Ordinances-2009-297

CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA ORDINANCE NO. 2009-297 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP ORDINANCE 2007-287 OF THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA BY RE-ZONING BIGELOW SUBDIVISION LOT #5 FROM R-E RESIDENTIAL FAMILY ESTATES ZONING UNDEVELOPED LAND TO COMMERCIAL C-2B COMMUNITY BUSINESS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIFFIN, IOWA: Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this amendment to Zoning Ordinance No 2007-287 to amend the official zoning map of Tiffin, Iowa concerning the following legally described property located within Tiffin, Johnson County, Iowa. Section 2. Amendment. The following legally described property: Bigelow Subdivision Lot No 5, east of Jasper Avenue NW, 20.36 acres, south of the Interstate Railroad. That part that is Auditor's aka parcel 0627453001. Southwest Quadrant of the Northeast Quarter of Section 27, in Township 80 North, Range 7, West of the Fifth Principal meridian in Johnson county, Iowa. Shall be changed from zoning classification R-1E Residential Family Estates to C-2B Commercial Community Business for property situated south of the Interstate Railroad and Hwy 6, and further, that the official zoning map of the City of Tiffin, Iowa be amended to reflect the changes described herein. Section 3. Penalty Provision. The City may elect, at its discretion, to prosecute any violation either as simple misdemeanor or a municipal infraction. Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions Of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 5. Severability. If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any section, provision, or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 6. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, Approval, and posting as provided by law. On the 11th day of March 2009, at the regular meeting of the Tiffin, Iowa City Council, Councilperson John Wright introduced Ordinance No. 2009-297, and moved that it be given its first reading. The motion was seconded by Council Person Mike Gericke. Ayes: Chris Ball, Mike Gericke, Mark Petersen, John Wright Nayes: None Absent: Jim Bartels