Crow v. Board of Adjustment of Iowa City

Under chapter 324 Code of Iowa, the city of Iowa City adopted a zoning ordinance which established four building zones, or districts, known as A Residence, B Residence, Business and Industrial. In addition to the buildings and premises included in the A Residence districts the ordinance permits in the B Residence districts various additional buildings and uses such as lodging and boarding houses, apartment houses, hospitals and sanitariums.

Appellant, F. J. Crow, for many years a practicing veterinary surgeon in Iowa City, proposed to purchase lot 7, block 9, County Seat Addition, and to erect…