[Ord. No. 20-21, 12-16-2020]
In addition to the terms expressly defined in this Article,
the word "building" shall include the word "structure" and the phrases
"used" or "used for" shall include the meanings "designed for" and
"intended for." Terms used in this Chapter and not defined in this
Article, but which are defined in the Building Code shall be construed
to have the meanings set forth in the Building Code. Where terms used
in this Chapter are not defined, such terms shall have their ordinarily
accepted meanings or such as the context may imply.
[Ord. No. 20-21, 12-16-2020]
The following words, when used in this Chapter, shall have the
meanings set out herein:
A subordinate roofed building, enclosed on all sides, clearly
incidental to and located on the same lot occupied by the principal
use or building.
A subordinate use clearly incidental to and located on the
same lot occupied by the principal use or building.
A structure, the use of which is clearly customarily incidental
and subordinate to the principal building or use on the same lot.
Examples include gazebos, detached pergolas, unenclosed outbuildings,
pavilions, arbors, playground equipment, and similar structures.
Any business, premises, or establishment, including, without
limitation, adult bookstores, adult video stores, adult motion picture
theaters, adult mini-motion picture theaters, adult cabarets, or adult
live performance theaters, which has any of the following:
Thirty percent (30%) or more of its annual gross receipts derived
from:
The offering of entertainment, performances, scenes, visual
representations, or other presentations which are characterized by
emphasis on depiction or description of "specified sexual activities"
or of "specified anatomical areas" as herein defined; or
The offering of stock in trade of print, digitally produced
or reproduced books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter
or photographs, films, motion pictures, DVDs, video in any format,
slides or other materials or data compilations which are characterized
by emphasis on depiction or description of "specified sexual activities"
or of "specified anatomical areas" as herein defined and instruments,
devices or paraphernalia designed for use in connection with "specified
sexual activities" as herein defined; or
Thirty percent (30%) or more of its inventory on hand at any
time consisting of stock in trade of books, magazines, periodicals
or other printed matter or photographs, films, motion pictures, video
cassettes, DVDs, slides or other photographic materials which are
characterized by emphasis on depiction or description of "specified
sexual activities" or of "specified anatomical areas" as herein defined
or instruments, devices or paraphernalia designed for use in connection
with "specified sexual activities" as herein defined; or
Ten percent (10%) or more of its total floor area allocated
to:
The offering of entertainment, performances, scenes, visual
representations, or other presentations which are characterized by
emphasis on depiction or description of "specified sexual activities"
or of "specified anatomical areas" as herein defined; or
The offering, display and storage of stock in trade of books,
magazines, periodicals or other printed matter or photographs, films,
motion pictures, video cassettes, DVDs, slides or other photographic
materials which are characterized by emphasis on depiction or description
of "specified sexual activities" or of "specified anatomical areas,"
as herein defined and instruments, devices or paraphernalia designed
for use in connection with "specified sexual activities" as herein
defined.
The Twin Oaks Board of Adjustment.
The Twin Oaks Board of Aldermen.
A landscaped area intended to separate and partially obstruct
the view of two (2) adjacent land uses or properties from one another.
The duly adopted Building Code of the City as set forth in Section 500.010 of the Municipal Code of the City of Twin Oaks, Missouri.
A structure not completely enclosed by walls or doors which
is designed or used for the storage of vehicles, whether attached
to or detached from the principal building. A carport is not a private
garage.
The City of Twin Oaks, Missouri.
The duly appointed and serving City Attorney of the City.
The duly appointed and serving City Clerk of the City.
The person(s) or agency(ies) designated from time to time by the Board of Aldermen to enforce this Chapter in accordance with Article XIII, Administration and Enforcement. Throughout this Title IV, the terms "Code Enforcement Official" and "Zoning Enforcement Official" are used interchangeably.
A vehicle as defined in Section 300.010 of the Code and, for the purposes of this Title, being further defined as a vehicle that is either commercially used, placquered and/or licensed by the State.
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LIGHT DUTY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE — A commercial vehicle with
a GVWR of less than fourteen thousand (14,000) pounds. These vehicles
are primarily Class 1-3 vehicles.
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HEAVY DUTY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE — A commercial vehicle with
a GVWR of fourteen thousand (14,000) pounds or more. These vehicles
are primarily Class 4-9 trucks but also includes heavy construction
equipment, such as excavators, backhoes, bulldozers, dump trucks,
graders, and cranes, tracked vehicles, etc.
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An unoccupied space on a lot other than a yard, intended
or designated to be partially surrounded by a group of buildings.
That percentage of the lot area occupied by a building or
structure.
A portion of the edge of a street in the right-of-way as
identified on a plot plan/survey that is used to access a driveway.
In the instance where a curb exists, the curb may need to be adjusted
to facilitate vehicular movement taking into account storm water issues.
The number of dwelling units per acre of land.
The surfaced portion of a lot constructed for the purpose
of access to a garage, attached or detached, on a lot or for the purposes
of parking.
The portion of the driveway located in the right-of-way between
the curb or pavement edge of a public street and the private property
line intended to provide access to vehicles from a roadway or a public
street to a driveway on private property.
A room or group of rooms physically arranged to create an
independent habitable unit having separate sanitary, cooking, and
sleeping facilities and designed for residential occupancy.
A building or portion of a building containing six (6) or
more dwelling units.
A freestanding residential building located on a single lot
containing not more than one (1) dwelling unit. As used in this Chapter,
the term "single-family dwelling" shall include group homes and foster
homes.
A building containing not more than five (5) dwelling units,
each of which has primary ground floor access to the outside and which
are attached to each other by party walls without openings.
The external face of the principal building or structure
on a lot.
A line that follows the contours of the elevation of the
principal building facing the front lot line and that extends out
from the corners of that elevation on a line generally parallel to
the front lot line to the lot lines intersecting the applicable front
lot line.
A line that follows the contours of the elevation of the
principal building facing the rear lot line and that extends out from
the corners of that elevation on a line generally parallel to the
front lot line to the lot lines that intersect (or form a vertex at)
the rear lot line.
The elevation of a building that is architecturally designed
and constructed as the front facade of a building as determined by
the Director.
The elevation of a building that is most closely opposite
of the front elevation.
An individual or two (2) or more persons who are related
by blood, marriage or adoption or a group of not more than three (3)
persons who need not be related by blood, marriage or adoption occupying
a single dwelling unit or in combination with an accessory dwelling,
living together and subsisting in common as a single non-profit housekeeping
unit. This definition shall not exclude groups of three (3) or more
persons who are required by State or Federal law to be treated as
a family for residential zoning purposes. This definition expressly
excludes any other group of two (2) or more persons where meals or
lodging are made available in exchange for payment or other consideration.
An office establishment or business that primarily performs
central banking functions (such as issuing currency, managing national
money supply and international reserves, and acting as fiscal agent
for the central government) and accepts deposits (or share deposits)
and lends funds from these deposits, and which establishment may include
these services to patrons and customers through an accessory, drive-through
use. Financial services shall also include establishments primarily
engaged in one (1) or more of the following: (1) underwriting securities
issues or making markets for securities and commodities; (2) acting
as agents (i.e., brokers) between buyers and sellers of securities
and commodities; (3) providing securities and commodity exchange services;
and (4) providing other services, such as managing portfolios of assets;
providing investment advice; and trust, fiduciary, and custody services.
Typical uses include banks, savings associations, savings and loan
institutions, investment banking, securities, and brokerages, certified
financial planning, accounting, auditing, bookkeeping, and similar
services. Financial services do not include short-term loan establishments
or pawnbrokers (which are prohibited money changing/money brokering
uses).
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floor(s) of
a building or buildings measured from the exterior faces of exterior
walls.
A private residence licensed by the Division of Family Services
or Department of Mental Health to provide foster care to one (1) or
more but less than seven (7) children who are unrelated to either
foster parent by blood, marriage, or adoption.
A private garage which has a roof or wall, or a major portion
of a roof or wall, in common with a dwelling unit. Where attached
to a dwelling unit in this manner, the attached garage shall be considered
part of the dwelling for purposes of all yard requirements of the
principal building.
A private garage not having a roof or wall, or a major portion
of a roof or wall, in common with a dwelling unit.
An accessory building to or a component of a dwelling unit,
enclosed on all sides and roofed, designed, or used for the storage
of vehicles owned and used by the occupant of and located on the same
lot as the dwelling unit and in which no occupation or business is
carried on.
The maximum operating weight of a vehicle as specified by
the manufacturer including the vehicle's chassis, body, engine, engine
fluids, fuel, accessories, driver, passengers, and cargo but excluding
that of any trailers.
A permitted form of single-family residential occupancy in
which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped
persons reside and may include two (2) additional persons acting as
house parents or guardians who need not be related to each other or
to any of the mentally or physically handicapped persons residing
in the home.
Any surface paved with impervious materials such as concrete,
asphalt, brick pavers or similar materials, whether pervious or impervious
to water.
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HEALTH CARE FACILITY — A building or portion of a building
where the establishment is principally engaged in providing services
for inpatient and outpatient services for physical health maintenance,
diagnosis (including testing) and treatment of human diseases, pain,
or other physical condition of patients. Care may be provided on a
short term or long-term basis. Outpatient services may also be provided
as a secondary service. Inherent within this use are laundry and kitchen
facilities for patients, cafeterias and gift shops for patients and
their visitors, incidental laboratory uses and offices for social,
psychological, and medical personnel, but not to include a behavioral
health care facility or long-term care facility.
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MEDICAL OFFICE — A building or portion of a building principally
engaged in providing services for health maintenance, diagnosis (including
overnight testing) and treatment of human diseases, pain or other
physical or mental condition of patients solely on an outpatient basis.
No overnight patients shall be kept on the premises. Examples of medical
offices shall include but not be limited to general physicians, dentists,
chiropractors, psychologists, physical therapist, speech pathologists,
cardiologists, and other various specialties, but shall not include
medical clinics, urgent care centers or behavioral health care facility.
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MINUTE CLINIC — An accessory walk-in use within a pharmacy
or supermarket for the diagnosis and treatment of common household
illnesses such as strep throat and ear, eye, sinus, and other infections;
the treatment of minor wounds; abrasions and joint sprains; the injection
or ingestion of common vaccinations; wellness services and routine
lab tests.
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URGENT CARE CENTERS — A medical use in a building or portion
of a building, whether private or institution, principally engaged
in providing walk-in, extended hour access for acute illness and injury
care that is either beyond the scope or availability of the typical
primary care practice or medical clinic. Patients shall be served
solely on an outpatient basis and no overnight patients shall be kept
on the premises.
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For all buildings and structures, other than structures governed by Section 400.400, the vertical distance above the average ground level of the original, undisturbed grade at the foundation corners of a building measured to the highest point of the building.
Sale to the public of fresh, uncut produce products raised
on land owned and occupied by the resident-seller within the City
of Twin Oaks.
See definition and standards in Section 400.270.
[Ord. No. 22-20, 8-17-2022]
See Chapter 205.
An establishment or place of business primarily engaged in
the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in the original package for
consumption off the business property. This use shall not include
restaurants that sell packaged alcoholic beverages as an accessory
to the principal use.
[Ord. No. 23-12, 10-18-2023]
A platted parcel of land intended to be separately owned,
developed and otherwise used as a unit. The word "lot" shall include
the word "plot," "tract" or "parcel." The derivations of a lot shall
maintain the following definitions.
The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side,
and rear lines of a lot.
The average distances between the front and rear lot lines.
A line dividing one (1) lot from another, or from a public
or private street right-of-way or any other public right-of-way (also
see PROPERTY LINE). The derivations or modifications of a lot line
shall maintain the following definitions:
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LOT LINE, FRONT — The line separating the lot from the
right-of-way of the street on which it fronts.
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LOT LINE, REAR — The line or lines that are most closely
parallel to the front lot line. On a corner lot in Residential Districts,
one (1) side lot line may be established in lieu of a rear lot line;
provided, that, in no case may the rear lot line that is mostly parallel
with the rear elevation of the principal building be established as
a side lot line in lieu of the rear lot line. On through lots in the
Residential District, one (1) rear lot line may be established in
lieu of a front lot line; provided, that, the rear lot line established
in lieu of a front lot line is the line most parallel with the rear
elevation of the principal building.
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LOT LINE, SIDE — Any lot line that intersects with the
front lot line and is not a front lot line or rear lot line. On an
interior lot that is triangular in shape, the vertex of the side lot
lines is considered to be a rear lot line parallel with the rear elevation
of the principal building.
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The horizontal distance between the lot lines perpendicular
to the front lot line, measured at right angles to the lot depth at
the building lines.
A lot, or portion thereof, situated at the intersection of
two (2) or more streets, having an angle of intersection of not more
than one hundred thirty-five degrees (135°).
A residential lot with two (2) discernible portions described
as follows:
Access Portion. That portion of the lot having frontage on or
abutting a public road, with the frontage being sufficient in width
for a private drive to serve the building site portion.
Building Site Portion. That portion of the lot not fronting
on or abutting a public road but connected to a public road by the
access portion of the lot.
Any lot other than a through or corner lot.
A lot other than a corner lot which has a street on two (2)
opposite sides of the lot (Also known as a "double-frontage" lot).
In the context of medical or adult use marijuana land uses,
the following definitions shall be applicable:
[Ord. No. 23-07, 5-17-2023]
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ADMINISTER MEDICAL MARIJUANA — The direct application of marijuana to a qualifying patient, to the extent allowed by and pursuant to the terms of Article XIV, Section 1, of the Missouri Constitution, by way of any of the following methods:
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Ingestion of capsules, teas, oils, and other marijuana-infused
products;
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Vaporization or smoking of dried flowers, buds, plant material,
extracts, oils, and other marijuana-infused products;
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Application of ointments or balms;
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Transdermal patches and suppositories;
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Consuming marijuana-infused food products; or
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Any other method recommended by a qualifying patient's physician or nurse practitioner as authorized by Article XIV, Section 1, of the Missouri Constitution.
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COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY — A facility
licensed by the Department where cultivation operations for medical
or adult use occur. A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility
need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either
non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana.
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COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY — A facility licensed by the Department where marijuana product is dispensed for medical or adult use. 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, as set forth in Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution and provided for by general or local law.
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COMPREHENSIVE MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
— A facility licensed by the Department where marijuana-infused
products and prerolls are manufactured for medical or adult use. A
comprehensive marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility need
not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical
marijuana or medical marijuana.
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CONSUMER — Someone at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
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CULTIVATION — As related to activity authorized pursuant to Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution and all rules and regulations issued by the Department, the process by which a person, business, or legal entity promotes the germination and growth of a seed to a mature marijuana plant.
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DEPARTMENT — The Department of Health and Senior Services
of the State of Missouri.
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DISPENSARY FACILITY — A medical marijuana dispensary facility,
a comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility, or a microbusiness
dispensary facility.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL — A public, private, religious or parochial
school giving instruction in a grade or grades not lower than pre-school
nor higher than the eighth grade, including any property owned by
the school that is regularly used for extracurricular activities,
but does not include any private school in which education is primarily
conducted in private homes.
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ENCLOSED, LOCKED FACILITY — (A) A stationary, fully enclosed,
locked space equipped with functioning security devices that permit
access to only the consumer(s), qualifying patient(s), or primary
caregiver(s) who have informed the Department that this is the space
where they will cultivate marijuana; and (B) the plants within the
enclosed, locked facility must not be visible to the unaided eye from
a public space.
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FACILITY — The physical structure(s), including strip
malls, and the premises on which the physical structures are located
which are used by a licensed or certified entity to perform its licensed
or certified functions, whether the entity is licensed or certified
as a medical facility or a marijuana facility.
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IDENTIFICATION CARD — A document, whether in paper or
electronic format, issued by the Department that authorizes a consumer
cultivator, qualifying patient, primary caregiver, or facility agent
to access marijuana as provided by law.
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INFUSED PREROLL — A consumable or smokable marijuana product,
generally consisting of: (1) a wrap or paper; (2) dried flower, buds,
and/or plant material; and (3) a concentrate, oil, or other type of
marijuana extract, either within or on the surface of the product.
Infused prerolls may or may not include a filter or crutch at the
base of the product.
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MARIJUANA ACCESSORIES — Any equipment, product, material,
or combination of equipment, products, or materials, which is specifically
designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting,
manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing,
testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, ingesting,
inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana into the human body.
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MARIJUANA FACILITY — A comprehensive marijuana cultivation
facility, comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility, marijuana testing
facility, transportation 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 Department but shall
not include a medical facility or marijuana research facility.
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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 plant and marijuana-infused
products. "Marijuana" or "marihuana" does not include industrial hemp
as defined by Missouri Statute, Section 195.010, RSMo., or commodities
or products manufactured from industrial hemp.
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MARIJUANA PRODUCT — Marijuana, marijuana-infused products,
or other products made using marijuana, including prerolls, unless
otherwise provided for in the Department's rules.
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MARIJUANA RESEARCH FACILITY — A facility licensed by the
Department where activities intended to facilitate scientific research
or education related to marijuana product occur.
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MARIJUANA TESTING FACILITY — A facility certified by the
Department to acquire, test, certify, and transport marijuana, including
those originally licensed as a medical marijuana testing facility.
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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, ointments, tinctures,
suppositories, and infused prerolls.
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY — A facility licensed
by the State of Missouri to engage in the process of cultivating marijuana
that is limited to medical use at a medical marijuana cultivation
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.
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY — A facility licensed by
the State of Missouri where marijuana is dispensed only for medical
use. Medical marijuana 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.
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE — A medical marijuana use shall
be defined as any of the following herein defined entities:
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Medical marijuana cultivation facility.
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Medical marijuana dispensary facility.
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Medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY —
A facility licensed by the State of Missouri where marijuana-infused
products and prerolls are manufactured only for medical use.
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MEDICAL USE — The production, possession, delivery, distribution, transportation, or administration of marijuana or a marijuana-infused product, or marijuana accessories used to administer marijuana or a marijuana-infused product as provided by Article XIV, Section 1, of the Missouri Constitution, for the benefit of a qualifying patient to mitigate the symptoms or effects of the patient's qualifying medical condition as defined in Missouri State law.
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MICROBUSINESS DISPENSARY FACILITY — A facility licensed
by the Department to engage in the process of dispensing marijuana
for medical use or adult use. 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.
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MICROBUSINESS WHOLESALE FACILITY — A facility licensed
by the Department to where marijuana cultivation operations for medical
or adult use occur and/or where marijuana-infused products and prerolls
are manufactured for medical use or adult use. A microbusiness wholesale
facility may cultivate up to two hundred fifty (250) flowering plants
at any given time. A microbusiness wholesale facility's authority
to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls and infused
prerolls.
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NURSE PRACTITIONER — An individual who is licensed and
in good standing as an advanced practice registered nurse, or successor
designation, under Missouri law.
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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.
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QUALIFYING PATIENT — An individual diagnosed with at least
one (1) qualifying medical condition as defined in Missouri State
law and possessing a Department-issued qualifying patient or qualifying
patient cultivation identification card.
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SECONDARY SCHOOL — A public, private, religious, or parochial
school giving instruction in a grade or grades not lower than the
sixth nor higher than the 12th grade, including any property owned
by the school that is regularly used for extracurricular activities,
but does not include any private school in which education is primarily
conducted in private homes.
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TRANSPORTATION FACILITY — A facility certified by the
Department to house operations involving the transport of marijuana
product from a marijuana facility or medical facility; or to a qualifying
patient, primary caregiver, or consumer.
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The Amended Master Development Plan for the City of Twin
Oaks approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission by Resolution
No. 16, adopted on October 15, 2003, together with such further amendments
thereto as may be adopted from time to time in accordance with Chapter
89, RSMo., as amended.
The City of Twin Oaks Landscape Master Plan dated April 2003
prepared by SWT Associates.
Any commercial use or activity which as a principal part
of its operations provides goods or services to motor vehicles or
occupants of motor vehicles in a short time span or provides goods
or services to occupants of motor vehicles remaining within the vehicles.
Such uses and activities shall include, by way of illustration and
not limitation, convenience stores, filling stations, automobile service
stations and car washes, whether singly or in combination, facilities
containing drive-up or drive-through operations, and restaurants which
as a principal part of operations provide food for off-premises consumption.
A use, building or yard existing legally at the time of the
passage of this Chapter (January 4, 1984) or any amendment thereto
which does not, by reason of design, use or dimensions, conform to
the regulations of the district in which it is situated.
Any vehicle used for outdoor, off-road recreation, including,
but not limited to, boats, personal watercraft, ATVs, OHVs, UVs, dirt
bikes, and all other similar motorized vehicles made for off-road
use and including trailers used to convey an off-road vehicle. Off-road
vehicles does not include recreational vehicles.
Any area of a lot which is completely free of and unobstructed
by any structure. Such areas may include walkways, patio areas, bike
paths, etc. Other ornamental features such as light poles, trees,
shrubs, etc., shall not be considered as occupying the area for purposes
of this Chapter.
An area used exclusively for temporary accommodation of one
(1) vehicle. It does not include commercial vehicle loading areas.
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City.
Any surface consisting of permeable joint pavers or other
permeable construction materials.
A building or, where the context so indicates, a group of
buildings in or on which is conducted the principal use of the lot
on which such building is located.
The primary use of land or buildings as distinguished from
an accessory use.
Often abbreviated as RV, it is a motor vehicle or trailer
which includes living quarters designed for accommodation. Types of
RVs include motorhomes, campervans, caravans (also known as travel
trailers and camper trailers), fifth-wheel trailers, popup campers
and truck campers.
A food service establishment primarily oriented to the service
of food, beverages, and other refreshments and includes carry-out
incidental to that use.
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RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN OR DRIVE-THROUGH — A restaurant where
food, beverages or other refreshments are available for consumption
by persons who remain in their automobiles.
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RESTAURANT, SERVICE — An establishment whose principal
business is the sale of food, frozen desserts, or beverages in ready-to-consume
individual servings, for consumption on the premises or for carry-out
and where:
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Foods, frozen desserts or beverages are usually served in edible
containers or in paper, plastic, or other disposable containers;
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There is no drive-up or drive-through service; and
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The business is principally to serve the occupants and the employees,
customers, or invitees thereof, in the same building in which the
restaurant premises are located or nearby buildings.
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The minimum horizontal distance between a lot line and the
nearest allowable portion of a building or structure.
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Any business which loans money on a short-term basis to members of the general public as an element of its operation, including businesses offering title loans, payday loans, signature loans and small loans under Chapter 367, RSMo., or Section 408.500, RSMo., and other similar businesses. The term “short-term loan establishment” does not include a bank, savings and loan association or credit union that is licensed by the appropriate State or Federal agency or a retail credit financing institution that is licensed under Chapters 364 or 365, RSMo., or pawnbrokers governed by Chapter 367, RSMo., or retail merchants governed by Chapter 400, Art. 2, Sections 400.2-101 — 400.2-725, RSMo.
The letting or offering for let of a single-family dwelling
or single-family attached dwelling, or a portion thereof, to one (1)
or more guests for a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days
or less. Examples include bed-and-breakfast facilities and rentals
arranged through Internet marketing or facilitation services.
As used in this Chapter, "specified anatomical areas" means
and includes any of the following:
As used in this Chapter, "specified sexual activities" means
and includes any of the following:
Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region,
buttocks, anus, or female breasts; or
Actual or simulated acts of sexual intercourse, masturbation,
sodomy, or oral copulation; or
Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of
the activities set forth in Paragraphs (1) or (2) of this definition.
The linear distance which property abuts a public or private
street and is measured at the street lot line. When a lot has more
than one (1) street lot line, street frontage shall be measured at
each such line.
The Urban Design Guidelines of the City adopted by the Board
in Appendix A to Title IV of the City Code, together with amendments
thereto as adopted from time to time by the Board of Aldermen in accordance
with Chapter 89, RSMo., as amended.
An establishment or place of business primarily engaged in
the retail sale of used merchandise or secondhand goods, such as used
clothes, antiques, secondhand books or rare manuscripts, or items
of architectural salvage, but not including used cars or other motorized
vehicles.
The open area or space that is unobstructed, except as specifically
permitted in this Code, and that is located on the same lot as the
principal building. The derivations of yard shall maintain the following
definitions.
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YARD, FRONT — The front yard shall be that portion of
a lot adjacent to any street and bounded by the front lot line (or
lines), the lot lines intersecting the front lot line(s), and the
front elevation line.
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YARD, REAR — The rear yard shall be that portion of a
lot adjacent to the rear lot line (or lines) and bounded by the rear
lot line, the lot lines intersecting the rear lot line(s), and the
rear elevation line. In cases where the rear elevation line is overlapped
by the front elevation line (such as corner lots or lots with buildings
not parallel with the front lot line), the rear yard shall be bounded
by the rear lot line, the lot lines intersecting the rear lot line(s),
and the front elevation line.
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YARD, SIDE — The side yard shall be that portion of a
lot between the principal building and the adjacent lot line that
is not considered a front yard or back yard.
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YARD, REQUIRED — The yard or portion of the yard located
between the lot line and the required setback established by the zoning
district in which the lot is located.
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The Zoning Map dated March 28, 2017, approved hereby, and
as further amended from time to time by the Board of Aldermen in accordance
with this Chapter, delineating the various zoning districts applying
to all real property within the corporate limits of the City.
