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

CHAPTER 170 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS C. “Planning and Zoning Commission” means appointed by the Council to review and recommend proposed applications for zoning and proposed changes to the ordinance, as well as to review subdivisions. The Commission is also known as the “P and Z” or “Commission”. (See Chapter 23) D. “Plat” means a map drawing, or chart on which a subdivider's plan for the subdivision of land is presented, that they submit for approval and intends, in final form, to record. E. “Plats officer” means the individual assigned the duty to administer this chapter by the Council or other appointing authority. F. “Plat of survey” means the graphical representation of survey of one or more parcels of land, including a complete and accurate description of each parcel within the plat, prepared by a licensed professional land surveyor. G. “Proprietor” means a person who has a recorded interest in land, including a person selling or buying land pursuant to a contract, but excluding persons holding mortgage, easement, or lien interest. 17. Words beginning with “Q” 18. Words beginning with “R” 19. Words beginning with “S” A. “Street” means public property, not an alley, intended for vehicular circulation. In appropriate context the term “street” may refer to the right-of- way bounded by the property lines of such public property, or may refer to the paving installed within such right-of-way. B. “Street, arterial” means a street primarily intended to carry traffic from one part of the City to another, and not intended to provide access to abutting property. C. “Street, collector” means a street primarily designed to connect smaller areas of the community, and to carry traffic from local streets to arterial streets. D. “Subdivider” means the owner of the property being subdivided, or such other person or entity empowered to act on the owner’s behalf. E. “Subdivision” means the division of land into two or more parts for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development. The term, when appropriate to the context, may refer to the process of subdividing or to land subdivided. F. “Subdivision plat” means the graphical representation of the subdivision of land, prepared by a registered land surveyor, having a number or letter designation for each lot within the plat and a succinct name or title that is unique for the county where the land is located. G. “Surveyor” means a registered land surveyor who engages in the practice of land surveying pursuant to Chapter 114 of the Code of Iowa. 20. Words beginning with “T” A. “Tract” means an aliquot part of a section, a lot within an official plat, or a government lot. CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1833 -