801-A

• Two or more municipalities may cooperate to enact, amend, or repeal a joint municipal zoning ordinance
• Must be based on a joint municipal comprehensive plan

802-A

• Enactment by a municipality of a joint municipal ordinance acts as a repeal of a county or municipal zoning ordinance within that municipality

802-A, 803-A, 804-A, 805-A, 806-A, 807-A, 808-A, 809-A, 813-A, 814-A, 815-A, 816-A, 817-A, 818-A, 819-A, 820-A

• Joint municipal zoning ordinances follow provisions for municipal zoning in Article VI except as follows:
• Classifications – No area of a municipality in a joint ordinance may be unzoned
• Community development objectives – Every joint ordinance shall contain a statement of community development objectives, shall be based on the joint comprehensive plan, and shall:
• Relate to the entire area covered by the ordinance
• Identify objectives of each municipality and how they relate to the entire area
• Include the basis for the geographic delineation of the area which the ordinance regulates
• Preparation – A joint municipal planning commission shall prepare the ordinance directed by the governing bodies and shall hold the required public meeting
• Enactment – Each municipality must enact the ordinance and no municipality may withdraw or repeal within 2-3 years of enactment
• Amendments – An amendment must also be submitted to the joint municipal planning commission for 30-day review, governing bodies must submit recommendations, and the amendment must be adopted by each municipality
• Administration – The governing bodies may create a joint zoning hearing board, and the ordinance must specify if there will be a zoning officer in each municipality or a single joint zoning officer
• Enforcement – Enforcement remedies may be taken by one municipality against another

810-A, 811-A, 812-A

• A landowner curative amendment is filed following requirements in Section 609.1 with the municipality in which the landowner’s property is located, provided that:
• The challenge is directed to the validity of the entire area of the joint municipal zoning ordinance, with such due consideration also given by the court
• A curative amendment may not be enacted without approval of all participating municipalities
• The governing bodies of all participating municipalities may declare the joint ordinance invalid and prepare a municipal curative amendment following Section 609.2, provided that:
• The 36-month limitation on new municipal curative amendments applies to all municipalities
• Where there are 2-3 participating municipalities, they shall have 9 months rather than 6 specified in 609.2(3) to enact the curative amendment; where there are more than 3 municipalities, the 9-month period shall be extended an additional month for each additional municipality; however, notwithstanding the previous extensions, a municipal curative amendment shall be enacted by the municipalities party to the joint ordinance within one year from the declaration of invalidity