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Code · Iowa · Chapter 303 — Land Use Districts

303.44 Date and notice of hearing.

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The board of supervisors to whom the petition is addressed, at its next regular, special, or adjourned meeting, shall set the time and place when it will meet for a hearing upon the petition, and direct the county auditor in whose office the petition is filed to cause notice to be given to all persons whom it may concern, without naming them, of the pendency and prayer of the petition, by publication of a notice once each week for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the proposed district.
The last publication shall not be less than twenty days prior to the date set for the hearing of the petition. If no such newspaper is published in the proposed district, then notice shall be by posting at least five copies of the notice in the proposed district at least twenty days before the hearing. Proof of giving notice shall be made by affidavit of the publisher or affidavit of the person who posted the notices, and the proof shall be on file with the county auditor at the time the hearing begins.
The notice of hearing shall be directed to all persons it may concern, and shall state the following:
1. That a petition has been filed with the county auditor of that county for establishment of a proposed land use district and the name of the proposed district.
2. An intelligible description of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced in the district.
3. The date, hour, and place where the petition will come on for hearing before the board of supervisors of the named county.
4. That the board of supervisors will fix and determine the boundaries of the proposed district as described in the petition, and at the hearing all interested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard regarding the location and boundaries of the proposed district and to make suggestions regarding it.
Referred to in §303.45, 303.46, 303.48, 303.64
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