368.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Adjoining” means having a common boundary for not less than fifty feet. Land areas may be adjoining although separated by a roadway or waterway.
2. “Annexation” means the addition of territory to a city.
3. “Board” means the city development board established in section 368.9.
4. “Boundary adjustment” means annexation, severance or consolidation.
5. “City development” means an incorporation, discontinuance or boundary adjustment.
6. “Committee” means the board members, and the local representatives appointed as provided in sections 368.14 and 368.14A, to hear and make a decision on a petition or plan for city development.
7. “Consolidation” means the combining of two or more cities into one city.
8. “Discontinuance” means termination of a city.
9. “Incorporation” means establishment of a new city.
10. “Island” means land which is not part of a city and which is completely surrounded by the corporate boundaries of one or more cities. However, a part of the boundary of an “island” may be contiguous with a boundary of the state, a river, or similar natural barrier which prevents service access from an adjoining area of land outside the boundaries of a city.
11. “Public land” means land owned by the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state.
12. “Public utility” means a public utility subject to regulation pursuant to chapter 476.
13. “Registered voter” means a person who is registered to vote pursuant to chapter 48A.
14. “Severance” means the deletion of territory from a city.
15. “Territory” means the land area or areas proposed to be incorporated, annexed, or severed, whether or not contiguous to all other areas proposed to be incorporated, annexed, or severed. Except as provided for by an agreement pursuant to chapter 28E, “territory” having a common boundary with the right-of-way of a secondary road extends to the center line of the road.
16. “Urbanized area” means any area of land within two miles of the boundaries of a city.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §362.1; C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.1]
89 Acts, ch 98, §1; 89 Acts, ch 299, §1; 91 Acts, ch 187, §1; 91 Acts, ch 250, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1174, §1; 93 Acts, ch 152, §1 – 3; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §61; 2003 Acts, ch 148, §1, 9
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 368 - CITY DEVELOPMENT
Section 368.3 - Discontinuance — cemetery fund transfer.
Section 368.4 - Annexing moratorium.
Section 368.5 - Annexing state and county property.
Section 368.7 - Voluntary annexation of territory.
Section 368.7A - Secondary road annexation.
Section 368.8 - Voluntary severing of territory.
Section 368.9 - Board created.
Section 368.10 - Rules — filing fees.
Section 368.11 - Petition for involuntary city development action.
Section 368.13 - Board may initiate proceedings.
Section 368.14 - Local representatives.
Section 368.14A - Special local committees.
Section 368.15 - Public hearing.
Section 368.16 - Approval of proposal.
Section 368.17 - When approval barred.
Section 368.19 - Time limit — election.
Section 368.20 - Procedure after approval.
Section 368.21 - Supervision of procedures.
Section 368.23 - Fees and taxes of public utilities.
Section 368.24 - Notification to public utilities and to the department of revenue.
Section 368.25 - Failure to provide municipal services.
Section 368.25A - Boundary adjustment between cities by petition and consent.
Section 368.26 - Annexation of certain property — compliance with less stringent regulations.