Weirdest Laws In Iowa

Sometimes, it's the smaller communities that have the most particular laws. Local zoning and city codes help mold the community into the way that local citizens wish to live. Whether it's an ordinance restricting what kinds of trash cans you can leave out for pickup, or it's a mandate on how high you can allow your lawn to grow, the local powers that be write their laws to reflect the wants and demands of the people that elect them.

We've found that it's the local laws that can sometimes be the most restrictive, as well as among the weirdest. In Mount Vernon, for example, you are expressly forbidden to pick any flowers from any local park. This small town also makes you get the city council's permission before you throw a rock or brick onto a roadway (via Stupid Laws). 

In the hamlet of Marshalltown, things get a little weirder. In this community, it's illegal to let your horse eat a fire hydrant. Were these fireplugs once built using oats?

And in Indianola, Iowa, the ice cream man and his truck are nowhere to be found. A local law banished both the man and his musical truck years ago.

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