Ordinances-1979-83

ORDINANCE NO. 1979-83 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND USE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, AND THE USE OF LAND IN THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA, AND FOR SAID PURPOSES DIVIDING THE CITY INTO DISTRICTS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE REGULATIONS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA: SECTION 1: Short Title. This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as "The City of Tiffin, Iowa, Zoning Ordinance." SECTION 2: Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, to regulate the use of land, and to promote the health, morals, safety and general welfare in the City of Tiffin, Iowa. SECTION 3: Definitions. For use in this ordinance certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted or defined as follows: 1. Words used in the present tense include the future tense. 2. The singular includes the plural. 3. The word "person" includes a corporation as well as an individual. 4. The word "lot" includes the word "plat" or parcel. 5. The term "shall" is always mandatory. 6. The word "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied." 7. "Structure" means a combination of materials other than a building to form a construction that is safe and stable and includes, among other things, stadiums, platforms, radio towers, sheds, storage bins, fences, signs and chicken coops. 8. "Trailer" means a vehicle equipped for use as a dwelling and designed to be hauled along a highway whether or not it is placed on permanent foundation unless converted to real property as defined by law for assessed valuation. 9. "Double Trailer" means any trailer with a width at any point in excess of 14 feet. 10. A "dwelling" is a building used as the living quarters for one or more families, not including auto courts, rooming homes or tourist homes. a. A "Private Dwelling" is a dwelling occupied by but one family alone. b. A "Two-Family Dwelling" is a dwelling occupied by but two families alone. c. A "Multiple Dwelling" is a dwelling occupied by more than two families.