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

CHAPTER 165 ZONING REGULATIONS street, or if the street is dead ended, then all of the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead end or the street. Q. “Front of the building” means the side of the building which faces the street on which it is addressed. 7. Words beginning with “G” A. “Garage, private” means an accessory building used for the storage of not more than four motor vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the buildings to which it is accessory. B. “Garage, public” means a building or portion thereof other than a private or storage garage, intended for equipping, servicing, repairing, hiring, selling, or storing motor vehicles. C. “Garage, storage” means any portion of a building intended for term storage of motor vehicles and where motor fuels and oils are not sold nor are motor vehicles repaired, hired, or sold. D. “Garden shed” means an accessory structure of not more than 140 square feet in area and eight feet in height intended primarily for storage. E. “Glare” means light emitting from a luminaire with an intensity great enough to reduce a viewers' ability to see, cause discomfort and, in extreme cases, cause momentary blindness. F. “Grade” means the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building, except when any wall approximately parallels and is not more than five feet from a street line, then the elevation of the street serves as grade. 8. Words beginning with “H” A. “Habitable space” means a space in a building for living, sleeping, eating, or cooking. Storage rooms, utility rooms, garages, and similar spaces are not considered habitable spaces. B. “Hard surface” means surfaced and maintained with asphalt, concrete, brick, or chip seal. C. “Height of luminary” (including total eight) means the height of a luminary is the vertical distance from the ground directly below the centerline of the luminary to the lowest direct-light-emitting part of the luminary. The total height is the height of the pole, including the base and any mounting arms or other attachments where the luminary is attached, as measured from the ground directly below the highest part of the pole or any of its attachments, to the top of the pole or luminary, whichever the case may be. CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1473 -