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Monett City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

B District "O" - Office District

Section 400.097 Use Regulations.

[R.O. 2012 §400.097; Ord. No. 7741, 4-3-2007]
A. 
In District "O" (Office District), 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. 
Offices, such as public or private administrative, business, professional, financial, medical or dental offices.
2. 
Retail and personal service uses associated with and inside the same office building, such as newsstands, barbershops, beauty shops, shoe shops, small restaurants, etc., under the following restrictions:
a. 
Total floor area of associated uses shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of total office building.
b. 
Advertising signs or directories shall be limited to interior signs inside the building or exterior signs no more than twenty-five (25) square feet in size attached to the building. Freestanding exterior signs are not allowed.
3. 
Any use permitted in District "B" — Multi-Family Residential.
4. 
Governmental buildings and uses such as Police stations, fire stations and associated buildings and structures.
5. 
Churches, parish halls, rectories, museums, art galleries, libraries, laboratories, research facilities, public parks and playgrounds.
6. 
New "O" Office Districts must adjoin local business (Commercial) "C" zones, light commercial "LC" zones, industrial "D" zones or light industrial "LD" zones.
B. 
Conditions Of Use.
1. 
Exterior lighting shall be directed away from any adjacent residential areas.
2. 
New parking lots, refuse storage areas and mechanical equipment areas shall be screened from adjacent residential areas with landscaping of solid board fencing and barrier plantings of evergreen shrubbery.

Section 400.098 Height and Area Regulations.

[R.O. 2012 §400.098; Ord. No. 7741, 4-3-2007]
In District "O", the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards, the minimum lot area, the minimum frontage and the minimum garage areas permitted upon any lot used for residential purposes shall be the same as in District "B". The above restrictions shall only apply to buildings and structures used for residential purposes.