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Subdividers Ordinance
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mutilation, or torture, actual or simulated in a sexual context.
2) Specified anatomical areas: Less than completely and opaquely covered
human genital, pubic region, buttocks, and a female breast below a pint
above the areola; and human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state—
even if completely and opaquely covered. See Ordinance No. 2001-255,
Regulating the Operation of Sexually-Oriented Businesses
Sign: Any structure, or part thereof, or device attached thereto or painted, or
represented thereon, which must display or include any letter, word, model,
banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device or representation intended as an
announcement, direction, or advertisement. The definition of “sign” includes the
word “billboard” for purposes of this Ordinance.
Story: That portion of a building, other than a basement not having over 50
percent of its height below grade, included between 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.
Story, Half is a partial story under a gable, hip, or gambrel roof, the wall plates of
which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than three feet above
the floor of the story, except that any partial story used for residence purposes,
other than for janitor or caretaker and family, or by a family occupying the floor
immediately below it, is deemed a full story.
Street: Public property, not an alley, intended for motor vehicle use. In
appropriate context, the term “street” may refer to the right-of-way bounded by
the property lines of public property, or it may refer to the paving installed within
such right-of-way.
Structure: Anything constructed or erected that requires a permanent location
on the ground, including that includes by way of example the following:
advertising signs, billboards, backstops for tennis courts, gazebos, ground-based
satellite dishes, and solar collectors.
Travel Trailer or Motor Home: A vehicle with or without motive power used or
so manufactured or constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance
upon the public streets and highways and so designed to permit the vehicle to be
used as a place of human habitation by one or more persons. The vehicle may
be up to eight feet in width and any length provided its length does not exceed
40 feet. If the vehicle is used as a place of human habitation for more than 90
days in any 18-month period, it is classed as a mobile home, regardless of the
size and weight limitation provided herein.
Trailer Camp or Tourist Camp Ground: An area providing spaces for two or
more travel trailers, camping trailers, or tent sites for temporary occupancy, with
necessary incidental services, sanitation, and recreation facilities to serve the
traveling public.
Variance is a modification of the literal provisions of this Ordinance that would
cause undue hardship owing to circumstances unique to the individual property
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Adopted November 14, 2007
Sources
- citycode: Subdividers Ordinance (Tiffin-Zoning-Ordinance-2007-287.pdf) — where it was found ↗ first seen Oct 12, 2026
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