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Muscatine City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 10

7 R-4 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

10-7-1 Permissive Uses

  1. Two-family dwelling.
  2. Single-family dwelling.
  3. Rowhouses, townhouses, and three or four-family houses where the site being developed is one-half acre or larger.
  4. Public park or playground.
  5. Place of worship.
  6. Public school, elementary and high, or private school having a curriculum equivalent to a public elementary or high school and having no rooms regularly used for housing or sleeping purposes.
  7. Golf course, except miniature course and driving tees operated for commercial purposes.
  8. Group Home
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 2025-0527 on 1/20/2026

10-7-2 Conditional Uses

  1. Manufactured-Mobile Home Park in accordance with the provisions of Title 10, Chapter 23.
  2. Nursing, rest, or convalescent home, provided that it is:
    1. Located at least 50 feet from any lot in any Residential District; and
    2. Situated on a site of not less than 20,000 square feet.
  3. Nursery, day care center, or play school, provided that any play lot used in connection therewith be suitably fenced and screened in accordance with the requirements of the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
  4. Electrical distribution station, pipeline pumping station, or water tower.
  5. Funeral home, provided that:
    1. The facility is connected to a sanitary sewer;
    2. Ample off-street parking is available as determined by the Zoning Board of Adjustment;
    3. All parking areas are screened from adjacent property with a minimum four-foot high (above vehicle headlights) screening fence (75% opaque), hedge-type landscaping, or the equivalent;
    4. Outside lighting does not shine directly onto adjacent property; and
    5. That the following not be permitted: crematory, emergency ambulance service, exterior display of grave monuments or markers.
  6. Barber or beauty shop within an owner-occupied home that:
    1. Does not exceed a single chair
    2. Provides minimum two off-street standard parking stalls per chair;
    3. Otherwise complies with the definition of a Home Occupation (10-32-1);
    4. Where the predominate use of the structure prior to the ancillary use of a barber or beauty shop is non-residential, an outside employee with standard off-street parking (one per employee) may be considered.
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 2025-0527 on 1/20/2026

10-7-3 Height, Area, And Setback Requirements

  1. Maximum Structure Height: 35 feet, except for as provided for in Title 10, Chapter 26
  2. Minimum Front Yard Depth: 25 feet
  3. Minimum Side Yard Depth: 6 feet
  4. Minimum Rear Year Depth: 25 feet
  5. Minimum Frontage: 50 feet
  6. Minimum Lot Area: 5,000 square feet
  7. Minimum Lot Area per Family:
    1. Single Family: 5,000 square feet
    2. Two Family: 2,500 square feet
    3. Multiple: Overall site must be at least 1/2 acre in size.

2025-0527