1. The board of supervisors shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment. In the regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to the authority of this chapter, the board of supervisors shall provide that the board of adjustment may, in appropriate cases, and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, make special exceptions to the terms of the ordinances or regulations. The exceptions shall be in harmony with the general purpose and intent and in accordance with the general or specific rules contained in the ordinances or regulations. The board of supervisors shall provide that any property owner aggrieved by the action of the board of supervisors in the adoption of the regulations and restrictions may petition the board of adjustment to modify regulations and restrictions as applied to the aggrieved property owners.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 335.10

  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • property owner: means the contract purchaser if there is one of record, otherwise the record holder of legal title. See Iowa Code 364.12
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
 2. The board of supervisors may provide for its review of variances granted by the board of adjustment before their effective date. The board of supervisors may remand a decision to grant a variance to the board of adjustment for further study. If remanded, the effective date of the variance is delayed for thirty days from the date of the remand.