Iowa Code
Chapter 478 - ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES
Section 478.20 - Distance from buildings.

478.20 Distance from buildings.
No transmission line shall be constructed, except by agreement, within one hundred feet of any dwelling house or other building, except where said line crosses or passes along a public highway or is located alongside or parallel with the right-of-way of any railway company. In addition to the foregoing, each person, company, or corporation shall conform to any other rules, regulations, or specifications established by the utilities board, in the construction, operation, or maintenance of such lines.
[S13, §2120-r; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8327; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §489.19; C66, 71, 73, 75, §489.20; C77, 79, 81, §478.20]

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Chapter 478 - ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES

Section 478.1 - Franchise.

Section 478.2 - Petition for franchise — informational meetings held.

Section 478.3 - Petition — requirements.

Section 478.4 - Franchise — hearing.

Section 478.5 - Notice — objections filed.

Section 478.6 - Taking under eminent domain.

Section 478.6A - Merchant line franchises — requirements — limitations.

Section 478.7 - Form of franchise.

Section 478.8 - Valuation of franchise.

Section 478.9 - Exclusive rights — duration of franchise.

Section 478.10 - Franchise transferable — notice.

Section 478.11 - Record of franchises.

Section 478.12 - Acceptance of franchise.

Section 478.13 - Extension of franchise — public notice.

Section 478.14 - Service furnished.

Section 478.15 - Eminent domain — procedure — entering on land — reversion on nonuse.

Section 478.16 - Electric transmission lines — federally registered planning authority transmission plans.

Section 478.17 - Access to lines — damages.

Section 478.18 - Supervision of construction — location.

Section 478.19 - Manner of construction.

Section 478.20 - Distance from buildings.

Section 478.21 - Nonuse — revocation of franchise — extensions of time.

Section 478.22 - Action for violation.

Section 478.23 - Prior franchises — legislative control.

Section 478.24 - Violations.

Section 478.25 - Wire crossing railroads — supervision.

Section 478.26 - Wires across railroad right-of-way at highways.

Section 478.27 - Wires — how strung.

Section 478.28 - Examination of existing wires.

Section 478.29 - Civil penalties.

Section 478.30 - Crossing highway.

Section 478.31 - Temporary permits for lines less than one mile.

Section 478.32 - Rehearing — judicial review.

Section 478.33 - Cancellation.