Packet: Tiffin City Council Work Session (09/15/2026)

CHAPTER 165 ZONING REGULATIONS (3) Non-commercial on-farm storage or processing of agricultural products; or (4) Any similar agricultural, horticultural, silvacultural, or aquacultural use. No farms may operate for the disposal of garbage, sewage, rubbish, or offal. Nor does this definition allow rendering plants for the slaughtering of animals, except to the extent that animals raised on the premises or maintained on the premises are used by residents of the agricultural use. D. “Alley” means any dedicated public way affording a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation. E. “Alterations, Structural” means any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders. F. “Apartment” means a room or suite of rooms used as the dwelling of a family, including bath and culinary accommodations, located in a building where there are a multiple of these units. 2. Words beginning with “B” A. “Balcony” means an unroofed platform, unenclosed except by a railing, which projects from the outer wall of any building above ground level with or without support other than the building. B. “Basement” means that the portion of a building that lies partly below grade but has less than one-half its height above the average grade of the adjoining ground and is below the first story in a building. C. “Bed and breakfast” means any single-family or multi-family dwelling unit used for overnight or temporary lodging that consists of one to five units and that may provide meals. D. “Board of Adjustment” means the Board of Adjustment as described in Section 165.27. E. “Boarding house” means a building, other than a hotel or motel, that provides meals and lodging for three or more persons for pay. F. “Building” means any structure designed or built for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, or property. G. “Building envelope” means the area of a lot that remains after the minimum yard setbacks, height requirements, and open space requirements of this Zoning Code are met. H. “Building, Height of” means the vertical distance from the grade to: (1) The highest point of the coping of a flat roof; or (2) The deck line of a mansard roof; or (3) The average height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs. CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1469 -