Definitions.
ABANDONTo discontinue a use for more than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days, or six (6) months, whichever is less.
ABANDONMENTAn action to give up one's rights or interest in property.
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTUREA detached subordinate building or structure, the use of which is customarily incidental to the principal use, located on the same lot with the principal building or use. A building housing an accessory use is considered an integral part of the principal building when it has any part of a wall in common with the principal building or is under an extension of the principal roof and designed as an integral part of the principal building.
ACCESSORY USEA use incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the premises.
ADMINISTER MEDICAL MARIJUANAThe direct application of marijuana to a qualified patient, to the extent allowed by and pursuant to the terms of Article
XIV, Section 1 of the Missouri Constitution, by way of any of the following methods:
(1) Ingestion of capsules, teas, oils, and other marijuana-infused products;
(2) Vaporization or smoking of dried flowers, buds, plant material, extracts, or oils;
(3) Application of ointments or balms;
(4) Transdermal patches and suppositories;
(5) Consuming marijuana-infused food products; or
(6) Any other method recommended by a qualified patient's physician as authorized by Article
XIV, Section 1 of the Missouri Constitution.
AGRICULTURAL AND FARM BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURESAny building or structure necessary or incidental to the normal conduct of a farm, including, but not limited to, the operator residence; residence of hired personnel; barns, buildings and sheds for housing livestock, poultry and farm machinery; buildings for the storage or shelter of grain, hay and other crops; silos, mills and water storage tanks.
AGRICULTURAL HEMP PROPAGULEAny viable non-seed plant material used to cultivate industrial hemp, including, but not limited to, transplants, cuttings, and clones.
AGRICULTURAL HEMP SEEDCannabis sativa L. seed that meets any labeling, quality, or other standards set by the Missouri Department of Agriculture and that is intended for sale, is sold to, or is purchased by registered industrial hemp producers for planting.
AGRICULTURAL or FARMINGPlanting, cultivating, harvesting and storing grains, hay, plants or trees commonly grown in Warren County; raising and feeding livestock or poultry, except feeding, fattening or finishing livestock or poultry for hire or as a business venture separate and distinct from crop raising which shall be classed as commercial agriculture. A minimum of five (5) acres of land shall constitute agriculture or farming for the purposes of these regulations.
AIRPORTSAll areas used for landing aircraft.
ALLEYA public secondary means of access to abutting property, not intended for general traffic circulation and less than thirty (30) feet wide.
ALTERATIONS, BUILDING OR STRUCTURALAny addition, removal, extension or change in the location of any exterior wall, structural part or exit facilities of a principal or accessory building or structure; any change in use from one (1) zoning classification to another; or any moving of a building from one (1) site to another.
ANIMAL BOARDING KENNELSAny structure or lot where four (4) or more dogs or cats older than four (4) months of age and/or other animals for other than agricultural purposes are boarded, bred and/or offered for sale, not including stables.
ANIMAL CLINICS AND HOSPITALSAn establishment where animals are admitted principally for examination and treatment by a doctor of veterinary medicine, with boarding facilities limited to that necessary for the treatment of the sick animal and not including open kennels or runs.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRYThe non-profit maintenance of one (1) horse per acre, four (4) cattle per acre, two (2) goats per acre, twenty-four (24) poultry and/or cats, dogs, rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs or pigeons in excess of the amount permitted as household pets, with the slaughter of such animals as poultry, rabbits or beef cattle permitted only for consumption by the resident family, with animals other than household pets not kept within a dwelling or within twenty (20) feet of a dwelling on the same lot or within sixty (60) feet of any property line, and with housing and caging of animals adequate and sanitary and subject to all state health requirements for health and sanitation and with all animal food except hay and straw stored in rodent-proof containers.
APARTMENTA room or suite of rooms within a building arranged, intended or designed as a place of residence for a single family or group of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.
APARTMENT HOTELAn apartment house providing its tenants services ordinarily furnished by hotels, but not primarily available to the public, or a hotel primarily intended to provide dwelling facilities for non-transient persons.
APPEALA request for a review of the Zoning Enforcement Officer's interpretation of any provision of this Title or a request for a variance.
AREAThe amount of land surfaces in a lot, plot or parcel. (See also "buildable area, lot area.")
AREA REQUIREMENTSThe yard, lot area, lot width, lot coverage and space requirements as set forth in a specific district.
ARRAYA number of solar panels or modules connected together in a single structure. One (1) installation can have more than one (1) array.
ATTACHED BUILDINGA building attached to another building by a common wall (such wall being a solid wall with or without windows and doors) and a common roof with at least a horizontal dimension of six (6) feet.
AUDITORIUMA room, hall or building made a part of a church, theater, school, recreation or other building assigned to the gathering of people as an audience, to hear lectures, plays and other presentations.
AUTOMOBILE (MOTOR VEHICLE)A passenger car, van, pickup truck, bus, and/or recreational vehicle, usually four-wheeled, propelled by an engine, meant for traveling on streets or roads.
BASEMENTA building portion having part but not more than one-half (1/2) its height above grade and used for storage, garages for building occupant's use, janitor's or watchman's quarters or other utilities common for the rest of the building and which is not, as defined herein, counted as a story unless subdivided and used for dwelling purposes other than by a janitor or watchman employed on the premises.
BENCHMARKA permanent point of reference from which various measurements may be made.
BLIGHTDeterioration, deficiencies or inadequacies in buildings, facilities and/or their environment diminishing their value, appearance and/or usability.
BLOCKA tract of land bounded by public highways, streets or rights-of-way, other than alleys or, in cases where the platting is incomplete or disconnected, as determined by the Zoning Enforcement Officer.
BOARDING, LODGING OR ROOMING HOUSEA building, other than a hotel or restaurant, operated as a single housekeeping unit, where lodging and/or meals are provided for compensation to three (3) or more persons, but not more than twenty (20), who are not members of the keeper's family, but not open on a daily, overnight or per-meal basis to transient guests.
BUILDABLE AREAThe space remaining on a zoned lot after the minimum open space requirements of this Title have been met.
BUILDINGAn enclosed structure, anchored to a permanent foundation, and having exterior walls and a roof, designed for the shelter of persons, animals or property. When divided by other common or continuous walls, each portion or section of such building shall be regarded as a separate building, except two (2) such enclosed structures connected by a breezeway shall be deemed as one (1) building.
BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM (BIPV)A photovoltaic system used to replace traditional building materials in part of a building envelope, like awnings, roofs, facades, and sunrooms. Photovoltaic shingles or tiles, photovoltaic laminates, and photovoltaic glazing are all examples of BIPV.
BUILDING LINEA building limit fixed by setback requirements at a specific distance from the front, rear and side boundaries of a lot, beyond which a structure cannot lawfully extend.
BUILDING, ENCLOSEDA building separated on all sides from adjacent open space or other buildings by fixed exterior walls or party walls, with openings only for windows and doors and covered by a permanent roof.
BUILDING, PRINCIPALA building housing the principal, as distinguished from accessory or secondary, use or uses on a lot.
CABINA structure used for residential occupancy in a recreational district.
CAMPGROUND (CAMPSITE)An area of land whereupon camping trailers, campers and similar vacation vehicles are housed on a temporary basis and used exclusively by such camping vehicles.
CARE HOMEA licensed rest home, nursing home, convalescent home, boarding home for the aged or similar use established to render domiciliary care for chronic or convalescent patients, but not including hospitals, clinics or facilities for the care of feeble-minded or mental patients, epileptics, alcoholics, senile psychotics, drug addicts, sick or injured.
CHILD CARE FACILITYAn establishment used for the purpose of a day care center, day nursery, nursery school, day school, kindergarten (not connected with a school as defined herein) or similar use which constitutes the normal care of physically and mentally sound children. Child care facilities shall meet all requirements and specifications of the Division of Health and other State or local agencies having jurisdiction over child care facilities.
CHURCHA building, including, but not limited to, a church, synagogue, temple, mosque, cathedral, chapel, sanctuary, or other facility wherein persons regularly assemble for religious worship maintained and controlled by a religious body having a principal use of religious worship or the offering of religious services of any denomination.
CITY PLANThe City's sketch plan or comprehensive plan, whether in whole or in part, as adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission, approved by the Board of Aldermen and duly recorded in the Warren County, Missouri, Recorder's Office. Such plan may consist of several maps, data and other descriptive matter, for the physical development of the City or any portion thereof, including any amendment, extension or additions thereto adopted by the Board of Aldermen, indicating the general locations for major streets, parks, schools or other public open spaces, public building sites, routes for public utilities, zoning districts or other similar information.
CLINIC, HEALTHAn establishment for the care, diagnosis and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm and injured persons, by a group of licensed health practitioners, but not providing board, room or overnight accommodations on the premises, not including animal hospitals or clinics.
CLUBA non-profit association of persons who are bona fide members organized for some common purposes and paying regular dues; not including a group organized solely or primarily to render a service customarily a commercial enterprise; or a private, public or semi-public building or premises and appurtenant recreational facilities used by persons for recreational and eating purposes but not dwelling purposes for other than managerial or transient lodging.
CONDEMNATIONThe taking of private property by a government unit for public use when the owner will not relinquish it through sale or other means, with compensation of fair market value paid to owner.
CONDITIONAL USEA land use or development requiring analysis and judgment of its consequences regarding its location and relationship to other land uses.
CONDOMINIUMThe legal arrangement for individual ownership of each dwelling unit in an apartment building or residential development while common areas are owned, controlled and maintained through an organization consisting of all the individual owners.
CONSTRUCTION, EXISTINGStructures for which the "start of construction" commenced before January 3, 1985 (the effective date of the Wright City Flood Insurance Rate Map); also refers to "existing structures."
CONSTRUCTION, NEWStructures for which the "start of construction" or substantial improvement commenced on or after January 3, 1985.
CONSTRUCTION, START OFThe first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as pouring slabs or footings or any work beyond the excavation stage. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include installing streets or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include installing accessory buildings on the property. For a structure without a basement or poured footings, the "start of construction" includes the first permanent framing or assembly of the structure or any part thereof on its piling or foundation. For separate mobile homes, the "start of construction" means affixing the mobile home to its permanent site; for grouped mobile homes, the "start of construction" means the completion date for the construction of facilities for servicing the site, including street installation, final site grading, pouring concrete pads, and installation of utilities.
COURTAn open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, bounded on three (3) or more sides by exterior walls of a building, or by exterior walls of a building and lot lines on which walls are allowable.
CUL-DE-SACA short street having one (1) end open to traffic and being terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround.
CURB LEVELThe mean level of the curb in front of the lot or, in case of a corner lot, along that abutting street where the mean curb level is highest.
DENSITYLand occupancy area requirements/limitations. (See also "area requirements.")
DEPARTMENTThe Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or its successor agency.
DEVELOPMENTAny man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures or mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavating or drilling operations.
DISTRICTA section or sections of the City specifically declared within which the regulations governing the user of buildings and premises are uniform.
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTA type of retail sales providing patrons, in parked motor vehicles at specified spaces, outdoor service of food and/or beverage prepared for immediate human consumption.
DRIVEWAYA roadway or drive for vehicular use located on private property leading to a building, parking area (private or public, depending on use) or use. For single-family dwellings, a driveway may also serve as a parking space.
DUMPA lot, land or part thereof used primarily for disposal by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning or any other means, and for whatever purpose, of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, or waste material of any kind.
DUPLEX(See "dwelling, two-family.")
DWELLINGA stationary building, or portion thereof, designed exclusively for permanent residential occupancy, including residential buildings, modular homes, boarding and lodging houses, apartment houses, apartment hotels or manufactured homes, with special provisions being required for manufactured homes such as being placed on a permanent foundation and having wheels and tongue removed, but not motels or hotels. A shipping container home shall not be considered a dwelling.
DWELLING UNITA structure or portion thereof with complete housekeeping facilities for one (1) family or group operating as a single housekeeping unit.
DWELLING, GROUPTwo (2) or more detached or attached single-family, two-family or multiple-family dwellings occupying a single building site and having yards or open space in common, but not including a motel, hotel or motor hotel.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILYA building or portion thereof, including apartment houses, row houses, tenements and apartment hotels arranged, intended or designed for occupancy by three (3) or more families or groups each living as an independent housekeeping unit, such dwelling units normally being rented or used other than by the day, by the same occupant for a continuous period ordinarily of three (3) months or more.
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY OR SINGLE-FAMILYA detached principal building containing one (1) dwelling unit designed for or used exclusively by one (1) family as an independent housekeeping unit.
DWELLING, THREE-FAMILYA detached principal building designed for or used as a dwelling exclusively by three (3) families or groups each living as an independent housekeeping unit.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILYA detached principal building designed for or used as a dwelling exclusively by two (2) families or groups each living as an independent housekeeping unit or a building, such as a duplex, containing two (2) dwelling units only.
EASEMENTA grant by the owner, for a specific purpose or purposes, of the use of a strip of land by the general public, utility companies or private individuals.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLA public, private, religious or parochial school giving instruction in a grade or grades not lower than pre-school nor higher than the eighth grade.
ENTITYA natural person, corporation, professional corporation, nonprofit corporation, cooperative corporation, unincorporated association, business trust, limited liability company, general or limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, or any other legal entity.
ESSENTIAL UTILITY, GOVERNMENT OR PUBLICErecting, constructing, altering or maintaining by public utilities or municipal departments, underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam, water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wire, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm and police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary to furnish adequate service or for the public health, safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.
EXCEPTIONAL USEThe official granting by the Zoning Board of a permit to allow a use within a district, such use and the conditions by which it may be permitted being clearly and specifically stated within Sections
400.050 and
400.060 of this Title.
EXISTINGIn force or being as of May 10, 1990.
FAMILYOne (1) or more persons related by blood, adoption or marriage, or by employment as domestic servants, living together and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities, or a group of not more than five (5) (excluding servants) living together by joint agreement and occupying a single housekeeping unit with kitchen facilities, on a non-profit cost-sharing basis.
FILL, EARTHThe height to which uncontaminated soil is placed; also the resulting earthwork.
FLOOR AREAThe area included within outside walls of a building or portion thereof, including habitable penthouses and attic space, but not including vent shafts, courts or uninhabitable areas below ground level or in attics.
FLOOR AREA RATIOThe ratio in square feet of total floor area of all buildings on a lot to total lot area.
FLOOR AREA, GROSSThe total number of square feet of floor area in a building determined by horizontal measurements between the exterior faces of walls, including basement area used for storage of goods, equipment and vehicles, also including interior balconies, mezzanines and accessory buildings.
FOOD TRUCKAn automobile or trailer designed and used for cooking, preparation, assembling, and/or serving of a full or limited menu of single service food items from the automobile or trailer for use by consumers.
FRONTAGEAll the property on the side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets (crossing or terminating), measured along the line of the street or, if the street is dead-ended, all the property abutting one (1) side between an intersecting street and the dead end of the street.
GARAGE, PRIVATEIf detached, an accessory building for storing motor vehicles; if attached, a building or portion thereof for storing one (1) or more motor vehicles for persons occupying the premises. Only one (1) such vehicle may be commercial, not more than two (2) tons capacity.
GARAGE, PUBLICA building or portion thereof designed or used for the storage, sale, hiring, care or incidental repair of motor vehicles and operated for commercial purposes, except no salvage of automobiles, trucks, tractors or similar automotive equipment for parts or other uses is permitted under this definition.
GARAGE, STORAGEA building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for prearranged term storage of motor vehicles, not daily, and within which motor fuels and oils may be sold, but no motor driven vehicles are equipped, repaired, hired or sold.
GARBAGEPutrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from food handling, preparation, cooking, servicing or consumption.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONA building, premises or portion thereof having pumps and storage tanks and used for the retail sale of gasoline, oil or other fuel, automotive parts, supplies or accessories for motor vehicles and which may include, as an incidental use only, facilities for polishing, greasing, washing or otherwise cleaning or light servicing motor vehicles, but not including liquefied petroleum gas distribution, junk and/or motor-vehicle wrecking facilities.
GRADE(1) For buildings having walls adjoining one (1) street only, the sidewalk elevation at the center of the wall adjoining the street.
(2) For buildings having walls adjoining more than one (1) street, the average sidewalk elevation at the centers of all walls adjoining the streets.
(3) For buildings having no wall adjoining the street, the average level of the finished ground surface adjacent to the building's exterior walls.
(4) Any wall approximately parallel to and not more than five (5) feet from a street line shall be considered adjoining the street. Where no sidewalk exists, the grade shall be established by the City Engineer.
GROUP HOMEA 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.
HEIGHTThe distance above the average finished ground elevation at the perimeter of the structure being measured.
HEIGHT, BUILDINGThe vertical distance measured from the highest point of a flat roof's coping, a mansard roof's deck line or a gable, hip or gambrel roof's mean height level between eaves and ridge, to the highest of the following three (3) levels: from the street curb level; from the established or mean street grade in case the curb has not been constructed; or from the average finished ground level adjoining the building if it sets back from the street line.
HEIGHT, YARD OR COURTThe vertical distance from the lowest level of such yard or court to the highest point of any boundary wall.
HEMP EXTRACTAn extract from a cannabis plant or a mixture or preparation containing cannabis plant material that:
(1) Is composed of no more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration on a dry weight basis;
(2) Is composed of at least five percent (5%) cannabidiol by weight; and
(3) Contains no other psychoactive substance.
HOME-BASED BUSINESSAny business operated in a residential dwelling that manufactures, provides, or sells goods or services and that is owned and operated by the owner or tenant of the residential dwelling.
HOME-BASED BUSINESS, NO IMPACTAny Home-Based Business:
(1) Where the total number of employees and clients on-site at one (1) time does not exceed the occupancy limit for the residential dwelling; and
(2) The activities of the business:
(a) Are limited to the sale of lawful goods and services;
(b) May involve having more than one (1) client on the property at one (1) time;
(c) Do not cause a substantial increase in traffic through the residential area;
(d) Do not violate the Residential Parking Requirements set forth in Section 400.390;
(e) Occur inside the residential dwelling or in the yard of the residential dwelling;
(f) Are not visible from the street; and
(g) Do not violate the narrowly tailored regulations in Section
405.100(A)(1)(b)(6)(b), established herein.
HOME-BASED WORKAny lawful occupation performed by a resident within a residential home or accessory structure, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes and does not change the residential character of the residential building or adversely affect the character of the surrounding neighborhood.
HOSPITALAny institution receiving in-patients, or a public institution receiving out-patients and authorized under Missouri Law to render medical, surgical and/or obstetrical care, including a sanitarium for the treatment and care of feeble-minded and mental patients, epileptics, alcoholics, senile psychotics or drug addicts, but not including office facilities for the private practice of medicine or dentistry or care homes as defined herein.
HOTELA building containing individual guest rooms or suites of rooms, providing lodging with or without meals to the transient public for compensation, with ingress to and egress from all rooms through an inside lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all hours, as distinguished from a boarding or lodging house or apartment herein separately defined.
ILLEGAL INDUSTRIAL HEMPAll non-seed parts and varieties of the Cannabis sativa L. plant, growing or not, that contain an average delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration exceeding three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis.
INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING FACILITYA facility containing dwelling units, accessory uses and support services specifically designed for occupancy by persons fifty-five (55) years of age or older. Such facilities may include accommodations for persons who are fully ambulatory or who require no medical or personal assistance or supervision, as well as accommodations for persons who require only limited or intermittent medical or personal assistance.
INDOOR FIRING RANGEAn indoor facility in which the supervised discharging of legal firearms, including, but not limited to, pistols, rifles and shotguns for target practice and which use may include other related accessory uses and activities such as the sale of legal firearms, legal ammunition and targets and the instruction of the use of firearms.
INDUSTRIAL HEMP CROPIndustrial hemp grown under a single registration with the Missouri Department of Agriculture.
INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATIONThe process by which a person, business, or legal entity promotes the germination and growth of a seed to a mature hemp plant and the harvesting of such hemp plant.
INDUSTRIAL HEMP PLANT MONITORING SYSTEMA reporting system that includes, but is not limited to, testing, transfer reports, and data collection maintained by an industrial hemp producer or agricultural hemp propagule and seed permit holder and available to the Missouri Department of Agriculture for purposes of monitoring viable industrial hemp cultivated as an agricultural product from planting to final sale or transfer as a publicly marketable hemp product.
INSTITUTIONA building occupied by a non-profit corporation or a non-profit establishment for public use.
JUNK YARDUse of land for indoor and/or outdoor storage, keeping, abandonment, sale or resale of junk, including scrap metal, automobile parts, rags, paper or other scrap materials, used lumber, salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment, or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of automobiles, other vehicles, machinery or parts thereof.
KENNEL(See "animal boarding kennels.")
LAND USE PLANThe long-range plan designating the future use or reuse of land in the City's planning area, setting forth the policies and reasoning behind such decisions, serving as a guide regarding distribution and intensity of development, public facilities and open spaces, officially adopted and amended from time to time by the Board of Aldermen and kept on file in the City Clerk's Office.
LAUNDROMATA business providing home-type washing, drying and ironing machines for hire to be used by the customers on the premises.
LICENSEA written license issued by the municipality.
LINE(See "building line and lot lines.")
LIVESTOCK MARKET FACILITYA space and/or building facilitating the selling and buying of animals, the selling of goods and related activities as required by law.
LOADING SPACEAn off-street space or berth having a minimum dimension of ten (10) by thirty (30) feet for single-unit truck deliveries and ten (10) by sixty (60) feet for semi-trailer deliveries, on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings, for temporarily parking a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials and which abuts a street, alley or other appropriate means of access.
LOTA portion of land (whether of a platted subdivision or otherwise) defined by metes, bounds or boundary lines in a recorded deed or on a recorded plat, occupied or intended to be occupied by a building or use and its accessories, together with such yards as are required under the provisions of this Title, having not less than the minimum area, width and depth required by this Title for a lot in the district in which such land is situated, and having its principal frontage on a street or on such other means of access as permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Title. The minimum area of a lot as defined herein must be an integral unit of land under unified ownership in fee or in continuancy, or under legal control tantamount to such ownership, which ownership or control must continue for the existence of the building or buildings permitted to be situated on the lot.
LOT AREAThe total square footage or acreage within the property lines of a lot, excluding public streets and alleys, subject to the district requirements herein.
LOT COVERAGEThe area of a zoned lot occupied by the principal building or buildings and accessory buildings.
LOT DEPTHThe mean horizontal distance between the front and the rear lot lines measured in the general direction of the side lot lines.
LOT IN SEPARATE OWNERSHIPA lot with boundary lines touching, along their entire length, lands under other ownership as shown by plat or deed recorded in the office of the Recorder of Warren County on or before May 10, 1990.
LOT LINESThe lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
LOT LINES, REARThe boundary line opposite and most distant from the front street line, except in the case of uncertainty the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall determine the rear line on irregular lots.
LOT LINES, SIDEAny lot line other than front or rear lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from a street side lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from another lot or lots is called an "interior side lot line."
LOT OF RECORDA lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the office of the County Recorder, or a lot, plot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the description of which had been so recorded on or before May 10, 1990.
LOT, CORNERA lot abutting two (2) or more streets at their intersection or two (2) parts of the same street, such streets or parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than one hundred thirty-five degrees (135°), the point of intersection of the street lines being the "corner."
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGEA lot having a frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets as distinguished from a corner lot.
LOT, INTERIORA lot whose boundary lines do not abut upon any street.
LOT, NON-CONFORMINGA single lot, tract or parcel of land shown on a recorded or unrecorded map, plat, drawing or survey in existence on failing to meet the requirements for area, width or depth for any use permitted within the district in which it is located.
LOT, THROUGHA lot having frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets.
LOT, WIDTHThe mean horizontal width of the lot measured at right angles to its depth.
MANUFACTURED HOMEA structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. Each manufactured home must meet the minimum standards of Chapter 700, RSMo. It must meet all the standards relating to manufactured homes as adopted by the Missouri Public Service Commission and evidenced by a seal issued by the Public Service Commission or equivalent standards such as the standards established under Title 42 of the United States Code.
MANUFACTURED HOME LOTThe area within a manufactured home park designed for the accommodation of one (1) manufactured home, its accessory buildings or structures, and accessory equipment for the exclusive use of the occupants.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARKAny parcel of land consisting of five (5) or more acres upon which two (2) or more manufactured homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations.
MANUFACTURED HOME STANDThat part of an individual lot which has been reserved for the placement of one single- or one double-wide manufactured home unit.
MANUFACTURER, MEDICAL MARIJUANAEvery person, partnership, firm, corporation, association, limited liability company, or other legal entity engaged in the cultivation of a product or material, or in treating, processing, refining, improving, combining, fabricating, assembling or otherwise adding to the utility value, or appearance of commodities and other personal property, whether done on order or for sale upon expected or anticipated demand or orders for the manufactured goods. Medical marijuana cultivation facilities and medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facilities are "Light Industrial/Manufacturing" uses for purposes of this Chapter.
MARIJUANA or MARIHUANACannabis 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" does not include industrial hemp containing a crop-wide average tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed three-tenths (0.3) of one percent (1%) on a dry weight basis, or commodities or products manufactured from industrial hemp.
MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTSProducts that are infused with marijuana or an extract thereof and are intended for use or consumption other than by smoking, including, but not limited to, edible products, ointments, tinctures and concentrates.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATIONAs related to activity authorized pursuant to Article
XIV, Section 1, of the Missouri Constitution and all rules and regulations issued by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the process by which a person, business or legal entity promotes the germination and growth of a seed to a mature marijuana plant.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITYA facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, cultivate, process, store, transport and sell marijuana to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, medical marijuana testing facility, medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility, or medical marijuana transportation facility.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION IDENTIFICATION CARDAn additional, separate, or enhanced identification card issued by the State of Missouri allowing the holder to cultivate medical marijuana in amounts and in secure manners as authorized by the Department, only to the extent authorized by applicable law.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARYA facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, store, sell, transport, and deliver marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana as provided by the State of Missouri solely pursuant to the terms of Article
XIV, Section 1, of the Missouri Constitution to a qualified patient, a primary caregiver, another medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, medical marijuana transportation facility, or a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA MEDICAL USEThe production, possession, delivery, distribution, transportation, or administration of marijuana or a marijuana-infused product, or drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana or a marijuana-infused product as provided by Article
XIV, Section 1, of the Missouri Constitution, for the benefit of a qualified patient to mitigate the symptoms or effects of the patient's qualifying medical condition as defined in Missouri State Law.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA USEA medical marijuana use shall be defined as any of the following herein defined entities:
(1) Medical marijuana cultivation facility.
(2) Medical marijuana dispensary.
(3) Medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
(4) Medical marijuana testing facility.
(5) Medical marijuana transportation facility.
(6) Any other entity currently or hereafter included in and regulated by Article
XIV, Section 1, of the Missouri Constitution
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITYA facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, store, manufacture, transport, and sell marijuana-infused products to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, medical marijuana transportation facility, or to another medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
MOBILE HOMEA transportable, factory-built home designed to be used as a residential dwelling and built prior to the enactment of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which became effective June 15, 1976.
MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY/PARKAny parcel of land consisting of three (3) or more acres upon which two (2) or more mobile homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations.
MOBILE HOME LOTAny area, tract, site or plot of ground within a mobile home community or mobile home park designed to accommodate one (1) mobile home as herein defined and the accessory uses thereto.
MODULAR HOMEA building assembly or system of building sub-assemblies, designed for habitation as a dwelling for one (1) or more persons, including the necessary electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating and other service systems, that is constructed with conventional floor joist or trusses, does not include a permanent chassis, is of closed or open construction, and is made or assembled by a manufacturer, off the building site, for installation, or assembly and installation, on the building site, with a permanent foundation. For purposes of this Code, a modular home is a dwelling permitted in any district that permits single-family or duplex dwellings.
MOTEL/MOTOR HOTEL/MOTOR COURTOne (1) or more buildings containing attached, semi-attached or detached sleeping or living units to accommodate transient guests for compensation and not customarily including individual cooking or kitchen facilities, said units having convenient access to off-street parking spaces for the exclusive use of the guests or occupants; not to include tourists homes.
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER SALES AREAAn open off-street area used for the display and sale of new or used automobiles, pickup trucks, vans, vacation vehicles and trailers, where no repair work is done except of a minor and incidental nature to only those vehicles and trailers being sold.
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPA building or a portion of a building arranged, intended or designed to be used for making repairs to motor vehicles.
MOTOR VEHICLE WRECKING YARDAny place where two (2) or more farm or motor vehicles or farm machinery, not in running condition, or part thereof, are stored in the open and not being restored to operation, or any land, building or structure used for wrecking and storing such motor vehicles or parts thereof, including the commercial salvaging of any other goods, articles or merchandise.
NEIGHBORHOODThe smallest sub-area in City planning, being a residential area with common public facilities and social institutions within walking distance.
NOISOME AND INJURIOUS SUBSTANCES, CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONSAny public nuisance of an offensive or invasive nature resulting from a use within the jurisdiction of this Title, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Creation of unreasonable physical hazard, by fire, explosion, radiation or other cause, to persons or property.
(2) Discharge of any liquid or solid waste into any stream of body of water or into any public or private disposal system or into the ground, so as to contaminate any water supply, including underground water supply.
(3) Maintenance or storage of any material either indoors or outdoors so as to cause or to facilitate the breeding of vermin.
(4) Emission of smoke, measured at the point of emission, which constitutes an unreasonable hazard to the health, safety or welfare of any persons.
(5) Fly ash or dust which can cause damage to the health of persons, animal or plant life or to other forms of property, or excessive soil, measured at or beyond the property line of the premises on which the aforesaid fly ash or dust is created or caused.
(6) Creation or causation of any unreasonably offensive odors discernible at or beyond any property line of the premises on which the aforesaid odor is created or caused.
(7) Creation or maintenance of any unreasonably distracting or objectionable vibration and/or electrical disturbances discernible at or beyond any property line of the premises on which the aforesaid vibration or electrical disturbance is created or maintained.
NON-CONFORMANCEA condition existing on May 10, 1990, whereby a structure, land or use does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is situated, including, but not limited to, failure to conform to height, area, coverage or off-street parking requirements.
NON-CONFORMING BUILDINGA building, structure or portion thereof conflicting with the provisions of this Title applicable to the district in which it is situated.
NON-CONFORMING USEA use legally existing on the effective date of this ordinance (May 10, 1990), or any amendment thereto, which does not meet the use requirements of the district where located.
OFFICE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICESAn office (other than a service office or office for care and/or treatment of, or medical attention to, animals as distinguished from persons) for the practice of professions, such as the offices of physicians, dentists, attorneys-at-law, architects, engineers, artists, musicians, teachers, accountants and others who through training are qualified to perform services of a professional nature, or the offices of a governmental agency, with no storage, sale or display of merchandise on the premises.
OFFICE, SERVICEAn office where services are offered by real estate agents, insurance agents, public stenographers, brokers or others who through training are duly-qualified to perform services of an executive nature (as distinguished from a professional office), with no storage, sale or display of merchandise on the premises.
OPEN SPACE, PUBLICLand dedicated or reserved for acquisition for general use by the public, including parks, forest and wildlife preserves, recreation areas, school sites, community or public building sites, waterways, streets and other lands.
OPEN UNOCCUPIED SPACEThat area of private property upon which these regulations prohibit the location of any building or structure.
OUTDOOR STORAGE RENTAL FACILITYA lot designed and used by the owner for the rental to third persons of unroofed or covered parking areas for the keeping vehicles, recreational vehicles, boats, trailers, or other similar vehicles. This use shall not include: a junk yard; open storage; outdoor operations or storage related to marijuana facilities; open storage of raw material, finished goods, or construction materials; outdoor placement of portable storage containers and temporary storage units; nor storage buildings.
OVERLAY DISTRICTA district where additional requirements act in conjunction with the underlying or abutting zoning district(s), and the original zoning district designation does not change.
PARCELAll continuous lands including lots and parts of lots held in one (1) ownership.
PARK STREETA private way which affords principal means of access to individual manufactured home lots or auxiliary buildings.
PARKING AREAAn open, otherwise unoccupied, hard-surfaced space used or required for use for temporarily parking motor vehicles exclusively and where no gasoline or vehicular accessories are sold, no other business is conducted and no fees are charged.
PARKING AREA, PRIVATEAn open, hard-surfaced space, other than a street or public way, designed, arranged and made available to the occupants of the building or buildings for which the parking area is developed and is accessory for the storage of private passenger automobiles only.
PARKING AREA, PUBLICAn open, hard-surfaced area, other than a street or other public way, used for parking automobiles or other motor vehicles and available to the public whether for a fee or as an accommodation to clients or customers.
PARKING LOT, COMMERCIALAn open surfaced area used exclusively for temporarily storing motor vehicles and within which motor fuels and oils may be sold and fees charged, but no vehicles may be equipped, repaired, rented or sold.
PARKING SPACESpace within a public or private parking area of not less than one hundred seventy one (171) square feet nine (9) feet by nineteen (19) feet, exclusive of access drives, aisles, ramps, columns, or office and work areas, for the storage of passenger automobile or a commercial vehicle under one and one-half (1 1/2) tons capacity, and connected with a street or alley by a surfaced driveway which affords satisfactory ingress and egress for such vehicles.
PAVEDSurfaced with asphaltic or concrete pavement material of a thickness sufficient to withstand the highest-use loading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDSRegulations specifically directed toward controlling noisome and injurious substances, conditions and operations.
PERSONAny natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association or corporation.
PHYSICIANAn individual who is licensed and in good standing to practice medicine or osteopathy under Missouri Law.
PLACEAn open, unoccupied space or public or private thoroughfare, other than a street or alley permanently reserved as the principal means of access to abutting property.
PLAN, LAND(See "land use plan," "subdivision plat, final" and "subdivision plat, preliminary.")
PLANNED DEVELOPMENTA residential, commercial or industrial development on a parcel of land in single ownership and consisting of two (2) or more buildings having any yard, court, parking or loading space in common.
PLANNED DISTRICTA land area, at least five (5) acres in size, having, by design, individual building sites and common property for open space and is organized to operate as a unit, without necessary participation of other units and building sites, the ownership of common property and building sites being either public or private, common or individual, according to a submitted plan.
PLATA map, plan or layout of a City, township, section or subdivision indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties and other such details as may be required for review.
POLLUTION(See "noisome and injurious substances, conditions and operations.")
PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINERA transportable enclosure marketed, designed and/or rented for use for temporary, on-site storage. Portable storage containers are commonly referred to by various trade names, such as "PODS," "U-Box Containers," and "U-Pack." A portable storage container is not a storage unit. To be considered a portable storage container, the container shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height eight (8) feet in width or twelve (12) feet in length. Any storage container exceeding those dimensions shall be deemed a storage unit.
PREMISESA parcel together with all buildings and structures thereon.
PRIMARY CAREGIVERAn individual twenty-one (21) years of age or older who has significant responsibility for managing the well-being of a qualified patient and who is designated as such under the rules and regulations of the Department and possesses a Department-issued primary caregiver or primary caregiver cultivation identification card.
PRINCIPAL USEThe main purpose for which a lot or the principal building thereon is designed, arranged or intended and for which it is or may be used, occupied or maintained in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
PROFESSIONALA member of a recognized profession, including accountants, architects, dentists, doctors, engineers and lawyers.
PROPERTYThat which can be owned, either by an individual or by a group in common.
PUBLICLY MARKETABLE PRODUCTAny non-viable industrial hemp material, including seed, stem, root, leaf, or floral material, that contains no material with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration exceeding three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACEAny publicly owned open area, including, but not limited to, parks, playgrounds, forest preserves, beaches, waterways, parkways and streets.
PUBLIC USEBuildings, structures and uses of land owned, operated and maintained by a government unit or government agency, including, but not restricted to, public schools, fire stations, recreation sites and facilities and water treatment facilities.
QUALIFYING PATIENTA Missouri resident diagnosed with at least one qualifying medical condition as defined in Missouri State Law and possessing a Department-issued qualifying patient or qualifying patient cultivation identification card.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLEA portable vehicular structure without a permanent foundation that can be towed, hauled, or driven and is primarily designed as a temporary living accommodation for recreational, camping and travel use and includes, but is not limited to, travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers, tent trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, and self-propelled motor homes. The term "recreational vehicle" does not include manufactured home or mobile home.
REPAIR FACILITYA building used for the repair and/or restoration of equipment and/or machinery.
RESTAURANTA building or portion thereof used or designed for on-premise food and beverage service for compensation, not including drive-in restaurants.
RIGHT-OF-WAYThe area of a vehicular way or other strip of land reserved for public use whether established by prescription, easement, dedication, gift, purchase, eminent domain or other legal means. (See also "street.")
ROADAny street, highway, avenue, marginal access street, bridge, viaduct or segment thereof. (See also "street.")
ROOMAn unsubdivided portion of a dwelling unit interior, excluding bathrooms, kitchens, closets, hallways and service porches.
SANITARY LANDFILLA type of operation, conforming to City permit and State licensing requirements, in which refuse and earth or other suitable cover material is deposited in alternate layers of specified depth in accordance with a definite plan on a designated portion of open land, each layer being compacted with force applied by mechanical equipment.
SEARCHLIGHT, MARKETING/PROMOTIONALThe use of laser source light or any similar high-intensity light for outdoor advertising or entertainment, including the operation of searchlights for advertising purposes.
SECONDARY SCHOOLA public, private, religious or parochial school giving instruction in a grade or grades not lower than the sixth nor higher than the twelfth grade.
SERVICE BUILDINGA building housing community toilet, laundry, and other sanitary facilities necessary for the health and convenience of manufactured home occupants.
SETBACKThe distance in linear feet measured on a horizontal plane from any lot line to a building or structure on the lot.
SEWAGE SYSTEM OR WORKS, SANITARYA facility designed for collection, removal, purifying treatment and disposal of waterborne sewage generated within a given service area, with stormwater, surface water and groundwater not intentionally admitted.
SHIPPING CONTAINERA large prefabricated portable container, designed and manufactured as an enclosed container to store goods during shipment over ocean, over road and/or over rail.
SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMEA building used for permanent or temporary human occupancy, including, but not limited to, living, sleeping or other residential uses, composed of one (1) or several conjoined and/or stacked prefabricated metal containers formerly used as an enclosed shipping container for over-ocean, over-road and/or over-rail shipment of bulk goods.
SEWAGE, DOMESTIC OR SANITARYA combination of the waterborne human wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be present.
SEWAGE/WASTE, INDUSTRIALThe liquid wastes from individual manufacturing processes, trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
SHOPPING CENTER/MALLA planned group of stores, the large primary stores flanking the smaller secondary stores and shops to create a balanced pedestrian flow, providing convenient customer parking, with accommodations made for, but not limited to, off-street loading, landscaping, stormwater runoff, lighting, signage, cleanliness, designated fire lanes, internal traffic circulation and access to off-site thoroughfares, conforming to all appropriate codes and ordinances.
SIGNAny structure, part thereof, or device attached thereto, or painted or represented thereon, or any material or object illuminated or otherwise, displaying or including any numeral, letter, word, model, banner, emblem, insignia device, trademark or other representation used as, or in the nature of, an announcement, advertisement, direction or designation of any person, firm, group, organization, place, commodity, product, service, business, profession, enterprise or industry, located upon any land, building or window. The flag, emblem or other insignia of a nation, governmental unit, or educational, charitable or religious group shall not be included within the meaning of this definition.
SIGN AREAThe total surface area of the entire sign, including all parts and appurtenances thereof [except principal supports, the total cross-sectional area of which does not exceed one (1) square foot and on which there is no display of advertising material or any lighting]. In the case of any sign having display surfaces which are not continuous (e.g., separated letter displays or separated display surfaces), sign area shall include a theoretical display surface equal to the area of the smallest enclosure into which the combined non-continuous display surfaces can be fitted, including intermediate structural supports.
SIGN CLEARANCEThe vertical distance from the established finished grade of the ground or sidewalk to the lower edge of a sign.
SIGN COMBINATIONAny sign incorporating any combination of the features of the signs defined herein.
SIGN HEIGHTThe vertical distance measured from the highest point of the street curb level, the established or mean street grade in case the curb has not been constructed or the average finished ground level adjoining the sign if it sets back from the street line, to the level of the highest point of the sign.
SIGN, ADVERTISINGA sign directing attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment.
SIGN, BILLBOARDAny advertising display structure with its facing outline in excess of twenty (20) square feet not related to a permitted principal use of the premises.
SIGN, BULLETIN BOARDA sign used to notify the public of an event or other occurrence of public interest, such as a church service, political rally, civic meeting or similar event.
SIGN, BUSINESSA sign directing attention to a business, profession, display or entertainment conducted upon a lot or to a commodity or service stores, sold or displayed on a lot. Only one (1) side of any double-facing business sign shall be considered in the total sign area permitted for any business building or lot, provided the same theoretical message appears on both faces of the sign and further provided the sign shall be perpendicular to the traveled way toward which the sign is oriented with variations of less than five degrees (5°) permitted.
SIGN, CONSTRUCTIONA sign advertising the development or improvement of a property by a building contractor or other person furnishing services, materials or labor to said premises, intended for a limited period of display and erected on the same lot with the work being done.
SIGN, DIRECTIONALA sign containing only the name and location of and/or direction to a business, community, service or other activity and located other than on the premises where such business, service or other activity is conducted.
SIGN, FACEAny sign attached to the face of a building or structure in such a manner as to be approximately parallel to the plane of such building or structure face and not extending farther than one (1) foot from such face.
SIGN, FREESTANDINGA detached sign supported by one (1) or more uprights, poles or braces in or upon the ground and not attached to a building or other structure.
SIGN, IDENTIFICATIONAn on-premises sign serving only to tell the name or use of any public/semi-public building or recreation space, club, lodge, church or institution or only to tell the name and/or address of an apartment house or hotel or to identify a parking lot, not including a sign identifying a commercial or industrial use or a commodity or service offered on the premises.
SIGN, ILLUMINATEDAny signage display using electrical or other illumination devices, including luminous tubing, either attached or detached.
SIGN, INCIDENTAL USEA non-illuminated professional or announcement sign, not exceeding one-half (1/2) square foot in area and attached wholly to a building, including those pertaining only to the rent, lease or sale of property upon which displayed.
SIGN, MARQUEEA display sign attached to or suspended from a marquee, canopy or other covered structure projecting from and supported by the building and extending beyond the building wall or building line.
SIGN, NAME PLATEA sign servicing solely to designate the name of person or persons residing in a dwelling.
SIGN, POLEA sign supported wholly by a pole or poles, the surface of which is not a part of a building.
SIGN, PRINCIPAL USEA sign on the same premises with a principal use, announcing only the name of such principal use and/or the principal product sold or the principal service rendered by such principal use.
SIGN, PROJECTINGAll signs, other than face signs, suspended or supported by any building or wall and extending outward therefrom.
SIGN, REAL ESTATEA temporary sign indicating the availability for sale, rent or lease of the specific lot and/or building upon which the sign is erected or displayed.
SIGN, ROOFA sign erected upon or above a roof or parapet wall of a building or structure but not projecting over public property.
SIGN, SEPARATE USEAny sign, including a standard poster panel sign or fabricated sign (billboard) directing attention to a business commodity, service, entertainment or other activity, conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than on the premises where said sign is located.
SIGN, SUBDIVISIONA temporary sign advertising the general development, sale and/or subdivision of land and displayed or erected upon the subject property, as distinguished from a real estate sign, and to be replaced at a specified time by a permanent sign identifying said development or subdivision.
SIGN, TEMPORARYAny sign intended to be displayed for a short period, which period shall not be greater than three (3) months.
SIGN, WALLAny sign painted on, attached to or erected against the wall of a building or structure, with the exposed sign face parallel to the plane of said wall and extending not more than twelve (12) inches from the face of the wall.
SITE PLANA plan showing uses and structures proposed for a selected parcel, including lot lines, streets, building sites, reserved open spaces, buildings, major landscape features — both natural and manmade — and proposed utilities locations.
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMAny apparatus or equipment designed for the purpose of collecting and transforming solar energy into electric energy, such as photovoltaic systems. "Solar energy systems" shall not include any system which converts solar energy into thermal energy.
SOLID WASTEGarbage, refuse and other discarded material, including, but not limited to, solid and liquid waste materials resulting from industrial, business, agricultural and residential activities.
SPACE(See "public open space" and "parking space.")
SPORTING GOODSAn establishment engaged in the retail sale of sporting goods such as hunting and fishing accessories (including archery equipment, firearms and ammunition), sports equipment, camping equipment, exercise and fitness equipment, apparel, footwear and other goods, accessories and related merchandise to the general public.
STABLE, PRIVATEAn accessory building for keeping horses, ponies, mules or cows owned by occupants of the premises and not kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
STABLE, PUBLICA stable other than a private or riding stable as defined herein.
STABLE, RIDINGA structure where horses or ponies, used exclusively for pleasure riding or driving, are housed, boarded or kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
STORAGE UNIT (LONG-TERM AND TEMPORARY)A large [exceeding eight (8) feet in height eight (8) feet in width or twelve (12) feet in length] prefabricated portable container such as a semi-truck trailer, box trailer or shipping container. A storage unit is not a portable storage container. A storage unit intended to be placed or actually located on a lot for more than sixty (60) days shall be deemed a "long-term storage unit." A storage unit intended or located on a lot for sixty (60) days or less shall be deemed a "temporary storage unit."
STORYThat portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if no floor is above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it.
STORY, HALFA story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more than three (3) feet above the floor of such story, except any partial story used for residential purposes other than for a janitor or caretaker or his or her family, or by a family occupying the floor immediately below it, shall be deemed a full story.
STREETThe full width between the property lines bounding every way of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to use by the public as a matter of right, for the purpose of vehicular traffic and whether designated as a street, highway, freeway, expressway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, circle or however otherwise designated, except accessways commonly designated as alleys, and further described as follows:
(1) Major streets and highways are those used primarily for fast or heavy through traffic.
(2) Collector streets are those providing for traffic movement between major streets and highways and local streets, including principal entrance streets or residential developments and streets for circulation within such developments.
(3) Local and minor streets are those used primarily to provide direct access to individual lots and for local traffic movements.
STREET LINESA dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a contiguous street.
STREET SURFACE WIDTHThat portion of any street designated for vehicular traffic and, where curbs are laid, that portion of any street between the curbs.
STRUCTUREAnything fabricated, assembled, constructed or erected, the use of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground or attached to something having permanent location on the ground, including, but not limited to, buildings, signs, poles, walkways, retaining walls, towers and fences.
SUBDIVISIONThe division of a parcel into two (2) or more lots, or other divisions of land, including re-subdivisions and, when appropriate to the context, the process of subdividing or to the land or territory subdivided.
SUBDIVISION PLAT, FINALThe final map, drawing or chart and required documents presenting a subdivision plan to the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Aldermen for approval.
SUBDIVISION PLAT, PRELIMINARYThe first formal submission by a subdivider of a map, drawing or chart indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision with accompanying documents as required by the subdivision regulation.
TATTOO SHOPA commercial establishment licensed by the State of Missouri Division of Professional Registration, Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing and Branding as outlined in 20 CSR § 2267-3.010, and which employs practitioners licensed by the State who perform the service of placing a tattoo or tattoos on patrons of such establishment. For the purpose of this definition, the term “Tattoo” shall mean an indelible mark made on the body of another person either or both:
(1) By the insertion of a pigment under the skin; or
(2) By production of scars other than by branding.
TEMPORARY BUILDING OR USEA use or building established for a delineated time span in connection with a specific purpose such as a construction project or real estate development, not to include facilities for sleeping or cooking.
THEATERA building or part of a building devoted primarily to the showing of motion pictures or theatrical productions on a paid admission basis.
THEATER, OUTDOOR DRIVE-INAn open lot or part thereof with its appurtenant facilities devoted primarily to the showing of motion pictures or theatrical productions on a paid admission basis to patrons seated in automobiles or on outdoor seats.
THOROUGHFARE PLANThe official plan of highways, primary and secondary thoroughfares, parkways and other major streets, including collector streets, adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission, approved by the Board of Aldermen, and duly recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds of Warren County.
TIE-DOWNA device designed for the purpose of anchoring a manufactured home to the ground anchors.
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPA map showing all principal physical features of an area, including elevation.
TOURIST HOMEA building other than a hotel or motel where lodging is provided and offered for compensation to not more than twenty (20) transient guests, with only one (1) sign not more than two (2) square feet in area.
TRAILERAny structure built on a chassis for licensing by the State as a trailer and designed for general hauling or recreational purposes. (See "mobile home," "trailer, construction," "utility trailer," and "recreational vehicle.")
TRAILER, CONSTRUCTIONA vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, designed or intended for temporary office space and/or storage, but not dwelling purposes, whether or not such vehicle is attached to or resting on the ground or something having a location on the ground, and is parked on the building site where construction work is occurring and requires a permit prior to its placement.
TRANSITIONAL AREAAn area with its geographical location to other zoning districts making it more subject to uses from said adjoining districts not completely compatible with its existing zoning district regulations, such that condition use permits and/or variances are requested at a frequency to alter the original zoning district's intent.
TRANSPORTATION INSTALLATIONS, MAJORIndustrial-type transportation facilities to include airports, bus terminals, flight strips and heliports, railroad terminals and yards and truck terminals.
UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATIONAny manufactured home or structure which is dangerous to human life or detrimental to health through either lack of maintenance, or repair generally, or because of unsafe or improper construction or installation, and includes, but is not limited to, manufactured homes or structures within a manufactured home park in which any one or more of the following exists: The exterior wall or walls, supporting structure, doors, windows, floors, roof, appliances, or equipment are so deteriorated, broken or damaged as to be hazardous to the occupants; or the walls, roof, floor, doors or windows are in such condition as not to adequately protect the occupant or occupants from the elements.
USEThe specific purpose or combined purposes for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended, occupied or maintained, with any combination of uses subject to the like combination of their individual requirements. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any non-conforming or conditional use. (See also "accessory use," "conditional use," "exceptional use," "non-conforming use," "principal use," "public use," "temporary building or use.")
UTILITIES, MAJORPublicly or privately owned, operated and maintained facilities requiring licensing and monitoring beyond local levels and more selectively in their location within the community, such as sanitary landfills, sewage treatment plants and outfall sewers, radio and television transmitter towers, electrical substations and telephone exchanges, power generating plants and water towers.
UTILITIES, PRIVATEThose water, sewer, storm drainage, communication, power or other facilities privately owned, operated and maintained for a specific service area and which comply with applicable public health standards.
UTILITY TRAILERAny structure built on a chassis for licensing by the State as a trailer and designed for general hauling or recreational purposes.
VACATION VEHICLE LOT OR PARKAny area, tract, site or plot of land whereupon a minimum of two (2) vacation vehicles as herein defined are placed, located or maintained for temporary dwelling purposes.
VARIANCEThe official granting of an exemption from compliance with the terms or conditions of the zoning regulations by the Zoning Board for a specific parcel, structure or use as a result of demonstrable practical difficulties other than of a financial nature in meeting the existing requirements, as distinct from rezoning and as further set out hereinafter in powers and duties of the Board of Adjustment.
VIABLE INDUSTRIAL HEMPAn agricultural product that is subject to regulation by the Missouri Department of Agriculture, including compliance with an industrial hemp plant monitoring system.
WAREHOUSEA large building where raw materials or manufactured goods may be stored before their export or distribution for sale.
YARDThe open space at grade remaining between the lot lines adjoining such space and the principal building or building lines on such lot, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided.
YARD, FRONTA yard extending between side lot lines and across the front of a lot and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street or lot line and the principal building or any projections thereof other than the projections of the usual uncovered steps, uncovered balconies or uncovered porch. On corner lots, the front yard shall be considered as parallel to the street the front door faces.
YARD, REARA yard extending between side lot lines and across the rear of a lot and being the required minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear of the principal building or any projections thereof other than the projections of uncovered steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches; the rear yard being opposite the front yard.
YARD, SIDEA yard between the principal building and the side line of the lot, and extending from the required front yard to the required rear yard, being the minimum horizontal distance between a side lot line and the side of the principal building or any projection thereof.
ZONINGA unified set of regulations and maps establishing use groups by district designations and controlling the placement, height, bulk, coverage and performance and other standards for use of land and structures within each district.
ZONING APPEALAn official request for reconsideration filed with the Zoning Board after an application to the Zoning Enforcement Officer for a zoning permit has been denied for non-compliance with the requirements of the ordinance.
ZONING BOARDThe term used to refer to the Board of Zoning Appeals as herein regulated.
ZONING CERTIFICATEA document issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer authorizing buildings, structures or uses consistent with the terms of this Title and for the purpose of implementing and enforcing its provisions.
ZONING MAPThe City's Official Zoning Map and all amendments thereto located in the office of the City Clerk.
ZONING, BUILDING PERMITA permit issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer indicating the plan submitted complies with the zoning ordinance and the use or structure proposed is allowed by the ordinance or has been allowed by a variance or exception granted by the Zoning Board.