Muscatine City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 10

25 CEMETERY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

10-25-1 New Cemeteries

An irrevocable permanent care and maintenance trust fund shall be established for all interment of the dead in burial plots, mausoleums and columbariums in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State of Iowa for perpetual care as presently set forth and as hereafter amended.
An initial site plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council prior to any site development. The Site Plan Review Process as adopted and amended shall be construed as the guide in developing a site plan for review.
Any alteration or modification of the initially approved site plan shall require resubmission under the Site Plan Review Process.
No mausoleum or columbarium shall be located within three hundred feet of any cemetery property line or public street.
A sign is permitted indicating the name of the cemetery, it shall not exceed 25 square feet. Any other sign for incidental and accessory uses shall be face mounted on a building or structure and in total shall not exceed twenty-five square feet. Internal signs not visible from the property line directing cemetery traffic, posting of cemetery rules, and designating areas within a cemetery are permitted.
No above ground monument or structure shall be placed within 50 feet of any property line or public streets.
Outside storage or display shall be screened from view of adjacent property and public streets by landscaping or fencing at least 75% opaque. This includes, but is not limited to, trash bins and vaults or headstones for sale or future use.
No burial plots or facilities are permitted on areas designated as flood plain by the City’s Federal Flood Insurance Rate Maps.
Assurances must be provided that water supplies of surrounding properties will not be adversely affected by cemetery operations.

10-25-2 Existing Cemeteries, As Of December 4, 1986

An irrevocable permanent care and maintenance trust fund shall be established for all interment of the dead in burial plots, mausoleums and columbariums in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State of Iowa for perpetual care as presently set forth and as hereafter amended.
An initial site plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council prior to any site development. The Site Plan Review Process as adopted and amended shall be construed as the guide in developing a site plan for review. Any alteration or modification of the initially approved site plan shall require resubmission under the Site Plan Review Process.
No mausoleum or columbarium shall be located within 200 feet of any cemetery property line or public street.
All existing signs shall continue to be permitted. In the event any existing sign visible from adjacent property or public street is to be changed or replaced, it shall comply with all other local regulations as well as the provisions of 10-25-1(E).
Subsurface grave site interments in development areas may continue in accordance with the pattern established by existing burials. Undeveloped areas abutting adjacent residential lots are subject to a setback provision of 25 feet from said property line. The use of the first 25 feet of undeveloped areas adjacent to public streets shall be restricted to flush mounted subsurface gravesite interments only.
Proposed outside storage or display shall be screened from view of adjacent property and public streets by landscaping or fencing at least 75% opaque. This includes but is not limited to, trash bins, and vaults or headstones for sale or future use.
Subject to applicable property line and public street setback requirements as set out in 10-25-2(C), a crematory shall be a permissive use within Memorial Park Cemetery.

Muscatine City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 10

25 CEMETERY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

10-25-1 New Cemeteries

An irrevocable permanent care and maintenance trust fund shall be established for all interment of the dead in burial plots, mausoleums and columbariums in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State of Iowa for perpetual care as presently set forth and as hereafter amended.
An initial site plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council prior to any site development. The Site Plan Review Process as adopted and amended shall be construed as the guide in developing a site plan for review.
Any alteration or modification of the initially approved site plan shall require resubmission under the Site Plan Review Process.
No mausoleum or columbarium shall be located within three hundred feet of any cemetery property line or public street.
A sign is permitted indicating the name of the cemetery, it shall not exceed 25 square feet. Any other sign for incidental and accessory uses shall be face mounted on a building or structure and in total shall not exceed twenty-five square feet. Internal signs not visible from the property line directing cemetery traffic, posting of cemetery rules, and designating areas within a cemetery are permitted.
No above ground monument or structure shall be placed within 50 feet of any property line or public streets.
Outside storage or display shall be screened from view of adjacent property and public streets by landscaping or fencing at least 75% opaque. This includes, but is not limited to, trash bins and vaults or headstones for sale or future use.
No burial plots or facilities are permitted on areas designated as flood plain by the City’s Federal Flood Insurance Rate Maps.
Assurances must be provided that water supplies of surrounding properties will not be adversely affected by cemetery operations.

10-25-2 Existing Cemeteries, As Of December 4, 1986

An irrevocable permanent care and maintenance trust fund shall be established for all interment of the dead in burial plots, mausoleums and columbariums in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State of Iowa for perpetual care as presently set forth and as hereafter amended.
An initial site plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council prior to any site development. The Site Plan Review Process as adopted and amended shall be construed as the guide in developing a site plan for review. Any alteration or modification of the initially approved site plan shall require resubmission under the Site Plan Review Process.
No mausoleum or columbarium shall be located within 200 feet of any cemetery property line or public street.
All existing signs shall continue to be permitted. In the event any existing sign visible from adjacent property or public street is to be changed or replaced, it shall comply with all other local regulations as well as the provisions of 10-25-1(E).
Subsurface grave site interments in development areas may continue in accordance with the pattern established by existing burials. Undeveloped areas abutting adjacent residential lots are subject to a setback provision of 25 feet from said property line. The use of the first 25 feet of undeveloped areas adjacent to public streets shall be restricted to flush mounted subsurface gravesite interments only.
Proposed outside storage or display shall be screened from view of adjacent property and public streets by landscaping or fencing at least 75% opaque. This includes but is not limited to, trash bins, and vaults or headstones for sale or future use.
Subject to applicable property line and public street setback requirements as set out in 10-25-2(C), a crematory shall be a permissive use within Memorial Park Cemetery.

Muscatine City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 10

25 CEMETERY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

10-25-1 New Cemeteries

An irrevocable permanent care and maintenance trust fund shall be established for all interment of the dead in burial plots, mausoleums and columbariums in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State of Iowa for perpetual care as presently set forth and as hereafter amended.
An initial site plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council prior to any site development. The Site Plan Review Process as adopted and amended shall be construed as the guide in developing a site plan for review.
Any alteration or modification of the initially approved site plan shall require resubmission under the Site Plan Review Process.
No mausoleum or columbarium shall be located within three hundred feet of any cemetery property line or public street.
A sign is permitted indicating the name of the cemetery, it shall not exceed 25 square feet. Any other sign for incidental and accessory uses shall be face mounted on a building or structure and in total shall not exceed twenty-five square feet. Internal signs not visible from the property line directing cemetery traffic, posting of cemetery rules, and designating areas within a cemetery are permitted.
No above ground monument or structure shall be placed within 50 feet of any property line or public streets.
Outside storage or display shall be screened from view of adjacent property and public streets by landscaping or fencing at least 75% opaque. This includes, but is not limited to, trash bins and vaults or headstones for sale or future use.
No burial plots or facilities are permitted on areas designated as flood plain by the City’s Federal Flood Insurance Rate Maps.
Assurances must be provided that water supplies of surrounding properties will not be adversely affected by cemetery operations.

10-25-2 Existing Cemeteries, As Of December 4, 1986

An irrevocable permanent care and maintenance trust fund shall be established for all interment of the dead in burial plots, mausoleums and columbariums in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State of Iowa for perpetual care as presently set forth and as hereafter amended.
An initial site plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council prior to any site development. The Site Plan Review Process as adopted and amended shall be construed as the guide in developing a site plan for review. Any alteration or modification of the initially approved site plan shall require resubmission under the Site Plan Review Process.
No mausoleum or columbarium shall be located within 200 feet of any cemetery property line or public street.
All existing signs shall continue to be permitted. In the event any existing sign visible from adjacent property or public street is to be changed or replaced, it shall comply with all other local regulations as well as the provisions of 10-25-1(E).
Subsurface grave site interments in development areas may continue in accordance with the pattern established by existing burials. Undeveloped areas abutting adjacent residential lots are subject to a setback provision of 25 feet from said property line. The use of the first 25 feet of undeveloped areas adjacent to public streets shall be restricted to flush mounted subsurface gravesite interments only.
Proposed outside storage or display shall be screened from view of adjacent property and public streets by landscaping or fencing at least 75% opaque. This includes but is not limited to, trash bins, and vaults or headstones for sale or future use.
Subject to applicable property line and public street setback requirements as set out in 10-25-2(C), a crematory shall be a permissive use within Memorial Park Cemetery.