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

CHAPTER 169 SCREENING AND BUFFERING STANDARDS 169.07 MINIMUM SPACING BETWEEN PLANTINGS AND OTHER FEATURES. Minimum Spacing Between Plantings and Other Features (in feet) Large Tree Small Tree Shrub Large tree 30 24 4 Small tree 24 16 3 See spacing requirements in Shrub 4 3 Section 169.08 Building 14 8 2 1 1 Sidewalk 4 4 31 1 1 Curb/pavement 4 4 21 1 The minimum distance between plantings and sidewalks or pavement also applies to the anticipated location of a future sidewalk or paved surface. 169.08 PERMITTED PLANTS FOR SCREENING AND BUFFERING. Plant Mature Height, Form, Color Spacing Name/Variety General Buffering Dwarf Summer Blooming Spirea (Spirea japonica or x bumalda) S1 Daphne spirea 1 foot, mounding, pink flowers 3 feet on center 2 feet, mounding, yellow/green 3.5 feet on Lime mound spirea leaves center Japanese white 3.5 feet on 2 feet, mounding, white flowers spirea center 3.5 feet on Magic carpet spirea 2 feet, mounding, pink flowers center Spreading Juniper (Juniper horizontalis or Juniperus chinensis) Evergreen 1 to 1.5 feet, spreading, gray-green 4.5 feet on Andorra foliage, turns to plum in fall center 1 foot, spreading, bright silvery 4.5 feet on Blue chip blue foliage, dense center 1 to 1.5 feet, spreading, feathery 4.5 feet on Buffalo green branches center 1 foot, spreading, blue-gray foliage 4.5 feet on Sargent, blue all year center Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergi) 1 foot, spiny mound, red leaves in 3.5 feet on Crimson pygmy summer, red berries in winter center 1 foot, spiny mound, green leaves, 3.5 feet on Kobold red berries in winter center Variable Height Dwarf Summer Blooming Spirea (Spirea japonica or x bumalda) Screen S2 Anthony waterer 2 to 3 feet, mounding, rosepink 4 feet on center spirea flowers, red fall color 2 to 3 feet, mounding, red leaves in Goldflame spirea spring, yellow in summer, red in 4 feet on center fall; pink flowers Little princess spirea 2 to 3 feet, mounding, covered 4 feet on center CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1823 -