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Muscatine County holds public hearing on private burial-site rules; no ordinance adopted
Summary
Supervisors heard zoning commission recommendations to establish private burial-site definitions, setbacks and permitting rules; board closed the hearing and will finalize ordinance language with staff before first reading.
Muscatine County supervisors held a public hearing March 17 on proposed zoning regulations for private burial sites after a landowner inquiry prompted staff review. The hearing covered definitions, setback requirements and a special-use permitting process but did not produce a final ordinance vote; staff will return with revised language for first reading.
The zoning commission recommended defining “private burial sites” (family-only burials without sale of plots), making them a special-permitted use in A-1 (agricultural) and R-1 (residential) districts, and requiring county review via a…
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