Monett City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
A District "MD" - Third Residential Medium Density District
Section 400.071 Use Regulations.
[R.O. 2012 §400.071; Ord. No. A-6456 §400.055, 2-28-1997]
A.
In District "MD" (Medium Density), 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.
One-family private residences. "One-family" shall be defined as one (1) or more persons who are related by blood or marriage, living together and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities, or a group of not more than five (5) persons, excluding servants, living together by joint agreement and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities, on a non-profit, cost sharing basis; shall include, but not be limited to, any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped persons reside, and may include two (2) additional persons acting as house parents or guardians who need not be related to each other or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped persons residing in the home; and shall include, but not be limited to, any private residence licensed by the Division of Family Services or Department of Mental Health to provide foster care to one (1) or more but less than seven (7) children who are unrelated to either foster parent by blood, marriage or adoption.
2.
Public schools, public parks and playgrounds, golf courses, except miniature golf courses, driving ranges and similar activities operated as a business, museums, libraries, recreational buildings, fire stations or other public buildings of uses owned, controlled and operated exclusively by the City, the State or the United States.
3.
Accessory buildings, including a private garage, when situated upon the same lot with the main building and not less than sixty (60) feet from the front street line, and in the case of corner lots, no closer to the side street than is permitted for residences on that lot; except; that a private garage may be constructed as an integral part of the main building, subject to the height and area regulations of the main building.
B.
No billboards, signboards or advertising signs shall be permitted; except that a "For Sale" or "For Rent" sign may be used and, during construction of a building, one (1) sign may be used for advertising contractors, developers, or architects of such building.
Section 400.072 Height and Area Regulations.
[R.O. 2012 §400.072; Ord. No. A-6457 §400.056, 2-28-1997; Ord. No. A-6524 §1, 6-20-1997; Ord. No. 7305, 4-14-2003]
A.
In District "MD" (Medium Density), the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted upon any lot shall be as follows:
1.
Height. No building erected or structurally altered after August 8, 1961, shall exceed two and one-half (2½) stories or thirty-five (35) 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. There shall be a front yard not less than twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot, but such front yard need not be more than twenty-five (25) feet, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
4.
Side yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of a building not less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot, but in no event less than seven (7) feet in width. Buildings on corner lots where interior lots have been platted on side streets shall provide a side yard adjacent to the side of the street of not less than fifty percent (50%) of the front yard established for buildings on interior lots on the side street; provided, that this regulation shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width of a corner lot of record on August 8, 1961, to less than sixty-five percent (65%) of the total width of such lot; provided further, that the minimum side yard regulations in this Section must be observed. Accessory buildings on corner lots, where interior lots have been platted on side streets, shall not project beyond the front yard line established on the side street; provided, that this regulation shall not reduce the buildable width to less than twenty (20) feet.
5.
Lot area per family. Every Medium Density building or portion of a building erected, moved or altered for residence purposes in District "MD" after August 8, 1961, shall provide a lot area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet per family, with a frontage of not less than sixty (60) feet; provided, that where a lot, any contiguous lots or any tract has less area than herein required in separate ownership on such date, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a one-family dwelling on such lot, contiguous lots or tract.
6.
House area per lot and family. Every "MD" building or portion of building erected, moved or altered for residence purposes in District "MD" after August 8, 1961, shall contain not less than eight hundred (800) square feet of floor space, exclusive of garage or carport, per family.
7.
Garage area per lot. In District "MD", no private garage shall provide storage for more than one (1) vehicle for every three thousand (3,000) square feet of lot area.