[Ord. No. 1456 §100, 1-5-1999]
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Regulations. The scope and purpose of this Chapter shall
be as follows:
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Dividing the City of Versailles into districts and establishing the
boundaries thereof;
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Regulating and restricting the height, number of stories and size
of buildings and other structures;
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Regulating and restricting the percentage of lots that may be occupied;
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Regulating and restricting the size of yards, courts and other open
spaces;
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Regulating and restricting the density of population;
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Regulating and restricting the location and use of business structures
and land for trade, industry, residence and other purposes;
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Providing for the method of administration and amendment;
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Defining powers and duties of the Board of Adjustment with respect
to these regulations;
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Providing penalties for violations of these regulations;
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Defining certain terms used herein; and
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For other purposes.
[Ord. No. 1456 §110, 1-5-1999]
These regulations shall be known and may be cited as "The Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Versailles, Missouri".
[Ord. No. 1456 §120, 1-5-1999]
Pursuant to authority conferred by Sections 89.010 through 89.491,
RSMo., and to promote the public health, safety, morals or general
welfare; lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire,
panic and other dangers; provide adequate light and air; to prevent
the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population;
and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water,
sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements in accordance
with the Comprehensive Plan, the Board of Aldermen does ordain and
enact into law the following Articles and Sections.
[Ord. No. 1456 §§200 —
210, 1-5-1999; Ord. No.
1488 §2, 3-7-2000]
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Interpretation Of Certain Terms And Words.
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For the purpose of this Chapter, the following terms, phrases, words
and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. Where not
defined herein, the languages used in this Chapter shall have the
common and customary meaning.
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When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present
tense include the future and vice versa; words used in the singular
number include the plural and vice versa; the word "shall" is always mandatory; "may" is permissive; the word "building" includes "structure or any portion of
a building or structure"; the word "use" includes "building"; "year" means
calendar year; and "used" or "occupied" shall be construed to be followed by the phrase "or intended,
arranged, or designed to be used or occupied".
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Whenever in this Chapter any reference is made to any other Section or provision of this Chapter such reference shall be deemed to include the provision or regulation to which reference is made. Setbacks and other provisions will apply as to the use of the property, regardless of the district in which it is located. Reference Section 405.140 District Use Schedule and Use Regulations for each district.
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ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
ACCESSORY USE
ALLEY
ALTERATION
ALTERATIONS, STRUCTURAL
AREA, FLOOR
AREA, NET SITE
ATTACHED BUILDING
BUILDING
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING LINE
CHURCH
CONSTRUCTION
DAYCARE
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
DWELLING UNIT
ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL
FAMILY
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2.Â
FENCE
FLOOR AREA
FOOTPRINT
GARAGE REPAIR
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
GRADE
GROUP HOME
HOUSE PARK
LIGHT MANUFACTURING
LOT
LOT, DEPTH OF
LOT, WIDTH OF
MANUFACTURED HOUSE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
MEDICAL MARIJUANA TESTING FACILITY
MEDICAL MARIJUANA TRANSPORTATION FACILITY
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
MOBILE HOME
MODULAR HOUSE
MOTEL
MOTOR HOME
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
NON-CONFORMING BUILDING
NON-CONFORMING USE
PREMISES
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
SETBACK
SITE BUILT HOUSE
SMALL ANIMAL CLINIC
STRUCTURE
TINY HOUSE
YARD, FRONT
YARD, SIDE
Definitions. As used in this Chapter, the following words
shall have the prescribed meanings:
A detached subordinate building or structure, the use of
which is customarily incidental to that of the main building or structure
or to the main use of the land and which is located on the same lot
with the main building or use.
A use which is incidental and subordinate to the principal
use of the premises and does change the basic character thereof as
determined by its principal use.
A public access way which affords only a secondary means
of access to abutting property and is not intended for general traffic
circulation.
As applied to a building, a change or rearrangement in the
structural parts or in the existing facilities, or an enlargement,
whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the
moving from one location or position to another.
A change in the supporting members of a building, such as
bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
The total square footage within the principal spaces of each
structure, excluding storage, stairs, elevators, parking and walkways.
The total area within the property lines of a lot, excluding
public streets and alleys.
A building attached to another building by a common wall
(such wall being a solid wall with or without windows and doors) and
a common roof with at least horizontal dimension of six (6) feet.
Any structure built for the shelter or enclosure of persons,
animals, chattels, property or substances of any kind, excluding fences.
The vertical distance from the finished grade to the uppermost
point of the roof structure.
The line, parallel to the front lot line, measured between
side lot lines through that part of the building, structure or construction
site where the lot is narrowest.
A permanent building primarily and regularly used as a place
of religious worship.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
To add to, alter or modify the length, height or width of
an existing structure, driveway, sidewalk or patio. To erect a new
structure, driveway, sidewalk or patio.
A child-care facility, as defined by Section 210.201, RSMo.,
that is licensed by the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
A dwelling or group of dwellings on one (1) lot or plot containing
separate living units for three (3) or more families each living as
independent housekeeping units.
A detached principal building designed for or used as a dwelling
exclusively by one (1) family as an independent housekeeping unit.
A detached principal building for or used as a dwelling exclusively
by two (2) families each living as an independent housekeeping unit.
Shall include one (1) kitchen, and no more than one (1) family
shall be allowed per kitchen.
Any public school as defined in Section 160.011, RSMo., or
any private school giving instruction in a grade or grades not higher
than the 12th grade, including any property owned by the public or
private school that is regularly used for extracurricular activities,
but does not include any private school in which education is primarily
conducted in private homes.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
A single individual doing his/her own cooking and living upon
the premises as a separate housekeeping unit; or
A collective body of persons doing their own cooking and living
together upon the premises as a separate housekeeping unit in a domestic
relationship based upon birth, marriage, or employment as domestic
servants.
A structure erected to separate properties, to contain an
area or portion of an area of a person's property. Construction may
be of vinyl, ornamental iron, ornamental aluminum, chain link, wood,
masonry, or equivalent. Electric, barb wire, woven wire, and wire
panel fences shall be allowed by permit in areas zoned "AG-1" only.
[Ord. No. 21-016, 8-10-2021]
The area included within outside walls of a building or portion
thereof, including habitable penthouses and the attic space but not
including vent shafts, courts or uninhabitable areas below ground
level or in attics.
The portion of land covered by a building or structure, including
overhang, and gutters as determined from a top down view. In the event
that a building or structure does not have gutters, the footprint
shall include the distance that the addition of gutters would add.
[Ord. No. 22-023, 10-11-2022]
A building used for the business of repairing and/or servicing
motor vehicles.
A building or premises or portion thereof used for the retail
sale of gasoline, oil or other fuel for motor vehicles and which may
include, as an incidental use only, facilities used for polishing,
greasing, washing or otherwise cleaning or light servicing of motor
vehicles but not including liquefied gas distribution facilities.
The average of the finished ground level at the midpoint
of each wall of a building. In case walls are parallel to and within
five (5) feet of a public sidewalk, said ground level shall be measured
at the sidewalk.
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.
Any park, court, camp, site, lot, parcel or tract of land
designed, maintained or intended for the purpose of providing a location
or accommodations for any manufactured house or mobile home or motor
home and upon which any manufactured house or mobile home are parked
or located, including all buildings used or intended for use as part
of the equipment or accessories thereof whether or not the same or
any part thereof is held or operated for gain; excepting, however,
automobile or manufactured home or mobile homes parked for inspection
and sale.
[Ord. No. 18-002, 3-13-2018]
Distribution, packaging, parts assembly.
A portion or parcel of land (whether a portion of platted
subdivision or otherwise) occupied or intended to be occupied by a
building or use and its accessories, together with such yards as are
required under the provisions of this Chapter, having not less than
the minimum area, width and depth required by this Chapter for a lot
in the district in which such land is situated, and having its principal
frontage on a street or on such other means of access as permitted
in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. The minimum area
of a lot as defined herein must be an integral unit of land under
unified ownership in fee or in co-tenancy or under legal control tantamount
to such ownership, which ownership or control must continue for the
existence of the building or buildings permitted to be situated on
the lot.
The mean linear distance measured on a horizontal plane between
the front and rear lot lines.
The straight line linear distance between points on opposite
side lot lines measured on a horizontal plane at the building line.
A single-family dwelling, factory built on its own running
gear consisting of a non-removable steel I-beam, with axles and tires
underneath, towable to the house site, not necessarily placed on a
permanent foundation, multi-part units are joined at the site, twenty
(20) feet in width or more, built to the National Building Code established
by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1976,
rather than County or City codes.
[Ord. No. 18-002, 3-13-2018[1]]
A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services, to acquire, cultivate, process, store, transport,
and sell marijuana to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, medical
marijuana testing facility, or to a medical marijuana-infused products
manufacturing facility.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services, to acquire, store, sell, transport, and deliver
marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used
to administer marijuana as provided for in this section to a qualifying
patient, a primary caregiver, another medical marijuana dispensary
facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or a medical marijuana-infused
products manufacturing facility.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
A facility certified by the Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services, to acquire, test, certify, and transport marijuana.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
A facility certified by the Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services, to transport marijuana to a qualifying patient,
a primary caregiver, a medical marijuana cultivation facility, a medical
marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility, a medical marijuana
dispensary facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or another
medical marijuana transportation facility.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services, to acquire, store, manufacture, transport, and
sell marijuana-infused products to a medical marijuana dispensary
facility, a medical marijuana testing facility, or to another medical
marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
A single-family dwelling, factory built on its own running
gear consisting of a steel I-beam, with axles and tires underneath,
towable to the house site, built to the National Building Code established
by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1976,
and regularly upgraded, and less than twenty (20) feet in width but
more than twelve (12) feet in width.
[Ord. No. 18-002, 3-13-2018]
A single-family dwelling, factory built multi-section transportable
structure, built to the State, County, and City Code where the house
will be located and assembled, joined together by contractors, placed
on a permanent foundation, taxed and insured as real property, and
does not have its own running gear, and is regulated as a typical
Site Built House.
[Ord. No. 18-002, 3-13-2018]
A building or group of attached or detached buildings consisting
of four (4) or more separate, furnished living or sleeping rental
units designed or used for accommodations of automobile travelers
on a temporary basis and having a character designed to attract such
travelers; the term "motel", as used in this Chapter, includes motor
hotels, motor lodges, auto courts and the like.
A structure eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet or less in width,
either self propelled, towable, or mounted on a truck chassis and
designed for temporary occupancy for travel, recreational, or vacation
use.
[Ord. No. 18-002, 3-13-2018]
Commercial use that services residents of adjoining neighborhoods.
A building or structure or portion thereof conflicting with
the provisions of this Chapter applicable to the zone in which it
is situated.
The use of a structure or premises conflicting with the provisions
of this Chapter.
A lot with all the buildings and uses thereon.
An office (other than a service office and other than an
office for care and/or treatment of or medical attention to animals
as distinguished from persons) for the practice of professions, such
as the offices of physicians, dentists, attorneys-at-law, architects,
engineers, artists, musicians, teachers, accountants and others who
through training are qualified to perform services of a professional
nature, or the offices of a governmental agency and where there is
no storage, sale or display of general merchandise on the premises.
The distance in linear feet measured on a horizontal plane
from the lot line to a building or structure on the lot.
A single-family dwelling, built from the ground up, built
entirely at the house site, constructed to the building codes and
standards required by State, County, City and subdivision where the
house is located.
[Ord. No. 18-002, 3-13-2018]
Clinic for the treatment and care of small domestic animals
but does not include housing of domestic animals for a period exceeding
two (2) weeks.
Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on
the ground but not including poles, lines, cables, or other transmission
or distribution facilities of public utilities.
A single-family dwelling, less than nine hundred ninety-nine
(999) square feet but two hundred fifty (250) square feet or more,
towable by a bumper hitch or frame-towing hitch or site built, is
built to look like a conventional building structure having siding
material consisting of wood or wood products, stucco, brick, lap steel,
aluminum or vinyl, or rock, and is a self contained unit which includes
basic functional areas that support normal daily routines such as
cooking, sleeping, and toiletry.
[Ord. No. 18-002, 3-13-2018]
A yard extending across the full width of the lot between
the front lot line and the nearest line or point of the principal
building.
A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between
the side lot line and the nearest line of point of the building.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former definitions of "Manufactured Home,"
"Manufactured Home (Mobile Home)," and "Manufactured Home (Mobile
Home Park)," which were previously set out herein, were repealed with
the inclusion of Ord. No. 18-002.