Excelsior Springs, MO Zoning Ordinance

[R.O. 2012 §400.210; Ord. No. 88-5-5 §§I — III, 5-16-1988; Ord. No. 91-4-2 §21, 4-1-1991; Ord. No. 92-3-4 §400.210, 3-16-1992; Ord. No. 92-5-2, 5-11-1992; Ord. No. 98-7-2, 7-6-1998; Ord. No. 19-08-01, 8-2-2019; Ord. No. 19-08-09, 8-5-2019; Ord. No. 22-07-01, 7-18-2022]

Permitted Uses. In District "M-1," no building, structure, land or premises shall be used, no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, or moved, except for one (1) or more of the uses described below:

Offices and restaurants.

Manufacturing, processing, fabrication, assembling, disassembling, packaging, repairing, cleaning, servicing, or testing of any commodity except junk or salvage.

Warehousing, wholesaling and storage of any commodity except junk or salvage.

Trucking companies, truck parking, truck freight consolidation and forwarding.

Construction companies, construction equipment and materials yards.

Public and private utility facilities.

Recycling, subject to special use permit.

Tow lots.

Medical facilities and marijuana facilities as defined in Section 400.030, subject to the further requirements and restrictions of Section 400.300.

[Ord. No. 23-11-05, 11-6-2023]

10.

Small article storage for general public use commonly called mini-warehouses.

Performance Standards.

All operations shall be conducted within a fully enclosed building.

All storage of materials, products or equipment shall be within a fully enclosed building or in an open yard so screened that the materials, products or equipment are not visible at eye level within three hundred (300) feet of the property line.

Retail sales shall be limited to those products manufactured on the premises.

No use shall be permitted or so operated as to produce or emit:

Smoke or particulate matter of Number 1 or darker on the Ringlemann Chart.

Dust, fly ash, radiation, gases, heat, glare or other effects which are obviously injurious to humans at the property line.

Height And Area Regulations. In District "M-1," the height of buildings, and the minimum dimension of lots and yards shall be as follows: (For exceptions see Section 400.270.)

Height. No building or structure shall exceed three (3) stories of fifty (50) feet in height except that in District "MP-1" buildings and structures shall not exceed one hundred and fifty (150) feet in height.

Front Yard. A front yard of not less than thirty (30) feet shall be provided.

Side Yards. A side yard shall be provided on each side of a building or unit group of buildings, the total of which side yards shall be not less than ten (10) feet. A side yard abutting a street in the case of a corner lot or a side yard abutting a zoned residential lot shall be not less than twenty (20) feet.

Rear Yard. A rear yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet shall be provided.

Parking And Loading Regulations. Each industrial establishment shall provide sufficient off-street parking space for all employees, customers, visitors and others who may spend time at the establishment during working hours. Not less than one (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of total floor area shall be provided except that in grain storage structures the floor area designed and used exclusively for grain storage shall not be included in the calculation. Such parking spaces shall be on the premises or on other property within two hundred (200) feet of an employee entrance to the building being served. Each establishment shall also provide adequate loading space within a building or on the premises in such a way that all storage, standing and maneuvering of trucks and other service vehicles shall be off the public right-of-way. Any office or restaurant use which is located in this district shall provide parking in the quantity required in the district wherein the use is enumerated.