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

CHAPTER 23 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION improvements. Such requirements and recommendations shall not act as a stay upon action for any such improvement if the Commission, after 30 days’ written notice requesting such recommendations, has failed to file the same. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 392.1) 5. Review and Comment on Plats. All plans, plats, or re-plats of subdivisions or re-subdivisions of land in the City or adjacent thereto, laid out in lots or plats with the streets, alleys, or other portions of the same intended to be dedicated to the public in the City, shall first be submitted to the Commission and its recommendations obtained before approval by the Council. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 392.1) 6. Fiscal Responsibilities. The Commission shall have full, complete, and exclusive authority to expend, for and on behalf of the City, all sums of money appropriated to it and to use and expend all gifts, donations, or payments that are received by the City for City planning and zoning purposes. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 392.1) 7. Limitation on Entering Contracts. The Commission shall have no power to contract debts beyond the amount of its original or amended appropriation as approved by the Council for the present year. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 392.1) 8. Annual Report. The Commission shall each year make a report to the Mayor and Council of its proceedings, with a full statement of its receipts and disbursements and the progress of its work during the preceding fiscal year. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 392.1) 9. Applications. 23.06 MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS. The planning and Zoning Commission must adopt rules necessary to conduct its affairs. Meetings will be held at the call of the chairperson and at other times as the Commission may determine. [The next page is 181] CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 176 -