[Ord. No. 11-2I Art. I §4, 8-19-2002; Ord. No. 11-2I2 §2, 9-16-2002; Ord. No. 11-2I 11 §7, 11-17-2003; Ord. No. 11-2I 12 §2, 12-15-2003; Ord. No. 11-2I 15 §1, 3-22-2004; Ord. No. 11-2I 31 §§2 — 4, 7-18-2005; Ord. No. 11-2I 63 §2, 3-31-2008; Ord. No. 11-2I 64 §2, 8-29-2008; Ord. No. 11-2I 70 §1, 11-17-2009; Ord. No. 11-2I 75 §1, 10-24-2011; Ord. No. 11-2I 76 §§1 — 2, 11-10-2011; Ord. No. 11-2I 78 §§1 —
2, 1-10-2012; Ord. No.
11-2I 81 §§1 — 2, 3-2-2012; Ord. No. 11-2I 85 §1, 6-21-2012; Ord. No. 11-2I 90 §1, 11-26-2012]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall
be deemed to have the meanings indicated below:
ADULT BOOKSTORE
A commercial use having more than ten percent (10%) of its
floor area or stock-in-trade, books, photographs, pictures, magazines
and other periodicals or materials which are distinguished or characterized
by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
ADULT CABARET
A commercial use that involves one (1) or more of the following:
1.
Dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, male or female impersonators
or similar entertainers or any live entertainment and which excludes
minors or from which minors are prohibited by Statute or ordinance,
and whether or not any such business is licensed to sell alcoholic
beverages.
2.
A nightclub, bar, restaurant or similar use which regularly
features:
a.
A person or persons in a state of nudity; or
b.
Live performances which are characterized by the exposure of
specified anatomical areas, or by specified sexual activities, including
topless or bottomless dancers, exotic dancers or strippers; or
c.
Films, motion pictures, video cassettes, or tapes, slides, CD-roms,
DVDs, internet or other photographic reproductions which are characterized
by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or
specified anatomical areas.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
A commercial use that involves one (1) or more of the following:
1.
Any building, use or part thereof in which is provided services
which a principal feature or characteristic is the nudity or partial
nudity of any person.
2.
Any premises or part thereof in which is provided, in pursuance
of a trade, calling, business or occupation, goods, including books,
magazines, pictures, slides, film, phonograph records, prerecorded
magnetic tape, CD-rom, DVD, internet and other reading, viewing and
encounters, the principal feature of which is the nudity or partial
nudity of any person, or in respect of which the word "nude", "naked",
"topless", "bottomless", "sexy" or any other word or any picture symbol
or representation having like meaning or implication is used in any
advertisements.
3.
Any premises or part thereof in which is provided, in pursuance
of a trade, calling, business or occupation, goods or services appealing
to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or inclinations.
4.
Adult cabaret or adult motion picture theater.
ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATER
A commercial use which shall be in enclosed building and
which presents motion picture films, video cassettes, television,
CD-rom, DVD, internet or any other such visual media distinguished
or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or
relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas
as hereinafter defined for observation by patrons therein.
ADULT STORE
A commercial use which has devoted more than ten percent
(10%) of its floor area or stock-in-trade to the sale, rental or any
form of consideration of any one (1) or more of the following: books,
magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, photographs, films,
motion pictures, video cassettes, video tapes, CD-roms, DVDs, internet
or other visual representations which depict or describe specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas or instruments, devices
or paraphernalia which depicts specific anatomical areas or are designed
for use in connection with specific sexual activity.
ADULT USE
A commercial use that involves one (1) or more of the following:
3.
Adult motion picture theater.
6.
Specified sexual activities.
7.
Specified anatomical areas.
AGRICULTURAL (FARM) USE
An area or tract which is used for the growing of typical
farm products, such as vegetables, fruit, trees and grain, and their
storage on the area or tract, as well as for the raising thereon of
the usual farm poultry and farm animals, such as horses, cattle, sheep
and swine. The term "farming" includes the operation
of such an areas for one (1) or more of the above uses, including
dairy farms with the necessary accessory uses for treating or storing
the produce; provided however, that the operation of such accessory
uses shall be secondary to that of normal farming activities, that
such land shall consist of at least ten (10) acres in one (1) parcel
under common ownership or operation and, provided further, that farming
does not include the feeding of collected garbage or offal to swine
or other animals.
ALLEY
A permanent public service way dedicated for, or in, public
use, other than a street, place, road, crosswalk or easement, and
designed to provide a secondary means of access to the back or side
of abutting properties and not intended for general traffic circulation.
ALTERATIONS
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the plan, structural parts or in the exit facilities, or an enlargement,
whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the
moving from one (1) location or position to another, or by change
in use from that of one (1) district classification to another.
ALTERATIONS, STRUCTURAL
Any change in the supporting members of a building such as
bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
APARTMENT
A room or suite of rooms in a multiple-family structure which
is arranged, designed, used or intended to be used as a single dwelling
unit, and which contains complete kitchen, bath and toilet facilities
permanently installed.
APARTMENT BUILDING
A building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied
by three (3) or more families living independently of each other.
APARTMENT, LOFT
An a apartment located on a story other than the grade story
or basement of a building otherwise occupied with a commercial use.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MAJOR
Engine rebuilding or major reconditioning of worn or damaged
motor vehicles or trailers; collision repair service, including body,
frame or fender straightening; and overall painting of vehicles.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MINOR
Incidental repairs, replacement of parts, and motor service
to automobiles, but not including any operations specified under "Automobile
Repair, Major".
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
A building, residence, institution or other place, whether
operated for profit or not, which provides, through its ownership
or management, sheltered care to three (3) or more individuals not
related to the operator, which includes treatment or services which
meet some need of the individual beyond the basic requirements of
food, shelter and clothing. The term shall not include nursing homes,
hospitals, sanitariums, or other similar health care facilities.
BABY-SITTING
Providing care for less than six (6) children, sixteen (16)
years of age or less, which are not family, for compensation.
BASEMENT
A portion of a building that is partially or completely below
grade, which may or may not be a habitable space. A basement shall
not be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement unless
more that half the height of the basement is above grade.
BED AND BREAKFAST
A private residence with not more than five (5) guest bedrooms.
This definition shall apply to any description of a bed and breakfast
operation, to include, but not limited to, bed and breakfast inn,
bed and breakfast home, or bed and breakfast residences.
[Ord. No. 11-2I 166, 5-23-2022]
BLOCK
That property abutting on one (1) side of a street between
the two (2) nearest intersecting streets or other natural barriers.
BOARDING, LODGING OR ROOMING HOUSE
A private building or residence where rooming, lodging, or
lodging and boarding are provided (or which is equipped to regularly
provide such services) by pre-arrangement for definite periods and
for compensation. A boarding, lodging or rooming house may have accommodations
for five (5) or more persons, but not more than twelve (12) persons,
nor normally requiring nursing care. An establishment where meals
are served for compensation for more than twelve (12) persons shall
be deemed a restaurant. A lodging or rooming house is distinguished
from a hotel which is open to transient occupants. The terms shall
also include any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally
or physically handicapped persons reside and may include two (2) additional
persons acting as house parents or guardians.
BUILDING
Any structure used or intended for supporting any use or
occupancy.
BUILDING AREA
The sum of horizontal areas at the grade story of the main
building and all accessory buildings.
BUILDING CODE
The current lawfully adopted Code or Codes pertaining building
safety in the City of Farmington, Missouri.
BUILDING, FRONT LINE OF
The line of that face nearest the front line of the lot.
This face includes sun parlors but not covered, unenclosed porches
that do not extend over eight (8) feet; steps are not included.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the proposed or existing finished grade at the front of the building
to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line
of mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for
gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
BUILDING, MAIN
A building in which the principal use of the site is conducted.
CAMP SITE
An area where one (1) or more tents, auto trailers or recreational
vehicles can be or are intended to be parked, designed or intended
to be used as temporary living facilities of one (1) or more families
and intended primarily for transient occupants not to exceed ninety
(90) days.
CAMPGROUND
Any area of land or water on which are located two (2) or
more cabins, tents, travel trailers, shelters, houseboats, or other
accommodations of a design or character suitable for seasonal, recreational,
or other temporary living purposes not to exceed ninety (90) days,
regardless of whether such structures or other accommodations actually
are occupied seasonally or otherwise.
CANOPY, ATTACHED
A multisided overhead structure or architectural projection
supported by attachment to a building on one (1) or more sides and
either cantilevered from such a building or supported by columns at
additional points.
[Ord. No. 11-2I 188, 2-8-2024]
CANOPY, FREE-STANDING
A multisided overhead structure or architectural projection
supported by columns, but not enclosed by walls, which may afford
protection of shelter from the elements.
[Ord. No. 11-2I 188, 2-8-2024]
CHILD OR DAY CARE CENTER
Any institution which receives six (6) or more children under
the age of sixteen (16), and not of common parentage, for care apart
from their natural parents, legal guardians or custodians, when received
for regular periods of time for compensation; provided however, that
this definition shall not include public or private schools organized,
operated or approved under the laws of this State, custody of children
fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction, children related by blood
or marriage within the third degree of the custodial person, or to
churches or other religious or public institutions caring for children
within institutional buildings. The term "child or day care center"
shall be deemed to include nursery schools and private kindergartens
or preschool facilities.
CLINIC, MEDICAL OR DENTAL
An establishment where patients, who are not lodged overnight,
are admitted for examination and treatment by a group of physicians
or dentists practicing medicine or dentistry together.
CLUB
A building, land or portion thereof owned or operated by
a corporation, association, person or persons for a social, educational
or recreational purpose.
COMMERCIAL
A use which primarily involves offering goods or services
to customers.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
An official document adopted by the City of Farmington setting
forth a plan for the physical development of the community, including
studies of land use, streets, traffic volume and flow, schools, parks,
and other public buildings.
CONDOMINIUM
A form of property ownership as defined by Chapter 448, RSMo.
COURTYARD
A yard surrounded on three (3) or more sides by building.
The courtyard does not extend into any other required yard. Accessory
buildings are allowed in a courtyard. Accessory structures are allowed
in a courtyard. Non-portable carports are allowed in a courtyard.
Portable carports are not allowed in a courtyard.
DISTRICT, ZONING
A section or sections of the City of Farmington for which
the regulations governing the use of buildings and premises, the height
of buildings, the size of yards, and the intensity of the use are
uniform.
DWELLING
A building portion thereof used as a shelter in which people
live.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by one (1)
family and entirely surrounded by a yard or other separation from
buildings or adjacent lots.
DWELLING UNIT
One (1) or more rooms in a dwelling designed for or intended
to be occupied as independent and separate living quarters by a single
family as defined herein, including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
FAMILY
An individual or two (2) or more persons related by blood
or marriage or adoption (including foster care), or a group of not
more that three (3) persons who need not be related by blood or marriage
living together and subsisting in common as a single, non-profit,
dwelling unit utilizing only one (1) kitchen. The term shall include
a group of eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped
persons reside and may include two (2) additional persons acting as
house parents or guardians.
FENCE
A barrier, wall, partition, or similar structure intended
to prevent escape or intrusion, installed or erected within a property
or to mark a boundary. A landscaping feature not more than twenty-four
(24) inches tall or with an overall length not exceeding twenty (20)
feet, installed within a property and not on a common boundary line
shall not be considered a fence.
FIRE CODE
The current lawfully adopted Code or Codes pertaining to
fire safety in the City of Farmington, Missouri.
FLOOR AREA
The gross floor area of a building or structure exclusive
of vents, shafts, courts, elevators, stairways, exterior walls and
similar facilities.
FRONTAGE
All abutting property on one (1) side of a street between
two (2) intersecting streets or places (crossing or terminating) measured
along the line of the street, or if the street or place is a dead-end,
then all the abutting property on one (1) side between an intersecting
street and the dead-end of the street, but not including property
more than four hundred (400) feet distant on either side of a proposed
building or structure.
GARAGE
Any building or premises, except those used as a private
or storage garage, used for equipping, repairing, hiring, selling
or storing motor-driven vehicles. The term "repairing" shall not include
an automobile repair shop nor the rebuilding, dismantling or storage
of wrecked or junked vehicles.
GARAGE, PARKING
A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively
for term storage by pre-arrangement of motor-driven vehicles, as distinguished
from daily storage furnished to transients, and within which motor
fuels and oils may be sold, but no motor-driven vehicles are equipped,
repaired, hired or sold.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
A detached accessory building, or portion of the main building,
housing no more than four (4) motor-driven vehicles, the property
of and for the use of the occupants of the premises, provided that
no business, occupation or service is conducted for profit therein
nor space therein for more than one (1) car is leased to a non-resident
of the premises.
GASOLINE, FILLING OR SERVICE STATION
Any building or premises used for the sale at retail of motor
vehicle fuels, oil or accessories, or for servicing or lubricating
motor vehicles, or installing or repairing parts and accessories,
but not including the repairing or replacement of motors, bodies or
fenders of motor vehicles, or painting motor vehicles, and excluding
public garages. Pump canopies, convenience stores and service stations
shall be considered incidental to a filling, gasoline or service station
where located on the same lot or parcel.
GRADE
The lowest point of elevation of the existing surface of
ground within the area between the building and a line five (5) feet
from the building.
GROUP HOME
A home in which a group of eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally
or physically handicapped persons reside and may include two (2) additional
persons acting as house parents or guardians.
HEALTH AUTHORITY
The legally designated health authority or its authorized
representative of the community.
HELIPORT OR HELIPAD
An area, either on the ground or on a building, used as a
landing pad for helicopters to pick up or discharge passengers or
cargo.
HOME OCCUPATION
Any occupation or activity which is secondary to the use
of a building or property for dwelling purposes.
HOSPITAL
Unless otherwise specified, the term "hospital" shall be deemed to include a sanitarium, clinic, or any other place
for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of ailments and shall be
deemed to be limited to places for the diagnosis, treatment or other
care of human ailments.
HOTEL
A building in which lodging is provided and offered to the
public for compensation and in which ingress and egress to and from
rooms is made through an inside lobby or office supervised by a person
in charge at all hours, and which is open to transient guests, in
contrast to a boarding house or lodging house.
INDUSTRIAL
A use which primarily involves the assembly, manufacturing,
processing, production or storage of materials or goods.
KIOSK
A structure two hundred (200) square feet or smaller in area
and affixed to a permanent foundation. A kiosk is secondary to a main
use found on the site but not necessarily related to the main use.
Therefore, a kiosk does not require a separate lot. A kiosk may be
used for the purpose of giving information, retailing goods, or providing
services.
[Ord. No. 11-2I 188, 2-8-2024]
LAUNDROMAT
A business that provides clothes washing, drying and/or ironing
machines and/or dry cleaning machines for hire to be used by customers
on the premises.
LINEAR FRONT FOOTAGE
The length of a front lot line abutting a public street or
right-of-way used for determining the maximum height and area of a
sign. The least restrictive linear front footage shall be used.
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES (LP-GAS)
A material which is composed predominantly of the following
hydrocarbons or mixtures of them: propane, propylene, butane (normal
butane or isobutene) and butylenes.
LOADING SPACE
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building,
or within a building, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle
while loading or unloading merchandise or materials and which abuts
upon a street, alley, or other appropriate means of access.
LOT, CORNER
A lot at the junction of, and having frontage on, two (2)
or more intersecting streets.
LOT COVERAGE
The percentage of the lot which may be covered by building
area divided by the lot area.
LOT, DEPTH OF
The mean (average) horizontal distance between the front
lot line and the rear lot line, measured in a direction generally
parallel to the side lot lines.
LOT, INTERIOR
A lot other than a corner lot or double-frontage (through)
lot.
LOT LINE, FRONT
In the case of an interior lot, a line separating the lot
from a street or place, and in the case of a corner lot, a line separating
the narrowest frontage of the lot from a street.
LOT OF RECORD
A lot which is a part of a subdivision, the map or plat of
which has been recorded in the office of the St. Francois County Recorder
of Deeds or a lot or parcel of land, the deed of which has been recorded
in the office of the St. Francois County Recorder of Deeds prior to
the adoption of this Chapter.
LOT WIDTH
The dimension of a lot measured between side lot lines on
the required building setback line.
MAJOR STREET
A primary arterial, secondary arterial or collector street.
MANUFACTURED HOME
A building that is manufactured in accordance with the Federal
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974
(42 U.S.C. Section 5401) and that is designed to be used as a single
dwelling unit.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
A area of land on which area two (2) or more manufactured
home lots are located in accordance with an approved site plan.
MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION
An area of land divided into two (2) or more manufactured
home lots of record in accordance with the subdivision regulations
of the City of Farmington.
MANUFACTURER
An establishment whose primary function is the mechanical
or chemical transformation or processing of materials for substances
into new products, including the assembly of component parts and blending
of materials.
MOBILE HOME
A building that was manufactured prior to enactment of the
Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Section 5401) and that is designed to be used as
a single dwelling unit.
MODULAR BUILDING
A building constructed of one (1) or more factory-fabricated
units which complies with the Building Code.
NON-CONFORMING USE
Any building or land lawfully occupied by a use at the time
of passage of this Chapter, or any amendment thereto, which does not
conform after the passage of this Chapter, or amendment thereto, with
the use regulations of the district in which it is situated.
OFFICE
A building or use primarily involving business transactions,
but not sale of goods or merchandise.
PARKING LOT
Any place, lot, parcel or yard for with more than two (2)
off-street parking spaces.
PAYDAY LOAN BUSINESS
The business of making loans for a period of thirty (30)
days or less in duration, intended to coincide with the period from
one payday of the borrower to the next, and in principal amounts of
five hundred dollars ($500.00) or less.
PLACE
An open, unoccupied area other than a street or alley permanently
reserved as the principal means of access to abutting property.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
A development for which a plan may be approved by the City
Council which may not necessarily meet all the requirements of this
Chapter but meets with the spirit and intent of this Chapter.
PLAT
A map, plan or layout of a City, township, section or subdivision
indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.
PORCH
A covered entrance to a building, usually with a separate
roof, that may or may not be enclosed, or a roofed, open gallery attached
to the exterior of a building.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (R.V.)
A vehicle or mobile structure designed for highway travel
on wheels, skids, rollers or blocks designed to be pulled, pushed
or carried by motor vehicle, and any house, car, camp car, camper
or self-propelled motor vehicle designed for use as a temporary dwelling,
not to exceed ninety (90) days, complete and ready for occupancy except
for incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location on jacks,
and temporary connections to utilities.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK
A lot or parcel on which two (2) or more recreational vehicle
lots are located in accordance with an approved site plan.
RESIDENTIAL
A use which primarily involves one (1) or more dwellings.
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY
A home for the aged or infirm in which three (3) or more
persons not of the immediate family are received, kept or provided
with food and shelter or care, for compensation; but not including
hospitals, clinics or similar institutions devoted primarily to the
diagnosis, treatment or care of the sick or injured. The definition
of residential care facility home shall include any nursing home,
adult boarding facility, intermediate care facility, residential care
facility, or skilled nursing facility.
RESIDENTIAL, MULTIPLE SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING (TOWN HOUSE)
1.
A single-family dwelling unit constructed in a group of three
(3) or fewer attached units in which each unit extends from foundation
to roof and with open space on at least two (2) sides, and
2.
Which fronts on a public street or other approved Fire Department
access road, has both a front and a rear yard, and is situated on
an individually subdivided lot complying with this Chapter and the
adopted Residential Code.
SIGN
An outdoor message, announcement, declaration, demonstration,
display, illustration, insignia, surface or space erected or maintained
in view of the observer thereof for identification, advertisement
or promotion of the interests of any person, entity, product or service,
including the structure, supports, lighting systems and any attachment,
ornaments or other features used to draw the attention of observers.
SIGN, COMMON COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION OR DEVELOPMENT
A freestanding sign erected to display multiple business
uses which are located within a common industrial subdivision or development
that shares an approved common and contiguous plat, boundary adjustment,
or recorded subdivision organization.
SIGN, COMMON INDUSTRIAL SUBDIVISION OR DEVELOPMENT
A freestanding sign erected to display multiple business
uses which are located within a common industrial subdivision or development
that shares an approved common and contiguous plat, boundary adjustment,
or recorded subdivision organization.
SIGN, ELECTRONIC CHANGEABLE MESSAGE
An electrically activated changeable sign, also known as
an "electronic message center," capable of displaying words, symbols,
figures, graphics, or photographic or video images and with variable
message and/or graphic presentation capability that can be electronically
programmed or changed by remote or automatic means, and that typically
uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) as a lighting source.
[Ord. No. 11-2I 156, 2-22-2021]
SIGN, TEMPORARY
A sign, banner, display flag, advertising blade, or portable
graphic display constructed of cloth, fabric, or other lightweight
material with or without a structural frame intended for a limited
period of display as outlined within this Section.
SPA OR HOT TUB
A hydromassage pool or tub for recreational or therapeutic
use.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS
Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals,
pubic region, buttocks and female breast below a point immediately
above the areola and human male genitals in a discernibly erect state,
even if completely and opaquely covered.
SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal,
acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy, fondling
or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks
or female breasts.
STABLE
A use primarily involving land, buildings or structures for
the shelter and/or care of horses, cattle or other similar animals,
either permanently or transiently.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE
The current lawfully adopted Code or ordinance pertaining
to design and construction to facilitate the management of runoff
water from storms.
STORY
That portion of a building 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.
STREET
A public or private way which affords the principal means
of access to abutting properties.
STREET GRADE
The officially established grade of the street upon which
a lot fronts. If there is no officially established grade, the existing
grades of the street shall be taken as the street grade.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Any 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, excepting
such repair or replacement as may be required for the safety of the
building, but not including openings in bearing walls as permitted
by existing ordinance.
STRUCTURE
That which is built or constructed, an edifice or building
of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed
of parts joined together in some definite manner.
SUBDIVISION CODE
The current lawfully adopted Codes or ordinances pertaining
to the subdivision of land and improvements to infrastructure in the
City of Farmington.
SWIMMING POOL
A structure used for swimming or wading having an inside
wall depth at any point of more than twenty-four (24) inches.
SWIMMING POOL, ABOVE-GROUND
A swimming pool consisting of a rigid or semirigid structure
whose framework is installed primarily above the level of the adjoining
ground.
[Ord. No. 11-2I 177, 2-27-2023]
SWIMMING POOL, INFLATABLE
A swimming pool structure meeting industry standards which
is capable of being inflated for use with air or gas.
SWIMMING POOL, IN-GROUND
A swimming pool whose sides are not exposed and are below
the natural ground located adjacent to said swimming pool.
[Ord. No. 11-2I 177, 2-27-2023]
TITLE LOAN BUSINESS
The business of lending money with the pledge of personal
property as collateral, evidenced by a certificate of title issued
by the State of Missouri, and regulated under Sections 367.500 through
367.533, RSMo., as from time to time amended.
TOWER
Any tower other than a radio or telecommunication tower.
UNIT
A part of the property, including one (1) or more rooms,
occupying one (1) or more floors or a part or parts thereof, designed
and intended for any type of independent use and having lawful access
to a public way.
USE
The specific purpose for which a building or land is designed,
constructed, arranged, occupied, maintained or otherwise intended.
USE, PERMITTED
A use which may be conducted in a specified zoning district.
USE, SPECIAL
A use which may be conducted in a specified district after
a special use permit is issued.
WIND MILL
A machine that is powered by the energy of the wind. It is
designed to convert the energy of the wind into more useful forms
of energy using rotating blades.
YARD
A space on the same lot with a principal building, open,
unoccupied and unobstructed by structures, except as otherwise provided.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, unoccupied
other than by steps, walks, terraces, driveways, lampposts and similar
structures, the depth of which is the least distance between the front
lot line and the building line. On corner lots the true front is the
street front with the least lot line dimension.
[Ord. No. 11-2I 126 , 4-24-2017]
YARD, FRONT CORNER
On corner lots, the owner shall have the option to have the
front yard be considered as being parallel to the street upon which
the structure is addressed. Once chosen the front shall remain until
such a time that any structures in the rear yard no longer exist.
[Ord. No. 11-2I 126 , 4-24-2017]
YARD, REAR
A yard extending across the full width of the lot between
the rear of the principal building and the rear lot line, unoccupied
other than by accessory buildings which do not occupy more than thirty
percent (30%) of the required space, and steps, walks, terraces, driveways,
lamp posts and similar structures, and the depth of which is the least
distance between the rear lot line and the rear of such principal
building.
YARD, SIDE
A yard between the principal building and the side lot line,
extending from the front yard or from the front lot line where no
front yard is required, to the rear yard. The width of the required
side yard is measured horizontally at ninety degrees (90°) with
the side lot line from the nearest part of the principal building.
ZONING DISTRICT MAP
A map entitled "Farmington, Missouri, Zoning District Map",
as filed with the office of the City Clerk, and any amendments thereto.