[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. XI §1101, 2-7-1968; Ord. No. 861 §10, 8-11-1994; Ord. No. 866 §1, 9-8-1994]
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Upon application, pursuant to the provisions of this Article and the rules and procedure of the Board of Adjustment, said Board shall grant or refuse special exceptions in accordance with the standards of this Article and the intent of this Article. In granting any special exception, the Board shall authorize the issuance of a building permit and may prescribe and impose appropriate conditions and safeguards, including a specified time limit for the building permit.
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Standards. Special exceptions shall be authorized only if they meet the following standards:
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Fire hazard. The use shall not include any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive material unless protected by adequate fire-fighting and fire-suppression equipment and by such safety devices as are normally used in the handling of any such material.
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Noise. The use shall not include noise which is objectionable due to volume, frequency or beat unless muffled or otherwise controlled.
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Vibration. The use shall not include vibration which is discernible without instruments on any adjoining lot or property.
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Air pollution. The use shall not involve any pollution of air by fly ash, dust, vapors or other substances which are harmful to health, animals, vegetation or other property or which can cause soiling, discomfort or irritation.
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Odors. The use shall not involve any malodorous gas or matter which is discernible on any adjoining lot or property.
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Glare. The use shall not involve any direct or reflected glare that is visible from any adjoining property or from any public street, road or highway.
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Traffic hazard. The use shall not involve any activity substantially increasing the movement of traffic on public streets unless procedures are instituted to limit traffic hazards and congestion.
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Overtaxing of public utilities and facilities. The use shall not involve any activity substantially increasing the burden on any public utilities or facilities, unless provision is made for any necessary adjustments.
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Character of neighborhood. The use shall not involve any activity not in character with the majority of the uses in the neighborhood unless, by design, setback, nature of operation and other devices, the character of the neighborhood will be maintained.
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General welfare of the community. The use shall not involve any activity which adversely affects the general welfare of the community.
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Mobile homes. If the Board of Adjustment, pursuant to the standards, rules and procedures under Article XII "Board of Adjustment" of this Chapter, grants a variance for a mobile home or mobile home park to be located in an "R-1" Residential District, then the minimum standards for such placement shall meet all of the applicable following criteria:
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All mobile home parks shall include lots for at least two (2) mobile homes and in no case shall the density exceed eleven (11) mobile home sites per acre.
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Mobile home spaces within a mobile home park shall abut upon a driveway or accessway of not less than twenty (20) feet in width. The area occupied by the road shall not fulfill part of the area requirements for any lot.
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In a mobile home park no mobile home shall be located closer than fifteen (15) feet to another mobile home.
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A mobile home park shall abut a street of the City of Mound City, Missouri, for at least sixty (60) feet.
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Any mobile home whether in a mobile home park or located on a lot or tract shall have a lot of at least three thousand (3,000) square feet if connected to a public sewer or nine thousand (9,000) square feet if not connected to a public sewer.
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No mobile home whether in a mobile home park or located on a lot or tract shall be parked closer to the street than the required front yard setback or closer than eight (8) feet to any property line.
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In a mobile home park no less than one (1) automobile parking space shall be provided on every mobile home lot.
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All applicable State, County and City sanitation, health and safety regulations and codes shall be strictly observed.
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Special uses. The Board of Adjustment, subject to conditions and protective restrictions as set forth in Section 405.410(1), authorize the following special uses in any zoning district.
a. 
Radio, TV and telephone transmission towers.
b. 
Expansion of railroads and appurtenances.
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Removal of gravel, topsoil or similar natural material, with safeguards for the protection of adjoining property and the community as a whole.
d. 
Roadside stands, commercial amusements or recreational developments for temporary or seasonal periods.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. XI §1102, 2-7-1968]
Where the owner of a lot of official record in any district at the time of the adoption of this Chapter or his/her successor in title thereto does not own sufficient contiguous land to enable him/her to conform to the minimum lot size requirements of this Chapter, such lot may be used as a building site provided that said lot requirements are not reduced below the minimums specified in this Chapter by more than twenty percent (20%). If, however, the owner of two (2) or more adjoining lots with insufficient land dimensions decides to build on or sell said lots, he/she must first combine said lots to comply with the dimensional requirements of the Chapter. Any lot requiring dimensional variances below the twenty percent (20%) minimum set forth in this Section shall be approved by the Board, provided that further decreased dimensional requirements shall conform as closely as possible to the required dimensions.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. XI §1103, 2-7-1968]
The front yard depth requirements of this Chapter for dwellings shall not apply to any lot where the average setback of existing buildings located wholly or partially within one hundred (100) feet on either side of the proposed dwelling and on the same side of the same block and use districts and fronting on the same street as such lot, is less than the minimum required front yard depth. In such case the setback on such lots may be less than the required setback, but not less than the average of the existing setbacks on the aforementioned lots or a distance of ten (10) feet from the street right-of-way line, whichever is greater.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. XI §1104, 2-7-1968]
The required side yard shall be maintained on each side of a dwelling but such side yard may be reduced to ten percent (10%) of the lot width on lots of less than sixty (60) feet in width, provided however, that no side yard shall be less than five (5) feet. For the purpose of side yard regulations, a two-family or multiple-family dwelling shall be considered as one (1) building occupying one (1) lot.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. XI §1105, 2-7-1968]
The required rear yard may be reduced to twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot on any lot not exceeding one hundred (100) feet in depth. An accessory building may be built within a required rear yard when located at least five (5) feet from the rear lot line and when occupying not more than thirty percent (30%) of the area of such required rear yard.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. XI §1106, 2-7-1968]
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Every part of a required yard or court shall be open from its lowest point to the sky unobstructed, except for:
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The ordinary projection of sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features may be permitted but not to exceed more than twenty-four (24) inches in any required yard.
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An open, uncovered porch or paved terrace may extend not more than ten (10) feet into any required yard and not closer than five (5) feet to any lot line.
3. 
Open or enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways and balconies may be permitted but may not project into a yard or court for more than fifty percent (50%) of the required yard.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. XI §1107, 2-7-1968]
On corner lots, the side yard on that side of the lot abutting the side street shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet. Accessory buildings on the side of the lot abutting the side street shall not be closer to the lot line abutting on that side street than the distance specified for front yards of lots fronting on such side street.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. XI §1108, 2-7-1968]
On a corner lot in any residential district, no planting, structure, sign, fence, wall or obstruction to vision between the range of three (3) feet and eight (8) feet in height measured from the centerline of the street shall be placed or maintained within the triangular area formed by the intersecting street right-of-way lines and a straight line connecting points on said street right-of-way line each of which is thirty-five (35) feet distance from the point of intersection.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. XI §1109, 2-7-1968]
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The height limitations of this Chapter shall not apply to chimneys, cooling or water towers, elevators, bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, stacks, stage towers, tanks, spires, church steeples, radio towers or necessary mechanical apparatus, except as otherwise provided in the vicinity of airports.
B. 
Public, semi-public or public-service buildings, hospitals, institutions, churches and schools, when permitted in a district, may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy (70) feet provided that all required yards are increased by one (1) foot for each foot of building height above the height limit otherwise provided.
[Ord. No. 636 Zoning Art. XI §1110, 2-7-1968]
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In the case of one (1) or more buildings to be constructed on a plot of ground of at least one (1) acre not subdivided into the customary streets and lots and which will not be so subdivided, the application of the terms of this Chapter may be varied by the Board in a manner that will be in harmony with the character of the neighborhood, provided:
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Such uses are limited to those permitted within the zoning district in which the project is located;
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The overall intensity of land use is no higher and the standard of open space is no lower than that permitted in the district in which the project is located;
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The distance of every building from the nearest property line shall meet the front, side and rear yard requirements of the district in which the project is located;
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If the property lies within or abuts upon a residential district and is to be used for a non-residential purpose, there shall be a densely planted buffer strip at least ten (10) feet in height along the rear and/or side lot lines abutting the residential properties. No such buffer shall, however, extend nearer to a street right-of-way line than the established building line of the adjoining residential lot.
[Ord. No. 861 §11, 8-11-1994; Ord. No. 866 §2, 9-8-1994]
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Mobile homes or mobile home parks may be located in an "R-2" Residential District, "C-1" Commercial District or an "I-1" Industrial District provided that the proposed use meets all of the following criteria:
1. 
All mobile home parks shall include lots for at least two (2) mobile homes and in no case shall the density exceed eleven (11) mobile home sites per acre.
2. 
Mobile home spaces within a mobile home park shall abut upon a driveway or accessway of not less than twenty (20) feet in width. The area occupied by the road shall not fulfill part of the area requirements for any lot.
3. 
A mobile home park shall abut a street of the City of Mound City, Missouri, for at least sixty (60) feet.
4. 
In a mobile hone park no mobile home shall be located closer than fifteen (15) feet to another mobile home.
5. 
Any mobile home whether located in a mobile home park or on a lot or tract shall have a lot of at least three thousand (3,000) square feet if connected to a public sewer or nine thousand (9,000) square feet if not connected to a public sewer.
6. 
No mobile home whether located in a mobile home park or on a lot or tract shall be parked closer to the street than the required front yard setback or closer than eight (8) feet to any property line.
7. 
In a mobile home park no less than one (1) automobile parking space shall be provided on every mobile home lot.
8. 
All applicable State, County and City sanitation, health and safety regulations and codes shall be strictly observed.