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ORDINANCE NO. / 17
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 83 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF- TIFFIN, IOWA, ( AS RENUMBERED BY ORDINANCE
126 ) 1984-
1 ( SINGLE BY CHANGING
FAMILY,
THE LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT OF PROPERTY ZONED IN R-
RESIDENTIAL)
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIFFIN, IOWA:
Section 1. Purpose.
Zoning Ordinance No. 83
The the
of
purpose of this ordinance is to amend
Municipal Code of Tiffin, Iowa,
bySingle-
changing the lot size requirement for property zoned as R- 1 ,
family, residential ) .
Section 2. Amendments . Ordinance No. 83 ,
zoning regulations for the an ordinance enacting
City of Tiffin, Iowa, ( as renumbered
by Ordinance 1984- 126 )
is hereby amended as follows :
Section 19 (
formerly Section 17 ) is hereby repealed and the
amended Section 19 (
formerly Section' 17 ) shall read as follows:
Section 19 . Lot Requirements . The
Lot" and " Special
following " Standard
Lot"
district
sizes shall be required for each
as follows, and in addition,
have front,
each lot shall
side, and rear yards not less than the
following depth and width per district. The lot size,
width, depth, shape, and orientation shall be
appropriate for the location of the subdivision and for
the type of development and use contemplated.
Standard lot"
be positioned
minimum sizes are those lots that are to
perpendicular or at 90 degrees with
frontage non- curvilinear adjacent street
line. "Special lot" right- of- way
can be positioned
ininimum sizes are those lots that
tangential with frontage
adjacent
curvilinear
street right- of-
way line, with a minimum
frontage ' width ( as
measured along said
right- of- way
line) of 36 . 00 feet.
R- 1 District:
Standard lot size minimum: 90 ft x 140 ft =
12, 600 sq. ft.
Front yard - 25 feet; Rear yard - 10 feet, except
where an adjacent
alley is available, the
requirement shall be 5 feet; Side yards - 9 feet
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