Excelsior Springs City Zoning Code
SECTION 400
070 District "A" - Agriculture District.
[R.O. 2012 §400.070; Ord. No. 88-5-5 §§I — III, 5-16-1988; Ord. No. 22-07-01, 7-18-2022; Ord. No. 25-10-03, 10-6-2025]
A.
Permitted Uses. In District "A", no building, structure, land or premises shall be used, and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
1.
Farming, dairy farming, livestock and poultry raising and all uses commonly classed as agriculture. There shall be no restriction on operation of vehicles, or machinery customarily incidental to such uses; of the sale or of marketing of products raised on the premises, provided that any building, structure or yard hereafter used or constructed for the raising, feeding or housing of livestock or poultry shall conform to Sections 210.070 through 210.130 of this Code;
2.
Religious assemblies and publicly owned and operated community buildings, public museums, public libraries;
3.
Single-family dwellings;
4.
Fish hatcheries, apiaries, aviaries;
5.
Forests, wildlife and conservation preserves;
6.
Fur farming;
7.
Golf courses and clubhouses customarily incident thereto except miniature golf, driving ranges and similar activities used as a business;
8.
Kennels, provided that the pens and buildings shall not be located closer than five hundred (500) feet to a dwelling in a District "R-1" to "R-5," inclusive;
9.
Mushroom barns and caves;
10.
Nurseries, greenhouses and truck gardens;
11.
Picnic groves;
12.
Publicly-owned parks and playgrounds, including public recreation or service buildings within such parks, public administration buildings, police, fire stations and City-owned and operated buildings, structures, and substations;
13.
Public schools, elementary and high and private schools with curriculum equivalent to that of a public elementary or high school and institutions of higher learning, including stadium and dormitories in conjunction, if located on the campus;
14.
Railroad rights of way not including railroad yards;
15.
Riding stables and riding tracks;
16.
Accessory uses, including repair shops, sheds, garages, barns, silos, irrigation wells and pumps, bunk houses, incidental dwellings, buildings and structures customarily required for any of the above uses.
B.
Height And Area Regulations. In District "A" the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards, the minimum lot area per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows: (For exceptions, see Section 400.270.)
1.
Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height except that on lots having a natural slope, a full three (3) stories may be exposed above grade on the downhill side.
2.
Front Yards. There shall be a front yard the minimum depth of which shall be fifty (50) feet.
3.
Side Yards. There shall be a side yard on each side of a dwelling of not less than fifteen (15) feet.
4.
Rear Yards. There shall be a rear yard the minimum depth of which shall be fifty (50) feet.
5.
Lot Width. The minimum width of a lot shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet provided that where a lot of record has less width than herein required in separate ownership at the time of passage of this Chapter, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling.
6.
Lot Area. Every dwelling hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered shall provide a lot area of not less than one (1) acre (forty-three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet), provided that where a lot of record has less area than herein required in separate ownership of the time of the passage of this Chapter, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling.
7.
Minimum Dwelling Size. Minimum size of single-family dwelling shall be eight hundred and fifty (850) square feet of living floor area.
C.
Subdivisions Prohibited. The subdivision of land for the purpose of converting agricultural or other undeveloped land to residential or business use and where the opening of new streets or roadways is contemplated to accomplish this purpose is not permitted in District "A."