For
the purposes of this Chapter, the terms used herein are defined as
follows:
ALLEY
A permanent serviceway dedicated to public use primarily
for utility or vehicular service access to the rear or side of properties
otherwise abutting on a street.
BLOCK
An area of land entirely bounded by streets, highways or
ways, except alleys, pedestrian ways, or exterior boundaries of subdivision
unless such exterior boundary is a street, highway or way, or a combination
of streets, public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, bulk
headlines, or shorelines or waterways, or corporate boundary lines.
BUILDING
Any structure, whether temporary, semi-permanent or permanent,
designed or intended for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection
of persons or property.
CAMPGROUND OR TRAVEL TRAILER PARK
Any plot of ground upon which a camper or travel trailer
is located regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such
accommodation. However, such definition shall not include storage
of one (1) personal camper or travel trailer upon the property of
the owner.
CITY
As hereinafter referred shall mean Seymour, Missouri.
COMMISSION
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Seymour,
Missouri.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The plan or any portion thereof adopted by the Commission
for the coordinated physical development of Seymour, Missouri, including,
among other things, plans and programs regarding the location, character
and extent of highways, transportation routes, bridges, public buildings,
schools, parks, forest, wildlife refuges, dams and projects affecting
the conservation of natural resources.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short street having only one (1) end open for vehicular
traffic and the other permanently terminated by a full turnaround
for vehicles.
DESIGN
The arrangement of land for easements, lots, and rights-of-way
including materials, alignment, grade, and width of these elements.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any area, tract, site, or plot of ground on which mobile
homes are occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes regardless of
whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation. Such definition
includes all buildings used or intended to be used as a part of the
equipment or facilities thereof.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the
accommodation of one (1) mobile home.
NET AREA
The entire area within the boundary lines of the site, less
the area of any street right-of-way.
PARKING SPACE
An area set aside, either on an individual lot or on any
other portion of a subdivision, which is reserved for vehicular parking.
PEDESTRIAN WAY
A right-of-way dedicated to public use which cuts across
a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation.
PLAT
A map showing the design of a subdivision and the existing
conditions. The design shall include all trafficways, utilities, drainage
provisions, and appurtenances.
PUBLIC WATER COMPANY
Any person, company, corporation or institution who has a
written permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to
supply water for domestic purposes to the public.
RECREATION OR PLAYGROUND CENTER
A usable parcel of land suitably drained, free of stagnant
pools of water, with sufficient soil to support the growth of plant
material, and containing a variety of recreational facilities.
ROADBED
The graded portion of a street, including shoulders, for
vehicular usage.
SETBACK LINE
The line generally parallel to the front, side, or rear lot
line establishing the minimum space to be provided as the front, side,
or rear yard.
SLOPE
The degree of natural inclination of the existing ground
which is used as the basis for determining the hillsides.
STREET
A general term denoting a public or private way for the purpose
of vehicular travel. The term includes all the facilities which normally
occur within the right-of-way; it shall also include such other designations
for a street as: a highway, a collector or local street or as otherwise
designated, but excluding an alley or a way for pedestrian use only.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed which requires permanent or temporary
location on the ground or is attached to something having a permanent
or temporary location on the ground.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
estate, or other group or combination acting as a unit, dividing or
proposing to divide land in a manner that constitutes a subdivision
as herein defined. The term "subdivider" shall include
any agent of any subdivider.
SUBDIVISION
The division of land into two (2) or more lots or parcels
for the purpose of either immediate or future sale, rental or building
development. Excluded from this definition is: the division of land
for agricultural purposes; division of land for cemetery usage; division
of land for distribution of land pursuant to law or court order; and
the conveyance of any tract of land constituting either one-half (½),
one-fourth (¼), one-eighth (⅛), or one-sixteenth (1/16)
section of land as defined in the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A division of land into two (2) lots but not more than four
(4) lots, which does not include any new streets, improvements, easements,
or rights-of-way; a division of land in which each parcel is five
(5) acres or more in area, and which does not include any new streets,
improvements, easements, right-of-way, or other provisions for public
areas and facilities; the division of land held by a bona fide partnership
in existence for two (2) or more years upon dissolution thereof; a
division of land among the immediate members of a family for personal
use which does not include any new streets, improvements, easements,
or rights-of-way.
UNITS
An area within a mobile home park, court, or camp of not
less than two thousand (2,000) square feet of unoccupied space designated
for the exclusive use of not more than one (1) vehicle and one (1)
mobile home.
YARD
Any open space located on the same lot with a building or
structure, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up, except
for any accessory buildings or projections as are permitted on the
lot.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side
yard lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street
line and the front building line.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending along the rear of a lot between the side
yard lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear
lot and the rear building line.
YARD, SIDE
A yard extending along each side of a lot between the front
yard line and the rear yard line and being the minimum horizontal
distance between the side lot line and the side building line.