A separate, complete dwelling unit that is substantially contained within a commercial structure in the "C-2" District.

A structure that:

A use of land or of a building or portion thereof that:

A measure of land area containing forty-three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet.[2]

An establishment used or intended to be used for commercial entertainment or having ten percent (10%) or more of its stock for sale or viewing of matters depicting, describing or relating to sexual conduct for the enjoyment of the patrons.[3]

The initial processing of crop-based agricultural products that is reasonably required to take place in close proximity to the site where such products are produced. Typical uses include grain mills.

A use primarily engaged in the sale or rental of farm tools and implements, feed and grain, tack, animal care products and farm supplies. This definition excludes the sale of large implements, such as tractors and combines, but includes food sales and farm machinery repair services that are accessory to the principal use.

The use of a tract of land of not less than ten (10) acres for the growing of crops, pasturage or nursery, including the structures necessary for carrying out farming operations and the dwellings of these owning or operating the premises, member of the family thereof or persons employed thereon and the family thereof.

The use of land for the production of livestock, dairy products, poultry or poultry products.

The use of land for the production of row crops, field crops, tree crops or timber.

Any public or privately owned or operated ground facility designed to accommodate landing and takeoff operations of aircraft, including all taxiways, aircraft storage and tie-down areas, hangars and other necessary buildings and open spaces.

A public or private street primarily designed to serve as secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on some other street.

Any change in a load-bearing member of a structure.

A use providing animal care, boarding or veterinary services with outdoor animal runs. (See "ANIMAL CARE, LIMITED" and "KENNEL").

A use providing animal care, boarding or veterinary services for household pets, with no outdoor animal runs. (See "ANIMAL CARE, GENERAL" and "KENNEL").

A use providing for rehabilitation of wild animals that are Missouri native small mammals pursuant to a wildlife rehabilitation permit issued by the Missouri Department of Conservation, with no outdoor animal runs.

Any action or motion, other than flashing lights, automatic changeable copy or indexing, in an attempt to develop a pictorial scene through the movements of lights or parts of a sign.[4]

A developer submitting an applications for development.

The application form and all accompanying documents required by ordinance for approval of a subdivision plat or site plan.

The American Public Works Association.[5]

Construction plans revised to show a facility or structure as actually constructed and as it appears on the tract of land involved.

American Society for Testing Materials.

A use engaged in the manufacture, mixing, batching or recycling of asphalt, asphaltic cement, cement or concrete products.

Multi-family dwelling units used or designed to be used by older persons, persons with disabilities or other persons needing or desiring assistance with day-to-day living matters, but not including group homes, group residential, hospitals or convalescent care facilities. Typical uses include retirement communities in which housekeeping services, common dining facilities and recreational and social activities are offered to residents.

An open, partially enclosed or fully enclosed facility used or intended to be used primarily for spectator sports, entertainment events, expositions and other public gatherings. Typical uses include convention and exhibit halls, sports arenas and amphitheaters.

An architectural projection that provides weather protection, identity or decoration and is wholly supported by the building to which it is attached. An awning is comprised of a light-weight, rigid skeleton structure over which a covering is attached.

American Water Works Association.

Establishments engaged in deposit banking. Typical uses include commercial banks, savings institutions and credit unions and automated teller machines.

An establishment where fifty percent (50%) or more of gross income is derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink for consumption on the property and where the serving of food and non-alcoholic beverage for consumption on the property and the sale of package liquors may be accessory uses.[6]

A story partly or wholly below grade. For purposes of height measurement, a basement shall be counted as a story when the finished surface of the floor above the basement is:

A use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominately from extracted or raw materials. Typical uses include distilleries; pulp processing and paper products manufacturing; glass manufacturing; brick manufacturing; steel works; tanneries; acid manufacturing; cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacturing; fertilizer or chemical manufacturing; and petroleum refineries.

A dwelling or portion thereof that contains guest rooms that short-term lodging, with or without meals, is provided for compensation.

A mound of earth, typically located in a bufferyard to shield or block noise, lights or other nuisances.

An area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bounded by streets, highways or rights-of-way, except alleys or between streets, highways, streams, parks, etc., or any other barriers or combination thereof, to the continuity of development.

The Board of Aldermen of the City of Oak Grove.

An establishment or part thereof that lodging and meals are provided by the owner or operator for at least three (3) but not more than eleven (11) persons for compensation whether the compensation is paid directly or indirectly.

Land area typically containing trees, shrubs or other plants, berms, fences or walls and used to visibly separate one use from another or to block noise, lights or other nuisances.

The area of a lot remaining after the minimum yard and open space requirements of the Zoning Ordinance have been met.

Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods or materials of any kind or nature.

The Building Code of the City of Oak Grove, Missouri, together with the Electrical Code, Plumbing Code, Fire Code and any related code(s) adopted by the Oak Grove Board of Aldermen and any regulations adopted in conformance therewith.

The horizontal area measured within the exterior walls of the ground floor of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot divided by the gross area of the lot.

That portion of a building that is parallel or nearly parallel to the abutting roadway or parking lot.

The physical characteristics that create the aesthetic and structural appearance of the resource including, but not limited to, a consideration of the texture and style of the components and their combinations, such as bricks, stone, shingle, wood, concrete or stucco.

A line parallel to a street or right-of-way line, shore or a lake, edge of a stream, other property line established on a parcel of land or lot for the purpose of prohibiting construction of a building or structure in the area between such building line and right-of-way, lakeshore, streambank or other property line.

A building that the primary use of the lot, that the building is located on, is conducted.

Standards that control the height, intensity and location of structures.

The storage of chemicals, petroleum products and other materials in above-ground containers for subsequent resale (wholesale) to distributors or retail dealers or outlets.

Any zoning district designated for office, government and institutional, commercial and industrial use.

A use primarily engaged in the manufacturing or assembly of custom wood products for residential or business uses. This use does not include the large-scale, mass manufacture of wood products such as furniture.

The amount of light that will illuminate a surface one (1) foot distant from a light source to an intensity of one (1) foot-candle. Maximum (peak) candlepower is the largest amount of candlepower emitted by any lamp, light source or luminaire.

An architectural projection that provides weather protection, identity or decoration and is wholly supported by the building to which it is attached and at the outer end by not less than one (1) stanchion. A canopy is comprised of a rigid structure over which a covering is attached.

A use primarily engaged in cleaning or detailing motor vehicles, whether self-service, automatic or by hand.

An amusement enterprise consisting of rides, acts, shows, games, amusement devices or other similar devices or any combination of such devices.

Property used for interring of the dead, including mausoleums.

The commercial area of Oak Grove centered on South Broadway from 7th Street to 25th Street.

The bed and banks of a natural stream which convey the constant or intermittent flow of the stream.

The straightening and deepening of channels and/or the surfacing thereof to permit water to move rapidly and/or directly.[7]

The City of Oak Grove, Missouri.

The officially appointed engineer of the City of Oak Grove, Missouri, or his/her duly appointed designee. The term may be abbreviated in this Chapter as the "Board".

The official appointed Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Oak Grove. The term may be abbreviated in this Chapter as the "Commission".

A use providing meeting, recreational or social facilities for a private association, primarily for use by members and guests. Typical uses include private social clubs, lodges and fraternal organizations.

An institution of higher education offering undergraduate or graduate degrees.

Any vehicle designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of property or persons for hire.

The Oak Grove Planning and Zoning Commission.

AM/FM radio, television and microwave transmission towers and accessory equipment and buildings.[8]

The receiving of goods, services or money in exchange for or as a result of a service performed.

A commercial or public solid waste processing facility where yard or garden waste is transformed into soil or fertilizer by biological decomposition.

A "Comprehensive Facility" as defined by Article XIV, Section 2, of the Missouri Constitution, a Comprehensive Marijuana Cultivation Facility, a Comprehensive Marijuana Dispensary Facility, or a Comprehensive Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility.

A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on-site or off-site, transport to or from, and sell Marijuana, Marijuana seeds, Marijuana vegetative cuttings (clones) to a Medical Marijuana Facility, Comprehensive Marijuana Facility, or Marijuana Testing Facility. A Comprehensive Marijuana Cultivation Facility need not segregate or account for its Marijuana products as either non-medical Marijuana or medical Marijuana. A Comprehensive Marijuana Cultivation Facility's authority to process Marijuana shall include the creation of Prerolls, but shall not include the manufacture of Marijuana-Infused Products.

A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, process, package, store on-site or off-site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver Marijuana, Marijuana seeds, Marijuana vegetative cuttings (clones), Marijuana-Infused Products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer Marijuana as allowed by applicable law to a qualifying patient or primary caregiver, as defined by law, or to a consumer, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the patient, primary caregiver, or consumer and consistent with the limitations of applicable laws and as otherwise allowed by law, to a Comprehensive Marijuana Facility, a Marijuana Testing Facility, or a Medical Marijuana Facility. Comprehensive Marijuana Dispensary Facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary directly from the consumer in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. A Comprehensive Marijuana Dispensary Facility need not segregate or account for its Marijuana products as either non-medical Marijuana or medical Marijuana, but shall collect all appropriate tangible personal property sales tax for each sale, as set forth in Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution and provided for by general or local law. A Comprehensive Marijuana Dispensary Facility's authority to process Marijuana shall include the creation of Prerolls.

A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, process, package, store, manufacture, transport to or from a Medical Marijuana Facility, Comprehensive Marijuana Facility, or Marijuana Testing Facility, and sell Marijuana-Infused Products, Prerolls, and Infused Prerolls to a Comprehensive Marijuana Dispensary Facility, a Marijuana Testing Facility, or another Comprehensive Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility. A Comprehensive Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility need not segregate or account for its Marijuana products as either non-medical Marijuana or medical Marijuana.

The Master Plan and its associated elements of the City of Oak Grove adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Aldermen containing analysis, recommendations and policies for the community's population, economy, housing, transportation, community facilities and land use.

A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon showing that such use in a specific location will comply with all the conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use as specified in the Chapter and authorized by the Board of Aldermen.

A building, group of buildings or property that units are owned individually with the common elements owned by all the owners on a proportionate, undivided basis.

A use engaged in the retail or wholesale of materials used in the construction of buildings or other structures and the outdoor storage of construction equipment or materials on lots other than construction sites. Typical uses include lumberyards, home improvement centers, lawn and garden supply stores, electrical, plumbing, air conditioning and heating supply stores, swimming pool sales, construction contractors' storage yards and construction equipment rental establishments.

A use providing bed care and in-patient services for persons needing regular medical attention, but excluding facilities for the care and treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, narcotics addiction, emergency medical services or communicable disease. Typical uses include nursing homes.

The letters, figures, characters, representations, pictures or wording on a sign, including any identification, description, symbol, trademark, object, design or logo illustration, illuminated or non-illuminated, that directs attention to a product, service, place, activity, person, institution, business or solicitation, including any permanently installed or situated merchandise; or any emblem or painting designed to advertise, communicate, identify or convey information.

A facility providing housing and care for individuals confined for violations of law.

A street having one (1) end opened to traffic and being terminated by a vehicle turnaround.

A facility providing cultural and educational services to the public. Typical uses include museums, art museums, observatories, planetariums, botanical gardens, arboretums, zoos and aquariums.

A vertical or sloping edge of a roadway.

The point that all light rays emitted by a lamp, light source or luminaire are completely eliminated (cutoff) at a specified angle above the ground.

The angle formed by a line drawn from the direction of light rays at the light source and a line perpendicular to the ground from the light source, above where no light is emitted.

A luminaire with elements such as shields, reflectors or refractor panels that direct and cut off the light at a cutoff angle that is less than ninety degrees (90°).

A use that provides care, protection and supervision for individuals on a regular basis away from their primary residence for less than twenty-four (24) hours per day.

A day care conducted in a structure other than a private residence.

A day care establishment conducted in a private residence that provides care for seven (7) to ten (10) individuals at any one time, excluding those persons related to and residing in the home of the day care provider.

A day care establishment conducted in a private residence that provides care for four (4) to six (6) individuals at any one time, excluding those persons related to and residing in the home of the day care provider.

An act transmitting property or interest thereto.

Any act or process that destroys in part or in whole any building or structure.

The permitted number of dwelling units per gross acre of land to be developed.

The relative size or magnitude of a major flood or reasonable expectancy which reflects both flood experience and flood potential and is the basis of the delineation of the floodway, the flood hazard area and the water surface elevations.

Standards that set forth specific improvement requirements.

Architectural aspects that, due to particular treatment, draw attention to certain parts or features of a structure.[9]

The Director of the Community Development Department of the City of Oak Grove, Missouri, or his/her designated representative.

A part, zone or geographic area within the area of Oak Grove where certain zoning regulations apply and are uniform.

A street having an island or other barrier separating moving lanes.

The removal of surface water or ground water from land by drains, grading or other means.

Any component of the drainage system.

The system through which water flows from the land, including all watercourses, waterbodies and wetlands.

A paved or unpaved area used for ingress or egress of vehicles and allowing access from a street to a building or other structure or facility.

A structure on a single lot containing two (2) dwelling units, each that is totally separated from the other.

A building or portion therefor designed and used exclusively by individuals for no less than thirty (30) day residential occupancy with complete cooking and sanitary facilities, excluding hotels, motels, boarding, rooming and lodging houses and institutional care facilities.

A dwelling on a single lot containing three (3) or more dwelling units where each is totally separated from the others.

See "DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED".

A dwelling unit attached to one (1) or more dwelling units by common vertical walls and each dwelling unit is located on a separate lot. This definition may include the term zero lot line, twin house or patio house.

A dwelling unit entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.

A dwelling unit of at least three (3) such units where each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another unit, and each unit is separated from any other unit by one (1) or more common walls.

See "DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED".

See "DUPLEX".

One (1) or more rooms located within a dwelling that creates an independent housekeeping establishment for occupancy by one (1) family with separate toilets and facilities for cooking and sleeping.

A right-of-way granted, but not dedicated, for limited use of private land for a public or quasi-public purpose and within which the owner of the property shall not erect any permanent structures.

When the landowner cannot economically utilize the property and it is impractical to sell or lease it or no market exists for it at a reasonable price.[10]

A professional engineer registered in the State of Missouri.

The construction or public works plans showing types of materials and construction details for physical structures and facilities, including dwelling units to be installed in conjunction with development of subdivision.

This term shall mean attach, alter, build, construct, reconstruct, enlarge or move.

Money delivered to a third person to be delivered by him/her to the grantee only upon fulfillment of a condition.[11]

The following living arrangements shall constitute a family for the purposes of this Chapter:

An enclosure or barrier such as wooden posts, wire, iron, etc., used as a boundary, means of protection, privacy screening or confinement, but not including hedges, shrubs, trees or other natural growth.

The official action taken on a preliminary approved major subdivision or site plan after all conditions, engineering drawings and other requirements have been completed or fulfilled.

The final maps of all or portion of a subdivision which is presented for final approval.

A continuously intermittent light or sequential light, but not including animation or lighting changes that change the copy of a sign.

A use combining office and warehousing; office and light assembly; or office, warehousing and light assembly activities within the same building. Flextech buildings typically have office storefronts on one (1) side of the structure and loading docks or roll-up doors on the other side. Loading and service areas are screened from view of public right-of-way, public recreation facilities and lower intensity zoning districts. Flextech uses may involve retail sales of merchandise as an accessory use.[12]

For non-residential buildings or buildings containing residential and non-residential uses, "floor area" means the sum of the gross horizontal area of all floors of the building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls. For residential buildings, "floor area" shall mean the gross horizontal area of all floors in a dwelling measured from the external faces of the exterior walls. Garages, basements and open porches shall be excluded when measuring residential floor area.

The gross floor area of all buildings on a lot divided by the lot area. For the purpose of this Chapter, parking decks are not included in calculating the floor area ratio.

A use engaged in the manufacture of food and food products, including non-retail bakeries, canning facilities and creameries.

A unit of illumination produced on a surface, all points of which are one (1) foot from a uniform point source of one (1) candle.

A building or area in which freight brought by truck, rail or air is processed for continued shipment by truck, rail or air.

That part of a lot or premise immediately adjacent to a street or streets without regard to access to or elevation of the street or streets.[13]

A building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial and the display of the deceased and ceremonies connected therewith before burial or cremation, but shall not include facilities for cremation.

The use of a site for bulk storage and distribution and sales of flammable liquid, gas or solid fuel, excluding below-ground storage that is clearly ancillary to an allowed principal use on the site.

The effect produced by brightness sufficient to cause annoyance, discomfort or loss in visual performance and visibility.

A facility providing private or public golf recreation services and support facilities. This definition shall exclude miniature golf courses and golf driving ranges except those that are clearly accessory uses. (See "RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT, OUTDOOR").

Buildings or facilities owned or operated by a government entity and providing services for the public, excluding utilities and park and recreation services. Typical uses include administrative offices of government agencies and utility billing offices.

The slope of a street or other public way specified in percentage terms.

A building whose roof and sides are made largely of glass or other transparent or translucent material and in which the temperature and humidity can be regulated for the cultivation of delicate or out-of-season plants for subsequent sale or for personal enjoyment.

A facility providing twenty-four (24) hour care in a protected living environment for more than eight (8) persons with physical or mental disabilities and any number of caregivers.

A facility providing twenty-four (24) hour care in a protected living environment for no more than eight (8) persons with physical or mental disabilities and up to two (2) house parents or caregivers.

The use of a site for occupancy by groups of more than five (5) persons, not defined as a family, on a weekly or longer basis. Typical uses include fraternity or sorority houses, dormitories, residence halls and boarding or lodging houses. The term "group residential" does not include "group homes".

A shallow channel usually set along a curb or the pavement edge of a road for purposes of catching and carrying runoff water.

Activities that present the potential for serious hazards to human life and health. Typical uses include arsenals, atomic reactors, explosives and fireworks manufacture, hazardous waste disposal, medical waste disposal and radioactive waste handling.

Any substances or materials that, by reason of their toxic, caustic, corrosive, abrasive or otherwise injurious properties, may be detrimental or harmful to the health of any person handling or otherwise coming into contact with such material or substance.

A facility where members or non-members use equipment or space for the purpose of physical exercise.

The vertical distance of a structure measured from the average established grade at the street lot line or from the average natural ground level, if higher; or if no street grade has been established, to the highest point of the roof's surface if a flat surface; to the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the mean height level between the eaves and ridge for hip or gable roofs. In measuring the height of a building, the following structures shall be excluded: chimneys, cooling towers, telecommunication towers, ornamental cupolas, domes or spires, elevator bulk heads, penthouses, tanks, water towers, and parapet walls not exceeding four (4) feet in height.

An area, either on the ground or on a building, used as a landing pad for helicopters to pick up or discharge passengers or cargo.

An activity carried out for compensation in a residential dwelling unit.

An institution providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical or mental conditions and including, as an integral part of the institution, related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient facilities or training facilities.

A facility used, maintained or advertised as a place where sleeping accommodations, in rooms without individual kitchens, are supplied for short-term rent to transient guests. Typical uses include hotels and motels.

A sign which does not name or advertise a product, service or business but only expresses a viewpoint, non-commercial message, opinion or idea. This includes commemorative plaques, historic markers, holiday decorations, political signs, political or fraternal flags or emblems or protective signs which are commonly associated with safeguarding the permitted uses of a premise, including, but not limited to, vicious dog, no trespassing, neighborhood watch and authorized parking only.

Illuminating Engineering Society.

Any part of a lot that is covered by buildings, structures, parking areas, driveways and any other surfaces which reduce or prevent absorption of stormwater.

A body of water, such as a pond, confined by a dam, dike, floodgate or other barrier.

Street work, utilities, sidewalks, drainage structures and other physical modifications which are to be installed or constructed by the subdivider for the benefit of the lot owners and for the proper development of the community as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final plat.

A consumable or smokable Marijuana product, generally consisting of: (1) a wrap or paper; (2) dried flower, buds, and/or plant material; and (3) a concentrate, oil or other type of Marijuana extract, either within or on the surface of the product. Infused Prerolls may or may not include a filter or crutch at the base of the product.

An establishment licensed to operate a facility housing dogs, cats or other household pets and where grooming, breeding, boarding, training or selling of animals is conducted as a business.

A disposal facility employing an engineered method of disposing of solid waste, including demolition and construction debris.

Landscape materials include lawns, trees, plants and other natural and decorative features. In addition, it can include non-living materials such as mulch, brick, concrete, stone, cobbles, wood blocks, gravel and sand.

Pipes conducting sewage from individual buildings to larger pipes called trunk or interceptor sewers that usually are located in street rights-of-way.

A use that is primarily engaged in the large-scale washing or cleaning of laundry, rugs and similar materials. This definition does not include laundromat or dry cleaning pickup stations.

An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.

A parcel of property that complies with the minimum lot area and setback standards of this Unified Development Code which is developed or intended to be developed as a unit under single ownership or control. A lot may consist of one (1) or more lots of record, one (1) or more portions of a lot or lots of record or any combination thereof.

The total horizontal area within the lines of a lot.

A lot situated at the intersection of two (2) or more streets.

The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured along the median between the two (2) side lot lines.

A lot on either end of a row of lots and intended for a town house attached on one (1) side to another town house and with a yard on the opposite side.

That portion of a lot extending along a street line.

The front of a lot shall be considered to be that side of the lot which fronts on a street. In the case of a corner lot, the narrowest side fronting on the street shall be considered to be the front of the lot. In case the corner lot has equal frontage on two (2) or more streets, the lot shall be considered to front on that street which the greatest number of lots front.

A lot other than a corner lot.

A boundary line of a lot.

The lot line separating a lot from the street. On a corner lot, the shortest lot line abutting a street is the front lot line; on a through lot, both lot lines abutting the streets are the front lot lines; on a flag shaped lot, the front lot line is also that lot line most parallel to the front lot line abutting the street.

Any lot line not a front or side lot line. The rear lot line for a triangular shaped lot shall be a line ten (10) feet long drawn between the lot's side lot lines and parallel to the front lot line.

The lot lines that intersect with a lot's front line.

A lot which exists as shown or described on a plat or deed in the records of the appropriate County Recorder of Deeds and recorded prior to March 15, 1982.

A lot having frontage on two (2) parallel streets or which fronts upon two (2) streets which do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth along a line parallel to the front lot line at the minimum required building setback line.[14]

A complete lighting unit consisting of a light source and all necessary mechanical, electrical and decorative parts.

In any system of continuous piping, the principal artery of the system to which branches may be connected.

Any security that may be required and accepted by a governmental agency to ensure those necessary improvements will function as required for a specific period of time.

Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.

A site with required improvements and utilities for the long-term placement of manufactured homes for dwelling purposes. Services and facilities for residents of the development may also be included on the site.

A transportable, factory-built structure that is manufactured in accordance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Section 5401) and that is designed to be used as a single dwelling unit.

An establishment engaged in the manufacture, predominately from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment and packaging of such products and incidental storage, sales and distribution of such products, but excluding basic industry.[15]

A service street that runs parallel to a higher-order street which, for purposes of safety, provides access to abutting properties and separation from through traffic. May be designed as a residential access street or subcollector as anticipated daily traffic dictates.[16]

Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa, and Cannabis ruderalis, hybrids of such species, and any other strains commonly understood within the scientific community to constitute marijuana, as well as resin extracted from the plant and Marijuana-Infused Products. "Marijuana" or "Marihuana" do not include industrial hemp as defined by Missouri Statute, or commodities or products manufactured from industrial hemp.

A Comprehensive Marijuana Cultivation Facility, Comprehensive Marijuana Dispensary Facility, Marijuana Testing Facility, Comprehensive Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility, Microbusiness Wholesale Facility, Microbusiness Dispensary Facility, or any other type of Marijuana-related facility or business licensed or certified by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, but shall not include a licensed Medical Marijuana Facility.

Products that are infused, dipped, coated, sprayed, or mixed with Marijuana or an extract thereof, including, but not limited to, products that are able to be vaporized or smoked, edible products, ingestible products, topical products, suppositories, and Infused Prerolls.

A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services as a Microbusiness Dispensary Facility or Microbusiness Wholesale Facility, as defined by law.

A facility certified by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, test, certify, and transport Marijuana, including those originally certified as a Medical Marijuana Testing Facility.

See "COMPREHENSIVE PLAN".

The maximum illumination measured in foot-candles at the interior bufferyard line, or property line if no bufferyard is required, at ground level in accordance with the standards of Section 405.250.[17]

Marijuana or Marihuana used for medical purposes as set forth in Article XIV, Section 1, of the Missouri Constitution and the rules promulgated by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on-site or off-site, transport to or from, and sell Marijuana, Marijuana seeds, and Marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones) to a Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility, Medical Marijuana Testing Facility, Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility, or to a Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility. A Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility's authority to process Marijuana shall include the production and sale of Prerolls, but shall not include the manufacture of Marijuana-Infused Products.

A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on-site or off-site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver Marijuana, Marijuana seeds, Marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones), Marijuana-Infused Products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer Marijuana as provided for in this Code to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the patient or primary caregiver, so long as the address is a location allowing for the legal possession of Marijuana, another Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility, a medical Marijuana Testing Facility, a Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility, or a Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility. Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. A Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility's authority to process Marijuana shall include the production and sale of Prerolls, but shall not include the manufacture of Marijuana-Infused Products.

Any Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility, Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility, or Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility, as defined in this Section.

A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, to acquire, process, package, store on-site or off-site, manufacture, transport to or from, and sell Marijuana-Infused Products to a Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility, a Marijuana Testing Facility, or to another Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility.

A facility certified by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, test, certify, and transport marijuana.

A use providing therapeutic, preventive or corrective personal treatment services on an out-patient basis by physicians, dentists and other practitioners of the medical or healing arts and the provision of medical testing and analysis services. Typical uses include clinics and offices for doctors of medicine, dentists, chiropractors, osteopaths, optometrists, blood banks and medical laboratories.

A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, process, package, store on-site or off-site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver Marijuana, Marijuana seeds, Marijuana vegetative cuttings (clones), Marijuana-Infused Products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer Marijuana as allowed by law to a qualifying patient or primary caregiver, as defined by law, or to a consumer, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the qualifying patient, primary caregiver, or consumer and consistent with the limitations of Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution and as otherwise allowed by law, a Microbusiness Wholesale Facility, or a Marijuana Testing Facility. Microbusiness Dispensary Facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary directly from the consumer in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. A Microbusiness Dispensary Facility's authority to process Marijuana shall include the creation of Prerolls.

A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on-site or off-site, manufacture, transport to or from, deliver, and sell Marijuana, Marijuana seeds, Marijuana vegetative cuttings (clones) and Marijuana-Infused Products to a Microbusiness Dispensary Facility, other Microbusiness Wholesale Facility, or Marijuana Testing Facility. A Microbusiness Wholesale Facility may cultivate up to two hundred fifty (250) flowering Marijuana plants at any given time. A Microbusiness Wholesale Facility's authority to process Marijuana shall include the creation of Prerolls and Infused Prerolls.

A facility used or intended to be used by a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, including military reserves.

The extraction of metallic and non-metallic minerals, excluding oil or natural gas. Typical uses include sand and gravel pit operations, quarries and mines.

A subdivision of land of not more than five (5) lots, provided that such subdivision does not involve a planned development, any new street or the extension of a utility or other municipal facility.

A transportable, factory-built structure that was manufactured prior to the enactment of the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Section 5401) and that is designed to be used as a single dwelling unit.

A site with required improvements and utilities for the long-term placement of mobile homes for dwelling purposes. Services and facilities for residents of the development may also be included on the site.

A factory-built transportable structure which bears the seal of the State of Missouri Public Service Commission or is built to the UBC Basic Code as adopted by the City of Oak Grove and which does not have its own running gear and is designed to be used as a dwelling unit with a permanent foundation.

A low curb with a flat slope designed to be crossed easily without discomfort.

The use of a site for three (3) or more dwelling units within a single building. Typical uses include triplexes, four-plexes, apartments and residential condominiums.

For the purposes of determining insurance rates, structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of an initial FIRM or after December 31, 1974, whichever is later, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.[18]

Any structure that does not meet the limitations on structure size and location on a lot for the district in which such structure is located and for the use to which such structure is being put at the time the structure was established.

A use of land that does not comply with the use regulations for its zoning district but which complied with applicable regulations at the time the use was established.

A use providing executive, management, administrative or professional services, but not medical or dental services or the sale of merchandise, except as incidental to a permitted use. Typical uses include real estate, insurance, property management, investment, employment, travel, advertising, law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting and similar offices.

Any sign other than an on-premise sign.

Located outside the lot lines of the lot in question but within the property (of which the lot is a part) that is the subject of a development application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.

The subsurface extraction or refining of oil or natural gas.

Located on the lot in question.

Any occupied space on a lot that is unobstructed to the sky except for the ordinary projection of cornices and eaves. Open space shall not include areas covered by structures, decks, porches, parking areas, driveways, internal streets and other forms of impervious surfaces. Water bodies that are not subject to public ownership shall also be included as open space.

Where the purpose of the work is stabilization or is normal, customary and routine affecting the exterior of the structure or the outside of the site.

The placement of products in their finished state for public viewing as a means of advertising. Such products may include automobiles, portable buildings, outdoor furniture and other similar items. Landscape materials such as mulch, rock and plant material may be displayed as part of a finished landscape but may not be displayed in bulk.

The placement of raw materials prior to manufacture or sale. Items may include lumber, fencing or bulk landscape materials.

The property owner of record according to the County Recorder of Deeds.

A permanently surfaced, dust-free area (concrete, asphaltic concrete or other comparable surface) enclosed or unenclosed for the short-term storage of automobiles.

An area used or intended to be used for the off-street parking of operable motor vehicles on a temporary basis, other than as accessory parking to a principal use.

A park, playground or community facility, owned by or under the control of a public agency or property owners' association, that provides opportunities for active or passive recreational activities.[19]

Brick, stone, asphalt or other impervious dustless material placed on the surface of the land.

Total number of trip ends generated by a site during the hour when the adjacent street carries the maximum number of trips or during the hour when the site generates the maximum number of trip ends.

A separate right-of way dedicated to or reserved for public use by pedestrians which crosses blocks or other tracts of land to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.

Any security that may be accepted by a municipality as a guarantee that the improvements required as part of an application for development are satisfactorily completed.

Any individual, corporation, association, firm, partnership, institution or legal entity, singular or plural.

Any material the allows the absorption of stormwater.

An area of a minimum contiguous size, as specified by ordinance, to be planned, developed, operated and maintained as a single entity containing one (1) or more structures to accommodate commercial, office or residential uses or all in any combination thereof and appurtenant common area and other uses incidental to the predominant uses.

A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.

A roofed, open area usually attached to or part of and with indirect access to or from a building. A porch becomes a room when the space enclosed is heated or air conditioned or, if glazed, when the percentage of the window area to wall area of the porch, not attached to the building, is less than seventy-five percent (75%).

A porch where at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the sides of the porch not attached to the building are empty voids and whose voids are neither glazed nor screened.

A facility used for the collection, sorting and distribution of U.S. mail among several zip code areas and having limited retail services for the public, such as the sale of stamps, postcards and postal insurance.

An initial meeting between developers and municipal representatives which affords developers the opportunity to present their proposals informally.

The City and the applicant have agreed upon the conferral of certain rights prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan.

A map indicating the proposed layout of a development and related information that is submitted for preliminary approval.

A consumable or smokable Marijuana product, generally consisting of: (1) a wrap or paper; and (2) dried flower, buds, and/or plant material. Prerolls may or may not include a filter or crutch at the base of the product.

A building in which a principal use is conducted.

The primary use and chief purpose of a lot or structure.[20]

The production of books, magazines, newspapers and other printed matter and record pressing and publishing, engraving and photoengraving, but excluding businesses involved solely in retail photocopying, reproduction, photo developing or blueprinting services. (See "RETAIL SALES AND SERVICE").

The relative physical size within and between buildings and building components.

Maintained for or used by the people of the City of Oak Grove on a non-commercial basis.

An action by the City of Oak Grove or any of its departments or agencies involving major modification or replacement of streets, sidewalks, curbs, street lights, street or sidewalk furniture, landscaping or other portions of the public infrastructure.

A use offering recreation, entertainment or games of skill to the public for a fee or charge and that is wholly enclosed in a building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, indoor theaters, bingo parlors, pool halls, billiard parlors and video game arcades.

A use offering recreation, entertainment or games of skill to the public for a fee or charge wherein any portion of the activity takes place in the open. Typical uses include archery ranges, batting cages, golf driving ranges, drive-in theaters and miniature golf courses.

Land used or intended to be used for occupancy by recreational vehicles for transient living purposes, including the use of camping spaces for tents.

A use engaged in the retail sale of recreational vehicles from the premises along with incidental service or maintenance activities within completely enclosed buildings and an outdoor area used or intended to be used for storage of recreational vehicles displayed for sale.

A designated and defined parcel of land within a recreational vehicle park intended for temporary location of a recreational vehicle as a dwelling unit.

A site used by a bona fide religious group primarily or exclusively for religious worship and related religious services, including a place of worship, retreat site or religious camp.

Any relocation of a structure, object or artifact on its site or to another site.

Any interior or exterior change to a structure not including a change in a load-bearing member of a structure.

A use primarily engaged in the provision of repair services to individuals and households, but excluding vehicle repair services. Typical uses include appliance repair shops.

A use engaged in conducting basic and applied research, including production of prototype products when limited to the minimum scale necessary for full investigation of the merits of a product, excluding production of products used primarily or customarily for sale or for use in non-prototype production operations.

A use primarily engaged in the sale of food and non-alcoholic beverages in a ready-to-consume state. The design or principal method of operation is that of a fast-food or drive-in restaurant offering quick food service; where orders are generally not taken at the customer's table; where food is generally served in disposable wrapping or containers; and where food and beverages may be served directly to the customer in a motor vehicle.

A use where the principal business is the sale of food and beverages in a ready-to-consume state.

A use engaged in the sale or rental of goods and services, excluding uses more specifically defined.

A pond, pool or basin used for the permanent storage of water runoff.

A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees or for another special use.[21]

The actual road surface area from curbline to curbline, which may include travel lanes and parking lanes. Where there are no curbs, the roadway is that portion between the edges of the paved or hard surface width.

A facility for conduct of public safety and emergency services, including fire and Police protection services and emergency medical and ambulance services.

Any immediate or further transfer of ownership, including contract of sale or transfer of an interest in a subdivision or part thereof, whether by meters and bounds, deed, contact, plat, map or other written instrument.

A lot, land or structure or part thereof used primarily for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles that are not in operating condition or for the sale of parts thereof. Typical uses include automobile salvage yards and junk yards.

The harmonious proportion of parts of a building or structure to one another and to the human figure.

The use of a site for instructional purposes on an elementary or secondary level.

An underground system with a septic tank used for the decomposition of domestic waste.

A use primarily engaged in the retail sale of gasoline or other motor fuels to automobiles and passenger vehicles, along with accessory activities such as the sale of lubricants, accessories or supplies, the lubrication of motor vehicles and the minor adjustment or repair of passenger motor vehicles. Uses involved primarily in the sale of diesel fuel, gasoline or other fuels to tractor trucks and uses that feature parking, storage or servicing of tractor trucks or semi-trailers shall be classified as "Truck Stop Service Stations".

A use primarily engaged in the sale of diesel fuel, gasoline or other fuels to tractor trucks, along with accessory activities such as the sale of lubricants, accessories or supplies or the servicing of tractor trucks or semi-trailers. A truck stop service station may include, as an accessory use, the parking and storage of tractor trucks or semi-trailers.

The required minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the nearest front, side or rear line of the building, as the case may be.

Any pipe conduit used to collect and carry sewage or stormwater runoff from the generating source to treatment plant or receiving streams.

An outdoor facility used or intended to be used for the discharge of firearms at targets.

A paved path provided for pedestrian use and usually located at the side of a road within the right-of-way.

A triangular-shaped portion of land established at street intersections in which nothing is erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to limit or obstruct the sight distance of motorists entering or leaving the intersection.

Any medium, including its structure and component parts, that is used or intended to be used to attract attention for identification, announcement or advertising purposes. This definition applies to all signs with letters, emblems or logos of more than three (3) inches in height. Signs on vending machines will be counted in the allowable sign area. If located against the building facade, they will not be counted as a freestanding sign.

The area of the face of the sign within a perimeter that forms the outside shape, but excluding the necessary supports or uprights that the sign may be placed unless these supports or uprights are designed as part of the sign. If the sign consists of more than one (1) section or module, all areas will be totaled. The area of an irregularly shaped sign shall be computed using the actual sign face surface. In the case of an irregularly shaped sign or a sign with letters and/or symbols directly affixed to or painted on the wall of a building or a window, the area of the sign shall be the entire area within a single continuous rectilinear perimeter of not more than eight (8) straight lines enclosing the extreme limits of writing, representation, emblem or any figure or similar character, together with any logo material or color forming an integral part or backdrop of the display or used to differentiate such sign from the backdrop or structure.

Any sign substantially and permanent attached to, applied on, structurally connected to, painted on, engraved on, etched on or supported by any part of a building.

A sign with copy on two (2) parallel faces that are facing in opposite directions not separated by more than twelve (12) inches. The area of a back-to-back sign is calculated on one (1) face only.

A sign having the character, letters, illustrations or ornamentation applied to cloth, or lightweight fabric material for advertising a product, business, service, show, property, or carnival.

Any sign with a sign area in excess of three hundred fifty (350) square feet that advertises or directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered at a location other than the premise that the sign is located.

A sign such as a manual, electronic or electric controlled time and temperature sign, message center or reader board, whether electronic, electric or manual, where copy changes. Any sign may be, or include as part of it, a changeable message sign.

Any sign other than an attached sign and including any inoperable vehicle or any trailer located for the primary purpose of advertising.

Any sign that serves solely to designate the location of or direction to any premise or area.

Any sign that the back is attached flat against any part of a building or structure and that does not extend outward more than six (6) inches or any sign painted upon any building or structure or upon a window thereof.

A sign lighted by electricity or any other source of power. A sign with an artificial light source incorporated internally or externally for the purpose of illuminating the sign.

A freestanding sign mounted on an enclosed, structural base which base length is equal to or greater than the length of the sign face, which base depth is not narrower than the structure containing the sign face or twelve (12) inches, whichever is greater, and which total overall height does not exceed eight (8) feet.

Any sign that was in existence and displayed on the effective date of this Sign Code but that does not conform to the requirements and limitations hereof or any sign that was lawfully in existence and displayed on the effective date of any amendment to this Sign Code but that does not conform to such amendment.

Any sign designating the name of the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the sign is placed, or identifying such premises, or advertising goods manufactured or produced, or services rendered on or listing the sale or lease of the premises upon which the entire sign is located.

Any sign which is not a temporary sign.

A sign supported by a sign structure in the ground and that is wholly independent of any building, other than the sign structure, for support.

Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure or a sign designed to be transported by means of wheels.

Any sign attached to any part of a building or structure and that extends outward more than six (6) inches. Canopies and awnings shall not be considered projecting signs if they do not contain signage information. However, when they do provide signage information, canopies and awnings shall constitute projecting signs.

A sign that carries a message regarding a special event or function that is of general interest to the community and does not include for-profit business promotional activities that are strictly commercial in nature. Such signs may include banners or seasonal decorations and may be placed within the right-of-way.

Any words, numbers, figures, devices, designs or trademarks by which anything is made known, such as are used to designate an individual, a firm, profession, business or a commodity and which are visible from any public street. Any device that supports, has supported or is designed to support a sign, including any decorative cover, exclusive of any copy.

A sign which either:

Any sign permanently attached to a motor vehicle.

Any sign advertising sales of specials attached to any window visible from a public right-of-way. Window signs must be located inside the window and shall be limited to only temporary advertisement of sales or specials. When a sign is permanently painted on or otherwise attached or applied to the window area so as to be visible to the general public, then such sign shall be included in the total allowable sign area for the building. Window signs shall not be placed on door windows or other windows needed to be clear for pedestrian safety.

An accurately scaled development plan that illustrates the existing conditions on a land parcel, as well as depicting details of a proposed development.

A rough plan of a proposed subdivision or other development.

A device or materials used to conceal one (1) element of a development from other elements or from adjacent or contiguous development. Screening may include one (1) or a combination of the following materials of sufficient mass to be opaque or that shall become opaque after twelve (12) months and which shall be maintained in an opaque condition: solid fences, walls, berms, plantings or other features. A chain link fence with plastic or wooden inserts shall not be considered solid screening.

Incinerators, processing facilities, materials recovery facilities, solid waste transfer stations or any facility where municipal solid wastes are salvaged, sorted, processed or treated.[22]

A non-farm-based facility used or intended to be used for selling or holding livestock.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling next above it.

The lowest story in a building that qualifies as a story as defined herein, except that a floor level in a building having only one (1) floor level shall be classified as a story, provided such floor level is not more than four (4) feet below grade, as defined herein, for more than fifty percent (50%) of the total perimeter or not more than eight (8) feet below grade, as defined herein, at any point.

A public or private way used or intended to be used for passage or travel by motor vehicles. Streets are further classified by the functions they perform as follows:

A street which collects and distributes traffic to and from local and arterial street systems and is primarily intended to provide for low-to-moderate volume, low speed and short length trips while also providing access to abutting property.

The highest altitude of the street vertically under any portion of the sign or its supports.

A street primarily providing direct access to abutting properties and designed to accommodate low-volume, low-speed traffic (typically less than five hundred (500) vehicles per day).

A street primarily intended to provide for high-volume, moderate-speed traffic (normally carrying ten thousand (10,000) to fifteen thousand (15,000) vehicles per day) and moderate to extended trip length traffic movement between major activity centers. Access to abutting property is subordinate to major traffic movement and is subject to the necessary control of entrances and exits.

A street that interconnects, augments and feeds the primary arterial system and is intended for moderate-volume, moderate-speed traffic (with a volume range of five thousand (5,000) to ten thousand (10,000) vehicles per day) and short to moderate trip lengths. Access to abutting property is partially controlled.

The horizontal distance between the outside edges of a street's pavement, including any curbing and guttering, measured at right angles to the street's centerline.

Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent or temporary location on or in the ground, including, but not without limiting the generality of the foregoing: houses, buildings, barns, backstops for tennis courts, bridges, fences, pergolas, parking lots, gazebos, radio and television antennae, signs, solar collectors, microwave antennae including supporting towers, roads, ruins or remnants (including foundations), swimming pools, walkways, septic systems or any similar item.

A use primarily engaged in the provision of recording or broadcasting services accomplished through the use of electronic mechanisms.

A person, firm, corporation, partnership or association which causes land to be divided into a subdivision for itself or for others.

The division of tract of land into two (2) or more lots or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development or, if a new street is involved, any division of a parcel of land. However, the division of land shall not be considered to be a subdivision when the smallest parcel created is more than forty (40) acres in area. The term "subdivision" includes resubdivision and the term "resubdivision", as used herein, shall include any further subdivision of a lot or parcel of land previously subdivided for sale, use or other purpose which vary from the latest, approved plat of the same.[23]

A professional land surveyor registered in the State of Missouri.

An activity which may commonly be described as carnival rides or amusement park rides as accessory uses to an existing and legally conforming business use or uses and for the purposes of promoting business sales and/or raising funds for community service organizations or for the purpose of promoting any special event, any community educational campaign, any membership drive or any other similar promotion and which activity is established for a fixed period of time with the intent to discontinue such activity upon the expiration of the time period.

A level, landscaped area directly adjacent to a principal building at or within three (3) feet of the finished grade and not covered by a permanent roof or enclosed by temporary or permanent walls.

A structure with a fixed location which is designed primarily with the objective of obtaining an elevation above other objects to support an antenna or other device for receiving or transmitting radio, television, microwave or other telecommunications or signals. This definition does not apply to utility poles.

A facility used or intended to be used as an area for loading, unloading and interchange of transit passengers. Typical uses include bus terminals, rail stations and passenger-related mass transit facilities.

State licensed group-care homes for juvenile delinquents, halfway houses providing residence, rehabilitation and counseling to persons on release from a more restrictive custodial confinement and residential rehabilitation treatment centers which also may provide out-patient rehabilitation for alcohol and other drug abuse.

A facility certified by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to house operations involving the transport of Marijuana product to or from a Marijuana Facility or Medical Marijuana Facility; or to a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, or consumer.

The total number of all trips entering plus all trips leaving a designated site over a given period of time.

The provision of instruction.

Land in its natural state before development.

The duly approved, enacted and amended ordinance which controls and regulates zoning in the City of Oak Grove.

Lands that are subject to flooding or otherwise deemed uninhabitable/unusable in their natural state by the Planning Commission and City Council shall not be platted for residential use or for any other use that might create a danger to health, safety or property, or which might increase the flooding hazard within or outside the subdivision. Such lands shall be set aside for recreational use or shall be retained in their natural state as open space; provided however, that such lands may be platted and developed if the features making the lands uninhabitable/unusable can reasonably be removed without destruction of adjacent or nearby property or desirable natural features of the land and if necessary approval is obtained from the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council. In all platting adjacent to such area, adequate provisions for access to said areas, as determined by the City Engineer, shall be provided.

An area that is intended to provide light and air and is designed for either environmental, scenic or recreational purposes. Usable open space may include, but is not limited to, lawns, decorative plantings, walkways, active and passive recreational area, playgrounds, fountains, swimming pools, wooded areas and watercourses. Usable open space shall not include, but is not limited to, manmade reservoirs or dams, retention or detention ponds, driveways, parking lots or other surfaces intended for vehicular travel. Usable open space shall also not include any other manmade elements that will take away or cause to take away from the original lot area.

The conduct of an activity or the performance of a function or operation on a site or in a building or facility.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Generating plants; electrical switching facilities and primary substations; water and wastewater treatment plants; water tanks; and similar facilities of agencies that are under public franchise or ownership to provide the public with electricity, gas, heat, steam, communication, rail transportation, water, sewage collection or other similar service. The term "utility" shall not be construed to include corporate or general offices, gas or oil processing, manufacturing facilities, postal facilities or other uses defined in this Section.

Services and facilities of agencies that are under public franchise or ownership to provide services that are essential to support development and that involve only minor structures, such as poles and lines.[24]

A waiver from compliance with a specific provision granted to a particular property owner because of the practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship that would be imposed by the strict application of that provision of this Unified Development Code. The granting of variances on zoning is the responsibility of the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

A waiver from compliance with a specific provision granted to a particular property owner because of the practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship that would be imposed by the strict application of that provision of this Unified Development Code. A recommendation for approval of a variance is made by the Planning and Zoning Commission and final approval is granted by the Board of Aldermen by acceptance of the final plat.

Any mechanical device on wheels in or by which any person or property is or can be transported or drawn on a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or trucks.

A use engaged in the retail or wholesale sale or rental from the premises of motorized vehicles or equipment, along with incidental service or maintenance activities. Typical uses include new and used automobile and truck sales, automobile rental, boat sales, motorcycle sales, moving trailer rental and farm equipment and machinery sales and rental.

An outdoor area used or intended to be used for long-term storage of vehicles and equipment, other than a commercial parking lot or accessory parking to a principal use.

A use primarily engaged in painting of or body work to motor vehicles or heavy equipment. Typical uses include paint and body shops.

A use providing automobile repair or maintenance services within completely enclosed buildings, but not including general vehicle repair services.

The effect produced by any physical process characterized by a periodic and usually rapid, oscillatory motion sufficient to cause annoyance or discomfort, however, excluding blasting operations for quarries and temporary construction activities.

A use providing education or training in business, commercial trades, language, arts or other similar activity or occupational pursuit and not otherwise defined as a college or university or school.

An enclosed storage facility containing independent, fully enclosed bays that are leased to individuals exclusively for long-term storage of household goods or personal property.

A use primarily engaged in the storage or sales of materials, equipment or products to wholesalers or retailers. Typical uses include cold storage, warehousing and long-term storage facilities, but excluding residential storage warehouses and sales of goods to the general public.

A running stream of water; a natural stream fed from permanent or natural sources, including rivers, creeks and streams. It must flow in a definite channel, having a bed or banks. It must be something more than surface drainage over the land.

A workshop where machines, machine parts or other metal products are fabricated. Typical uses include machine shops, welding shops and sheet metal shops.

The days of the week, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and recognized holidays, during which normal business is conducted by the City of Oak Grove. If only days are stated, then Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall be included.

An open space located on the same lot as and that lies between the principal or accessory building or buildings and the nearest lot line. Such yard is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise noted provided herein.

An open space extending the full width of the lot between the nearest principal building and the front lot line and measured perpendicular to the front lot line. The minimum front yard required in each district of this Chapter shall be unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided herein.

An open space extending the full width of the lot between the nearest principal building and the rear lot line and measured perpendicular to the rear building line. The minimum rear yard required in each district of this Chapter shall be unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided herein.

An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the nearest principal building and the side lot line and measured perpendicular from the side lot line. The minimum side yard required in each district of this Chapter shall be unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise noted.

The location of a building on a lot in such a manner that one (1) or more of the building sides is directly on the lot line.