172D.4 - COMPLIANCE WITH ZONING REQUIREMENTS.

        172D.4  COMPLIANCE WITH ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
         1.  Requirement.  A person who operates a feedlot shall comply
      with applicable zoning requirements. The applicability of a zoning
      requirement shall be as provided in subsection 2 of this section. A
      person complies with this section as a matter of law where no zoning
      requirement exists.
         2.  Applicability.
         a.  A zoning requirement shall apply to a feedlot with an
      established date of operation subsequent to the effective date of the
      zoning requirement.
         b.  A zoning requirement, other than one adopted by a city,
      shall not apply to a feedlot with an established date of operation
      prior to the effective date of the zoning requirement for a period of
      ten years from the effective date of that zoning requirement.
         c.  A zoning requirement which is in effect on November 1,
      1976, shall apply to a feedlot with an established date of operation
      prior to November 1, 1976.
         d.  A zoning requirement adopted by a city shall apply to a
      feedlot located within an incorporated or unincorporated area which
      is subject to regulation by that city as of November 1, 1976,
      regardless of the established date of operation of the feedlot.
         e.  A zoning requirement adopted by a city shall not apply to
      a feedlot which becomes located within an incorporated or
      unincorporated area subject to regulation by that city by virtue of
      an incorporation or annexation which takes effect after November 1,
      1976 for a period of ten years from the effective date of the
      incorporation or annexation.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C77, 79, 81, § 172D.4]
         Referred to in § 172D.2