Buildings or structures may be erected, altered, or used for one of the following purposes:

Single family dwelling.

Publicly owned and operated park, playground, community building, museum, library, art gallery, or public utility owned facility.

Public and Private Community Gardens - Shall comply with standards of Chapter 40 of the Municipal Code and minimum standards for Community Gardens.

Public school.

Group Home.

Foster Care Home.

(Ord. No. 95-2801, 11-28-95; Ord. No. 2009-3415, 12-8-09)

The following shall be allowable as accessory uses:

5.21.

Accessory building and uses including home occupations and private garages.

5.22.

Swimming pools shall be fenced in accordance with Section 20.4.

5.23.

One name sign may occupy required yards provided such sign is not more than one square foot in area; does not contain flashing, moving or intermittent illumination; and meets the requirements of other City ordinances.

5.24.

Any accessory building that is not a part of the main structure shall not be located in front of the main structure.

5.25.

Accessory buildings may be located in a required rear yard provided that such buildings are set back a minimum of five feet from any side or rear lot lines, there is a minimum setback of ten feet between the main structure and accessory building, no more than two accessory buildings shall be allowed per lot, and the combined square footage of the accessory buildings does not exceed 30 percent of the required rear yard. In no case, however, shall the combined square footage of the two accessory buildings exceed 1,200 square feet.

(Ord. No. 94-2721, 7-26-94)

5.26.

No accessory building shall be constructed upon a lot until the construction of the main building has been actually commenced and no accessory building shall be used for dwelling purposes.

5.27.

Grading, filling, excavating or any change in the grade of property shall be done in accordance with Article X of Chapter 7 of the Ferguson City Code.

Church.

Communication Towers on municipally owned property based on the criteria contained in Section 23.7.

Communication antennae based on the criteria contained in Section 23.6.

Family day care homes, based on the following criteria:

(a)

Shall comply with all regulations of the state of Missouri and City of Ferguson that pertain to family day care homes as presently exist or may hereafter be enacted or amended.

(b)

Shall be operated by an adult who resides in the residence and personally provides the care.

(c)

Shall provide a fenced area of at least 750 square feet of usable outdoor recreation area. The property used in calculating the minimum outside play area cannot include common ground, public property, or any other property where possession is shared with other residents, or where other residents have the right to use the property.

(d)

Shall be located on a lot of at least 7,500 square feet. For lots under 10,000 square feet, however, the maximum number of children allowed shall be as follows:

Lots of 8,750 to 9,999 square feet: 9 children.

Lots of 7,500 to 8,749 square feet: 8 children.

(e)

Shall be limited to the number of children indicated in the definition of Family Day Care Home and as further restricted by paragraph (d) above, except for occasions when schools are closed due to emergencies such as inclement weather. On those days, in order to accommodate enrolled school-age children needing day care due to the unscheduled school closing, the home shall be permitted to exceed its capacity by one-third.

(f)

Shall provide adequate and safe passenger loading and unloading facilities.

(g)

No permit shall be issued for a family day care home in any residential zoning district, if the issuance thereof would increase the number of such permits for family day care homes in a particular ward of the City to more than four (4).

(h)

In order to prevent an excessive concentration of family day care homes in any part of the City, any newly established family day care homes shall be at least one thousand (1,000) feet from the nearest lot line of an existing family day care home.

(i)

All structures and buildings which may be used in any operation of the family day care home have been inspected, both on the exterior and the interior, by the department of public works and the fire marshal and such buildings and structures conform to all the requirements of City and Fire Code.

(j)

Each Special Use Permit issued pursuant to this section for a family day care shall expire six years after issuance and may be renewed by completing the same procedure for original issuance of the Permit.

(k)

A Special Use Permit issued pursuant to this section for a family day care shall automatically terminate upon the revocation, suspension or other loss of the day care's state license.

(Ord. No. 92-2555, 8-25-92; Ord. No. No. 97-2896, 2-25-97; Ord. No. 2000-3072, 2-22-00; Ord. No. 2001-3105, 3-27-01)

Schools and colleges, other than public.

See Section 26.0.

(Ord. No. 95-2797, 10-24-95)

5.51.

Minimum depth of front yard: 40 feet.

5.52.

Maximum depth of front yard: 75 feet. Except, however, that there shall be no maximum front yard depth for lost of one acre or larger in area.

5.53.

Minimum width of side yard: 10 feet.

5.54.

Minimum aggregate width of side yard: 20 feet. However, where a lot of record existing at the time of passage of this chapter is 50 feet or less wide, the required side yards may be reduced to a width of not less than 10 percent of the width of the lot, but in no instance shall it be less than four feet.

5.55.

Minimum depth of rear yard: 30 feet.

5.56.

Minimum lot area per family: 20,000 square feet.

5.57.

Minimum width of lot: 100 feet measured at the required building line.

5.58.

Yards, generally: Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed except as follows:

(a)

Accessory buildings in a rear yard;

(b)

Decks in a rear yard that are more than fifteen feet from the rear property line;

(c)

Ordinary projections of sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features, roof overhangs, planter boxes and similar items, not to extend more than 24 inches into any required yard.

(Ord. No. 89-2341, 3-14-89)

There shall be no storage of household items, outdoor furniture, appliances, building materials, or of any material within a front yard or in front of the main building.

5.61.

The maximum height is 35 feet, or 2½ stories.

5.62.

Single family dwellings may be increased in height by not more than 10 feet when the side and rear yards are increased over the yard requirements of this district, by not less than 10 feet, but they shall not exceed three stories in height.