§ 404.1 — Area established by city or county

Iowa § 404.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IX: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 404: URBAN REVITALIZATION TAX EXEMPTIONS

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The governing body of a city may, by ordinance, designate an area of the city or the
governing body of a county may, by ordinance, designate an area of the county outside the
boundaries of a city, as a revitalization area, if that area is any of the following:
1. An area in which there is a predominance of buildings or improvements, whether
residential or nonresidential, which by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, obsolescence,
inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high density of
population and overcrowding, the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by
fire and other causes or a combination of such factors, is conducive to ill health, transmission
of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency or crime, and which is detrimental to the
public health, safety, or welfare.
2. An area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of deteriorated or
deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, incompatible
land use relationships, faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility or
usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,
diversity of ownership, tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the actual value
of the land, defective or unusual conditions of title, or the existence of conditions which
endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or a combination of such factors,
substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of a municipality, retards the provision of
housing accommodations or constitutes an economic or social liability and is a menace to
the public health, safety, or welfare in its present condition and use.
3. An area in which there is a predominance of buildings or improvements which by
reason of age, history, architecture or significance should be preserved or restored to
productive use.
4. An area which is appropriate as an economic development area as defined in section
403.17.
5. An area designated as appropriate for public improvements related to housing and
residential development, or construction of housing and residential development, including
single or multifamily housing.

Legislative History

[C81, §404.1]