This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Zoning Code of the Town of Grantwood Village, Missouri" and is cited herein as the "Zoning Code". (Vil. Ord. No. 557-02, 9-17-02)

The Zoning Code is adopted to promote the health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare; to secure economic and coordinated land use; and to facilitate the adequate provision of public improvements. (Vil. Ord. No. 557-02, 9-17-02)

1. Definitions. The following terms shall have the stated definitions as used in this Zoning Code:
   
   ACCESSORY BUILDING: A subordinate structure or portion of the main building the use of which is incidental to that of the main building.
   
   ACCESSORY USE: A use incidental and subordinate to the principal use of another structure on the same premises.
   
   AUTOMOBILE SALES: The sale of new or used vehicles, motor homes, trailers, recreational vehicles, motorcycles and farm implements. This definition does not include the sale of automotive parts, yard care equipment and bicycles.
   
   BASEMENT: A story partly underground and having at least one-half (1/2) of its height below the mean level of the adjoining ground. A basement shall not be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement unless occupied as an improvement or finished portion of the structure.
   
   BUILDING: A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls.
   
   BUILDING LINE: The line which is a specified distance away from the property boundary beyond which no building may be built, constructed or erected.
   
   BUILDING PERMIT: A permit issued by the Building and Street Commissioner pursuant to this Zoning Code and other ordinances of the Village allowing a property owner to construct, erect, build, remodel or otherwise improve a structure, make an excavation or build an earth berm upon property within the Village.
   
   BUSINESS SIGN: A sign which gives only basic information concerning the existence of a commercial enterprise, service or other activity conducted, sold or offered on the premises upon which the sign is erected.
   
   COMMERCIAL VEHICLE: Any motorized vehicle used primarily or exclusively for commercial purposes, including taxis, but excluding all other passenger cars, mini-vans, sport utility vehicles and four (4) wheeled pick-up trucks licensed at six thousand (6,000) pounds or less.
   
   CORNER LOT: A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
   
   DWELLING: A place to live in; residence; house; abode.
   
   DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY: A detached building designed for and occupied exclusively by one (1) family.
   
   EARTH BERM: A mound of earth of consistent height with sloped sides running for a distance usually along or near a property's boundary to form a barrier.
   
   FAMILY: One (1) or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, occupying a dwelling unit as an individual housekeeping organization.
   
   FENCE: Materials forming a barrier between portions of a lot or between lots, or between a lot and a street.
   
   FRONTAGE: All the property abutting on one (1) side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets (crossing or terminating) measured along the street line, or if the street be a dead-end street, then all the property abutting on one (1) side of a street between an intersecting street and the dead-end of the street.
   
   FRONT YARD: A yard extending across the frontage of the lot between the inner side yard lines and measured between the front line of the lot and front line of the building, or the nearest line of any porch or paved terrace.
   
   GARAGE: A one (1) story structure attached to the principal structure and used or designed for the storage of motor vehicles and related equipment.
   
   HISTORIC STRUCTURE: Any structure that is:
   1. Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the U.S. Department of Interior or its successor entity) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;
   2. Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered Historic District or a District preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered Historic District.
      
   HOME BUSINESS: The term “Home Business” shall mean:
   1. A use incidental to the residential use of the dwelling.
   2. A use that is conducted within a portion of the main building, not within any required parking facility and does not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the building’s square footage. No outside storage of material or supplies used in the Home Business shall be permitted.
   3. There shall be no evidence outside of the dwelling structures of any article being sold or offered for sale on the premise. (i.e. Other than as may be allowed by other provisions of these ordinances permitting the limited posting of signs related to the conduct of a garage sale, there shall be no signs or other postings on the property indicating articles offered for sale or services provided at the property from which the Home Business is located.)
   4. No person other than the lawful resident of the dwelling shall be employed on-site or report to work at the site in the ordinary conduct of the Home Business. This prohibition also applies to independent contractors whose services are related to operation of the Home Business.
   5. The use as a Home Business will not generate vehicular or pedestrian traffic in excess of that which is normally associated with the residential use in the same district.
   6. No parking space shall be obstructed and no additional parking space will be required for the Home Business.
   7. There is no exterior indication of the Home Business, including but not limited to signs that a Home Business is operated upon the premises.
   8. The use will not create noise, odor, dust, fumes, vibration, smoke, electrical interference, or any interference with residential uses in the same district.
   9. No business or commercial vehicle shall be parked or stored in the Village, except within a closed garage.
   10. The address of the Home Business will not be advertised in any publication as a location at which parties other than residents of the property may conduct business.
   INTERIOR LOT: A lot other than a corner lot.
   
   LOCAL PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES: A public utility facility serving a local area only, such as an electric substation or a water or gas pumping or regulating station and telephone switching center.
   
   LOT: A parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory structures together with such open spaces as are required under this Zoning Code as recorded on a plat that has been recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of St. Louis County, Missouri.
   
   LOT LINE: The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
   
   MAIN BUILDING: The building designed and used for the principal permitted use of the lot.
   
   NON-CONFORMING USE: A structure or land occupied by a use that does not conform to the regulations of the use District within which it is situated.
   
   PARKING SPACE: A paved surface, enclosed or unenclosed, not less than ten (10) feet wide and twenty (20) feet long, together with a driveway connecting the parking space with a street, private road or alley, and permitting direct ingress and egress without the necessity of using any other parking space. (Vil. Ord. No. 561, 2/18/03)
   
   PAVED SURFACE: An area, consisting of either concrete or blacktop having a thickness of at least four (4) inches and constructed for the purpose of parking, storing and/or driving of motor vehicles. (Vil. Ord. No. 561, 2/18/03)
   
   PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL: That matter which:
   1. The average person, applying contemporary community standards would find taken as a whole, to appeal to the prurient interest;
   2. Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable State law; and
   3. Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
      
   PRINCIPAL USE: The primary or predominate use of a lot or premises occupying the major portion of the main building.
   
   PRIVATE CLUB: A building and area used for cultural, recreational or social purposes only, including the serving of food and refreshments, the normal use of which is limited to members of the club and their guests.
   
   PRIVATE ROAD: An open unoccupied paved surface, other than a street or alley, permanently reserved as the principal means of access to abutting property. (Vil. Ord. No. 561, 2/18/03)
   
   REAR YARD: A yard extended across the full width of the lot and measured between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the building. On corner lots the rear yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension. On both corner lots and interior lots, the rear yard shall be at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard.
   
   RECREATIONAL VEHICLE: A vehicle which is:
   1. Built on a single chassis;
   2. Has a total roof area of four hundred (400) square feet or less;
   3. Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck; and
   4. Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling, but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use.
   SCREEN: Any plants, flowers, shrubbery, hedges, trees, or other growth, with the purpose of preventing the view of any object from a level line of sight. The height, width and length of the screen shall be such that no views of the structure, area, vehicle or item to be screened is possible. The screen as herein defined may be located adjacent to the structure, area, vehicle, or item to be screened; may be located anywhere within the same lot or premises, or may be located on the perimeter of the lot or premises, providing that no line of sight from six (6) feet above the ground is possible from off the premises or lot.
   
   SHORT-TERM RENTAL: A property or any portion thereof that is rented for dwelling purposes for a period of less than thirty (30) days.
   
   SIDE YARD: A yard between the building and the side line of the lot and extended from the street line to the rear yard.
   
   SIGN: A name, word, letter, writing, identification, description, display model, or illustration which is placed upon, affixed to, or represented upon a structure, or any part thereof or in any manner upon a parcel of land or lot, and which publicizes an object, product, place, activity, service, person, candidacy, institution, organization or business. The word "sign" shall also include "banner", "pennants", "insignia", "commercial signs", "bulletin boards", "ground signs", "poster billboard", and "electric signs", wherever placed.
   
   SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN: A detailed plan for the commercial development or redevelopment of a parcel of land exceeding one (1) acre in size depicting the precise location of all proposed buildings, structure and planting material, the provision of necessary infrastructure, and other information as required in Section 400.180 of this Zoning Code.
   
   STORAGE: The existence of any stock, vehicle, equipment or material enclosed or unenclosed for a period of more than seventy-two (72) hours.
   
   STORY: That portion of a building 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 such floor and the ceiling next above it.
   
   STORY, HALF: A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more than two (2) feet above the floor of such story.
   
   STREET: A thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, whether public or private.
   
   STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS: Any change in the supporting members of a structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
   
   STRUCTURE: Any edifice constructed or erected, the use of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground. This term is by intention more encompassing than the term "building" as defined herein and, as such, includes within its reach "buildings".
   
   STRUCTURE, HEIGHT OF: The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the finished grade adjoining the structure to the deck line of mansard roofs and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
   
   THROUGH LOT: An interior lot having frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets.
   
   TOTAL LOT AREA: The entire land area of a parcel of land which has been divided into a lot.
   
   VEHICLE: Any device or contrivance for carrying or conveying persons or objects, including land conveyances, vessel, aircraft and spacecraft; sometimes specifically restricted to land conveyances on wheels, runners, treads, etc.
   
   VEHICLE, NON-COMMERCIAL AUTOMOTIVE: Any passenger automobile or truck not used in the conduct of any business.
   
   VILLAGE: The Town of Grantwood Village, Missouri.
   
   YARD: An open space on the same lot with a building that is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.
   
   ZONING DISTRICT: An area of the Village designated for a specific use or uses with particular restrictions and regulations as specified in Article III of this Zoning Code and as shown on the Zoning Map.
2. Rules of Construction. In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Zoning Code, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public safety, health, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare. It is not intended by this Zoning Code to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easements, covenants, or other agreements between parties, provided however, that where this Zoning Code imposes a greater restriction upon the use of structures or premises or upon height of structures, or requires larger open spaces than are imposed or required by other laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or by easements, covenants, or agreements, the provisions of this Zoning Code shall apply.
   
   All terms shall be given the meaning provided in this Zoning Code. Where a term is not otherwise defined in this Zoning Code, it shall be given its ordinary and customary meaning within the context used.
   
   In the event that a certain provision or provisions of this Zoning Code are held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then those portions of this Zoning Code not held to be invalid shall remain in full force and effect. (Vil. Ord. No. 557-02, 9-17-02)