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City of Northwoods, MO
St. Louis County
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[CC 1987 §410.010; Ord. No. 632 §2, 11-12-1968]
A. 
No building or premises shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected or structurally altered within District "A" except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
1. 
One-family dwellings.
2. 
Churches, schools and public libraries, museums, parks, playgrounds, and community buildings owned or operated by the City.
3. 
Accessory buildings consisting of not more than one (1) storage building not for business use and one (1) private garage to be located not less than one (1) foot from any line of the lot, and no closer than three (3) feet from any adjacent building whether on same or adjoining lot.
4. 
Uses incidental to any of the above purposes, including:
a. 
One (1) name plate of the occupant of a premises which shall not exceed one (1) square foot in area.
b. 
One (1) name plate, name sign or bulletin board at the entrance to a church or similar institution, which shall not exceed twenty-five (25) square feet in area.
5. 
Group homes.
[CC 1987 §410.020; Ord. No. 632 §3, 11-12-1968]
A. 
No building or premises shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected or structurally altered within District "B" except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
1. 
Any use permitted in District "A".
2. 
Multiple dwellings.
3. 
Accessory buildings, including private and storage garages when located on the same lot, not less than thirty (30) feet from the front line and not less than five (5) feet from any side street line, unless constructed as a part of the main building; however, it shall be permissible to maintain and operate a storage garage in the basement or on the ground floor of fireproof apartments, which garage is to be operated and maintained for the use of the guests or tenants residing within such apartment.
4. 
Uses incidental to any of the above purposes, including:
a. 
One (1) name plate of the occupant of a premises which shall not exceed one (1) square foot in area.
b. 
One (1) name plate, name sign or bulletin board at the entrance to any apartment or church or similar institution, which shall not exceed twenty-five (25) square feet in area.
c. 
Concessions and service accessible only from within a building.
5. 
The parking or storing of any truck, commercial vehicle, taxicab, boat, or trailer of any type between the building line and the street is prohibited, provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent temporary parking for loading or delivery purposes.
[CC 1987 §410.030; Ord. No. 475 §6, 9-13-1960]
A. 
No building or premises shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected or structurally altered within District "C" except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
1. 
Any use permitted in District "B".
2. 
Hospitals, convalescent homes or homes for the aged.
3. 
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above purposes as provided for in Subsection (3) of Section 410.010.
[CC 1987 §410.040; Ord. No. 475 §7, 9-13-1960; Ord. 502 §2, 10-30-61]
A. 
No building or premises shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected or structurally altered within District "D" except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
1. 
Any use permitted in District "C".
2. 
Any other commercial use not forbidden by the laws of the United States or the State of Missouri, except the following:
Wholesale bakery, laundry plants and cleaning and dyeing plants (agencies thereof excepted), blacksmith shops, bottling works, dairies, carting and hauling and storage companies, brickyards, ice plants, livery stables, lumberyards, poolrooms (except in conjunction with a bowling alley), packing plants, undertaking establishments, barbecue or hot dog stands, public garages, soft drink parlors, sales of gasoline, bulk oil or other fuels stored above ground, kennels and hospitals for animals, manufacturers of all kinds and uses such as produce noxious, dangerous or disagreeable gases, fumes, waste products, or smoke, offensive or disagreeable odors, loud or disturbing noises, or which may involve the transportation or storing within said district of explosives or highly inflammable material, except gasoline and oil safety stored in adequate containers, and no other commercial enterprise as shall not be approved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Northwoods.
3. 
The use of parking areas shall be regulated as follows:
a. 
All parking areas shall be maintained in a manner to keep them as free as practicable from dust, paper and other loose articles. Snow and ice shall be promptly removed by the operator. The repair and general orderliness of the parking areas will conform to the standards set for the entire City. Failure to meet these standards shall invoke a prohibition of use until such standards are restored.
b. 
Adequate provision shall be made for the disposal of stormwater, and the operator shall insure that water will not flow onto adjoining property.
c. 
Adequate retaining walls shall be erected wherever necessary to prevent the washing of soil to and from adjoining property.
d. 
Parking areas will be clearly marked to indicate direction of movement along driveways and for pedestrian crosswalks.
e. 
Wherever parking areas are to be used after dark, a system of floodlights shall be installed to provide adequate illumination over the entire parking area. All lights shall be shielded and directed so that only minimum glare will extend onto adjacent property.
f. 
The planting of trees, shrubs or grass shall be required where it is deemed that such planting will be in the best interests of the City. Such plantings shall always be maintained in accordance with the general surrounding plantings within the City.
g. 
Parking areas shall be screened from adjoining residential and other properties by employing the use of shrubs, masonry walls, fencing, or any combination of these or other materials with primary emphasis being placed on aesthetic design and values. Plans for these screenings shall be approved by a special committee working under the direction of the Board of Aldermen.
h. 
All provisions in regard to parking areas shall be governed by the Board of Aldermen or their specific appointees.