancies.
Section 303.50 - Trustee’s bond.
Section 303.51 - Land use district to be a body corporate.
Section 303.52 - Board of trustees — powers and duties.
Section 303.52A - Inclusion or exclusion of land.
Section 303.53 - Changes and amendments.
Section 303.54 - Board of adjustment.
Section 303.55 - Membership — term — compensation.
Section 303.57 - Appeals to board of adjustment.
Section 303.58 - Powers of board.
Section 303.59 - Powers on appeal.
Section 303.60 - Vote required.
Section 303.61 - Petition to court.
Section 303.62 - Review by court.
Section 303.63 - Trial to court.
Section 303.65 - Restraining order.
Section 303.66 - Taxes — power to levy — tax sales.
Section 303.67 - Records and disbursements.
Section 303.68 - Conflict with other regulations.
Section 303.86 - Arts council.
Section 303.87 - Duties of council.
Section 303.88 - Administrator’s powers and authority.
Section 303.89 - State poet laureate designated — nominating committee.