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

CHAPTER 166 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP 13. Special Regulations. A. All business establishments shall be retail or service in use dealing directly with consumers. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced. B. All business, service, storage, and display of goods shall be conducted within a completely enclosed structure, except for: (1) Existing agricultural uses. (2) Parking and loading areas, as regulated by Section 165.06. (3) Automobile service stations. (4) Outdoor sale of building and garden supply materials and goods. (5) Sales or display of merchandise sold or offered for sale through vending machines, provided such machines do not occupy a ground area of more than 16 square feet. (6) Temporary outdoor or sidewalk sales. (7) Outdoor tables or seating areas accessory to restaurants. C. When authorized as a special use, no business establishment may offer goods or service directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles, or sell beverages or food for consumption on the premises in parked motor vehicles, except for the following: (1) Automobile laundries. (2) Automobile service stations. (3) Drive-in restaurants. (4) Drive-in banks and savings and loan associations. 14. Performance Standards. A. Performance standards regulating commercial development and activity within the City are intended to: (1) Permitted commercial land uses to be measured factually and objectively. (2) Ensure that businesses provide methods that protect the community from hazards that are preventable by legitimate processes of control and nuisance eliminations. B. Applicable. Performance standard provisions of the C-1B District shall be applicable to any use established in the following instances: (1) If any use, building or other structure, established prior to the effective date of this Zoning Code, is extended, enlarged, moved, structurally altered, or reconstructed, the change in building or land use or configuration must be in full compliance with this provision. Uses lawfully established prior to the effective date of this Zoning Code, and not being extended, enlarged, moved, structurally altered, or reconstructed, must fully comply with applicable commercial CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1637 -