City of Lake Saint Louis, MO Article II Defined Terms

Section 410.090 General Terms.

[Ord. No. 4190, 2-1-2021]

A. 

For the purposes of this Code, certain general terms or words used herein are defined as follows, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

100-YEAR FLOOD

See "base flood."

ACCESSIBILITY RAMPS

Permanent or portable ramps utilized to provide a disabled person with accessibility to a structure.

ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT

As used in the context of Section 420.110(A), Wireless Communications, any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a wireless communications facility or wireless support structure. The term includes utility or transmission equipment, power supplies, generators, batteries, cables, equipment buildings, cabinets and storage sheds, shelters, or similar structures.

ACTUARIAL RATES

See "risk premium rates."

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, agricultural products and livestock.

AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE

1. Any structure used exclusively in connection with the production, harvesting, storage, drying, or raising of agricultural commodities.

2. As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, structures, including but not limited to outbuildings, sheds, barns, tack rooms, stables, etc., which are primarily intended for the storage of equipment and supplies associated with an agricultural use on the same site.

ALLEY

A minor public or private right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the rear or side of a lot, block, or parcel of land otherwise abutting a street.

ANTENNA

Communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio signals used in the provision of any type of wireless communications services.

APPEAL

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a request for review of the Floodplain Administrator's interpretation of any provision of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, or a request for a variance.

APPLICANT

The author or contact person responsible for completing and submitting an application established in this Code.

APPURTENANT STRUCTURE

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a structure that is on the same parcel of property as the principal structure to be insured and the use of which is incidental to the use of the principal structure.

ARBOR

A shady garden alcove with sides and a roof formed by trees or climbing plants trained over a wooden framework.

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES

The visible, functional, or ornamental objects accessory to, and part of a building, such as chimneys, bay windows, roof overhangs, and similar features.

AREA

As used in the context of Chapter 405, Article IX, Urban Redevelopment, that portion of the City which the Board of Aldermen has found or shall find to be blighted, following a public hearing thereon, so that the clearance, replanning, rehabilitation, or reconstruction thereof is necessary to effectuate the purposes of Chapter 353, RSMo., as amended, and Chapter 405 Article IX, Urban Redevelopment. Any such area may include buildings or improvements not in themselves blighted, and any real property, whether improved or unimproved, the inclusion of which is deemed necessary for the effective clearance, replanning, reconstruction or rehabilitation of the area of which such buildings, improvements or real property form a part.

AREA OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD

The land in the floodplain within a community subject to a one-percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year.

AWNING

A sheet of canvas or other material stretched on a frame and affixed to a building directly above a doorway or windows.

BALCONY

A platform structure supported by and projected from or inset into the exterior of a building having sole access from said building.

BASE FLOOD

The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

BASEMENT

1. A building story partly or wholly below grade.

2. As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, any area of the structure having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.

BERM

A raised form of earth to provide screening or to improve the aesthetic character.

BLIGHTED AREA

As used in the context of Chapter 405, Article IX, Urban Redevelopment, that portion of the City which the Board of Aldermen determines is a "blighted area" based on written findings in accord with the applicable provisions of Chapter 67, 99, 100, or 353 of RSMo., as amended.

BLIGHTING ANALYSIS

As used in the context of Chapter 405, Article IX, Urban Redevelopment, a written analysis of the conditions of an area confirming that such area qualifies as a blighted area.

BLOCK

One (1) or more individual lots or building sites entirely surrounded by streets or by any combination of streets, internal drives, open space, watercourses, or railroad right-of-way.

BOAT DOCKS

An accessory structure intended solely for the purpose of mooring a boat or boats.

BUILDING

1. Any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind and includes any structure.

2. For the purposes of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, see "structure."

BUILDING FACADE AREA

See Section 425.520, Sign Measurements.

BUILDING SEPARATION

See Section 410.130, Setback Standards.

BUILDING, ACCESSORY

A building that is subordinate in area, extent and purpose to the principal use and building on the lot and that is customarily used or occupied in conjunction with a permitted accessory use.

BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

An entity developed to manage and maintain a nonresidential subdivision for which there is a declaration requiring a person, by virtue of his ownership of a separate property within the planned community, to pay assessments for share of real estate taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance, or improvement of, or services or other expenses related to common elements and other real estate described in that declaration.

CABINET

As used in the context of Section 420.110(A), Wireless Communications, a structure for the protection and security of communications equipment associated with one (1) or more antennas where direct access to equipment is provided from the exterior and that has a horizontal dimension that does not exceed four (4) feet by six (6) feet and a vertical height that does not exceed six (6) feet.

CALIPER

The diameter of a tree measured at six (6) inches above ground.

CANOPY

A permanent, but not completely enclosed structure which may be attached to or near a building for the purpose of providing shelter.

CANOPY TREE

Deciduous trees that have a minimum height of thirty (30) feet at maturity.

CARETAKER'S RESIDENCE

A dwelling unit located on the premises of another principal use for the occupancy of a caretaker, security guard, or other person charged with oversight or protection of the principal use.

CARPORT

A roofed accessory structured designed or used for the storage of a vehicle by the occupant of the building to which it is accessory.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER or CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, the official of the community who is charged with the authority to implement and administer laws, ordinances and regulations for that community.

CITY

The City of Lake Saint Louis, Missouri.

CITY ATTORNEY

The licensed attorney designated by the Board of Aldermen to furnish legal assistance for the administration of these regulations.

COLLOCATION

The placement or installation of a new wireless facility on a structure that already has an existing wireless facility, including electrical transmission towers, water towers, buildings, and other structures capable of structurally supporting the attachment of wireless facilities in compliance with applicable codes.

COLLECTOR ROADS

A road intended to move traffic from local roads to secondary arterials. A collector road serves a neighborhood or large subdivision.

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE

As defined in Section 365.080 of the Municipal Code, Definitions.[1]

COMMON GROUND

Natural or landscaped open space within or related to a development, not in individually owned lots, designed and intended for siting common facilities (e.g., recreation facilities and storm drainage detention facilities) and for the common use of the residents and property owners of the development. "Common ground" is intended to be synonymous with "common open space," "common land," and "common area" when used in the appropriate context.

COMMUNITY

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, any state or area or political subdivision thereof which has authority to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations for the areas within its jurisdiction.

COMMUNITY FOREST, PRIVATE

All trees within municipal boundaries but not owned by the City.

COMMUNITY FOREST, PUBLIC

All street and park trees and other trees owned by the City as a total resource.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

A Comprehensive Plan for development of the City prepared and adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission, pursuant to State law, and including any part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.

CONDOMINIUM

Real estate, portions of which are designed for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions. Real estate is not a condominium unless the undivided interest in the common elements are vested in the unit owners.

CONSTRUCTION TRAILER

Construction trailers are mobile structures used to accommodate temporary offices, dining facilities, and storage of building materials during construction projects.

CONSTRUCTION WORK

The taking possession of land, clearance of the area, erection of improvements and all other related matters to effectuate an approved development plan causing the physical rehabilitation, construction, reconstruction and redevelopment of the area.

CORPORATION

As used in the context of Chapter 405, Article IX, Urban Redevelopment, an urban redevelopment corporation organized and existing under and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 353.

COURTYARD

An open unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building and bounded on two (2) or more sides by such building and its accessory structures.

CUL-DE-SAC

A local street with only one (1) outlet and having an appropriate terminal for the safe and convenient reversal (turnaround) of traffic movement.

DECIDUOUS

Plants that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn.

DECKS

An above ground platform, freestanding or projecting from the wall of a structure and supported by posts or pillars.

DECLARATION

As used in the context of Section 430.225, Business Associations, the recorded instrument, however denominated, subjecting the property within a nonresidential subdivision to covenants, conditions, easements, or restrictions, including providing for the creation of a business association and the maintenance of common ground and common elements, and requiring a member to pay assessments for:

1. The maintenance, repair, improvement, or replacement of common ground or common elements in the nonresidential subdivision; or

2. Services or benefits which the member is entitled to receive by ownership of the member's unit.

DENSITY, NET

See Section 410.140, Other Standards.

DEPOSIT

As used in the context of Chapter 430, Subdivision and Improvement Standards, any form of security, including cash, letter of credit or surety bond, provided to the City to ensure the completion of work in conformance with a permit or approval.

DETENTION BASIN

A manmade structure designed and constructed to temporarily impound stormwater runoff and allow a controlled release or discharge of water at a predeveloped rate.

DEVELOPER

A person, firm, or corporation undertaking land development activity, including the subdivision of land and other improvements to land, pursuant to the requirements of this Code.

DEVELOPMENT

1. The performance of any building activity or the making of any material change to any structure or natural surface of land to include activities that change or disturb the natural surface of the land such as clearing, excavating and filling; or any change in the use or appearance of any structure or land; or the division of land into two (2) or more parcels for the creation or termination of rights of access.

2. For the purposes of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, levees, levee systems, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials.

DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT

As used in the context of Chapter 405, Article IX, Urban Redevelopment, that contract or agreement entered into between the City and a corporation pursuant to an approved development plan.

DEVELOPMENT PLAN

As used in the context of Chapter 405, Article IX, Urban Redevelopment, a plan, including a blighting analysis, together with any amendments thereto, for the redevelopment of all or any part of a blighted area.

DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH)

The diameter of a tree measured at four (4) feet above ground.

DISGUISED SUPPORT STRUCTURE

Any freestanding, manmade structure designed for the support of antennas, the presence of which is camouflaged or concealed as an appropriately placed architectural or natural feature. Depending on the location and type of disguise used, such concealment may require placement underground of utilities leading to the structure. Such structures may include, but are not limited to, clock towers, campaniles, observation towers, water towers, light standards, flagpoles and artificial trees.

DISPLAY HOUSE

A detached house, duplex, or townhouse constructed for the purpose of marketing or promoting the sale of lots or sale/lease of dwelling units in a subdivision or development.

DONATION COLLECTION BIN

A small freestanding receptacle used to collect donated materials from the public.

DRIVE-THROUGH/DRIVE-UP FACILITY

Uses at which an occupant of a vehicle may make use of the service or business without leaving their vehicle.

DWELLING UNIT

Any building or portion of a building intended for use and occupancy by a single household.

EASEMENT

Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his/her property.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING POST

An apparatus which supplies electricity and to which an electric vehicle must be connected for the purpose of charging its batteries.

[Ord. No. 4588, 12-18-2023]

ELECTRIC VEHICLE ( EV) PARKING SPACE

A public or private parking space that is served by battery charging mechanical equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle.

[Ord. No. 4588, 12-18-2023]

ELEVATED BUILDING

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, for insurance purposes, a non-basement building which has its lowest elevated floor raised above ground level by foundation walls, shear walls, posts, piers, pilings or columns.

ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY OR PARTICIPATING COMMUNITY

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a community for which the Federal Insurance Administrator has authorized the sale of flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

EVERGREEN

A plant that retains green leaves throughout the year.

EXISTING CONSTRUCTION

For the purposes of determining rates, structures for which the start of construction commenced before the effective date of the FIRM or before January 1, 1975, for FIRM effective before that date. "Existing construction "may also be referred to as "existing structures."

EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of the floodplain management regulations adopted by a community.

EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, the preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads).

FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration.

FACADE

The exterior walls of a building or building face exposed to public view.

FAMILY

See "household."

FCC

The Federal Communications Commission.

FENCE

A structure erected at or above grade, either attached to another structure or freestanding, as a dividing marker, partition or barrier, excluding tie walls and retaining walls.

FLAGPOLES

A pole used for flying a flag.

FLOOD BOUNDARY AND FLOODWAY MAP (FBFM)

An official map of a community on which the Federal Insurance Administrator has delineated both special flood hazard areas and the designated regulatory floodway.

FLOOD ELEVATION DETERMINATION

A determination by the Federal Insurance Administrator of the water surface elevations of the base flood, that is, the flood level that has a one-percent or greater chance of occurrence in any given year.

FLOOD ELEVATION STUDY

An examination, evaluation and determination of flood hazards.

FLOOD FRINGE

The area outside the floodway encroachment lines but still subject to inundation by the regulatory flood.

FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP (FHBM)

An official map of a community, issued by the Federal Insurance Administrator, where the boundaries of the flood areas having special flood hazards have been designated as (unnumbered or numbered) A Zones.

FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM)

An official map of a community on which the Federal Insurance Administrator has delineated both the special flood hazard areas and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.

FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY (FIS)

An examination, evaluation and determination of flood hazards and, if appropriate, corresponding water surface elevations.

FLOOD or FLOODING

A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from:

1. The overflow of inland; and/or

2. The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.

FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT

The operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage, including, but not limited to, emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, and floodplain management regulations.

FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS

Zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances (such as floodplain and grading ordinances) and other applications of police power. The term describes such State or local regulations, in any combination thereof, that provide standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction.

FLOODPLAIN or FLOOD-PRONE AREA

Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source. (See "flooding.")

FLOODPROOFING

Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to structures that reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, or structures and their contents.

FLOODWAY ENCROACHMENT LINES

The lines marking the limits of floodways on Federal, State and local floodplain maps.

FLOODWAY or REGULATORY FLOODWAY

The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one (1) foot.

FLOOR AREA RATIO

See Section 410.140, Other Standards.

FREEBOARD

A factor of safety usually expressed in feet above a flood level for purposes of floodplain management. "Freeboard" tends to compensate for the many unknown factors that could contribute to flood heights greater than the height calculated for a selected size flood and floodway conditions, such as bridge openings and the hydrological effect of urbanization of the watershed.

FRONT-LOADED

A structure or lot whose vehicular access is directly off of a street.

FUNCTIONALLY DEPENDENT USE

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a use that cannot perform its intended purpose unless it is located or carried out in close proximity to water. This term includes only docking facilities and facilities that are necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo or passengers, but does not include long-term storage or related manufacturing facilities.

GARAGE

A part of a principal building or a detached accessory structure used for the parking or storage of vehicles as an accessory use.

GARAGE SALES

As defined in Section 215.2210, Definitions, of the Municipal Code.

GAZEBOS

A freestanding, unenclosed, roofed structure which provides shade, shelter, ornamental features in a landscape, and a place to rest.

GOLF COURSE LOT

A lot with a portion of its property line abutting a golf course.

GOVERNING DOCUMENTS

As used in the context of Section 430.225, Business Associations, the articles of organization or incorporation of the business association filed with the Missouri Secretary of State as the same may be amended, and the bylaws, operating agreement, or other organizational documents of the business association, as the same may be amended.

GRADE

The elevation of the natural or finished surface of the ground. The slope of a road, street or other public way, specified in percentage terms.

GROSS FLOOR AREA

See Section 410.140, Other Standards.

HEIGHT

See Section 410.140, Other Standards.

HIGHEST ADJACENT GRADE

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, the highest natural elevation of the ground surface prior to construction next to the proposed walls of a structure.

HISTORIC STRUCTURE

Any structure that is:

1. Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;

2. Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district;

3. Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with historic preservation programs which have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; or

4. Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been certified either by:

a. An approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; or

b. Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without approved programs.

HOME OCCUPATION

A business, profession, occupation, or trade that is conducted within a residential dwelling unit for the economic gain or support of a resident of the dwelling and is incidental and secondary to the residential use of the lot and that does not adversely or perceptively affect the character of the lot or surrounding area.

HOUSEHOLD

An individual or any group of individuals living together in a dwelling unit and sharing a common kitchen facility, household expenses and utilities, not including group quarters, such as dormitories, fraternities, sororities, motels, hotels, rooming houses, or boardinghouses.

IMPROVEMENT, PUBLIC

Any drainage ditch or engineered channel, storm or sanitary sewer, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrianway, tree, lawn, off-street parking area, site improvement or other facility for which the local government may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation, or which may affect an improvement for which local government responsibility is established. All such improvements shall be properly bonded.

IMPROVEMENT, SITE

Constructed utilities, roads, driveways, parking areas, landscaping, sidewalks, or structures on a site.

LAKE LOT

A lot with a portion of its property line abutting Lake Saint Louis or Lake Saint Louise.

LANDMARK TREE

1. A tree in fair or better condition, which is not considered an invasive species, and equals or exceeds these diameter sizes:

a. Large hardwoods (oaks, hickories, etc.): twenty-four (24) inches DBH.

b. Large softwoods (pines, spruces, etc.): twenty (20) inches DBH.

2. For the purposes of this definition, "fair or better condition" means a tree having a normal life expectancy, a relatively sound and solid trunk with no extensive decay, no more than one (1) major and several minor dead limbs (hardwoods only) and no major insect or disease problems.

3. A lesser sized tree can be considered a landmark tree if it is a rare or unusual species, of exceptional quality or of historical significance.

LOT

A parcel, tract, or area of land established by a subdivision plat or otherwise permitted by law, to be separately owned, used, developed or built upon.

Figure 410.090-1

Lot Types

LOT AREA

See Section 410.120, Lot Standards.

LOT COVERAGE

See Section 410.140, Other Standards.

LOT DEPTH

See Section 410.120, Lot Standards.

LOT FRONTAGE

The portion of the lot that directly abuts a street or water body.

LOT LINE

A line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public space.

Figure 410.090-2

Lot Lines

LOT LINE, FRONT

The lot line separating a lot from a street right-of-way. On corner lots and double-frontage lots, each lot line with street frontage is considered a front lot line. See Figure 410.090-2.

LOT LINE, REAR

The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. On corner lots, the lot line opposite the front lot line with the least amount of frontage is the rear lot line. On double -frontage lots and pie-shaped lots, there is no rear lot line. See Figure 410.090-2.

LOT LINE, SIDE

Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line. See Figure 410.090-2.

LOT WIDTH

See Section 410.120, Lot Standards.

LOT, CORNER

A lot located at the intersection of two (2) streets that has frontage on each street. See Figure 410.090-1.

LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE

A lot having a frontage on two (2) nonintersecting streets. Also known as a "through lot." See Figure 410.090-1.

LOT, FLAG

A lot with access provided to the bulk of the lot by a narrow corridor of property. See Figure 410.090-1.

LOT, INTERIOR

A lot having a frontage on one street and all other lot lines being shared with adjacent lots, not right-of-way. See Figure 410.090-1.

LOWEST FLOOR

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area, including basement. An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable floodproofing design requirements.

MAINTENANCE

The act of maintaining or preserving, including, but not limited to, operation construction and reconstruction.

MANUFACTURED HOME

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, that is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" does not include a "recreational vehicle."

MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two (2) or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.

MAP

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, the Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM), Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) or the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM) for a community issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

MARIJUANA or MARIHUANA

Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa, and Cannabis ruderalis, hybrids of such species, and any other strains commonly understood within the scientific community to constitute marijuana, as well as resin extracted from the marijuana plant and marijuana-infused products. Marijuana or marihuana does not include industrial hemp, as defined by Missouri Statute, or commodities or products manufactured from industrial hemp.

[Ord. No. 4480, 3-20-2023]

MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS

Products that are infused, dipped, coated, sprayed, or mixed with marijuana or an extract thereof, including, but not limited to, products that are able to be vaporized or smoked edible products, ingestible products, topical products, suppositories, and infused prerolls.

[Ord. No. 4480, 3-20-2023]

MARKET VALUE or FAIR MARKET VALUE

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, an estimate of what is fair, economic, just and equitable value under normal local market conditions.

MEAN SEA LEVEL

For purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum to which base flood elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) are referenced.

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

Equipment, devices and accessories, the use of which relates to water supply, drainage, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and similar purposes.

MEMBER

As used in the context of Section 430.225, Business Associations, any owner of a unit in a nonresidential subdivision subject to a declaration; excluding, however, a person only having a security interest in, or lien upon, a unit.

MESSAGE, COMMERCIAL

Any sign, wording, logo or other representation that, directly or indirectly, names, advertises or calls attention to a business, product, service, or other commercial activity.

MESSAGE, NONCOMMERCIAL

Any sign, wording or logo that does not represent a commercial message or commercial speech. Such signs may express messages that include, but are not limited to, free speech opinions, ideological messages, religious messages, and political messages.

MOBILE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE

A food and beverage retail use that utilizes any motorized or nonmotorized vehicle, trailer, or other device designed to be small-scale and portable and not permanently attached to the ground for preparing and selling food and beverages for on- or off-premises consumption.

NATURAL WATERCOURSE

A channel formed in the existing surface topography of the earth prior to manmade changes.

NEW CONSTRUCTION

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, for the purposes of determining insurance rates, structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date of an initial FIRM or after December 31, 1974, whichever is later, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. For floodplain management purposes, "new construction" means structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date of the floodplain management regulations adopted by a community and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.

NEW MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lot on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed on or after the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by the community.

NFIP

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE

A building or structure that was lawfully established in accordance with the zoning requirements in effect at the time of its establishment but that is no longer in compliance with one (1) or more dimensional standards of this Code.

NONCONFORMING LOT

A tract of land designated on a duly recorded subdivision plat, by a duly recorded deed or by other lawful means, that does not comply with minimum lot standards of the zoning district in which it is located.

NONCONFORMING SIGN

A sign that was lawfully established prior to the effective date of this Code but no longer complies with the requirements of this Code.

NONCONFORMING SITE FEATURE

Any driveway, off-street parking or loading area, landscaping, buffer, screening, exterior lighting or other similar improvement or manmade feature that was lawfully existing per regulations in place prior to the effective date of this Code, as well as the lack of any such feature required by subsequently enacted City regulations.

NONCONFORMING USE

A use that was lawfully established in accordance with the zoning requirements in effect at the time of the use's establishment but that is no longer permitted by the use regulations of the zoning district in which the use is now located. This includes existing nonconforming use of part or all of a structure or any lawfully existing nonconforming use of land, not involving a structure or only involving a structure which is accessory to such use or land.

NONRESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION

As used in the context of Section 430.225, Business Associations, any subdivision, planned community, or planned development located in a mixed-use or nonresidential zoning district, now or hereafter existing in the City.

OUTDOOR DINING

Areas on sidewalks (public or private), patios, or other unenclosed areas, that are designated for outdoor seating where patrons may be served food and beverage for on-site consumption.

OUTDOOR DISPLAYS AND SALES

The placement of products or materials for sale outside of a retail or wholesale sales establishment.

OUTDOOR STORAGE

The keeping, in an unenclosed area, of personal or business property, goods, wares, inventory or merchandise, in the same place, for a period of more than twenty-four (24) hours. This use category shall not include automotive and motor vehicle sales and lease establishments.

OWNER

Any person, group of persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, or any other legal entity having legal title or sufficient proprietary interest in the land.

PARCEL

Any tract, lot, or area of land shown as a unit on the latest county tax assessment records.

PARKING

An area designated for the parking of vehicles that includes parking spaces and any driveways or access drives specifically related to the parking spaces.

PARTICIPATING COMMUNITY

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a community in which the Federal Insurance Administrator has authorized the sale of flood insurance. Also known as an "eligible community."

PATIO

Outdoor hard surfaced areas that are no higher than eighteen (18) inches above the ground.

PERGOLA

A structure, freestanding or attached to a building, open on all sides with an open roof of girders and cross rafters.

PERMANENT COSMETICS

A tattoo, whether permanent, semi-permanent, or temporary, which includes but is not limited to eyeliner, eyebrows, cheek blush, eye shadow, lip liner, lip color, and the repigmentation of the areola or scar camouflage which is the disguising or concealing permanently blotchy or irregularly pigmented skin, acne scaring, or other permanent skin irregularities by the use of blending pigments into the skin. This term includes any procedures, whether referred to as, but not limited to, "permanent makeup," "microdermapigmentation," "micropigment implantation," "microblading," "micro-needling with the use of pigment," "dermagraphics," "cosmetic tattooing," or any other similar procedures.

[Ord. No. 4488, 4-17-2023]

PERMIT

Written permission issued by an authorized official, empowering the holder thereof to do some act not forbidden by law but not allowed without such authorization.

PERMITTEE

Any person to whom a permit has been granted by the City under this Code.

PERSON

Any individual or group of individuals, corporation, partnership, association or any other entity, including Federal, State and local governments and agencies.

PLAY EQUIPMENT

Outdoor apparatus that are portable and designed for children's play, including but not limited to swing sets, trampolines, and soccer goals.

PORCH

An unenclosed projection from an outside wall of a structure that is covered by a roof and/or sidewalls (other than the sides of the building to which the porch is attached) for the purpose of providing shade or shelter from the elements.

PORTE COCHERES

An unenclosed structure extending from the entrance of a building over an adjacent driveway and sheltering those getting in or out of vehicles.

PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINER

As defined in Section 530.010, Definitions, of the Municipal Code.

PREMISES

That portion of a lot or building occupied by a single occupant, exclusive of common area, if any, shared with adjacent occupants.

PREROLL

A consumable or smokable marijuana product, generally consisting of: (1) a wrap or paper; and (2) dried flower, buds, and/or plant material. Prerolls may or may not include a filter or crutch at the base of the product.

[Ord. No. 4480, 3-20-2023]

PRIMARY COLORS

Red, blue and yellow.

PRINCIPALLY ABOVE GROUND

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the actual cash value of the structure, less land value, is above ground.

PUBLIC FACILITY

Any improvement or modification to the built or natural environment intended to serve the public interest or to be accessed or used by the general public regardless of ownership, such as detention basins, streets (public or private), parking lots, etc.

PUBLIC HEARING

An official meeting before a review or decision-making body held under public notice intended to inform the public and obtain public input.

QUALIFIED SOLAR INSTALLER

A person who is licensed by St. Charles County as an electrician and who has skills and knowledge related to the construction and operation of solar energy systems and solar energy equipment, and has received safety training on the hazards involved. Licensed electricians who are certified as solar installers by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) shall be deemed to be "qualified solar installers" for the purpose of this definition. Electricians licensed by St. Charles County who are not on the NABCEP's list of certified installers may be deemed to be "qualified solar installers" if the City's Chief Building Official determines such persons have had adequate training to safely perform the installation, maintenance or repair of a solar energy system and its component parts.

RAIN BARRELS

A water tank used to collect and store rainwater runoff, typically from rooftops via pipes.

REAL PROPERTY

Lands, buildings, improvements, land under water, waterfront property and any and all easements, franchises and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and every estate, interest, privilege, easement, franchise and right therein or appurtenant thereof, legal or equitable, including restrictions of record, created by plat, covenant or otherwise, rights-of-way and terms for years.

REAR-LOADED

A structure or lot whose vehicular access is directly off of an alley.

REASONABLE DEGREE OF MAINTENANCE

Shall be determined based upon the uniform application of standards prepared by the Public Works Director.

RECREATIONAL COURTS (OUTDOOR)

An area of a yard that is permanently improved and surfaced for the recreational use of the property owner for games such as tennis, basketball, racquetball, and similar sports or games.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE

1. As defined in Section 365.080: Definitions.[2]

2. For the purposes of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a vehicle which is:

a. Built on a single chassis;

b. Four hundred (400) square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projections;

c. Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck; and

d. Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use.

REDEVELOPMENT

As used in the context of Chapter 405, Article IX, Urban Redevelopment, the clearance, replanning, reconstruction or rehabilitation of a blighted area, in whole or in part, and the provision for such industrial, commercial, residential or public structures and spaces as may be appropriate, including recreational and other facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto.

REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

As used in the context of Chapter 405, Article IX, Urban Redevelopment, a specific work or improvement to effectuate all or any part of a development plan.

REMEDY A VIOLATION

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, to bring the structure or other development into compliance with Federal, State or local floodplain management regulations; or, if this is not possible, to reduce the impacts of its noncompliance.

REPETITIVE LOSS

Flood-related damages sustained by a structure on two (2) separate occasions during a ten-year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event equals or exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

RETENTION POND

A manmade structure designed and constructed to impound water. As part of a stormwater management system, the retention pond would provide some storage or detention of runoff over and above the pond's normal pool elevation. The retention pond may also provide some sediment storage in erosion and sediment control.

RIGHT-OF-WAY

As defined in Chapter 511.020 of the Municipal Code, Definitions.

RISK PREMIUM RATES

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, those rates established by the Federal Insurance Administrator pursuant to individual community studies and investigations which are undertaken to provide flood insurance in accordance with Section 1307 of the National Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and the accepted actuarial principles. "Risk premium rates" include provisions for operating costs and allowances.

SALE OR LEASE

Any transfer of ownership or any possessory interest in land, including contract of sale, lease, devise, intestate succession or transfer of an interest in a subdivision or part thereof, whether by metes and bounds, deed, contract, plat, map, lease, device, intestate succession or other written instrument.

SAME OWNERSHIP

Ownership by the same person, corporation, firm, entity, partnership or unincorporated association; or ownership by different corporations, firms, partnerships, entities or unincorporated association, in which a stockholder, partner or associate or a member of his/her family owns an interest in each corporation, firm, partnership, entity or unincorporated association.

SCREENING

A method of visual shielding or obscuring a nearby structure, building, use, or site feature on an abutting or adjacent property or lot from another by fencing, walls, berms, or densely planted vegetation.

SETBACK

See Section 410.130, Setback Standards.

SETBACK LINE

See Section 410.130, Setback Standards.

SETBACK, FRONT

See Section 410.130, Setback Standards.

SETBACK, REAR

See Section 410.130, Setback Standards.

SETBACK, SIDE

See Section 410.130, Setback Standards.

SHELTER

As used in the context of Section 420.110(A), Wireless Communications, a building for the protection and security of communication equipment associated with one (1) or more antennas where access to the equipment is gained from the interior building. Human occupancy for office or other uses or storage of other materials and equipment not in direct support of the connected antennas is prohibited.

SHRUBS

Any multi-stem, woody perennial plant that attains a maximum height of fifteen (15) feet at maturity.

SIGN

An object, device, structure or part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors, that is used to advertise, identify, display, direct, or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event, or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, design, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination, or other projected images.

SIGN AREA

See Section 425.520, Sign Measurements.

SIGN, ATTACHED

Any sign painted, incorporated in, or fixed to a building.

SIGN, AWNING

A sign that is mounted, painted, or attached to an awning.

SIGN, BANNER

A temporary sign constructed of canvas, plastic or similar lightweight, nonrigid material that can be attached to walls or hung or suspended from posts or brackets.

SIGN, BILLBOARD

A permanent, off-premises sign.

SIGN, CANOPY

A sign that is mounted or attached to a canopy.

SIGN, CHANGEABLE COPY

A sign designed so that the characters, letters or illustrations can be changed or rearranged manually. May also be known as "reader boards." This definition does not include signs displaying gasoline prices.

SIGN, DIRECTIONAL

Any sign that is designed and erected for the purpose of providing direction and/or orientation for pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

SIGN, DRIVE-THROUGH

A freestanding sign located adjacent to and oriented towards a drive-through lane.

SIGN, ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER

A sign whose alphabetic, graphic, or symbolic informational content or display, either in whole or in part, composed of electrically illuminated or mechanically driven changeable segments, may be changed or altered by means of electrical, electronic, or computerized programming (e.g., electronic or digital signs). This definition does not include signs displaying gasoline prices.

SIGN, FREESTANDING

Any sign that is structurally separated from a building.

SIGN, ILLUMINATED

A sign lighted by or exposed to artificial lighting either by lights on or in the sign or directed toward the sign.

SIGN, MONUMENT

A freestanding sign, other than a pole sign, supported by a permanent base, where the entire bottom of the sign is affixed to the ground.

SIGN, OFF-PREMISES

A sign that advertises or directs attention to a business, profession, commodity, entertainment, service, religious, charitable or nonprofit organization, or an activity, product, good, or service that is not located upon or available upon the premises where the sign is located.

SIGN, ON-PREMISES

Any sign that does not meet the definition of an off-premises sign.

SIGN, PERMANENT

A sign permitted by this Code to be located on the premises for an unlimited period of time and designed to be permanently attached to a structure or the ground.

SIGN, POLE

A freestanding sign supported by one (1) or more poles exceeding ten (10) feet in height.

SIGN, PROJECTING

A sign that is wholly or partly dependent upon a structure for support and which projects more than twelve (12) inches from such structure.

SIGN, ROOF

A sign that is mounted on the roof of a building or that is wholly dependent upon a building for support.

SIGN, SIDEWALK

A freestanding sign which is ordinarily in the shape of an "A," "T," or some variation thereof, which is readily moveable, and is not permanently attached to the ground or any structure.

SIGN, SUSPENDED

Any sign hanging entirely beneath a canopy.

SIGN, TEMPORARY

A sign or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, fabric, plywood or other light material and designed or intended to be displayed for a short period of time.

SIGN, WALL

A sign fastened to, or painted on, the wall of a building or structure in such a manner that the wall becomes the supporting structure for, or forms the background surface of, the sign that does not project more than twelve (12) inches from such building or structure face. This definition includes permanent signs that are attached to gasoline station canopies.

SIGN, YARD

Any temporary sign placed on the ground or attached to a supporting structure, posts, or poles, that is not attached to any building.

SITE

The area to be developed or improved.

SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY

As defined in Section 511.400 of the Municipal Code, Small Wireless Facility Deployment.

SOLAR ENERGY EQUIPMENT

The solar energy collectors, electronics, disconnects, valves, and other appurtenances associated with a solar energy system.

SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM

A building- or ground-mounted photovoltaic, hot-air, or hot-water collector device or other type of energy system which relies upon solar radiation as the source for the generation of electricity or transfer of stored heat.

SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM, BUILDING-INTEGRATED

A solar energy system that is an integral part of a principal or accessory building rather than a separate mechanical device, replacing or substituting for an architectural or structural component of the building which contributes to the design of the building, including, but not limited to, photovoltaic or hot-water solar systems contained within roofing materials, windows, skylights and awnings.

SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM, BUILDING-MOUNTED

A solar energy system affixed to either a principal or an accessory structure on a lot.

SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM, GROUND-MOUNTED

A solar energy system that is not attached to another structure and is affixed to the ground.

SPECIAL EVENT

As defined in Section 250.020, Special Events Defined, of the Municipal Code.

SPECIAL HAZARD AREA

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, an area having special flood hazards and shown on an FHBM, FIRM or FBFM as Zones (unnumbered or numbered) A and AE.

START OF CONSTRUCTION

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, includes substantial improvements and means the date the building permit was issued, provided that the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition placement or other improvements were within one hundred eighty (180) days of the permit date. The "actual start" means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slabs or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, any work beyond the stage of excavation or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling, the installation of streets and/or walkways, excavation for a basement, footings, piers, foundations, the erection of temporary forms, nor installation on the property of accessory structures, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the "actual start of construction" means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.

STATE COORDINATING AGENCY

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, that agency of the State Government or other office designated by the Governor of the State or by State statute at the request of the Federal Insurance Administrator to assist in the implementation of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in that State.

STEPS

A flat surface, especially one in a series, on which to place one's foot when moving from one level to another.

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN

The drawings, computations, data, reports, etc., which identify how stormwater runoff is to be handled.

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

All means, natural or manmade, used for conducting stormwater runoff to, through or from a drainage area to the point of outlet.

STORMWATER RUNOFF

Water that results from precipitation which is not absorbed by the soil, evaporated into the atmosphere or entrapped by ground surface depressions and vegetation.

STORMWATER SEWER

A pipe or closed conduit that carries surface runoff and subsurface waters.

STORY

That portion of a building included between the surface of one floor and the surface of the floor next above, or if there is not floor above, then the ceiling next above, and having a height consistent with the requirement of occupiable space as defined in the Building Code.

STREET TREE

Trees located on City-owned right-of-way along public streets.

STREET, DEAD-END

A street with only one (1) vehicular traffic outlet.

STREET, LOCAL

A street intended to provide access to other streets from individual properties and to provide right-of-way for sewer, water and storm drainage utilities.

STREET, PRIVATE

Any street which is privately owned by owners in common (e.g., owners of lots in a subdivision development), and is used for vehicular traffic by the owners and those having express or implied permission from the owner.

STREETS CLASSIFICATION

For the purpose of providing for the development of the streets, highways, roads and rights-of-way in the governmental unit, and for their future improvement, reconstruction, realignment and necessary widening, including provision for curbs and sidewalks, each existing street, highway, road and right-of-way, and those located on approved and filed plats, have been designated on an official Street Classification Map. The official Street Classification Map is maintained by the Director of Public Works and filed with the City Clerk. The classification of each street, highway, road and right-of-way is based upon its location in the respective zoning districts of the local government and its present and estimated future traffic volume and its relative importance and function as specified in the Master Plan of the local government. The required improvements shall be measured as set forth for each street classification on the official map.

STREETSCAPE

The scene as may be observed along a public street or way composed of natural and manmade components, including buildings, paving, planting, street hardware and miscellaneous structures.

STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS

Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders or any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.

STRUCTURE

1. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on or in the ground or attached to something having a permanent location on or in the ground.

2. For the purposes of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a walled and roofed building, including a gas or liquid storage tank, that is principally above ground, as well as a manufactured home. "Structure," for insurance purposes, means a walled and roofed building, other than a gas or liquid storage tank, that is principally above ground and affixed to a permanent site, as well as a manufactured home on a permanent foundation. For the latter purpose, the term includes a building while in the course of construction, alteration or repair, but does not include building materials or supplies intended for use in such construction, alteration or repair, unless such materials or supplies are within an enclosed building on the premises.

STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY

A structure that is subordinate in area, extent and purpose to the principal use and building on the lot and that is customarily used or occupied in conjunction with a permitted accessory use.

STRUCTURE, PRINCIPAL

A structure from which the principal use of the lot is conducted and/or located.

STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY

A structure without any foundation or footings and that is removed when the designated time period, activity or use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased.

SUBDIVISION

The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, plots, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose of either immediate or future sale or of building development. In some contexts, the term "subdivision" may also describe the process of subdividing land or the land subdivided.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to predamaged condition would equal or exceed fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. The term includes repetitive loss buildings. (See definition.) For the purposes of this definition, "repair" is considered to occur when the first repair or reconstruction of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences. The term does not apply to:

1. Any project for improvement of a building required to comply with existing health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the Code Enforcement Officer and which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions; or

2. Any alteration of a historic structure, provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure; or

3. Any improvement to a building.

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, any combination of reconstruction, alteration, or improvement to a building taking place during a ten-year period, in which the cumulative percentage of improvement equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the current market value of the building. For the purposes of this definition, an improvement occurs when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building. This term includes structures which have incurred repetitive loss or substantial damage, regardless of the actual repair work done. The term does not apply to:

1. Any project for improvement of a building required to comply with existing health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the Code Enforcement Official and which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions; or

2. Any alteration of a historic structure, provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure; or

3. Any building that has been damaged from any source or is categorized as repetitive loss.

SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS OR SUBDIVISIONS

Where the repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of the streets, utilities and pads equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the value of the streets, utilities and pads before the repair, reconstruction or improvement commenced.

SWIMMING POOLS (OUTDOOR)

A permanent water-filled structure having a depth of more than eighteen (18) inches below the level of the surrounding land, which is designed, used and maintained for swimming or bathing by the residents, tenants, or occupants of the subject property.

TERRACE

A relatively level paved or planted area adjoining a building.

TRACT

Any lot, parcel or area of land.

TRASH ENCLOSURE

An accessory structure consisting of a wall or fence constructed to shield solid waste containers, recycling containers or dumpsters.

TREE

A woody plant that grows mostly upright as a single stem (rarely multi-stem) that may eventually attain a height of fifteen (15) feet or more.

TREE BANK

An account set up within the City of Lake Saint Louis financial system that will accept payments from tree replacement assessments imposed by the Lake Saint Louis Tree Ordinance or other sources that may arise. The tree bank funds shall be used to plant trees and maintain trees on public property within Lake Saint Louis.

TREE CANOPY COVERAGE

The area in square feet of a tree's branch spread, determined by measuring the ground surface area that is covered by the branch spread of a single tree or clump or grove of trees, excluding invasive species.

TREE PRESERVATION AREA

The area on a site proposed for development that will not be disturbed by grading or storage of materials or disturbance of any kind. A no-violation zone that is typically bordered by the limit of disturbance line.

TREE PRESERVATION PLAN (TPP)

A map-based plan prepared by a certified arborist that delineates areas where trees are to be saved and details measures to be taken to ensure protection.

TREE STAND DELINEATION (TSD)

A detailed description and location of trees and other woody vegetation prepared in map and narrative form by a certified arborist.

TREE TOPPING

The drastic removal or cutting back of large branches in mature trees leaving large, open wounds which subjects the tree to disease and decay. Topping causes immediate injury to the tree and ultimately results in early failure or death of the tree.

TREE VISTA PRUNING

Selectively pruning a window of view in a tree's canopy.

TRELLIS

A frame of latticework used as a screen or as a support for climbing plants.

UNDERSTORY TREE

Deciduous trees that have a maximum height of less than thirty (30) feet at maturity.

UNIT

As used in the context of Section 430.225, Business Associations, any individual real estate parcel or lot in a nonresidential subdivision.

URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

As used in the context of Chapter 405, Article IX, Urban Redevelopment, an urban redevelopment corporation organized and existing under and pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Redevelopment Corporation Law.

URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS LAW

Chapter 353, RSMo., as amended.

URBAN REDEVELOPMENT COST

As used in the context of Chapter 405, Article IX, Urban Redevelopment, the cost of the redevelopment project and shall include, among other expenses, the cost of land, interest during construction, the expense of demolition of existing structures, the expense of utilities, landscaping and roadways, the expense of construction, equipping and furnishing of buildings and improvements, including architectural, engineering and builders' fees, the expense of reconstruction, rehabilitation, redevelopment, remodeling or initial repair of existing buildings and improvements, brokers' fees, attorneys' fees, realtors' fees, planners' fees, preliminary costs for planning, surveys, title insurance, bonding, pre-opening expenses, reasonable management and operation expenses until the project is ready for its proposed use, as provided for in the approved development plan, and the expense of improving those portions of the area which are to remain open spaces, together with additional expense incurred as a result of additions to or changes in the redevelopment plan where such additions or changes are approved by ordinance.

USE

The purpose or activity for which land or buildings are designed, arranged, intended, occupied or maintained.

USE, ACCESSORY

A use of land or of a building or portion of the land or building that is subordinate in area, extent and purpose to the principal use on the lot and that is customarily found in conjunction with a permitted principal use.

USE, PERMITTED

Any use allowed in a zoning district and subject to the restrictions applicable to that zoning district.

USE, PRINCIPAL

The primary or predominant use of any lot, building, or structure.

USE, TEMPORARY

A use established for a limited duration with the intent to discontinue such use upon the expiration of a time period.

UTILITY SERVICE

Any device, including wire, pipe and conduit, which carries gas, water, electricity, oil and communications into a building or development.

VARIANCE

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, a grant of relief by the community from the terms of a floodplain management regulation. Flood insurance requirements remain in place for any varied use or structure and cannot be varied by the community.

VESTIBULE

A passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building.

VIOLATION

As used in the context of Chapter 425, Article IX, Floodplain Management, the failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant with the community's floodplain management regulations. A structure or other development without the elevation certificate, other certifications or other evidence of compliance required is presumed to be in violation until such time as that documentation is provided.

WALL CLADDING

The protective material attached to the exterior side of a building, including but not limited to brick, stone and siding.

WALLS, RETAINING

A structure that holds back soil or rock from a building, structure or area and prevents downslope movement or erosion and provides support for vertical or near-vertical grade changes.

WATER BODY

An accumulation of water that is large enough to maintain ten thousand (10,000) square feet of surface area throughout the year.

WATER SURFACE ELEVATION

The height in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 (or other datum where specified) of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplain.

WATERCOURSE

A channel formed in the existing surface topography of the earth prior to manmade changes.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE

The wireless facilities of all services licensed to use radio communications pursuant to Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 301, including but not limited to television, AM/FM radio, digital, microwave, cellular, telephone or similar forms of electronic or optical wireless communication.

WIRELESS FACILITY

See Section 410.100, Use Categories and Use Types.

WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE

See Section 410.100, Use Categories and Use Types.

YARD

An open space that lies between the principal structure or structures and the nearest lot line.

Figure 410.090-3

Yards

YARD, FRONT

A yard extending the full width of the lot between the principal structure and the front lot line and measured perpendicular to the principal structure at the closest point to the front lot line. See Figure 410.090-3.

YARD, REAR

A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the principal structure and the rear lot line and measured perpendicular to the principal structure to the closest point of the rear lot line. On corner lots, the rear yard shall not extend beyond the front yard. See Figure 410.090-3.

YARD, SIDE

A yard extending from the front setback line to the rear setback line between the principal structure and the side lot line to the closest point of the principal structure. See Figure 410.090-3.

ZONING DISTRICT

A specific delineated area on the Zoning Map within which uniform standards govern the use, placement, spacing, size and form of land and buildings.

ZONING DISTRICT, OVERLAY

An area where additional regulations and requirements are added beyond the regulations and requirements of the zoning district.

[1] Editor's Note: Section 365.080 of the Code was repealed 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. 4063. For the current definition of "commercial vehicle," see Section 300.010.

[2] Editor's Note: Section 365.080 of the Code was repealed 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. 4063. For the current definition of "recreational vehicle," see Section 300.010.

Section 410.100 Use Categories And Use Types.

[Ord. No. 4190, 2-1-2021; Ord. No. 4480, 3-20-2023; Ord. No. 4488, 4-17-2023]

A. For the purposes of this Code, certain use categories and use types used herein are defined as follows, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Agriculture and Animal Uses
Agriculture	The production, keeping, or maintenance, for sale, lease or personal use, of plants and animals useful to persons, including the storage of agricultural products produced off the premises
Animal grooming	A place or establishment or place where animals are bathed and/or groomed for a fee, excluding kennels, veterinary clinics and hospitals
Commercial horse stable	A place or establishment for keeping horses other than for the property owner's personal use, for compensation, hire, boarding, riding, or show
Kennel	A place or establishment other than a pound where animals not owned by the proprietor are sheltered, fed and watered for a fee; or, a place or establishment maintaining five (5) or more female cats or dogs as breeding stock. This definition does not include veterinary clinic and hospital, or animal grooming facilities.
Veterinary clinic and hospital	A place or establishment for the medical care of small domestic animals where treatment rooms, cages, or pens are completely enclosed and soundproof, where outdoor pens or kennels are only used for exercise and recreational purposes
Residential Uses
Household Living	Uses in this category are characterized by residential occupancy of a dwelling unit by a household.
Detached house	A residential building located on one (1) lot and designed for one (1) dwelling unit
Duplex	A residential building located on one (1) or two (2) lots and designed to accommodate two (2) dwelling units. The dwelling units in duplexes may be stacked vertically, sharing both common and horizontal walls and ceilings, or attached to each other by common party walls without openings.
Townhouse	A residential building located on one (1) or more lots that contains three (3) to eight (8) dwelling units, each having primary ground floor access to the outside and that are attached to each other by common party walls without openings
Multi-unit building	A residential building, excluding townhouses, located on a single lot and designed to accommodate three (3) or more dwelling units. The dwelling units in multi-unit buildings are often stacked vertically, sharing both common vertical and horizontal walls and ceilings.
Multi-unit building, age-restricted	A multi-unit building where all residents are at least fifty-five (55) years of age
Mixed-use building	A building designed to accommodate a combination of both residential and nonresidential principal uses. This definition does not include multi-unit buildings with accessory uses, such as leasing offices, fitness centers, and amenity spaces that primarily serve residents of the building.
Group Living	Uses in this category are residential in nature and provide living space for groups of people. Group living often, but not always, features a common eating area for residents and provides care or services for residents that is not commercial in character.
Congregate care facility	An establishment, having been awarded a certificate of need from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, used as a dwelling place by the aged, infirmed, chronically ill or incurably afflicted persons in which not fewer than eight (8) persons live or are provided for on the premises, for compensation. Such facilities include nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, convalescent homes, rehabilitation facilities, assisted living facilities, and memory care facilities.
Group home	Any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped persons reside, and may include two (2) additional persons acting as houseparents or guardians who need not be related to each other or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped persons residing in the home; or, any home which is licensed by the Children's Division or Department of Mental Health to provide foster care to one (1) or more, but fewer than seven (7), children who are unrelated to either foster parent by blood, marriage or adoption
Public, Institutional, and Civic Uses
Community and Cultural Facilities	Uses in this category include buildings and facilities owned, operated, or occupied by a governmental or nonprofit entity providing a service to the public.
Assembly	A facility intended primarily for organized services, meetings, events, or programs to benefit, educate, entertain, or promote public discourse, with membership not required for participation. Examples include community centers, meeting or lecture halls, or exhibition rooms. If an assembly use is accessory to another principal use and has a gross floor area of less than five thousand (5,000) square feet, it is considered part of that use and is not considered a separate principal use.
Civic building	Any noncommercial public building housing uses for the purpose of offering education, arts and cultural materials, or attractions for the general public, including exhibits and events; or offering administrative, social, tourism, or charitable services to the general public. Examples include museums, libraries, public safety, government buildings, post offices, or recreation centers.
Day-care center	An establishment designed to provide day-time care and instruction for children or adults
Meeting facility	A facility with or without food preparation equipment, used for meetings, conferences, receptions, fellowship, catered meals, and other functions; and available on a rental basis to the general public
Membership club	An association of persons organized for a common purpose to pursue common goals, interests, or activities and usually characterized by certain membership qualifications, payment of fees and dues, regular meetings, and a constitution and bylaws
Place of worship	A building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, that is primarily used as a place where persons regularly assemble for religious worship, including uses such as synagogues, churches, temples, and mosques
Educational Facilities	Uses in this category include public, private, and parochial institutions at the primary, elementary, middle, high school, or post-secondary level. Accessory uses include play areas, cafeterias, recreation areas, auditoriums, and day-care facilities.
School, post-secondary and vocational	A public or private institution for a wide variety of academic, vocational, or professional training and education services
School, primary and secondary	Any public or private school meeting all requirements of the state and providing instruction to students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 and that are licensed through the State of Missouri. This does not include home-schooling facilities that are located within residential structures on a part-time basis.
Health Care Facilities	Uses in this category are characterized by activities focusing on medical services, particularly licensed public or private institutions that provide primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons suffering from illness, disease, injury or other physical or mental conditions. Accessory uses may include laboratories, outpatient facilities, and amenities primarily for the use of employees in the building.
Hospital	An institution providing medical and surgical care for humans only, for both in- and out-patients, including medical service, training, and research facilities, but excluding residential or outpatient facilities for the treatment of alcohol and other drug abuse
Medical or dental clinic	A facility for the examination and treatment of human patients, provided that patients are not kept overnight
Treatment facility	Licensed facilities providing diagnostic, medical treatment, monitoring services and patient care services for in- and out-patients who suffer from mental illness or substance abuse disorders
Parks and Open Space	Uses in this category focus on natural areas, large areas consisting mostly of vegetative landscaping or outdoor recreation, community gardens, or public squares. Lands tend to have few structures. Accessory uses may include clubhouses, playgrounds, maintenance facilities, concessions and caretaker's quarters.
Park, playground, and open space	Land designated for parks and recreation uses or to be left in a generally natural state regardless of whether it is owned by a public entity or whether it is open to the general public
Cemetery, mausoleum, and columbaria	Land used or intended to be used for the burial of human remains
Commercial Uses
Automobile-Related Uses	Uses in this category include a broad range of uses for the maintenance, sale or rental of motor vehicles and related equipment.
Automobile wash	A facility for the cleaning of automobiles or other motor vehicles, operated by the public or by on-site employees, whether or not in conjunction with other goods or services provided to customers
Automotive repair shop	A facility providing services including engine tune-ups, the sale and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries, exhaust systems, brakes, water pumps, alternators, radiators, and similar accessories. Activities such as painting, auto-body work, steam cleaning, utility truck and trailer rental, tractor trailer repairs, farm equipment repairs, major auto and truck repairs, similar activities, and outdoor storage of any kind including vehicles shall be prohibited.
Automotive sales or leasing	The sale, display, lease, rental, or storage of light motor vehicles, including automobiles, vans, light trucks, light trailers, boats, ATVs, snowmobiles, and recreational vehicles. This definition shall not include salvage operations, scrap operations, vehicle impound yards, or commercial parking lots for short-term use.
Commercial parking lot	The ownership, lease, operation, or management of a parking lot or parking structure in which fees are charged
Gasoline station	An establishment primarily engaged in selling gasoline and lubricating oils and which may sell other convenience merchandise or perform minor repair work
Motor vehicle sales or leasing	A business that displays on-site any motor vehicle other than an automobile or light truck for the purpose of sales, rental, brokering or auction. Activities such as painting, auto-body work, steam cleaning, major repairs, and similar activities shall be permitted.
Food and Beverage Establishments	Uses in this category include establishments that serve prepared food or beverages for consumption on or off the premises.
Bar, lounge, or tavern	An establishment dispensing alcohol by the drink for on-site consumption and in which the sale of food products is secondary
Catering service	An establishment whose principal business is to prepare food on-site, then to transport and serve the food off-site. This use includes a commercial kitchen. On-site consumption of food or beverages is prohibited.
Microbrewery, microdistillery, or microwinery	An establishment associated with a bar, lounge, tavern, or restaurant, where beer, wine, alcohol, or similar beverage is brewed and fermented on the premises in a limited quantity and sold for on-site or off-site consumption
Restaurant	An establishment where food and beverages are prepared, served, and consumed primarily within the principal structure. Accessory uses include drive-through facilities.
Lodging Facilities	Uses in this category include facilities where lodging, meals, and other services are provided to transient visitors and guests for a fee for a defined period of time less than thirty (30) days per instance. Accessory uses may include storage, cafeterias, limited retail, health and recreation facilities, and other amenities.
Hotel	A building or group of buildings where transient lodging is offered in bedrooms, sleeping rooms, and dwelling units. The building or buildings may include accessory facilities, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, recreation areas or similar facilities commonly associated with lodging. Examples also include motel, hostel, or lodge.
Short-term rental	The rental of a detached house, duplex, or townhouse for a fee and for a period of time less than thirty (30) consecutive days
Maintenance and Repair Services	Uses in this category include those engaged in repair or maintenance of equipment, home appliances, and building components. Accessory uses may include storage yards.
Repair facility, major	Repair, rebuilding, and painting of agricultural, industrial implements, and equipment not customarily used in the home and excluding automobile and vehicular repair.
Repair facility, minor	The maintenance and repair of appliances customarily used in the home, including washing and drying machines, refrigerators, dishwashers, trash compactors, ovens and ranges, countertop kitchen appliances and vacuum cleaners.
Medical Marijuana Facilities and Marijuana Facilities	Uses in this category are primarily engaged in cultivating, manufacturing, testing, transporting, and sales of medical marijuana and marijuana.
Comprehensive facility	A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility, comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility, or a comprehensive marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
Comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility	A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on-site or off-site, transport to or from, and sell marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones) to a medical facility, comprehensive facility, or marijuana testing facility. A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana. A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls, but shall not include the manufacture of marijuana-infused products.
Comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility	A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, process, package, store on-site or off-site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones), marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana to a qualifying patient or primary caregiver, or to a consumer, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the patient, primary caregiver, or consumer and as otherwise allowed by law, to a comprehensive facility, a marijuana testing facility, or a medical facility. Comprehensive dispensary facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary directly from the consumer in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. A comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana, but shall collect all appropriate tangible personal property sales tax for each sale. A comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls.
Comprehensive marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility	A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, process, package, store, manufacture, transport to or from a medical facility, comprehensive facility, or marijuana testing facility, and sell marijuana-infused products, prerolls, and infused prerolls to a marijuana dispensary facility, a marijuana testing facility, or another marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility. A comprehensive marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana.
Marijuana facility	A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility, comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility, marijuana testing facility, comprehensive marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility, microbusiness wholesale facility, microbusiness dispensary facility, or any other type of marijuana-related facility or business licensed or certified by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, but shalt not include a medical facility.
Marijuana microbusiness facility	A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services as a microbusiness dispensary facility or microbusiness wholesale facility.
Marijuana testing facility	A facility certified by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, test, certify, and transport marijuana, including those originally licensed as a medical marijuana testing facility.
Medical facility	Any medical marijuana cultivation facility, medical marijuana dispensary facility, or medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
Medical marijuana cultivation facility	A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on-site or off-site, transport to or from, and sell marijuana, marijuana seeds, and marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones) to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, medical marijuana testing facility, medical marijuana cultivation facility, or to a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility. A medical marijuana cultivation facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the production and sale of prerolls, but shall not include the manufacture of marijuana-infused products.
Medical marijuana dispensary facility	A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, process, package, store on-site or off-site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones), marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the patient or primary caregiver, so long as the address is a location allowing for the legal possession of marijuana, another medical marijuana dispensary facility, a marijuana testing facility, a medical marijuana cultivation facility, or a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility. Dispensary facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. A medical marijuana dispensary facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the production and sale of prerolls, but shall not include the manufacture of marijuana-infused products.
Medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility	A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, process, package, store on-site or off-site, manufacture, transport to or from, and sell marijuana-infused products to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, a marijuana testing facility, a medical marijuana cultivation facility, or to another medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
Microbusiness dispensary facility	A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, process, package, store on-site or off-site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones), marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana to a consumer, qualifying patient, or primary caregiver, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the consumer, qualifying patient, or primary caregiver, and as otherwise allowed by law, a microbusiness wholesale facility, or a marijuana testing facility. Microbusiness dispensary facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary directly from the consumer in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. A microbusiness dispensary facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls.
Microbusiness wholesale facility	A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on-site or off-site, manufacture, transport to or from, deliver, and sell marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones), and marijuana-infused products to a microbusiness dispensary facility, other microbusiness wholesale facility, or marijuana testing facility. A microbusiness wholesale facility may cultivate up to two hundred fifty (250) flowering marijuana plants at any given time. A microbusiness wholesale facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls and infused prerolls.
Office, Business, and Professional Services	Uses in this category provide executive, management, administrative, government, or professional services, but do not sell merchandise except as incidental to a permitted use.
Automated teller machine (stand-alone)	An automated device that provides bank and financial institution customers with cash withdrawal and other financial services without the need for a bank teller. Such uses are independent and not attached to a physical building containing a financial institution.
Bank or financial institution	An establishment that provides retail banking, mortgage lending, and financial services to individuals and businesses. Accessory uses may include automatic teller machines, drive-through services, and offices.
Office, general	Establishments that provide executive, management, administrative or professional services, but do not sell merchandise except as incidental to a permitted use. Typical uses include government, real estate, insurance, property management, investment, employment, travel, advertising, law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting, call centers and similar offices. Accessory uses may include cafeterias, health facilities, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the building.
Personal Services
Personal services	Establishments engaged in providing individual services related to personal needs. This includes laundry and dry-cleaning services, barbershops, beauty shops, massage therapy licensed by the State of Missouri, beauty and health spas, informational and instruction services, tanning salons, portrait services, and other similar establishments.
Tattoo and body piercing parlor	An establishment where permanent marks, scars, or designs are made on the skin by a process of pricking and ingraining an indelible pigment or by raising scars, including all forms of permanent cosmetics; or in which other bodily decorations. such as piercing, are provided. Stores or other retail facilities that provide ear piercing as a service accessory to and complementary to the sale of earrings shall not be classified as tattoo and body piercing parlors.
Recreation and Entertainment	Uses in this category provide indoor and outdoor recreation and entertainment facilities. Accessory uses may include limited retail, concessions, and maintenance facilities.
Marina	A public or private facility for docking, mooring, anchoring and fueling boats, indoor and outdoor parking and storage of boats and boat trailers, launching, minor repairs and service
Private golf course, tennis club, country club or clubhouse	An establishment typically associated with a golf course, tennis facility, country club, clubhouse, or similar recreational facility that serves as a place of social and recreational gatherings for members of a private club or a residential development and their guests, rather than the general public
Recreation facility, indoor	A facility providing daily or regularly scheduled activities for entertainment, instruction, or exercise inside a building and open to the general public or through membership. Examples include arcade, arena, art gallery, athletic and health clubs, auditorium, bowling alley, movie theater, performance theater, pool or billiard hall, swimming pool, tennis courts or basketball courts.
Recreation facility, outdoor	A facility providing daily or regularly scheduled activities for entertainment, instruction, or exercise mostly outdoors or partially within a building and open to the general public or through membership. Examples include miniature golf, batting cages, amphitheater, water park, zoo, and fairground.
Retail Sales	Uses in this category involve the sale of goods and/or food and beverages directly to the consumer, where these goods are available for immediate purchase or order, and where goods can be immediately removed from the premises, or immediately consumed on the premises by the purchaser, and where frequent interaction of patrons or consumers occurs on premises.
Building materials and supply store	An establishment engaged in the storage, distribution, and sale of building materials, such as brick, tile, cement, insulation, floor covering, lighting, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, cabinetry and roofing materials
Convenience store	A small retail establishment primarily selling food, beverages, and other household goods to customers for off-site use or consumption. A convenience store may be paired with a gasoline station.
Equipment sales and rental	The sales and rental of supplies and equipment primarily intended for homeowner use and minor residential gardening and construction projects, but not including car or truck rentals. This term includes incidental storage, maintenance, and servicing of such equipment.
Grocery store	A retail establishment that primarily sells food, but may also sell convenience and household goods for off-site use or consumption
Landscape supply store	An establishment engaged in the storage, distribution, and sale of landscape supplies, including retaining walls, pavers, natural stone and bulk materials, including mulch, decorative gravel, topsoil, compost, and sand
Garden supply store	An establishment engaged in the storage, distribution, and sale of garden supplies, including plants; nursery products and stock; potting soil, fertilizers, mulch or rock that is sold in bags that are fifty (50) pounds or less in weight; hardware; power equipment and machinery; lawn and garden variety tools; lawn and garden supplies; water gardens; outdoor furniture; irrigation equipment; and yard ornaments. These establishments may include a nursery and/or greenhouses.
Liquor store	A retail establishment that sells sealed alcoholic beverages in original packages for consumption off the premises, in which those sales are the primary goods being sold and produce the majority of the revenue generated by the business
Retail sales, general	A facility or area for the retail sale of general merchandise or food to the general public for direct use and not for wholesale. This use includes but is not limited to the sale of general merchandise, appliances, clothing and other apparel, convenience and specialty foods, dry goods, flowers and household plants, hardware and similar consumer goods.
Sexually Oriented Businesses
Sexually oriented business	An inclusive term used to describe collectively: adult cabaret; adult motion-picture theater; adult media store; and/or sex shop which has as a primary purpose the sale, display or rental of goods that are designed for use in connection with specified sexual activities or that emphasize matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas or has one of the following as a primary business purpose: 1) The provision of entertainment where the emphasis is on performances, live or otherwise, that depict, portray, exhibit or display specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities; or 2) The provision of nonmedical services related to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
Industrial Uses
Manufacturing and Production	Uses in this category include establishments engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, processing, and assembly of products.
Manufacturing, artisan	An establishment or business where an artist, artisan, or craftsperson teaches, makes, or fabricates crafts or products by hand or with minimal automation and may include direct sales to consumers. This definition includes uses such as small-scale fabrication, manufacturing, and other industrial uses, such as welding and sculpting.
Manufacturing, light	Industrial operations relying on the assembly, distributing, fabricating, manufacturing, packaging, processing, recycling, repairing, servicing, storing, or wholesaling of goods or products, using parts previously developed from raw material. Light manufacturing uses include only those uses that will not create noise, smoke, fumes, odors, glare, or health or safety hazards outside of the building where such assembly, fabrication, or processing takes place.
Research and development	An establishment in which scientific research, investigation, prototype development and process development, testing or experimentation is conducted, but not including the manufacturing or sale of products, except as incidental and accessory to the main purpose of the laboratory
Storage, Distribution, and Warehousing	Uses in this category include establishments engaged in the storage or movement of goods for themselves or other businesses.
Contractor offices and outdoor storage yards	A building and related outdoor areas used to store and maintain construction equipment and other materials and facilities customarily required in the building trade by a construction contractor. This use may include showrooms and shops for the display and sale of electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioners, sheet metal, and other material in connection with contracting services.
Data center	A facility in which the majority of the space is occupied by computer systems and associated components, such as servers, switches, routers, data storage devices, telecommunication equipment, wiring cages/closets, vaults, and racks, where digital data and information is managed, processed, transferred and/or stored. This definition includes, but is not limited to data centers, data storage and hosting facilities, collocated server hosting facilities (CoLo), network operations centers, web hosting facilities, and other similar facilities.
Self-storage facility	A building containing varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized, and controlled-access stalls, rooms, or lockers that are leased or owned by different individuals for the storage of their individual possessions
Storage, distribution, and warehousing	The storage of goods, vehicles, or materials in a warehouse or structure, and/or the use of that facility for the intake of goods and merchandise, individually or in bulk, the short-term holding or storage of those goods or merchandise, the division and subsequent shipment off-site of such goods and merchandise, and/or the associated wholesale or retail sales of individual specialty products
Utilities and Communications
Utilities	Uses in this category include all structures and improvements used by any public or private utility related to the provision of utility services.
Utility, minor	Public and private utilities that have few, if any, impacts upon the surrounding neighborhood, such as electrical and gas distribution substations, power transmission lines, and pumping stations
Utility, major	Public and private utilities that have substantial impacts on surrounding areas, including but not limited to water and wastewater treatment facilities, public works garages, major water storage facilities, electric substations, and gas regulator stations
Wireless Communication Facilities	Uses in this category include all equipment, components, and structures necessary to provide wireless communications services.
Wireless facility	The set of equipment and network components, exclusive of the underlying wireless support structure, including, but not limited to, antennas, accessory equipment, transmitters, receivers, power supplies, cabling and associated equipment necessary to provide wireless communications services
Wireless support structure	A structure, such as a monopole, tower, or building capable of supporting wireless facilities. This definition does not include utility poles.