A subordinate building or use which customarily is incidental to that of the main building or use of the premises. Customary accessory uses include, but are not limited to, tennis courts, swimming pools, garages, air conditioners, garden houses, children's play houses, barbecue ovens and fireplaces.

A dedicated public right-of-way, other than a street, which provides only a secondary means of access to abutting property, the right-of-way of which is twenty (20) feet or less in width.

As applied to a building or structure, is a change or rearrangement of the structural parts of an existing building or structure. Enlargement, whether by extending a side, increasing the height, or the moving from one location or position to another, shall be considered an alteration.

An establishment where animals are admitted principally for examination, treatment, board or care by a doctor of veterinary medicine. (This does not include open kennels or runs.)

See "dwelling, multiple."

That portion of a building having more than one-half (1/2) of its height below grade.

A family home, occupied as a permanent residence by the proprietor, in which lodging and meals are provided for time-limited durations to not more than four (4) groups of patrons in a twenty-four-hour period.

That Board which has been created by the Board of Aldermen having jurisdiction and which has the statutory authority to hear and determine appeals and variances to the Zoning Regulations.

The Governing Body of the City of Cassville.

A building other than a hotel where, for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods, meals, or lodging and meals, are provided for three (3) or more persons, but not exceeding twenty (20) persons. Individual cooking facilities are not provided.

Any structure designed or intended for the enclosure, shelter or protection of persons, animals or property.

The vertical dimension measured from the average elevation of the finished lot grade at the front of the building to the highest point of ceiling of the top story in the case of a flat roof; of the deck line of a mansard roof; and to the average height between the plate and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof.

See "medical, dental or health clinic."

An area of land or water or combination thereof planned for passive or active recreation, but does not include areas utilized for streets, alleys, driveways or private roads, off-street parking or loading areas. However, the area of recreational activities, such as swimming pools, tennis courts, shuffleboard courts, etc., may be included as common open space.

Care of a child away from his/her own home for any part of the twenty-four-hour day, for compensation or otherwise. Day care may be given in a day-care home or a day-care center.

A facility other than the provider's permanent residence, or separate from the provider's living quarters, where care is provided for children for any part of the twenty-four-hour day, as defined in regulations issued by the State of Missouri.

A family home, occupied as a permanent residence by the day-care provider, in which care is given to no more than ten (10) children, not related to the day-care provider, for any part of the twenty-four-hour day, as defined in regulations issued by the State of Missouri.

A section or sections of the zoning area for which this Chapter governing the use of land, the height of buildings, the size of yards, and the intensity of use are uniform.

Any canine species over six (6) months of age.

Any building or portion thereof, except mobile homes for purposes of use regulations, which is designed and used exclusively for residential purposes.

A building having accommodations for and occupied by more than two (2) families, independently.

A building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by one (1) family.

A building having accommodations for and occupied by two (2) families, independently.

A structure in existence at the time of the adoption of this Chapter.

A use in existence at the time of the adoption of this Chapter.

One (1) or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit; or a group of not more than four (4) unrelated persons living together as a single housekeeping unit; plus in either case, usual domestic servants. A family shall under no circumstances be construed as a boarding house, fraternity, or sorority house, club, lodging house, hotel or motel.

The maximum percentage of allowable floor area of a building or complex (including both principal and accessory buildings) computed by dividing the floor area of said complex or buildings by the area of the building site.

The length of the property abutting on one (1) side of a street measured along the dividing line between the property and the street.

An accessory building designed or used for the storage of not more than four (4) motor-driven vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory.

A building or portion thereof, other than a private garage, designed or used for equipping, repairing, hiring, servicing, selling, or storing motor-driven vehicles.

A residence or building in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped persons reside, and may include two (2) additional persons as house parents or guardians. Provided, however, that any home meeting this definition (group-care home), shall generally conform to the appearance within the neighborhood constructed and, in order to maintain reasonable densities, no group-care home shall be permitted within eight hundred (800) feet of another group-care home.

A building or portion thereof, or a group of buildings, used as a transient abiding place, which may or may not serve meals, and whether such establishments are designated as a hotel, inn, automobile court, motel, motor inn, motor lodge, motor court, tourist cabin, tourist court, or other similar designation.

A building occupied by a non-profit corporation or a non-profit establishment for public use.

Any place, area, building, or structure where dogs [including those under one (1) year in age] are boarded, housed, cared for, fed, or trained by other than the owner.

Any place, area, building, or structure where more than three (3) dogs are kept for purposes of breeding, raising, or as pets.

See "boarding house."

A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by one (1) main building or a complex of buildings, together with the accessory structures and including the open spaces and parking required by this regulation, which may include more than one (1) lot of record or metes-and-bounds-described tract having its principal frontage upon a public street or officially approved place.

A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.

The mean horizontal distance between the front and the rear lot lines.

A lot having a frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets, as distinguished from a corner lot.

The front of a lot shall be that narrowest dimension abutting a street right-of-way. On corner lots which have two (2) equal sides which abut on a street right-of-way, either side may be considered the front of the lot.

The rear of a lot shall be that side opposite the front of the lot.

A lot which is a part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds or a lot described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds prior to December 9, 1991.

A structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. Manufactured homes are additionally identified as those structures fabricated on or after June 15, 1976, bearing a seal certifying that it is built in compliance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which became effective for all mobile home construction on June 15, 1976.

Any area, piece, parcel, tract, or plot of ground equipped as required for support of mobile homes and offered for use by the owner or representative for mobile home park purposes and/or ground upon which three (3) or more mobile homes are parked, whether for compensation or not, including all accessory uses thereof. The term "mobile home park" does not include sales lots of which unoccupied mobile homes are parked for the purpose of inspection and sale. See Article V, Supplementary Regulations.

Any building designed for use by one (1) or more persons lawfully engaged in the diagnosis, care and treatment of physical or mental diseases or ailments of human beings, including, but not limited to, doctors of medicine, dentists, chiropractors, osteopaths, optometrists, podiatrists, and in which no patients are lodged overnight, but which may include an apothecary.

A transportable structure larger than three hundred twenty (320) square feet in floor area, designed to be used as a year-round residential dwelling, and built prior to the enactment of the Federal Mobile Home Construction and Safety Act of 1974, which became effective for all mobile home construction on June 15, 1976.

A mobile home that consists of two (2) or more sections that are transported separately and assembled at the site into one (1) structure of a width of not less than twenty (20) feet.

A mobile home that consists of one (1) section which the main body, exclusive of expansions or extensions, is not more than sixteen (16) feet in width.

A manufactured residential structure built to a nationally recognized and accepted construction standard published by the Building Officials Conference of America (BOCA) or the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) and the unit is inspected and certified at the factory that it meets said standard.

A structure which does not comply with the lot size requirements or bulk regulations applicable to new structures in the zoning district in which it is located.

An existing use of a structure or land which does not conform with the regulations of the district in which it is situated as established by this regulation or any amendments hereto.

An institution or agency licensed by the State for the reception, board, care, or treatment of three (3) or more unrelated individuals, but not including facilities for the care and treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, or narcotics addiction.

An area surfaced for all-weather use including gravel, sand, or comparable material for the purpose of storing one (1) parked automobile. For the purpose of this regulation, one (1) parking space shall have a minimum width of nine (9) feet and a minimum length of twenty (20) feet. In computing off-street parking, additional space shall be required for access drives for each parking space.

A foundation which supports a building, which must include concrete footings which extend below the frost level, and consists of poured concrete or concrete masonry units to the level of the sill plate. The foundation wall must be completely enclosed, except for vents and access areas, which must have closures.

An open, unoccupied space, other than a publicly dedicated street or alley, permanently reserved as the principal means of access to abutting property.

The Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Cassville.

Any building or part thereof used by one (1) or more persons engaged in the practice of law, accounting, architecture, engineering, or other occupation customarily considered as a profession.

Any business which furnishes the general public:

A vehicular-type unit built on or for use on a chassis and designed primarily as living quarters for recreational, camping, vacation or travel use and which has its own motive power or is mounted or drawn by another vehicle, and which has a body width not exceeding eight (8) feet and a body length not exceeding forty (40) feet.

A public eating establishment at which the primary function is the preparation and serving of food.

A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street crosswalk, road, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer, or for another special use.

An area of land with or without buildings, used for collection or storage, outside a completely enclosed building, of used or discarded materials such as wastepaper, rags or scrap material; or used building materials, house furnishings, machinery, motor vehicles or parts thereof with or without the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale or other use or disposition of the same. A deposit or the storage on a plot of two (2) or more wrecked or broken-down motor vehicles or parts of two (2) or more such motor vehicles for one (1) week in a residential district, or for three (3) weeks or more in any other district, shall be deemed a salvage yard.

A lot or parcel of land used primarily for the disposal and burial of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery or motor vehicles or parts thereof, or other waste.

The Zoning Administrator or other individual appointed by the Planning and Zoning Commission to perform prescribed administrative duties.

A service station shall consist of a building or group of buildings and surfaced area where automotive vehicles may be refueled and serviced; self-service pumps without buildings shall also be included. Such services shall include tire recapping, body repairs, or major overhaul.

An area at a street intersection in which nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of two (2) feet and eight (8) feet above the grades at the back of the curb of the intersecting streets, within the triangular area formed by the right-of-way lines and a line connecting them at points ten (10) feet from their point of intersection or at equivalent points on private streets, except that the site triangle shall be increased to twenty-five (25) feet for certain uses, when deemed necessary for traffic safety by the Board of Aldermen.

Any device which shall display or include any letter, word, model, banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device, or representation used as, or which is in the nature of, an advertisement or announcement which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization, or business but shall not include any display of official notice or official flag.

Special use permits provide permission under special conditions to use land as stipulated in each of the Zoning District Regulations.

That portion of a building, other than a basement, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.

A right-of-way, dedicated to the public use, which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.

A dividing line between a lot, tract, or parcel of land and the contiguous street.

Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams, or girders, or any complete rebuilding of the roof or the exterior walls. For the purpose of this regulation, the following shall not be considered a structural alteration:

Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground, but not including fences or public items such as utility poles, street light fixtures, and street signs.

An establishment in which the primary function is the public sale and serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

A vehicular-type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, which either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle. Examples are travel trailers, camping trailers, truck campers, and motor homes. Mobile homes and modular homes shall not be considered trailers or recreational vehicles.

Any facility which is certified by the State of Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse of the Department of Mental Health for such treatment.

A space on the same lot with a main building, open, unoccupied and unobstructed by buildings or structures from the ground upward.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the least distance between the street right-of-way and the building setback line.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the least distance between the rear lot line and the rear setback line.

A yard extending from the front yard, or front lot line where no front yard is required, to the rear yard. The width of the side yard shall be measured horizontally, between the side lot line and the furthest architectural projection of the structure.

A section of the zoning area for which uniform regulations governing the use, height, area, size, and intensity of use of buildings, land, and open spaces about buildings are herein established.

The person or persons authorized and empowered by the Board of Aldermen having jurisdiction to administer the requirements of these Zoning Regulations.

The area to be zoned as set out on the official Zoning Map filed of record.

The term "Zoning Regulations" or "this Chapter" or "Zoning Code" shall mean the requirements stipulated in this Chapter.