[CC 1974 §43.100; Ord. No. 3765 §3A, 6-19-1995]
A. The
"A-1" Agricultural District is designed to prevent haphazard development
in areas set aside under the Comprehensive Plan as reserved for future
orderly urban development.
B. Permitted Uses.
1. Agriculture, horticulture, nurseries, greenhouses, orchards, general
farming and dairy operations.
2. Wildlife areas, open space, country clubs, regional or County recreational
areas and other such pastoral uses.
3. Riding stables and riding paths provided the stables shall be located
not less than one hundred (100) feet from any property line.
4. Fur farming for the raising of fur-bearing animals provided buildings
and pens shall be located not less than one hundred (100) feet from
any property line.
5. Kennels, provided that buildings and pens shall be located not less
than two hundred (200) feet from any property lines; and fish hatcheries,
apiaries and aviaries.
6. Agricultural accessory uses, including repair shops, sheds, garages,
barns, silos, incidental dwellings, buildings and structures commonly
required for any of the above uses.
7. Rural non-farm single-family dwellings are permitted on lots or other
parcels of property ownerships of two and one-half (2½) acres
or more.
8. Group residential homes on lots or other parcels of property of two
and one-half (2½) acres or more.
9. Foster care homes on lots or other parcels of property of two and
one-half (2½) acres or more.
10. Nurseries and greenhouses, for growing or propagation of plants,
turf, trees, and shrubs, including medical marijuana cultivation facility.
[Ord. No. 4935, 10-7-2019]
11. A special user permit is required for a telecommunications tower
in this zoning district within the City. No telecommunication towers
shall be allowed on any right-of-way. The location of a telecommunication
tower is subject to the following conditions:
[Ord. No. 5093, 6-12-2023]
a. The applicant shall identify the location of the proposed tower on
a map showing the other tower locations within the City. If the proposed
tower is located within one (1) mile of an existing tower, the applicant
must submit evidence demonstrating why the existing tower is not suitable
or available for co-use.
b. The tower shall be designed to accommodate the co-use of at least
two (2) other providers and made available to other providers for
co-use for reasonable terms. The applicant shall provide a notarized
statement as to the availability of the tower for co-use.
c. The design of the tower and accessory structures shall maximize the
use of building materials, colors, textures, screening and landscaping
that effectively blend the facilities within the surrounding natural
setting and environment.
d. The tower shall be set back from the right-of-way line of any public
street up to a distance equal to the height of the tower. The tower
shall be set back from any structure a minimum distance equal to one
and one-half (1½) times the height of the tower.
e. Towers and antennas located on structures shall not extend more than
thirty (30) feet above the highest point of the structure.
f. The tower and antennas shall meet all Federal regulations, including,
but not limited to, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) emission
standards and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lighting requirements.
g. Any tower that is no longer in use for a telecommunication purpose
shall be removed at the owner's expense. The owner of the tower shall
provide the City with a copy of the notice to the FCC of intent to
cease operations. All obsolete and abandoned towers and accessory
facilities shall be removed within six (6) months of cessation of
use. In the case of multiple operators sharing use of a single tower,
this provision shall not become effective until all users cease operations.
The applicant shall submit an executed agreement to ensure compliance
with this requirement. If the owner fails to remove an obsolete tower,
the City may cause the tower to be removed and issue a special assessment
tax bill for the cost of said removal, which shall be a lien against
the real property affected.
h. Towers and antennas shall not exceed one hundred sixty (160) feet
in height.
C. Permitted Accessory Uses.
1. Any building or structure customarily incidental to any of the aforesaid
permitted uses.
2. Temporary produce stands on any premises used for agricultural purposes.
3. Parking facilities, garages, carports or other parking spaces for
the exclusive use of residences on the premises.
4. Swimming pools exclusively for the use of the residents.
5. Professional offices such as artists, lawyers, doctors, engineers,
etc., but not including beauty parlors, barbershops, schools of any
kind with organized classes or similar activity.
6. Customary home occupation such as handicrafts, dressmaking, millinery,
preserving and home cooking provided that such occupations shall be
conducted exclusively by resident occupants.
7. Summer houses and living quarters used by persons employed on the
premises without kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used
as a separate dwelling.
D. Area Regulations. In District "A-1", all regulations concerning the height of buildings, lot area, lot width, front yard, side yard and rear yard dimensions, off-street parking and off-street loading permitted on any lot shall be as shown in Section
405.230 unless otherwise stated more restrictively in other Sections of this Chapter (Also see Table I. "Zoning District Area Regulations" at the end of this Chapter
405).
[CC 1974 §43.110; Ord. No. 3249 §1, 4-1-1985; Ord.
No. 3664 §§1 — 2, 8-16-1993; Ord. No. 3670 §1, 9-20-1993; Ord. No. 3765 §3B, 6-19-1995]
A. The
"R-1" District is intended and designed to provide for low density
residential development. This district is designed to protect residential
areas now developed with single-family detached dwellings and adjoining
vacant areas likely to be developed for such purposes. The regulations
are designed to stabilize such areas and to promote a suitable environment
for family life. For these reasons, the following regulations shall
apply:
B. Permitted Uses.
1. One-family detached dwellings with a minimum of nine hundred sixty
(960) square feet of living area.
2. Public elementary schools, nursery schools and libraries.
3. Public secondary schools located on major thoroughfares.
4. Private and parochial schools on property which abuts on major thoroughfares.
5. Public, private or country club golf courses of not less than forty
(40) acres.
6. Customary accessory buildings.
7. Public parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, community centers, athletic
fields and recreation building therein.
8. Temporary buildings to house offices, equipment storage or other
functions incidental to construction and development activities provided
that such buildings shall be removed within eleven (11) months from
date of permit for their erection.
9. Churches or other places of worship including related educational
facilities and/or recreational buildings and/or playgrounds.
10. Fire stations only on major thoroughfares.
11. Electric substations, natural gas regulator stations and public utility
pumping stations and devices for the metering of electrical gas or
water services to dwellings.
12. Funeral homes on property with all points of access and egress on
major streets.
13. Agricultural uses, including nurseries, truck gardening and greenhouses,
provided that no offensive odors or dust are created and, provided
further, that no retail sales shall be permitted on the premises nor
the raising of livestock.
14. Group residential homes. No group home shall be
located within one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) feet of another
group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall
be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards.
Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature.
C. Permitted Accessory Uses.
1. Private garage or carport.
2. Temporary buildings for use during construction of specific permitted
use which upon completion or abandonment of the construction work
shall be removed.
3. One (1) sign not exceeding thirty-six (36) square feet of an area
referring to the construction, lease, hire or sale of a building,
premise or subdivision lot which sign shall refer to property on which
the sign is located and shall be removed as soon as the premises are
sold or leased or construction is completed.
4. The professional office or studio in the primary residence of an
architect, artist, dentist, engineer, lawyer, physician, planner,
scientist, teacher or other member of a recognized profession, but
not including beauty parlors, barbershops, schools of any kind with
organized classes or similar activity except preschool nurseries,
provided that not more than one-half (½) of the floor area
of one (1) floor of the dwelling is devoted to such accessory use,
that not more than one (1) person not a primary resident of the premise
is employed, that no such use shall require structural alterations
or involve construction features not customarily in dwellings and
that the entrance to such office or studio shall be from within the
dwelling. An unlighted name plate of not more than one (1) square
foot in area, attached flat against the building, shall be permitted.
5. Customary home occupations such as handicrafts, dressmaking, millinery,
laundry, preserving and home cooking; provided that such occupations
shall be conducted exclusively by the primary resident occupant, that
not more than one-quarter (¼) of the area of one (1) floor
of said primary residence shall be used for such purposes, that no
structural alterations or constructions involving features not customarily
found in dwellings are required and that the entrance to the space
devoted to such use shall be from within the dwelling. An unlighted
sign of not more than one (1) square foot in area and attached flat
against the building shall be permitted.
D. Area Regulations. In District "R-1", all regulations concerning the height of buildings, lot area, lot width, front yard, side yard and rear yard dimensions, off-street parking and off-street loading permitted on any lot shall be as shown in Section
405.230 unless otherwise stated more restrictively in other Sections of this Chapter (Also see Table I. "Zoning District Area Regulations" at the end of this Chapter
405).
[CC 1974 §43.120; Ord. No. 2908 §§2 — 3, 5-16-1977; Ord. No. 3664 §3, 8-16-1993]
A. The
"R-2" Multiple-Family Residence District is designed to allow a high
density residential development designed specifically for duplexes
or single-family dwellings in clusters or groups, commonly referred
to as "row houses" or "town houses".
B. Permitted Uses.
1. All uses in the "R-1" residence district.
3. Single-family dwelling groups or clusters that do not collectively
exceed the total area regulations of this Section.
4. Multiple-family dwellings for any number of families or housekeeping
units including row houses, provided that the minimum width of each
individual dwelling unit in any row house measured from interior wall
to interior wall along the exterior front wall shall not be less than
eighteen (18) feet.
5. Professional offices and offices of financial, insurance, real estate,
civic, educational, religious and philanthropic organization for single
and multiple occupancy, but excluding any display of merchandise or
retail activity, barbershops, beauty parlors and schools of any kind
with organized classes and similar activity. All buildings shall be
bona fide home office buildings with the exception that any person
may maintain an office or may carry on a customary home occupation
in the dwelling used by him/her as his/her primary private residence
provided such does not provide an extension or modification of said
dwelling which will alter its outward appearance as a dwelling and
provided such use does not involve any outward evidence of such use
other than an unlighted sign not over one (1) foot square in area
attached flat against the building.
6. Funeral homes and mortuaries only on premises which front on a street
officially designated as a major thoroughfare on the official thoroughfare
plan.
7. Clubs, sororities, fraternities, lodges and meeting places for other
organizations not including any use that is customarily conducted
as a gainful business.
8. Institutional uses to include hospitals for human care, sanitariums,
rest homes or nursing homes for convalescent patients and similar
uses provided that any lot or tract of land in such use shall not
be less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in area and provided
that any building in which patients are housed shall be at least fifty
(50) feet distance from any lot line.
9. Nursery schools as defined in this Chapter, provided that such meet
all of the requirements of the Missouri Department of Social Services
licensing regulations for child day care facilities.
C. Permitted Accessory Uses.
1. Any accessory use or structure permitted and as regulated in the
"R-1" District and any accessory use or structure customarily incident
or accessory to a principal or conditional use in the "R-2" District.
2. Roomers not to exceed four (4) roomers or boarders by resident family.
[CC 1974 §43.125; Ord. No. 3428 §1, 2-21-1989; Ord. No. 3765 §3(C), 6-19-1995; Ord. No. 3848 §§1 — 3, 9-16-1996; Ord. No. 4542 §§1 — 2, 1-5-2009]
A. The
"C-1" General Business District is designed primarily to accommodate
those business districts and retail centers which are not designed
according to an overall plan or are not under single entity. The Central
Business District is an example of the type of commercial activity
normally associated with the "C-1" District. The "C-1" District should
provide for a variety of retail activities and could act as a banking
and financial center, as an entertainment and hotel center or as a
center for professional and business offices.
B. Permitted Uses.
1. Grocery store, supermarkets.
3. Clothing or wearing apparel shops.
8. Public and private parking lots.
11. Banks and savings and loan companies.
12. Laundry and dry cleaning pickup stations.
13. Bakeries whose products are sold at retail on the premises.
15. Gasoline service stations and repairs and service of automobiles.
16. Store or shop for the conduction of a convenience type retail business.
23. Other retail and service establishments to include mail order houses,
used merchandise stores, roadside stands, funeral homes and mortuaries
and similar uses.
24. Wholesale and warehousing establishment.
25. Trade or business schools provided that the machinery used for instruction
in not objectionable due to noises, fumes, smoke, odor or vibration.
Commercial art studios, animal hospitals, veterinary clinics.
26. Commercial recreation establishments provided such establishments
shall be at least one hundred (100) feet from any "R" district.
27. Bottling works of soft drinks or milk, provided buildings used for
processing and distribution shall be at least two hundred (200) feet
from any "R" district.
29. Building and related trades, shops, not including contractor's yards,
providing such establishments are at least one hundred (100) feet
from any "R" district.
30. Miscellaneous trades and businesses such as sheet metal shops, sign
paint shops, monument service shops, providing such establishments
are at least one hundred (100) feet from any "R" district.
31. Contractor's yards and related establishments, such as building material
yards, excluding concrete mixing; including contractor's equipment,
storage yard or plaint, storage yard for rental equipment commonly
used by contractors; trucking or motor freight stations or terminals;
retail lumberyards, including incidental millwork; storage and sales
of grain, livestock feed or fuel; carting, express or hauling establishments,
including storage of vehicles, provided such use are conducted either:
a. Wholly within a completely enclosed building or buildings, except
for storage of vehicles, which building shall be at least one hundred
(100) feet distance from any "R" district, unless such building has
no openings other than stationary windows and required fire exits
within such distance, but not within fifty (50) feet of any "R" district
in any case; or
b. When conducted within an area completely enclosed on all sides with
a solid wall or uniformly painted solid board fence not less than
six (6) feet high, but not within two hundred (200) feet of any "R"
district;
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provided further that all storage yards related to the uses
in this paragraph shall be enclosed. All the uses included within
this paragraph are not applicable to "C-1" business districts in the
Central Business District unless specifically approved by the Planning
Commission.
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32. Printing, publishing and related trades when not within one hundred
(100) feet of any "R" district. Any other use which is determined
by the Planning Commission to be of the same general character as
the above permitted uses, but not including any use which is first
permitted in the "I-1" District or which is prohibited in the "R-1"
District.
33. Clubs, sororities, fraternities, lodges and meeting places for other
organizations not including any use that is customarily conducted
as a gainful business.
36. Residential apartments in floors above the grade level floor in multi-story
buildings, providing a minimum of six hundred fifty (650) square feet
of net dwelling unit living area and one (1) off-street parking space
per apartment. For good cause shown, the requirement of one (1) off-street
parking may be waived by a majority vote of the Board of Aldermen.
38. Drugstores and medical prescriptions centers, including medical marijuana
dispensary facility.
[Ord. No. 4935, 10-7-2019]
C. Permitted Accessory Uses.
1. Accessory uses in structures customarily accessory to and incidental
to any of the foregoing permitted "C-1" District uses.
2. Outdoor advertising for service stations or parking lots and other
predominantly open commercial land uses to the extent that it will
include one (1) freestanding identification sign not to exceed twenty
(20) feet in height. Such sign shall set back not less than twelve
(12) feet from any right-of-way line and shall not project over any
such right-of-way.
3. The owner(s) of a commercial building in a "C-1" District is/are
permitted to reside in such building with his/her family, subject
to the following restrictions:
a. A minimum of six hundred fifty (650) square feet of net living area.
b. Such residential use shall not be visible from the front street of
such a building.
c. Such residential use shall not be visible from public areas of the
building.
d. Such a residential use shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the
total square footage of such a building.
e. The owner(s) must operate a commercial business in said building.
f. The owner(s) must provide at least three (3) off-street parking spaces.
D. Excluded Uses.
1. New residential uses, except as provided in Subsection
(B)(36) and Subsection
(C)(3) above.
2. New industrial uses of all types.
E. Area Regulations. In District "C-1", all regulations concerning the height of buildings, lot area, lot width, front yard, side yard and rear yard dimensions, off-street parking and off-street loading permitted on any lot shall be as shown in Section
405.230 unless otherwise stated more restrictively in other Sections of this Chapter (Also see Table I. "Zoning District Area Regulations" at the end of this Chapter
405).
[Ord. No. 4935, 10-7-2019]
A medical marijuana cultivation facility, a medical marijuana
dispensary facility, a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing
facility, or a medical marijuana testing facility may not be located
within five hundred (500) feet of a previously existing State-licensed
daycare, church, or public or private school measured the shortest
straight line distance from building to building.
All buildings and land within any flood plain shall comply with Chapter
415 hereof.
[CC 1974 §43.160; Ord. No. 3670 §2, 9-20-1993]
A. General Requirements. The Board of Aldermen may authorize
establishment of a trailer park in accordance with the provisions
of this Article. The sanitary regulations prescribed by the authority
having jurisdiction, and as may be otherwise required by law, shall
be complied with in addition to the following regulations:
1. Area and yard requirements. Trailer or mobile home parks, motels and camps shall comply with all the area and yard requirements prescribed in Subsection
(D) of this Section.
2. Parking. All areas used for automobile access and
parking shall comply with the applicable provisions of this Chapter,
provided that there shall be at least two (2) off-street parking spaces
for each trailer park lot and one (1) additional space for each four
(4) such lots to accommodate guests.
3. Entrance to trailer parks. No vehicular entrance
to or exit from any trailer park, wherever such may be located, shall
be within two hundred (200) feet along streets from any school, public
playground, church, hospital, library or institution for dependents
or for children, except where such property is in another block or
another street which the premises in question do not abut.
4. Landscaping — unused areas. All areas not
used for access, parking, circulation, buildings and service shall
be completely and permanently landscaped and the entire site maintained
in good condition. A landscape strip of land not less than ten (10)
feet in width shall be established and maintained within the trailer
park along its exterior boundaries.
5. Enclosure. Trailer parks shall be enclosed on the
sides and in the rear by appropriate privacy fences not less than
six (6) feet high or by a combination of landscaped screens and other
suitable fence acceptable to the Board.
B. Enlargement — Permit. Any enlargement or extension
to an existing tourist camp, trailer camp or mobile home park shall
require application for a zoning certificate, as if it were a new
establishment.
1. Enlargement — existing facilities to comply. No enlargements or extensions to any tourist camp, trailer camp
or mobile home park shall be permitted unless the existing facility
is made to conform substantially with all the requirements for new
construction for such an establishment.
2. Trailers prohibited — exception. Except as provided in Subsection
(C) below, no person shall park or occupy any manufactured home, mobile home, modular home, pre-built home, pre-assembled home or sectional home on any premises in any district outside an approved trailer park. The temporary parking or storage of an unoccupied manufactured home, mobile home, modular home, pre-assembled home, pre-built home or sectional home in an accessory private garage building or in a rear yard shall be permitted in any district for a period of thirty (30) days (with an extension of an additional thirty (30) days upon approval by the City Zoning Inspector, provided no living quarters shall be maintained or any business conducted in such manufactured home, mobile home, modular home, pre-assembled home, pre-built home or sectional home while so parked or stored.
3. Emergency parking — two (2) hours. Emergency
stopping or parking of a trailer shall be permitted on any street,
alley or highway for not longer than two (2) hours, subject to any
other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed
by the traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for such street,
alley or highway.
4. Wheels not to be removed. In any district, the wheels
or any similar transporting devices of any trailer or camp car shall
not be removed except for repairs, nor shall any trailer or camp car
be otherwise permanently fixed to the ground in a manner that would
prevent removal of said trailer or camp car.
C. Trailer Parks — Submission Of Plans. An application
for the establishment of a trailer park shall be filed with the Zoning
Inspector and must be accompanied by a plat drawn to scale and certified
by a bona fide land surveyor, civil engineer, landscape architect
or architect. The Zoning Inspector shall check the plat and if he/she
finds the same to be in compliance with the requirements of this Section,
forward the same to the Board of Adjustment. The Zoning Inspector
shall also advise the Planning Commission of the pending application
and the Planning Commission shall review the same and submit its recommendation
thereon to the Board of Adjustment. The Board shall hold a public
hearing on the application, giving ten (10) days' notice thereof in
a newspaper of general circulation. Upon completion of said hearing
the Board shall approve, conditionally approve or deny the application.
The plat shall contain the following information:
1. Accurate dimensions of the proposed trailer park;
2. All roads and approaches and the method of ingress and egress from
public highways;
3. Complete electric service installation, wire service outlets and
lighting facilities;
4. Complete location of natural gas facilities to serve the trailer
park;
5. A complete layout of unit parking spaces and the number of square
feet therein, together with the dimensions thereof; and
6. The location of electric power or gas distribution systems, water
mains or wells for water supply outlets for domestic water users,
location of sanitary facilities, washrooms, garbage disposal units,
incinerators, sanitary sewers or septic tanks, sewer drain lines,
leeching beds, fire protection stalls and other buildings or structures
contemplated to be used by such applicant in connection with said
business.
D. Trailer Parks — Minimum Standards And Requirements. Trailer parks shall be designed and maintained in accordance with
the following requirements:
1. Park area. The minimum trailer park area shall be
five (5) acres.
2. Lot area. The minimum lot area per trailer unit site within the trailer park shall be two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. (See Section
405.140(A)(1).)
3. Lot width. The minimum lot width per trailer unit
within the trailer park shall be thirty (30) feet. Each lot shall
be clearly defined by a permanent marker in the ground.
4. Access. Each trailer park shall abut upon a public
street and each trailer lot shall have direct access to a private
hard surface road.
5. Distance between trailers. The minimum distance
between neighboring trailers shall not be less than twenty (20) feet.
6. Concrete slab. Each trailer unit lot shall be equipped
with a concrete slab of sufficient size to support the wheels and
the front parking jack. Said slab shall have a minimum horizontal
dimension of eight (8) by ten (10) feet and a minimum thickness of
four (4) inches.
7. Utilities. Each trailer unit shall be equipped with
one (1) electric outlet. A municipal sanitary sewer and municipal
water system shall be installed in accordance with City specifications.
Trailer units not equipped with water and sewer facilities shall be
located not more than two hundred (200) feet from a community utility
building which shall provide separate toilet and shower facilities
for each sex. Fire hydrants shall be located in accordance with the
specifications of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
8. Interior streets. The minimum roadway width of interior
one-way street with parking permitted on one (1) side shall be twenty-one
(21) feet. The minimum width of two-way streets with parking permitted
on one (1) side shall be thirty (30) feet. The minimum width of two-way
streets without parking permitted shall be twenty (20) feet. Such
streets shall be paved according to City specifications for residential
streets and maintained in good condition and lighted at night.
9. Recreation areas. There shall be provided within
each trailer park an adequate site or sites for recreation for the
exclusive use of the park occupants. Such recreation site or sites
shall have a minimum area in the aggregate of one hundred (100) square
feet for each trailer space in said park. The recreation sites shall
be of appropriate design and provided with appropriate equipment.
10. Length of occupancy. No trailer shall remain in
a trailer park for a period exceeding twenty-four (24) hours without
connection to the permanent sanitary sewer system of the park.
E. Additional Requirements. In addition to the foregoing, the
Board may impose such other conditions, requirements or limitations
concerning the design, development and operation of such trailer parks
as it may deem necessary for the protection of adjacent properties
and the public interest.
F. Fees. Each application for a trailer park shall be accompanied
by a check payable to the Treasurer of the City of Dexter or cash
payment in the amount of five dollars ($5.00) per unit.