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Community Development outlines permits, rental inspection trends and code update plans

Muscatine City Council · December 3, 2025
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Community Development Director Jody Real Goodwin told council the department issued 335 commercial permits in FY25 with $44.2M in valuation and previewed a 'pattern book' to speed housing development; rental inspections and nuisance complaints were discussed and a code update to align with state IBC 2024 was planned.

At the Dec. 2 meeting Community Development Director Jody Real Goodwin reviewed department structure and recent metrics and outlined ongoing initiatives around housing, nuisance enforcement and code modernization.

Real Goodwin reported FY25 commercial permits numbered 335 with an aggregate valuation of $44,200,000 and said the first quarter of the current fiscal year included 98 permits valued at $7,000,000. She cautioned that permit counts do not directly map…

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