[Ord. No. 2024-03, 6-21-2024; Ord. No. 2025-18, 9-22-2025]
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the City of Reeds Spring Zoning Regulations.
[Ord. No. 2024-03, 6-21-2024; Ord. No. 2025-18, 9-22-2025]
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This Chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority contained in Sections 89.010 through 89.480, RSMo. The regulations contained in this Chapter are adopted for the following purposes:
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To protect and provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the City of Reeds Spring.
2.
To provide for adequate light, air, open spaces, and to protect from flooding and other dangers.
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To provide for adequate transportation and circulation throughout the City of Reeds Spring and to ensure the provision of adequate public infrastructure and improvements to serve the population.
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To prevent the pollution of water resources and to ensure the adequacy of drainage facilities.
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To encourage the orderly and beneficial development of the City of Reeds Spring by the authority contained in Sections and to promote good planning and land development practice.
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To preserve and protect the value of land and buildings and to promote the efficient expenditure of public financial resources.
[Ord. No. 2024-03, 6-21-2024; Ord. No. 2025-18, 9-22-2025]
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This Chapter shall apply to all land, buildings, structures, and uses within the corporate boundaries of the City of Reeds Spring, Missouri.
B.
The Board of Aldermen retains the right to determine by resolution on a case-by-case basis which buildings or other structures on City property must comply with the City's Building Codes and/or Zoning Regulations.
[Ord. No. 2024-03, 6-21-2024; Ord. No. 2025-18, 9-22-2025]
This Chapter shall be in full force and effect from and after passage, September 22, 2025.
[Ord. No. 2024-03, 6-21-2024; Ord. No. 2025-18, 9-22-2025]
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The provisions of this Chapter shall be considered to be the minimum requirements for the protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare.
B.
Where the conditions imposed by any provision of this Chapter are either more restrictive or less restrictive than conditions imposed by any other provision of this Chapter or other applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation, the regulations which are more restrictive and which impose a higher standard shall govern.
C.
The provisions of this Chapter are separable. If any Section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this Chapter.
D.
If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge invalid the application of any provision of this Chapter to a particular property or structure, such judgment shall not affect the application of said provision to any other property or structure.
[Ord. No. 2024-03, 6-21-2024; Ord. No. 2025-18, 9-22-2025]
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New Structures. All structures built hereafter shall conform with all applicable regulations herein. Any structure moved from one (1) site to another site shall be considered to be a structure built hereafter.
B.
New Uses Of Old Structures. If a use of any structure is hereafter changed to another use, then the new use must be in conformance with the use regulations of the zoning district in which the structure is located, unless otherwise exempted by other provisions of this Chapter.
C.
Application To Open/Undeveloped Land. If any use of open land is established or if any use of open land is changed to another use after the effective date of this Chapter, September 22, 2025, then the new use shall comply with all the regulations of this Chapter.
D.
Conditional Uses. No use of a building, structure or land designated as a conditional use shall be established after the effective date of this Chapter, September 22, 2025, unless a conditional use permit has been granted in accordance with the provisions of Article III, Administration and Review.
E.
Off-Street Parking And Loading. No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, structurally altered, or moved, except in conformity with the off-street parking and loading regulations of the district in which such building is located.
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Number Of Structures On Lots. Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be located on a lot as herein defined, and in no case shall there be more than one (1) main building on one (1) lot except as specifically provided hereinafter.
G.
Setbacks. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter:
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No structure, structural element, balcony, porch, or roof shall encroach upon or overhang any required yard setback on any lot. No existing structure, balcony, porch, or other structural element shall be expanded or enlarged so as to conflict or further conflict with the lot setback requirements of the district in which it is located.
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In no event shall a structure be erected closer to the edge of street right-of-way than as follows:
Street Classification | Required Setback from Edge of Right-of-Way |
|---|---|
Highway and Arterials | 40 feet |
Collector | 25 feet |
Local Residential | 25 feet |
H.
Newly Annexed Territory.
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Zoning Classification. Any territory which may be annexed to the City of Reeds Spring after the effective date of this Chapter shall be zoned Single-Family "R-1" until the Planning Commission and Board of Aldermen have taken the necessary steps after its annexation to classify within in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
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Permits. The owner, lessee, or any other person, firm or corporation owning, controlling, constructing, or directing the construction of any building, structure or improvement which is incomplete at the time the land upon which it is situated is annexed to the City of Reeds Spring may proceed with the construction, alteration or completion thereof without obtaining building permits from the City of Reeds Spring provided that all permits required from Stone County were legally obtained and all requirements of the permits have been met. If construction has not commenced prior to annexation, all permits required by the City of Reeds Spring must be obtained prior to commencement of construction.
[Ord. No. 2024-03, 6-21-2024; Ord. No. 2025-18, 9-22-2025]
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Fees to cover the costs of administration, inspection, publication of notice, and similar matters may be charged to applicants for zoning amendments, permits, appeals and variances. A list of all established fees related to the requirements of this Chapter is available at the Reeds Spring City Hall.