Ordinances-2015-379 - Zoning Code Amendment - Basement Apartment

CITY OF TIFFIN ORDINANCE NO. 2015- 379 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE TIFFIN ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING APARTMENTS IN COMMERCIAL ZONES AND TO PROHIBIT FIRST FLOOR APARTMENTS IN COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND TO ALLOW BASEMENT APARTMENTS IN CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND AMENDING DEFINITIONS BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa: Section I. P= ose: The purpose of this ordinance is to prohibit first floor apartments in commercial zoning districts and allow basement apartments in certain commercial zoning districts. Section II. Amendment: The definitions of " basement" and " story" in Section 1. 05( B) are hereby replaced as follows: Basement: The portion of a building that lies partly below grade but that has less than one- half its height above the average grade of the adjoining ground and is below the first story in a building. Story That portion of a building, other than a basement - included between the floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. Section III. Amendment: The following definitions are hereby added to Section 1. 05( B): Front of the Building: the side of the building which faces the street on which it is addressed. First Story: the story of the building which is in reasonable close proximity to the grade at the front of the building. Section IV. Amendment: Section C- 1B. 02( B) is hereby amended as specified below, and Sub -Section C of C -1B. 02 is hereby added: C -1B 02 PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED B. Second story apartments.