Independence City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 1
- INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Sections
- 14-100 - LEGAL FRAMEWORK
- 14-101 - GENERAL RULES OF LANGUAGE AND INTERPRETATION
- 14-101-01 - Meanings and intent
- 14-101-02 - Tenses and usage
- 14-101-03 - Conjunctions
- 14-101-04 - Fractions
- 14-101-05 - Headings and illustrations
- 14-101-06 - References to other regulations
- 14-101-07 - Current versions and citations
- 14-101-08 - Lists and examples
- 14-101-09 - Delegation of authority
- 14-101-10 - Public officials and agencies
- 14-101-11 - Commentaries
- 14-102 - ZONING MAP
- 14-103 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 2
- TERMINOLOGY AND MEASUREMENTS
Sections
- 14-200 - USE GROUPS AND CATEGORIES
- 14-201 - GENERAL TERMS
- 14-202 - MEASUREMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS
ARTICLE 3
- BASE ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- 14-300 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- 14-301 - OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
- 14-302 - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
ARTICLE 4
- USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- 14-400 - ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
- 14-400-01 - General
- 14-400-02 - Fences
- 14-400-03 - Home-based businesses
- 14-400-04 - Outdoor vending machines
- 14-400-05 - Satellite dish antennas
- 14-400-06 - Swimming pools
- 14-400-07 - Temporary portable storage containers
- 14-400-08 - Animals
- 14-400-09 - Reserved
- 14-400-10 - Outdoor seating areas
- 14-400-11 - Outdoor seating areas, located on rooftops
- 14-400-12 - Residential produce stands
- 14-401 - DAY CARE
- 14-402 - FINANCIAL SERVICES
- 14-403 - GASOLINE AND FUEL SALES
- 14-403-01 - Minimum lot area
- 14-403-02 - Landscaping
- 14-403-03 - Lighting
- 14-403-04 - Driveways and access
- 14-403-05 - Canopy locations and appearance
- 14-403-06 - Visual impacts
- 14-403-07 - Vehicle servicing and storage
- 14-403-08 - Separation from other automotive uses
- 14-403-09 - Rehabilitation of existing gasoline and fuel sales facilities
- 14-403-10 - Maximum number of pumps
- 14-404 - GROUP LIVING FACILITY[1]
- 14-404-01 - Purpose
- 14-404-02 - Minimum standards for group home, residential; and foster care home
- 14-404-03 - Minimum standards for group home, custodial; transitional housing and domestic violence residence and shelter
- 14-404-04 - Minimum standards for substance abuse treatment house, penal halfway house, recovery center, and soup kitchen
- 14-404-05 - Minimum standards for homeless shelters
- 14-404-06 - Use
- 14-405 - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS
- 14-406 - OFF-PREMISE ADVERTISING
- 14-406-01 - Applicability
- 14-406-02 - Location
- 14-406-03 - Setbacks
- 14-406-04 - Lighting
- 14-406-05 - Digital billboards
- 14-406-06 - Maximum sign area
- 14-406-07 - Spacing requirements
- 14-406-08 - Height
- 14-406-09 - Landscaping and fencing
- 14-406-10 - Nuisances
- 14-406-11 - Service drives
- 14-406-12 - Permits
- 14-406-13 - Abandoned billboards
- 14-406-14 - Annual inspection required
- 14-407 - PUBLIC AND CIVIC USES
- 14-408 - VEHICLE STORAGE AND TOWING[2]
- 14-409 - VEHICLE SALES/RENTAL[3]
- 14-410 - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES
- 14-410-01 - Purposes and intent
- 14-410-02 - Applicability
- 14-410-03 - Exemptions
- 14-410-04 - Cellular support structures
- 14-410-05 - Non-cellular support structures
- 14-410-06 - Location and height
- 14-410-07 - Design and aesthetics
- 14-410-08 - Special use permit application requirements
- 14-410-09 - Maintenance and inspection
- 14-410-10 - Removal
- 14-411 - ENTERTAINMENT OUTDOOR
- 14-412 - WINERIES
- 14-413 - CAR WASHES
- 14-413-01 - Intent
- 14-413-02 - Lot area and setback requirements
- 14-413-03 - Stacking and drying areas
- 14-413-04 - Drainage and waste water disposal
- 14-413-05 - Operations within a building, setbacks
- 14-413-06 - Vacuum stations
- 14-413-07 - Noise
- 14-413-08 - Number of establishments per capita
- 14-413-09 - Separation from other automotive uses
- 14-414 - MINES AND QUARRIES
- 14-415 - DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, OTHER
- 14-416 - BODY ART SERVICE[4]
- 14-417 - COMMUNITY GARDEN[5]
- 14-418 - MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR[6]
- 14-418-01 - Applicability
- 14-418-02 - Activity
- 14-418-03 - Outdoor storage
- 14-418-04 - Tow service for customer vehicles
- 14-418-05 - Use of right-of-way prohibited
- 14-418-06 - Screening
- 14-418-07 - Hard surface parking/storage areas
- 14-418-08 - Application to existing businesses
- 14-418-09 - Overhead doors
- 14-418-10 - Landscaping previously developed lots
- 14-418-11 - Access management
- 14-418-12 - Separation from other automotive uses
- 14-419 - TOBACCO STORE[7]
- 14-419-01 - Applicability
- 14-419-02 - Separation and number of establishments per capita
- 14-419-03 - Video surveillance required
- 14-419-04 - Minimum lighting levels
- 14-419-05 - Visibility maintained
- 14-419-06 - Alarm system required
- 14-419-07 - Automatic door lock required
- 14-419-08 - Height strips
- 14-419-09 - "No loitering/trespass" signs
- 14-419-10 - Application to existing businesses
- 14-420 - BED AND BREAKFAST[8]
- 14-421 - MARIJUANA FACILITIES[9]
- 14-421-01 - Applicability
- 14-421-02 - Buffer requirements
- 14-421-03 - Storage and security
- 14-421-04 - Onsite usage prohibited
- 14-421-05 - Hours of operation
- 14-421-06 - Display of licenses required
- 14-421-07 - Residential dwelling units prohibited
- 14-421-08 - Ventilation required
- 14-421-09 - Business license
- 14-421-10 - Conformance with State of Missouri Rules
- 14-421-11 - Minimum age requirements
- 14-421-12 - Permanent and fixed locations
- 14-421-13 - Marijuana paraphernalia
- 14-421-14 - Disposal of medical marijuana
- 14-422 - DONATION BINS AND DONATION CENTERS
- 14-423 - SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES
- 14-424 - SHORT-TERM RENTAL
- 14-424-01 - Purpose
- 14-424-02 - Short-term rental, where allowed
- 14-424-03 - Business license required
- 14-424-04 - Transient guest tax required
- 14-424-05 - Limit on short-term rentals operated by single owner
- 14-424-06 - Density limitations
- 14-424-07 - Maximum number of guests
- 14-424-08 - Maximum number of bedrooms
- 14-424-09 - Responsible Agent required
- 14-424-10 - Events
- 14-424-11 - Multiple booking party rental prohibited
- 14-424-12 - Owner living unit while rented prohibited
- 14-424-13 - Food/meals prohibited
- 14-424-14 - Insurance requirement
- 14-424-15 - No transferability
- 14-424-16 - Interior posting of Good Neighbor Guidelines and tenant information
- 14-424-17 - Noise management plan
- 14-424-18 - Parking
- 14-424-19 - Refuse collection
- 14-424-20 - Safety
- 14-424-21 - Rental inspections required
- 14-424-22 - Application requirements for short-term rentals
- 14-424-23 - Review process for short-term rentals
- 14-424-24 - Violation, penalties and enforcement
- 14-424-25 - Short-term rental revocation
- 14-425 - LIQUOR STORE
- 14-425-01 - Applicability
- 14-425-02 - Separation from other uses
- 14-425-03 - Video surveillance required
- 14-425-04 - Minimum lighting levels
- 14-425-05 - Visibility maintained
- 14-425-06 - Alarm system required
- 14-425-07 - Automatic door lock required
- 14-425-08 - Height strips
- 14-425-09 - "No loitering/trespass" signs
- 14-425-10 - Application to existing businesses
- 14-426 - CONVENIENCE STORE
- 14-426-01 - Applicability
- 14-426-02 - Separation requirements
- 14-426-03 - Video surveillance required
- 14-426-04 - Minimum lighting levels
- 14-426-05 - Visibility maintained
- 14-426-06 - Alarm system required
- 14-426-07 - Automatic door lock required
- 14-426-08 - Height strips
- 14-426-09 - "No loitering/trespass" signs
- 14-426-10 - Application to existing businesses
- 14-427 - SMALL BOX DISCOUNT STORE
- 14-428 - REFUSE COLLECTORS
ARTICLE 5
- DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- 14-500 - NATURAL RESOURCE PRESERVATION
- 14-501 - PARKING AND LOADING
- 14-501-01 - Applicability
- 14-501-02 - Damage or destruction
- 14-501-03 - Exemptions and reductions
- 14-501-04 - Compliance required
- 14-501-05 - Parking ratios
- 14-501-05.A - Visitor parking
- 14-501-06 - Calculations
- 14-501-07 - Establishment of other parking ratios
- 14-501-08 - Bicycle parking
- 14-501-09 - Use of required parking areas
- 14-501-10 - Location of parking areas
- 14-501-11 - Accessible parking (for persons with disabilities)
- 14-501-12 - Parking area design
- 14-501-13 - Alternative compliance parking plans
- 14-501-14 - Loading
- 14-501-15 - Vehicle stacking areas
- 14-502 - SITE ACCESS
- 14-503 - LANDSCAPING, BUFFERYARDS AND SCREENING
- 14-503-01 - Purpose
- 14-503-02 - Street tree planting
- 14-503-03 - General landscaping
- 14-503-04 - Landscaped open space
- 14-503-05 - Parking lot perimeter landscaping
- 14-503-06 - Parking lot interior landscaping
- 14-503-07 - Bufferyards
- 14-503-08 - Screening of garbage dumpsters and trash bins
- 14-503-09 - Screening of loading docks and high activity areas
- 14-503-10 - Screening of vehicle and equipment storage areas
- 14-503-11 - Screening of utility equipment
- 14-503-12 - Screening of storage yard
- 14-503-13 - Screening for single tier lots adjacent to major streets
- 14-503-14 - Screening of certain nonconforming uses
- 14-503-15 - Plant material and soil standards
- 14-503-16 - Recommended trees and plants
- 14-503-17 - Trees and plants located in street right-of-way
- 14-503-18 - Trees and plants near overhead utility lines
- 14-503-19 - Landscape plans
- 14-503-20 - Landscaping installed prior to occupancy
- 14-503-21 - Landscape maintenance
- 14-503-22 - Administrative adjustments
- 14-504 - SIGN REGULATIONS
- 14-504-01 - Purpose
- 14-504-02 - Applicability and enforcement
- 14-504-03 - Signs exempt from regulation
- 14-504-04 - Signs allowed without a permit
- 14-504-05 - Sign permits
- 14-504-06 - Prohibited signs
- 14-504-07 - Substitution of messages
- 14-504-08 - Sign measurement and interpretation
- 14-504-09 - Wind pressure
- 14-504-10 - Signs in the public right-of-way and on public property
- 14-504-11 - Intersection visibility
- 14-504-12 - Signs allowed in residential districts
- 14-504-13 - Signs allowed in nonresidential districts (O, C, I)
- 14-504-14 - Additional regulations
- 14-504-15 - Off-premise signs
- 14-504-16 - Unsafe, abandoned and nonconforming signs
- 14-504-17 - Maintenance
- 14-505 - RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS
- 14-505-01 - Purpose
- 14-505-02 - Compliance
- 14-505-03 - Minimum floor area for single-family detached houses
- 14-505-04 - General standards for all residential buildings
- 14-505-05 - Manufactured housing units on individual lots
- 14-505-06 - Residential infill development
- 14-505-07 - Conversion of single-family structures in R-12, R-18 and R-30 districts
- 14-505-08 - Attached houses
- 14-505-09 - Multi-unit houses
- 14-505-10 - Multiplex and apartment/condo buildings
- 14-505-11 - Zero lot line houses
- 14-505-12 - Mixed use residential
- 14-506 - NONRESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS
- 14-507 - OUTDOOR DISPLAY AND STORAGE
- 14-508 - OUTDOOR LIGHTING
- 14-508-01 - Purpose
- 14-508-02 - Applicability
- 14-508-03 - Exemptions
- 14-508-04 - General regulations and standards
- 14-508-05 - Fixtures and shielding
- 14-508-06 - Spillover light
- 14-508-07 - Parking lot lights
- 14-508-08 - Wall mounted lights
- 14-508-09 - Special standards for outdoor recreation uses
- 14-508-10 - Photometric plan
- 14-509 - TRANSPORTATION FACILITY ADEQUACY
- 14-509-01 - Exemptions
- 14-509-02 - Cumulative impacts
- 14-509-03 - Street elements
- 14-509-04 - Street width
- 14-509-05 - Sight distance
- 14-509-06 - Horizontal curvature
- 14-509-07 - Vertical curvature
- 14-509-08 - City-maintained intersections
- 14-509-09 - Intersection maintained by others
- 14-509-10 - Driveways/entrances
- 14-509-11 - Street surface requirements
- 14-509-12 - Structural adequacy of pavements
- 14-509-13 - Bridge minimum width
- 14-509-14 - Bridge sight distance
- 14-509-15 - Bridge posted weight limits
- 14-509-16 - Additional items
- 14-509-17 - Traffic operations
- 14-509-18 - Trip generation
- 14-509-19 - Trip distribution
- 14-509-20 - Capacity analysis for street links
- 14-509-21 - Capacity analysis for intersections
- 14-509-22 - Capacity analysis for signalized intersections
- 14-509-23 - Capacity analysis for unsignalized intersection
- 14-510 - INTERSECTION VISIBILITY
- 14-511 - ENERGY AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION
ARTICLE 6
- SUBDIVISION DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENTS
Sections
- 14-600 - REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS AND GUARANTEES
- 14-600-01 - Improvements required
- 14-600-02 - Installation and construction
- 14-600-03 - Completion of improvements; construction and maintenance deposits
- 14-600-04 - Deposit options
- 14-600-05 - Amount of deposit
- 14-600-06 - Deposit agreements
- 14-600-07 - Release of construction deposits
- 14-600-08 - Maintenance guarantees
- 14-600-09 - Failure to complete improvements
- 14-600-10 - Other remedies for default
- 14-601 - SUBDIVISION DESIGN AND LAYOUT GENERALLY
- 14-602 - LOTS AND BLOCKS
- 14-603 - STREETS
- 14-603-01 - Street improvements required
- 14-603-02 - General arrangement and layout
- 14-603-03 - Private streets
- 14-603-04 - Right-of-way width
- 14-603-05 - Pavement width
- 14-603-06 - Culs-de-sac
- 14-603-07 - Alleys
- 14-603-08 - Intersections
- 14-603-09 - Crosswalks
- 14-603-10 - Street connections to abutting property
- 14-603-11 - Horizontal curves
- 14-603-12 - Reverse curves
- 14-603-13 - Traffic calming
- 14-603-14 - Signs and traffic control devices
- 14-603-15 - Sidewalks
- 14-603-16 - Street lights
- 14-603-17 - Street naming and addressing
- 14-604 - EASEMENTS AND UTILITIES
- 14-605 - MONUMENTS
- 14-606 - STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
- 14-607 - LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING
- 14-608 - PARKS AND RECREATION
- 14-609 - OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENTS
ARTICLE 7
- REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES
Sections
- 14-700 - GENERAL/COMMON PROCEDURES
- 14-700-01 - Authority to file applications
- 14-700-02 - Pre-application conference
- 14-700-03 - Applications
- 14-700-04 - Application requirements
- 14-700-05 - Fees
- 14-700-06 - Submission of technical studies
- 14-700-07 - Application processing cycles
- 14-700-08 - Public notice
- 14-700-09 - Public hearings
- 14-700-10 - Action by review bodies
- 14-700-11 - Action by decision-makers
- 14-700-12 - Inaction by review bodies or decision-makers
- 14-700-13 - Protests
- 14-701 - ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS AND REZONING
- 14-702 - SUBDIVISION PROCEDURES
- 14-703 - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS
- 14-704 - SPECIAL USE PERMIT
- 14-704-01 - Authority to file
- 14-704-02 - Purpose
- 14-704-03 - Applicability
- 14-704-04 - Pre-application conference
- 14-704-05 - Application submittal
- 14-704-06 - Posting and public notification
- 14-704-07 - Review and recommendation by Planning Commission
- 14-704-08 - Review and final action by the City Council
- 14-704-09 - Special use permit review criteria
- 14-704-10 - Additional conditions
- 14-704-11 - Limitation on reapplication
- 14-704-12 - Lapse of approval
- 14-704-13 - Amendment, suspension and revocation
- 14-705 - SITE PLAN REVIEW
- 14-705-01 - Authority to file
- 14-705-02 - Purpose
- 14-705-03 - Applicability
- 14-705-04 - Exemptions
- 14-705-05 - Preapplication meetings
- 14-705-06 - Initiation and application filing and publication
- 14-705-07 - Application contents
- 14-705-08 - Staff review/action
- 14-705-09 - Approval criteria
- 14-705-10 - Appeals
- 14-705-11 - Modifications to approved site plans
- 14-705-12 - Expiration
- 14-705-13 - Required neighborhood meetings
- 14-706 - ZONING ADJUSTMENTS AND VARIANCES
- 14-707 - APPEALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS
- 14-707-01 - Applicability
- 14-707-02 - Right to appeal
- 14-707-03 - Application submittal
- 14-707-04 - Time of filing appeal
- 14-707-05 - Effect of filing
- 14-707-06 - Action by Community Development Director
- 14-707-07 - Review and action by the Board of Adjustment
- 14-707-08 - Review criteria; findings of fact
- 14-707-09 - Appeals of Board of Adjustment decisions
- 14-708 - PERMITS
- 14-709 - WRITTEN INTERPRETATIONS
ARTICLE 8
- NONCONFORMITIES AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- 14-800 - NONCONFORMITIES
- 14-800-01 - Scope
- 14-800-02 - Intent
- 14-800-03 - Authority to continue
- 14-800-04 - Determination of nonconformity status
- 14-800-05 - Repairs and maintenance
- 14-800-06 - Change of tenancy or ownership
- 14-800-07 - Nonconforming uses
- 14-800-08 - Screening of certain nonconforming uses
- 14-800-09 - Nonconforming use certification
- 14-800-10 - Nonconforming structures
- 14-800-11 - Nonconforming lots
- 14-800-12 - Damage or destruction
- 14-800-13 - Nonconforming signs
- 14-800-14 - Other nonconformities
- 14-801 - VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE 9
- SPECIAL PURPOSE AND OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- 14-900 - SPECIAL PURPOSE AND OVERLAY DISTRICTS GENERALLY
- 14-901 - HSQ, HISTORIC SQUARE DISTRICT
- 14-902 - /PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 14-903 - /U, UNDERGROUND OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 14-904 - /SC, SPECIAL SIGN CHARACTER OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 14-905 - /PED, PEDESTRIAN STREET OVERLAY
- 14-906 - /CD, CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 14-906-01 - Purpose
- 14-906-02 - Criteria for designation of conservation districts
- 14-906-03 - Effect
- 14-906-04 - Uses
- 14-906-05 - Development/design standards
- 14-906-06 - Establishment of district
- 14-906-07 - Nomination for designation of conservation districts
- 14-906-08 - Procedure
- 14-906-09 - Interim control
- 14-907 - /HD, HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 14-907-01 - Purpose
- 14-907-02 - Effect
- 14-907-03 - Uses
- 14-907-04 - Development/design standards
- 14-907-05 - Nomination for designation of historic districts
- 14-907-06 - Criteria for designation of historic districts
- 14-907-07 - Report and recommendation of Heritage Commission
- 14-907-08 - Notification of determination by Heritage Commission
- 14-907-09 - Reserved
- 14-907-10 - Action by City Council
- 14-907-11 - Amendment or rescission of designation
- 14-907-12 - Certificate of appropriateness
- 14-907-13 - Applications for certificates of appropriateness
- 14-907-14 - Determination by the Heritage Commission
- 14-907-15 - Standards for review for issuing certificates of appropriateness
- 14-907-16 - Standards for review for issuing certificates of appropriateness for demolition
- 14-907-17 - Certificate of economic hardship
- 14-907-18 - Determination of economic hardship
- 14-907-19 - Appeals
- 14-907-20 - Violation and penalty
- 14-907-21 - Stop work orders
- 14-907-22 - Maintenance and repair
- 14-907-23 - Demolition by neglect
- 14-907-24 - Continuation of prior designations and decisions
- 14-907-25 - Development standards for new construction/addition (or improvements) in conjunction with a CoA
- 14-907-26 - /HD districts established
- 14-907-27 - Interim control
- 14-908 - /HL, HISTORIC LANDMARK OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 14-908-01 - Nomination for designation of landmarks
- 14-908-02 - Criteria for designation of landmarks properties
- 14-908-03 - Report and recommendation of Heritage Commission
- 14-908-04 - Notification of determination by Heritage Commission
- 14-908-05 - Reserved
- 14-908-06 - Action by City Council.
- 14-908-07 - Certificate of appropriateness for /HL properties
- 14-908-08 - /HL properties established
- 14-908-09 - Interim control
- 14-909 - /PW, PARKWAY OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 14-910 - ARTS, ARTS DISTRICT[1]
- 14-911 - DFD, DRUMM FARM DISTRICT[2]
- 14-911-01 - Purpose
- 14-911-02 - Use regulations
- 14-911-03 - Residential density
- 14-911-04 - Floor area limitations by use for nonresidential uses
- 14-911-05 - Lot and building standards
- 14-911-06 - Animals
- 14-911-07 - Site development standards
- 14-911-08 - Natural resource preservation
- 14-911-09 - Relief from standards
- 14-912 - WCIOD, WEST CENTRAL INDEPENDENCE OVERLAY DISTRICT