Linn County v. City of Hiawatha

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• holding that married couple and six unrelated foster children were a “single housekeeping unit” because their duties and responsibilities in the home were indistinguishable from those of other homeowners in the community
• holding that foster home met municipal zoning code’s definition of a single-family home, where code defined “family” as “(o)ne or more persons occupying a dwelling and living as a single housekeeping unit” (quotations omitted)
• holding that foster home met municipal zoning code's definition of a single-family home, where code defined \family\ as \( o )ne or more persons occupying a dwelling and living as a single housekeeping unit\ (quotations omitted)
• leaving open the question of whether federal court is an appropriate place to seek a writ of certiorari under Iowa Code § 414.15 even if no independent basis for federal jurisdiction exists

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