A bill for an act relating to county zoning of industrial and commercial businesses.

This bill (SF 2100) prevents Iowa counties from banning industrial or commercial businesses operating outside city limits from storing business-related items on their property, provided specific conditions are met. It directly affects small, independently owned businesses outside city boundaries that own their property, have no more than one such location in the county, and employ 30 or fewer people. The key provision requires counties to allow storage in a building for these businesses, regardless of local zoning rules, as long as all five conditions (ownership, single location, independent operation, employee limit, and property ownership) are satisfied. The bill does not change zoning rules for businesses within city limits or for larger operations.