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Plattville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

GUIDES AND SUMMARIES

Sec. 36-1086.- Lot size guide—Agriculture and residential districts.

This is a guide only. For exact requirements, refer to provisions in this chapter which apply.

A-1 R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 R-5 R-6 R-7 RPD-1 RPD-2 RPD-3
Minimum single-family residential lot size (sq. ft.) 130,000* 130,000 90,000 45,000 30,000 15,000 7,000 7,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Minimum lot width (ft.) 200'* 200' lot depth 40% of lot depth 40% of lot depth 40% of lot depth 40% of lot depth 40% of lot depth 100' 100' 100'
Maximum building height (ft.)
Single-family residential N/A 40' 40' 40' 40' 40' 40' 40' 40' 40' 40'
Churches 45' 45' 45' 45' 45' 45' 24' 45' 45' 45'
Other nonresidential uses 45' 45' 45' 45' 45' 45' 24' 45' 45' 45'
Front yard setback, minimum (ft.)
Freeway and arterial roads **See
Below
150' or 50' 50' 50' 40' 40' 40' 50' 30' 30' 30'
Major and minor collector roads 30' 30' 30' 40'
All other roads 25' 25' 25' 30'
Side yard setback, minimum (ft.) 50' 50' 25' 10% of lot width 10% of lot width 10% of lot width 10% of lot width 10' 10% of lot width 10% of lot width 10% of lot width
Side yard setback, corner lot, minimum (ft.) 150' 50' 50' 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' 10% of lot width 10% of lot width 10% of lot width
Rear yard setback, minimum (ft.) 50' 50' 50' 50' 30' 30' 30' 30' 50' 50' 50'
Public utilities required (W-Water; S-Sewer) N/A N/A N/A N/A S S W, S S N/A N/A N/A.
Minimum nonresidential lot size (acres) N/A N/A 5 5 5 5 5 5 ***See
below
***See
below
**See
below
Lot coverage, maximum (%) N/A 10% 12% 20% 20% 40% 40% 40% See
ordinance
See
ordinance
See
ordinance
Density (number of units per acre) N/A N/A N/A 0.8 1.2 2.2 3.5 15 0.45(max) 0.65 (max) 1.0 (max.)
0.33 (min.) 0.45 (min.) 0.86 (min.)
Gross acres required N/A Not
Specified
<10 <10 N/A N/A N/A N/A Not
specified
Not
specified
Not
specified

 

*Minimum listed is for existing and replacement homes or A-1 conditional home permits. See A-1 Agricultural District regulations for specifics.

**A-1 Front yard requirements: 100 feet from a dedicated road right-of-way or 150 feet from the centerline of all adjacent roads.

***Minimum RPD nonresidential lot sizes are specific to use. Please refer to the RPD regulations.

All "special use" lot sizes shall be specified in the special use permit.

(Ord. No. 2020-17, app. 1, 9-15-2020)

Sec. 36-1087. - Lot size guide—Other districts.

This is a guide only. For exact requirements refer to provisions in this chapter which apply.

B-1 B-2 B-3 B-4 B-5 B-6 M-1 M-2 M-3
Minimum lot size (sq. ft.) 10,000 10,000 10,000 20,000 As approved by the County Board 150,000 Not
specified
Not
specified
Not
specified
Minimum lot width (ft.) 100' 100' 100' 100' As approved by the County Board 250' Not
specified
Not
specified
Not
specified
Maximum building height (ft.) 35' 35' 35' 50' As approved by the County Board 75' Not
specified
Not
specified
Not
specified
Front yard (ft.)
Arterial roadways 50'* 50'* 50' 50'* As approved by the County Board 75'* 50' 50'
Major or minor collector roadways 40'** 40'** 40'** 50'** 50'** 40' 40'
All other streets 30'*** 30'*** 30'*** 40'*** 40'*** 30' 30' N/A
Side yard, minimum (ft.) 10'**** 10'**** 20'**** 10'**** As approved by the County Board 30' 10% of lot width
(up to 20')
10% of lot width
(up to 20')
TBD by ZBA
Rear yard, minimum (ft.) 20'**** 20'**** 20'**** 10'**** As approved by the County Board 40'***** 40' 40' TBD by ZBA
Lot coverage, maximum (%) 75% 70% 70% 75% As approved by the County Board 70% 60% 70% Not
specified
Floor area ratio, maximum 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 As approved by the County Board 0.5 N/A N/A Not
specified
Distance from other zoning districts (ft.) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200'
Distance from property lines (ft.) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 100'
Distance from any street or road (ft.) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 150'
Gross acres required N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 10

 

*Or 100 feet in B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4 or 125 feet in B-6 from the centerline of all adjacent roads, whichever is greater.

**Or 90 feet in B-1, B-2, and B-3 or 100 feet in B-4 and B-6 from the centerline of all adjacent roads, whichever is greater.

***Or 70 feet from the centerline of all adjacent roads, whichever is greater; 75 feet in the B-1 and B-3; 80 feet in the B-4; and 90 feet in B-6.

****When adjoining property in an A-1 or R district or a municipality, a side yard equal to that required on the adjacent property shall be provided, but in no event shall the setback be less than the minimum listed above.

*****No building within 300 feet of a residential district shall exceed 40 feet in height.

(Ord. No. 2020-17, app. 2, 9-15-2020)

Sec. 36-1088. - Examples of lot types.

(Ord. No. 2020-17, app. A-3, 9-15-2020)

Sec. 36-1089. - Required yards illustrated.

Interior Lots
Interior Lots

On a corner lot, the corner side yard is from the side of the house to
the street, where the front of the houses faces is considered the front yard.

(Ord. No. 2020-17, app. A-4, 9-15-2020)

Sec. 36-1090. - Lot width and depth explained.

Rectangular Lots
Rectangular Lots

Curvilinear Lots
Curvilinear Lots

(Ord. No. 2020-17, app. A-5, 9-15-2020)

Sec. 36-1091. - Permitted fences, locations in yards and height limits illustrated.

(Ord. No. 2020-17, apps. A-6, A-7, 9-15-2020)

Sec. 36-1092. - How to calculate floor area measurements.

(Ord. No. 2020-17, app. A-8, 9-15-2020)

Sec. 36-1093. - Table of permitted and special uses.

A-1 R-1 RPD-1, RPD-2
and
RPD-3
R-2 R-3 R-4, R-5 and R-6 R-7 B-1 B-2 B-3 B-4 B-5 B-6 M-1 M-2 M-3 Conditions
P = Permitted use; C = Conditional use; S = Special use; T = Temporary use; Blank = Not permitted
Accessory agricultural services (includes blacksmith, sale of farm supplies by farmers as agents, or similar accessory use to a farm residence) C See ordinance
Accessory uses P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Adult day care or respite care S P P P
Adult use/regulated uses (per Section 36-981) S S See ordinance
Adult-use cannabis craft grower S S S See ordinance
Adult-use cannabis cultivation center S S S See ordinance
Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization S S S See ordinance
Adult-use cannabis infuser organization S S S See ordinance
Adult-use cannabis processing organization S S S See ordinance
Adult-use cannabis transporting organization S S See ordinance
Agency-licensed family residential care homes, transitional
halfway house
S S S S S See ordinance
Agency-licensed group residential care home, permanent S S S S S
Agricultural implement sales and service S S P See ordinance
Agricultural labor housing or living quarters for groomsman or employee watchman C See ordinance
Airports and heliports, including airport hangers, tie downs and aircraft service and repair S S S S S S S See ordinance
Airstrips or heliports (private) S S S S S S S See ordinance
Ambulance service (private) P P P P
Amphitheater S S S See ordinance
Amusement park/establishment S S S S See ordinance
Animal feed preparation, grinding, mixing and storage S P P
Animal hospital P
Animal processing plant (small poultry and small animal
processing plant)
S See ordinance
Antique shops P P
Art galleries and studios P P P S S
Art and school supply stores P P
Asphalt and/or concrete batch mixing plants with or without recycling facilities S
Athletic fields S S C S S S S S S S See ordinance
Attached single-family dwelling units P P See ordinance
Auction facilities S P P P P P See ordinance
Bait shops S P P P S S S See ordinance
Banks and financial institutions P P P P
Banquet halls S P P P P See ordinance
Barbershops, beauty parlors, massage or similar personal
service shops
P P P
Bed and breakfast establishments S S S S See ordinance
Beverages, non-alcoholic, bottling and distributing P P P
Bicycle sales and repair P P P
Boat launching ramp P
Boat, trailer and RV sales or rental and service S P P
Book and stationery stores S P P S See ordinance
Building material sales (retail) P P
Business or trade schools P P P
Camera and photographic supply stores S P P
Carpet and rug stores P P P
Catering establishments P P P P
Cemeteries, including crematoriums and mausoleums S S S S S See ordinance
Chickens P P S P P See ordinance
Child day care facilities S S S S S S S S S S P S S S
Christmas tree sales T T T T T T See ordinance
Clean up and restoration services S P P P See ordinance
Clubs and lodges (non-profit) and fraternal or religious
institutions
S S S S S
Colleges and universities (excluding business colleges or trade schools operated for profit) S P P P See ordinance
Commercial off-premises advertising structure S S
Commercial solar energy facility and test solar energy systems S S S S S S
Commercial wind energy facility and test wind towers S S S S S S
Communication use S S S S S S S S S
Community centers S See ordinance
Community centers/after school programs/educational centers S
Composting of landscaping waste and food waste S See ordinance
Concrete ready-mix or asphalt plant due to major construction T T T T T T T T T See ordinance
Construction equipment sales and service P P P
Consumer credit payday loan office, financing or financial offices S P S S
Contractor or construction services C C P P See ordinance
Contractors' office and shops C C P P See ordinance
Convenience stores S P P P S S S S See ordinance
Convention centers S S S
Copying/reproduction stores and banner or sign supplies P P P P
Correctional facilities S S See ordinance
Crematories/funeral homes S P
Crop and tree farming P
Currency exchange S S P
Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring or shoe repair shops P P P
Dairy and livestock farming P
Drive through or drive up windows for any permitted use excluding the sale of alcoholic beverages S S P
Drug store S P P P See ordinance
Dry cleaning and pressing establishments C C P See ordinance
Duplexes or two-family detached P P
Dwelling unit for watchmen and families, including a caretaker P S S S P S P P
Elderly cottage housing (ECHO) C See ordinance
Electrical appliance stores and repairs C P P See ordinance
Explosives (including storage) S P See ordinance
Fairgrounds P
Farming P P
Farm-type animals P P S See ordinance
Feed yards C See ordinance
Fertilizer sales, including limited storage S S S S
Fertilizer and seed sales (includes bulk storage and mixing) S
Fire stations P P P P P P P P P P P
Forest preserve P P
Forestry P
Funeral homes/crematories S P
Furrier P P
Game breeding P
Gardening supplies and seed stores (retail sales only) P P P
Glass cutting and glazing establishments P P P P
Golf courses S S S S S S P See ordinance
Golf courses, club houses, country clubs and membership
riding clubs
S S P
Government buildings and facilities S P P P P P P P
Grain storage S S P See ordinance
Grazing and forage P
Greenhouses and nurseries P P
Grocery and food sales (under 10,000 sq. ft.) P P P
Grocery and food sales (10,000 sq. ft. and over) P P
Group homes (licensed or certified with 8 or less persons) P P P P P See ordinance
Group homes (licensed or certified with 9 or more persons) S S S S S See ordinance
Guest house w/ kitchen facilities C See ordinance
Halfway house S S S S See ordinance
Health clubs (public or private) P P P S See ordinance
Home-based retail and/or wholesale food operation C C C C C C C See ordinance
Home occupations P P P P P P P See ordinance
Horse breeding and raising P
Hospices S S S S S
Hospitals S S S P S S
Hotels and/or motels P S S S S
Indoor business sales and service (under 10,000 sq. ft.) P P P
Indoor business sales and service (in excess of 10,000 sq. ft.) P P
Indoor entertainment and recreation S P S S S
Indoor retail sales of goods (under 10,000 sq. ft.), includes repairs of goods sold on premises P P P
Indoor retail sales of goods (10,000 sq. ft. and over), includes repairs of goods sold on premises P P
Indoor target practice S S S S S S S See ordinance
Junk yards and automobile wrecking yards S See ordinance
Kendall County Sheriff's Office shooting range S See ordinance
Kennels S S S S S See ordinance
Laboratories (medical, dental, research, experimental, and
testing)
C P P P P See ordinance
Land application of domestic septage P See ordinance
Lands and buildings used for horticulture or farm purposes P P
Landscape business S S S S See ordinance
Laundries, automatic self-service types C C P See ordinance
Light manufacturing and assembly S P P
Livestock sales and purchasing (does not include stockyard or slaughterhouse) C See ordinance
Medical cannabis cultivation centers S S S See ordinance
Medical cannabis dispensing organizations S S S See ordinance
Meeting halls S S S S
Micro/craft distilleries S S P P See ordinance
Micro breweries, and/or wineries S S S
Miniature golf courses S P P See ordinance
Model homes C C C C
Mobile home parks S
Monument sales (excludes cutting or grinding of stones) P P
Motor freight terminals S S
Motor vehicle accessory stores P P
Motor vehicle gas stations S P P P See ordinance
Motor vehicle/motorcycle service stations S P P P See ordinance
Motor vehicle/motorcycle sales S P P P See ordinance
Motor vehicle washing S P S S
Multifamily dwellings P P
Musical instrument sales and repair (includes lessons) S P P
Nano breweries S P P P P P See ordinance
Offices (business and professional, including medical clinics) P P P P P P
Offices of architects, brokers, engineers, etc. S See ordinance
Outdoor commercial sporting activities S See ordinance
Outdoor displays C C
Outdoor storage S S S S See ordinance
Outdoor target practice or shooting S S See ordinance
Packaged liquor store or any sale of alcoholic beverages P P S S S See ordinance
Paintball facilities S S S See ordinance
Parks S P P P P S S
Parking garages S P P P P See ordinance
Pawn shops S S S
Personal and business service shops (under 10,000 sq. ft.) S P P P See ordinance
Personal and business service shops (in excess of 10,000 sq. ft.) S P P
Pet shops, wholly within an enclosed building P P
Performing arts center S S P S S See ordinance
Philanthropic and eleemosynary institutions S S S S P See ordinance
Photography studios P P P
Places of worship S S C/S S S S S S S S S S S S See ordinance
Planned unit developments P S S S S P S S See ordinance
Plumbing, heating, and roofing supply shops P P P P
Police stations P P P P P P P P
Portable concrete crushing, screening, and stockpiling of dirt, crushed concrete and rap (incidental to a major construction project) T T T T T T T T T See ordinance
Postal substations P P P P P
Private clubs or lodges S S S See ordinance
Private clubs (soccer, etc.) S S S See ordinance
Processing or assembly C C P P See ordinance
Production and sale of sweet cider, hard cider, wine, jams, etc. Also tasting and retail of items produced on site and ancillary items S S S S S See ordinance
Production, processing, cleaning, testing, or repair services (limited uses) P P See ordinance
Public or private utilities and service uses S S S S S S S S S S S P P See ordinance
Public 911 safety towers C See ordinance
Racetracks S S S See ordinance
Railroad freight terminals, railroad switching and classification yards, repair shops and roundhouses S
Recreational areas P P S S See ordinance
Recreational camps or RV parks S S S S See ordinance
Research laboratories, including testing P See ordinance
Rest homes, nursing homes and sanitariums S S S S S S
Restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, and like uses P P P S S S See ordinance
Restaurants, including drive-in type of establishments P
Retail shops or office uses with conditions S See ordinance
Retail or wholesale sales of pottery, art, or home decor
products
S See ordinance
Retail or wholesale sales yards for agricultural products S S S S See ordinance
Riding stables, including polo clubs, rodeo clubs and similar uses C S S S S See ordinance
Roadside stands P P P P P See ordinance
Solar energy systems, private P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Schools (elementary, junior high and high school) S S C S S S S See ordinance
Schools (music, dance, business, commercial, or trade) P P P S S See ordinance
School bus garages S S C S S S S P P See ordinance
Seasonal festivals P P See ordinance
Secondary dwelling units S See ordinance
Self-service storage facilities C S S S S See ordinance
Seminaries, convents, monasteries (and like uses) S S S S S S S S S See ordinance
Service or commercial uses for immediate convenience S See ordinance
Service clubs S
Single-family attached dwelling units P P See ordinance
Single-family detached dwellings P P P P P P
Single-family semi-detached dwellings P
Single-family dwellings (130,000 square foot minimum and evidence that it is incompatible with agricultural uses) C See ordinance
Single-family residential uses (40 acres, allocated, approved lot or replacement home) P See ordinance
Slaughterhouses S
Slaughtering of poultry or rabbits P P
Small wind energy systems P P P P P P P P P P P P P P See ordinance
Sod farms P
Sports arenas and stadiums S S S See ordinance
Storage facilities (for motor vehicles, boats, trailers and other recreational vehicles) S P P See ordinance
Storage of manure, peat, topsoil, petroleum, and goods used in or produced by manufacturing activities S P
Storage of products when accessory to the pursuit of
agriculture
P P P
Surface and/or open pit mining, extraction and/or processing of aggregate materials P See ordinance
Taverns S P S
Telecommunications stations S S S S S S P P
Temporary buildings for construction offices or storage P P P P P P P P P P P P P
Temporary buildings, trailers, or yards for construction
materials and/or equipment
T See ordinance
Temporary stockpiling of dirt on private property (incidental to a major construction project) T T T T See ordinance
Theaters S S S S See ordinance
Tobacco shops P P P
Trailers or mobile homes for residential purposes during
construction of new home
T See ordinance
Transfer stations S S See ordinance
Truck and tractor amusement competition events C P See ordinance
Truck farming P
Truck driving schools S S S
Truck sales P P
Truck stops S S S
Truck wash facilities S S See ordinance
Vegetable gardens P P P P P P
Veterinary establishments S S P P See ordinance
Wholesales (not including storage or warehousing) P See ordinance
Wholesaling and warehousing P P
Other uses not specifically listed as permitted (conform to goals, purpose and objectives of district) S S S S S S S See ordinance

 

For B-5 Business Planned Development (BPD) District, permitted uses shall be consistent with the purpose of this district, including a wide variety of retail, office, general commercial and light industry. A permitted use list shall be developed and approved with each zoning request in the B-5 BPD District.

(Ord. No. 2020-17, app. A-9, 9-15-2020; Ord. No. 2022-01, art. V, 1-4-2022; Ord. No. 2022-03, art. IX, 1-18-2022; Ord. No. 2023-24, §§ XL—XLV, 5-16-2023)