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 6. Sign Regulations. Signs are permitted according to the provisions of Chapter 167. 7. Parking and Off-Street Loading Regulations. Parking must be provided according to the provisions of Section 165.06. 8. Lighting. Exterior lighting is provided according to the provisions of Section 165.07. 9. Landscaping Regulations. At the time of a Building Permit application in all industrial zones, the applicant must supply a landscaping plan for review by the Planning and Zoning Commission or the City designee. The landscaping plan must be appropriate to the zone. The plan is to be subject to review and approval of the City. Industrial zones must provide in their landscaping plans for the placement of no less than one deciduous tree for each acre or less of zoned area. The City review may also request additional landscaping such as shrubs and border vegetation if this should appear to be beneficial and conducive to a more esthetic, attractive, and orderly development of the area. 10. Special Regulations. A. Residential uses are not permitted within the M-1 District. B. Fencing and screening as provided in Subsection 13. 11. Performance Standards. A. Purpose. Performance standards regulating industrial development and activity within the City are intended to: (1) Permit industrial land uses to be measured factually and objectively. (2) Ensure that all industries provide methods that protect the community from hazards that are preventable by legitimate processes of control and nuisance elimination. (3) Protect industries from arbitrary exclusion or persecution based solely on subjective determinations of industrial performances made in the past. B. Applicability. Performance standard provisions of this section must be applicable to any use established in this zoning district in either of 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 industrial 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 CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1711 -