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This Chapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to
as the "Zoning Ordinance of the City of Leadington, Missouri."
[Ord. No. 233, 9-9-2008]
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 shall include the plural, and the plural the
singular; the word "building" shall include the word "structure";
the word "shall" is mandatory, and the word "may" is permissive.
100-YEAR STORM
Rainstorm of varying duration and intensity having a one
percent (1%) probability of recurring in any one (1) year.
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15-YEAR STORM
Rainstorms of varying duration and intensity having a six
and sixty-seven hundredths percent (6.67%) probability of being equaled
or exceeded in any given year.
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25-YEAR STORM
Rainstorms of varying duration and intensities having a four
percent (4%) probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given
year.
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ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
A subordinate building which is incidental to the principal
building or use and which is located on the same lot with such principal
building or use.
ACCESSORY USE
A use incidental to the principal use of a building located
on the same lot with the principal building or use.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
The duly elected City Mayor or his/her designated representative.
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ADVERSE IMPACT
Any modifications, alterations or effects on a feature or
characteristic of surface waters, including their quality, quantity,
hydrodynamics, surface area, species composition, living resources,
aesthetics or usefulness for human or natural uses, which are or may
potentially be harmful or injurious to human health, welfare, safety
or property, to biological productivity, diversity or stability, or
which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property,
including outdoor recreation. The term includes secondary and cumulative,
as well as direct impacts.
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ALLEY
A public or private thoroughfare which affords only a secondary
means of access to abutting property.
APPLICANT
The record owner, or his/her authorized representative, of
a tract of land that is the site of development or development activity
within the scope of this Article.
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APPURTENANCES
An attached or detached addition to a mobile home, situated
on the mobile home lot for the use of its occupants, such as a carport,
garage, storage shed, or items of a similar nature.
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BASE FLOOD ELEVATION
The elevation at any location delineating high waters having
a one percent (1%) probability of being equaled or exceeded in any
given year (also known as the one-hundred-year flood).
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BASEMENT
A story having a part, but not more than one-half (1/2) of
its height, below grade. A basement is counted as a story for the
purpose of height regulations if subdivided and used for business
or dwelling purposes.
BOARDING HOME
A building other than a hotel, where for compensation and
by arrangement for definite periods, meals, or lodging and meals,
are provided for five (5) or more persons, but not exceeding twenty
(20) persons.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Leadington, Missouri.
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BUILDABLE WIDTH
The width of the lot left to be built upon after the side
yards are provided.
BUILDING
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls
built for the support, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels,
or property of any kind, but not including any vehicle, trailer (with
or without wheels), nor any movable device, such as furniture, machinery,
or equipment. When any portion of a building is completely separated
from any other portion thereof by a division wall without openings
or by a fire wall, then each such portion shall be deemed to be a
separate building.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
The vertical distance from the grade to the highest point
of the coping of a flat roof, or the deck line of a mansard roof,
or to the mean height level between eaves and the ridge for gable,
hip or gambrel roofs.
CAPACITY OF A STORM DRAINAGE FACILITY
The maximum ability of a storm drainage facility to convey,
detain or retain stormwater flows without causing substantial damage
to public or private property and, in the case of a pipe, without
surcharging.
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CELLAR
A story having more than one-half (1/2) of its height below
grade.
CHANNEL
A natural or artificial open watercourse with definite bed
and banks which periodically or continuously contains moving water
or which forms a connecting link between two (2) bodies of water.
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CHILD- OR DAY-CARE CENTER
Any place, home or institution which receives five (5) or
more children under the age of seventeen (17) 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 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 while
their parents or legal guardians are attending services, meetings
or classes, or are engaged in church activities. The term "child-
or day-care center" shall be deemed to include day-care homes and
day nurseries as defined by the Missouri Department of Social Services
for licensing purposes.
CITY ENGINEER(S)
The Engineer(s) or other persons having specialized technical
knowledge duly appointed by the Board of Alderman.
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COMMERCIAL USE
Generally, any business of a commercial nature that has as
its primary function the direct sale of goods or services to the general
public.
COMMON PROMOTIONAL PLAN
A plan, undertaken by one (1) or more persons, to offer lots
for sale or lease; where the land is offered by sale by a person or
group of persons acting in a common name or similar names, the land
is presumed without regard to the number of lots covered by each individual
offering, as being offered for sale or lease as part of a common promotional
plan.
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
An official document adopted by the City setting forth a
plan for the physical development of the community, including studies
of land use, traffic volume and flow, schools, parks, and other public
buildings.
CONDUIT
Any channel, pipe, guttering, sewer or culvert used for the
conveyance or movement of water, whether open or closed.
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CONTROL DEVICE
An element of a discharge structure which allows the gradual
release of water under controlled conditions.
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CONTROL ELEVATION
Design elevation of a discharge structure at which, or below
which, water is contained behind the structure.
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DETENTION
The delay of storm runoff prior to discharge into receiving
waters.
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DETENTION BASIN
A facility constructed or modified to restrict the discharge
of stormwater to a prescribed maximum rate and to concurrently detain
the excess waters that accumulate behind the outlet. A wet-bottom
detention basin is a structure designed to retain a permanent pool
of water after having provided its planned detention of runoff during
a storm event. A dry-bottom detention basin is designed to be completely
dewatered after having provided its planned detention of runoff during
a storm event.
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DETENTION STORAGE
The temporary detaining or storage of stormwater in storage
basins, or rooftops, in streets, parking lots, school yards, parks,
open space, or other areas under predetermined and controlled conditions,
with the rate of drainage therefrom regulated by appropriately installed
devices.
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DETENTION VOLUME
The volume of water equal to the difference between the control
elevation of a discharge structure and the maximum level at which
water can be accumulated prior to discharge times the average area
of open surface storage (between the control elevation and maximum
level) behind the discharge structure.
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DEVELOPER
Any person who, directly or indirectly, sells, leases or
offers to sell or lease or advertises for sale or lease any lots in
a subdivision, but shall not include any licensed broker or licensed
salesman who is not a shareholder, director, officer or employee of
a developer and who has no legal or equitable interest in the land.
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DIFFERENTIAL RUNOFF
The difference in rate and volume of stormwater runoff from
a parcel or project in its undeveloped natural condition and its developed
condition.
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DISCHARGE
The causing or permitting of one (1) or more water contaminants
to enter waters of the State.
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DISCHARGE STRUCTURE
Structural device, usually of concrete, metal, timber, etc.,
through which water is discharged from a project to the receiving
water.
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DISTRICT
A section or sections of the City of Leadington 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.
DRAINAGE AREA
The area from which water is carried off by a drainage system;
a watershed or catchment area.
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DRAINAGE FACILITY
An element in a drainage system which includes, but is not
limited to, any of the following: conduits and appurtenant features,
canals, channels, detention basins, ditches, streams, culverts, streets
and pumping stations.
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1.
Conduits and appurtenant features, canals, channels, detention
basins, ditches, streams, culverts, streets and pumping stations.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
The surface or subsurface system which conveys water from
or over the land, including all watercourses, water bodies and wetlands
(also referred to as the stormwater management system).
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DWELLING
Any building or portions thereof which is designed and used
exclusively for residential purposes.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by more than
two (2) families.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by one (1)
family. "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. In the case of any such residential home for mentally or physically
handicapped persons, the Planning and Zoning Commission may require
that the exterior appearance of the home and property be in reasonable
conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Further, the
Planning and Zoning Commission may establish reasonable standards
regarding the density of such individual homes in any specific single-family
dwelling neighborhood.
DWELLING UNIT
One (1) or more rooms in a dwelling occupied or intended
to be occupied as separate living quarters by a single family as defined
herein.
EASEMENT
A grant by a property owner to the public, a corporation
or a person of the use of land for a specific purpose.
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ELECTRIC PARK RECEPTACLE
The waterproof attachment receptacle device located adjacent
to the water and sewer outlets to receive the flexible cable from
the mobile home or, where required, the permanently installed conductors.
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ELECTRIC SERVICE DROP
That part of the electric distribution system from the main
electrical distribution system, overhead or underground to the service
equipment serving one (1) or more mobile home spaces.
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ELEVATION
Height in feet above mean sea level according to National
Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD).
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EMERGENCY SPILLWAY
Saddle or low point facility located around the rim of a
dammed impoundment such as a detention or retention basin for providing
an efficient and safe means of conveying the maximum design flood
discharge through the impoundment, without overtopping the dam.
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EROSION
The wearing away of the land surface by the action of the
wind, water, ice, gravity or any combination thereof.
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EXCESS STORMWATER RUNOFF
The volume and rate of flow of stormwater discharged from
a drainage area.
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FAMILY
One (1) or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption
occupying a dwelling unit as an individual housekeeping organization
and not more than two (2) other persons not related by blood, marriage
or adoption, or a group of not more than three (3) persons, excluding
servants, not related by blood, marriage or adoption and living together
as a single housekeeping organization in a dwelling unit.
FARM
An area which is used for the growing of the usual farm products,
such as vegetables, fruit, trees, and grain, and their storage on
the area, 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 area for one (1) or more
of the above uses, including dairy farms, with the necessary accessory
uses for treating and storing the produce; provided, however, that
the operation of such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of
the 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.
FILLING 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.
FINAL STABILIZATION
All soil disturbing activities at the site have been completed
and a uniform perennial vegetative cover with a density of seventy
percent (70%) of the cover for unpaved areas not covered by permanent
structures has been established or equivalent permanent stabilization
measures (such as the use of riprap, gabions or geotextiles) have
been employed.
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FLOOD FRINGE
The higher portion of the floodplain, immediately adjacent
to and on either side of the floodway, occupied by quiescent or slow-moving
waters during floods.
FLOODPLAIN
The special flood hazard land adjoining a watercourse, the
surface elevation which is equal to or lower than the base flood elevation
(the 100-year flood), which is subject to periodic inundation during
floods.
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FLOODWAY
The channel of a watercourse and those portions of the adjoining
floodplain which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the
base flood.
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FLOOR AREA
The total number of square feet of floor space within the
exterior walls of a building, not including space in cellars or basements;
however, if the cellar or basement is used for business or commercial
purposes, it shall be counted as floor area in computing off-street
parking requirements.
FRONTAGE
All the property on one (1) side of a street between two
(2) intersecting streets (crossing or terminating), measured along
the line of the street, or if the street is dead-ended, then all of
the property abutting 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, COMMERCIAL
Any building or premises, except those used as a private
or storage garage, used for equipping, repairing, hiring, selling
or storing motor-drive vehicles. The term "repairing" shall not include
an automotive body repair shop nor the rebuilding, dismantling, or
storage of wrecked or junked vehicles.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
A detached accessory building, or portion of the main building,
housing the automobiles of the occupants of the premises.
GRADE
The average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent
to the exterior walls of the building, except when any wall approximately
parallels and is not more than five (5) feet from a street line, then
the elevation of the street at the center of the wall adjoining the
street shall be grade.
HIGH WATER ELEVATION
The elevation of floodwaters of a flood of specified frequency
or occurrence at any given point.
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HOME OCCUPATION
Any occupation or profession carried on by a member of the
immediate family, residing on the premises, in connection with which
there is used no sign other than a nameplate, or no display that will
indicate from the exterior that the building is being utilized in
whole or in part for any purpose other than that of a dwelling; there
is no commodity sold upon the premises; no person is employed other
than a member of the immediate family residing on the premises; and
no mechanical equipment is used except such as is permissible for
purely domestic household purposes.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface which has been compacted or covered with a layer
of materials so that it is highly resistant to infiltration of water.
The term includes most conventionally surfaced streets, roofs, sidewalks,
parking lots and similar structures.
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IMPROVEMENT
A structure on, or other alteration of, land on a given site,
including, but not limited to, grading, street paving, storm sewers,
sanitary sewers and utilities.
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INDUSTRY
As used in this Chapter, is 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.
INSTITUTION
A building occupied by a non-profit corporation or a non-profit
establishment for public use.
LICENSEE
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home
park under the provisions of this Chapter.
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LOADING SPACE
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building,
or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of
a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials,
and which abuts upon a street or other appropriate means of access.
LOSING STREAM
A stream which distributes thirty percent (30%) or more of
its flow during low flow conditions through natural processes, such
as through permeable geologic material into a bedrock aquifer within
two (2) miles' flow distance downstream of an existing or proposed
discharge. Flow measurements to determine percentage of water loss
must be corrected to approximate the seven-day Q10 stream flow. If
a streambed or drainage way has an intermittent flow or a flow insufficient
to measure in accordance with this rule, it may be determined to be
a losing stream on the basis of channel development, valley configuration,
vegetation development, dye tracing studies, bedrock characteristics,
geographical data and other geological factors. Losing streams are
listed in Table J of 10 CSR 20-7.031; additional streams may be determined
to be losing by the Division of Geology and Land Survey.
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LOT
A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a
use permitted in this Chapter, including one (1) main building together
with its accessory buildings, open spaces, and parking spaces required
by this Chapter, and having its principal frontage upon 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 County Recorder of St.
Francois County, Missouri; or a lot or parcel of land, the deed of
which has been recorded in the office of the County Recorder of St.
Francois County, Missouri, prior to the adoption of this Chapter.
LOT, CORNER
A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
LOT, DEPTH OF
The mean horizontal distance between the front and the rear
lot lines.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE
A lot having a frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets,
as distinguished from a corner lot.
MANUFACTURER
An establishment whose primary function is the mechanical
or chemical transformation or processing of materials or substances
into new products, including the assembly of component parts and blending
of materials.
MOBILE HOME PARK
An area or plot of ground upon which two (2) or more mobile
homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located or
intended to be located, regardless of whether or not a charge is made
for such accommodation.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plat of ground within a mobile home park designed for the
accommodation of one (1) mobile home.
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MOBILE HOME STAND
That part of an individual mobile home lot which has been
reserved for the placement of the mobile home and any appurtenances
thereto.
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MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION
The division of a tract of land into lots, tracts, sites,
parcels, areas and/or the division of a tract of land into any number
of lots, tracts, sites, parcels, or areas of any size which may include
improvements, new streets, easements, rights-of-way, rights ingress
and egress or provision for a public area or public facility. The
creation of said subdivision is for the express purpose of providing
for the placement of mobile homes. Said subdivision may be classified
as a minor subdivision or a major subdivision based upon the scope
of the particular development.
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MOBILE HOMES INSPECTOR
The person or persons designated by the City Board of Alderman
to issue permits, make inspections and perform duties as set out in
this Chapter.
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MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME
A factory-built structure or structures more than eight (8)
body feet in width and thirty-two (32) feet or more in length, equipped
with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily
movable as a unit or units on its, or their, own running gear and
designed to be used as a dwelling unit or units without a permanent
foundation. The phrase "without a permanent foundation" indicates
that the support system is constructed with the intent that the mobile
home placed thereon may be moved from time to time at the convenience
of the owner. A "mobile home" means a mobile home which has a flush
toilet and a bath or shower.
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MODULAR HOME UNIT
A factory-fabricated, transportable building unit designed
to be used by itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a
building site into a modular structure to be used for residential,
commercial, educational, or industrial purposes that is indistinguishable
in appearance from conventionally built structures. For the purposes
of this Chapter, modular home units are considered as permissible
single-family dwellings in appropriate districts.
MOTEL, MOTOR COURT, MOTOR LODGE or TOURIST COURT
Any building or group of buildings 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 paying guests.
NON-CONFORMING USE
Any building or land lawfully occupied by a use at the time
of passage of this Chapter, or 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.
NURSING HOME
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.
OFF-SITE DETENTION BASIN
A feature or structure for temporarily storing excess stormwater
originating at two (2) or more sites having devices for controlling
the rate of release of the stored water and located downstream of
all sites where the runoff originates.
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ON-SITE DETENTION BASIN
A feature or structure for temporarily storing excess stormwaters,
having devices for controlling the rate of release of the stored waters,
and located within the sites where the runoff originates.
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OVERFLOW ELEVATION
Design elevation of a discharge structure at which point,
or above which point, water leaks out, or bleeds out, through a control
device down to the control elevation.
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PARK
Mobile home park.
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PARKING SPACE, OFF-STREET
An area, enclosed or unenclosed, sufficient in size to store
one (1) automobile, together with a driveway connecting the parking
space with a street, road, or alley and permitting ingress and egress
of an automobile.
PEAK FLOW
The maximum rate of flow of water at a given point in a channel
or conduit resulting from a predetermined storm or flood.
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PERMITTEE
Any person to whom a temporary permit is issued to maintain
or operate a mobile home park under the provisions of this Chapter.
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PERSON
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association
or corporation.
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PLAT
A map, plan, or layout of a City, township, section or subdivision
or mobile home park indicating the location and boundaries of individual
properties.
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POINT SOURCE
Any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including,
but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well,
discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding
operation, separate storm sewer or vessel or other floating craft
from which pollutants are, or may be, discharged.
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POLLUTANT
Dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewer sludge, munitions, chemical waste, biological materials,
radioactive materials, heat wrecked or discarded equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt, filter backwash or industrial, municipal or agricultural
waste discharged into water.
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POST-DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
Those conditions which are expected to exist, or do exist,
after alteration, resulting from human activity, of the natural topography,
vegetation and rate, volume or direction of surface or subsurface
flow.
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PRE-DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
Those conditions which existed at the time this Article becomes
effective in terms of topography, vegetation and rate, volume or direction
of surface or subsurface flow, as indicated by the best available
historical date.
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PREMISES
A lot, together with all buildings and structures thereon.
PRIMARY DRAINAGE (WATER MANAGEMENT) SYSTEMS
Includes major waterways and appurtenant structures or systems
whose total tributary area from origin to outfall exceeds or equals
fifty (50) acres.
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RATIONAL METHOD
An empirical formula for calculating peak rates of runoff
resulting from rainfall. Expressed mathematically, the formula is:
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Q
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CIA
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Q
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Peak flow in cubic feet per second (cfs).
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C
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Runoff coefficient, or fraction of runoff to rainfall, dependent
on type of surface cover and topography.
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I
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Rainfall intensity, in inches per hour, for a specific storm
and duration.
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A
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Watershed area, in acres.
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SEDIMENTATION
The process by which suspended solids from erosion are transported
and deposited.
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SEWER CONNECTION
The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances
from the drain outlet of the mobile home to the inlet of the corresponding
sewer riser pipe of the sewerage system serving the mobile home park.
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SEWER RISER PIPE
That portion of the sewer lateral which extends vertically
to the ground elevation and terminates at each mobile home lot.
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SIGN
An identification, description, illustration or device which
is affixed to, or represented directly or indirectly upon, a building,
structure, or land, and which directs attention to a product, place,
activity, person, institution, or business.
SITE PLAN
The plan, usually in map form, prepared pursuant to the Governing
Body's zoning or other land development ordinances as a requirement
for the development of property.
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STORMWATER RUNOFF
The waters derived from rain falling or snow melting within
a tributary drainage basin flowing over the surface of the ground
or collected in a stormwater drainage system, storm sewer or watercourse.
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STORY
That portion of a building, other than a cellar, 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 next above it.
STORY, HALF
A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection
of roof decking and wall face not more than three (3) feet above the
top floor level, and in which space not more than sixty percent (60%)
of the floor area is finished off for use. A half story may be used
for occupancy only in conjunction with and by the occupancy of the
floor immediately below.
STREET
A public way which affords the principal means of access
to abutting property.
STREET LINE
A dividing line between a lot, tract, or parcel of land and
a contiguous street.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Any change, except those required by law or ordinance, that
would prolong the life of the supporting members of a building or
structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, not including
openings in bearing walls, as permitted by other ordinances.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
permanent location on the ground or attached to something having a
permanent location on the ground and including, but not limiting the
generality of the foregoing, advertising signs, billboards, backstops
for tennis courts, and pergolas.
SUBDIVISION
As defined in Chapter
410, Subdivision Regulations, of the Code of the City of Leadington.
[Ord. No. 257, 7-13-2010]
TIME OF CONCENTRATION
The elapsed time for stormwater to flow from the most distant
point in a drainage basin to the outlet or point in question.
[Ord. No. 257, 7-13-2010]
TOWER
Any tower other than a radio or telecommunication tower.
[Ord. No. 257, 7-13-2010]
TRAILER OR MOBILE HOME PARK
An area or plot of ground upon which two (2) or more trailers
or mobile homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located
or intended to be located, regardless of whether or not a charge is
made for such accommodation.
TRAVEL TRAILERS
A vehicular unit mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary
living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and of such
size or weight as not to require special highway movement permits
when drawn by a motorized vehicle, and with a living area of less
than three hundred twenty (320) square feet, including built-in equipment
(such as wardrobes, closets, kitchen units or fixtures) and bath and
toilet room.
[Ord. No. 262, 10-12-2010]
TRUCK GARDEN
An area which is used for the growing of vegetables for the
market.
USE
The purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed
or intended, or for which either land or a building is, or may be,
occupied or maintained.
WATER CONNECTION
The connection consisting of all pipes and fittings from
the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system
within the mobile home.
[Ord. No. 269, 6-14-2011]
WATER CONTAMINANT
Any particulate matter or solid matter or liquid or any gas
or vapor or any combination thereof or any temperature change which
is in or enters any waters of the State either directly or indirectly
by surface runoff, by sewer, by subsurface seepage or otherwise, which
causes or would cause pollution upon entering waters of the State
or which violates or exceeds any of the standards, regulations or
limitations under the Missouri Clean Water Law or the Federal Clean
Water Act or is included in the definition of pollutant in the Federal
act.
[Ord. No. 257, 7-13-2010]
WATERCOURSE
Any stream, creek, brook, branch; natural or artificial depression,
slough, gulch, reservoir, lake, pond or natural or man-made drainageway
in or into which stormwater runoff and floodwaters flow, either regularly
or intermittently.
[Ord. No. 257, 7-13-2010]
WATER RISER PIPE
That portion of the water supply system serving the mobile
home park which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates
at a designated point at each mobile home lot.
[Ord. No. 269, 6-14-2011]
WATERS OF THE STATE
All rivers, streams, lakes and other bodies of surface and
subsurface water lying within or forming a part of the boundaries
of the State which are not entirely confined and located completely
upon lands owned, leased or otherwise controlled by a single person
or by two (2) or more persons jointly or as tenants in common. These
waters also include waters of the United States lying within or adjacent
to the State.
[Ord. No. 257, 7-13-2010]
WINDMILL
A machine that is powered by wind energy, designed to convert
the energy of the wind into more useful forms of energy using rotating
blades.
[Ord. No. 257, 7-13-2010]
YARD
An open space on the same lot with a building unoccupied
and unobstructed by any portion of the structure from the ground upward,
except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
YARD, FRONT
A yard across the full width of the lot extending from the
front line of the main building to the front line of the lot.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending the full width of the lot between a main
building and the rear lot line.
YARD, SIDE
A yard between the main building and the side line of the
lot, and extending from the front yard line to the rear yard line.