The mission of the Community Development Department is to facilitate the construction and maintenance of a strong, safe and "Beautiful Hiawatha". The dedicated staff accomplishes this through providing great customer service in a "one stop shop" setting. Community Development is the single location for:
The Community Development Department has recently developed a new online portal for access to our services and resources. Partnering with our permitting software provider we now offer online permitting, zoning application acceptance and rental registrations. We encourage you to visit our portal and register so you can complete all your permitting needs online.
The portal also provide access for forms, handouts and answers frequently asksed questions (FAQ). All the information for traditional paper submittals is available and can be printed from the online access for each division. Simply go to our online portal and follow the links to "Learn more about Permitting, Licensing, or Development".
In order to continue to improve our service we would appreciate hearing from you. Please take five minutes and complete this survey to let us know how we are doing.
Create your own user feedback surveyFind information regarding planning and zoning in Hiawatha and community maps.
Find housing inspection information & permit applications here.
Find housing inspection information & permit applications here.
Find information regarding rental housing registraion here.
Learn more about nuisance reporting within Hiawatha city limits.
Learn more about storm water requirements and access the Storm Water Hot Line for Hiawatha.
Have a question? We have an answer.
Contact information for Community Development staff.
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Planning & Zoning Meeting
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Planning & Zoning Meeting
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Planning & Zoning Meeting
To ALL AUTOPAY Customers:
To keep on top of security matters, the payment method attached to your Hiawatha Water Account needs to be confirmed in our payment software. This confirmation of payment needs to be done to verify your account information with our newly updated GWorks Software. The updating process is simple, just contact our office at 319-393-5556 prior to October 1, 2024 to have this updated before the next auto payment occurs.
Any account which is not updated prior to 10/14/2024, will have their next ACH payment returned. A returned ACH payment could lead to an extra charge and/or a disruption in water service.
***Note*** Some of our customers have already completed this update. If that is you, we appreciate you taking the time to have completed this update!
Thank You!
Hiawatha Water Department
