368.15 Public hearing.
The committee shall conduct a public hearing on a proposal as soon as practicable. Notice of the hearing must be served upon the council of each city for which a discontinuance or boundary adjustment is proposed, the county board of supervisors for each county which contains a portion of a city to be discontinued or territory to be incorporated, annexed, or severed, and any regional planning authority for the area involved. A notice of the hearing, which includes a brief description of the proposal and a statement of where the petition or plan is available for public inspection, must be published as provided in section 362.3, except that there must be two publications in a newspaper having general circulation in each city and each territory involved in the proposal. Any person may submit written briefs, and in the committee’s discretion, may be heard on the proposal. The board may subpoena witnesses and documents relevant to the proposal.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §368.15]
Referred to in §368.3, 368.7, 368.14A, 368.18, 368.20, 368.21
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.