[Ord. No. 646 §2]
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Eureka, Missouri".
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
This Chapter is adopted to update the zoning provisions of this
Code, and to promote health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare;
to secure economic and coordinated land use in accord with the "Eureka
City Plan"; and to facilitate the adequate provision of public improvements.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 915 §2; Ord. No. 1016 §1, 3-3-1992; Ord. No. 1030 §2, 7-21-1992; Ord.
No. 1185 §1, 8-1-1995; Ord. No. 1194 §§2-3, 9-19-1995; Ord.
No. 1294 §1, 6-17-1997; Ord. No. 1310 §1, 9-16-1997; Ord.
No. 1488 §1, 10-17-2000; Ord. No. 1525 §1, 5-15-2001; Ord.
No. 1633 §1, 9-17-2002; Ord. No. 1697 §1, 6-3-2003; Ord.
No. 1795 §1, 10-5-2004; Ord. No. 1821 §1, 3-1-2005; Ord.
No. 2021 §1, 1-2-2008; Ord. No. 2225 §1, 7-3-2012]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section.
Words used in the present tense shall include the future; the singular
number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular; the
word "shall" is mandatory and not permissive.
Having a common border with, or being separated from such
a common border by a right-of-way, alley or easement.
Any building the use of which is incidental to the principal
use of the parcel or structure thereon.
Any structure the use of which is incidental to the principal
use of the parcel or structure thereon.
Any use incidental to or directly associated with the principal
use of the premises.
A lot that shares all or part of a common point or line with
another lot.
Any activity engaged in the commercial production of crops,
orchards, livestock, poultry, livestock products, poultry products,
and the facilities, equipment, and property used to facilitate the
activity, excluding the growing of 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 seed thereof, and resin extracted from the plant
and marijuana-infused products.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020]
A minor right-of-way which may provide vehicular access to
the back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which
may be used for public utility purposes.
A physical change or an addition. The term "alter" includes renovation, modification, rehabilitation or restoration.
Establishments primarily engaged in providing residential
and personal care services without on-site nursing care for the elderly
or other persons who are unable to fully care for themselves. The
care typically includes room, board, supervision, and assistance in
daily living, such as housekeeping services.
A floored and walled substructure of a building at least
fifty percent (50%) below the average finished grade of the building.
A dwelling or building in a residential district which is
smaller than a hotel or motel in which lodging and/or meals are provided
to the public on a transient basis for compensation; such establishment
may also operate a full-service restaurant, not including drive-in,
drive-thru or curb service, within said dwelling or building.
A building other than a hotel where, for compensation, meals,
or lodging and meals, are provided for a minimum of three (3) but
not more than ten (10) persons.
An individual or entity providing tattoo services or piercing
of the skin on any body part below the neckline. In the case of body
piercing, such activity is permissible without City legislative authority
if the service is ancillary to the principal use such as in the case
of a hair salon or barber shop.
[Ord. No. 2341 §1, 8-4-2015]
An area that contains extensive landscape material and/or
a decorative wall or similar material designed to screen from view
a particular land use or activity.
A roofed structure that is affixed to the land and is designed
or intended for use as a shelter for persons, animals and/or property.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the finished grade along the front of the building to the highest
point of the roof surface, if a flat roof; to the deck line of mansard
roofs; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable,
hip and gambrel roofs.
A place designed to accommodate travelers or persons seeking
overnight accommodations via use of tents, camper trailers or recreational
vehicles.
An accessory building that may or may not be attached to
a principal building, that provides space for the parking or storage
of one (1) or more motor vehicles, and, if enclosed, is enclosed on
not more than three (3) sides.
A child care center, whether known or incorporated under
another title or name, is a child care program conducted in a location
other than the provider’s permanent residence, or separate from
the provider’s living quarters, and licensed by the Department
of Health and Senior Services of the State of Missouri where care
is provided for children not related to the child care provider for
any part of the twenty-four-hour day.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020]
At a minimum, a church includes a body of believers or communicants
that assembles regularly to worship. Unless the organization is reasonably
available to the public in its conduct of worship, its educational
instruction, and its promulgation of doctrine, it cannot fulfill the
associational role that courts have increasingly adopted as a threshold
for determining when an organization qualifies as a church. Other
key factors to consider include whether the organization has a distinct
legal existence, recognized creed and form of worship, definite and
distinct ecclesiastical government, a formal code of doctrine and
discipline, distinct religious history, membership not associated
with any other church or denomination, organization of ordained ministers,
ordained ministers selected after completing prescribed studies, literature
of its own, established places of worship, regular congregations and
regular religious services.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020]
The group practice of medicine or dentistry for humans, but
not including in-patient care or operating rooms for major surgery.
That land set aside for open space or recreational use for
the owners of the residential lots in a subdivision which land is
conveyed by the developer in fee simple absolute title by a warranty
deed to trustees whose trust indenture shall provide that such common
land be used for the sole benefit, use and enjoyment of the lot owners
present and future; no lot owner shall have the right to convey his/her
interest in the common land except as an incident of the ownership
of a regularly platted lot.
A facility licensed as such by the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 2712, 4-18-2023]
A facility licensed as such by the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 2712, 4-18-2023]
A facility licensed as such by the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 2712, 4-18-2023]
A multi-unit dwelling, with unit owners each enjoying exclusive
ownership of his/her individual apartment or unit, holding a fee simple
title thereto, while retaining an undivided interest, as a tenant
in common, in the common facilities and areas of the building and
grounds which are used by all the residents; as developed under the
requirements of Chapter 448 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
A family home occupied by the day care provider in which
care is given to four (4) people or less, not related to the day care
provider, for any part of the twenty-four (24) hour day.
A group program providing care for more than four (4) people
in a facility, other than a family home, for any part of the twenty-four
(24) hour day.
A project involving the construction, reconstruction, redevelopment,
conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any
structure; or any use or extension of land; any of which has the effect
of increasing the requirements for capital improvements, and which
requires either the approval of a plat pursuant to the City's subdivision
regulations, the issuance of a building permit, or connection to the
City's wastewater sewer system.
A section or sections of the City for which the regulations
governing the height, area and use of the buildings and premises are
the same.
A residential building divided into two (2) dwelling units.
A building or portion thereof designed for or occupied by
more than two (2) families.
See "dwelling, single-family detached."
A dwelling which is designed for or occupied exclusively
by one (1) family, but having a common party wall with another single-family
dwelling with each dwelling on a separate lot of individual ownership.
A building which is designed for or occupied exclusively
by one (1) family and is separate from any other building except accessory
buildings.
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two (2)
families.
One or more rooms with direct access to the outside or to
a public hallway located in a residential building or residential
portion of a building which are arranged, designed, used or intended
for use as a complete, independent living facility for no more than
one (1) family and which includes permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
One (1) or more persons, related or unrelated, living together
as a single integrated household unit, or a non-profit group of persons
who live together sharing household responsibilities and daily activities,
who also share a close social, economic and psychological commitment
to each other. A family does not include large living groups such
as dormitories, fraternities, sororities or lodging houses. There
shall be at least one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space
for the first (1st) occupant, and one hundred (100) square feet of
floor space for each additional occupant. Floor space is calculated
using the total enclosed area of the dwelling unit. A family may not
have more than one (1) registered sex offender residing in a dwelling
unit.
An area which is used for the growing of the usual farm products
such as vegetables, fruit, trees and grain, and for their parking
or storage on the area, as well as for the raising thereon of the
usual farm poultry and farm animals, such as horses, cattle, sheep
and swine, subject to distance limitations from residential property
and not including the commercial feeding of garbage or offal to swine
or other animals, such as mice, rats, rabbits, etc. The term "farm"
also includes dairy farms.
An area which is used for the growing of the usual farm products
such as vegetables, fruit, trees and grain, and for their parking
or storage on the area, as well as for the raising thereon of the
usual farm poultry and farm animals, such as horses, cattle, sheep
and swine, subject to distance limitations from residential property
and not including the commercial feeding of garbage or offal to swine
or other animals, such as mice, rats, rabbits, etc. The term "farm"
also includes dairy farms. The term "farm and truck garden" does not
include the growing of 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 seed thereof and resin extracted from the plant and marijuana-infused
products.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020]
The floodway and floodway fringe area of the Meramec River
and its tributaries and other natural waterways which have a one percent
(1%) chance of flooding in any given year as determined by the 1977
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Study, as may be amended.
The land area covered by a building or structure.
The edge of a lot bordering a street.
See "lot, frontage."
A structure intended for the shelter or storage of self-propelled
vehicles which is comprised of a self-supporting assemblage of material
and is not permanently attached to a footing and foundation in compliance
with City Building Codes. The Building Commissioner shall make a determination
as to if a proposed structure is subject to this definition and any
regulations relating thereto.
An accessory building with capacity for not more than four
(4) self-propelled vehicles for storage only; provided, that a private
garage may exceed a four (4) vehicle capacity if the lot whereon such
garage is located contains not less than two thousand (2,000) square
feet for each vehicle stored, and that the self-propelled vehicles
shall not include commercial contractors' equipment, gasoline trucks
and similar vehicles not ordinarily used incidental to domestic activities.
Any building or premises, except those used as a private
or storage garage, used for equipping, repairing, hiring, selling
or storing motor-driven vehicles for profit.
Any building or premises, used for housing only, of motor-driven
vehicles pursuant to previous arrangements, and not to transients,
at which automobile fuels and oils are not sold and motor-driven vehicles
are not equipped, repaired, hired or sold.
An area or course for playing golf, except miniature golf,
consisting of at least nine (9) holes within which the playing area
is not artificially illuminated.
The finished ground level of a site.
A building with an exterior appearance similar to a single-family
residence which houses eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically
handicapped persons and may include two (2) additional persons acting
as house-parents or guardians, but does not include a half-way house.
Any business operated in a residential dwelling that manufactures,
provides, or sells goods or services and that is owned and operated
by the owner or tenant of the residential dwelling.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-15-2022]
Any lawful occupation performed by a resident within a residential
home or accessory structure, which is clearly incidental and secondary
to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes and does
not change the residential character of the residential building or
adversely affect the character of the surrounding neighborhood.
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-15-2022]
Either a no-impact home-based business or resident or residents
of the residential dwelling doing home-based work.
[Ord. No. 2423 § 1, 9-5-2017; Ord.
No. 2683, 11-15-2022]
A building in which lodging or lodging and meals is provided
to the public on a transient basis for compensation, and which will
accommodate more than ten (10) persons for lodging; provided, that
all rooms shall be accessible through the main entrance of the building,
and a lobby provided for the mutual use and benefit of all occupants.
The use of more than two hundred (200) square feet of the
area of any lot, whether inside or outside a building, or the use
of any portion of that half of any lot that adjoins any street, for
the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk including scrap metal
or other scrap materials, or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment
of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery, or parts thereof.
The use of land or buildings for the purpose of selling,
breeding, boarding or training dogs or cats or both, or the keeping
of four (4) or more dogs over four (4) months of age, or keeping six
(6) or more cats over four (4) months of age, or the keeping of more
than five (5) dogs and cats. The word "selling" as
herein used shall not be construed to include the sale of animals
four (4) months of age or younger which are the natural increase of
animals kept by persons not operating a kennel as herein defined;
nor shall selling be determined to include isolated sales of animals
over four (4) months old by persons not operating a kennel as herein
defined.
A place or places in which a provider undertakes to provide
a resident with nursing services, medical services or personal care
services, in addition to maintenance services, for a term in excess
of one (1) year or for life pursuant to a life care contract. The
term also means a place or places in which a provider undertakes to
provide such services to a non-resident.
An individual or entity selling nicotine based products in
a liquid or gaseous state as a sole or substantial portion of overall
sales or product display area as determined by the City.
[Ord. No. 2341 §1, 8-4-2015]
An individual parcel of land.
A lot situated at the junction of two (2) or more streets
or places.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines.
A lot having a frontage of two (2) non-intersecting streets,
as distinguished from a corner lot.
A lot bounded by a street on only one (1) side.
On lots which are not located on curved streets, the minimum
lot frontage shall be measured at the right-of-way line.
On lots which are located on the outside of a curved street
or on a cul-de-sac, the minimum lot frontage shall be measured at
a line tangent to the curve, centered on the lot at the front building
line.
On lots which are located on the inside of a curved street,
the minimum lot frontage shall be measured as the chord dimension
for an arc having a radius of fifty (50) feet less than the radius
of the building line.
The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has
been recorded in the office of the St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds,
or a parcel of land described by metes and bounds, which has been
recorded in the office of the St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds.
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
seed thereof and resin extracted from the plant and marijuana-infused products.
Marijuana does not include industrial hemp as defined by Missouri
Statute, 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. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020; Ord. No. 2712, 4-18-2023]
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 concentrates.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020]
A facility certified as such by the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020; Ord. No. 2712, 4-18-2023]
A facility licensed as such by the State of Missouri to acquire,
cultivate, process, store, transport and sell marijuana only to a
medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana-infused
products manufacturing facility or another medical marijuana cultivation
facility.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020; Ord. No. 2712, 4-18-2023]
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire,
store, sell, transport, and deliver marijuana, marijuana-infused products
and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana as provided for
in this section to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, another
medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing
facility, or a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020]
A facility certified by the State of Missouri to transport
marijuana to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, a medical
marijuana cultivation facility, 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. 2559, 10-20-2020]
A facility licensed as such by the State of Missouri to acquire,
store, manufacture, transport and sell marijuana-infused products
to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana test
facility or to another medical marijuana-infused projects manufacturing
facility.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020; Ord. No. 2712, 4-18-2023]
A facility licensed as such by the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 2712, 4-18-2023]
A facility licensed as such by the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 2712, 4-18-2023]
A development where trailers are located which are used for
dwelling purposes.
A building or group of buildings in which lodging or lodging
and meals is provided to the public on a transient basis for compensation.
A home-based business qualifies as a no-impact, home-based
business if:
[Ord. No. 2683, 11-15-2022]
The total number of employees and clients on-site at one (1)
time does not exceed the occupancy limit for the residential dwelling;
and
The activities of the business:
Are limited to the sale of lawful goods and services;
May involve having more than one (1) client on the property
at one (1) time;
Do not cause a substantial increase in traffic through the residential
area;
Do not violate any parking regulations established by the political
subdivision;
Occur inside the residential dwelling or in the yard of the
residential dwelling; and
Are not visible from the street; and
Does not violate the terms of any deed restriction, covenant,
or agreement restricting the use of the land nor any master Deed,
by law or other document applicable to a common interest ownership
community.
Any use or structure which existed lawfully on the date this
Zoning Ordinance or any amendment thereto became effective and which
fails to conform to one (1) or more of the applicable regulations
of the Zoning Ordinance or such amendments thereto.
An establishment which provides full-time domiciliary, convalescent
or chronic care for individuals who, by reason of chronic illness,
infirmity or age, are unable to care for themselves.
A pre-kindergarten school for children, primarily between
three (3) and five (5) years of age.
Includes any area where selected samples of inventory being
displayed for sale are in public view.
Includes any area where items such as vehicles, equipment,
business inventory or supplies are stored either permanently or temporarily.
An area open to the general public and reserved for recreational,
educational or scenic purposes.
A road or roadway intended to be used primarily for passenger
vehicles and developed with a park-like or scenic character, with
recreational uses.
A durable, dust-proof, surfaced area, enclosed in the main
building, in an accessory building or unenclosed, sufficient in size
to store one (1) standing motor vehicle, including the necessary driveway
and space between motor vehicles on the parking lots. The driveways
connecting a parking space with a street or alley shall provide satisfactory
ingress and egress of motor vehicles and shall be designed to prevent
all possible traffic and fire hazards. All such areas shall be paved
with an asphaltic concrete or Portland cement concrete and shall have
appropriate curb stops as required by the City.
A use allowed by right in a zoning district and subject to
the restrictions applicable to that zoning district.
See "church."
A farm, garden or other cultivated land together with accessory
structures designed and intended to be used only for the cultivation
and sale of live vegetation.
A place or area adjacent to the main structure, and shall
include any porch, patio, walkway or deck. An unenclosed or uncovered
front porch may extend up to ten (10) feet into the minimum front
yard. An enclosed or covered front porch must conform with the front
yard requirements of the main structure.
Restricted to a selected individual or group; not public
in nature.
An association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated,
organized for some common purpose, but not including a group organized
solely or primarily to render a service customarily carried on as
a commercial enterprise; provided, that the activities of such association
shall not be in violation of any Federal, State, County or municipal
laws in effect.
Open to common or general use by the public on an unrestricted
basis.
An area containing one (1) or more structures and/or used
for the parking of one (1) or more tents, trailers or recreational
vehicles designed or intended to be used for temporary living facilities
for one (1) or more families and intended primarily for automobile
transients or other tourists, on a limited basis for not more than
fifteen (15) days.
A public utility facility serving a local area only, such
as an electric substation or a water or gas pumping or regulating
station or a telephone switching center.
A Missouri resident diagnosed with at least one (1) qualifying
medical condition.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020]
A building or group of buildings with designated open areas
utilized and maintained for educational and religious conclaves, seminars
and similar activities by particular educational, religious, fraternal
or other groups.
A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and
a contiguous street (formerly Street Line).
A type of operation in which refuse or earth or other suitable
cover material is deposited in alternate layers of specified depth
in accordance with a definite plan on a specified portion of open
land, with each layer being compacted by force applied by mechanical
equipment.
Any building which is regularly used as a public, private
or parochial elementary and/or secondary school or high school.
[Ord. No. 2496, 8-6-2019; Ord.
No. 2559, 10-20-2020]
A method of visually shielding or obscuring one (1) abutting
or nearby structure or use from another by fencing, walls, berms or
densely planted vegetation.
Material which has gone through one (1) or more stages of
processing.
Any structure or premises used for dispensing or retail sale
of automotive vehicle fuels or lubricants, including lubrication of
automobiles and replacement or installation of minor parts and accessories,
but not including major repair work such as motor replacement, body
and fender repair or spray painting.
A detached building accessory to a residential use for the
keeping of not more than two (2) horses owned by the occupants of
the premises; provided, that the capacity of the stable may be increased
if the premises whereon such stable is located contains an area of
not less than one (1) acre for each additional horse accommodated.
The boarding, hiring, selling or training of horses for any commercial
purpose shall not be allowed.
A building and designated site intended or used exclusively
as a shelter for horses which provides for the boarding, hire, sale
or training of such horses.
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
the floor and the ceiling next above it.
A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection
of roof decking and wall face not more than three feet (3) 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 public or private right-of-way which provides access to
abutting properties.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, or any substantial change
in the roof or exterior walls.
Any assemblage of material forming a construction for occupancy
or use, excepting underground distribution or collection pipes or
cables and underground or ground level appurtenances thereto.
A program providing adult supervised indoor and outdoor activities
for up to thirty (30) children from ages five (5) through twelve (12),
on weekdays from 9:00 A.M. through 3:00 P.M. during the months of
May through August. Specific conditions associated with the operation
of summer day camps including activities, structures, setbacks and
performance standards may be imposed in connection with site specific
consideration given to same.
Any structure used or capable of being used for living, sleeping,
business or storage purposes, having no foundation other than wheels,
blocks, skids, jacks, horses or skirting, and which is, has been or
reasonably may be equipped with wheels or other devices for transporting
the structure from place to place whether by motive power or other
means. The term trailer shall include camp car and house car. A permanent
foundation shall not change its character if the structure can be
removed therefrom practically intact.
A depot building or area specifically designated for the
storage or transfer of persons or materials, or temporary storage
and service of operable vehicles used in the transport of persons,
goods or materials.
Any functional, social or technological activity which is
imposed or applied to land or to structures on the land.
A structure for use as an interior storage place for goods,
material or merchandise.
An 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 the front yard
or the depth of the rear yard, the mean horizontal distance between
the lot line and the main building shall be used.
The minimum horizontal distance from the street right-of-way
to any portion of the main building, excluding roof overhang. Corner
lots shall be considered to have a front yard along both street frontages.
The minimum horizontal distance from any portion of the main
building foundation to the rear lot line. On both corner lots and
interior lots, the rear yard shall be at the opposite end of the lot
from the front yard. The location shall be determined by the location
of the main entrance to the lot.
The minimum horizontal distance from any portion of the main
building foundation to the side lot line on interior lots.
The Zoning Commission of the City, including references to
the Planning and Zoning Commission, Planning and Zoning Board or the
Zoning Board.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 1511, 2-20-2001; Ord. No. 1633 §2, 9-17-2002]
For the purpose of this Chapter, the City is divided into the
following zoning districts:
|
District Classification
|
Code Designation
|
|---|---|
|
Floodplain
|
FP
|
|
Single-Family Residence (One acre)
|
1-A
|
|
Single-Family Residence (20,000 square feet)
|
R-1
|
|
Single-Family (15,000 square feet)
|
R-2
|
|
Single-Family Residence (10,000 square feet)
|
R-3
|
|
Single-Family Residence (7,500 square feet)
|
R-4
|
|
Two-Family Attached Residential District
|
R-5A
|
|
Mixed Single-Family Residential District
|
R-5B
|
|
Multiple-Family Residential District
|
R-5C
|
|
Large Lot Residential District
|
LLRD
|
|
Commercial District
|
C
|
|
Planned Commercial District
|
PC
|
|
Light Industrial District
|
M-1
|
|
Heavy Industrial District
|
M-2
|
|
Planned Industrial District
|
PI
|
|
St. Louis County Floodplain Non-Urban District
|
SLC-FPNU
|
|
St. Louis County Non-Urban District
|
SLC-NU
|
|
Overlay Districts
| |
|
Community Unit Plan
|
CUP
|
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
The boundaries of the zoning districts are indicated upon the
zoning district map of the city, which map is made a part of this
chapter. The zoning district map of the city, and all the notations,
references and other matters shown thereon, shall be as much a part
of this chapter as if the notations, references and other matters
set forth by the map were all fully described herein; such zoning
district map is attested and is on file in the office of the city
clerk.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
All territory which may be annexed to the city shall automatically
be classed as having the same land use, area, height, yard and intensity
of use regulations as authorized by the St. Louis County zoning Ordinance
in effect at the time the area is unincorporated until such classification
shall have been changed by an amendment to this chapter, as provided
by law.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
All areas within the boundaries of the city which are under
water and not shown as included within any district shall be subject
to all of the regulations of the district which immediately adjoins
the water area. If the water area adjoins two or more districts the
boundaries of each district shall be construed to extend into the
water area in a straight line until they meet the other district.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by
official action of the board of aldermen or other public officials,
the zoning districts adjoining each side of such street, alley or
public way shall be automatically extended to the center of such vacation
and all area included in the vacation shall then and henceforth be
subject to all regulations of the extended districts.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 803 §1; Ord. No. 1633 §3, 9-17-2002; Ord. No. 1813 §1, 1-4-2005; Ord.
No. 1978 §1, 6-19-2007]
Except as herein provided:
(a)
No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed
or structurally altered, nor shall any building or land be used for
any purpose other than is permitted in the district in which such
building or land is located.
(b)
No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed
or structurally altered to exceed the height limit established for
the district in which such building is located.
(c)
No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed
or structurally altered except in conformity with the area regulations
of the district in which such building is located.
(d)
The minimum yards and open spaces, including lot area per family
requirement, for each and every building existing on March 16, 1982,
shall not be encroached upon or considered as yard or open space requirement
for any other building.
(e)
Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be located on a lot, and in no case shall there be more than one main building on one lot, except as provided in section 23-167.
(f)
No land dedicated for roadway purposes, either in a public or a private
street or place shall be used as a yard or as any part of the required
lot area prescribed by this chapter.
(g)
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided and maintained in accordance
with the requirements of this chapter.
(h)
The exceptions listed below in subsection (i) to the restrictions stated in subsections (a) and (c) of this Section may be permitted by the Board of Aldermen only when an application for one (1) of the listed exceptions has been filed according to the procedures stated in section 23-182.
[Ord. No. 2723, 6-20-2023]
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the
various districts as shown on the zoning district map made a part
of this chapter, the following rules shall apply:
(a)
The district boundaries are the right-of-way center lines of either
streets or alleys unless otherwise shown; and where the district designated
on the map is bounded approximately by street or alley lines, the
street or alley right-of-way center line shall be construed to be
the boundary of such district.
(b)
In the event that a zoning district boundary line is shown on a zoning
district map as following a property line or a political boundary
line, the actual location of such zoning district boundary line shall
govern, as determined by survey, rather than the representation of
the location of such boundary line on the district map, if there is
a discrepancy between the two locations.
(c)
Where the district boundaries are not otherwise indicated and where
the property has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and
lots, the district boundaries shall be construed to be the lot lines;
and where the districts designated on the zoning district map are
bounded approximately by lot lines, the lot lines shall be construed
to be the boundary of such district unless the boundaries are otherwise
indicated on the map.
(d)
In unsubdivided property, the district boundary lines on the zoning
district map shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on
the map.
(e)
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, they
shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of
the public safety, health, convenience, comfort, prosperity or general
welfare. It is not intended by this chapter to interfere with or abrogate
or annul any easements, covenants or other agreements between parties;
provided, that where this chapter imposes a greater restriction upon
the use of buildings or premises or upon height of buildings, or requires
larger open spaces than are imposed or required by other ordinances,
rules, regulations or by easements, covenants or agreements, the provisions
of this chapter shall govern.
