[Ord. No. 20 §3, 4-5-1984]
Any land hereafter annexed into the corporate limits of the
City shall automatically be zoned as of the date of annexation as
such zoning district of the City which is most comparable to the zoning
district of St. Charles County which the land was subject to immediately
before such annexation. Before the Board of Aldermen shall hereafter
pass any ordinance enacting original zoning districts and zoning regulations
or shall hereafter pass any ordinance which initially rezones any
land hereafter annexed into the corporate limits of the City to a
zoning district other than the zoning district of the City which is
most comparable to the zoning district of St. Charles County which
such land was subject to immediately before such annexation, the Planning
and Zoning Commission shall make and submit preliminary and final
reports to the Board of Aldermen after conducting public hearings
upon public notice in accordance with Section 89.070, RSMo. Such reports
shall be designed to accomplish the purposes described in Sections
89.020 and 89.040, RSMo., and shall include the Planning and Zoning
Commission's findings and recommendations for the adoption of a comprehensive
land use plan or for the amendment, supplementation or repeal of the
land use plan theretofore adopted by the Board of Aldermen and shall
also include either the Planning and Zoning Commission's findings
and recommendations for the enactment of appropriate original zoning
districts and zoning regulations for the regulation of the height,
area, bulk, location and use of private and public structures and
premises and of population density or the Planning and Zoning Commission's
findings and recommendations for the initial rezoning of the land
annexed into the corporate limits of the City, whichever is appropriate
to the proposed ordinance. For the purposes of this Section, the phrase
"ordinance enacting original zoning districts and zoning regulations" shall include any ordinance which repeals all existing zoning districts
and zoning regulations and enacts new zoning districts and zoning
regulations for the City. The Board of Aldermen may pass an ordinance
enacting original zoning districts and zoning regulations of an ordinance
for the initial rezoning of land after its annexation after receiving
the Planning and Zoning Commission's final report and conducting a
public hearing upon public notice in accordance with Chapter 89, RSMo.
The provisions enacted in either such ordinance shall be made in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 89, RSMo., and the provisions of a
comprehensive land use plan adopted by the Board of Aldermen; and
shall be made upon reasonable consideration of the Planning and Zoning
Commission's final report of the statements made and evidence adduced
at the public hearing or hearings thereon of the character of the
various parcels of land, buildings and structures existing within
and nearby the corporate boundaries of the City and of their peculiar
suitability for particular uses; and shall be made with a view to
conserving the values of buildings and structures and encouraging
the most appropriate use of land throughout the City; and shall be
designed to accomplish the purposes described in Sections 89.020 and
89.040, RSMo.
