[R.O. 2009 §24-191]
The regulations for the "E" Planned Shopping Center District
regulations are contained in this Division.
[R.O. 2009 §24-192; Ord. No. 498 §1(Art. VIII §1), 1-11-1983]
A.
A
building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Any use, excluding residential uses, permitted in the "D" Commercial
District regulations;
2.
Bowling alleys;
3.
Dry cleaning works or laundries limited to a maximum of fifteen (15)
employees;
4.
First aid room or clinics limited to emergency treatment;
5.
Investment and brokerage establishments;
6.
Post offices;
7.
Pet shops;
8.
Sales and display rooms or outdoor areas for sale of merchandise
enumerated above;
9.
Enclosed auditoriums;
10.
Day care facilities;
11.
Accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses including dwellings
occupied by watchmen, janitors and similar employees working on the
premises;
[R.O. 2009 §24-193; Ord. No. 498 §1(Art. VIII §2), 1-11-1983]
No building shall exceed forty-five (45) feet or three (3) stories
in height, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
[R.O. 2009 §24-194; Ord. No. 498 §1(Art. VIII §3), 1-11-1983]
A.
No
building shall be erected or maintained within one hundred (100) feet
of any boundary of an "E" Planned Shopping Center District, except
that a building may be erected or maintained within fifty (50) feet
of any boundary of said "E" District which abuts a "D" Commercial
District property. The area between the building and the boundary
line may, however, be occupied by drives, vehicular parking, sidewalks,
landscaping and similar facilities.
B.
Any
boundary of an "E" Planned Shopping Center District contiguous to
and adjoining a residential district, except when improved with buildings
other than residences and except where abutting public streets, shall
be provided with a buffer zone sixty (60) feet in width, including
screen border planting, and no drives or walkway shall occupy such
buffer zone except as a means of ingress and egress, as necessary,
from the shopping center to a public thoroughfare.
[R.O. 2009 §24-195; Ord. No. 498 §1(Art. VIII §4), 1-11-1983]
Vehicle parking shall be provided in accordance with Article VIII provided that not less than one hundred forty percent (140%) of the gross floor area of any and all structures erected shall be permanently maintained for vehicular parking.
[R.O. 2009 §24-196; Ord. No. 498 §1(Art. VIII §5), 1-11-1983]
A.
No
construction of a building shall begin on any property in an "E" Planned
Shopping Center District unless the plans for said construction of
the initial premises to be occupied shall include the minimum standards
or specifications set forth in this Section.
1.
Premises shall contain a minimum area of two hundred thousand (200,000)
square feet total minimum building floor area, with no less than seventy-five
percent (75%) thereof (one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) square
feet) of building floor area for use by retail stores. No less than
fifty percent (50%) (i.e a minimum of seventy-five thousand (75,000)
square feet) of the total building floor area which is required to
be occupied by retail stores shall be occupied by no more than four
(4) tenants unless permitted by the Board of Aldermen, but in no case
shall the minimum number of retail store tenants required be increased
beyond eight (8).
2.
The limited number of retail store tenants required to occupy the
minimum of seventy-five thousand (75,000) square feet of floor space
shall be referred to herein as main or principal tenant. No such main
or principal tenant shall sublease or contract for sales through subtenants
or other independent department operators on the same premises, except
to sublease the entire premises of such main or principal tenant to
another substitute or replacement main or principal tenant.
3.
No building permits shall be issued until plans are provided for
site improvements showing sufficient widening of access roads where
necessary. Access roads shall be widened sufficiently to carry four
(4) lanes of vehicular traffic into and out of said shopping district
and such access roads shall be constructed at developer's expense
in accordance with the standards of street construction applicable
to new construction of public streets in the City. This shall not,
however, require any widening of access roads beyond the property
boundaries of such planned shopping center.
4.
Where the Board of Aldermen determines that improvements, such as
the construction of streets, the widening of streets, automatic traffic
signals, the dedication of land for street construction or widening,
culverts or bridges, are required by reason of the anticipated increase
in traffic incidental to the proposed use and development of property
zoned or rezoned in the "E" Planned Shopping Center District, such
construction or satisfactory security for such construction shall
be required in advance of the owner or developer of such property,
unless such construction shall be available through agencies of the
Federal Government, the State of Missouri or the County of St. Louis
before the issuance of a building permit. In cases where the proposed
amendment of this Article by reclassification of property into the
"E" Planned Shopping Center District is being considered, the Board
of Aldermen may require such assurances or guarantees, in whatever
form it deems necessary or advisable, to be given the City by the
proposed developer of the property as will satisfy the Board insofar
as reasonable under the circumstances.
5.
Any property hereafter rezoned to "E" Planned Shopping District classification
shall revert to the previous zoning classification within an eighteen
(18) month period following the date of said rezoning unless application
for building permits for improvements on the property rezoned are
submitted to the Zoning Enforcement Official. Application for building
permits must be accompanied by plans for improvements which are in
substantial compliance with the building code of the City. However,
the Board of Aldermen may, by special permit, extend the time for
filing and submitting application for an additional six (6) month
period.
