Monett City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
District "B" - Second Residential Multiple Dwelling District
Section 400.060 Use Regulations.
[R.O. 2012 §400.060; CC 1979 §32-6; Ord. No. A-1867 §5, 2-22-1984; Ord. No. A-1905 §3, 4-5-1962; Ord. No. A-4188 §1, 9-4-1980; Ord. No. A-6205 §1, 11-16-1995; Ord. No. 7370, 12-19-2003; Ord. No. 7520 §1, 1-31-2005]
A.
In District "B", no building, structure, land or premises shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, moved, constructed or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
1.
Any use permitted in District "A".
2.
Apartment houses.
3.
Boardinghouses or lodging houses.
4.
Churches.
5.
Farming or truck gardening; provided, that no obnoxious fertilizers are stored or used on the premises.
6.
Fraternity or sorority houses.
7.
Hospitals, sanitariums or clinics, other than for tubercular, alcoholic, narcotic, or insane patients.
8.
Mortuaries.
9.
Music studios providing instruction in musical skills and selling music and musical instruments in conjunction with such instruction; provided, that such music studios are not offensive by reason of excessive noise.
10.
Nurseries and greenhouses; provided, that no obnoxious fertilizers are stored or used on the premises.
11.
Philanthropic or eleemosynary uses or institutions, other than a penal or correctional institution.
12.
Private clubs, except clubs the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business.
13.
Telephone business and switchboard office and related facilities; provided, that no building or structure constructed or used for such purpose shall be located nearer than five (5) feet from the lot line of any immediately adjoining and contiguous lot, upon which a residence or dwelling house is situated at the time a building or structure is constructed or first used for such purpose, and that no such building or structure shall be situated nearer to the street than any residence located upon an immediately adjoining and contiguous lot.
14.
Two-family private residences.
15.
Private or parochial schools, colleges and universities.
16.
Hotels and apartment hotels, including only such facilities as are customarily required for the operation of a hotel or apartment hotel or for the use of or entertainment of guests or tenants; provided, that such facilities are conducted and entered from within the building; provided further, that no window or other display or sign is used to advertise the same.
17.
Customary home occupations, such as the office of physician, dentist, surgeon, veterinarian, dressmaker, caterer, musician, artist, beautician or barber, under the following restrictions: That such uses are located in the dwelling used by a person as his/her private residence; that no assistant, except that of a receptionist or secretary, other than a member of the family household, is employed; and that no window display or sign, either illuminated or more than one (1) square foot in area, is used to advertise the same.
18.
One (1) realtor with no more than one (1) employee with off-street parking.
19.
Patio-homes (zero-lot-line homes) under the following conditions:
a.
Two-unit homes are allowed, with each side under separate ownership.
b.
The lot line shall be the common dividing line.
c.
On the common dividing line (common lot line) a residential firewall as defined in the International Building Code shall be built as the separation wall.
d.
Each unit shall have a separate water meter, electrical meter, gas meter (if gas service is desired), sewer service line, driveway, address, and sanitation container.
e.
Minimum lot area per unit is three thousand seven hundred fifty (3,750) square feet.
f.
All height and area regulations shall be the same as other District "B" regulations except the side setback distance on the common dividing line (common lot line) shall be zero (0). Frontage for residential patio homes shall be not less than fifty (50) feet along the City street right-of-way for each individual lot.
g.
Patio homes larger than two (2) units shall not be allowed.
B.
The Zoning and Planning Commission may permit community garages in District "B", under the following limitations:
1.
Such building shall be set back from the street line a distance of not less than ten (10) feet greater than the building line established by this Chapter.
2.
No commercial vehicles shall be housed in such community garages.
3.
Vehicles may be washed therein, but no commercial use of its premises shall be permitted.
4.
Such building shall not provide space for the storage of more than the total number of vehicles permitted by this Chapter to be stored on the lots served by such garage.
5.
Access thereto, if from the street, shall be by not more than one (1) driveway.
Section 400.070 Height and Area Regulations.
[R.O. 2012 §400.070; CC 1979 §32-7; Ord. No. A-1867 §5, 2-22-1984; Ord. No. A-6432 §1, 1-31-1997; Ord. No. 7520 §2, 1-31-2005]
A.
In District "B", the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted upon any lot used for residential purposes shall be as follows:
1.
Height. No building erected or structurally altered after August 8, 1961, shall exceed three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet in height, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
2.
Rear yard. The depth of the rear yard shall be not less than twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot; provided, that such depth need not be more than twenty (20) feet.
3.
Front yard. Same as District "A".
4.
Side yards. Same as District "A".
5.
Lot area per family. Every building or portion of building erected, moved or altered for residential purposes in District "B" after August 8, 1961, shall provide a lot area per family as specified in District "A", in the case of one-family dwellings, three thousand seven hundred fifty (3,750) square feet per family in two-family dwellings and not less than one thousand (1,000) square feet per family in apartment houses.
6.
Frontage for every building or structure used for residential purposes shall be not less than sixty (60) feet, along the City street right-of-way. Frontage for residential patio homes shall be not less than fifty (50) feet along the City street right-of-way for each individual lot.
7.
Garage area per lot. No private garage shall provide space for storage for more than one (1) vehicle for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot area.