Zoning Ordinance, Section 3: Each Zoning District
§ C-2B.10 Special
The text in force today, 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.
C-2B.10 SPECIAL
Ord. 2013-333 (July 24, 2013) amends this chapter; which sections it changes has not been read, so this text may not be current. Read the ordinance.
Ord. 2017-393 (January 17, 2017) amends this chapter; which sections it changes has not been read, so this text may not be current. Read the ordinance.
REGULATIONS
A. Residential uses are not permitted.
B. All business establishments must be retail or service in use dealing directly with consumers. All goods produced on the premises must be sold at retail on the premises where produced.
C. All business, service, storage, and display of goods must be conducted within a completely enclosed structure, except for:
1. Agricultural uses
2. Parking and loading areas, as regulated by Section 7.
3. Automobile service stations
4. Outdoor sale of building and garden supply materials and goods
5. Sales or display of merchandise sold or offered for sale through vending machines, provided such machines do not occupy a ground area of more than sixteen (16) square feet
6. Temporary outdoor or sidewalk sales
7. Outdoor tables or seating areas accessory to restaurants
D. Except for automobile laundries, automobile service stations, drive-in restaurants, drive-in banks and savings and loan associations facilities, when authorized as special uses, no business establishment may offer goods or service directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles, or sell beverages or food for consumption on the premises in parked motor vehicles.
History
Dates: an Iowa ordinance takes effect when it is published after adoption. Where the clerk's certificate records the publication date it is used; otherwise the adoption date stands in for it. "Not yet consolidated" means the ordinance amends this section but its new text has not been checked into this compilation yet: read the ordinance.
Data last updated October 15, 2026. Built from the archive's documents; see how the data is built.