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

CHAPTER 166 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP designer having professional competence in urban planning. The Council shall require the applicant to engage a qualified designer. The site plan must follow appropriate design standards. B. The site plan must follow all requirements listed below: (1) Date, compass point, legend of symbols, and minimum scale of 1” = 40′. (2) Legal description including total area of property. (3) Address, if assigned. (4) Landowners’ and applicant’s name, address, and contact information. (5) Vicinity map that identifies the location of the property in relationship to the neighborhood or the rest of the City. (6) Property boundary lines including bearing and distances with dimensions to the nearest one-tenth of one foot. (7) Existing and proposed topography at contour intervals of not more than one foot, extending beyond the boundaries of the site to adjacent properties as necessary to address drainage issues. (8) Location of any established floodways, floodway fringe, and floodplain overlay lines, if applicable. (9) Location of existing trees; identify those that will be preserved. (10) Location of existing and proposed utilities, public and private. (11) Location of existing and proposed easements, public and private. (12) Location, footprint, size, and use of all buildings and structures, existing and proposed with setback lines. (13) Location of proposed and existing sidewalks showing ADA compliance. (14) Location of parking showing ADA compliance and greenspace. (15) Colored elevations for all sides of the building and or structures including trash enclosures. Illustrate architecture, materials, and color palette. The elevation drawing shall be sized appropriately to show architectural detail, and shall include labels identifying all exterior materials. (16) Minimum low opening elevations if applicable. 12. Landscaping Regulations. At the time a site plan is submitted a landscaping plan must be submitted for review by the Zoning Administrator. The landscaping plan must follow landscaping regulations as shown in Chapter 168, and shall be approved prior to Building Permit approval. Site plans in the C-1A District shall provide in their landscaping plan of no less than four deciduous trees for each acre or CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1620 -