[Ord. No. 336 Art. 1, 12-14-1999]
These regulations shall be known and may be cited and referred
to as the Country Club Village, Missouri, Subdivision Regulations.
[Ord. No. 336 Art. 2, 12-14-1999]
A. These
regulations, adopted pursuant to the provisions of Section 89.410.
et. seq., RSMo., are intended to serve the following purposes:
1. To set forth rules and regulations for the division of real property
into subdivisions.
2. To provide for the proper location and width of streets, building
lines, open spaces, safety and recreation facilities, utilities and
drainage.
3. To provide for the avoidance of congestion of population through
requirements of minimum lot width, depth and area and the compatibility
of design.
4. To require and fix the extent to which and the manner in which streets
shall be graded and improved and water, sewer, drainage and other
utility mains and piping or connections of other physical improvements
shall be installed.
5. To provide for and secure the actual construction of such physical
improvements.
[Ord. No. 336 Art. 3, 12-14-1999]
A. Jurisdiction. These regulations shall apply to all land
located in the corporate limits of Country Club Village, Missouri.
B. Applicability. The owner or owners of any land located within
the corporate limits of these regulations subdividing said land into
two (2) or more lots and blocks or tracts or parcels for the purpose
of laying out any subdivisions, building lots, tracts or parcels or
any owner of any land establishing any street, alley, park or other
property intended for public use or for the use of purchasers or owners
of lots, tracts or parcels of land fronting thereon or adjacent thereto
shall cause a plat to be made in accordance with these regulations
unless otherwise exempted. Any lawfully existing plats recorded prior
to the effective date of these regulations shall remain valid and
any replats or resubdivisions shall conform to these regulations.
C. Exemptions. These regulations shall not apply in the following
instances:
1. A change in the boundary between adjoining lands which does not create
an additional or substandard lot.
2. Land used for street or railroad right-of-way, a drainage easement
or other public utilities subject to local, State or Federal regulations
where no new street or easement of access is involved.
3. Whenever any lot, parcel or tract of land has been ordered by law
to be partitioned.
4. Lots which have been previously platted and zoned for industrial
purposes may be divided into two (2) or more tracts without replatting
or resubdividing such lots in conformance with these subdivision regulations.
5. Land which is to be used for cemetery purposes.
D. Approval Necessary For Acceptance Of Subdivision Plats. All
plans, plats or replats of land laid out in building lots and the
streets, alleys or other portions of the same intended to be dedicated
for public use or for the use of purchasers or owners of the lots
fronting thereon or adjacent thereto shall be submitted to the Planning
and Zoning Board for its official review and action.
[Ord. No. 336 Art. 4, 12-14-1999]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the
following definitions:
ALLEY
A public or private right-of-way which affords only a secondary
means of access to abutting property from a street or road.
ARTERIAL STREET
A street serving major traffic movements, designed primarily
as a traffic carrier between, around and across cities and between
various sections of the Village and which forms part of the through-street
network.
BARRIER (NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL)
Any street, highway, river, pond, canal, railroad, levee,
embankment, berm, stream or drainage ditch or screening by fence or
hedge.
BLOCK
A piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highways,
streets, streams, railroad rights-of-way or parks or a combination
thereof.
BUILDING LINE
A line or a plat generally parallel to the street right-of-way
indicating the limit beyond which the buildings or structures may
be built.
COLLECTOR STREET
A street which is designed to serve traffic needs between
arterial and local streets and not to provide access to abutting properties.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Also known as the Master Plan. The duly adopted Comprehensive
Plan for the Village of Country Club Village including the major street
plan and subsequent amendments.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short, local street having one (1) end open to traffic
and the other end permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
DEAD-END STREET
A street having one (1) end open to traffic and the other
end closed. This design is specifically prohibited in the subdivision
regulations.
DESIGN
The location of streets, alignment of streets, grades and
widths of easements, alignment and rights-of-way for drainage and
sanitary sewers, and the designation of minimum lot area, width and
length.
DEVELOPER
A person involved in subdivision activity, zoning or approval
for installation of public and private improvements.
DRAINAGE CHANNEL
A natural watercourse or manmade indenture for the drainage
of surface water.
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY
The land required for the installation of storm sewers or
drainage ditches or required along the natural stream or watercourse
for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein
to safeguard the public against flood damage.
DRIVEWAY
A private roadway providing access to a street or highway.
DRIVEWAY, HARD-SURFACED
A private roadway providing access to a street or highway
constructed of an asphaltic surface, concrete, brick, stone, masonry
material or a combination of the aforementioned materials.
EASEMENT
A grant by a property owner for the use of a strip of land
for the purpose of connecting and maintaining utilities including,
but not limited to, sanitary sewers, water mains, electric lines,
telephone lines, storm sewer or storm drainage ways or gas lines.
ENGINEER
A professional engineer licensed by the State of Missouri.
FINAL PLAT
A plan or map prepared in accordance with the provisions
of this regulation and those of any other applicable local regulation,
which plat is prepared to be placed on record with the office of the
Recorder of Deeds.
FLOODPLAIN
The area, usually lowlands, adjoining the channel of a river,
stream, watercourse, lake or other body of standing water which has
been or may be covered by floodwaters.
FRONTAGE
All the property on one (1) side of a street between the
two (2) nearest intersecting streets or other natural or artificial
barriers, including boundaries.
GARAGE
A deck, building or parking structure or part thereof used
or intended to be used for the parking and storage of vehicles, further
defined as:
1.
GARAGE, COMMUNITYA garage used exclusively for the parking and storage of vehicles owned or operated by residents of nearby dwelling units and their guests, which is not operated as a commercial enterprise and is not available to the general public and which is owned, leased or cooperatively operated by such residents.
2.
GARAGE, MUNICIPALA structure owned or operated by a municipality and used primarily for the parking and storing of vehicles owned by the general public.
3.
GARAGE, PRIVATE CUSTOMER AND EMPLOYEEA structure that is accessory to a non-retail commercial or manufacturing establishment, building or use and is primarily for the parking and storage of vehicles operated by the customers, visitors and employees of such building and that is not available to the general public.
4.
GARAGE, PRIVATE RESIDENTIALA structure that is accessory to a residential building and that is used for the parking and storage of vehicles owned and operated by the residents thereof and that is not a separate commercial enterprise available to the general public.
5.
GARAGE, PUBLICA structure or portion thereof, other than a private customer and employee garage or private residential garage, used primarily for the parking and storage of vehicles and available to the general public.
GOVERNING BODY
The Village Board of Trustees. Also referred to as Village
Board. Functions as a forum for appeals and variance requests.
GRADE
The slope of a road, street or sewer specified in percent
and shown on road, street or sewer profiles as required herein.
LOCAL STREET
A street or road which provides primarily for direct access
to adjoining properties and is designed to serve minor traffic needs.
LOT
A portion of land in a subdivision or other parcel of land
intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development.
LOT, CORNER
A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
LOT DEPTH
The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and
the rear lot line.
LOT WIDTH
The mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines.
MONUMENT
An object set in the ground to mark the boundaries of real
estate or to mark a survey station.
OPEN SPACE
An area of land or water or combination thereof planned for
passive or active recreation but does not include areas utilized for
streets, alleys, driveways or private roads, off-street parking or
loading areas or required front, rear or side yards.
OWNER
Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations
or any other legal entity having title to land.
PARKING BAY
An area either on an individual lot or on any other portion
of a subdivision which is reserved for vehicular parking.
PARKING LANE
An auxiliary lane of a street or roadway used primarily 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.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
Any security, including performance bonds, escrow agreements
and other similar collateral or surety agreements, which guarantees
certain improvements will be made by the subdivider or developer.
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
The duly designated Planning Board of the Village of Country
Club created by ordinance with responsibility for reviewing and approving
applications for development and preparation of master plans. Also
functions as a forum for planning appeals and variance requests to
Governing Body. Also referred to as the Planning Board or Zoning Board.
PLAT
A map indicating the subdivision or resubdivision of land
and which is intended to be filed for record.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A map made for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed
subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it; this map
need not be based on accurate or detailed final survey of the property.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
All public facilities constructed or erected by a subdivider
within a subdivision to permit and facilitate the use of lots or blocks
for a principal residential, business or manufacturing purpose.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The land opened, reserved or dedicated for a street or roadway,
sidewalk, drainage area, railroad or other public purpose.
ROAD/ROADWAY
The paved or improved area of a street right-of-way exclusive
of sidewalk, drainage area, railroad or other public purpose.
STREET
A right-of-way, other than an alley, dedicated to the public
use or a private right-of-way which provides principal vehicular and
pedestrian access to adjacent properties.
STREET WIDTH
The distance measured perpendicular to the centerline of
the paved portion of the right-of-way either to the back of the curb
where a curb exists or to the edge of the pavement where no curb exists.
SUBDIVIDER
A person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, estate
or any other group or combination acting as a unit for the purpose
of subdividing or resubdividing or proposing to divide a lot, tract
or other subdivision of land that constitutes a subdivision, as defined
herein, for the purpose of transfer of ownership or development, whether
immediate or future, including all changes in street or lot lines.
The term "subdivider" shall include any agent of
a subdivider or developer.
SUBDIVISION
The voluntary division of a lot, parcel or tract of land
into two (2) or more lots for the purpose, whether immediate or future,
of transfer or ownership or building development, including resubdivision.
TITLE COMPANY
A corporation qualified and acting under the Missouri Title
Insurance Law or a corporation which is an issuing agency for an insurance
company insuring land titles.
TRACT
An area or parcel of land which the developer intends to
subdivide and improve or to cause to be subdivided and improved pursuant
to the requirements of this Section.
VILLAGE
The Village of Country Club, Missouri.
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 building or projections as permitted on the lot.
1.
YARD, FRONTA yard extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line and the front building line.
2.
YARD, REARA yard extending along the rear of a lot between the side lot lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear building line.
3.
YARD, SIDEA yard extending along each side of a lot between the front yard and the rear yard line and being the minimum horizontal distance between the side lot line and the side building line.
ZONING DISTRICT MAP
A map entitled "Zoning District Map for the Village of Country
Club" and any amendments thereto.
ZONING ORDINANCE
The part of the Comprehensive Plan, now or hereafter adopted,
which includes an ordinance and map dividing the Village into zoning
districts with regulations, requirements and procedures for the establishment
of land use controls within the Village.