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City of Louisiana, MO
Pike County
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Table of Contents
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[R.O. 2008 §405.170; Ord. No. 02-2007, 4-9-2007; Ord. No. 14-2008 §1, 7-24-2008]
A. 
Within the "B-1" Business Zone, the following shall apply:
1. 
Permitted uses.
a. 
Any use permitted in "R-1" Dwelling Zone, Section 405.150(1)(b — d).
b. 
Apartments, above the ground level of commercial buildings.
c. 
Amusement establishments to include, but not be limited to, bowling alleys, dance halls or skating rinks.
d. 
Automobile parking lots.
e. 
Automobile service stations.
f. 
Automotive sales, public garages and automobile repair shops.
g. 
Bakeries, with sale of bakery products on the premises.
h. 
Butcher shops, but there shall be no slaughtering of animals or poultry on the premises of any store.
i. 
Clubs, lodges or other places of fraternal gathering, public or private.
j. 
Churches, synagogues, mosques and other places of religious worship.
k. 
Dressmaking, tailoring, shoe repairing, upholstering, repair of household appliances and bicycles and other uses of a similar character.
l. 
Funeral homes or mortuaries.
m. 
Hotels, motels and apartment complexes.
n. 
Laundries, dry cleaning and pressing and other establishments of a similar character.
o. 
Laundromats, self-service.
p. 
Lumberyards.
q. 
Machine shops.
r. 
Offices and office buildings.
s. 
Nursing homes, hospice and other places of therapeutic care.
t. 
Personal service uses, including barbershops, banks, beauty parlors, photographic or artists' studios, messengers, taxicabs, newspaper or telegraphic service stations, dry cleaning receiving stations, restaurants and other personal service uses of a similar character.
u. 
Professional services, consulting activity or business service.
v. 
Retail shops, commercial, repair service or supply, outlet or facility.
w. 
Retail stores, including grocery stores, dry good stores, jewelry stores, hardware stores, florist shops and greenhouses in connection with such facilities.
x. 
Theaters and assembly halls.
y. 
Warehouses, self-storage.
z. 
Warehouses, commercial or industrial.
aa. 
Any accessory building or use as defined in Section 405.090.
ab. 
Travel trailer or recreational vehicle for temporary residential dwelling purposes: One (1) trailer or vehicle per lot; applies to vacant lots only; requires permit from City Administrator after determination of compliance with requirements of Building Codes; permit may be issued for a duration of eighteen (18) months and may be renewed and upon permit expiration, trailer or vehicle shall be removed; permit review and approval herein specified shall be in lieu of requirements for Board of Adjustment review, report and hearing and Council hearing.
2. 
Uses not permitted.
a. 
There shall be no industrial storage within the "B-1" Business Zone.
b. 
There shall be no mobile homes allowed in the "B-1" Business Zone.
(1) 
For dwelling purposes; or
(2) 
Sales, service or display uses; or
(3) 
Mobile home parks.
c. 
Any use as allowed in the "B-2", "I-1" and "I-2" zones.
[R.O. 2008 §405.180; Ord. No. 02-2007, 4-9-2007; Ord. No. 14-2008 §1, 7-24-2008]
A. 
Within the "B-2" Dwelling Zone, the following shall apply:
1. 
Permitted uses.
a. 
Any use as permitted in "B-1" Business Zone.
b. 
Auto washing, including the use of mechanical conveyors.
c. 
Boarding and lodging houses.
d. 
Compounding of cosmetics, toiletries, drugs and pharmaceutical products and facilities housing such uses.
e. 
Farm implements, sale or repair.
f. 
General service and repair establishments including dyeing or cleaning works or laundry, plumbing and heating, printing, painting, upholstering or tinsmithing.
g. 
Hotels, motels and apartments complexes.
h. 
Laboratories, research, experimental or testing.
i. 
Laundries, dry cleaning and pressing and other establishments of similar character.
j. 
Laundromats, self-service.
k. 
Lumberyards.
l. 
Machine shops.
m. 
Mobile home parks for dwelling purposes.
n. 
Mobile home sales and service.
o. 
Outdoor advertising sign or structure.
p. 
Outdoor theaters, drive-in theaters and churches' assembly halls.
q. 
Recreational establishments, to include miniature golf, drive-in movies or similar places of amusement.
r. 
Veterinary treatment facilities that may serve any animal that is held, treated or exercised entirely inside a completely enclosed and screened building.
s. 
Warehouses, self-storage.
t. 
Warehouses, commercial storage or merchandising.
u. 
Wholesale merchandising.
v. 
Any accessory building or use as defined in Section 405.090.
w. 
Travel trailer or recreational vehicle for temporary residential dwelling purposes: One (1) trailer or vehicle per lot; applies to vacant lots only; requires permit from City Administrator after determination of compliance with requirements of Building Codes; permit may be issued for a duration of eighteen (18) months and may be renewed and upon permit expiration, trailer or vehicle shall be removed; permit review and approval herein specified shall be in lieu of requirements for Board of Adjustment review, report and hearing and Council hearing.
2. 
Uses not permitted.
a. 
There shall be no industrial storage within the "B-2" Business Zone.
b. 
Any use as allowed in the "I-1" and "I-2" zones.
[R.O. 2008 §405.190; Ord. No. 02-2007, 4-9-2007; Ord. No. 14-2008 §1, 7-24-2008]
A. 
Within the "I-1" Light Industrial Zone, the following shall apply:
1. 
Permitted uses.
a. 
A light industrial use is one which is conducted entirely within enclosed buildings or structures; and which is not noxious or offensive by reason of emissions of smoke, dust, fumes, gas, odors, noise or vibrations beyond the confines of such buildings or structures.
b. 
Any use as allowed in "B-2" Business Zone except mobile home parks.
c. 
Any use as allowed in the "AG" Agricultural Zone as defined in Section 405.210.
d. 
Any accessory building or use as defined in Section 405.090.
e. 
Travel trailer or recreational vehicle for temporary residential dwelling purposes: One (1) trailer or vehicle per lot; applies to vacant lots only; requires permit from City Administrator after determination of compliance with requirements of Building Codes; permit may be issued for a duration of eighteen (18) months and may be renewed and upon permit expiration, trailer or vehicle shall be removed; permit review and approval herein specified shall be in lieu of requirements for Board of Adjustment review, report and hearing and Council hearing.
2. 
Uses not permitted.
a. 
There shall be no mobile home parks allowed within the "I-1" zone.
b. 
Any use as allowed within the "I-2" zone.
[R.O. 2008 §405.200; Ord. No. 02-2007, 4-9-2007; Ord. No. 14-2008 §1, 7-24-2008]
A. 
Within the "I-2" General Industrial Zone, the following shall apply:
1. 
Permitted uses.
a. 
Any use as allowed in the "I-1" Light Industrial Zone.
b. 
Any industrial or manufacturing activity not in conflict with this or any other ordinance of the City of Louisiana, Missouri.
c. 
Any use not in conformity shall be required to obtain a Conditional Use Permit and an applicant for a Conditional Use Permit shall follow the procedure outlined in Section 405.030 of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 25-2018, 11-26-2018]
d. 
Any accessory building or use as defined in Section 405.090.
e. 
Travel trailer or recreational vehicle for temporary residential dwelling purposes: One (1) trailer or vehicle per lot; applies to vacant lots only; requires permit from City Administrator after determination of compliance with requirements of Building Codes; permit may be issued for a duration of eighteen (18) months and may be renewed and upon permit expiration, trailer or vehicle shall be removed; permit review and approval herein specified shall be in lieu of requirements for Board of Adjustment review, report and hearing and Council hearing.
2. 
Condition of use. The above permitted uses shall be subject to the following:
a. 
Any production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, repair or storage of goods,materials or other product shall take place without disturbing influence to the use and occupancy of adjoining properties.
b. 
All business, production, servicing and processing shall take place within completely enclosed buildings or structures unless otherwise accepted.
c. 
Within two hundred twenty (220) feet of the nearest point of any residential zone, all storage shall be within completely enclosed buildings or structures, but storage elsewhere in this district may be exposed to the sky but shall be enclosed by a solid wall or suitable screening device, including solid doors or gates thereto, at least five (5) feet high but in no case lower than the enclosed storage unless otherwise accepted.
d. 
Noise. The sound pressure level, to be measured as described below, shall not exceed the following decibel levels in the designated octave bands when adjacent to the designated types of use districts.
ALLOWABLE SOUND LEVEL IN DECIBELS
Octave Band Cycles per Section
Residential Zones
"B-1", "B-2" Zones
0 to 75
58
73
75 to 150
54
69
150 to 300
50
65
300 to 600
46
61
600 to 1200
40
55
1200 to 2400
33
48
2400 to 4800
26
41
Over 4800
20
35
Objectionable sounds of an intermittent nature which are not easily measured shall be controlled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.
Measurement is to be made at the nearest boundary of the nearest residential zone or at any point along said boundary where the level is higher. The sound levels shall be measured with a sound level meter and associated octave band filter as prescribed by the American Standards Association.
e. 
Smoke and particular matter. The emission of smoke or dust by manufacturing plants in an amount sufficient to create a nuisance to adjoining properties or use shall be prohibited.
Total emissions of smoke and particulate matter shall be limited to the following:
(1) 
Ringelmann requirements. All smoke and the emission of all particulate matter in quantities sufficient to produce an opacity at any point granter than Ringelmann 3 is prohibited. The only exception shall be a plume consisting entirely of condensed steam. A Ringelmann 1 unit is defined as twenty percent (20%) density for one (1) minute. No more than fifteen (15) units per hour of Ringelmann smoke shall be permitted and no smoke more intense than Ringelmann 3. The total quantity of emitted solids shall not exceed one (1) pound per hour, per acre of lot area.
f. 
Odors. No odor shall be emitted by any use permitted in this district in such quantities as to be detectable by an average observer at any point on the boundary line of the premises or beyond.
g. 
Noxious gases. Processes and operations of permitted uses capable of dispersing gases or toxic particulates into the atmosphere shall be hooded or otherwise suitably enclosed. The emission of such toxic gases or particulate matter shall be from a stack.
h. 
Glare and heat. Operations producing intense light or heat shall be performed within an enclosed building or enclosure so as not to be visible beyond any lot line bounding the property whereon the use is conducted.
i. 
Vibrations. No uses shall be located and no equipment shall be installed in such a way as to produce intense, earth-shaking or structure vibrations which are noticeable at any point along the property lines of the subject premises and/or which can be measured by a seismometer and/or comparable devices at a fifteen percent (15%) greater rate than the median for at least five (5) samplings at a point five hundred (500) feet from the point of origin of such vibrations.
j. 
Or regulations as prescribed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The more restrictive shall supersede.
3. 
Uses not permitted.
a. 
There shall be no mobile home parks allowed within the "I-2" zone.