12-16,120. Prohibiting rent control or control of real estate purchase price by political subdivisions; exceptions. (a) No political subdivision of this state, including, but not limited to, a county, municipality or township, shall enact, maintain or enforce any ordinance or resolution that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged or the purchase price agreed upon between the parties to the transaction for the lease or purchase of privately owned residential or commercial property.
(b) This section shall not impair the right of any political subdivision to manage and control commercial or residential property in which such political subdivision has an ownership interest.
(c) This section shall not impair the right of any owner of privately owned property to enter into a voluntary agreement with a political subdivision to agree to requirements that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged or the purchase price agreed upon between the parties to the transaction for the lease or purchase of privately owned property in return for grants or incentives provided by the political subdivision to the owner of privately owned property.
(d) No political subdivision shall require any owner of privately owned property to agree to any requirements that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged or the purchase price agreed upon between the parties to the transaction for the lease or purchase of privately owned property, as a condition for consideration or approval of:
(1) Any building permit or plat; or
(2) any request for a zoning regulation, boundary, classification or a conditional use permit, or for a change or variance in a zoning regulation, boundary, classification or a conditional use permit.
History: L. 2001, ch. 134, § 2; L. 2016, ch. 104, § 4; July 1.
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