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Subdividers Ordinance
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Text from the PDF text layer; check the PDF for anything that matters. C-1B
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
C-1B
.01 INTENT AND DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICT
This district intends to encourage the development of small neighborhood shopping areas
with planned off-street parking and loading. It provides for the day-to-day shopping needs
of persons residing within an adjacent neighborhood, and it permits uses and activities
that are necessary to satisfy most basic shopping requirements. The district is usually
located at the convergence of secondary arterial or collector thoroughfares and is
relatively small.
C-1B
.02 PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED
Permitted uses of land or buildings, as hereinafter enumerated in the following Table C,
are permitted in the C-1B District only in accordance with conditions specified. Only those
uses specifically listed hereunder are considered permitted uses. No building or lot may
be devoted to any use other than a use permitted hereunder, with the exception of:
A. Permitted Principal Uses as listed in the following Table C (located at the end of
the commercial sections).
B. Second floor apartments subject to their compliance with Section 9.20.
.
C-1B
.03 ACCESSORY AND TEMPORARY USES AND STRUCTURES
Accessory and temporary uses or structures are permitted according to the provisions of
Section 9.05 and Section 9.21.
C-1B
.04 SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES
Special exceptions, as hereinafter listed in the following Table C, may be allowed subject
to the issuance of special exception permits in accordance with the provisions of
Section 11.07.
Special exceptions may be required to meet more restrictive site and structure provisions
if the City Council acting upon the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning
Commission, determines that such requirements are necessary to the public, health,
safety, and general welfare.
C-1B
.05 AREA REQUIREMENTS
The minimum area that may constitute a separate or detached part of the C-1B zoning
district on the City of Tiffin Official Zoning Map or subsequent amendments to the map
must be two acres. However, land zoned in the C-2B, or the C-1S zoning district, which
immediately abuts or is directly across the street from land zoned in the C-1B
classification, may be included in the calculations for meeting the minimum requirements.
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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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