2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
303.22 - ACTION BY DEPARTMENT.

        303.22  ACTION BY DEPARTMENT.
         The department shall hold a hearing not less than thirty days or
      more than sixty days after the petition is received.  The department
      shall publish notice of the hearing, at a reasonable time before the
      hearing is to take place, and shall post notice of the hearing in a
      reasonable number of places within the suggested district.  The cost
      of notification shall be paid by the persons who petition for the
      establishment of a district.
         At the hearing the department shall hear interested persons,
      accept written presentations, and shall determine whether the
      suggested district is an area of historical significance which may
      properly be established as a historical preservation district
      pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter of this chapter.  The
      department may determine the boundaries which shall be established
      for the district.  The department shall not include property which is
      not included in the suggested district unless the owner of the
      property is given an opportunity to be heard.
         The department, if it determines that the suggested district meets
      the criteria for establishment as a historical preservation district,
      shall indicate the owners of the property and residents included and
      shall forward a list of owners and residents to the county
      commissioner of elections.
         If the department determines that the suggested district does not
      meet the criteria for establishment as a historical preservation
      district, it shall so notify the petitioners.  

         [C77, 79, 81, § 303.22; 82 Acts, ch 1238, § 16]
         Referred to in § 303.33, 303.34