Zoning Ordinance, Section 12: Amendment Procedure

§ 12.03 Amendment For Request For Rezoning

The text in force on August 11, 2010, and every version since 2010.

Unofficial compilation built from the City's published 2010 Code chapters and the text of adopted ordinances. Effective dates are inferred from adoption records; scanned chapters were OCR'd. The City of Tiffin's adopted Code of Ordinances governs. Not legal advice.

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12.03 AMENDMENT FOR REQUEST FOR REZONING

An amendment that is a request for rezoning of property, in addition to 20 copies of the application and its supporting documents, must contain the following information:

A. Fee: The applicant is required to pay the City Clerk a fee in that amount established by resolution of the City Council. The City Clerk must credit the payment to the General Fund of the City. Once the fee is paid, it is nonrefundable. Any related costs for rezoning applications that are incurred, such as the cost for newspaper publication of the notice of public hearing, mailings, and other costs incurred for the purpose of reviewing and action upon by the council, etc., including the posting sign, must be reimbursed by the rezoning applicant to the City after receiving a bill for it from the City Clerk. These costs are in addition to any rezoning application fee set by resolution of the City Council.

B. Legal description and local address of the property.

C. Current zoning classification and requested zoning classification.

D. Detailed description and site plan of the existing use of the property and proposed use of the property, including utilities and other relevant improvements.

E. Names of current titleholders and their proper mailing addresses for all owners of any property within two hundred (200) feet of, or inside of, the proposed amendment area, whether within and outside of the city limits.

F. A statement of the reasons why the applicant feels the present zoning classification is no longer valid.

G. Plat or Site Plan showing the locations, dimensions, and use of the applicant's property and all property within two hundred (200) feet thereof, including streets, alleys, railroads, and other physical features. The following will also be required on the aforementioned site plan:

1. North arrow and scale.

2 Size and location of existing and proposed structures and drives on the subject property, and existing structures and drives on surrounding properties.

3. Name and address of the applicant (landowner) and the name and address of any contractor who is hired by the landowner to do work on the property.

4 Date of preparation of the plan.

5. Any other information requested by P&Z or Council.

2010 Code (city website file), in force from August 11, 2010 · source page

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Aug 11, 2010today 2010 Code base text · text p. 153

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