[R.O. 2003 §400.010; Ord. No. 392 Art. I §1, 11-5-1981]
This Chapter in pursuance of the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri in Chapter 89, RSMo., shall be a part of the comprehensive plan for the City of Buckner and shall be known as the "Zoning Code" and may be cited as such.
[R.O. 2003 §400.020; Ord. No. 392 Art. I §2, 11-5-1981; Ord. No. 562, 7-10-1997]
A. 
The objective of the Zoning Code is to establish standards and policies concerning development of land which may be used in helping to achieve the goals of the Buckner Comprehensive Plan. Goals for development are generally expressed through programs and policies on such matters as: land use, taxation, capital improvements, urban redevelopment, public services and other issues which require public decisions.
B. 
It is intended that the standards and policies established in the Zoning Code reflect a sense of value toward the physical environment, including the value of appearance and congenial arrangement for the conduct of trade, industry, agriculture, residence and other uses of land necessary to the City's well-being, insofar as such values are or can be related to the broadest goals of the Comprehensive Plan.
C. 
It is further intended that the zoning districts established by this chapter shall be implemented in accordance with a comprehensive land use plan and policy whereby the location of each district shall be made with reasonable consideration to the character of the district, its peculiar suitability to its location and its relationship to surrounding uses.
D. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of Chapter 400 known as the "Zoning Code" which might be interpreted to permit same, it is hereby declared that no prison, jail, detention facility or holding facility for prisoners shall be constructed within the City limits of the City of Buckner unless the issue is put before a vote of the citizens of the City of Buckner and receives a favorable vote of those citizens who cast their vote thereon. The only exception to such prohibition is any facility which is needed to allow the City of Buckner Police Department to detain or hold arrested individuals for a period of time, no longer than twenty-four (24) hours.
[R.O. 2003 §400.030; Ord. No. 392 Art. I §3, 11-5-1981]
The purpose of this Chapter is to promote the health, safety, peace and general welfare to the community-at-large by establishing regulations and conditions governing the erection and use of buildings and other structures and the use of land for trade, industry, agriculture, residence and other specified purposes; to avoid undue concentrations of population; to prevent overcrowding of land; to provide adequate light and air; to secure safety from fire panic and other dangers; to prevent the pollution of air, streams and ponds; to encourage the wise use and sound management of the natural resources throughout the City in order to preserve the integrity, beauty and stability of the City and the value of land; and to facilitate the adequate provision of public improvements by: dividing the City into districts; defining certain terms; designating the kinds and classes of trade, industry, agriculture, residences and other purposes for which buildings and other structures may be permitted to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired or used in such districts; regulating and limiting the height and bulk of buildings and other structures; regulating and limiting lot occupancy and population density; providing minimum size yards and other open spaces; providing performance standards applicable to all uses; establishing off-street parking and loading requirements; providing for a Board of Zoning Adjustment and defining the powers and duties of said Board of the procedures for appeals; and providing a penalty for the violation of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2003 §400.040; Ord. No. 392 Art. I §4, 11-5-1981]
Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, no land shall be used and no building, structure, or improvement shall be made, erected, constructed, moved, altered, enlarged, or rebuilt which is designed, arranged or intended to be used or maintained for any purpose or in any manner except in accordance with the requirements established in the district in which such land, building, structure, or improvement is located, and in accordance with the provisions of the Articles contained herein relating to any or all districts.
[R.O. 2003 §400.050; Ord. No. 392 Art. I §5, 11-5-1981; Ord. No. 728 §1, 3-3-2005]
A. 
The City of Buckner is hereby divided into zones as shown on the Zoning Map (dated November 5, 1981) filed with the City Clerk. The map and all explanatory material thereon is hereby made a part of this Chapter. It shall be the duty of the Planning Commission to keep on file in the office of the City Clerk an authentic copy of said map showing all changes, amendments or additions thereto and a chronology of same as they are made.
B. 
Zones shall be designated as follows:
1. 
Residential.
R-1
Single-Family Dwelling District
R-2
Two-Family Dwelling District
R-3
Multiple-Family Dwelling District
2. 
Commercial. The MX Mixed-Use Zoning District would apply to the following zones:
C-1
Local Commercial District
C-2
General Commercial District
C-3
Highway Commercial District
3. 
Industrial.
I-1
Light Industrial District
I-2
General Industrial District
4. 
Agricultural.
A
Agricultural District
5. 
Special Services. The MX Mixed-Use Zoning District would apply to the following zone:
SS
Special Services District
6. 
Floodplain.[1]
FW
Floodway Overlay District
FF
Floodway Fringe Overlay District
[1]
Cross Reference: As to floodplain districts, see ch. 415.
7. 
Mixed-Use Zoning.
MX
Mixed-Use District
C. 
Specific district regulations are set forth in Article II.
[R.O. 2003 §400.060; Ord. No. 392 Art. I §5.1, 11-5-1981]
A. 
When definite distances are not shown on the Zoning District Maps, the district boundaries are intended to be along existing streets, alleys, or platted lot lines or extensions of same; and if the exact location of such lines is not clear, it shall be determined by the Planning Commission, due consideration being given to location as indicated by scale on the Zoning District Map or Maps.
B. 
When on account of any vacation proceedings or for any other cause, the streets or alleys on the ground differ from the streets or alleys, as shown on the Zoning District Maps, the Planning Commission may apply the district designation on the Map or Maps to the streets or alleys on the ground in such manner to conform to the intent and purpose of this Chapter.
C. 
Whenever any street or alley is vacated, the particular district in which the adjacent property lies shall automatically be extended to the center line of any such vacated street or alley.
[R.O. 2003 §400.070; Ord. No. 392 Art. 1 §6, 11-5-1981; Ord. No. 1126 §1, 11-3-2011]
All words used in the present tense include the future tense. All words in the plural number include the singular number and all words in the singular number include the plural number unless the natural construction of the wording indicates otherwise. The word "building" includes the word "structure." The word "structure" includes the words "sign structures." The word "lot" includes the words "plot" and "tract." The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory and not directory. The word "used" shall be deemed to include "designed, intended, or arranged to be used." Unless otherwise specified, all distances shall be measured horizontally.
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE
A subordinated building having a use customarily incidental to and located on the lot occupied by the principal building; or a use customarily incidental to the principal use of the property. A building housing an accessory use is considered an integral part of the principal building when it has any part of a wall in common with the main building or is under an extension of the principal roof and designed as an integral part of the principal building. An accessory use shall not materially change the character of activity of the principal use it services.
AFFECTED LAND
Any area where the natural condition of the land has been disturbed as a result of any mining or quarrying operation or by development.
AGRICULTURAL USE
Any use involved with or directly related to the cultivation of the soil, production of plants or crops or the raising of livestock. Poultry production, fish hatcheries, fur farming, floriculture and silviculture are agricultural use.
ALLEY
A public passage or way affording a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
APARTMENT
A room or suite of rooms used as a dwelling for one (1) family, with kitchen facilities therein, within a multifamily building.
APARTMENT HOTEL
An apartment house which furnishes for the use of its tenants services ordinarily furnished by hotels. Apartment hotels may furnish transient rooms as an accessory accommodation.
APARTMENT HOUSE or MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A single detached dwelling designed for and occupied by three (3) or more families living independently of each other as separate housekeeping units, including apartment houses, apartment hotels and flats, but not including auto or trailer courts or camps, hotels, or resort-type hotels.
AUTOMOBILE SALVAGE YARD
The collecting, dismantling or wrecking of used motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked motor vehicles or their parts. A deposit or the storage of two (2) or more wrecked or otherwise unserviceable motor vehicles or the parts of two (2) or more such vehicles, on any lot in any zoning district, shall be deemed an auto salvage yard. Any motor vehicle not bearing a current State motor vehicle inspection sticker is deemed unserviceable.
BASEMENT
A story partly or wholly underground. For purposes of height measurement, a basement shall be counted as a story when more than one-half (1/2) of its height is above the average level of the adjoining ground or when subdivided and used for commercial or dwelling purposes by other than a janitor employed on the premises. Earth-sheltered dwellings are excepted.
BASEMENT HOUSE
A basement used or intended to be used as a dwelling. An earth-sheltered dwelling is not a basement house.
BLOCK
A piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highway or streets. In cases where the platting is incomplete or disconnected, the Planning Commission shall determine the outline of a block.
BOARDING HOUSE or ROOMING HOUSE
A dwelling other than a hotel where, for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods, meals or lodging and meals are provided for three (3) or more persons, but not for transients.
BUILDABLE AREA
The buildable area of a lot is the percentage of the lot permitted by this Chapter to be covered by a building or it is the space remaining on a lot after the minimum yard or other open space or parking space requirements of this Chapter have been observed.
BUILDING
Any structure intended for shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or chattel. When separated by dividing walls without openings, each portion of such structure so separated shall be deemed a separate structure.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance from the average line of the highest and lowest points of that portion of the lot covered by the building to the highest point of coping of a flat roof, or the deckline of a mansard roof, or to the average height of the highest gable of a pitch or hip roof.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL OR MAIN
A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated. In any residential district, any dwelling shall be deemed to be a main building on the lot on which it is situated.
BUILDING SITE
A single parcel of land under one (1) ownership, occupied or intended to be occupied by a building or structure.
CAR WASH
A building, or portion thereof, containing facilities for washing automobiles using production line methods or providing coin-operated self-service facilities.
CHILD-CARE CENTER
Any place, home or institution which receives three (3) or more children under the age of sixteen (16) years, 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, this definition shall not include public and private schools organized, operated or approved under the laws of the State, custody of children fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction, children related by blood or marriage within the third degree to the custodial person, or to the churches or other religious or public institutions caring for children within the institutional building while their parents or legal guardians are attending services or meetings or classes or are engaged in church activities.
CHURCH(ES)/PLACE(S) OF WORSHIP
A building(s) primarily used for public religious worship and associated religious functions (education, fellowship, etc.), including synagogues and temples.
[Ord. No. 1025, 6-20-2019]
COVERAGE, LOT
The percentage of the lot area covered by the building. The building area shall include all overhanging roofs.
DENSITY
As used in this Chapter, all densities are stated as dwelling units, or persons per net acre, exclusive of land in streets, alleys, or other public places.
DISTRICT, ZONING
Any section or sections of Buckner for which regulations governing the use of buildings and premises or the height and the area of buildings are uniform.
DRIVE-IN ESTABLISHMENT
A business establishment so developed that its principal retail or service character is dependent upon providing a driveway approach or parking spaces for motor vehicles so as to serve patrons while in the motor vehicle; or intended to permit, in the motor vehicle, consumption of food or beverage obtained by a patron from said business establishment.
DWELLING
Any building, or portion thereof, which is designated or used as living quarters for one (1) or more families, but not including house trailers.
DWELLING, EARTH-SHELTERED
A dwelling constructed so as to blend the dwelling with its surroundings or to improve its energy performance, or both. One (1) facade of such a dwelling shall be exposed to light and air. A basement house is not an earth-sheltered dwelling.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A dwelling designed to be occupied by one (1) family and containing a minimum of six hundred (600) square feet of living area. The classification single-family dwelling shall 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 who need not be related to each other or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped persons residing in the home and shall include any private residence licensed by the Division of Family Services or Department of Mental Health to provide foster care to one (1) or more but less than seven (7) children who are unrelated to either foster parent by blood, marriage or adoption.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A dwelling containing two (2) dwelling units designed to be occupied by two (2) families living independently of each other. Each dwelling unit shall contain a minimum of six hundred (600) square feet of living area.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
A dwelling designed for occupancy by three (3) or more families living independently of each other, exclusive of auto or trailer courts or camps, hotels or resort-type hotels.
DWELLING UNIT
One (1) room or a suite of two (2) or more rooms designed for or occupied by one (1) family for living and sleeping purposes and having only one (1) kitchen or kitchenette. A dwelling unit shall contain a minimum of six hundred (600) square feet of ground story living area, excluding porch, patio, and garage. A one-family dwelling contains one (1) dwelling.
FAMILY
One (1) or more persons related by blood or marriage, including adopted children, or a group of not to exceed five (5) persons (excluding servants) not all related by blood or marriages, occupying premises and living as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding or lodging house, hotel, club, or similar dwelling for group use. A family shall be deemed to include domestic servants employed by said family and foster children.
GARAGE APARTMENT
A dwelling unit for one (1) family erected above a private garage.
GARAGE PRIVATE
An accessory building or a part of a main building used for storage purposes only for not more than three (3) automobiles, or for a number of automobiles which does not exceed one and one-half (1 1/2) times the number of families occupying the dwelling unit to which such garage is accessory, whichever number is the greater. Such space shall not be used for storage of more than one (1) commercial vehicle which does not exceed one and one-half (1 1/2) tons rated capacity, per family living on the premises, and not to exceed two (2) spaces shall be rented to persons not residing on the premises for storage of noncommercial passenger vehicles only.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
Any garage other than a private garage, available to the public, used for the care, servicing, repair, or equipping of automobiles or where such vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale.
GASOLINE OR AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION
Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used for the sale of gasoline or oil fuels, but not butane or propane fuels, or other automobile accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing, cleaning, or otherwise servicing automobiles, but not including the painting thereof. Inoperative vehicles may be stored upon the premises not more than forty-eight (48) hours unless stored inside a building.
HELP-YOURSELF LAUNDRY or SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY
A laundry providing home-type washing, drying and ironing machines for hire to be used by the customers on the premises.
HOME OCCUPATION
Any occupation or profession carried on by the inhabitants with no employees outside the immediate family, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, which does not change the character thereof, and which is conducted entirely within the main or accessory buildings; provided that no trading in merchandise is carried on and in connection with which there is no display of merchandise or sign other than one (1) non-illuminated nameplate not more than two (2) square feet in area attached to the main or accessory building, and no mechanical equipment is used or activity is conducted which creates any noise, dust, odor or electrical disturbance beyond the confines of the lot on which said occupation is conducted. The conducting of a tea room or restaurant, rest home, clinic, doctor or dentist office, child-care center, tourist home, or cabinet, metal or auto repair shop shall not be deemed a home occupation.
HOTEL
A building which is designed and intended to be occupied or used as a more or less temporary place of residence available to transients who are lodged with or without meals and no provision is made for cooking in any individual guest room.
JUNKYARDS
A place where waste, discarded or salvaged metals, lumber, or building materials, used plumbing fixtures, and other materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, or cleaned, and places or yards for the storage of salvaged materials and equipment from house wrecking and salvaged structural steel materials and equipment.
KENNEL
An establishment where four (4) or more dogs more than six (6) months of age are housed, bred, or kept for sale.
LOT
Any plot of land occupied or intended to be occupied by one (1) building, or a group of buildings, and its accessory buildings and uses, including such open spaces as required by this Chapter and other laws or ordinances, and having its principal frontage on a street.
LOT AREA
The total horizontal area included within lot lines.
LOT CORNER
A lot of which at least two (2) adjacent sides abut for their full lengths on a street, provided that the interior angle at the intersection of such two (2) sides is less than one hundred thirty-five degrees (135°).
LOT, DEPTH
The average distance from the street line of the lot to its rear line, measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE
A lot having a frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets, as distinguished from a corner lot.
LOT, FRONTAGE
That dimension of a lot or portion of a lot abutting on a street, excluding the side dimension of a corner lot.
LOT, INTERIOR
A lot other than a corner lot.
LOT LINES
The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
MARIJUANA or MARIHUANA
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 plan and marijuana-infused products. Marijuana does not include industrial hemp 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. 1025, 6-20-2019]
MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS
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. 1025, 6-20-2019]
MEDICAL FACILITIES
1. 
CONVALESCENT, REST OR NURSING HOMEA health facility where persons are housed and furnished with meals and continuing nursing care for compensation. Such a home does not contain facilities for surgical or acute medical care.
2. 
DENTAL CLINIC or MEDICAL CLINICA facility for the examination and treatment of ill and afflicted human outpatients; provided, however, that patients are not kept overnight except under emergency conditions.
3. 
DENTAL OFFICE or DOCTORS OFFICESame as dental or medical clinic.
4. 
HOSPITALAn institution providing health services primarily for human inpatient medical or surgical care for the sick or injured and including related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient departments, training facilities, central service facilities, and staff offices which are an integral part of the facilities.
5. 
PUBLIC HEALTH CENTERA facility primarily utilized by a health unit for the provisions of public health services, including related facilities such as laboratories, clinics, and administrative offices operated in connection therewith.
6. 
SANITARIUMAn institution providing health facilities for inpatient medical treatment or treatment and recuperation using natural therapeutic agents.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, cultivate, process, store, transport, and sell marijuana to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, medical marijuana testing facility, or a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
[Ord. No. 1025, 6-20-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
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 to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, another licensed dispensary facility, a licensed testing facility, or a licensed manufacturing facility.
[Ord. No. 1025, 6-20-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri to acquire, store, manufacture, transport, and sell marijuana-infused products to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or to another medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
[Ord. No. 1025, 6-20-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA TESTING FACILITY
A facility certified by the State of Missouri to acquire, test, certify, and transport marijuana.
[Ord. No. 1025, 6-20-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE
A "medical marijuana cultivation facility," a medical marijuana dispensary facility," a "medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility," and a "medical marijuana testing facility" as defined in Section 400. 070.
[Ord. No. 1025, 6-20-2019]
MOBILE HOME
A movable, detached single-family dwelling unit; constructed or fabricated within a factory; complete system capable of being connected to an outside system; transportable over the road on its own chassis and wheels to the site where it is to be connected semi-permanently to a separate utility system; whether or not permanently attached to any foundation.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any development, site, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained or intended to be used for the purpose of providing long term accommodation of more than thirty (30) days for placement of two (2) or more mobile homes and shall include all buildings used or maintained for the use of the residents of the development.
MODULAR HOME
A residence purchased in two (2) or more sections which is transported to the building site and placed upon a permanent foundation.
MOTEL or MOTOR HOTEL
An area containing one (1) or more structures designed or intended to be used as temporary sleeping facilities of one (1) or more transient families and intended primarily for automobile transients and at least one (1) parking space for each guest room.
NONCONFORMING USE
A structure or land lawfully occupied on the date this Chapter was adopted by a use that does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is situated, as set forth in this Chapter.
NUISANCE, PRIVATE
An unreasonable interference by one (1) persons's use of his property with the use and enjoyment of another's property. Typical private nuisances are those producing foul odors, loud and recurring noises and/or vibrations, water pollution, and unsightly physical conditions or physical conditions amounting to a health hazard.
NUISANCE, PUBLIC
When the use of one (1) property occurs in such a manner as to interfere with the rights of a substantial number of people.
OBSTRUCTION
Any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel rectification, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, structure, or matter; in, along, across, or projecting into any channel, watercourse, or floodplain area; which may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water, or that is placed where the flow of water might carry the same downstream to the damage of life or property.
PAVEMENT or PAVED SURFACE
All off-street parking and loading spaces requiring "pavement" shall mean a minimum six-inch gravel base and one-inch asphaltic concrete surface or its equivalent.
QUALIFYING PATIENT
A Missouri resident diagnosed with at least one (1) qualifying medical condition.
[Ord. No. 1025, 6-20-2019]
SCHOOL
Any building which is regularly used as a public, private or parochial elementary and/or secondary school or high school.
[Ord. No. 1025, 6-20-2019]
SIGNS
The definitions related to signs are contained in Section 420.020 of this Title.
STORY
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 be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling above it.
STORY, GROUND
The lowest story of a building, the floor of which is not more than twelve (12) inches below the level of the adjoining ground at any point. Earth-sheltered dwellings are excepted from this definition.
STORY, HALF
A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than four (4) feet 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 half (1/2) story containing independent apartment or living quarters shall be counted as a full story.
STREET
Any public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
STREET, INTERSECTING
Any street which joins another street at an angle, whether or not it crosses the other.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having a location on the ground.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS
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.
THEN EXISTING
Any school, child care center, or church with a written building permit from the City to be constructed, or under construction, or completed and in use at the time the medical marijuana dispensary first applies for either zoning or a building permit, whichever comes first.
[Ord. No. 1025, 6-20-2019]
TOURIST CABINS or TRAILER CAMPS
A tract, lot, or parcel of land open to the public for a fee upon which two (2) or more tourist cabins are located or where temporary accommodations are provided for two (2) or more automobile trailers, recreational vehicles, tents, or house cars.
TOURIST HOME
A dwelling in which sleeping accommodations in not more than four (4) rooms are provided or offered for transient guests for compensation.
TRAILER or TRAVEL TRAILER
A portable vehicular unit designed and intended to be used for temporary short-term occupancy and for frequent and extensive travel use. Examples of travel trailers would include campers, motor homes, converted buses and other similar units, whether they are self-propelled, pulled, or can be hauled without a special permit.
TRAVEL TRAILER CAMP
Any development, site, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained or intended to be used for the purpose of providing short-term accommodations up to and including thirty (30) days or less or placement of two (2) or more travel trailer units and shall include all buildings used or maintained for the use of the occupants in the trailer camp.
TREE or SHRUB
Any object of natural growth.
USE
The "use" of property is the purpose for which the land or the building thereon is designed, arranged, or intended or for which it is occupied or maintained.
VARIANCE
A modification or variation of the provisions of this Chapter as applied to a specific piece of property.
YARD
An open space at grade between a building and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward except where otherwise specifically provided in this Chapter that an accessory building may be located in a portion of a yard required for a main building. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of the side yard, the depth of a front yard or the depth of a rear yard, the least horizontal distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.
YARD, FRONT
A yard located in front of the front elevation of a building and extending across a lot between the side yard lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the front property line and the main building or any projection thereof, other than steps.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending across the rear of a lot measured between 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, SIDE
A yard between the building and the side line of the lot and extending from the front lot line to the rear lot line and being the minimum horizontal distance between a side lot line and the side of the main building or any projections other than steps.