City of Hiawatha v. Regional Planning Commission

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question in this declaratory judgment action is whether joint planning commissions organized under Code chapter 473A may adopt, add to and change development plans by majority vote of a quorum of commission members. Plaintiff City of Hiawatha contends commission action on plans requires majority approval of all members of the commission rather than merely of a quorum. The trial court held to the contrary and this appeal resulted. We affirm.

Governmental units are authorized under chapter 473A to form joint planning commissions. The City of Hiawatha and other local…