Tiffin Comprehensive Plan – Updated 2018

Land Use As shown on the Future Land Use Map, the City’s Phase One Growth Area contains over 2,500 acres of potential residential land. This will provide the city and metro area with flexibility over the long-term should unanticipated growth occur. Commercial and industrial land needs are more difficult to project. If the city aggressively pursues commercial or industrial development, possible projections could be skewed. Commercial and industrial development supplies cities with the resources necessary to provide services to the city’s residents. It is important to provide a proper amount of land for business uses to serve the expected population. This includes promoting appropriate areas for commercial and industrial development. The city’s Phase One Growth Area contains over 1,000 acres of planned commercial land. This area takes advantage of the prime commercial corridor along Interstates 380 and 80. In addition, the City’s primary growth area contains nearly 1,000 acres of future industrial land. The approximately 2,000 acres of future industrial and commercial land will be more than enough to accommodate the region’s anticipated growth. For future recreation and open space needs, the Tiffin Plan projects the city’s future population at approximately 12,168 residents in 2030. This represents about 5,290 housing units by the end of the planning period – nearly 3,663 more units than the current housing stock. Based on a park dedication standard of 0.05 acres per unit, future growth will require the dedication of nearly 183 additional acres of park and recreational space by 2030. The future land use map shows approximately 900 acres of future park and recreation land. The vast majority of this land is located within a few large-scale park sites within the various growth areas of the city. While this large- scale, active recreation plan is important to serve the needs of the entire community, it is also important to serve individual neighborhoods as well. Over 71% of respondents of the city-wide survey agreed that the city should focus on small, neighborhood parks and public spaces. Therefore, the city should continue to incorporate small, neighborhood-scaled park areas within each new development that is proposed. These parks could be anywhere from ½ acre to a full acre and designed to accommodate the residents living in the new subdivision. There should be approximately 50 acres of this type of park space developed during the life of this plan. City of Tiffin, City of Tiffin 2018 Comprehensive PlanComprehensive Plan 54