[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-00), 4-10-2000]
All territory which may hereafter be included within the zoning jurisdiction of Chillicothe, Missouri, shall be governed by and subject to the requirements of the Open Space Floodplain District or otherwise conform to the land use category shown on the plan, until such time as the zoning district shall have been amended to rezone such territory otherwise.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-01), 4-10-2000]
Nothing herein contained shall require any change in plans, construction or designated use of a building actually under construction at the time of effective date of these regulations.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-02), 4-10-2000]
Adult uses, as defined herein, are not permitted in the City of Chillicothe except by the granting of a conditional use permit and are only permitted by such permit in the "C-3" Highway Commercial Zone District.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-03), 4-10-2000]
On any lot of record in any district, so recorded prior to enactment of the zoning regulations adopted, a structure may be erected even though the lot be of less area or width than required by the regulations of the district in which the lot is located, provided all other area requirements are met and that in no case the lot is less than thirty-five (35) feet in width.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-04), 4-10-2000]
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The policy of the City of Chillicothe is to encourage manufactured home siting in designated manufactured home parks. The manufactured home parks shall conform to the following requirements:
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The park shall be located on a well-drained site, properly graded to insure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water.
2. 
Manufactured home spaces shall be provided consisting of a minimum of three thousand (3,000) square feet for each space which shall be at least fifty (50) feet wide and clearly defined.
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Manufactured homes shall be so harbored on each space that there shall be at least a thirty (30) foot clearance between mobile homes.
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All manufactured home spaces shall abut a driveway of not less than twenty (20) feet in width, which shall have unobstructed access to a public street.
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At least two (2) vehicle parking spaces of four hundred (400) square feet in the aggregate shall be provided for each manufactured home space.
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A City electrical outlet, City water and City sanitary sewer shall be provided each manufactured home space.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(12-05), 4-10-2000]
Except as hereinafter provided, no building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered unless in conformity with all of the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-06), 4-10-2000]
No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this Article shall be reduced in size or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this Article shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this Article.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-07), 4-10-2000]
The provisions of this Article shall be construed to be minimum requirements. Wherever there exists a conflict between this Article and any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations, ordinances, deed restrictions or covenants, the most restrictive requirements shall govern.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-08), 4-10-2000]
The required yard space for each building, structure or use shall fall entirely upon land within a district or districts in which the use is permitted.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-09), 4-10-2000]
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The following projections may be permitted into any front, rear or side yard.
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Cornices, sills, eaves and other ornamental features to a distance of not more than two (2) feet six (6) inches.
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Fire escapes to a distance of not more than four (4) feet six (6) inches.
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Uncovered stairways and necessary landings to a distance of not more than four (4) feet six (6) inches, provided such stair and landing shall not extend above the entrance floor of the building except for a railing not to exceed three (3) feet in height.
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Bay windows and chimneys to a distance of not more than three (3) feet, provided that such features do not occupy, in the aggregate, more than one-third (1/3) the length of the building wall on which they are located.
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Terraces and uncovered porches, when constructed more than six (6) inches above the ground level at the nearest lot line, to a distance of not more than two (2) feet six (6) inches, provided said terraces and porches do not extend more than three (3) feet above the floor level of the ground story.
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Canopies to a distance of not more than two (2) feet six (6) inches.
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Balconies in "R" districts to a distance of not more than three (3) feet into yards of less than twenty (20) feet and to a distance of not more than six (6) feet into yards of more than twenty (20) feet, provided that said balconies do not occupy, in the aggregate, more than one-third (1/3) the length of the building on which they are located.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-10), 4-10-2000]
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When building an addition to an existing structure, a variance shall not be required, provided that the proposed addition will not be located any closer to the lot lines than permissible. The structure and addition shall not cover more than the maximum allowable percentage of that district.
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A variance will be required should the proposed addition be located closer to the property lines than any portion of the existing structure, unless the normal setbacks can be observed in the zoning district in which the structure is located.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-11), 4-10-2000; Ord. No. 2010-47 §1(17-4 (2, w)), 5-10-2010]
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A private swimming pool shall include a pool, pond, lake or open tank not located within a completely enclosed building and containing or normally capable of containing water to a depth at any point greater than one and one-half (1½) feet. No such swimming pool shall be allowed in any district unless it complies with the following conditions and requirements:
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It may not be located, including any walks or paved areas or accessory structures adjacent thereto, closer than five (5) feet to any property line of the property to which it is located.
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The swimming pool, or the entire property on which it is located, shall be so walled or fenced as to prevent uncontrolled access by children from the street or adjacent properties.
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The pool shall further be screened by, at minimum, a masonry wall, fence or compact hedge five (5) feet in height and maintained in good condition.
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A swimming pool or any other pool of water that is more than eighteen (18) inches deep that is not enclosed by a permanent fence at least sixty (60) inches in height with a lockable gate. Said gate which is left unlocked when pool is not in use will constitute a public nuisance.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-12), 4-10-2000]
Temporary buildings that are used in conjunction with construction work only may be permitted in any district during the period that the building is being constructed, but such temporary buildings shall be removed upon completion of the construction work.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-13), 4-10-2000]
Notwithstanding any other ordinance provisions to the contrary on a lot occupied by a church or other building in which persons congregate or which is designed, arranged, remodeled or normally used for the congregation of persons in numbers in excess of twenty-five (25), the width of each side or rear yard shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-14), 4-10-2000]
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On a corner lot no fence, plant or other obstruction more than three (3) feet in height above the plane of the established grades of the street shall be erected on any part of the front yard or side yard herein established that is included within the street lines of intersecting streets and a line connecting such street lines at a point which is twenty (20) feet from their point of intersection, measured along such street lines and no planting of foliage shall be placed or maintained within such area that in the judgment of the Zoning Inspector will materially obstruct the view of a driver or a vehicle approaching the street intersection.
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No fence which is more than six (6) feet in height above the plane of the finished grade of the lots at the division line between lots shall be erected along such division line unless no part of such fence is within twenty (20) feet of any residence building on such lot or abutting lot and in no instance shall fence be nearer than twenty (20) feet to any street line.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-15), 4-10-2000]
No person shall maintain, install, construct, erect or permit, on any property within the City, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the parking or standing of a trailer intended for, or used for, lodging, dwelling or sleeping for a period exceeding seven (7) days. Unoccupied trailers ordinarily used primarily for living purposes may be stored inside a building and such unoccupied trailers may be temporarily parked outside. The length of time which an unoccupied trailer or motor home may be parked outside shall not exceed a total of fifteen (15) days in any three (3) successive months. The storage of unoccupied trailers and other vehicles designed for recreational use is permitted within a building or in the open in a rear yard, but not between properties.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-16), 4-10-2000]
In any zone district where a public sanitary sewer is not accessible, the Zoning Officer may require the lot area and frontage requirements to conform to the provisions of State health regulations in lieu of the applicable provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-17), 4-10-2000]
The person or persons designated as the municipal representative charged with carrying out the provisions of this Chapter and with assisting the City in carrying out the City land use plan, subdivision ordinance and other related tasks and authorities.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-18), 4-10-2000]
The Zoning Officer, upon instructions from the City Council, shall have the authority to petition the Circuit Court for injunctive relief against continued violations of any of the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-19), 4-10-2000]
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The Planning and Zoning Commission may, at its discretion and based upon recommendations from the Zoning Administrator, City Manager, City Health Officer or Chief of the Fire Department, require any or all of the following special matters in any zone district:
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Landscaping. All open areas disturbed by grading or construction activities at any site, lot, tract or parcel shall be contoured to provide drainage and, except for areas used for parking, drives or storage, shall be landscaped with trees, shrubs or planted ground cover. Such landscaping shall conform with the planting plan approved at the time the building permit was issued. It shall be the owner's responsibility to see that this landscaping is maintained in an attractive and well kept condition. All adjacent vacant lots, tracts or parcels under the same ownership shall also be properly maintained.
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Screening. All principal, accessory and special uses, except business signs which are situated within fifty (50) feet of a residential district, shall be screened and buffered from such district by a separation of open space which shall have a minimum depth of thirty (30) feet and shall include a required fence or vegetative screening of not less than ninety percent (90%) opacity and not less than six (6) feet above the level of the residential district property at the district boundary. Walls or fences of lesser heights of planting screens may be permitted by the Planning and Zoning Commission if there is a finding that the nature or extent of this use being screened is such that a lesser degree of screening will as adequately promote and protect the use and enjoyment of the properties within the adjacent residential district or there is a finding that a screening of the type required by this Chapter would interfere with the provisions of adequate amounts of light and air to same said properties. All required screening devices shall be designed so that they are architecturally harmonious with the principal structures on the site and they shall be properly maintained so as not to become unsightly, hazardous or less opaque than when originally constructed.
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Storage. The storage of combustible or flammable materials will be a minimum two hundred (200) feet from any residential district. All above ground storage tanks for combustible or noxious materials shall be diked and shall meet the minimum requirements of the appropriate Federal or State regulatory agencies.
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Soil erosion and sedimentation control measures. In order to curtail soil erosion, a sedimentation control plan consistent with State and/or Federal regulations shall be required as part of an application for a building permit whenever a development proposal will involve clearing, grading, transporting or other form of land disturbance by the movement of earth, including the mining of minerals, gravel or sand, provided that any one (1) of the following descriptions applies to said movement of land:
a. 
Excavation, fill or any combination thereof will exceed five hundred (500) cubic yards.
b. 
Fill will exceed three (3) feet in vertical depth as measured from the natural ground surface.
c. 
Excavation, fill or any combination thereof will exceed an area of five thousand (5,000) square feet.
d. 
Plant and/or tree cover is to be removed from an area exceeding five thousand (5,000) square feet on any parcel of land.
Such erosion or sedimentation control plan shall set forth the proposed disturbance and shall detail any protective measures designed to minimize erosion. The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall review the applicant's proposed sedimentation control plan and may accept the plan or may require additional specific measures designed to reasonably curtail the loss of soil from excavated site.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-20), 4-10-2000]
The State of Missouri requires a land disruption (erosion, sedimentation, storm water runoff, etc.) permit for every activity creating land surface modifications or resulting in an impervious surface equal to or greater than one (1) acre size. The Zoning Administrator shall require applicants to show that the requirements for a "land disturbance permit" have been fulfilled.
[Ord. No. 2000-46 §1(20-21), 4-10-2000]
Where manufactured home lots rented to tenants in a manufactured home park in any district are proposed to be converted to separate lots or parcels, the minimum lot area and setbacks of the proposed lots or parcels may correspond to those of the manufactured home lots existing prior to the conversion.