Chaffee City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
District Regulations
Section 405.110 "R-1" Single-Family Dwelling District Regulations.
[CC 1978 §405.010; Ord. No. 766 §6, 12-4-1972]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the district regulations in the "R-1" Single-Family Dwelling District.
B.
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Single-family dwellings, including no more than two (2) boarders.
2.
Group homes. No group home shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature.
[Ord. No. 100.1705 § 1, 9-18-2017]
3.
Parks and playgrounds.
4.
Golf courses, except miniature courses and driving tees operated for commercial purposes.
5.
Home occupations.
6.
Accessory buildings and accessory uses customarily incidental to the above uses (not involving the conduct of a business) including one (1) private garage or carport when located not less than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line and not less than ten (10) feet from any other street line or a private garage constructed as part of the main building. No parking of trucks or commercial vehicles one (1) ton or larger, except for making necessary deliveries.
7.
Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed upon occupancy of the completed construction or completion or abandonment of the construction work, whichever occurs first.
8.
Bulletin boards and signs not exceeding ten (10) square feet in area appertaining to the lease, hire, or sale of a building or premises, which boards or signs shall be removed as soon as the premises are leased, hired or sold.
Section 405.120 "R-2" Multi-Family Dwelling District Regulations.
[CC 1978 §405.020; Ord. No. 766 §7, 12-4-1972]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the district regulations in the "R-2" Multi-Family Dwelling District.
B.
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Any use permitted in the "R-1" Single-Family District.
2.
Single-family dwellings, including four (4) boarders, two-family dwellings, including two (2) boarders per dwelling unit, and multiple dwellings including two (2) boarders per dwelling unit.
3.
On application, filed as provided for in Section 405.410, a single-family residence may be remodeled to accommodate more than one (1) family after the following requirements have been met:
a.
Plans of the proposed change showing architecture and location on the lot must be submitted to and given preliminary approval by the City Building Inspector.
b.
Said application with said plans then must be submitted to the City Planning and Zoning Commission and its report filed with the City Council as provided for in Section 405.410.
c.
After the filing of said report as required above, said application shall be presented to the City Council for its approval or disapproval.
4.
Medical clinics.
5.
Tourist homes when located on an officially designated State or Federal highway.
6.
Rooming houses and boarding houses.
7.
Religious, educational and eleemosynary institutions of a philanthropic nature, but not a penal or mental institution.
8.
Hospitals or sanitarium, except criminal, mental or animal hospitals.
9.
Nursing, rest or convalescent homes.
10.
Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, or lodges, excepting when the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business.
11.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses, including storage garage, where the lot is occupied by a multiple dwelling. If a storage garage is not a part of the main building, it shall be located not less than sixty (60) feet from the front line and not less than five (5) feet from any side street line. No parking of trucks or commercial vehicles one (1) ton or larger, except for making necessary deliveries.
12.
Name plate not exceeding five (5) square feet in area attached to the wall at the entrance to be lighted with only indirect non-intermittent light.
Section 405.130 "C-1" Light Commercial District Regulations.
[CC 1978 §405.030; Ord. No. 766 §8, 12-4-1972]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the regulations in the "C-1" Light Commercial District.
B.
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Any use permitted in the "R-2" Multiple Dwelling District.
2.
Motor vehicle parking lot or storage or parking garage.
3.
Bank or financial institution.
4.
Dressmaking, tailoring, shoe repairing, repair of household appliances and bicycles, dry cleaning and pressing, catering and bakery with sale of bakery products on the premises and other uses of a similar character, provided that no use permitted in this paragraph shall employ more than five (5) persons in a single shift on the premises, not including employees whose principal duties are off the premises or temporary seasonal employees.
5.
Filling station.
6.
Offices and office building.
7.
Personal service uses including barbershops, beauty parlors, photographic or art studios, messenger, taxicab, newspaper or telegraphic branch service stations, dry cleaning receiving stations, restaurants, and other uses of a similar character.
8.
Private school.
9.
Retail store, including retail bakery, in connection with which there shall be no slaughtering of animals or poultry nor commercial fish cleaning and processing on the premises.
10.
Signs displayed upon the following conditions and under the following circumstances:
a.
Signs shall contain only the name of the business establishment or the principal business conducted on the premises, motto, slogan, insignia or combination thereof.
b.
Signs painted on a vertical surface of the building or attached thereto.
c.
Signs shall not project above the principal roof of a building, except that a sign may be attached flat against or painted on a parapet wall which does not extend more than three (3) feet above such roof line.
d.
The aggregate gross area, in square feet, of all signs on a lot shall not exceed the number of lineal feet of frontage of such lot and in no case shall it exceed a total of three (3) square feet per foot frontage except on corners two (2) square feet per foot frontage.
e.
When any such sign is illuminated, the light or lights shall be shaded or concealed so that they will not interfere with the vision of motor vehicle operators or shine directly on residential property located in any residential district; illumination of such signs shall not be flashed and no sign simulating movement shall be permitted.
f.
Gasoline filling stations may have one (1) double-faced freestanding sign not over twelve (12) inches in thickness on which shall be advertised only the trade name of the product offered for sale; the area of a double-faced sign shall be the area of one (1) face of the sign and be included as a part of the permitted area. Said sign shall not constitute a traffic hazard as determined by the City Engineer.
11.
Theater, not including drive-in theaters.
12.
Laundry and cleaning establishment self-service.
13.
Florist shop or greenhouse.
14.
Undertaking business.
15.
Accessory building or uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses.
Section 405.140 "C-2" Heavy Commercial District Regulations.
[CC 1978 §405.040; Ord. No. 766 §9, 12-4-1972]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the regulations in the "C-2" Heavy Commercial District.
B.
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Any use permitted in the "C-1" Light Commercial District.
2.
Advertising sign.
3.
Motor vehicle or trailer display and sales room.
4.
Billboard or poster panel, provided such billboard or poster panel is not erected within fifty (50) feet of the side and rear yard of a lot in an "R" district.
5.
Bowling alley and billiard parlor.
6.
Business or commercial school.
7.
Dancing or music academy.
8.
Display and sales room.
9.
Drive-in restaurant or theater.
10.
Frozen food locker.
11.
Hotel.
12.
Motel.
13.
Milk distributing station.
14.
Printing, publishing or engraving (retail).
15.
Public garage.
16.
Radio or television broadcasting station or studio.
17.
Veterinarian or animal hospital.
18.
Used car sales or storage lot.
19.
Dyeing, cleaning, laundry, painting, plumbing, tinsmithing, tire sales and service, upholstering and other general service or repair establishment of similar character which do not employ more than ten (10) persons on the premises in a single shift, not including persons whose principal duties are off the premises. Not more than ten percent (10%) of the lot or tract occupied by such establishment shall be used for the open and unenclosed storage of materials or equipment.
20.
Accessory building or use customarily incidental to any of the above uses.
Section 405.150 "S" Planned Commercial District Regulations.
[CC 1978 §405.050; Ord. No. 766 §10, 12-4-1972]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the district regulations of the "S" Planned Commercial District.
B.
In order to provide for modern retail shopping facilities of integrated design in appropriate locations to serve residential neighborhoods, the "S" Planned Commercial District is hereby established. Such district shall be laid out and developed as a unit according to an approved plan as provided below so as to accomplish such purpose.
C.
The owner or owners of any tract or land comprising an area of not less than one (1) acre nor more than ten (10) acres may submit to the City Council a plan for the use and development of all or part of such tract for the purpose of and meeting the requirements set forth in this Section, either as a separate proposal or as a part of a community unit plan as provided for in Section 405.410(E). The plan shall be referred to the City Planning and Zoning Commission for study and report and for public hearing. At least fifteen (15) days' notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in a publication having general circulation in the City of Chaffee. If no report is transmitted by the City Planning and Zoning Commission within ninety (90) days of notification, the City Council may take action without further awaiting such report. If the City Planning and Zoning Commission approves the plans, they shall then be submitted to the City Council for their consideration and action. The City Planning and Zoning Commission's approval and recommendations shall be accompanied by a report stating the reasons for approval and that the application meets the requirements of the "S" Planned Commercial District as set forth in this Section.
D.
In order that the purpose of this district may be realized, the land and buildings and appurtenant facilities shall be in single ownership, or under the management or supervision of a central authority, or otherwise subject to such supervisory lease or ownership control as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section.
E.
Within the "S" Planned Commercial District, a building or premises may be used only for the retail sale of merchandise, services, recreation, except outdoor theaters, and similar uses, parking areas and other facilities ordinarily accepted as shopping center uses. The shopping center shall be designed as a whole, unified single project in compliance with the following requirements and, if built in stages, each stage shall conform with the approved plan.
1.
The aggregate gross area of all buildings shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the entire lot area of the project and all buildings shall be set back at least thirty (30) feet from all lines of streets and alleys adjoining the shopping center site.
2.
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in the ratio of not less than one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area in the buildings in the project.
3.
All roads, parking and loading areas and walks shall be paved with hard surface material meeting applicable specifications of the City Planning and Zoning Commission.
4.
Any part of the project area not used for buildings or other structures, or for parking, loading, or accessways shall be landscaped with grass, trees, shrubs, or pedestrian walks.
5.
No building shall exceed three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet in height.
6.
Reasonable additional requirements as to landscaping, lighting, signs or other advertising devices, screening, accessways, and building setbacks and height limitations may be imposed by the City Planning and Zoning Commission for the protection of adjoining residential property.
F.
If required by the City Planning and Zoning Commission, the applicant shall file a surety bond to insure the construction of the shopping center within the period specified by the City Planning and Zoning Commission, such period not to exceed three (3) years. No such bond shall be accepted unless it be enforceable by or payable to the City in a sum at least equal to the estimated cost of constructing the shopping center, and in a form with surety and conditions approved by the City Attorney. In the event the shopping center is not constructed, it shall revert to the same zoning classification existing prior to the change to the "S" District and the district regulations in force prior to the establishment of the commercial district shall thereupon be in full force and effect.
Section 405.160 "M-1" Light Industrial District Regulations.
[CC 1978 §405.060; Ord. No. 766 §11, 12-4-1972]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the regulations in the "M-1" Light Industrial District.
B.
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.
1.
Any use permitted in the "C-2" Heavy Commercial District.
2.
The following uses are permitted, such permitted uses being generally wholesale and retail trade, service industries and light industries that manufacture, process, store, and distribute goods and materials and are in general dependent on raw materials refined elsewhere, and manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment as specified in the following products or similar products:
a.
Chemical and allied products.
(1)
Cosmetics and toiletries (compounding only);
(2)
Ice manufacture, including dry ice;
(3)
Ink manufacture (mixing only);
(4)
Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants and related industrial and household chemical compounds (blending only);
(5)
Perfumes and perfumed soap (compounding only);
(6)
Pharmaceutical products; and
(7)
Soap, washing or cleaning, powder or soda (compounding only).
b.
Food and beverage products.
(1)
Bakery;
(2)
Bottling works;
(3)
Candy manufacture;
(4)
Creamery and dairy operation;
(5)
Chewing gum manufacture;
(6)
Chocolate, cocoa and cocoa products, processing and packaging only;
(7)
Coffee, tea and spices, processing and packaging only;
(8)
Condensed and evaporated milk, processing and canning only;
(9)
Fruit and vegetable processing (including canning, preserving, drying and freezing);
(10)
Gelatin products;
(11)
Macaroni and noodle manufacture;
(12)
Meat products, packaging and processing (no slaughtering);
(13)
Oleo margarine (compounding and packaging only); and
(14)
Poultry packing.
c.
Metals and metal products.
(1)
Motor vehicle, truck, trailers, motorcycle and bicycle assembly;
(2)
Boat manufacture (vessels less than five (5) tons);
(3)
Container (metal);
(4)
Fasteners (metal) manufacture;
(5)
Foundry products manufacture (electrical only);
(6)
Iron (ornamental) fabrication;
(7)
Plating, electrolytic process;
(8)
Sheet metal products manufacture;
(9)
Silverware and plated ware; and
(10)
Vitreous enameled products.
d.
Textiles, bedding and fibers.
(1)
Hat bodies of fur and wool felt (including men's hats) manufacture;
(2)
Knitting, weaving, printing, finishing of textiles and fibers into fabric goods;
(3)
Rubber and synthetic treated fabrics (excluding all rubber and synthetic processing);
(4)
Yarn, threads and cordage; and
(5)
Clothing manufacture.
f.
Unclassified uses.
(1)
Animal pound;
(2)
Animal, poultry and bird raising, commercial;
(3)
Building material sales and storage;
(4)
Bulk storage of petroleum products for a local distribution as distinguished from a petroleum products terminal for extensive storage and regional distributing purposes;
(5)
Button manufacture;
(6)
Cigar and cigarette manufacture;
(7)
Cleaning and dyeing (commercial);
(8)
Coal and coke storage and sales;
(9)
Contractor's shop and storage yard;
(10)
Exposition building;
(11)
Fairgrounds;
(12)
Freight terminal;
(13)
Fur finishing (not including a tanning operation);
(14)
Grain elevator;
(15)
Ice plant;
(16)
Ice cream manufacture;
(17)
Industrial vocational training school, including internal combustion engines;
(18)
Jewelry manufacture;
(19)
Laboratory laundry;
(20)
Leather goods manufacture, but not including tanning operations;
(21)
Motion picture production;
(22)
Tire retreading and vulcanizing;
(23)
Truck or bus terminal, garage or repair shop;
(24)
Warehousing; and
(25)
Wholesale of any kind.
Section 405.170 "M-2" Heavy Industrial District Regulations.
[CC 1978 §405.070; Ord. No. 766 §12, 12-4-1972]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter, when referred to in this Section, are the regulations in the "M-2" Heavy Industrial District.
B.
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Any use permitted in the "M-1" Light Industrial District.
2.
The following uses are permitted when not in conflict with any Missouri Statute or ordinance of the City of Chaffee regulating nuisances, including the manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following products:
a.
Chemical, petroleum, coal and allied products.
(1)
Adhesives;
(2)
Alcohol, industrial;
(3)
Bleaching;
(4)
Bluing;
(5)
Calcimine;
(6)
Candles;
(7)
Cleaning and polishing preparation (non-soap) dressing and blackings;
(8)
Dye stuff;
(9)
Essential oils;
(10)
Exterminating agents and poisons;
(11)
Fertilizer (non-organic);
(12)
Fuel briquettes;
(13)
Glue and size (vegetable);
(14)
Ink manufacture from primary raw materials (including colors and pigments);
(15)
Soap and soap products.
b.
Clay, stone and glass products.
(1)
Abrasive wheels, stones, paper, cloth, and related products;
(2)
Asbestos products;
(3)
Brick, fire brick, and clay products;
(4)
Concrete products or central mixing and proportioning plant;
(5)
Glass and glass products;
(6)
Graphite and graphite products;
(7)
Monument and architectural stone;
(8)
Pottery and porcelain products (coal fired);
(9)
Refractories (other than coal fired);
(10)
Sand-lime products;
(11)
Stone products; and
(12)
Wallboard and plaster, building, insulation and composition flooring.
c.
Food and beverage.
(1)
Casein;
(2)
Chocolate and cocoa;
(3)
Cider and vinegar;
(4)
Distilleries (alcoholic), breweries and alcoholic spirits;
(5)
Flour, feed and grain milling or storage;
(6)
Gelatin;
(7)
Glucose or dextrine;
(8)
Malt extracts;
(9)
Meat packing;
(10)
Molasses;
(11)
Oil, shortenings, and fats (including oleo margarine);
(12)
Pickles, vegetable relish and sauces;
(13)
Poultry (including slaughter);
(14)
Sauerkraut;
(15)
Sugar refining; and
(16)
Yeast manufacture.
d.
Metal and metal products.
(1)
Agricultural or farm implement manufacture;
(2)
Aircraft and aircraft parts manufacture;
(3)
Aluminum extrusion, rolling, fabrication and framing;
(4)
Boiler manufacture (other than welded);
(5)
Culvert manufacture;
(6)
Fire arms manufacture;
(7)
Forge plant, pneumatic, drop and forging hammering;
(8)
Foundries;
(9)
Galvanizing or plating (hot dip);
(10)
Heating, ventilating, cooking and refrigeration supplies and appliances;
(11)
Lead oxide;
(12)
Locomotive and railroad car building and repair;
(13)
Machinery manufacture;
(14)
Motor testing (internal combustion motors);
(15)
Nails, brads, tacks, spikes and staples manufacture;
(16)
Needles and pins manufacture;
(17)
Ore dumps and elevators;
(18)
Plumbing supplies;
(19)
Safe and vault manufacture;
(20)
Shipyard;
(21)
Stove and range manufacture;
(22)
Structural iron and steel fabrication and manufacture;
(23)
Tool, die, gauge and machine shops;
(24)
Tools and hardware products;
(25)
Trailers; and
(26)
Wire rope and cable.
e.
Textiles, fibers and bedding.
(1)
Bedding (mattress, pillow and quilt) manufacture;
(2)
Bleachery;
(3)
Carpet, rug and mat manufacture;
(4)
Cordage and rope;
(5)
Hair and felt products, washing, curing and dyeing;
(6)
Hosiery mill;
(7)
Jute, hemp, and sisal products;
(8)
Linoleum and other hard surfaced floor covering;
(9)
Nylon;
(10)
Oilcloth, oil treated products and artificial leather;
(11)
Rayon;
(12)
Shoddy; and
(13)
Wool pulling or scouring.
f.
Wood and paper products.
(1)
Barrels;
(2)
Box and crate manufacture;
(3)
Carriages and wagons;
(4)
Charcoal and pulverizing;
(5)
Cooperage works;
(6)
Excelsior;
(7)
Furniture;
(8)
Paper and paperboard products;
(9)
Planing and millwork;
(10)
Pulp goods, pressed or molded (including papier-mache products);
(11)
Sawmill (including cooperage stock mill);
(12)
Wallboard; and
(13)
Wood preserving treatment.
h.
Other uses.
(1)
Bag cleaning;
(2)
Coal pocket;
(3)
Railroad yard, roundhouse, repair and overhaul shops;
(4)
Oils, vegetable and animal (non-edible) and storage;
(5)
Paint, lacquer, shellac and varnish (including colors and pigments, thinners and removers);
(6)
Roofing materials, building paper and felt (including asphalt and composition);
(7)
Salt tanning materials and allied products; and
(8)
Tar products (except distillation).
3.
Any of the following uses when the location of such use has been approved by the City Council after public hearing and investigation and report by the City Planning and Zoning Commission:
a.
Acid manufacture;
b.
Motor vehicle wrecking, cars and parts, storage and sale;
c.
Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacture;
d.
Distillation, manufacture or refining of bones, coal or tar asphalt;
e.
Explosives, manufacture or storage, including fuels;
f.
Fat, grease, lard or tallow rendering or refining;
g.
Fertilizer manufacture (from organic matter);
h.
Glue or size manufacture;
i.
Garbage, offal or dead animal reduction or dumping;
j.
Junk and salvage (metal, paper, rags, waste or glass) storage, treatment, baling;
k.
Paper manufacture;
l.
Petroleum or asphalt refining;
m.
Petroleum products terminal;
n.
Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores;
o.
Storage or processing rawhides or fur; and
p.
Stockyards or slaughter of animals (except poultry).
Section 405.180 "A" Agricultural District Regulations.
[CC 1978 §405.080; Ord. No. 766 §13, 12-4-1972]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the regulations in the "A" Agricultural District.
B.
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Any use of a general farming or agrarian nature for the growing of crops, livestock, produce, and the preparation and sale thereof, exclusive of any wholesale or retail slaughtering or preparation of or packaging of meats, meat products or poultry.
2.
Stands for the retail sale of agricultural products or commodities raised on the premises including greenhouses, agricultural buildings and the like, but livestock pens may not be housed closer than three hundred (300) feet from any lot in any residential or commercial district.
3.
Any buildings or structures occupied by or used for churches, Sunday schools, parish houses, public and parochial schools, public libraries, convents, hospitals, monasteries, museums and other similar public cultural uses located not less than forty (40) feet from any "R" District.
4.
Public service buildings or properties furnishing essential services except storage yards, warehouses, garages and other uses customarily conducted as a gainful business, but such public service buildings or properties must be located no less than forty (40) feet from any "R" District.
5.
Cemeteries, country clubs, golf courses, swimming clubs and similar recreation uses, provided that any principal accessory building in connection therewith shall be located not less than one hundred (100) feet from any "R" District.
6.
Existing railroad right-of-way, but not including switching, storage, freight yards or sidings.
7.
Residential dwellings as provided for in "R-1" and "R-2", provided the same meet the yard requirements and other restrictions applicable thereto.
9.
Sewage lagoons for treatment of waste, provided that such use should be located no less than one thousand (1,000) feet from any lot in any "R" District.
10.
Sale of nursery, greenhouse and truck farm products where growth of products takes place on the premises.
11.
Buildings and structures necessary and accessory to agricultural uses including roadside stands selling produce grown on the premises, provided that such stand should be located not less than fifty (50) feet from a street or highway right-of-way.
C.
Uses And Improvement Strictly Prohibited. Billboards and signboards except a business sign for the sale of agricultural products or other agricultural or farming connected business, provided such sign is used solely to identify the business.
D.
Lot Size.
1.
Minimum lot area for agricultural use shall be three (3) acres.
2.
A minimum lot area of three (3) acres shall be required for single-family dwelling use. Except as hereinafter provided, no residential structure shall be erected or altered in any agricultural zoned district unless the structure when completed shall be in conformity with existing requirements of this Section.
3.
Public school, elementary and high, or private school having curriculum similar to that ordinarily given in a public elementary school or public high school, including religious instruction and parochial schools, hereafter erected should conform to the following minimum standards.
a.
Elementary school. Five (5) acres, plus one (1) additional acre per one hundred (100) student-designed capacity in excess of five hundred (500) students.
b.
Junior or senior high school. Twenty-five (25) acres, plus one (1) additional acre per one hundred (100) student-designed capacity in excess of one thousand (1,000) students.