[Ord. No. 1996-12 § 1, 9-18-1996]
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to
as the "Zoning Ordinance of the City of Maysville, Missouri."
[Ord. No. 1996-12 § 2, 9-18-1996]
For the purpose of this Chapter, certain terms and words are
hereby defined. Words used in the present tense shall include the
future; the singular number shall include the plural and the plural
the singular; the word "building" shall include the word "structure,"
and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.
To cease or discontinue a use or activity without intent
to resume. This excludes temporary or short term interruptions of
a use or activity during periods of remodeling, maintaining, or otherwise
improving or rearranging a facility, or during normal periods of vacation
or seasonal closure.
Having property or district lines in common.
A subordinate structure detached from but located on the
same lot as the principal structure, the use of which is incidental
and accessory to that of the principal structure.
A structure or use that: a) is clearly incidental to and
customarily found in connection with a principal building or use;
b) is subordinate to and serves a principal use; c) contributes to
the comfort, convenience, or necessity of occupants in the principal
building or principal use served; and d) is located on the same lot
as the principal building or use served. A home occupation would be
considered and accessory use.
The use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming,
dairy, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture
and animal and poultry husbandry, and the necessary accessory uses
for packing, treating or storing the produce; provided, however, that
the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that
of normal agricultural activities. Such land shall consist of at least
three (3) acres in one (1) parcel under common ownership or operation.
An area of land (or water) designed and set aside for the
landing and take-off of aircraft, including all necessary facilities
for the housing and maintenance of aircraft.
A public or private right-of-way primarily designed to serve
as secondary access.
Any change, addition or modification in construction or occupancy
of an existing structure.
An establishment where animals are admitted principally for
examination or treatment by a doctor of veterinary medicine. The boarding
of animals is limited to that necessary for the treatment of the sick
animals.
Any system of wires, poles, rods, reflecting discs, or similar
devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic
waves or satellite transmissions external to or attached to the extension
of any building.
A room or suite of rooms in a multiple-family dwelling, arranged,
designed, used or intended to be used as a single housekeeping unit,
containing permanently installed kitchen, bath and toilet facilities.
See "dwelling, multi-family."
Engine rebuilding or major reconditioning of worn or damaged
motor vehicles or trailers; collision repair service, including body,
frames or fender straightening; and overall painting of vehicles.
Incidental repairs, replacement of parts, and motor service
to automobiles. This definition is not intended to include any operations
specified under "automobile repair, major."
Any premises wherein alcoholic beverages are sold at retail
for consumption on the premises and minors are excluded there by law.
It shall not mean a premises wherein such beverages are sold in conjunction
with the sale of food for consumption on the premises and the sale
of said beverages comprise less than twenty-five percent (25%) of
gross receipts.
That portion of a building partly underground but having
at least one-half (1/2) of its height above the average level of the
adjoining ground. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purpose
of height measurement, if the vertical distance between the ceiling
and the average level of the adjoining ground is more than five (5)
feet or if used for business or dwelling purposes.
Includes any room used principally for sleeping purposes,
an all-purpose room, a study, or a den, provided that no room having
less than one hundred (100) square feet of floor area shall be considered
a bedroom.
A sign that identifies or communicates a commercial or non-commercial
message related to an activity conducted, a service rendered, or a
commodity sold at a location other than where the sign is located.
Billboards shall include walls, fences, or other structures on which
commercial or non-commercial messages may be painted or attached.
A tract of land bounded by streets or by a combination of
streets, streams, railroad right-of-way, parks, etc.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
An establishment where rooming and lodging, with or without
meals, are provided (or which is equipped to regularly provide such
services) by prearrangement for definite periods and for compensation,
for five (5) but not more than twelve (12) persons.
See also "screening." A landscaped area intended to separate
and partially obstruct the view of two (2) adjacent land uses or properties
from one another.
A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls intended,
designed, used or suitable for use for the support, enclosure, shelter
or protection of persons, animals or property. When separated by fire
walls each oration of such structure shall be deemed a separate building.
See also "grade." The vertical distance to the highest point
of the principal building nearest the front lot line. The term "principal
building" does not include covered unenclosed porches and/or steps
that do not extend over eight (8) feet.
A setback line from the lot line which restricts the buildable
area of the lot.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
An area or tract of land on which accommodations for temporary
occupancy are located or may be placed, including cabins, tents, camping
trailers or similar recreational vehicles, and which is primarily
used for recreational purposes and retains an open air or natural
character.
A private residence where care, protection, and supervision
are provided, for a fee, at least twice a week to no more than four
(4) children at one (1) time, excluding the children of the adult
provider.
A building or structure where care, protection, and supervision
are provided, on a regular schedule, at least twice a week to at least
five (5) children, excluding children of the adult provider. This
shall not include 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.
The plan made and officially adopted by the Planning and
Zoning Commission or Board of Aldermen which includes a plan for land
use and major streets.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
A building designed and used for the diagnosis and treatment
of human patients that does not include overnight care facilities.
A building or portion thereof or premises owned or operated
by a corporation, association, person or persons for a social, educational
or recreational purpose, but not primarily for profit or to render
a service which is customarily carried on as a business.
An occupation, employment or enterprise that is carried on
for profit by the owner, lessee, or licensee.
A place structure, area, or other facility used for and providing
religious, fraternal, social, and/or recreational programs generally
open to the public and designed to accommodate and serve significant
segments of the community.
A use that, owing to some special characteristics attendant
to its operation or installation, is permitted in a district subject
to approval by Maysville Zoning Board, and subject to special requirements,
different from those usual requirements for the district in which
the conditional use may be located.
An estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest
in common with other purchasers in a portion of a parcel of real property,
together with a separate interest in space in a residential building,
such as an apartment. A condominium may include in addition, a separate
interest in other portions of such real property.
A residential facility for four (4) or more elderly persons
[age sixty (60) or older] within which are provided living and sleeping
facilities, meal preparation, laundry services, and room cleaning.
Such facilities may also provide other services such as transportation
for routine social and medical appointments and counseling.
Environmentally sensitive and valuable lands protected from
any activity that would significantly alter their ecological integrity,
balance or character, except in cases of overriding public interest.
Conservation areas include freshwater marshes, shallow grassy ponds,
and other areas of significant biological productivity or uniqueness.
Any retail establishment offering for sale prepackaged food
products, household items, in some cases gasoline and other petroleum
products, and other good commonly associated with the same. Such establishments
have a gross floor area of less than five thousand (5,000) square
feet.
A local street with only one (1) outlet that terminates in
a vehicular turnaround and having an appropriate terminal for the
safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
The number of dwelling units per acre.
A building owned and/or operated by an educational institution
the primary purpose of which is to provide living accommodations for
individuals associated with the institution.
See "zone."
A restaurant, cafe, or similar establishment where the facilities
or services are designed to permit food or beverages to be consumed
on the premises, either inside or outside of the building or in automobiles
parked on the premises, or to be purchased and picked up by automobile.
A building or portion thereof that provides living facilities
for one (1) or more families.
A room or group of rooms located within a dwelling designed
for or intended to be occupied as independent and separate living
quarters by a single family as defined herein, including provisions
for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
A building or portion thereof designed for or occupied by
two (2) or more families living independently of each other, exclusive
of attached single-family dwellings, townhouses, patio houses, or
condominiums or individually subdivided lots of record.
A residential building containing not more than one (1) dwelling
unit entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.
A building or portion thereof designed for or occupied by
two (2) families living independently of each other, including a duplex
or semi-detached dwelling.
Authorization by a property owner for another to use the
owner's property for a specified purpose.
See "variance."
The exterior front wall of a building exposed to public view
or that wall viewed by persons not within the building.
One (1) or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living
as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit; provided that a group of
four (4) or more persons who are not within the second degree of kinship
shall not be deemed to constitute a family.
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Notwithstanding the definition in the preceding, a family shall
be deemed to include eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically
handicapped persons, and two (2) additional unrelated persons acting
as house parents or guardians, who occupy a dwelling unit and live
as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit. Such unrelated individuals
shall have the right to occupy a dwelling unit in the same manner
and to the same extent as any family unit defined in the first paragraph
of this definition.
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See also "agriculture." A parcel of land used for growing
or raising agricultural products, including related structures thereon.
Any tract of land or structure, pen, or corral, wherein cattle,
horses, sheep, goats, and swine are maintained in close quarters for
the purpose of fattening such livestock for final shipment to market.
A structure, other than a building, or natural vegetation
which is a barrier and used as a boundary or means of protection or
confinement.
See "service station" and/or "self-service station."
Any land areas susceptible to being inundated by water from
any source.
The channel of a river or other water course and the adjacent
land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the one-hundred-year
flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation
more than one (1) foot at any point.
All that land in a floodplain not lying within a delineated
floodway. Land within a floodway fringe is subject to inundation by
relatively low velocity flows and shallow water depths.
The sum of the areas of the number of floors in a building,
including areas used for human occupancy in basements and attics,
as measured from the extension faces of the walls. It does not include
cellars, unenclosed porches, or attics not used for human occupancy,
or any floor space in accessory buildings. However, if a cellar or
basement is used for commercial purposes, it shall be counted as floor
area in computing off-street parking requirements.
The side of a lot abutting on a street or way and ordinarily
regarded as the front of the lot; but it shall not be considered as
the ordinary side of a corner lot.
A building or structure for the storage or parking of motor-driven
vehicles, and in which provisions may be made for fueling, or normal
servicing of such vehicles. The term "servicing" shall not include
an automotive repair shop nor the rebuilding, dismantling, or storage
of wrecked or junked vehicles.
A detached accessory building or portion of the main building
used to store the automobiles of the occupants of the premises, provided
that no business, occupation, or mechanical service is conducted for
profit therein.
A building designed and used for the storage, care, repair,
or refinishing of motor vehicles including both minor and major mechanical
overhauling, paint, and bodywork.
The slope of roads, streets or other public ways, specified
in percentage terms.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
A dwelling shared by eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally
or physically handicapped persons, that may include two (2) additional
unrelated persons acting as house parents or guardians staff, who
live together as a single housekeeping unit and in a long-term, family-like
environment, in which staff persons provide care, education, and participation
in community activities for the residents. The primary goal of such
an arrangement is to enable the resident to live as independently
as possible in order to reach maximum potential. As used herein, the
term "handicapped" shall mean having: 1) a physical or mental impairment
that substantially limits one (1) or more of such person's major life
activities so that such person is incapable of living independently;
2) a record of having such an impairment; or 3) being regarded as
having such an impairment. However "handicapped" shall not include
current illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance, nor
shall include it any person whose residency in the home would constitute
a direct threat to the health and safety of other individuals. The
term "group home for the handicapped" shall not include alcoholism
or drug treatment center, work release facilities for convicts or
ex-convicts, or other housing facilities serving as an alternative
to incarceration.
An accessory use of a dwelling unit for gainful employment
which:
Is clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of a dwelling
unit as a residence;
Is carried on solely within the main dwelling and does not alter
or change the exterior character or appearance of the dwelling;
Is located in a residential district; and
Is created and operated as a sole proprietorship.
An accessory use to a customary farming operation or a non-farm
household located in an agricultural area designed for gainful employment
involving the sale of goods and services that is conducted either
within the dwelling and/or from accessory buildings located within
five hundred (500) linear feet of the dwelling occupied by the family
conducting the home occupation.
See also "motel." A facility offering transient lodging accommodations
on a daily rate to the general public and providing additional services,
such as restaurants, meeting rooms, and recreational facilities.
See also "congregate housing." A building or group of buildings
containing dwellings where the occupancy of the dwelling is restricted
to person sixty (60) years of age or older or couples where either
the husband or wife is sixty (60) years or older. This does not include
a development that contains convalescent or nursing facilities.
As used in this Chapter, are restricted to establishments
primarily involved in product manufacturing and processing, heavy
equipment uses, and warehousing. It does not include retail and wholesale
trades, agricultural uses, institutional uses, and other businesses
that are primarily commercial in nature.
See "group home for the handicapped."
Used machinery, scrap, iron, steel, other ferrous and non-ferrous
metals, tools, implements or portions thereof, glass, plastic, cordage,
building materials, or other waste material or inoperative vehicles
and other machinery are collected, stored, salvaged, or sold.
An establishment licensed to operate a facility housing dogs,
cats, or other household pets and where grooming, breeding, boarding,
training, or selling of animals is conducted as a business.
Any building or buildings or land designed or arranged for
the care of no more than (4) dogs, or cats, belonging to the owner
of the principal use, kept, for the purposes of show, hunting, or
as pets.
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with building,
or within a building, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle
for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials,
and which abuts upon a street, alley, or other appropriate means of
access.
A piece of land within a plat, indicated on a subdivision
as a numbered, lettered or otherwise identified parcel of land to
be offered for sale, dedication or development, and which may be described
by reference to lot, block and plat name designation only, without
reference to metes and bounds.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.
A lot situated at the intersection of two (2) or more streets,
the interior angle of such intersection not exceeding one hundred
thirty-five degrees (135°).
The area of a site covered by building or roofed areas, excluding
allowed projecting eaves, balconies, and similar features.
The average horizontal distance between the front and rear
lot lines.
A lot having frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets,
as distinguished from a corner lot.
A lot with access provided to the bulk of the lot by means
of a narrow corridor. For the purpose of this Chapter, the creation
of such lots is prohibited.
A lot other than a corner lot.
A line dividing one (1) lot from another lot or from a street
or alley.
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 the street.
The lot line most distant and most closely parallel to the
from lot line.
A lot whose existence location and dimensions have been legally
recorded or registered in a deed or on a plat.
A lot or parcel of land that has less than the required minimum
area or width as established by the zone in which it is located and
provided that such lot or parcel was of record as a legally created
lot on the effective date of adoption of this Chapter.
The dimension (width) of a lot, measured between side lot
lines on the required building setback line for the district in which
the lot is located.
A factory-built structure that is manufactured or constructed
under the authority of 42 U.S.C § 5401 and is to be used
as a place for human habitation, but which is not constructed or equipped
with a permanent hitch or other device allowing it to be moved other
that for the purpose of moving to a permanent site, and which does
not have permanently attached to its body or frame any wheels or axles.
A manufactured home shall be considered a single-family dwelling if
it places on a permanent load bearing foundation, converted to real
property, and taxes as a site-built dwelling as provided by law.
A parcel of land under single ownership or where homeowners
own their individual lots that has been planned and improved for the
placement of mobile homes for dwelling purposes.
A factory-built, transportable home, designed to be used
as a year-round residential dwelling and built prior to the enactment
of the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards
Act of 1974. This structure has or at one (1) time did have a permanent
hitch and wheels and axles permanently attached to its body or frame.
A factory-built, single-family structure that is transportable
in one (1) or more sections, and is certified as meeting the State
Building Code as applicable to modular housing. Once certified by
the State, modular homes shall be subject to the same standards as
site-built homes.
Any building or group of building containing guest rooms
or dwelling units, some or all of which have a separate entrance leading
directly from the outside of the building with garage or parking space
conveniently located on the lot, and designed, used, or intended wholly
or in part for the accommodation of transients in automobiles.
A lawful use of land that does not comply with the use regulations
for its zoning district but which complied with applicable regulations
at the time the use was established.
A State-licensed facility where four (4) or more unrelated
persons are housed or lodged and furnished with professional nursing
and convalescent care for a fee.
A building or portion of building wherein services are performed
involving predominantly administrative, professional or clerical operations.
The map established by the governing body pursuant to law
showing the streets, highways, parks, drainage systems and setback
lines laid out, adopted, and established by law, and any amendments
or additions to adopted by the governing body resulting from the approval
of subdivision plats by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the
subsequent filing of approved plats.
Land used for recreation, resource protection, amenity, and/or
buffers. In no event shall any area of a lot constituting the minimum
lot area nor any part of an existing or future road or right-of-way
be counted as constituting open space.
The keeping in an unroofed area of any goods, junk, material,
merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than twenty-four
(24) hours.
A continuous quantity of land in the possession of or owned
by, or recorded as the property of, the same person or persons.
An area open to the general public and reserved for recreational
educational, or scenic purposes.
An area not within a building where motor vehicles may be
stored for the purpose of temporary, daily, or overnight off-street
parking.
An unobstructed space or area other than a street or alley
that is permanently reserved and maintained for the parking of one
motor vehicle.
Any open, unoccupied, officially dedicated space, other than
a street or alley, permanently reserved as the principal means of
access to abutting property.
A development constructed on a tract of minimum size under
single ownership planned and developed an integral unit and consisting
of a combination of residential and/or nonresidential uses on the
land.
The map or plan of a piece of land that indicates the location
and layout of streets, easements and land areas for public or private
ownership.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
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 extension of a building.
The primary use and chief purpose of a lot or structure.
An establishment that serves food and beverages primarily
to persons seated within the building. This includes cafes, cafeterias
and similar establishments.
See also "housing for the elderly."
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street, crosswalk, railroad, utility line or pipe, water main, sanitary
or storm sewer main, or for another special use. A right-of-way is
separate and distinct from the lots of parcels adjoining such right-of-way
and not included within the dimensions or areas of such lots or parcels.
Rights-of-way intended for any use involving maintenance by a public
agency shall be dedicated to public use by the maker of the plat on
which such right-of-way is established.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
See also "right-of-way" and "street." A way open to vehicular
ingress and egress established as a separate tract for the benefit
of certain adjacent properties. This definition shall not apply to
driveways.
See also "right-of-way" and "street." All public property
reserved or dedicated for street traffic.
See "boarding, lodging or rooming house."
See also "buffer area." The method by which the view of one
(1) site from another adjacent site is shielded, concealed, or hidden.
Screening techniques include fences, walls, hedges, beams, or other
features.
An establishment where motor fuels and other automobile petroleum
products are stored and dispersed into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles
by persons other than the service station attendant. This definition
may include facilities, such as convenience stores, that have available
for sale other retail products.
A building or structure consisting of individual, small,
self-contained units that are leased or rented for the storage of
business and household goods or contractor's supplies.
Any premises where gasoline and other petroleum products
are sold and/or light maintenance activities such as engine tune-up,
lubrication, minor repairs, and carburetor cleaning are conducted.
"Service stations" shall not include premises where heavy automobile
maintenance activities such as engine overhauls, automobile painting,
and body fender work are conducted.
The required minimum horizontal distance between the building
line and the related front, side, or rear property line.
A grouping of retail business and service uses on a single
site with common parking facilities.
See also "billboard." A structure or device designed or intended
to convey information to the public in written or pictorial form.
A sign painted, stamped, perforated, or stitched, or otherwise
applied on the valance of an awning.
Any sign that uses changing lights to form a sign message
or messages wherein the sequence of messages and the rate of change
is electronically programmed and can be modified by electronic processes.
Any sign, which, by method or manner of illumination, flashes
on or off, winks or blinks with varying light intensity, shows motion,
or creates the illusion of motion or revolves in a manner to create
the illusion of being on or off.
A sign supported by one or more upright poles, columns, or
braces placed in or on the ground and not attached to any building
or structure.
A sign illuminated in any manner by artificial light source.
A sign that is not permanently affixed to a building, other
unmovable structure, or the ground.
Any sign other than a wall sign that is attached to and projects
from the wall or face of a building or structure, including an arcade/marquee
sign.
Any sign erected upon, against, or directly above the parapet,
or on a functional architectural appendage above the roof or roof
area.
A sign intended for use for only a limited period of time.
A sign painted on the outside of a building, or attached
to, and erected parallel to the face of a building and supported throughout
its length by such building.
A sign painted, stenciled, or affixed on a window, which
is visible from a right-of way.
A plan, prepared to scale, showing accurately and with complete
dimensioning, the boundaries of a site and the location of all buildings,
structures, uses, and principal site development features proposed
for a specific parcel of land.
See "conditional use."
An accessory building in which horses are kept for private
use and not for remuneration, hire, or sale.
A building in which horses are kept for commercial use including
boarding, riding, or show.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
the floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, the space
between such floor and the ceiling above it. A basement shall be counted
as a story if its ceiling is over five (5) feet above the average
level of the finished ground surface adjoining the exterior walls
of such story, or if is used for business or dwelling purposes.
A public thoroughfare used, or intended to be used, for passage
or travel by motor vehicles. Streets are further classified by the
functions they perform.
LOCALA road whose sole function is to provide access to abutting properties and to other roads from individual properties and to provide right-of-way beneath it for sewer, water, and storm drainage pipes.
COLLECTORA road intended to move traffic from local roads to secondary arterials. A collector road serves a neighborhood or large subdivision and should be designed so that no residential properties face on it.
SECONDARY ARTERIALA road intended to collect and distribute traffic in a manner similar to primary arterials, except that these roads service minor traffic-generating areas such as churches, recreational areas, and educational facilities and are designed to carry traffic from collector streets to the primary arterials.
PRIMARY ARTERIALA road intended to move through traffic to and from major attractors such as central business districts, regional shopping centers, and similar traffic generators within and between governmental units and which carries high volumes of traffic.
A right-of-way dedicated to the public use, or a private
right-of-way serving more than one (1) ownership which provides principal
vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties and is intended
for general traffic circulation.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
ARTERIAL STREETA major street, highway or roadway designated as such on the adopted major street plan.
COLLECTOR STREETA street which collects traffic from local streets and is designated as a "collector street" on the City's major street plan and may include the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such development.
CUL-DE-SACA street having one (1) end open to traffic and being permanently or temporarily terminated by a vehicle turnaround.
FRONTAGE ROADSA minor street which is parallel and adjacent to an arterial or collector street and provides access to abutting properties.
LOCAL STREETAny arterial or collector street as shown on the adopted City Major Street Plan and all State or Federal highways in the City.
Anything constructed or erected.
The division of land, lot, tract, or parcel into two (2)
or more lots, parcels, plats, or sites, or other divisions or land
for the purpose of sale, lease, offer, or development, whether immediate
or future. The term shall also include the division of residential,
commercial, industrial, agricultural, or other land whether by deed,
metes and bounds description, lease, map, plat, or other instrument.
One (1) of a series of three (3) or more attached dwellings,
two (2) or three (3) stores in height, which are separated horizontally
from one another by solid partition walls extending from basement
to roof without openings, but which are not located or placed on individual
subdivided lots.
A permitted use or structure that by nature or level and
scale of activity acts as a transition or buffer between two (2) or
more incompatible uses.
A building or area in which freight brought by truck is assembled
and/or stored for routing or reshipment, or in which semi-trailers,
including tractor and/or trailer units and other trucks, are parked
or stored.
A relaxation by the Board of Adjustment of the dimensional
regulations of this Chapter where such action will not be contrary
to the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar to
the property and not the result of actions of the applicant, a literal
enforcement of this Chapter would result in unnecessary and undue
hardship.
A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials.
A use engaged in storage, wholesale, and distribution of
manufactured products, supplies, and equipment, but excluding bulk
storage of materials that are inflammable or explosive or that create
hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions.
Any open space located on the same lot with a building, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground up except such projections as are
expressly permitted in these regulations. The minimum depth or width
of a yard shall consist of the horizontal distance between the lot
line and the nearest point of the foundation wall of the main building.
A required open space on a lot adjoining a lot line, containing only
landscaping or other uses as provided by this Chapter.
See also "lot line, front." A yard extending the full width
of a front lot line between side lot lines and from the front lot
line to the building line in depth. A clear, unoccupied space on the
same lot with a building, extending across the entire width of the
lot and situated between the front line of the building and the front
line of the lot.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying
between the rear lot line and the nearest line of the building. Rear
yard depth shall be measured at right angles to the rear line of the
lot.
A yard lying between the side line of the lot and the nearest
line of the building and extending from the front yard to the rear
yard. Side yard width shall be measured at right angles to side lines
of the lot.
The location of a building on a lot in such a manner that
one (1) or more of the building's sides rests directly on a lot line.
A portion of the territory of the City, exclusive of streets,
alleys, and other public ways, within which certain uses of land,
premises, and buildings are not permitted and within which certain
yards and open spaces are required and certain height limits are established
for buildings. A mapped area to which a uniform set of regulations
applies, or a uniform set of regulations described by a use designator,
and an optional special area designator.
A five-member board that is appointed by the Board of Aldermen
that makes recommendations to the Board of Aldermen on all zoning-related
issues. Full name is the "Maysville Zoning Board," but it is referred
to as just "Zoning Board."
