# Residential and Agricultural Advisory Committee, LLC, an Iowa Limited Liability Company Matt Mescher Allan R. Demmer Catherine Demmer Wayne Ameskamp Sharon Ameskamp Vernon Boge Donald Boge Mary Ann Rubly John R. Rubly Dolores Thier Larry Thier Gary Burkle Cindy Burkle Wayne Vorwald Linda Vorwald Jeff Pape Gerald Wolf And Joanne Wolf v. Dyersville City Council, Mayor Jame

> Supreme Court of Iowa · December 9, 2016 · 888 N.W.2d 24

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9870153

## Case

- **Full name:** RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, LLC, an Iowa Limited Liability Company; Matt Mescher; Allan R. Demmer; Catherine Demmer; Wayne Ameskamp; Sharon Ameskamp; Vernon Boge; Donald Boge; Mary Ann Rubly; John R. Rubly; Dolores Thier; Larry Thier; Gary Burkle; Cindy Burkle; Wayne Vorwald; Linda Vorwald; Jeff Pape; Gerald Wolf; And Joanne Wolf, Appellants, v. DYERSVILLE CITY COUNCIL, Mayor James A. Heavens, Mike English, Mark Breitbach, Robert Platz, Molly Evers, and Dan Willenborg, Appellees
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Iowa
- **Decided:** December 9, 2016
- **Citations:** 888 N.W.2d 24; 2016 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 110
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Wiggins
- **Judges:** Zager, Wiggins
- **Cited by:** 37 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that correction of an error in the legal description of the notice does not void the city action when substantial compliance was achieved
- emphasizing that the legitimate government interest must have a basis in fact

## Opinion text

WIGGINS, Justice
(concurring specially).
I concur with the majority decision. Our decision does not mean that the actions of the city council are not beyond the reach of the persons they were elected to serve. At the next election, the council’s actions are subject to review by the electorate. Under the separation-of-powers doctrine, “electoral control [is] an important restraint on legislative conduct.” Teague v. Mosley, 552 N.W.2d 646, 660 (Iowa 1996).

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