[R.O. 2008 §26-1; Ord. No. 1903 §1, 11-24-1997]
This Chapter and any amendments thereto shall be known, cited
and referred to as the "Creve Coeur Zoning Ordinance".
[R.O. 2008 §26-2; Ord. No. 1903 §1, 11-24-1997; Ord. No. 2091 §1, 11-27-2000]
A. This
Chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
1. To protect, provide for and promote the public safety, health, convenience,
comfort, morals, prosperity and general welfare of the residents of
the City of Creve Coeur, Missouri.
2. To encourage the most appropriate use of land, to conserve and enhance
the value of property, to provide adequate open spaces for light and
air, to prevent undue concentration of population, to avoid excessive
congestion of streets, to secure safety from fire, flood and other
dangers and to assist in the provision of adequate community utilities
and facilities such as transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks
and other amenities in the City of Creve Coeur.
3. To guide the future growth and further development of the City within
the spirit and intent of the Comprehensive Plan or current land use
plan with variations requiring public disclosure and rational.
4. To protect and conserve the value of buildings and improvements and
to minimize the adverse impact of development on adjoining or nearby
properties.
5. To establish a beneficial relationship between the uses of land and
buildings and the public street system; to require the proper location
and design of streets and building lines; and to make adequate provision
for pedestrian traffic circulation.
6. To encourage the wise use and management of natural resources; to
provide adequate and safe recreational areas; to maintain the natural
beauty and topography of the City and to ensure appropriate development
with regard to these natural features; to minimize the pollution of
air, ponds and streams; to ensure the adequacy of stormwater drainage
and detention facilities.
[R.O. 2008 §26-3; Ord. No. 1903 §1, 11-24-1997]
The provisions of this Chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements
adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety and general
welfare. Whenever the regulations of this Chapter require a higher
standard than that required by other regulations, order of a public
official, private deed restriction or private covenants, this Chapter
shall govern. If the requirements of such other regulation, order,
private deed restriction or private covenant are the more restrictive,
then those requirements shall govern. This provision does not require
and shall not be interpreted to require the City to enforce private
deed restrictions or private covenants.
[R.O. 2008 §26-4; Ord. No. 1903 §1, 11-24-1997]
A. Except as may otherwise be provided in Section
405.610 (Non-Conformities), from and after the effective date of this Chapter, all new structures erected, all uses of land or structures established, all structural alterations to or the relocation of existing structures and all enlargements of or additions to existing uses shall be subject to all regulations of this Chapter that are applicable to the zoning districts in which such structures, uses or land shall be located.
B. However,
where a building permit for a structure has been legally issued in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations in effect prior to
the effective date of this Chapter and provided that construction
is begun within six (6) months of the date of the building permit
and diligently pursued to completion, such structure may be completed
in accordance with the approved plans on the basis of which the building
permit was issued. Upon completion, the structure may be occupied
under an occupancy permit for the use originally designated, subject
thereafter to all provisions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2008 §26-5; Ord. No. 1903 §1, 11-24-1997]
The phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, Subsections, Sections
and Articles of this Chapter are severable and if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph, Subsection, Section or Article or combination
thereof shall be declared unconstitutional or unlawful by the valid
judgment, decree or injunction order of a court of competent jurisdiction,
such ruling shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs, Subsections, Sections and Articles of this
Chapter. In the event that, contrary to the policies, interests and
values of the City of Creve Coeur, a court of competent jurisdiction
issues a judgment, decree or injunction order that this Chapter or
any part thereof is unconstitutional or otherwise unlawful because
of any omission or prohibition in this Chapter, then all provisions
of this Chapter not specifically declared to be unconstitutional or
otherwise unlawful shall remain in full force and effect. In the event
that a judgment, decree or injunction order declaring all or a portion
of this Chapter to be unconstitutional or otherwise unlawful is reversed
or vacated by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provisions contained
in this Chapter shall remain in full force and effect.