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 (3) That the proposed architectural improvements are consistent with the architectural observations of the area as indicated in the architectural statement of the existing conditions survey and that these improvements are consistent with the intent of the district in providing small-scale pedestrian-oriented development. (4) That the proposed improvements associated with the special use including, but not limited to, parking areas and drives, landscaping, fencing, lighting, sign, or other development detail, are consistent with the intent of the district in providing small scale pedestrian-oriented development. 14. Performance Standards. A. Performance standards regulating commercial development and activity within the City are intended to: (1) Permit commercial land uses to be measured factually and objectively. (2) Ensure that industries and businesses provide methods that protect the community from hazards that are preventable by legitimate processes of control and nuisance eliminations (3) Protect industries from arbitrary exclusion or persecution based solely on subjective determinations of commercial performances made in the past. B. Performance standard provisions of the C-1S 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 shall 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, shall fully comply with applicable commercial performance standards existing at the time of use establishment or at the time of most recent structural alteration. (2) Any use established, any building or structure constructed, or tract of land developed for any permitted, special, or accessory use in this district shall comply with all of the performance standards herein set forth. C. Procedure. Uses, buildings, or structures required to comply with this provision shall make a showing of probable compliance with these performance standards prior to undertaking any alteration. The showing shall be in the form of a letter submitted with the zoning application (or building application if proper commercial zoning already exists) prepared by a professional engineer, licensed by the State, certifying that the use, building, or structure complies with all commercial performance standard requirements. The letter shall be based on the engineer’s personal scrutiny of the site and proposed use or alteration, and shall have analytical foundation in accepted CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1686 -