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Arnold City Zoning Code

SECTION 405

030 Rules And Definitions.

[Ord. No. 14.545 (Bill No. 2772), 10-15-2020; Ord. No. 14.550 (2790), 5-20-2021; Ord. No. 14.551 (2791), 5-20-2021; Ord. No. 7.44 (Bill No. 2794), 6-17-2021; Ord. No. 14.560 (2834), 8-4-2022; Ord. No. 14.562 (Bill No. 2848), 1-19-2023; Ord. No. 14.563 (Bill No. 2849), 1-19-2023; Ord. No. 14.568 (Bill No. 2867), 11-2-2023; Ord. No. 14.569 (Bill No. 2885), 11-21-2024; Ord. No. 14.578 (Bill No. 2901), 5-1-2025; Ord. No. 14.580 (Bill No. 2904), 6-12-2025]
A. 
For the purpose of this Chapter certain words and phrases are herein defined. Words and phrases defined herein shall be given the defined meaning. Words and phrases which are not defined shall be given their usual meaning except where the context clearly indicates a different or specific meaning. Where words and phrases utilized in this Chapter are associated with the right to legal access of marijuana, definitions contained in Article XIV of the Missouri Constitutions may be applicable, as determined by the City.
B. 
Rules.
1. 
Words used in the present tense shall include the future; and words used in the singular number shall include the plural number, and the plural, the singular.
2. 
The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary.
3. 
The word "may" is permissive.
4. 
The word "lot" shall include the words "plot," "piece," "parcel," and "tract;" the word "building" includes all other structures of every kind regardless of similarity to buildings; and the phrase "used for" shall include the phrases "arranged for," "designed for," "intended for," "maintained for" and "occupied for."
5. 
The word "dwelling" includes the word "residence."
C. 
Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall be used in the interpretation of this Chapter:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
Any building, the use of which is incidental to the principal use of another.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
Any structure, the use of which is incidental to the principal use of another structure on the same premises.
ACCESSORY USE
A use incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the premises.
ADULT BUSINESS
Any business enterprise as defined in Chapter 635 of the Municipal Code.
AIRPORT
An area of land or water that is used or intended to be used for landing and takeoff of aircraft and including its buildings and facilities if any.
AMBIENT NOISE LEVEL
The A-weighted sound pressure level of all the encompassing noise associated with a given environment, being usually a composite of sounds from many sources.
AMUSEMENT CENTER/ARCADE
A place of business within a building or outdoor structure or any part of a building having more than twelve (12) amusement vending devices, whether operated mechanically, electronically or by any other means, which are used for the purpose of public entertainment through the operation, use, or play of any table game or other device or system, including any electronic game which is operated by placing therein any coin, plate, card, disc, slug, key, or token of value by payment of a fee.
ANIMAL (VETERINARY) HOSPITAL AND CLINIC
A facility for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals.
ANIMAL SLAUGHTERING, MEAT PACKING or RENDERING
A facility used for the killing, processing and packaging of animals.
APARTMENT
A room or suite or rooms within a building provided with separate cooking facilities and intended as a single dwelling unit.
ATHLETIC FIELDS
An unenclosed area used for the purpose of game areas, i.e. baseball, football, soccer, etc.
AUDITORIUM
A building or a portion of a building used for public meetings or artistic performances.
AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINES
Machines used for the sale of commodities.
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, GENERAL
An establishment engaged in routine maintenance and repair of automobiles, including, but not limited to, oil, exhaust, tire, glass, transmission, paintless dent removal, detailing for vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks, and vans. General automotive repair shall not include outdoor storage, laydown yards, or automotive sales.
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, MAJOR
An establishment engaged in comprehensive, non-routine maintenance and repair of automobiles, including, but not limited to, replacement of frames and bodies, including painting, of vehicles of all weights and sizes, and the repair or replacement of engines, transmissions, power trains. Major automotive repair may include outdoor storage or laydown yards, but shall not include automotive sales.
A-WEIGHTED SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL
A weighted sound pressure level as measured with the A-weighting network of a sound level meter. The unit of measurement is dB(A).
BAR/COCKTAIL LOUNGE
An establishment licensed as a bar under the liquor laws of the State that draws seventy percent (70%) of its total revenue from the sale of liquor.
BARBER OR BEAUTY SHOP
A facility for the business of cutting, treatment and styling of hair.
BASEMENT
A floored and walled substructure of a building at least fifty percent (50%) below the average finished grade of the building.
BOAT DOCKS
A water based facility to receive boats for loading, unloading, and repairs.
BOATING
The riding in a boat for pleasure.
BUILDING
A structure that is permanently affixed to the land, has one (1) or more floors and a roof, and is designed or intended for use as a shelter.
CAMPING
The temporary lodging in a tent or recreational vehicle.
CAR SALES
The retail or wholesale of new or used cars, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, boat, utility trailers, other motor vehicles, and/or construction equipment as the primary activity on the property. Accessory uses to car sales may include repair services and selling of replacement parts and accessories.
CEMETERY
A place for burial of the dead, including crematory facilities as an accessory use.
CHILDREN'S AMUSEMENT PARK
A commercially operated enterprise that offers rides, games and other forms of children's entertainment.
CHURCH
A permanent building primarily and regularly used as a place of religious worship.
CIGAR OR NEWSPAPER STAND
A small temporary facility with the principal purpose of selling cigars and newspapers.
CLINIC
A facility operated by one (1) or more physicians, dentists, psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health counselors, optometrists, ophthalmologists, chiropractors, rehabilitation therapists, or other licensed practitioners of the healing arts for the examination and treatment of persons solely on an outpatient basis, including but not limited to diagnostic services, blood donation stations, infusion centers, surgery centers, and urgent care facilities.
CLUB
A building or a portion of a building intended to be used as a center of informal association for a selective membership not open to the general public.
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DOCK FACILITIES
A facility used for the receiving, distribution and sending of commodities via various modes of transportation.
COMMERCIAL PRINTING
An establishment engaged in commercial printing onto purchased stock materials, including, but not limited to, printing of stationary, invitations, labels, yard signs, and textile products. Commercial printing shall not include self-serve printing services.
COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN
See "SITE PLAN (DEVELOPMENT PLAN)."
COMMUNITY CENTER
A facility maintained by a public agency or by a not-for-profit community or neighborhood association primarily for social, recreational, or educational needs of the community or neighborhood.
COMPREHENSIVE (MARIJUANA) FACILITY
A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility, comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility, or a comprehensive marijuana-infused product manufacturing facility, as provided for in the Missouri State Constitution.
COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on site or off site. transport to or from, and sell medical and nonmedical marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones") to a medical facility, comprehensive facility, or marijuana testing facility, as provided for in the Missouri State Constitution.
COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, process, package, store on site or off site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver medical and non-medical marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones"), marijuana-infused products and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana, as provided for in the Missouri State Constitution.
COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, process, package, store, manufacture, transport to or from a medical facility, comprehensive facility, or marijuana testing facility, and sell marijuana-infused products to marijuana dispensary facilities, marijuana testing facilities, or other marijuana-infused products manufacturing facilities, as provided for in the Missouri State Constitution.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
Any or all activity necessary or incidental to the erection, demolition, assembling, repairing, altering, installing or equipment of public or private buildings, private or public parks, premises, utility lines, and private or public highways, roads or streets, including land clearing, grading, excavating and filling.
CONSTRUCTION DEVICE
Any device used in construction including, but not limited to, any air compressor, pile driver, manual tool, bulldozer, pneumatic hammer, steam shovel, derrick, crane, steam or electric hoist.
CONSUMER INSTALLMENT LOANS
Secured or unsecured loans of any amount and payable in not less than four (4) substantially equal installments over a period of not less than one hundred twenty (120) days. Licensed under Chapter 408, RSMo., by the Missouri Division of Finance and subject to the rules and regulations of the State of Missouri for consumer installment loans.
CONTRACTOR
An establishment engaged in construction, remodel, and repair services, including, but not limited to, offices for skilled trade contractors engaged in construction disciplines such as plumbing, mechanical, electrical, foundation, excavation, and demolition. Contractors may include outdoor storage or laydown yards.
CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE
An establishment engaged in the administrative, clerical, and dispatching for construction, remodel and repair services, including, but not limited to, offices for skilled trade contractors engaged in construction disciplines such as plumbing, mechanical, electrical, foundation, excavation, and demolition. Contractor's offices shall not include outdoor storage or laydown yards.
DAIRY FARMS
A farm for producing milk and milk products.
DAY CARE
A child-care facility, as defined by Section 210.201, RSMo., or successor provisions, that is licensed by the State of Missouri.
DEVELOPMENT
The act of changing and the state of a tract of land after its function has been purposefully changed by man including, but not limited to, structures on the land and alterations to the land.
DISTRICT
Zoning district boundaries and established regulations governing the development and use of land therein.
DORMITORY
A building with many rooms providing sleeping and living accommodations for a number of usually unrelated persons; usually associated with an educational institution.
DRIVING RANGE
An open area or an enclosed facility for the purpose of practicing golf shots.
DWELLING
Any building, or portion thereof, used primarily for human habitation, except lodging establishments.
DWELLING, FOUR-FAMILY
A building designed for or occupied by four (4) families.
DWELLING, MULTI-FAMILY OR MULTIPLE-FAMILY
A building or portion thereof designed for or occupied exclusively by more than four (4) families.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by one (1) family.
DWELLING, THREE-FAMILY
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by three (3) families.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two (2) families.
DWELLING UNIT
A room or group of rooms located within a dwelling forming a habitable unit for one (1) family.
EMERGENCY SIGNAL DEVICE
Any gong, siren, whistle or any air horn or similar device when used on any vehicle designated as an emergency vehicle by ordinance or by Missouri Statute, or used in connection with an emergency warning system intended to produce a sound signal upon unauthorized entrance by a person into a building or motor vehicle.
EMERGENCY WORK
Work necessary to restore property to a safe condition following a public calamity, or work required to protect person or property from an exposure to danger.
EXPLOSIVES or FLAMMABLE GASES AND LIQUIDS
A substance either of a gas or liquid substance which has volatile characteristics.
EXTENDED STAY LODGING ESTABLISHMENT
A Lodging Establishment where any of the guest rooms are rented to Longer-Term Guests. It is the intent of this ordinance that Extended Stay Lodging Establishments shall only be permitted uses or permitted uses with conditional use permits in those districts where this Chapter specifically lists "Extended Stay Lodging Establishment" as a permitted use or permitted use with a conditional use permit. In those districts where this Chapter only states that "Lodging Establishments" are permitted uses or permitted uses with a conditional use permit, Extended Stay Lodging Establishments are not permitted.
FAMILY
An individual or two (2) or more persons related by blood or marriage or a group of not more than three (3) persons who need not be related by blood or marriage living together and subsisting in common as a single non-profit housekeeping unit utilizing only one (1) kitchen.
FARM
A parcel of land used for growing or raising of agricultural products including related structures thereon.
FILLING STATION
Any structure or premises used for dispensing or sale, at retail, of automotive vehicle fuels or lubricants, including lubrication of motor vehicles and replacement or installation of minor parts and accessories, but not including major repair work such as motor replacement, body and fender repair or spray painting.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
A State or Federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or industrial land company located in a building or portion thereof which provides for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, the extension of credit, or facilitating the transmission of funds, and which may include accessory drive-up units on the same premise. This does not include small loan businesses.
FIRE STATIONS
A building for fire equipment and firefighters.
FIREWORKS STAND
The term "fireworks stand" shall refer to any building, stand, tent, whether temporary or permanent, from which fireworks, as defined herein, are displayed and/or sold for retail purposes as governed by Sections 215.2210 through 215.2350 of this Code.
FISH HATCHERIES
A facility for the propagation of fish.
FISHING
The act of trying to catch a fish.
FLOODPLAIN
A geographic area susceptible to periodic inundation from overflow of natural waterways and determination as to extent in the City of Arnold Flood Elevation Study made by the Planning Commission.
FLOOR SPACE
The total living floor area of a residence excluding basements and garages.
FOOD AND DRUG STORE
A commercial facility with its principal sales in food and drugs.
FORESTS
A dense growth of trees, together with other plants, covering a large area.
FOSTER HOME FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
An institution providing sleeping and living accommodations for the full-time care, training, recreation, and convalescent needs of three (3) or more physically or mentally handicapped minors.
FOUNDRY
An establishment in which the melting of metal is poured into a mold.
FRONTAGE
That edge of a lot bordering a street.
FROZEN TREAT STAND, SEASONAL
A facility that primarily sells, dispenses, or serves frozen treats such as snow cone refreshments, ice cream, etc., and may include the accessory sale of beverages and bagged ice that may operate between March 1 and September 30 each year, and does not exceed one hundred twenty (120) square feet in gross floor area.
GARAGE
A building for the storage of motor vehicles.
GOLF COURSE
An area or course for playing golf consisting of at least nine (9) holes, except miniature golf, within which the playing area is not artificially illuminated.
GOLF, MINIATURE
A commercial recreation facility, resembling golf, containing short "holes," the majority of which are under three hundred (300) feet in length, and primarily utilizing putting irons.
GREENHOUSES
A usually glass, plastic or plexiglas-enclosed structure used for cultivating plants that require controlled temperature and humidity.
GROUP HOUSING (GROUP-HOUSE ARRANGEMENT)
Any combination of dwelling units comprised of two (2) or more residential buildings designed as a functional unit on and with the specific parcel of land on which they are to be erected.
GROUP LIVING FACILITY (DORMITORY)
A dwelling containing sleeping rooms without separate cooking facilities for a number of persons customarily unrelated but associated with an educational, religious, charitable or service institution.
GUEST ROOM
Any room or unit in a Lodging Establishment where sleeping accommodations are regularly furnished to the public.
GYMNASIUM
A building or portion thereof used for athletic training or sports activities, including accessory seating for spectating.
HEAVY VEHICLE RENTAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment which, by type of operation or nature of business, has as one (1) of its functions the provision of vehicles for rent on a regular basis, including recreational vehicles, heavy-duty trucks and heavy equipment for a specific period of time. This use is inclusive of on-site storage and incidental parking of vehicles for rent and facilities for the repair and service of the vehicles.
HIKING
Extended walking for pleasure or exercise.
HISTORIC SITES
A building(s) or area having considerable importance or influence in history.
HOME OCCUPATION
A domestic activity carried on by no more than two (2) members of a family residing on the premises, but excluding beauty shops, barbershops, music schools, convalescent or nursing homes, tourist homes, massage or other establishment offering services to the general public, and providing that there are no signs nor any display that will indicate from the exterior of the building that it is being utilized, in whole or part, for any purpose other than that of a dwelling; providing, also, that there is no stock in trade or commodity sold upon the premises, no person is employed other than a member of the family residing on the premises, and no mechanical equipment is used except such as is customary for purely domestic or household purposes. The keeping of not more than two (2) roomers or boarders shall be considered a permitted home occupation.
HOSPITAL
An institution providing medical and surgical care for humans only, for both in and out patients, including medical service, training, research facilities.
HOTEL
A building in which lodging is provided to the public usually on a transient basis.
HOTEL, MOTOR (MOTEL)
A roadside hotel for motorists.
INCINERATORS
A furnace or other apparatus for burning waste.
INDOOR SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES
A commercial facility which includes an enclosed motor vehicle sales area.
INFLATABLE DEVICE
Objects or mechanisms used to attract attention, advertise, promote, market, or display goods and/or services, which are inflated with air or gas, or equipped with a portable blower motor that provides a constant flow of air into the device in the likeness of an animate or inanimate object or cartoon figure, including but not limited to tethered balloons, blimps, dirigibles, or similar lighter-than-air objects and recreational devices such as inflatable slides and bounce houses.
IN-HOME DAY CARE
A private dwelling unit or other place conducted or maintained by any person who advertises or holds himself/herself out as providing care for no more than four (4) unrelated children during the daytime, for compensation or otherwise.
JUNKYARD
A parcel of land on which waste material or inoperative vehicles and other machinery is collected, stored, salvaged or sold.
KENNEL
Any place or tract of land, whether indoors or outdoors, whether enclosed or not, used for the purpose of selling, breeding, boarding, or training dogs or cats or both, or the keeping of four (4) or more dogs over four (4) months of age, or keeping six (6) or more cats over four (4) months of age, or the keeping of more than five (5) dogs and cats. The word "selling" as herein used shall not be construed to include the sale of animals four (4) months of age or younger which are the natural increase of animals kept by persons not operating a kennel as herein defined; nor shall selling be determined to include isolated sales of animals over four (4) months old by persons not operating a kennel as herein defined.
LAUNDRY OR DRY CLEANING PICKUP STATION or SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY or DRY CLEANING FACILITY
A commercial facility where clothes and linens are washed and/or dry cleaned.
LIBRARY
A place in which literary and artistic materials, such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, and printings, are kept for reading or reference.
LODGING
To provide for quarters temporarily for sleeping.
LODGING ESTABLISHMENT
Any building, group of buildings, structure, facility, place, or places of business where five (5) or more guest rooms are provided, which is owned, maintained, or operated by any person and which is kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public for hire and which can be construed to be a hotel, motel, motor hotel, inn, tourist court, resort, tourist home, bunkhouse, dormitory, or other similar place by whatever name called, and includes all such accommodations operated for hire as Lodging Establishments.
LODGING (BOARDING) HOUSE
A building with not more than five (5) guest rooms where lodging is provided for compensation pursuant to previous arrangement, but not open to overnight guests and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his/her residence, exclusive of nursing homes, dormitories or group living facilities licensed or regulated by agencies of the State.
LONGER-TERM GUEST
Any person occupying a guest room or combination of guest rooms in a lodging establishment under any concession, permit, right of access, license, rental or other agreement for living and sleeping purposes for a period: (a) in excess of: (i) twenty-eight (28) consecutive days; or (ii) twenty-eight (28) non-consecutive days within any ninety-day period; and (b) not exceeding one hundred eighty-three (183) days or six (6) months, whichever is less. For the purposes of this definition, if there are multiple individuals in a party occupying a guest room in a lodging establishment for the periods stated above, each member of the party shall be considered a longer-term guest regardless of which member or members of the party are registered as renting the guest room(s).
LOT
A platted parcel of land intended to be separately owned, developed, and otherwise used as a unit.
LOT (PARCEL) OF RECORD
A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been legally approved and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Jefferson County or a parcel of land which was legally approved and the deed recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds.
MANUFACTURED HOME
A structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, that in the traveling mode is eight (8) body feet (2,438 body mm) or more in width or forty (40) body feet (12,192 body mm) or more in length, or, where erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) square feet (30 m2) or more, and that is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation where connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein; except that such term shall include any structure that meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary (HUD) and complies with the standards established under this Title. For mobile homes built prior to June 15, 1976, a label certifying compliance to the Standard for Mobile Homes, NFPA 501, in effect at the time of manufacture is required. For the purpose of these provisions, a mobile home shall be considered to be a manufactured home.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
An area of land under unified ownership and control on which two (2) or more occupied manufactured homes are harbored, either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure, tent, vehicle or enclosed use or intended use as part of the equipment of such manufactured home park.
MANUFACTURED HOME SPACE
Any portion of a manufactured home park designed for the use or occupancy by one (1) manufactured home.
MANUFACTURING OR FABRICATION OF ANY COMMODITY
A factory which makes or processes raw materials into a finished product.
MARIJUANA FACILITY
A comprehensive facility, as defined in this Chapter, as provided for in the Missouri State Constitution, a marijuana testing facility, a microbusiness wholesale facility, microbusiness dispensary facility, or any other type of marijuana-related facility or business licensed or certified by the State of Missouri pursuant to the Missouri State Constitution, but shall not include a medical (marijuana) facility, as defined in this Chapter.
MARIJUANA MICROBUSINESS FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri as a microbusiness dispensary facility or microbusiness wholesale facility, as defined in this Chapter.
MARIJUANA or MARIHUANA
Cannabis Indica, Cannabis Saliva, and Cannabis Ruderalis, hybrids of such species, and any other strains commonly understood within the scientific community to constitute marijuana, as well as seed thereof and resin extracted from the marijuana plant and marijuana-infused products. Marijuana does not include industrial hemp, as defined by Missouri Statute, or commodities or products manufactured from industrial hemp.
MARIJUANA TESTING FACILITY
A facility certified by the State of Missouri, to acquire, test, certify, and transport marijuana, including those originally licensed as a medical marijuana testing facility.
MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS
Any product that is infused, dipped, coated, sprayed, or mixed with marijuana or an extract thereof, including, but not limited to, products that are able to be vaporized or smoked, edible products, ingestible products, topical products, suppositories, and infused pre-rolls, as provided for by the Missouri State Constitution.
MARINE BUILDING AND REPAIR
An establishment primarily engaged in the building, repair, alteration, restoration, or maintenance of watercraft as a primary use, including the incidental wholesale and retail sale of vehicle parts as an accessory use. Marine building and repair may include outdoor storage or laydown yards.
MARKETS
A public gathering place held for buying and selling merchandise.
MAUSOLEUMS
A building housing tombs.
MEDICAL (MARIJUANA) FACILITY
Any medical marijuana cultivation facility, medical marijuana dispensary facility, or medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility, as defined in this Chapter and, as provided for by the Missouri State Constitution.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
Any facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on site or off site, transport to or from, and sell marijuana, marijuana seeds, and marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones") to a medical dispensary facility, medical marijuana testing facility, medical marijuana cultivation facility, or to a medical marijuana-infused product manufacturing facility. A medical marijuana cultivation facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the production and sale of pre-rolls, but shall not include the manufacture of marijuana-infused products.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY, INDOOR
Any medical marijuana cultivation facility, as defined herein, where the cultivation of marijuana occurs within an enclosed structure.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY, OUTDOOR
Any medical marijuana cultivation facility, as defined herein, where the cultivation of marijuana occurs outside of an enclosed structure.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, process, package, store on site or off site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones") marijuana-infused products and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana as provided for in this Chapter to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the patient or primary caregiver, so long as the address is a location allowing for the legal possession of marijuana, another medical marijuana dispensary facility, a marijuana testing facility, a medical marijuana cultivation facility, or a medical marijuana-infused projects manufacturing facility. Dispensary facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary in person, by phone, or via the Internet, including from a third party. A medical marijuana dispensary facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the production and sale of pre-rolls, as defined in the State of Missouri Constitution, but shall not include the manufacture of marijuana-infused products.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri, to acquire, process, package, store on site or off site, manufacture, transport to or from, and sell marijuana-infused products to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, a marijuana test facility, or to another medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-RELATED ENTITIES
Any establishment operating or transacting business as a medical marijuana dispensary facility, medical marijuana cultivation facility, medical (marijuana) facility, medical marijuana-infused product manufacturing facility, marijuana testing facility, or other medical marijuana-related entity, as provided for by the Missouri State Constitution.
MICROBUSINESS DISPENSARY FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, process, package, store on site or off site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver medical and non-medical marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones"), marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana, as provided for by the Missouri State Constitution.
MICROBUSINESS WHOLESALE FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on site or off site, manufacture, transport to or from, deliver, and sell medical and non-marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as "clones"), and marijuana-infused products to a microbusiness dispensary facility, other microbusiness wholesale facility, or marijuana testing facility, as provided for by the Missouri State Constitution.
MINI-STORAGE
Buildings and open area used for the storage of personal property excluding materials and/or vehicles defined as junk or abandon vehicles in the municipal codes.
MOBILE FOOD VEHICLE
As used in the Arnold Zoning Ordinance, "Mobile Food Vehicle" shall have the meaning set forth in the Sections 605.400, Mobile Food Services, et seq., of this Code.
MODULAR HOME
A single-family dwelling constructed in a factory and shall be constructed and installed in accordance with applicable provisions of the International Building Code, the International Residential Code, or other applicable building codes, and shall bear the appropriate insignia indicating compliance with those codes. This definition includes "prefabricated," "panelized," and "factory built" units.
MORTUARIES
A funeral home where dead bodies are kept prior to burial or cremation.
MOTOR VEHICLE-ORIENTED ESTABLISHMENT (MVOE)
Any establishment which, by design, type of operation, or nature of business, has as one (1) of its functions, the provision of services to a number of motor vehicles or its occupants in a short time span, or the provision of services to the occupants of motor vehicles while they remain in a vehicle. Businesses included in this category shall have one (1) or more of the following facilities: One (1) or more pump islands for retail sale of gasoline; or, one (1) or more drive-through lanes or service windows for distribution of products or other transactions; or more than four (4) parking spaces designated for the distribution of products or other transactions; or, include an automated car wash facility.
MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment which, by type of operation or nature of business, has as one (1) of its functions the provision of vehicles for rent on a regular basis by the general public, including passenger automobiles, light-duty trucks, medium-duty trucks which do not require a CDL license to operate, box trucks, light trailers, vans, and motorcycles for a specific period of time.
MUNICIPAL AND GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS
Building used for the operation of local, County, State or Federal agencies.
NATURAL AREA
An area that is substantially undisturbed by development.
NON-CONFORMING LAND USE OR STRUCTURE
A land use or structure which existed lawfully on the date that this zoning ordinance or any amendment thereto became effective and which fails to conform to one (1) or more of the applicable regulations in the zoning ordinance or amendment thereto.
NURSERY SCHOOL AND DAY NURSERIES
A program operated by a person or organization with the primary function of providing an educational program for preschool-age children for no more than four (4) hours per child per day.
NURSING HOME
A building intended for use as a medical care facility for persons who need care and medical service, but do not require intensive hospital care.
OFFICE
A building or portion of a building wherein services are performed involving predominately administrative, professional, or clerical operations. This does not include financial institutions or small loan businesses.
OUTDOOR
Any open-air space including any space which may have a temporary or fixed cover (e.g., awning or roof) and at least fifty percent (50%) of the square footage of its sides open for airflow such that open sides are not adjacent to each other.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AREA (DINING OR ENTERTAINMENT)
A porch, patio, deck, walkway, or other area of land, which is not within the interior building walls of the principle use, provided for the use of patrons either: (1) to consume purchased food or beverages (i.e., dining); or (2) for purposes of outdoor play or entertainment (e.g., playgrounds, horseshoes, bocce, volleyball, performance, etc.).
OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY
Outdoor entertainment locations, including, but not limited to, zoos, outdoor gardens, outdoor aquariums, outdoor theaters, outdoor stadiums, outdoor event spaces, outdoor arenas, amphitheaters, outdoor concert halls and other outdoor locations where entertainment activities open to the public occur. Such facilities may include structures and buildings accessory to the principal purpose of the use including but not limited to stages, commissaries, canteens, restrooms, storage, etc.
OUTDOOR STORAGE (LAYDOWN YARDS)
The storage of merchandise, goods, inventory, materials, equipment, wrecked, unoperational or disassembled vehicles, watercraft, and vehicles Class 5 USDOT or higher in an open-air, covered or uncovered, unenclosed area exterior to a building, but not including vehicular parking which complies with this Chapter or the temporary storage of construction materials and equipment on a construction site.
OUTLINE AREA
The area enclosed by the perimeter of the face of a sign structure not including structure supports.
OUTPATIENT FACILITY
A facility where a patient receives treatment without being hospitalized.
PAD
The portion of a manufactured home site, designated, designed and prepared for the support of a manufactured home consisting of a poured-in-place, rectilinear, concrete slab, as approved by the Building Commissioner, and specifically excluding runner or ribbon foundations.
PARCEL (TRACT) OF LAND
A separately designated area of land delineated by identifiable legally recorded boundary lines.
PARK
An area open to the general public and reserved for recreational, educational or scenic purposes.
PARKING AREA
An area of land used or intended for off-street parking facilities for motor vehicles.
PARKING SPACE
A durable, dust-proof, surface, properly graded for drainage, usable and accessible space, enclosed in a main building, in an accessory building or unenclosed, containing not less than three hundred (300) square fee of area, including necessary driveways and space between vehicles, unless clearly specified otherwise in other provisions of this Chapter.
PARKWAY
A road or roadway intended to be used primarily for passenger vehicles and developed with a park-like or scenic character with recreational uses.
PAVE (DRIVEWAY)
Concrete, asphaltic concrete or oil and chip.
PAVE (PAVEMENT)
The act or result of applying a hard, water-tight material to any ground surface in such a manner as to present a uniform surface over large areas.
PAVEMENT (PARKING)
Six (6) inches Portland cement concrete, four (4) inches Class X asphaltic concrete base course with two (2) inches Class C asphaltic concrete surface course, six (6) inches crushed stone with two (2) inches Class C asphaltic concrete surface course or equal as approved by City Engineer.
PAY DAY LOANS
Lenders, other than banks, trust companies, credit unions, savings banks and savings and loan companies, in the business of making unsecured or by a post-dated check or pay check and licensed under Chapter 408, RSMo., by the Missouri Division of Finance and subject to the rules and regulations of the State of Missouri for consumer installment loans.
PERIOD OF MEASUREMENT
Any continuous sixty (60) minute period during which observations of stationary noise sources are made and measurements of noise levels are taken.
PET GROOMING
An establishment primarily engaged in offering bathing, clipping, combing, and other related hygienic and styling services for pet animals.
PICNIC GROUND
An outdoor area used for eating meals.
PLANT NURSERY
A farm, garden, or other cultivated land, together with accessory structures designed and intended to be used only for the cultivation and sale of live vegetation.
PLAT
A subdivision of land legally approved and recorded.
PLAYGROUNDS
An outdoor area set aside for recreation and play.
POLE BUILDING
A structure utilizing wooden or metal poles and trusses for support and most often used for agricultural, industrial, or residential storage. This definition, shall include, but is not limited to, "pole barn," "metal-clad building," "barndominium," "barn home," and "post-frame."
POLICE STATION
The headquarters of a unit of a police force where those under arrest are first charged.
POSTAL STATION
A post office or mail service.
PROPERTY LINE
The legally recorded boundary of a lot, tract, or other parcel of land.
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE KINDERGARTEN, ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS
An institution consisting of teachers and pupils gathered together for instruction in any branch of learning.
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITY, LOCAL
A public utility facility serving a local area only, such as an electric substation or a water or gas pumping or regulating station or a telephone switching center.
RADIO, TELEVISION, AND TELECOMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION OR RELAY TOWERS AND FACILITIES
A tower and associated facilities used in the transmission of radio, television and telecommunication signals.
RAILROAD SWITCHING YARDS
An area consisting of railroad track used for storage, sorting and staging of railcars and locomotives.
REPAIR SHOPS
A commercial facility where finish products are restored to a sound condition after it had been damaged.
RESEARCH LABORATORIES
A commercial facility used in the scholarly or scientific investigation or inquiry.
RESIDENCE
Any building, or portion thereof, which is designed or used primarily for residential purposes, except lodging establishments.
RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES
A facility limited to residences.
RESTAURANT
A place where meals are served to the public. An establishment, open to the public, where food and drink are prepared, served, and then consumed on- or off-premise.
RETREAT
A building or group of buildings with designated open areas utilized and maintained for educational and religious conclaves, seminars, and similar activities by particular educational, religious, fraternal and other groups.
RIDING STABLE
A building and designated site intended or used as a shelter for horses or ponies, which provides for commercial cording, hire, sale, or training of such animals.
RIFLE RANGE
An indoor or outdoor facility used for rifle shooting practice.
ROW HOUSE
Three (3) or more attached single-family dwellings, each on its own plot of ground, but not necessarily on individual lots.
SALESROOM
An area within a building used for the display and purchase of commodities.
SALVAGE YARD
An area for the dismantling, storage, and sale of inoperative, obsolete or wrecked motor vehicles, trailers, and their parts.
SANITARY LANDFILL
A type of operation in which refuse and earth or other suitable cover material is deposited in alternate layers of specified depth in accordance with a definite plan on a specified portion of open land, with each layer being compacted by force applied by mechanical equipment.
SCENIC AREA
A designated area containing outstanding or matchless beauty which requires special management to preserve these qualities.
SEMI-FINISHED MATERIAL
Material which has gone through one (1) or more stages of processing.
SERVICE FACILITIES
A facility specializing in the installation, maintenance or repairs of commodities.
SETBACK
The required minimum distance from a roadway right-of-way line or line that establishes the area within which a structure can be erected or placed, except as may be permitted elsewhere in this Chapter.
SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES
A facility which processes and treats sanitary waste.
SHELTER WORKSHOP
A facility for the purpose of providing protection and training to handicapped individuals.
SIGN
A structure or device designed or intended to convey information to the public in written or pictorial form.
SIGN, ADVERTISING
A sign, intended to attract general public interest, concerning a commercial enterprise, product, service, industry, or other activity.
SIGN, BUSINESS
A sign which gives only basic information concerning the existence of a commercial enterprise, service, or other activity conducted, sold, or offered on the premises upon which the sign is erected.
SIGN, DIRECTIONAL
A sign identifying entrances, exits, aisles, ramps, and similar traffic-related information.
SIGN, INFORMATION
A sign which identifies a residence, a non-commercial activity, including historic markers, or a sign conveying cautionary and similar information.
SITE PLAN (DEVELOPMENT PLAN)
A map or graphics prepared to scale depicting the development of a tract of land, including elements such as, but not limited to the location and relationship of existing and proposed structures, streets, curb-cuts, driveways, parking areas, landscaping. natural features, utilities, and other potentially sensitive design issues, all as further delineated in this Chapter. Such plans may be preliminary, final, and other types.
SKEET SHOOTING CLUB
An outdoor facility used for skeet shooting practice.
SMALL LOANS
Shall also mean consumer credit loans licensed by the Missouri Division of Finance subject to Chapter 367, RSMo., and the rules and regulations of the State of Missouri:
1. 
Prior to January 1, 2002, loans for the benefit of or use by an individual or individuals:
a. 
Secured by a security agreement or any other lien on tangible personal property or by the assignment of wages, salary or other compensation; or
b. 
Unsecured and whether with or without co-makers, guarantors, endorsers or sureties.
2. 
Beginning January 1, 2002, and thereafter, loans for personal, family or household purposes in amounts of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more.
SMELTERS
An apparatus used in the melting and separation of metallic constituents.
SOUND LEVEL METER
Any instrument including a microphone, an amplifier, an output meter, and frequency weighting networks for the measurement of sound pressure levels in a specified manner which complies with Type 2 or better standards established in the A.N.S.I. S1.4-1971 "Specification for Sound Level Meters."
SPECIAL EVENT
Activities defined herein as either a "civic event," a "sales and promotional event," or a "private event," as follows:
1. 
CIVIC EVENTA special event consisting of an outdoor activity sponsored by a non-profit organization, elementary or secondary school, college, or public agency, including, but not limited to, carnivals, festivals, community breakfasts/lunches/dinners, concerts, charity runs/walks, parades, neighborhood fairs, and collection drives involving such activities as bake, craft, or rummage sales and bazaars, car washes, and seasonal tree, pumpkin, or plant sales.
2. 
SALES AND PROMOTIONAL EVENTA special event consisting of an outdoor activity conducted by a commercial, for-profit user in connection with an established use, on the lot occupied by such use, that is limited to the display and sale of merchandise, but may also include accessory activities, such as product demonstrations or giveaways, raffles, games, and the provision or sale of food by a mobile food vehicle (as defined in Chapter 685 of the Code).
3. 
PRIVATE EVENTA special event consisting of any outdoor activity conducted by any organization where said event is not open to the public, such as, but not limited to, corporate, employee, or member picnics, health fairs, and other similar events, which are in connection with an established use, on the lot occupied by such use.
SPECIAL EVENT SIGN
A temporary sign authorized to be posted when a special event permit has been granted, defined herein as either a banner sign or freestanding sign, as follows:
1. 
BANNER SIGNA special event sign constructed of cloth, bunting, plastic, paper, or similar material used for advertising purposes attached to or pinned on or from a building wall, retaining wall, or fence.
2. 
FREESTANDING SIGNA special event sign supported by one (1) or more uprights, posts, or braces affixed in the ground and not attached to any part of a building. Such signs may be double-faced (i.e., parallel opposing). Banners may qualify as freestanding signs, provided that they are braced by a frame or similar support structure as determined by the Zoning Officer.
SPECIALIZED PRIVATE SCHOOLS
An institution made up of handicapped students and teachers gathered together for the instruction in any branch of learning.
STABLE, PRIVATE
A detached building accessory to a residential use for the keeping of horses owned by the occupants of the premises and which shall not be used for any commercial purpose including boarding, hire, sale, or training of horses.
STACKING SPACE
A space consisting of twenty-two (22) feet of pavement length specifically designated as a waiting area for vehicles patronizing a "Motor Vehicle-Oriented Establishment" (as defined herein).
STEEL MILLS
A plant where steel is made.
STORY
The horizontal segment of a building between the floor surface and the ceiling next above it, and wholly above grade.
STREET
A paved public or private right-of-way which provides access to abutting properties from the front.
STRUCTURE
Any assembly of material forming a construction for occupancy or use, excepting, however, utility poles and appurtenances thereto, underground distribution or collection pipes or cables and underground or ground level appurtenances thereto.
SULPHUR, CEMENT OR RUBBER RECLAMATION PLANT
A facility used for the recycling of sulphur, cement or rubber.
SWIMMING POOLS
A pool constructed for swimming.
TEMPORARY STRUCTURE
Drop-off metal boxes, bins, tents, membrane structures, and other structures constructed or erected, which require location on the ground, or attached to something having location on the ground, and used on a transient basis.
TERMINAL
A depot building or area specifically designated for the storage or transfer of persons or material, or temporary storage and service of operable vehicles used in the transport of persons, goods or materials.
TITLE LOANS
Loans secured by titled personal property, primarily motor vehicle title, excluding property qualified to be a personal dwelling the ownership of which is evidenced by a certificate of title and licensed under Sections 367.500 through 367.533, RSMo., by the Missouri Division of Finance and subject to the rules and regulations of the State of Missouri for title loans.
TOBACCO, NICOTINE, AND OTHER LEGAL SUBSTANCE ESTABLISHMENT
A specialty retail establishment that has, as a substantial or significant portion of its stock in trade, smoking products, such as cigars, cigarettes, loose leaf tobacco or other substances intended to be smoked, and/or smoking- and/or vapor inhalation-related products, such as pipes, pipe cleaners, lighters, butane, flints, cigar nippers, hookahs, waterpipes, shishas, or narghiles, electronic/vapor substance inhalation products, commonly known as "electronic cigarettes," "ecigarettes," "e-cigars," "e- cigarillos," "e-pipes," "e-hookahs," "electronic nicotine delivery systems," and other similar devices, as well as such cartridges, substances and additives used to experience the sensation of smoking vapors, tobacco and non-tobacco substances, exclusive of items identified as controlled substances or drug paraphernalia in Chapter 215, Article XI of the Municipal Code. Lounges or public rooms where customers or members of the public may inhale vapor, smoke, or otherwise consume such products as identified herein, may only be as allowed when specifically authorized in an approved conditional use permit. This definition shall not apply to medical marijuana-related entities (as defined in this Chapter) nor shall it apply to any establishments selling or distributing marijuana or marijuana-infused products (as defined in this Chapter).
TOURIST HOME
A building with not more than five (5) guest rooms where lodging is provided for compensation pursuant to previous arrangement, and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his/her residence.
TRAILER
Any vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property or passengers on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled vehicle, except those running exclusively on tracks, including a semitrailer or vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with a self-propelled vehicle that a considerable part of its own weight rests upon and is carried by the towing vehicle, which does not meet Building Code requirements. A permanent foundation shall not change the character of a trailer unless the entire structure is erected in accordance with the City Building Code. The term "trailer" shall not include cotton trailers as defined in Subsection (8) of Section 301.010, RSMo., and shall not include manufactured homes as defined in Section 700.010, RSMo.
TRANSIENT
Unless otherwise defined, any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy, for any reason, for a period of twenty-eight (28) consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days. Any such person shall be considered to be a transient until the twenty-eight-day period has expired unless there is an agreement in writing between the operator and the occupant providing for a longer period of occupancy.
TRUCK, BUS, RAIL AND WATERCRAFT TERMINALS
A station at which truck, bus, rail or watercraft are located for transportation needs.
UNREGULATED GAMING PARLOR
A place of business within a building or outdoor structure or any part of a building having more than twelve (12) unregulated gaming machines, as defined in Article XIX Unregulated Gaming Machines of the Arnold Code of Ordinances, whether open to the public, limited to members of a group, or restricted to private membership.
USE
As utilized in this Chapter, use is any functional, social, or technological activity which is imposed or applied to land or to structures on the land.
USED CAR SALES
The retail or wholesale of used cars, trucks, recreational vehicles and/or construction equipment as the primary activity on the property.
VETERINARY CLINIC
A facility for the practice of veterinary medicine.
WAREHOUSE
A structure for use as a storage place for goods, material or merchandise.
WAREHOUSING, STORAGE OR WHOLESALING OF LIVE ANIMALS (CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFO))
A large animal production farm identified and regulated by the Department of Natural Resources.
YARD
An open area between the building lines and the lot lines of the lot on which it is located.