[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.