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 designee and City Engineer. It is the intent of this section that site plans for the C1-S District are prepared by a designer having professional competence in urban planning. The Council shall require the applicant to engage a qualified designer. The site plan shall follow appropriate design standards. B. A C-1S District plan shall include all of the following: (1) Date, compass point, legend of symbols, and minimum scale 1” = 40′. (written and graphic) (2) Legal description including total area of property. (3) Address, if assigned. (4) Landowner’s and applicant’s name, address, and contact information. (5) Vicinity map that identifies the location of the property in relationship to the neighborhood or the rest of the City. (6) Property boundary lines including bearing and distances, dimensions to the nearest one-tenth of one foot. (7) Existing and proposed topography at contour intervals of not more than one foot, extending beyond the boundaries of the site to adjacent properties as necessary to address drainage issues. (8) Location of any established floodways, floodway fringe, and floodplain overlay lines, if applicable. (9) Location of existing trees; identify those that will be preserved. (10) Location of existing and proposed utilities, public and private. (11) Location of existing and proposed easements, public and private. (12) Location, footprint, size, and use of all buildings and structures, existing and proposed with setback lines. (13) Location of proposed public and private sidewalks. (14) Location of parking and greenspaces. (15) Colored elevations for all sides of the building and or structures including trash enclosures, illustrating architecture, materials, and color palette. The elevation drawings shall be sized appropriately showing architectural detail and shall include labels identifying all exterior materials. In addition, include percentage of masonry for each building and structure. (16) Minimum low opening elevations, if applicable. 11. Landscaping Regulations. At the same time a site plan is submitted a landscaping plan must be submitted for review by the Zoning Administrator. The landscaping plan shall follow landscaping regulations as shown in Chapter 168, and shall be approved prior to Building Permit approval. Site plans in the C-1S District shall provide in their landscaping plan of no less than four deciduous trees for each CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1684 -