For the purpose of this Zoning Code certain terms and words are hereby defined. Words used in the present tense shall include the future; the singular shall include the plural and the singular; the word "building" shall include the word "structure"; the word "lot" shall include the word "plot"; and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory. Any term not herein defined shall be construed as defined in the "Building Code of the City of St. Louis."

(1994 C., § 26.08.010; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building.

(1994 C., § 26.08.020; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

The term applied to a use that is subordinate in physical character to the principal use, that is clearly incidental to the principal use and that is located on the same lot with the principal use.

(1994 C., § 26.08.025; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A public thoroughfare which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

(1994 C., § 26.08.030; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

An establishment that is used for the practice of veterinary medicine.

(1994 C., § 26.08.035; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A dwelling, multiple-family.

(1994 C., § 26.08.040; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A story having part but not more than one half its height below grade. A basement shall not be included in computing the number of stories of buildings referred to in any part of the Zoning Code unless it is subdivided, rented, sold or leased for dwelling purposes.

(1994 C., § 26.08.050; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A dwelling having not more than seven guest-rooms where travelers for compensation are lodged for sleeping purposes with at least a morning meal provided. It is owner-occupied, and no more than three (3) guestrooms shall be served by one bathroom and a separate bathroom must be maintained for the owner occupants.

(1994 C., § 26.08.053; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A dwelling having not more than two guestrooms where travelers for compensation are lodged for sleeping purposes with at least a morning meal provided. It is owner-occupied, having no employees, and lodging travelers.

(1994 C., § 26.08.056; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A building having not more than nineteen guestrooms where travelers for compensation are lodged for sleeping purposes with at least a morning meal provided. No more than three guestrooms shall be served by one bathroom and if owner or manager occupied, a separate bathroom must be maintained for said owner or manager.

(1994 C., § 26.08.058; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A four (4) feet by six (6) feet space provided for locking two (2) bicycles to a City approved bicycle rack.

(1994 C., § 26.08.059; Ord. No. 69148, § 1, 4-4-2012)

A stationary device anchored to the ground providing a stable frame to which two (2) bicycles may be conveniently secured. Common examples of preferred bicycle racks include "inverted-U," "post and loop," or "A" racks, and a creative design rack as defined and regulated herein.

(1994 C., § 26.08.060; Ord. No. 69148, § 1, 4-4-2012)

Any structure for the shelter, support or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind. When separated by division walls without openings, each portion of such building so separated shall be deemed a separate building.

(1994 C., § 26.08.070; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

The vertical distance measured from the curb grade or its equivalent established grade at a point midway between the two side lot lines to the highest point of the roof in the case of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the mean height level between the eaves and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof excluding church spires, except that, where buildings are set back from the street line, the height on the building may be measured from the average elevation of the finished lot grade at the base of the front of the building.

(1994 C., § 26.08.080; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

The width of that part of the lot not included within the open spaces herein required in the Zoning Code.

(1994 C., § 26.08.090; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A story having more than one-half its height below grade. A cellar shall not be included in computing the number of stories of buildings referred to in any part of the Zoning Code unless it is subdivided, rented, sold or leased for dwelling purposes.

(1994 C., § 26.08.100; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A business engaged in cashing checks for the general public as an element of its operation, which exceeds 50% of its gross revenues, and which is not licensed by the appropriate state or federal agency as a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union.

Check-cashing establishments are not permitted in zoning districts "A," "B," "C," "D," "E," "F," and "L" and may be permitted as conditional uses in zoning districts "G," "H," "I," "J," and "K." No permit shall be issued for any check-cashing establishment that is located within 5,280 feet of any other check-cashing establishment and/or short-term loan establishment, or within five hundred (500) feet of any premises used as a dwelling including, but not limited to, a single-family dwelling, a two-family dwelling, a multifamily dwelling, a town home, or a semi-attached two-family, or within five hundred (500) feet of any structure used as elementary or secondary schools.

(1994 C., § 26.08.101; Ord. No. 68185, § 2, 12-1-2008; Ord. No. 64836, §§ 1, 2, 1999.)

An establishment that is used for the provision of medical treatment for sick or injured people, treatment of alcohol and drug abuse, and treatment of the mentally or physically handicapped on an outpatient basis.

(1994 C., § 26.08.103; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A use not authorized as a matter of right by the regulations of the district in which the use is proposed to be located but subject to being authorized for such district by action of the Zoning Administrator. The appropriateness of a particular use is to be determined based on the requirements and standards specified in Chapter 26.80.

(1994 C., § 26.08.104; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

Any grocery or retail establishment, not exceeding three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet, offering for sale a limited line of groceries and household items and prepared foods usually for off-site consumption.

(1994 C., § 26.08.104.1; Ord. No. 69395, § 1, 2-14-2013.)

A town house as defined in Section 26.08.435; except that such town house is the product of a reconstruction or rehabilitation of a previously constructed dwelling, that the total number of town houses resulting from the reconstruction or rehabilitation is equal to or less than the total number of dwelling units previously existing in the dwelling, that the total floor area of the previously constructed dwelling shall not be increased resulting from the reconstruction or rehabilitation of a previously constructed dwelling, and that the aggregate area of all the town house lots resulting from the reconstruction or rehabilitation is no less than the area of the lot of the previously existing dwelling. Reference to a town house in this Zoning Code includes reference to a conversion town house unless a conversion town house is specifically distinguished.

(1994 C., § 26.08.105; Ord. No. 64868, § 2, 2000; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

Any rack other than the standard "inverted-U," "post and loop," or "A" rack.

(1994 C., § 26.08.107; Ord. No. 69148, § 1, 4-4-2012.)

Any building, or portion thereof, which is designed for or used for residential purposes.

(1994 C., § 26.08.110; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A room or group of rooms with cooking and sanitary facilities, occupied or arranged for occupancy by a single family.

(1994 C., § 26.08.115; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A building containing one dwelling unit.

(1994 C., § 26.08.120; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A building containing two dwelling units.

(1994 C., § 26.08.130; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

Two 2-family dwellings separated by a division wall.

(1994 C., § 26.08.140; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A building containing three or more dwelling units, other than a townhouse a semi-detached two-family dwelling.

(1994 C., § 26.08.150; Ord. No. 71928, § 2, 11-19-2024; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A person, or group of persons immediately related by blood, marriage or adoption, living as a single housekeeping unit; also a group of not more than three (3) persons not necessarily related by blood, marriage or adoption, living as a single housekeeping unit.

(1994 C., § 26.08.160; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

An establishment that is engaged in the business of a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union that is regulated by state or federal authority. Such establishment includes, without limitation, an office building or portion thereof devoted to such use, a drive-up facility, and a facility containing one or more automated teller machines.

(1994 C., § 26.08.162; Ord. No. 64837, § 3, 1999; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

The total interior area of all floors of a building or structure measured to the inside face of the exterior walls but excluding stairwells, lobbies, common corridors and other nonleasable circulation areas, elevator shafts and space occupied by mechanical equipment or space related to the operation and maintenance of the building as well as that floor surface covered by walls or partitions enclosing these common areas or elements of a building.

(1994 C., § 26.08.165; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

The total floor area of a building or structure on any lot divided by the total area of that lot.

(1994 C., § 26.08.166; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

All the land abutting on one side of a street or place between two intersecting streets or places (crossing or terminating) measured along the line dividing the street or place from the individual lots, or if the street or place be a dead end, then all the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street or place and the dead-end of the street or place, or if neither of the above apply, then all the land abutting on one side of particular block as designated by house numbers.

(1994 C., § 26.08.170; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A building or portion of a building designed or used for the housing of motor driven vehicles.

(1994 C., § 26.08.180; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A building or portion of a building other than a private garage, a storage garage, or a warehouse garage, used for storage, equipping, repairing, hiring or selling of motor driven vehicles.

(1994 C., § 26.08.190; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A building or portion of a building, other than a private garage, used exclusively for storage of motor driven vehicles.

(1994 C., § 26.08.200; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A building or portion of a building used exclusively for the storage of motor driven vehicles awaiting sale.

(1994 C., § 26.08.210; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A room for lodging by no more than four (4) persons in a bed and breakfast establishment.

(1994 C., § 26.08.230; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

An accessory use of a dwelling unit that constitutes either entirely or partly the livelihood of a person living in the dwelling unit. See Section 26.80.060—Home Occupations.

(1994 C., § 26.08.240; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A residential building containing eight or more bedrooms limited to the use and occupancy of any persons, married or single, 62 years of age or over; such building shall not be used for such purposes as a convalescent or nursing home.

(1994 C., § 26.08.245; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

An institution providing medical treatment and overnight bed care for the sick or injured.

(1994 C., § 26.08.250; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A building, other than a bed and breakfast inn, used as the abiding place of more than 20 persons who are for compensation lodged with or without meals.

(1994 C., § 26.08.260; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A parcel of land occupied or proposed for improvement with one main building together with the accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to it and including such open space as is required under the Zoning Code, which parcel of land is either referred to in Section 26.80.050 or has its principal frontage either on a public street or place on a private residence street of record. Land that was formerly part of another lot and that was required for compliance with area regulations for an existing building on such other lot shall not be considered in determining whether a building to be erected, enlarged, structurally altered or moved complies with applicable area regulations.

(1994 C., § 26.08.270; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A lot abutting on two streets at their intersection.

(1994 C., § 26.08.280; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

The minimum horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.

(1994 C., § 26.08.290; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A lot other than a corner lot.

(1994 C., § 26.08.300; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

Lines bounding a lot, as defined herein.

(1994 C., § 26.08.310; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

An interior lot having a frontage on each of two streets parallel or approximately parallel to each other.

(1994 C., § 26.08.320; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

See Chapter 26.70 for definitions.

(Ord. No. 71633, § 1, 2-16-2023.)

A small wireless facility that is not larger in dimension than twenty-four inches in length, fifteen inches in width, and twelve inches in height; and any exterior antenna no longer than eleven inches.

(Ord. No. 70942, § 1, 5-2-2019.)

An establishment having one or more pumps wherein a principal activity is the sale of motor fuel that is directly dispensed to the consumer's vehicle.

(1994 C., § 26.08.325; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

Any building or land lawfully occupied by a use on May 25, 1950, or on the effective date of any amendment to Ordinance 45309, and which is in conflict with one or more of the regulations of the district in which it is situated.

(1994 C., § 26.08.330; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A structure which existed lawfully prior to May 25, 1950, or on the effective date of any amendment to Ordinance 45309, and which is in conflict with one or more of the regulations of the district in which it is situated.

(1994 C., § 26.08.331; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

An establishment at which primarily liquor products are sold at retail and not for consumption on the premises.

(1994 C., § 26.08.337; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A lot on which space for parking is offered to the general public in return for a consideration or compensation.

(1994 C., § 26.08.340; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A surfaced area, exclusive of driveways, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one automobile and connected directly with a street or alley or connected thereto by a driveway. The layout, arrangement and dimensions of drives and parking spaces shall be in accordance with Section 26.16.080.

(1994 C., § 26.08.350; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

An open unoccupied space other than a street or alley permanently reserved and approved by the Board of Public Service as the principal means of access to abutting property.

(1994 C., § 26.08.360; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A continuous area of land and any structures thereon all under a single ownership or operation under a single direction, which premises may include one or more adjacent lots, or fractions of lots.

(1994 C., § 26.08.370; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

An establishment where meals or refreshments are sold to the public.

(1994 C., § 26.08.375; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A restaurant where food, frozen dessert, or beverages are primarily sold in a packaged, ready-to-consume state, intended for ready consumption by the customer on or off the premises.

(1994 C., § 26.08.377; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A business engaged in providing short-term loans to members of the general public as an element of its operation and which is not licensed by the appropriate state or federal agency as a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. Short-term loan establishments shall include businesses offering title loans, payday loans, signature loans, small loans, pawnshops, and other similar businesses.

Short-term loan establishments are not permitted in zoning districts "A," "B," "C," "D," "E," "F," and "L" and may be permitted as conditional uses in zoning districts "G," "H," "I," "J," and "K."

No permit shall be issued for any short-term loan establishment that is located within 5,280 feet of any other short-term loan establishment and/or check-cashing establishment, or within five hundred (500) feet of any premises used as a dwelling including, but not limited to, a single-family dwelling, a two-family dwelling, a multifamily dwelling, a town home, or a semi-attached two-family, or within five hundred (500) feet of any structure used as elementary or secondary schools.

(1994 C., § 26.08.384; Ord. No. 68185, § 3, 12-1-2008; Ord. No. 64837, §§ 1, 2, 1999.)

See Chapter 26.76 for definitions.

(Ord. No. 71940, § 2, 12-10-2024; Ord. No. 71730, § 1, 11-6-2023.)

Any structure or part thereof, or any device attached to, painted on, or represented on a building or other structure, upon which is displayed or included any letter, word, model, banner, flag, insignia, decoration, device, or representation used as, or in the nature of, an announcement, direction, advertisement, or attention directing device.

(1994 C., § 26.08.385; Ord. No. 71940, § 2, 12-10-2024; Ord. No. 71730, § 1, 11-6-2023; Ord. No. 62588, § 2, 1992.)

A room or group of rooms, without cooking facilities, that provides sleeping accommodations for one or more individuals.

(1994 C., § 26.08.387; Ord. No. 71928, § 2, 11-19-2024; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications: (a) each wireless provider's antenna could fit within an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet in volume; and (b) All other equipment associated with the wireless facility, whether ground or pole mounted, is cumulatively no more than twenty-eight cubic feet in volume, provided that no single piece of equipment on the utility pole shall exceed nine cubic feet in volume; and no single piece of ground mounted equipment shall exceed fifteen cubic feet in volume, exclusive of equipment required by an electric utility or municipal electric utility to power the small wireless facility. The following types of associated ancillary equipment shall not be included in the calculation of equipment volume: electric meter, concealment elements, telecommunications demarcation box, grounding equipment, power transfer switch, cut-off switch, and vertical cable runs and related conduit for the connection of power and other services.

(Ord. No. 70942, § 1, 5-2-2019.)

Boarding house; dormitory; group home; halfway house; rooming house; shelter, congregate; shelter, single-room occupancy; substance use treatment center; support services; and transitional housing.

(Ord. No. 71928, § 2, 11-19-2024.)

That part of a structure contained between the level of one finished floor, or, if the top story, that part of a structure contained between the level of the highest finished floor and the ceiling above it.

(1994 C., § 26.08.390; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than 3 feet above the top floor level and in which space not more than two-thirds of the floor area is furnished for use.

(1994 C., § 26.08.400; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A public thoroughfare which affords principal means of access to abutting property.

(1994 C., § 26.08.410; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, lintels, beams or girders.

(1994 C., § 26.08.420; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A combination of material assembled, constructed or erected at a fixed location, including a building, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something located on the ground.

(1994 C., § 26.08.430; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

"Outdoor pay telephone" means a telephone for hire located on private property which is not located within a building used for additional purposes with controlled access by means of a door or doors that may be locked.

(1994 C., § 26.08.432; Ord. No. 64167, § 2, 1997.)

A bed and breakfast establishment.

(1994 C., § 26.08.433; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A series of attached single-family dwellings separated by exterior quality walls or a common wall between units as required by the St. Louis Building Code, except that the maximum number of abutting dwelling units in any town house series shall not exceed eight, that each dwelling unit shall front wholly and directly upon a public street, or private place or upon a courtyard or way through which the owner of the town house dwelling unit has legally guaranteed ingress and egress to a public street or private place, and that each such dwelling unit shall have a dimension of not less than 14 feet along the width of the dwelling unit. Any contiguous grouping of five or more town house dwelling units to be developed as herein defined shall be subject to the provisions and requirements of Section 26.16.100.

(1994 C., § 26.08.435; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

Infrastructure and/or facilities that need to be located in the area where the service is to be provided, such as water and sewer pump stations; electrical transforming substations; wind energy and sewer pump stations; electrical transforming substations; wind energy conversion systems; water conveyance systems; gas regulating stations; stormwater facilities and conveyance systems; telephone switching equipment; emergency communication warning/broadcast facilities; and other similar uses, but not including those uses defined as wireless facilities per Section 26.08.437 and wireless support structures per Section 26.08.438.

(Ord. No. 70942, § 1, 5-2-2019.)

Equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network, including equipment associated with wireless communications and radio transceivers, antennas coaxial or fiber-optic cable, regular and backup power supplies, and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration. The term includes small wireless facilities. The term does not include: (a) the structure or improvements on, under, or within which the equipment is collocated; (b) coaxial or fiber-optic cable between wireless support structures or utility poles; (c) coaxial or fiber-optic cable not directly associated with a particular small wireless facility; or (d) a wireline backhaul facility, as defined by Missouri statutes.

(Ord. No. 70942, § 1, 5-2-2019.)

A structure, such as a monopole, tower, or building capable of supporting wireless facilities. This definition does not include utility poles.

(Ord. No. 70942, § 1, 5-2-2019.)

Open space between buildings and the adjoining lot line which is open to the sky unobstructed by a structure other than (1) sills, belt courses and ornamental features not to exceed 4 inches; (2) that portion of cornices or roof overhang and fixed awnings that is 3 feet or less (except that, when a yard is required, cornices, roof overhang and fixed awnings shall not be any closer to any lot line than 2 feet); (3) that portion of open fire escapes, unenclosed porches or balconies that 3 feet or less (except that, when a yard is required, open fire escapes, unenclosed porches or balconies shall not be any closer to any lot line than 3 feet); and (4) ordinary projection of chimneys and pilasters when placed so as not to obstruct light and ventilation.

(1994 C., § 26.08.440; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A yard measured across the width of the entire lot and situated between the front lot line and the nearest portion of the main building other than steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches.

(1994 C., § 26.08.450; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A yard measured between the side lot lines, the rear lot line and the nearest portion of the main building other than steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches.

(1994 C., § 26.08.460; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A yard measured between the side line of the lot and the main building or any projection thereof and extending from the front yard to rear yard.

(1994 C., § 26.08.470; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)

A position created within the Department of Public Safety and appointed by the Building Commissioner. The position is responsible for administering and enforcing the Zoning Code, in accordance with Chapter 26.88.

(1994 C., § 26.08.480; Ord. No. 62588, § 2(part), 1992.)