Cities and towns; establishing requirements for legislative municipal procedures. Effective date.

Added requirement that protests against proposed zoning changes must be filed at least three days before public hearings

Added provision stating that only objective and relevant public information should be determinative in land use proceedings

Established that zoning changes require supermajority votes if protested by owners of 20% or more of affected lots, or 50% or more of lots within 300 feet of the change

Added detailed provisions for appeals from board of adjustment decisions, including stay procedures and factors courts must consider when deciding whether to pause municipal actions during appeals

Changed appeal filing deadline from unspecified time to thirty business days from the action, decision, ruling, or order

Document timestamp updated from 10:44 AM to 6:19 PM on 3/25/2025, likely reflecting a later version of the same legislative text.

Added requirement that public information presented in land use proceedings must be both objective and relevant to be considered determinative in decisions.

Removed subsection G entirely from the bill, which contained provisions about appeals from the board of adjustment.

Added language preventing decisions from being based solely on the presence or magnitude of opposition without objective and relevant facts.

Modified reference to meeting records to include both official records and meeting minutes as acceptable documentation.

Protest thresholds for challenging municipal changes now require owners of 20% or 50% of affected lot areas, with clearer formatting of percentages.

Stay applications during appeals now require specific factors to be considered by courts, including likelihood of success and irreparable harm.

Municipal zoning decisions must be based on objective and relevant facts rather than just opposition numbers, protecting against arbitrary decisions.

Appeal procedures for board of adjustment decisions remain at 30 business days but now include clearer notice requirements for affected parties.

Document formatting and page numbering were updated from House Committee Substitute version to Committee Substitute version.

Voting thresholds for municipal zoning changes were modified to specify different supermajority requirements based on the size of the governing body (three-fourths for bodies with more than seven members, three-fifths for seven or fewer).

New provisions were added requiring decisions to be based on objective facts and municipal code requirements rather than just comprehensive plans as a guide.

Appeal procedures for board of adjustment decisions were updated to include specific factors courts must consider when deciding whether to grant stays pending appeals, and added requirements for posting bonds.

Formatting and page numbering were updated throughout the document, and some text was reorganized for clarity.

The entire bill text was replaced with a committee substitute version that reorganizes the content while keeping the same substantive provisions.

A comprehensive summary of all amendments was added at the beginning of the bill to clearly list what sections are being changed.

Page numbering and formatting were updated to reflect the committee's version of the bill.

Changed protest filing thresholds from 20% and 50% of lot owners to 20% and 50% of lot area within specific geographic boundaries

Added requirement that zoning decisions must be based on objective facts rather than just the presence or number of protests

Removed requirement for bond deposits when appealing board of adjustment decisions

Added requirement that stays of appealed decisions must be requested within 30 days of application

Added requirement that bonds for stays must be posted within 10 business days of court determination

Extended appeal filing deadline from 30 calendar days to 30 business days for challenging municipal actions

The entire bill text was replaced with a new version, resulting in a complete reset of the legislative document rather than incremental amendments to the original text.

Section numbering was reorganized, with some sections appearing in different order or with different numbering sequences between the original and amended versions.

Original page headers and tracking numbers were removed and replaced with new formatting indicating this is an engrossed version with House amendments.