Minutes-7 /13/1983

Potter stated that Tiffin has many traffic problems. He instructed the clerk to write to the League of Iowa Municipalities and ask why a town had to pay for protection from the county sheriff's department. Rohret stated that the protection was not too good, but that it was no worse than when Dave White was hired, and that is costs less now. Stevens stated that by the time an officer arrives in Tiffin, it is too late to cover the incident. Rohret will talk with Coralville and see if they are interested in contracting with Tiffin for protection. Council discussed the letters written to Amanda Potterfield and William Suchomel about making street repairs to patches where the street was torn up during installation of water and/or sewer lines when their homes were built. Potter reported that the streets looked like they are now in as good of condition as the rest of the streets. The city had patched the areas and billed the property owners for it last fall. Council consensus not to pursue the issue further. Potter reported that he had instructed the attorney to write a letter to Robert Thompson concerning trucks parked at the Lark on Grant Street and blocking all traffic at times. Various councilmembers reported that they had noticed recently that the service trucks are not blocking Grant Street. Issue was not pursued further because the situation appears to be remedied. Council instructed clerk to write letters to James Brotherton and Earl Volkman concerning weeds and debris on their properties and request them to clean up the property in accordance with Noxious Weed Ordinance. Council instructed attorney to write letters to Ken Brown, James Brotherton and William Verry requesting them to move abandoned vehicles from their properties in accordance with the Junk Motor Vehicle Ordinance. Rex Flansburg addressed the council concerning the Zoning Ordinance requirement of 25 foot rear yard and made recommendation on behalf of the Board of Adjustment that rear yard requirement be reduced to 5 feet. Attorney stated that requirement must be the same for all R-1 one properties and could not be different for current town as opposed to future developments. Council consensus to instruct clerk to publish notice of public hearing to amend Zoning Ordinance to reduce rear yard requirement to 5 feet. Council deferred action on building permit request by Mrs. Clayton Klein for storage building pending proposed amendments. Council consensus to instruct attorney to define permanent and temporary structures so as to amend Zoning Ordinance so that building permits are not required for non-permanent structures, such as storage sheds.