[Ord. No. 06-04-01 §201, 4-25-2006]
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The following general rules shall apply in interpreting the meaning of this Chapter:
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Words used in the present tense shall also include the future tense.
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Words used in the singular number shall also include the plural and vice versa.
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The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary.
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The word "may" is permissive.
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The words "used" or "occupied" shall be construed to include "intended", "designed" or "arranged to be used or occupied".
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The word "person" includes individuals, firms, corporations, associations, governmental bodies and agencies and any other similar entities.
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Unless otherwise specified, all distance shall be measured horizontally.
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Where reference is made to the regulations, it shall be construed to mean the regulations as originally passed in this Chapter and all subsequent amendments, supplements and revisions.
[Ord. No. 06-04-01 §202, 4-25-2006]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall have the meanings herein indicated. Where words have not been defined, the standard dictionary definition shall prevail.
ACCESSORY APARTMENT
A separate complete dwelling unit substantially contained within the structure of a single-family detached dwelling.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A structure which:
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Is subordinate to and serves a principal structure,
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Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal structure,
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Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants of the principal use, and
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Is located on the same lot as the principal structure.
ACCESSORY USE
A use which:
1. 
Is subordinate to and serves a principal use,
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Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal use,
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Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants of the principal use, and
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Is located on the same lot as the principal use.
ACRE
A measure of land containing forty-three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL
Except as otherwise specifically provided, primary responsibility for administering and enforcing the Fair Grove Zoning Regulations may be assigned by the Board of Aldermen to one (1) or more individuals in the employ of the City. The person or persons to whom these functions are assigned shall be referred to as "Administrative Official".
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
Any establishment which features live or recreated entertainment or offer for sale or rental, for any form of consideration, visual representations, instruments, devices or paraphernalia, distinguished or characterized by an emphasis in matter depicting, describing or relating to sexual activities or anatomical areas, the regulation of which can be referenced in Chapter 610 of this Code, which can be found in the Office of Records in the Fair Grove City Hall.
AGRICULTURAL USE
The production, keeping or maintenance, sale, lease or personal use of plants and animals including, but not limited to: forages and sod crops; grain and seed crops; dairy animals and dairy products; poultry and poultry products; livestock, including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules and goats or any hybrids thereof, including the breeding and grazing of any or all kinds of such animals; bees and apiary products; fur animals; trees for forest products; fruits of all kinds; vegetables; nursery, floral ornamental and greenhouse products; or land devoted to soil conservation or forestry management, but excluding feed lots, stockyards and animal slaughterhouses.
ALLEY
A public or private street primary designed to extend only secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage and access is on some other street.
ALTERATION
A physical change to one (1) or more of the exterior features of a structure which includes, but is not limited to, the erection, construction, reconstruction or removal of any feature of the structure.
ALTERATION, STRUCTURAL
Any change in a supporting member of a building.
ANIMAL, FARM
Any livestock or other domesticated animal raised for commercial or agricultural purposes.
ANIMAL, HOUSEHOLD PET
Any animal normally and customarily kept by domestic households for pleasure and companionship, excluding poultry, cows, livestock, chinchillas, horses, goats, sheep, monkeys, pigs and other similar animals and fowl.
ANIMAL, NON-DOMESTIC
Any feline other than domestic house cat, non-human primate, bear, wolf, coyote, fox, venomous reptile or any other animals or crossbreed of such animals which have similar characteristics or are dangerous or unsafe for contact with humans.
APPLICANT
A developer or any individual submitting an application for an amendment, permit, variance or appeal as required by this Chapter.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
Embodying the distinctive characteristics of a period, type, style or method of construction or use of indigenous construction or representing the work of an important builder, architect or craftsman who has contributed to the development of the City, County, State or country.
BASEMENT
That enclosed part of a building having at least two (2) feet of its height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
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BERM
A mound of earth, typically located in a buffer yard to block noise, lights or other nuisances.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
The appellate body appointed by the Fair Grove Board of Aldermen to assist in the administration of this Chapter, pursuant to Sections 89.010 — 89.170, RSMo.
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BUFFER YARD
A land area containing trees, shrubs and other plants, berms, fences or walls used to separate one use from another or to block noise, lights or other nuisances.
BUILDING
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls for the shelter or enclosure of persons or property.
BUILDING COVERAGE
The horizontal area measured within the exterior walls of the ground floor of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot divided by the gross area of the lot.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
A building in which the primary use of the lot is conducted.
BULK STORAGE
The storage of chemicals, petroleum products and other materials in above ground containers for subsequent resale to distributors or retail dealers or outlets.
CHURCH
A permanent building primarily and regularly used as a place of religious worship.
[Ord. No. 184, 11-12-2019]
CITY
The City of Fair Grove.
CLINIC
An establishment where human patients are admitted for examination and/or treatment by one (1) or more physicians, dentists, psychologists or social workers and where patients are not lodged overnight.
CLUSTER SUBDIVISION
A development approach in which building lots may be reduced in size and buildings sited closer together, usually in groups or clusters, provided that the total development density does not exceed that which could be constructed on the site under conventional zoning and subdivision regulations. The additional land that remains undeveloped is devoted to prescribed common or public uses such as open space or recreation.
COMMISSION
The Fair Grove, Missouri Planning and Zoning Commission.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
Land within or related to a development, not individually owned or dedicated for public use, which is designed and intended for the common use or enjoyment of the residents of the development. It may include complementary structures and improvements.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The Fair Grove Comprehensive Plan, which is a comprehensive, long range plan intended to guide the growth and development of the City.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
A permit issued by the Board of Aldermen that authorizes the recipient to make use of property in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter as well as any additional requirements imposed by the Board of Aldermen.
CONDOMINIUM
A building, group of buildings or property in which units are owned individually and the common elements are owned by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis.
CONSTRUCTION
The act of adding an addition to an existing structure or the erection of a new principal or accessory structure on a lot or property.
DAY CARE
A child care program conducted in a location other than the provider's permanent residence or separate from the provider's living quarters, where care is provided for children not related to the child care provider for any part of the twenty-four (24) hour day. Defined by Section 210.201, RSMo., that is licensed by the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 184, 11-12-2019]
DAY CARE HOME, FAMILY
A child care program where care is given by a person licensed as a family day care home provider for more than four (4) but not more than ten (10) children not related to the provider for any part of the twenty-four (24) hour day. The provider may be licensed to operate no more than one (1) family day care home or group day care home.
DAY CARE HOME, GROUP
A child care program where care is given by a person licensed as a group day care home provider for eleven (11), but not more than twenty (20), children not related to the child care provider, for any part of the twenty-four (24) hour day. A group day care home shall be in a location other than the provider's permanent residence or separate from the provider's living quarters. The provider may be licensed to operate no more than one (1) group day care home or family day care home.
DENSITY
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross acre of land to be developed.
DEVELOPER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or any land included in a proposed development. Also the holder of an option or contract to purchase or any other person having enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
DEVELOPMENT
A construction project involving substantial property improvement and, usually, a change of land use character within the site; the act of using land for building or extractive purposes.
DISTRICT
A part, zone or area within the City of Fair Grove, within which certain zoning regulations apply and are uniform.
DUPLEX, TWO-FAMILY
A structure on a single lot containing two (2) dwelling units, each of which share a common wall including, without limitation, the wall of an attached garage or porch and in which each dwelling unit has living space on the ground floor and a separate ground floor entrance. Zones "R-2", "R-3" and "R-4".
DWELLING
A building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential occupancy, excluding hotels, motels, boarding, rooming and lodging houses, travel trailers/recreational vehicles and tourist courts.
DWELLING, MULTI-FAMILY
A structure on a single lot containing three (3) or more dwelling units, each of which is totally separated from the other. "R-3" and "R-4" Districts.
DWELLING, MULTI-FAMILY TOWN HOUSE
A multi-family residential use in which each dwelling unit shares a common wall including, without limitation, the wall of an attached garage or porch, with at least one (1) other dwelling unit and in which each dwelling unit has living space on the ground floor and a separate ground floor entrance. "R-3" and "R-4" Districts. "R-2" District only as a conditional use, requires approval by Board of Aldermen.
DWELLING, PATIO-COURT HOME
See "DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY-SEMI-DETACHED".
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
A structure on a single lot designed for or occupied exclusively by one (1) family. Zones "R-1" and "R-2", "C-1", "R-3" and "R-4" Districts only if existing at the time the district is mapped. "A-1" Agricultural District existing at the time the district is mapped or new construction on a lot with at least three (3) acres.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY-SEMI-DETACHED
A dwelling unit attached to one (1) or more dwelling units by common vertical walls and each dwelling unit is located on a separate lot. This definition may include the term zero (0) lot line, twin house or patio court house. "R-1" District only as a conditional use requires approval by Board of Aldermen.
ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL
Any public school as defined in Section 160.011, RSMo., or any private school giving instruction in grade or grades not higher than the twelfth grade, including any property owned by the public or private school that is regularly used for extracurricular activities, but does not include any private school in which education is primarily conducted in private homes.
[Ord. No. 184, 11-12-2019]
FAMILY
One (1) or more persons, related by blood, marriage, adoption, guardianship or duly authorized custodial relationship or two (2) unrelated people and any children related to or legally cared for by either of them or a group of not more than five (5) unrelated individuals, living together as a single housekeeping unit. A family may include, in addition hereto, not more than two (2) borders, roomers or domestic servants.
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
The gross floor area of all buildings on a lot divided by the lot area.
FRONTAGE
That part of a lot or premise immediately adjacent to a street or streets without regard to access to, or elevation of, the street or streets.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
A detached accessory building or portion of a main building housing the passenger vehicles or trailers of the occupants of the premises.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
A building or portion thereof, other than a private or storage garage, designed or used for equipping, servicing, repairing, hiring, selling, storing or parking motor-driven vehicles. The term "repairing" shall not include an automotive body repair shop nor the rebuilding, dismantling or storage of wrecked or junked vehicles.
GARAGE, STORAGE
A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for term storage by prearrangement of motor-driven vehicles, as distinguished from daily storage furnished transients and at which motor fuels and oils are not sold and motor-driven vehicles are not equipped, repaired, hired or sold.
GRADE
The average level of the finished surface of the ground for buildings more than five (5) feet from a street line. For buildings closer than five (5) feet to a street line, the grade is the sidewalk elevation at the center of the building. If there is more than one (1) street an average sidewalk elevation is to be used. If there is no sidewalk, the City Engineer shall establish the sidewalk grade.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The total area of a building measured by taking the outside dimensions of the building at each floor level intended for occupancy or storage.
GROUP HOME, CUSTODIAL
A dwelling in which more than ten (10) unrelated physically and mentally impaired persons reside with houseparents or guardians.
GROUP HOME, RESIDENTIAL
A single-family, detached dwelling in which no more than ten (10) persons reside, comprised of the following: eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped or impaired persons, no more than two (2) persons acting as houseparents or guardians who need not be related to each other or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped persons residing in the dwelling.
HISTORIC DISTRICT
An area designated as a historic district by ordinance of the Fair Grove Board of Aldermen, pursuant to the procedures prescribed herein and which is a geographically definable area possessing a significant concentration, linkage or continuity of sites or structures united by past events, plan or physical development. Designation as a historic district will be considered an overlay zoning district.
HOME OCCUPATION
An activity carried out for gain by a resident conducted as an accessory use in the resident's dwelling unit or accessory building on the premises.
HOTEL
A facility offering transient lodging accommodations on a daily rate to the general public.
INSTITUTION
A non-profit establishment for public use.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle, calves, sheep, swine, ratite birds, including but not limited to, ostrich and emu, aquatic products as defined in Section 277.024, RSMo., llamas, alpaca, buffalo, elk documented as obtained from a legal source and not from the wild, goats, horses, other equine, or rabbits raised in confinement for human consumption.
LOADING SPACE
An off-street space 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.
LOT
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
LOT AREA
The size of a lot measured within the lot lines and expressed in terms of acres or square feet.
LOT, CORNER
A lot abutting on two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
LOT DEPTH
The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured along the median between the two (2) side lot lines.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE
A lot having frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets, as distinguished from a corner lot.
LOT, FRONT OF
The front of a lot shall be considered to be that side of the lot which fronts a street. In the case of a corner lot, the narrowest side fronting on the street shall be considered to be the front of the lot.
LOT, INTERIOR
A lot other than a corner lot.
LOT LINE
A boundary line of a lot.
LOT LINE, FRONT
The lot line separating a lot from the street. On a corner lot, the shortest lot line abutting a street is the front lot line; on a through lot, both lot lines abutting the streets are front lot lines; on an irregular shaped lot, the front lot line is the lot line most parallel to the abutting street.
LOT LINE, REAR
Any lot line not a front or side lot line. The rear lot line for a triangular shaped lot shall be a line ten (10) feet long drawn between the lot's side lot lines and parallel to the front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDE
The lot lines that intersect with a lot's front lot line.
LOT OF RECORD
A lot which is part of a recorded subdivision or a parcel of land on a plat or deed which has been recorded by the Greene County Recorder of Deeds.
LOT, THROUGH
A lot having a frontage on two (2) parallel streets or which fronts upon two (2) streets which do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.
LOT WIDTH
The mean horizontal distance between the side lot line of a lot measured at right angles to the depth; or the same distance measured at a point midway between the front lot line and the rear lot line; or at the rear lot line of the required front yard (building line, especially on irregularly shaped lots).
MANUFACTURED HOME
A transportable, factory-built dwelling, composed or one (1) or more components, manufactured under the authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 5401, Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act, which bears the seal of the State of Missouri Public Service Commission, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or its agent and which, in traveling mode, is twelve (12) body feet or more in width and forty (40) body feet in length, and when erected on site contains nine hundred (900) feet or more square feet of living area equipped with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit on its own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit with or without a permanent foundation.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARK
An area where one (1) or more manufactured homes can be or are intended to be parked, designed or intended to be used as living facilities for one (1) or more families.
MARIJUANA or MARIHUANA
Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa, and Cannabis ruderalis, hybrids of such species, and any other strains commonly understood within the scientific community to constitute marijuana, as well as resin extracted from the plant and marijuana-infused products. "Marijuana" or "Marihuana" does not include industrial hemp containing a crop-wide average tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis, or commodities or products manufactured from industrial hemp.
[Ord. No. 184, 11-12-2019]
MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS
Products that are infused with marijuana or an extract thereof and are intended for use or consumption other than by smoking, including, but not limited to, edible products, ointments, tinctures, and concentrations.
[Ord. No. 184, 11-12-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, cultivate, process, store, transport, and sell marijuana to a medical dispensary facility, medical marijuana testing facility, or to a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
[Ord. No. 184, 11-12-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, store, sell, transport, and deliver marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana as provided for to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, another medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or to a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
[Ord. No. 184, 11-12-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, store, manufacture, transport, and sell marijuana-infused products to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or to another medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
[Ord. No. 184, 11-12-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA TESTING FACILITY
A facility certified by the Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, test, certify, and transport marijuana.
[Ord. No. 184, 11-12-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA TRANSPORTATION FACILITY
A facility certified by the Department of Health and Senior Services to transport marijuana to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility, a medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or another medical marijuana transportation facility.
[Ord. No. 184, 11-12-2019]
MOBILE HOME
A transportable, factory-built home, designed to be used as a year around residential dwelling and built prior to the enactment of the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which became effective June 16, 1976.
MODULAR HOME
A dwelling unit built to a nationally recognized and accepted construction standard published by the Building Official's Conference of America (BOCA) or the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) or its successor, consisting of components substantially built and assembled in a manufacturing plant and transported to the building site for final assembly on a permanent foundation. The dwelling unit shall be inspected and certified at the factory that it meets said building construction standard. A modular home shall not have its own running gear and on-site service connections and foundation shall be in accordance with the requirements of the City of Fair Grove's building regulations.
MOTEL
An establishment in which transient accommodations are provided on a daily rate to the general public.
NON-CONFORMING LOT
A lot existing at the effective date of this Chapter, April 25, 2006, (and not created for the purpose of evading the restrictions of this Chapter) that does not meet the minimum area requirement of the zoning district in which it is located.
NON-CONFORMING USE
The use of land or a building or portion thereof, existing at the effective date of this Chapter, April 26,2006, where such use does not conform with the use regulations of the zoning district in which it is located.
OWNER OF RECORD
The person, corporation or other legal entity listed as owner of a lot on records of the Greene County Recorder of Deeds.
PARKING SPACE
A space within a building or a private or public parking area for the parking of one (1) vehicle.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
A tract of land under single ownership, planned and developed as an integral unit and consisting of a combination of residential and non-residential uses of land within a planned unit development (PUD) district.
PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE
A structure or group of structures, in which the principal use of the lot on which it is located is conducted.
PUBLIC
Maintained for or used by the people of the City of Fair Grove on a non-commercial basis.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
The installation, construction, addition or betterment of any new physical development dedicated to or intended for public use such as streets and sidewalks, utilities, drainage facilities, etc.
RV
A licensed, wheeled, recreational vehicle (motorized or non-motorized).
[Ord. No. 127, 3-14-2017]
SETBACK
The required minimum horizontal distance between the nearest front, side or rear line of every structure and the front line of the lot.
SHORT TERM RENTALS
An establishment or room rented for twenty-eight (28) or less consecutive days, with a seven (7) day waiting period for repeat guest stay.
[Ord. No. 176, 6-25-2019]
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Bed And Breakfast. A single-family dwelling, occupied as a permanent dwelling by the proprietor, in which lodging and meals are provided for time-limited durations to not more than five (5) groups of tourist or transient guests in a twenty-four (24) hour period.
2. 
Boarding House (also Lodging or Rooming House). A building other than a hotel or apartment hotel or restaurant; where for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods, lodging, meals or lodging and meals are provided for three (3) or more persons, but not exceeding twenty (20) persons.
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Other.
a. 
Short term rentals, tourist home, vacation rental, guest house or other similar place by whatever name called and includes accommodations for tourist or transient guests;
b. 
Provides no meals or none other than breakfast and provides the breakfast only to registered tourist or transient guests of the establishment;
c. 
Owner has direct supervision and responsibility during periods of occupancy;
d. 
If owner does not reside nearby or within the City, a contact within the City must be provided;
e. 
Provides four (4) or fewer guest rooms for rent to no more than a total of ten (10) tourist or transient guests.
SIGN
Any words, numbers, figures, devices, designs or trademarked by which anything is made known such as are used to designate an individual, firm, profession, business or a commodity and which are visible from any public street.
STORY
That portion of a building other than a basement, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling next above it.
STORY, HALF
A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than three (3) feet above the top floor level and in which space not more than two-thirds (2/3) of the floor area is finished off for use. A half (½) story containing independent apartments or living quarters shall be counted as a full story.
STREET
A public or private way, used or intended to be used for passage or travel by motor vehicles.
STREET FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION
Streets and roads are classified by their primary function in the City's transportation network. Design standards are related to functional classification. These functional classifications include:
1. 
ALLEYSA dedicated public right-of-way other than a street designed to extend only secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage and access is on some other street.
2. 
COLLECTORSA street that collects and distributes traffic to and from local streets and arterial streets and is intended to provide for low to moderate volume and low-speed, shorter length trips. Traffic movement and property access functions are balanced.
3. 
LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYConnects the City to other areas and primary function is to move traffic through the City. Carries large volumes of traffic at high speeds. Access is typically limited to major interchanges and intersections.
4. 
LOCALSA street intended to provide access to abutting property and designed for low-volume, low speed traffic.
5. 
PARKWAYSScenic open spaces which combine the functions of aesthetics and movement of traffic along an arterial.
6. 
PRIMARY ARTERIALSA street intended to provide for high-volume, moderate-speed traffic movement through the community and between major activity centers. Access to abutting property is subordinate to the flow of traffic and entrances and exits to the arterial are subject to control.
7. 
SECONDARY ARTERIALSA street intended to provide for moderate volume, moderate speed traffic movement between major activity centers and between neighborhood areas within the City. Access to abutting property is subordinate to the flow of traffic and entrances and exits to the arterial are subject to control.
STREET LINE
A dividing line between a lot, parcel or tract and a contiguous street.
STREET WIDTH
The horizontal distance between the outside edges of a street's pavement, including any curbing and guttering, measured at right angles to the street's centerline.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent or temporary location on or in the ground.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FACILITY
A residential or outpatient facility for the treatment of alcohol and other drug abuse pursuant to Section 89.143, RSMo.
TOWER
Any structure whose primary function is to support an antenna.
TRACT
A lot. The term "tract" is used interchangeably with the term lot, particularly in the context of subdivisions where one (1) "tract" is subdivided into several "lots".
UNDEVELOPED LAND
Land in its natural state before development.
USE
The activity or function that takes place or is intended to take place on a lot.
VARIANCE
A grant of permission from the Board of Adjustment that allows the recipient to waive compliance with a specific provision of this Chapter, granted because of the practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship that would be imposed by the strict application of that provision of the ordinance. If granted, must be recorded with County Recorder of Deeds after a thirty (30) day waiting period.
WORKING DAYS
The days of the week, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and recognized holidays, during which normal business is conducted by the City of Fair Grove.
YARD
An open space at grade between a building and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the wide of a side yard or the depth of a front yard or a rear yard, the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending across the front of a lot and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street or place line and the main building or any projections thereof other than the projection of the usual uncovered steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches. On corner lots the front yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending across the rear of a lot and being the required minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear of the main building or any projections thereof other than the projection of uncovered steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches. On all lots the rear yard shall be in the rear of the front yard.
YARD, SIDE
A yard between the main building and the side line of the lot and extending from the required front yard to the required rear yard and being the minimum horizontal distance between a side lot line and the side of the main buildings or any projections thereof.
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Editor's Note: Former definition for Bed and Breakfast, which immediately followed, was repealed 6-25-2019 by Ord. No. 176. See now definition of Short Term Rentals.
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Editor's Note: Former definition for Boarding House (also Lodging or Rooming House), which immediately followed, was repealed 6-25-2019 by Ord. No. 176. See now definition of Short Term Rentals.