[Ord. No. 1997-308 §II Art. I(1), 1-6-1998]
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The City of Goodman, Missouri, Zoning Code".
[Ord. No. 1997-308 §II Art. I(2), 1-6-1998]
In order to promote the health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare; to conserve and protect property and property values; to secure proper use of land; to facilitate adequate and economical public improvements and services; and to lessen or avoid congestion on the public streets; the following regulations and zones are imposed on the City of Goodman, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 1997-308 §II Art. I(3), 1-6-1998; Ord. No. 2014-458 §1, 7-15-2014]
For the purposes of this Chapter, certain terms and words are hereby defined as follows:
The words "used for" includes "designed for" and vice versa; words used in the present tense include the future; words in the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; the word "building" includes the word "structure"; the word "dwelling" includes the word "residence" and the word "lot" includes the word "plot".
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building customarily incidental and subordinate to the main building and located on the same lot with the main building.
ACCESSORY USE
A use incidental to the principal use of a building. In buildings restricted for residential use, an office used for family occupations and workshops not conducted for compensation shall be deemed accessory uses.
AGRICULTURAL USE
The growing of crops in the open and the raising of such stock and poultry as are incidental to the acreage farmed; provided, however, that such land shall consist of at least ten (10) acres in one (1) parcel or in contiguous parcels under common ownership or operation. The feeding or disposal of community or collected garbage shall not be deemed an agricultural use, nor shall the raising of fur-bearing animals, riding academies, livery or breeding stables or dog kennels be so considered.
ALTERATIONS
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or in the existing facilities, or an enlargement whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to another.
APARTMENT HOUSE
A building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by three (3) or more families living independently of each other.
AREA, BUILDING
The total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.
AREA NET SITE
The total area within the property lines excluding external streets and utility easements.
BASEMENT
A story partly or wholly underground. For purposes of height measurement, a basement shall be counted as a story where more than one-half (1/2) of its height is above the average level of the adjoining ground.
BILLBOARD or SIGN BOARD
Any sign or advertisement used as an outdoor display for the purpose of making anything known, the origin or point of sale of which is remote from said display.
BUILDING, FRONT LINE OF
The line of that face of the building nearest the front line of the lot. This face includes sun parlors and covered porches, whether enclosed or unenclosed, but does not include steps.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.
CHILD CARE CENTER
Any place, home or institution which receives five (5) or more children under the age of sixteen (16) years, and not of common parentage, for care apart from their natural parents, legal guardians or custodians, when received for regular periods of time for compensation; provided, however, this definition shall not include public and private schools organized, operated or approved under the laws of this State, custody of children fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction, children related by blood or marriage within the third degree of the custodial person, or to churches or other religious or public institutions caring for children within the institutional building while their parents or legal guardians are attending services or meetings or classes or are engaged in church activities.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A long-range master plan for area development, including studies of land use, traffic volume and flow, schools, parks and other public buildings.
COVERAGE
That percentage of the plot or lot area covered by the building area.
DOG KENNEL
See definition of "dog kennel," Chapter 205.
DUMP
A lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning, or any other means and for whatever purpose of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, or waste material of any kind.
DWELLING
A building used entirely for residential purposes and it must:
1. 
Have a roof pitch of no less than three (3) inches of vertical rise to each twelve (12) inches of horizontal run.
2. 
Have roofing materials consisting of composition asphalt shingle, fiberglass shingle, wood shake, baked tile or crushed rock.
3. 
Have a roof overhang of not less than one (1) foot measured from the vertical side of the home. When attached carports, garages, porches or similar structures are an integral part of the home, this overhang may be waived where the accessory structure is attached to the home.
4. 
Have siding material consisting of wood or wood products, stucco, brick, horizontal lap steel or aluminum, horizontal lap vinyl or rock.
5. 
Have proper guttering attached.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY
A building or portion of a building designed for or occupied by more than two (2) families living independently of each other.
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY
1. 
A detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) family which shall include, but not be limited to, any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped persons reside and may include two (2) additional persons acting as house parents or guardians who need not be related to each other or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped residing in the home; and any private residence licensed by the Division of Family Services or Department of Mental Health to provide foster care to one (1) or more but less than seven (7) children who are unrelated to either foster parent by blood, marriage or adoption. All single-family dwellings must have an exterior dimension, excluding garages, carports and accessory buildings, of not less than twenty-four (24) by forty (40) feet.
2. 
Single-family dwelling includes a manufactured or modular unit which, when placed on site:
a. 
Is permanently installed on a properly engineered, enclosed foundation system in accordance with the BOCA Basic Building Code and approved by the Building Inspector. The Building Inspector may require a plan to be certified by a registered architect or engineer. At the Building Inspector's discretion, the Building Inspector may or may not issue a building permit based upon code enforcement procedures contained in this Code.
b. 
Is installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instruction with axles, running gear, lights and towing apparatus removed.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building designed exclusively for occupancy by two (2) families living independently of each other, including a duplex [one (1) dwelling unit above the other] or a semidetached dwelling [one (1) dwelling unit beside the other].
FAMILY
An individual or married couple and the children thereof and no more than two (2) other persons related directly to the individual or married couple by blood or marriage, occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities, used on a non-profit basis. A family may include not more than one (1) additional person not related to the family by blood or marriage, provided that such additional person may be provided with sleeping accommodations but not with kitchen facilities.
FILLING STATION, PUBLIC GASOLINE
Any area of land, including any structure or structures thereon, that is or are used or designed to be used for the supply of gasoline or oil or other fuel (not including liquid petroleum gases) for the propulsion of vehicles.
FRONTAGE
All the property fronting on one (1) side of a street between the two (2) nearest intersecting streets or other natural barriers.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
Any garage not a private garage and which is used for storage, repair, rental, servicing or supplying of gasoline or oil to motor vehicles.
HOME OCCUPATION
Any occupation or profession carried on by the inhabitants which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, which does not change the character thereof, and which is conducted entirely within the main or accessory buildings; provided that no trading in merchandise is carried on and in connection with which there is no display of merchandise or sign other than one (1) non-illuminated nameplate not more than two (2) square feet in area attached to the main or accessory building, and no mechanical equipment is used or activity is conducted which creates any noise, dust, odor or electrical disturbance beyond the confines of the lot on which said occupation is conducted. No more than twenty percent (20%) of the usable floor area shall be devoted to such occupation.
HOSPITAL
A building used for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of human ailments, unless otherwise specified.
HOTEL
Any building or portion thereof which contains guest rooms which are designed or intended to be used, let or hired out for occupancy by, or which are occupied by ten (10) or more individuals for compensation, whether it be paid directly or indirectly.
HOUSE TRAILER
Any portable or mobile vehicle used or designed to be used for living purposes and with its wheels, rollers or skids in place.
JUNK YARD
A lot, land or structure or part thereof used primarily for the collecting, storage and sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition and for the sale of parts thereof.
LOADING SPACE
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building, or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials and which abuts upon a street or other appropriate means of access.
LOT
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building, or unit group of buildings, and accessory buildings, together with such yards and lot area as are required by this Chapter, and having its principal frontage upon a street or a place approved by the Commission.
LOT, CORNER
A lot or portion thereof not greater than one hundred (100) feet in width and situated at the intersection of two (2) or more streets, having an angle of intersection of not more than one hundred thirty-five degrees (135°).
LOT DEPTH
The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured along the median between the two (2) side lot lines.
LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at the building line.
MANUFACTURED OR MODULAR HOME
A factory-fabricated transportable building unit designed to be used by itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a building site into a modular structure to be used for residential, commercial, educational or industrial purposes and bearing a seal issued by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development according to Section 700.010, RSMo., et seq., or meets current BOCA standards.
MOBILE HOME
A factory-built structure or structures which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, contains three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, equipped with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on its or their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit or units with or without a permanent foundation. The phrase "without a permanent foundation" indicates that the support system is constructed with the intent that the mobile home placed thereon may be moved from time to time at the convenience of the owner.
MOBILE HOME AREA
Any area, tract or site or plot of land whereupon a minimum of twenty-five (25) mobile homes as herein defined are placed, located or maintained or intended to be placed, located or maintained for dwelling purposes only and upon a permanent or semi-permanent basis.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home community or park which is designed for and designated as the location for only one (1) automobile and one (1) mobile home and not used for any other purposes whatsoever other than the customary accessory uses thereof.
MOTEL
A group of buildings including either separate cabins or a row of cabins or rooms which:
1. 
Contain individual sleeping accommodations for transient occupancy; and
2. 
Have individual entrances.
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP
A building or portion of a building arranged, intended or designed to be used for making repairs to motor vehicles.
NON-CONFORMING USE
A building, structure or use of land existing at the time of enactment of this Chapter (1973) or an amendment thereto which renders a conforming use in existence at the time non-conforming and which does not conform to the regulations of the district or zone in which it is situated.
PARKING SPACE, AUTOMOBILE
Space within or on a building or a private or public parking area for the parking of one (1) automobile.
PLAT
A map, plan or layout of a City, township, section or subdivision indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.
SIGN
Any words, numerals, figures, devices, designs or trademarks by which anything is made known, such as are used to designate an individual, a firm, profession, business or a commodity and which are visible from any public street or air.
STORY
That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between such floor and ceiling next above it.
STREET
Any public or private right-of-way which affords the primary means of access to abutting property.
STREET EASEMENT
All paved, unpaved and utility easements.
STREET LINE
The legal line between a right-of-way and abutting property.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or attached to something having a location on the ground.
TOURIST CAMP
Land used or intended to be used by campers or for trailer tents or movable dwellings; two (2) or more trailers, whether parked or supported by donations, shall constitute a tourist camp.
TOWN HOUSE
A building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential occupancy by more than two (2) families living independently of each other.
TRAILER
A vehicle or residence on wheels, skids or rollers without motive power designed to be used for human habitation or for carrying persons or property, including a trailer coach or house trailer.
USE
The purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed or intended or for which either land or a building is or may be occupied or maintained.
YARD
An open space other than a court on the same lot with a building or group of buildings, which open space lies between the building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the nearest rear main building and the rear lot lines. The depth of the required rear yard shall be measured horizontally from the nearest part of a main building toward the nearest point of the rear lot lines.
YARD, SIDE
A yard between a main building and the side lot line, extending from the front yard, or front lot lines, where no front yard is required, to the rear yard. The width of the required side yard shall be measured horizontally from the nearest point of the side lot line toward the nearest part of the main building.
[Ord. No. 1997-308 §II Art. I(4), 1-6-1998]
A. 
The following zones and regulations shall be imposed within the incorporated limits of said City:
1. 
Agricultural. "A-I" Agricultural District.
2. 
Residential.
a. 
"R-1A", "R-1B", "R-1C" One-Family Residential District.
b. 
"R-2" Two-Family District.
c. 
"R-3" Multiple-Family District.
d. 
"R-4" Town Houses.
e. 
"M" Mobile Home District.
f. 
"P" Planned Environment Unit Procedure.
3. 
Commercial.
a. 
"C-1" Neighborhood Commercial District.
b. 
"C-2" General Commercial District.
4. 
Industrial.
a. 
"I-1" Restricted Light Industrial District.
b. 
"I-2" Light Industrial District.
c. 
"I-3" Heavy Industrial District.
[Ord. No. 1997-308 §II Art. I(5), 1-6-1998]
A. 
Said districts are bounded and defined as shown on a map entitled Zoning Map for the City of Goodman, Missouri, adopted by the Board of Aldermen and certified by the City Clerk which accompanies and which, with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby made a part of this Title.
B. 
The Zoning Map shall be kept and maintained by the City Clerk and shall be available for inspection and examination by members of the public at all reasonable times as any other public record.
[Ord. No. 1997-308 §II Art. I(6), 1-6-1998]
A. 
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts, the following rules shall apply:
1. 
Where district boundaries on the Zoning Map are indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets, streams, highways or railroads, such boundaries shall be deemed to be located at such midpoints.
2. 
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow lot lines or section lines, such lines shall be construed to be said boundaries.
3. 
Where the boundary of a district follows a stream, lake or other body of water, said boundary lines shall be deemed to be at the limit of the jurisdiction of the City of Goodman, unless otherwise indicated.
[Ord. No. 1997-308 §II Art. I(7), 1-6-1998]
Except as provided, it shall be unlawful to use any land or building for any purpose other than is permitted in the district in which such land or building is located. The lawful use of land or buildings existing at the time of the passage of this ordinance (1997), or an amendment thereto which renders a conforming use in existence at the time, a non-conforming use although such does not conform to the regulations, may be continued. A non-conforming building, structure or portion thereof which is or hereafter becomes vacant and remains unoccupied for a continuous period of six (6) months shall not thereafter be occupied except by the uses which conform to the use regulations of the district in which it is located. In those instances where a non-conformity of use, land or building exists, clear intent upon the part of the owner to abandon the non-conformity or non-conformities shall thereafter render the said property to the use regulations of the district in which it is located.
[Ord. No. 1997-308 §II Art. I(8), 1-6-1998]
A. 
Except as hereinafter provided:
1. 
No building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
2. 
No building shall hereafter be erected or altered:
a. 
To exceed the height;
b. 
To accommodate or house a greater number of families;
c. 
To occupy a greater percentage of lot area; or
d. 
To have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, inner or outer courts than is specified herein for the district in which such building is located.
3. 
No part of a yard or other open space required about any building for the purpose of complying with provisions of this Section shall be included as a part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building.