Ordinances-1995-197

for the City of Tiffin. The Tiffin Flood Plain Management Ordinance is ordinance #53. 14. Floodway means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent lands that must be reserved in order to discharge the waters of a one hundred (100) year flood without cumulatively raising the waterway surface elevation more than one (1) foot. 15. Forty-acre aliquot part means one-quarter of one-quarter of a section. 16. Governing Body means the City Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa. 17. Government lot means a tract, within a section, that is normally described by a lot number as represented and identified on the township plat of the United States public land survey system. 18. Improvements means changes to land necessary to prepare it for building sites including but not limited to grading, filling, street paving, curb paving, sidewalks, walk ways, water mains, sewers, drainageways, and other public works and appurtenances. 19. Lot means a tract of land represented and identified by number or letter designation on an official plat. 20. Lot, Corner: The term "corner lot" means a lot situated at the intersection of two streets. 21. Lot, Double Frontage: The term "double frontage lot" means any lot that is not a corner lot that abuts two streets. 22. Metes and bounds description means a description of land that uses distances and angles, uses distances and bearings, or describes the boundaries of the parcel by reference to physical features of the land. 23. Official plat means either an auditor's plat or a subdivision plat that meets the requirements of this