Tiffin Comprehensive Plan – Updated 2018

Appendix Glossary of Terms Aesthetic: The perception of elements in the natural or created environment that are pleasing to the eye. Amenity: A natural or created feature that enhances the aesthetic quality, visual appeal or makes more attractive a particular property, place or area. Annexation: To incorporate a land area currently outside of the existing city limits into a municipality, with a resulting expansion in the boundaries of the municipality. Arterial Street: See Street System Hierarchy Buffering: The Plan calls for buffering between different land uses to minimize negative impacts. Buffering can include open space, landscaped areas, fences, walls, berms or any combination thereof to physically separate or screen one use or property from another. In designing buffers, the city’s zoning ordinance should allow flexibility for the type and size of the buffer. Built Environment: Artificially created fixed elements, such as buildings, structures, devices and surfaces, which together create the physical character of an area. Capital Improvements Plan: A local government’s timetable or schedule of all future capital improvements to be carried out during a specific period and generally listed in order of priority, with cost estimates and sources of financing each project. A typical capital improvements plan is a five-year program. A capital improvement is generally a major construction project or the acquisition of large, expensive equipment. Circulation: Systems and structures for the movement of people, goods, water, sewage, air or power by such means as sidewalks, trails, streets, highways, waterways, towers, pipes and conduits. Collector Street: See Street System Hierarchy Contiguous: Having a common boundary, next to, abutting or touching an adjoining property. City of Tiffin, City of Tiffin 2018 Comprehensive PlanComprehensive Plan 81