For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words are hereby
defined as follows:
ABUTTING
To have a common zoning district boundary or zoning lot boundary.
For the purposes of this chapter, a zoning lot line shall be considered
to abut a zoning district line even though it may be separated therefrom
by a street, parkway, sidewalk, public way, alley waterway, railroad
right-of-way or portion thereof. "Adjacent", "adjoining" and "contiguous"
shall have the same meaning as "abutting".
ACCESSORY USE
A use customarily incidental, subordinate to, and located
on the same lot as the principal use.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
An officer or individual having specific authority to administer
the regulations of this article.
ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS, BOOKSTORE, VIDEO STORE, OR PEEP SHOW
A business establishment which, as its principal purposes,
offers for sale, rental, display, or viewing for any form of consideration
any one or more of the following:
1.
Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs,
films, motion pictures, video cassettes or video reproductions, slides,
computer disks, or other visual representations which depict or describe
"sexual activities" or "anatomical areas".
2.
Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for
use in connection with "sexual activities".
3.
Business establishment where for any form of consideration,
films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, computer disks, or
similar photographic reproductions are regularly shown which are characterized
by the depiction of "sexual activities" or "anatomical areas".
4.
A business establishment where for any form of consideration
dancing or viewing of live nude or semi-nude men or women is conducted.
5.
Such uses as described above shall not be considered "adult"
for the purpose of being required to locate within an industrial zoning
district if the following criteria are met:
a.
The sale of merchandise is an accessory use to a non-adult oriented
business.
b.
All merchandise is packaged for sale and use off of the premises
with no "adult" oriented activity taking place on the premises.
c.
The area is completely screened from public view and occupies
no more than 25% of the general sales area of the business.
AGRICULTURAL USE
The growing of crops or the raising of livestock or poultry
in such a manner that they are incidental to the acreage farmed, provided
however, that such land shall consist of at least 10 acres in one
parcel or in continuous parcels under common ownership or operation.
The feeding or disposal of community or collected garbage shall not
be deemed an agricultural use, nor shall the raising of fur-bearing
animals, riding academies, livery or boarding stables or animal shelters
be so considered.
ALLEY
A minor right-of-way dedicated to public use which gives
a secondary means of vehicular access to back or side of properties
otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility
purposes.
ALTERATION
As applied to a building or structure means a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts, or an enlargement, whether by extending on
a side or by increasing in height; or the moving from one location
or position to another.
ANIMALS, DOMESTIC
Includes dogs, cats, birds, fish, potbellied pigs, ferrets,
hedgehogs, rodents, snakes and amphibians, and other animals typically
sold in a retail pet store.
ANIMALS, FARM
Includes, but not be limited to, horses, chickens, cattle,
ducks, pigs, alpaca, and llama.
APARTMENT
A room or suite of rooms within a building, provided with
separate cooking facilities and intended as a single-dwelling unit.
AUTOMOBILE/VEHICLE MINOR REPAIRS
Repairs such as changing oil; spark plugs, tires, or air/oil
filters; adjusting brakes; replacing carburetors; repairing or switching
tires; replacing the alternator; or repairs of a similar nature.
BASEMENT
That portion of the building which is completely below ground
or which is partly above and partly below ground, but having more
than 1/2 of its height below grade.
BICYCLE PATH
A paved area a minimum of six feet in width designed specifically
for the movement of pedestrians and non-motorized cyclists.
BLOCK
A parcel of land, intended to be used for urban purposes,
which is entirely surrounded by public streets, highways, railroad
right-of-way, public walks, parks or green strips, rural land or drainage
channels or a combination thereof.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
A body of persons which may determine and vary this chapter
in accordance with the rules contained within the Board of Adjustment
section of this chapter.
BOAT
All types of boats designed to be used in or on water, plus
the normal equipment to transport the same on the highway.
BUILDING
Any structure used or intended for supporting or housing
any use or occupancy.
BUILDING LINE
A line parallel to the street right-of-way line beyond which
a building shall not extend closer to the street.
BUILDING, ACCESSORY
A building customarily incidental, subordinate to and located
on the same lot with the main building. Any building that is customarily
incidental to an agricultural use is an accessory building, even though
it may not be located in the same immediate area as the main building.
Accessory buildings shall not be inhabited as a living unit.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the
highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard
roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip
and gambrel roofs.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which said building is situated.
BUILDING, TEMPORARY
Any building not designed to be permanently located at the
place where it is, or where it is intended to be, temporarily placed
or affixed.
CELLAR
That portion of the building which is partly or completely
below grade and having an external entrance only.
CHILD
An individual who is under the age of 17, and the word "children"
means and includes more than one such individual.
CITY
City of Moscow Mills, Missouri, and its agencies, departments,
agents and employees acting within their respective areas of authority.
COMMERCIAL
A business whose principal purpose is designed for profit.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
1.
Any licensed motor vehicle, truck, or bus designed to carry
passengers, freight, and/or merchandise for the purpose of this chapter;
said vehicle shall be a vehicle licensed by the State at a gross vehicular
weight in excess of 12,000 pounds or in any case exceeding 24 feet
in length; or
2.
Any licensed motor vehicle, truck, or bus designed to carry
passengers, freight, and/or merchandise including any vehicle larger
than a standard full size passenger/conversion van or 1/2 ton pickup
truck. Commercial vehicles shall include, but not be limited to; "panel"
delivery trucks, "cube trucks", dump trucks, street cleaners, or other
vehicles/equipment typically designed for delivery, hauling, or construction
purposes.
3.
Standard size passenger vans and pickup trucks used for commercial
purposes shall be maintained in an orderly fashion with all materials,
equipment, and accessories screened from public view. Ladders shall
be exempt from such screening requirements.
COMMISSION
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Moscow
Mills.
COMMON LAND OR GROUND
That land set aside for open space or recreational use for
the owners of the residential lots in a subdivision and which is transferred
by the developer in fee simple absolute title by a deed or instrument
of dedication or conveyance to trustees whose trust indenture shall
provide that common land be used for the sole benefit, use and enjoyment
of the lot owners present and future. No lot owner shall have the
right to convey his/her interest in the common land except as an incident
of the ownership of a regularly platted lot. Common ground shall not
be construed to mean public open space.
COMMUNICATIONS TOWER
A self-supported structure of at least 30 feet, other than
a building or water tower/tank, which supports communication (transmitting
or receiving) equipment utilized by commercial, governmental (except
the City of Moscow Mills), or other public and quasi-public users.
This does not include private home use of satellite dishes and television
antennas, or amateur radio operators as licensed by the Federal Communications
Commission, or antennas on the roof of buildings or water towers.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A long-range master plan for area development including studies
of land use, traffic volume and flow, schools, parks, and other public
buildings and as defined by the Missouri State Statutes.
CONDOMINIUM
A form of ownership in which the interior space of a living
unit is held by an individual owner, with all individual owners sharing
in the ownership of common areas.
CONDUCTING, MAINTAINING OR OPERATING A MANUFACTURED OR MOBILE
HOME PARK
Permitting, or allowing a mobile home or a manufactured home
or homes to be parked, kept, stored, camped, maintained or to remain
upon any lot, parcel or tract of real property within a minimum 10
acre tract of real property within the City for any fee, charge, rent,
price or other valuable consideration which in any way directly or
indirectly emanated from, or is paid by, the owner(s) or occupant(s)
of such manufactured or mobile home(s) to the owner, occupant or manager
of such real estate.
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
A generic term describing prisons, jails, reformatories and
other places of correction and detention.
DAY CARE
Care of a child away from his/her own home for any part of
the twenty-four-hour day, for compensation or otherwise. Day care
is a voluntary supplement to parent responsibility for the child's
protection, development and supervision. Day care may be given in
a day care home or a day care center.
DAY CARE CENTER
A facility other than the provider's living quarters, where
care is provided for children for any part of the twenty-four-hour
day.
DAY CARE FACILITY
A day care home or a day care center, whether known or incorporated
under another title or name.
DAY CARE FACILITY, ADULT
The care of an adult away from his/her own home for any part
of the twenty-four-hour day, for compensation or otherwise. Day care
is a voluntary supplement to the person's regular home activities
and/or a designated guardian's responsibility for the person's protection,
development, and supervision. Day care may be given in a day care
home or day care center subject to any applicable regulations or approvals.
DAY CARE HOME
A family home, occupied as a permanent residence by the day
care provider, conducted or maintained by any person who advertises
or holds himself/herself out as providing care for less than five
children or adults during the daytime, and in which family like care
is given and who are not related to the day care provider, for any
part of the twenty-four-hour day.
DEDICATION
The allocation of land within a development for a pedestrian/bike
trail and/or open space, for the enjoyment of the residents of the
City or the residents of the development.
DENSITY
The number of dwelling units located on an acre of land,
in which the land area excludes all but that land devoted to living
facilities, the accessory uses thereon, and the required open space
thereon.
DENSITY, GROSS
The ratio between the total number of dwelling units on a
zoning lot and the total zoning lot area measured in acres-result
being the number of dwelling units per gross acre.
DENSITY, NET
The ratio between the total number of dwelling units on a
zoning lot and that portion of the zoning lot upon which the dwelling
units are actually located or proposed-the result being the number
of dwelling units per net acre. In determining net density, all land
area associated with and accessory to the dwelling unit, including
private streets and driveways, off-street parking facilities and common
open space and recreational facilities, shall be included in the calculation.
Net density calculations exclude rights-of-way of publicly dedicated
streets and non-residential structures, land uses and accessory facilities.
DEVELOPER
Any individual, firm or corporation by whom a tract will
be subdivided into not less than two parcels or lots and/or improved
to the requirements of the Chapter.
DEVELOPMENT
The act of changing as well as the state of a tract of land
after its function has been purposely changed by man, including, but
not limited to, structures on the land and alterations to the land.
DUMP
A lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal
of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles
or parts thereof or waste material of any kind by abandonment, dumping,
burial, burning, or by any other means.
DWELLING UNIT
A room or group of rooms occupied or intended to be occupied
as separate living quarters by a family.
DWELLING, ATTACHED
A dwelling joined to two other dwellings by party walls,
or vertical cavity walls, and above-ground physically unifying horizontal
structural elements.
DWELLING, DETACHED
A dwelling which is surrounded on all sides by open spaces
on the same zoning lot.
DWELLING, TOWN HOUSE
A building containing three or more dwelling units having
no common entrances or hallways with each dwelling unit having a front
and rear entrance.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building designed exclusively for occupancy by two families
living independently of each other, including a duplex (one dwelling
unit above the other), or a semi-detached dwelling (one dwelling unit
beside the other).
EASEMENT, UTILITY
A grant by a property owner to a municipal utility, corporation
or person engaged in the operation of an enterprise regulated by the
Missouri Public Service Commission for the purpose of installation,
improvement and maintenance of public utilities.
EFFICIENCY UNIT
A dwelling unit consisting of one room exclusive of bathroom,
hallway, closets or dining alcove directly off the principal room.
FACADE
The front or main part of the building facing a street.
FAMILY
Any number of persons related by blood or marriage, including
adopted children, or a group not to exceed two persons (excluding
servants) not related by blood or marriage occupying premises and
living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group
occupying a boarding or lodging house, hotel, club or similar dwelling
for group use.
FARM
A tract of land having thereon an agricultural use.
FENCE
A structure and/or materials consisting of wood (rails or
stakes), vinyl, wire, masonry, vegetation (hedge) or other similar
materials erected so as to provide a barrier or enclosure along the
boundaries of a yard or lot. Such fence may or may not have openings
for sidewalks and driveways within its vertical surface depending
on its construction and use.
FENCE, SIGHT-PROOF
Any fence which substantially reduces the sight-distance
for adjacent properties or the traveling public. These fence types
include, but are not limited to, wood stockade fence, vinyl fence,
masonry fence, shadow-box fence or thick vegetation (hedges).
FILLING STATION, PUBLIC GASOLINE
Any area including any structure or structures thereon that
is or are used or designed to be used primarily for the supply of
gasoline or oil or other fuel for the propulsion of vehicles.
FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY
An official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration
containing flood profiles, as well as the Flood Boundary-Floodway
Map and the water surface elevation of the base flood.
FLOOR AREA
The sum of the areas of the several floors of a building,
including areas used for human occupancy in basements, attics, and
penthouses, as measured from the exterior 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 or in the main
building intended and designed for the parking of motor vehicles in
order to meet the parking requirements of this chapter, or any such
floor space intended and designed for accessory heating and ventilating
equipment. It shall include the horizontal area at each floor level
devoted to stairwells and elevator shafts.
FRONTAGE
All property on one side of a street between two intersecting
streets (crossing or terminating), measured along the right-of-way
line of the street, or if the street is dead-ended, then all the property
abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead-end
of the street.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
An enclosed space for the storage of one or more motor vehicles,
provided that no business, occupation or service is conducted for
profit therein nor space therein for more than one car is leased to
a non-resident of the premises.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
Any garage that is not classified as a private garage and
is used for storage, repair, rental, servicing or supplying of gasoline
or oil to motor vehicles. However, a "public garage" shall not be
used for the storage of dismantled motor vehicles or junk cars.
GRADE, FINISHED
The elevation of the surrounding ground after landscaping
has been completed.
GRADE, ROAD, SEWERS
The slope of a road specified in percent and shown on the
road profile plan as required herein.
GREENBELT
A visual barrier composed of evergreen plants, trees, and
grass arranged to form both a low-level and a high-level screen.
GROUP HOME
A facility providing twenty-four-hour consecutive care by
an on-site staff for three or more persons who by reason of age, physical,
or mental disability require services furnished by a facility that
provides shelter, board, storage, distribution of medicines, counseling,
and protective oversight, including care during short-term illness
or recuperation.
HEREAFTER
After the time this chapter becomes effective.
HERETOFORE
Before the time this chapter became effective.
HOME OCCUPATION
An occupation or profession which is customarily carried
on entirely within the residential dwelling unit by a member of the
family residing in the dwelling unit which is clearly incidental and
secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes
and which conforms to the standards and provisions provided in the
Supplementary Regulations of this chapter.
HOSPITAL
A building used for the diagnosis, treatment or other care
of human ailments and having room facilities for overnight medical
patients, a staff of physicians and nurses, surgical facilities, and
other related services.
IMPROVEMENTS
Grading, sanitary and storm sewer, water mains, pavements,
curbs and gutters, sidewalks, road signs, lights, trees and other
appropriate improvements required to render land suitable for the
use proposed.
JUNK YARD
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily
for the collecting, storage and/or sale of waste paper, rags, scrap
metal or discarded material, or for the collecting, dismantling, storage
and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition, and
for the sale of parts thereof.
KENNEL
The use of land or buildings for the purpose of selling,
breeding, boarding, or training dogs or cats; or the keeping of three
or more dogs over four months of age, or the keeping of three or more
cats over four months of age, or the keeping of no more than a total
of three adult dogs or adult cats. The word "selling" as herein used
shall not be construed to include the sale of animals four months
in age or younger which are the natural increase of animals kept by
persons not operating a kennel as herein defined; nor shall selling
be determined to include isolated sales of animals over four months
old by persons not operating a kennel as herein defined.
1.
INDOORA facility where the primary holding pens for the animal and all associated noise, odors, and other activities associated with the business are primarily contained within a closed building.
2.
OUTDOORA facility where the primary holding pens for the animal may be either inside or outside of a closed building. "Primary holding pens" shall include, but not be limited to, fenced pens, outside runs, and training areas.
LOADING SPACE
An off-street space on the same lot with the building 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.
LODGING ESTABLISHMENT
Any building, group of buildings, structure, facility, place,
or places of business where five or more guest rooms are provided,
which is owned, maintained, or operated by any person and which is
kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public for hire
which can be construed to be a hotel, motel, motor hotel, apartment
hotel, tourist court, resort, cabins, tourist home, bunkhouse, dormitory,
or other similar place by whatever name called, and includes all such
accommodations operated for hire as lodging establishments for either
transient guests, permanent guests, or for both transient and permanent
guests.
LOT
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building, or unit group
of buildings, and accessory buildings, together with such yards and
lot area as are required by this chapter, and having its principal
frontage upon a street, or a place approved by the Commission.
LOT LINE, FRONT
The line separating the lot from the right-of-way of the
street on which it fronts.
LOT LINE, REAR
The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot
line.
LOT LINE, SIDE
Any lot line between the front yard and rear yard area.
LOT OF RECORD
A lot shown upon a plat or on a deed recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds of Lincoln County, Missouri.
LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between side lot lines, measured
at right angles to the lot depth at the building lines.
LOT, AREA
The total horizontal surface area within the boundaries of
a lot exclusive of any area designated for street purposes.
LOT, CORNER
A lot, or portion thereof, situated at the intersection of
two or more streets, having an angle of intersection of not more than
135°.
LOT, DEPTH
The average distances between the front and rear lot lines.
LOT, THROUGH
A lot other than a corner lot which has a street on two opposite
sides of the lot.
MAJOR STREET PLAN
The official plan of highways, primary and secondary thoroughfares,
parkways and other major streets, including collector streets, adopted
by the Planning and Zoning Commission in the Comprehensive Plan of
the City of Moscow Mills.
MICROBREWERY
A business establishment where the manufacturing of beverages,
food sales, beverage sales, and on-site food and beverage service
occurs on a regular basis. Public viewing of the beverage manufacturing
may be a component of these operations.
MOBILE HOME OR MANUFACTURED HOME
Any structure with or without a permanent foundation used
for living or sleeping purposes, and which has been, or reasonably
may be, equipped with wheels or other devices for transporting the
structure from place to place. The phrase "without a permanent foundation"
indicates that the support system is constructed with the intent that
the mobile/manufactured home places thereon may be moved from time
to time at the convenience of the owner.
MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
Any area, tract, site or plot of land not less than 10 acres
in total area whereupon mobile/manufactured homes as herein defined
are placed or located and intended to be used, let, leased, rented
or sold for dwelling purposes.
MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile/manufactured home park which
is designed for, and designated as, the location for one mobile/manufactured
home and not used for any other purposes whatsoever other than the
customarily accessory uses thereof.
MODULAR HOME OR MODULAR DWELLING
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. This shall include major assemblies
which are factory-fabricated and shall not include prefabricated panels,
trusses, walls, and other prefabricated sub elements that are to be
incorporated into a structure at the building site. These are factory-built
structures which are certified by the manufacturer to be built to
the State and local Building Code where the home will be located.
MOTOR VEHICLE ORIENTED BUSINESS (MVOB)
Any commercial business which, by design, type of operation,
and nature of business, has as one of its functions, the provision
of services to a number of motor vehicles or their occupants in a
short time span for each, or the provision of services to the occupants
of the motor vehicle while they remain in the vehicle. The list of
such businesses include gasoline service stations, drive-in banks,
drive-in restaurants, drive-in beverage sales and car wash operations.
These examples are not intended as a comprehensive list of such businesses.
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP
A building, or portion of a building arranged, intended or
designed to be used for making repairs to motor vehicles.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY ACCESS DRIVE
A private way or driveway which affords a means of vehicular
access to parking areas and bays and to abutting buildings in a multiple-dwelling
unit subdivision or development.
NON-CONFORMING USE
A building, structure or use of land existing at the time
of enactment of this chapter, and which does not conform to the regulations
of the district or zone in which it is situated or any amendment hereto.
NURSING HOME (CONVALESCENT HOME AND REST HOME)
An establishment used as a dwelling place by the aged, infirm,
chronically ill, or incurable afflicted persons, in which not less
than three persons live or are kept or provided for on the premises
for compensation, excluding clinics and hospitals and similar institutions
devoted to the diagnosis, treatment or care of the sick or injured.
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION DATE
The date when a subdivision plat shall be considered submitted
to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and is hereby defined to be
the date of the meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission at which
all required surveys, plans and data are submitted.
OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC
Land which may be dedicated or reserved for acquisition for
general use by the public, including parks, recreation areas, school
sites, community or public building sites, and other lands.
OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET
An open-air market used for the sale of antiques, crafts,
art work, and second hand or other such products from a non-permanent
structure.
PARKING LOT
A paved surface providing vehicular parking spaces, along
with adequate drives and aisles for maneuvering, so as to provide
access for entrance and exit for the parking of three or more vehicles.
Such pavement structure shall be approved by the City Engineer.
PARKING SPACE, AUTOMOBILE
A paved surface providing a parking space for one motor vehicle
within a building or on a private or public parking area.
PAVED SURFACE
Any asphalt or concrete surface designed for the parking
of and/or driving of vehicles upon.
PAYDAY LOAN
An unsecured loan under $500 as defined in Chapter 408 of
the Small Loan Act of the State Statutes of the State of Missouri.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind, or any lawful successor thereto
or transferee thereof.
PICKUP CAMPERS
A structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup
truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable
for use as temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and vacation
uses.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AREA OR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
An area under common ownership where the various components
of the development area are treated in a compatible manner. These
components include, but are not limited to, landscaping, stormwater
management, architectural style and erosion and siltation control.
The approval of a planned development area plan is intended to encourage
a more creative approach in the development of land which will result
in a more efficient, aesthetic and desirable use of area; to permit
flexibility in design, placement of buildings, use of open spaces,
circulation facilities, and off-street parking areas; and to utilize
best the potential of sites characterized by special features of geography,
topography, size or shape.
PLAT
A map, plan or layout of a City, township, section or subdivision
indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY
A map of a proposed land subdivision showing the character
and proposed layout of the tract in sufficient detail to indicate
the suitability of the proposed subdivision of land.
PLAT, RECORD
A map of land subdivision prepared in form suitable for filing
of record with necessary affidavits, dedications, and acceptances,
and with complete bearings and dimensions of all lines defining lots
and blocks, streets and alleys, public areas and other dimensions
of land.
PUBLIC BUILDING
A building, or part thereof, owned or leased and occupied
and used by an agency or political subdivision of the Federal, State,
or local government.
RECORD PLAT
A map of land subdivision prepared with necessary affidavits,
dedications, and acceptances, and with complete bearings and dimensions
of all lines defining lots and blocks, streets and alleys, public
areas and other dimensions of land and which has been recorded in
the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lincoln County, Missouri.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer,
with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational,
emergency, or other temporary occupancy, that meets all of the following
criteria:
1.
It contains less than 320 square feet of internal living room
area, excluding built-in equipment, including, but not limited to,
wardrobe, closets, cabinets, kitchen units or fixtures, and bath and
toilet rooms.
2.
It is built on a single chassis.
3.
To simplify and distinguish a RV "Recreational Vehicle" from
a "Manufactured Home".
a.
"Recreational Vehicle" has a State License Plate, and is regulated
by (ANSI) American National Standards Institute.
b.
"Manufactured Home" has a HUD placard attached on every home,
and is regulated by (HUD) Department of Housing and Urban Development.
4.
Recreational Vehicles may only be used for dwelling purposes pursuant to the conditions described in §
46.290.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
A public way established or dedicated by duly recorded plat,
deed, grant, governmental authority or by operation of the law.
SANITARIUM
Any premises where the residential prevention, evaluation,
care, treatment, habilitation, or rehabilitation is provided for persons
affected by mental disorders, mental illness, mental retardation,
developmental disabilities, or alcohol or drug abuse, except the person's
dwelling, a hospital, or any facility licensed pursuant to Chapter
197, RSMo.
SIGNS
See Article
IX, Permanent Sign Regulations.
SITE PLAN
A drawing illustrating a proposed development and prepared
in accordance with the specifications outlined in the various articles,
procedures, and sections of this chapter.
STORY
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there
be no floor above it, then the space between such floor and ceiling
next above it.
STREET
Any public or private right-of-way which affords the primary
means of access to abutting property.
STREET, ARTERIAL
A multi-lane facility designed for movement of a relatively
large volume of traffic. Arterials provide connections between local
and collector streets and the freeways.
STREET, COLLECTOR
A street located within a neighborhood or other integrated
use area which collects from and distributes traffic to local streets,
and connects arterial streets.
STREET, CUL-DE-SAC
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular
traffic outlet. The closed end has a turnaround.
STREET, FRONTAGE OR SERVICE
A minor street generally parallel to and adjacent to arterial
streets and highways which provides access to abutting properties
and protection from through traffic.
STREET, MINOR
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting
properties.
STREET, PRIVATE
A street not accepted by dedication or otherwise by the Board
of Aldermen.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure,
including bearing walls, partitions, columns, beams, girders or similar
parts of a building or structure, and any substantial change in the
roof of a building.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, which requires location
on the ground, or attached to something having location on the ground.
SUBDIVIDER
A person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association
who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein,
either for himself/herself or others.
SUBDIVISION
The division or re-division of land into two or more lots,
tracts, sites, or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership
or for development, or the dedication or vacation of a public or private
right-of-way or easement.
SUBDIVISION MANAGERS
The developer(s); the members of the board of managers; or
subdivision trustees; or any other organizations whether incorporated;
or not established by any subdivision indentures of covenants and
restrictions which have as their duties, or its duties, any one or
more of the following:
1.
The management or ownership or control of the streets, thoroughfares,
ways and lanes in a subdivision which are not public ways and have
not been accepted by the City of Moscow Mills for maintenance, or
ownership management or control of common ground or entrance monuments
identifying the subdivision.
2.
The enforcement of all restrictive covenants pertaining to land,
common ground and lots within the subdivision.
TATTOO ESTABLISHMENT
A business which marks or colors the skin by pricking in
coloring matter, or by the production of scars, so as to form indelible
marks, letters, numbers, figures, pictures, or designs. No portion
of this definition shall be applicable to medical doctors such as
plastic surgeons licensed by the State of Missouri, who perform such
procedures as a part of their regular medical practice.
TITLE LOAN
A loan in which the lender retains physical possession of
a certificate of title for the entire length of the title loan agreement
and for all renewals or extensions thereof. The lender shall not be
required to retain physical possession of the titled personal property.
TRACT
An area or parcel of land, which the developers intend to
subdivide and/or improve, or to cause to be subdivided and/or improved
pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.
TRAILER
Any structure built on a chassis for licensing by the State
as a trailer and designed for general hauling or recreational purposes.
TRANSMISSION TOWER
A structure designed for the support of one or more antennae
and including guyed towers, self-supporting (lattice) towers or monopoles,
including towers or antennae contained within another structure (stealth
towers), but not buildings. The term shall also exclude any support
structure under 60 feet in height owned and operated at the residence
of an amateur radio operator licensed by the Federal Communication
Commission. The height of a telecommunications tower shall be measured
from the finished grade to top of the tower, excluding any elements
with a cross-section of less than four inches.
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.
USE PERMITTED
A use which is permitted the zoning district in which it
is located.
USE PERMITTED UPON REVIEW AND APPROVAL
A review conducted by the Planning and Zoning Commission
whereby a use is permitted to occur in that district but only upon
its approval and subject to those conditions placed upon it by the
Commission.
VARIANCE
Relief from or variation of the provisions of these regulations,
as applied to a specific piece of property.
WAREHOUSE
A place for the storage of merchandise or commodities.
YARD
An open space on a lot, which is unoccupied and unobstructed
from the ground upward, exclusive of that portion dedicated for public
streets, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
YARD MEASUREMENT
In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width
of a side yard or the depth of a front or rear yard; the horizontal
distance between the side lot line, front lot line or rear yard, respectively,
and a line parallel thereto and passing through the nearest point
of the building shall be used.
YARD, FRONT
A space extending across the entire front of a lot between
the structure setback line as required by the regulations of a particular
zoning district and the roadway right-of-way line.
YARD, REAR
A space opposite the front extending across the entire rear
of a lot between the structure setback line as required by the regulations
of a particular zoning district and the rear lot line.
YARD, SIDE
A space extending between the structure setback line as required
by the regulations of a particular zoning district and the side lot
lines measured between the front yard and the rear yard.
ZONING DISTRICT MAP
A map or maps with all notations, references, and symbols
shown thereon depicting individual zoned districts in accordance with
this chapter.
ZONING REGULATIONS
The whole body of regulations, text, charts, tables, diagrams,
maps, notations, references, and symbols contained or to which reference
is made.