Tiffin Comprehensive Plan – Updated 2018

Introduction The Tiffin Plan This plan is intended to be a guide for the City of Tiffin to coordinate growth and development over the course of the next twenty years. The plan is focused on the area within the current city limits and in the surrounding future growth boundary outside the city. The plan, utilizing Iowa’s new Smart Growth principles and elements, includes an in-depth look at the City’s population, housing, economic base, transportation, public and recreational facilities, physical infrastructure and current and future land uses. In addition, broad citywide goals are outlined and policy guidelines are recommended to achieve those goals. The plan, however, is not meant to be a strict blueprint, but rather a guide for officials in their decision-making. This document looks twenty years into the future, and offers a framework for growth and development during that period. This plan is not a regulatory document, but a policy document. By considering the impact of future development well into the 21 st century, a community direction can be established to guide the development of regulatory tools such as zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, housing and building codes and annexation procedures. The plan has two fundamental purposes. First, it presents a unified vision for Tiffin articulated from the hard work and participation of the citizens who devoted their time and effort toward creating this plan. Secondly, it provides the legal basis for land use regulation New Tiffin City Hall, April 2014 such as zoning and subdivision ordinances. City of Tiffin 2018City of Tiffin, Comprehensive Comprehensive Plan Plan 7