A subordinate roofed building, enclosed on all sides, clearly incidental to and located on the same lot occupied by the principal use or building.

A subordinate use clearly incidental to and located on the same lot occupied by the principal use or building.

A structure, the use of which is clearly customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use on the same lot. Examples include gazebos, detached pergolas, unenclosed outbuildings, pavilions, arbors, playground equipment, and similar structures.

Any business, premises, or establishment, including, without limitation, adult bookstores, adult video stores, adult motion picture theaters, adult mini-motion picture theaters, adult cabarets, or adult live performance theaters, which has any of the following:

The Twin Oaks Board of Adjustment.

The Twin Oaks Board of Aldermen.

A landscaped area intended to separate and partially obstruct the view of two (2) adjacent land uses or properties from one another.

The duly adopted Building Code of the City as set forth in Section 500.010 of the Municipal Code of the City of Twin Oaks, Missouri.

A structure not completely enclosed by walls or doors which is designed or used for the storage of vehicles, whether attached to or detached from the principal building. A carport is not a private garage.

The City of Twin Oaks, Missouri.

The duly appointed and serving City Attorney of the City.

The duly appointed and serving City Clerk of the City.

The person(s) or agency(ies) designated from time to time by the Board of Aldermen to enforce this Chapter in accordance with Article XIII, Administration and Enforcement. Throughout this Title IV, the terms "Code Enforcement Official" and "Zoning Enforcement Official" are used interchangeably.

A vehicle as defined in Section 300.010 of the Code and, for the purposes of this Title, being further defined as a vehicle that is either commercially used, placquered and/or licensed by the State.

An unoccupied space on a lot other than a yard, intended or designated to be partially surrounded by a group of buildings.

That percentage of the lot area occupied by a building or structure.

A portion of the edge of a street in the right-of-way as identified on a plot plan/survey that is used to access a driveway. In the instance where a curb exists, the curb may need to be adjusted to facilitate vehicular movement taking into account storm water issues.

The number of dwelling units per acre of land.

The surfaced portion of a lot constructed for the purpose of access to a garage, attached or detached, on a lot or for the purposes of parking.

The portion of the driveway located in the right-of-way between the curb or pavement edge of a public street and the private property line intended to provide access to vehicles from a roadway or a public street to a driveway on private property.

A room or group of rooms physically arranged to create an independent habitable unit having separate sanitary, cooking, and sleeping facilities and designed for residential occupancy.

A building or portion of a building containing six (6) or more dwelling units.

A freestanding residential building located on a single lot containing not more than one (1) dwelling unit. As used in this Chapter, the term "single-family dwelling" shall include group homes and foster homes.

A building containing not more than five (5) dwelling units, each of which has primary ground floor access to the outside and which are attached to each other by party walls without openings.

The external face of the principal building or structure on a lot.

A line that follows the contours of the elevation of the principal building facing the front lot line and that extends out from the corners of that elevation on a line generally parallel to the front lot line to the lot lines intersecting the applicable front lot line.

A line that follows the contours of the elevation of the principal building facing the rear lot line and that extends out from the corners of that elevation on a line generally parallel to the front lot line to the lot lines that intersect (or form a vertex at) the rear lot line.

The elevation of a building that is architecturally designed and constructed as the front facade of a building as determined by the Director.

The elevation of a building that is most closely opposite of the front elevation.

An individual or two (2) or more persons who are related by blood, marriage or adoption or a group of not more than three (3) persons who need not be related by blood, marriage or adoption occupying a single dwelling unit or in combination with an accessory dwelling, living together and subsisting in common as a single non-profit housekeeping unit. This definition shall not exclude groups of three (3) or more persons who are required by State or Federal law to be treated as a family for residential zoning purposes. This definition expressly excludes any other group of two (2) or more persons where meals or lodging are made available in exchange for payment or other consideration.

An office establishment or business that primarily performs central banking functions (such as issuing currency, managing national money supply and international reserves, and acting as fiscal agent for the central government) and accepts deposits (or share deposits) and lends funds from these deposits, and which establishment may include these services to patrons and customers through an accessory, drive-through use. Financial services shall also include establishments primarily engaged in one (1) or more of the following: (1) underwriting securities issues or making markets for securities and commodities; (2) acting as agents (i.e., brokers) between buyers and sellers of securities and commodities; (3) providing securities and commodity exchange services; and (4) providing other services, such as managing portfolios of assets; providing investment advice; and trust, fiduciary, and custody services. Typical uses include banks, savings associations, savings and loan institutions, investment banking, securities, and brokerages, certified financial planning, accounting, auditing, bookkeeping, and similar services. Financial services do not include short-term loan establishments or pawnbrokers (which are prohibited money changing/money brokering uses).

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floor(s) of a building or buildings measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls.

A private residence licensed by the Division of Family Services or Department of Mental Health to provide foster care to one (1) or more but less than seven (7) children who are unrelated to either foster parent by blood, marriage, or adoption.

A private garage which has a roof or wall, or a major portion of a roof or wall, in common with a dwelling unit. Where attached to a dwelling unit in this manner, the attached garage shall be considered part of the dwelling for purposes of all yard requirements of the principal building.

A private garage not having a roof or wall, or a major portion of a roof or wall, in common with a dwelling unit.

An accessory building to or a component of a dwelling unit, enclosed on all sides and roofed, designed, or used for the storage of vehicles owned and used by the occupant of and located on the same lot as the dwelling unit and in which no occupation or business is carried on.

The maximum operating weight of a vehicle as specified by the manufacturer including the vehicle's chassis, body, engine, engine fluids, fuel, accessories, driver, passengers, and cargo but excluding that of any trailers.

A permitted form of single-family residential occupancy in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped persons reside and may include two (2) additional persons acting as house parents or guardians who need not be related to each other or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped persons residing in the home.

Any surface paved with impervious materials such as concrete, asphalt, brick pavers or similar materials, whether pervious or impervious to water.

For all buildings and structures, other than structures governed by Section 400.400, the vertical distance above the average ground level of the original, undisturbed grade at the foundation corners of a building measured to the highest point of the building.

Sale to the public of fresh, uncut produce products raised on land owned and occupied by the resident-seller within the City of Twin Oaks.

See definition and standards in Section 400.270.

See Chapter 205.

An establishment or place of business primarily engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in the original package for consumption off the business property. This use shall not include restaurants that sell packaged alcoholic beverages as an accessory to the principal use.

A platted parcel of land intended to be separately owned, developed and otherwise used as a unit. The word "lot" shall include the word "plot," "tract" or "parcel." The derivations of a lot shall maintain the following definitions.

The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side, and rear lines of a lot.

The average distances between the front and rear lot lines.

A line dividing one (1) lot from another, or from a public or private street right-of-way or any other public right-of-way (also see PROPERTY LINE). The derivations or modifications of a lot line shall maintain the following definitions:

The horizontal distance between the lot lines perpendicular to the front lot line, measured at right angles to the lot depth at the building lines.

A lot, or portion thereof, situated at the intersection of two (2) or more streets, having an angle of intersection of not more than one hundred thirty-five degrees (135°).

A residential lot with two (2) discernible portions described as follows:

Any lot other than a through or corner lot.

A lot other than a corner lot which has a street on two (2) opposite sides of the lot (Also known as a "double-frontage" lot).

In the context of medical or adult use marijuana land uses, the following definitions shall be applicable:

The Amended Master Development Plan for the City of Twin Oaks approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission by Resolution No. 16, adopted on October 15, 2003, together with such further amendments thereto as may be adopted from time to time in accordance with Chapter 89, RSMo., as amended.

The City of Twin Oaks Landscape Master Plan dated April 2003 prepared by SWT Associates.

Any commercial use or activity which as a principal part of its operations provides goods or services to motor vehicles or occupants of motor vehicles in a short time span or provides goods or services to occupants of motor vehicles remaining within the vehicles. Such uses and activities shall include, by way of illustration and not limitation, convenience stores, filling stations, automobile service stations and car washes, whether singly or in combination, facilities containing drive-up or drive-through operations, and restaurants which as a principal part of operations provide food for off-premises consumption.

A use, building or yard existing legally at the time of the passage of this Chapter (January 4, 1984) or any amendment thereto which does not, by reason of design, use or dimensions, conform to the regulations of the district in which it is situated.

Any vehicle used for outdoor, off-road recreation, including, but not limited to, boats, personal watercraft, ATVs, OHVs, UVs, dirt bikes, and all other similar motorized vehicles made for off-road use and including trailers used to convey an off-road vehicle. Off-road vehicles does not include recreational vehicles.

Any area of a lot which is completely free of and unobstructed by any structure. Such areas may include walkways, patio areas, bike paths, etc. Other ornamental features such as light poles, trees, shrubs, etc., shall not be considered as occupying the area for purposes of this Chapter.

An area used exclusively for temporary accommodation of one (1) vehicle. It does not include commercial vehicle loading areas.

The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City.

Any surface consisting of permeable joint pavers or other permeable construction materials.

A building or, where the context so indicates, a group of buildings in or on which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which such building is located.

The primary use of land or buildings as distinguished from an accessory use.

Often abbreviated as RV, it is a motor vehicle or trailer which includes living quarters designed for accommodation. Types of RVs include motorhomes, campervans, caravans (also known as travel trailers and camper trailers), fifth-wheel trailers, popup campers and truck campers.

A food service establishment primarily oriented to the service of food, beverages, and other refreshments and includes carry-out incidental to that use.

The minimum horizontal distance between a lot line and the nearest allowable portion of a building or structure.

Any business which loans money on a short-term basis to members of the general public as an element of its operation, including businesses offering title loans, payday loans, signature loans and small loans under Chapter 367, RSMo., or Section 408.500, RSMo., and other similar businesses. The term “short-term loan establishment” does not include a bank, savings and loan association or credit union that is licensed by the appropriate State or Federal agency or a retail credit financing institution that is licensed under Chapters 364 or 365, RSMo., or pawnbrokers governed by Chapter 367, RSMo., or retail merchants governed by Chapter 400, Art. 2, Sections 400.2-101 — 400.2-725, RSMo.

The letting or offering for let of a single-family dwelling or single-family attached dwelling, or a portion thereof, to one (1) or more guests for a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or less. Examples include bed-and-breakfast facilities and rentals arranged through Internet marketing or facilitation services.

As used in this Chapter, "specified anatomical areas" means and includes any of the following:

As used in this Chapter, "specified sexual activities" means and includes any of the following:

The linear distance which property abuts a public or private street and is measured at the street lot line. When a lot has more than one (1) street lot line, street frontage shall be measured at each such line.

The Urban Design Guidelines of the City adopted by the Board in Appendix A to Title IV of the City Code, together with amendments thereto as adopted from time to time by the Board of Aldermen in accordance with Chapter 89, RSMo., as amended.

An establishment or place of business primarily engaged in the retail sale of used merchandise or secondhand goods, such as used clothes, antiques, secondhand books or rare manuscripts, or items of architectural salvage, but not including used cars or other motorized vehicles.

The open area or space that is unobstructed, except as specifically permitted in this Code, and that is located on the same lot as the principal building. The derivations of yard shall maintain the following definitions.

The Zoning Map dated March 28, 2017, approved hereby, and as further amended from time to time by the Board of Aldermen in accordance with this Chapter, delineating the various zoning districts applying to all real property within the corporate limits of the City.