The following words and phrases are defined:
AC 150/5300-13FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300-13, "Airport Design", dated September 30, 2000, as may be amended from time to time.
ACCESSORY BUILDINGAny building, the use of which is incidental to the principal use of another structure on the same premises.
ACCESSORY STRUCTUREAny structure, the use of which is incidental to the principal use of another structure on the same premises.
ACCESSORY USEA subordinate use which is incidental to that of the main building and which is located in the same lot with such main building and as further defined in this Section.
AIRCRAFTAny device now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight through the air.
AIRPORTThe Lambert-St. Louis International Airport owned and operated by the City of St. Louis.
AIRPORT AUTHORITYThe Airport Authority of the City of St. Louis, which is a department of the City of St. Louis responsible for the planning, development, management and operation of the airport.
AIRPORT ELEVATIONSix hundred eighteen (618) feet above mean sea level, being the highest point of the airport's usable landing area, with respect to the runways.
AIRPORT SURFACEAn imaginary surface established and defined pursuant to FAR Part 77, Section 77.25(d), as may be amended, and longitudinally centered on the extended runway centerline, extending outward and upward from the end of the primary surface and at the same slope as the height limitation slope of the approach zone. The perimeter of an approach surface coincides with the perimeter of an approach zone.
APPROACH ZONEA zone established and defined in accordance with FAR Part 77, Section 77.25(d) and as further defined in this Section.
AVIATIONThe handling and guidance of aircraft in the air or on the airport.
BACK OFFICEAn office in which administrative, clerical and operational functions of a company are performed, which functions do not involve face-to-face interaction with such company's customers.
BUILDINGA structure that is affixed to the land, has one (1) or more floors, one (1) or more exterior walls and a roof and is designed or intended for use as a shelter.
CFRSection of Federal Regulations.
CHILD CARE CENTERFacility providing care for five (5) or more children under the age of thirteen (13), not including children of a family residing on the premises, for any part of a twenty-four (24) hour day.
COMMUNITY CENTERA facility maintained by a public agency or by a not-for-profit community or neighborhood association primarily for social, recreational or educational needs of the community or neighborhood.
CONICAL SURFACEAn imaginary surface established pursuant to FAR Part 77, Section 77.25(b), as may be amended, and extending outward and upward from the periphery of the horizontal surface at a slope of twenty (20) to one (1) for a horizontal distance of four thousand (4,000) feet.
CONICAL ZONEA zone established and defined in accordance with FAR Part 77, Section 77.25(b) and as further defined in this Section.
CONVENIENCE STOREA retail establishment having a gross floor area of five thousand (5,000) square feet or less, primarily selling automobile fuel or foods as well as other household goods customarily sold in larger food markets and supermarkets.
DAY-NIGHT AVERAGE SOUND LEVEL (DNL)The twenty-four (24) hour average sound level, in decibels, for the period from Midnight to Midnight, obtained after the addition of ten (10) decibels to sound levels for the periods between Midnight and 7:00 A.M. and between 10:00 P.M. and Midnight local time.
DEVELOPMENTThe act of changing and the state of a tract of land after its function has been purposefully changed by man including, but not limited to, structures on the land and/or other alterations to the land.
FAAThe Federal Aviation Administration.
FARFederal Aviation Regulations set forth in Title 14 of the Section of Federal Regulations, as may be amended from time to time.
FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTAny establishment whose principal business is the sale of foods, frozen desserts or beverages in ready-to-consume individual servings for consumption either within the restaurant building or for carry-out and where either (1) foods, frozen desserts or beverages are usually served in edible containers or in paper, plastic or other disposable containers and where customers are not served their food, frozen desserts or beverages by a restaurant employee at the same table or counter where the items are consumed, or (2) the establishment includes a drive-up or drive-through service facility or offers curb service.
FENCE, SIGHT-PROOFA fence with an opaque value of seventy percent (70%) or greater. Such structure may be a chain link fence in combination with slat or lattice materials.
FILLING STATION (SERVICE STATION)Any structure or premises used for dispensing or sale, at retail, of vehicle fuels or lubricants, including lubrication of vehicles and replacement or installation of minor parts and accessories, but not primarily engaged in major repair work such as engine replacement, body and fender repair or spray painting.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONA State or Federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union or industrial land company located in a building which provides for the custody, loan, exchange or issue of money, the extension of credit or facilitating the transmission of funds and which may include accessory drive-up units on the same premises, but does not include small loan businesses. A financial institution may include an automated teller machine (ATM) as part of its accessory drive-up units on the same premises.
FRONTAGEThat edge of a lot bordering a street.
GROSS FLOOR AREAThe sum of the gross horizontal area of all floors of a building, including basement areas, as measured from the interior perimeter of exterior walls. Such area shall not include the following: interior loading and parking areas, atriums except the first (1st) floor area, rooftop mechanical equipment enclosures and the enclosed mall areas of shopping centers.
GYMNASIUMA building or portion thereof used for athletic training or sports activities, including accessory seating for spectators.
HAZARD TO AVIATIONAn obstruction determined to have a substantial adverse effect on the safe and efficient utilization of the navigable airspace of the airport.
HAZARDOUS WILDLIFEWildlife species that are commonly associated with wildlife-aircraft strike problems that are capable of causing structural damage to aircraft and airport facilities or that act as attractants to other wildlife that pose a wildlife-aircraft strike hazard.
HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTERA retail store of at least twenty thousand (20,000) square feet selling only building materials, floor and wall coverings and items designed for installation in the home and associated tools.
HORIZONTAL SURFACEAn imaginary horizontal plane established pursuant to FAR Part 77, Section 77.25(a), as may be amended, one hundred fifty (150) feet above the established airport elevation, the perimeter of which coincides with the perimeter of the horizontal surface area as established herein.
HORIZONTAL ZONEA zone established and defined in accordance with FAR Part 77, Section 77.25(a) and as further defined in this Section.
HOTELA building in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for compensation, usually on a transient basis and in which ingress and egress to and from all rooms is made through an inside office or lobby supervised at all hours.
LOADING SPACEA durably dust-proofed, properly graded for drainage, off-street space used for the loading and unloading of vehicles, except passenger vehicles, in connection with the use of the property on which such space is located. Each such designated space shall comply with the dimensional requirements set forth herein as the "AD" Airport District off-street parking and loading requirements.
LOTA platted parcel of land intended to be separately owned, developed and otherwise used as a unit.
LOT, CORNERA platted parcel of land abutting two (2) road rights-of-way at their intersection.
MALLAn enclosed public way upon which business establishments have direct access and which serves primarily for the movement of pedestrians, with trees, benches or other furnishings provided and with vehicular access prohibited, restricted or reduced so as to emphasize pedestrian use.
MANEUVERING SPACEThe unobstructed area needed for a truck to back, in a single movement, directly from the access street into a loading space, the depth of which is measured perpendicularly to and from the front of said loading space to the curb side of the most remote traffic lane in the access street.
MANUFACTURINGMaking, fabricating, assembling, processing or packaging any commodity from raw or semi-finished materials, except from explosives or flammable gases or liquids.
MATERIAL IMPROVEMENTAny repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the structure either (1) before the improvement or repair is started, or (2) if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purpose of this definition, "material improvement" is considered to occur when the first (1st) alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.
MEDICAL OR DENTAL OFFICE (CLINIC)A facility for the practice of medicine or dentistry for humans, including accessory diagnostic laboratories, but not including in-patient or overnight care or operating rooms for major surgery.
NATURAL AREAAn area that is substantially undisturbed by development.
NOISE CONTOUR MAPA noise contour map encompassing the Airport District pursuant to the FAR Part 150 Noise Compatibility Program for the airport and in accordance with FAR Part 150, "Airport Noise Compatibility Planning", which map details the different DNL levels within the Airport District.
NON-CONFORMING USEAny land use, structure or object which existed lawfully on or before the effective date of this Section or any amendment thereto and which fails to conform to one (1) or more of the applicable regulations in this Section or other regulations contained in the Municipal Code, except minimum lot area, yard and setback requirements.
OBJECTA structure, including a mobile structure, constructed or installed by man or a product of nature including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, cranes, smokestacks, earth formations, trees, overhead transmission lines and utility poles. The term "object" shall include all types of signs and/or banners.
OBJECT FREE AREAAn area centered on the centerline of a runway and extending therefrom, which is to be clear of objects protruding above the "runway safety area edge elevation" as such elevation is determined in AC 150/5300-13. The object free area is more particularly defined in AC 150/5300-13, which definition is incorporated herein by reference. The precise location and dimensions of the object free area shall be those determined by the Airport Authority pursuant to AC 150/5300-13.
OBSTRUCTIONAny structure, growth or other object, including a mobile object, which exceeds a limiting height as set forth herein.
OFFICEA building or portion of a building wherein services are performed involving predominantly administrative, professional or clerical operations. This does not include financial institutions or small loan businesses.
OPEN SPACE(S)Active outdoor recreation facilities and playing fields, hiking and bicycling trails, pedestrian and bicycling paths, natural areas and forests and parks for public use and enjoyment.
PARCEL (TRACT) OF LANDA separately designated area of land delineated by identifiable legally recorded boundary lines.
PARKAn area open to the general public and reserved for recreational, educational or scenic purposes.
PARKING AREAAn area of land used or intended for off-street parking facilities for motor vehicles.
PARKING SPACEA durably surfaced area, enclosed in the main building, in an accessory building or unenclosed, sufficient in size to store one (1) standard automobile and if the space is unenclosed comprising an area of not less than two hundred fifty (250) square feet, including the necessary access driveways exclusive of a durable surfaced driveway connecting the parking space with a street or alley and permitting satisfactory ingress and egress of an automobile.
PERSONAn individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association or governmental entity; includes a trustee, a receiver, an assignee or a similar representative thereof.
PRECISION INSTRUMENT RUNWAYA runway having an existing instrument approach procedure utilizing an instrument landing system (ILS) or precision approach radar (PAR). It also means a runway for which a precision approach system is planned and is so indicated on an approved airport layout plan or any other planning document.
PRIMARY SURFACEAn imaginary surface established pursuant to FAR Part 77, Section 77.25(c), as may be amended, longitudinally centered on a runway, extending two hundred (200) feet beyond each end of the runway where the runway has a specially prepared hard surface or ending at each end of the runway where the runway has no specially prepared hard surface.
PUBLIC USE AREASAll public highways, streets, alleys, sidewalks, walkways, paths, trails, recreational areas, parks, open spaces, waterways, utilities and any other area within the airport district intended for general public use.
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITY, LOCALA public utility facility serving a local area only, such as an electric substation, a water or gas pumping or regulating station, a telephone switching center or a storage tank with a maximum capacity of one hundred thousand (100,000) cubic feet, except telecommunication towers.
RESEARCHSystematic investigation undertaken to develop or increase knowledge and understanding of a subject for commercial, educational or scientific purposes.
RESTAURANTA commercial establishment whose primary business is the provision of prepared food at retail for consumption on or off the premises.
RETAILThe selling of goods and personal services directly to consumers.
ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAYA dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a private or public roadway.
RUNWAY(S)A defined portion of airport having a surface constructed and maintained for the taking off and landing of aircraft along its length.
RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONE (RPZ)A trapezoidal shaped zone centered about the extended centerline of airport runway(s), which zone is more particularly defined in AC 150/5300-13, which definition is incorporated herein by reference. The precise location and dimensions of the RPZ shall be those determined by the Airport Authority. No buildings or structures shall be permitted within this zone and the Airport Authority may regulate height and density of natural growth within this zone pursuant to AC 150/5300-13. See also 14 CFR Part 77, Safe Efficient Use and Preservation of the Navigable Airspace.
SETBACK (BUILDING LINE)The required minimum distance from a road right-of-way or lot line that establishes the area within which a structure can be erected or placed, except as may be permitted elsewhere in this Section.
SIGHT DISTANCE TRIANGLEThe triangular area of a corner lot bound by the property lines and a line connecting the two (2) points on the property lines thirty (30) feet from the intersection of the property lines.
SMALL LOAN BUSINESSESEstablishments which:
1. Engage in the business of providing money to customers on a temporary basis, wherein such loans are secured by post-dated check, paycheck or car title, or
Are registered as lenders under State or Federal law. This classification does not include a State or federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union or industrial land company. Further, this classification does not include establishments selling consumer goods, including consumables, where the cashing of checks or money orders is incidental to the main purpose of the business. This classifications does include, but is not limited to, check cashing stores, payday loan stores and car title loan stores. Small loan businesses shall not be permitted within the "AD-2" Airport District 2.
STREETAs utilized in this Section, "street" shall be defined as all property dedicated or intended for public or private street, highway, freeway or roadway purposes or subject to public or private easements therefore.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONSAny change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.
STRUCTUREAnything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, advertising signs, billboards, fences, sidewalks, retaining walls and utility poles. Structure shall be deemed to include a parking area.
TELECOMMUNICATION CABINETA building or structure for the protection and security of communications equipment associated with one (1) or more antennae and where access to such equipment is gained from either the interior or exterior of the building or structure. Human occupancy for the office or other uses or the storage of other materials and equipment not in direct support of the connected antennae is prohibited.
TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERA structure designed for the support of one (1) or more antennae and including guyed towers, self-supporting (lattice) towers or monopoles but not buildings. The term shall also exclude any support structure under sixty (60) feet in height owned and operated at the residence of an amateur radio operator licensed by the Federal Communication Commission. The height of a telecommunication tower shall be measured from the finished grade to the top of the tower, excluding any elements with a cross section of less than four (4) inches.
TRANSITIONAL SURFACESImaginary surfaces established pursuant to FAR Part 77, Section 77.25(e), as may be amended, extending outward at ninety degree (90°) angles to the runway centerline and the runway centerline extended at a slope of seven (7) feet horizontally for each foot vertically from the sides of the primary and approach surfaces to where they intersect the horizontal and conical surfaces. Transitional surfaces for those portions of the approach surfaces, which project through and beyond the limits of the conical surface, extend a distance of five thousand (5,000) feet measured horizontally from the edge of the approach surface and at ninety-degree (90°) angles to the extended runway centerline.
TRANSITIONAL ZONEA zone established and defined in accordance with FAR Part 77, Section 77.25(e) and as further defined in this Section.
USEAs utilized in this Section, "use" shall be defined as the purpose for which a building, lot, sign or other structure is arranged, intended, designed, occupied or maintained.
WAREHOUSEA structure used for receiving, storing, consolidating and/or distributing goods, materials or merchandise, other than live animals, explosives or flammable gases or liquids.
WILDLIFEAny wild animal including, without limitation, any wild mammal, bird, reptile, fish, amphibian, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, coelenterate or other invertebrate, including any part, product, egg or offspring thereof.
YARDAn open space on the same lot with a building, 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 width of a side yard, the depth of a front yard or the depth of a rear yard, the mean horizontal distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.
YARD, FRONTA 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 main building or any projection thereof, other than the projection of the usual steps or entrance way.
YARD, REARA yard extending across the rear of a lot measured between the rear lot lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear of the main building or any projections other than steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches. On corner lots the rear yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension. On both corner lots and interior lots the rear yard shall in all cases be at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard.
YARD, SIDEA yard between the main building and the side line of the lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard.
