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

CHAPTER 170 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS 2. Words beginning with “B” A. “Block” means an area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bounded by streets, railroad rights-of-way, rivers, tracts of public land, or the boundary of the subdivision. 3. Words beginning with “C” A. “City engineer” means the professional engineer registered in the State designated as City Engineer by the Council or other hiring authority. B. “Community development plan” means the general plan for the development of the community, that may be titled master plan, land use plan, or some other title, which plan has been adopted by the Council. Such community development plan shall include any part of such plan separately adopted, and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof. C. “Conveyance” means an instrument filed with a recorder as evidence of the transfer of title to land, including any form of deed or contract. D. “Cul-de-sac” means a street having one end connecting to another street, and the other end terminated by a vehicular turn around. 4. Words beginning with “D” A. “Design standards” means the Iowa Design Standards adopted in Chapter 166 of this Code and SUDAS, as adopted in Chapter 158 of this Code. B. “Division” means dividing a tract or parcel of land into two parcels of land by conveyance or for tax purposes. The conveyance of an easement, other than public highway easement, shall not be considered a division for the purpose of this chapter. 5. Words beginning with “E” A. “Easement” means an authorization by a property owner for another to use a designated part of their property for a specified purpose. 6. Words beginning with “F” A. “Flood hazard area” means the land within the City subject to the base flood. This land is identified on the City’s Flood Insurance Rate Map as Zone A, A1-30, AE, AH, AO, AR, or A99. B. “Floodplain management regulations” means regulations regulating the development of all property located within a floodplain as shown on the FEMA floodplain map for the City. No provision of this chapter shall vary the terms and conditions of the floodplain management regulations and as determined in Chapter 160 of this Code. C. “Floodway” means the channel of a river or stream and those portions of the floodplains adjoining the channel, which are reasonably required to carry and discharge flood waters or flood flows so that confinement of flood flows to the floodway area will not cumulatively increase the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than one foot. D. “Forty-acre aliquot part” means one-quarter of one-quarter of a section. CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1831 -