Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions – Preparation for Setting the Public Hearing — Tiffin City Code - DRAFT

CHAPTER 156 HOUSING CODE H. “Dwelling unit” means any habitable room or group of adjoining habitable rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating of meals. 5. Words beginning with “E” A. “Egress” means an arrangement of exit routes to provide a means of exit from buildings or premises. B. “Exit” means a continuous and unobstructed means of egress to a public way and shall include intervening doors, doorways, corridors, exterior- exit balconies, ramps, stairways, smoke-proof enclosures, horizontal exit, exit passageway, exit court, walkways, sidewalks, and yards. C. “Extermination” means the control and elimination of insects, rodents, or other pests by eliminating their harborage places, by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food, by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, or trapping, or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods approved by the Inspector. 6. Words beginning with “F” A. “Family” means one person or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption, or placement by a governmental or social service agency, occupying a dwelling unit as one housekeeping organization. A family may also be two, but not more than two, persons not related by blood, marriage, or adoption. B. “Fraternity or sorority house” means a building used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternal or sororal nonprofit organization recognized by the University of Iowa. For purposes of this code, a fraternity or sorority house shall be considered a rooming house. Occupancy classification for City Fire Code is “dormitory.” 7. Words beginning with “G” 8. Words beginning with “H” A. “Habitable room” means a room or enclosed floor space, having a minimum of 70 square feet of total floor area within a dwelling unit or rooming unit, used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, toilet rooms, pantries, laundries, foyers, communicating corridors, closets, storage spaces, stairways, and recreation rooms in basements (see “recreation room in basement”). 9. Words beginning with “I” A. “Infestation” means the presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents, or other pests in such quantities as would be considered unsanitary. B. “Inspector” means the Building Official who administers the provisions of the Housing Code, together with duly authorized representatives or agents. 10. Words beginning with “J” CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1323 -