414.24 - RESTRICTED RESIDENCE DISTRICTS.

        414.24  RESTRICTED RESIDENCE DISTRICTS.         A city may, and upon petition of sixty percent of the owners of      the real estate in the district sought to be affected who are      residents of the city shall, designate and establish, after notice      and hearing as provided in section 414.4, restricted residence      districts within the city limits.         In the ordinance designating and establishing a restricted      residence district, the city may establish reasonable rules for the      use and occupancy of buildings of all kinds within the district, and      provide that no building or other structure, except residences,      schoolhouses, churches and other similar structures, shall be      erected, altered, repaired or occupied without first securing from      the city council a permit to be issued under reasonable rules as may      be provided in the ordinance. An ordinance and rules passed under      this section shall not conflict with applicable building and housing      codes.         A building or structure erected, altered, repaired, or used in      violation of an ordinance passed under this section shall be deemed a      nuisance.         When a city has proceeded under the other provisions of this      chapter, this section shall no longer be in effect for the city.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 6473, 6474, 6475, 6476; C46, 50, 54,      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 414.22, 415.1, 415.2, 415.3; C77, 79, 81, §      414.24] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         84 Acts, ch 1018, § 2         Nuisances in general, chapter 657