[Ord. No. 1456 §300, 1-5-1999]
In order to classify and regulate the location of businesses,
trades, industries, residences and other land uses and the location
of buildings designed for specific uses; to regulate and limit the
height and bulk of buildings hereafter erected, reconstructed or altered;
to regulate and limit the intensity of the use of lot areas; and to
regulate and determine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces
within and surrounding such buildings, the incorporated area of Versailles,
Missouri, is hereby divided into seven (7) districts:
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Residential
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"R-1" Single-Family District
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"R-2" Single- and Two-Family District
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"R-3" Multiple-Family District
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"R-4" Manufactured or Custom Built Single-Family District
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Commercial
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"C-1" General Business District
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Industrial
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"M-1" Industrial and Related District
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Agricultural
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"AG-1" Agricultural
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[Ord. No. 1456 §460, 1-5-1999]
A.
Where
uncertainty exists as to the boundary of districts as shown on the
official Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
1.
Where boundaries approximately follow streets, highways or
alleys. District boundaries indicated as approximately following
the centerline of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to
follow such centerlines.
2.
Where boundaries approximately follow platted lot lines. District boundaries indicated as approximately following platted
lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
3.
Where boundaries approximately follow City limits. District boundaries indicated as approximately following City limits
shall be construed as following such City limits.
4.
Removal of territory from City annexation. In the
event of changes in City limits removing territory from the City,
district boundaries shall be construed as moving with City limits.
In the event of annexation of new area to the City, such areas shall
be considered to be in "R-1" District unless otherwise classified.
5.
Where boundaries follow railroad lines. District
boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed
to be midway between the main tracks.
6.
Where boundaries follow stream beds or other bodies of water. District boundaries indicated as following centerlines of stream
beds or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such centerlines.
7.
Distances not specifically indicated on the official Zoning Map shall
be determined by the scale of the map.
[Ord. No. 1456 §310.01, 1-5-1999; Ord. No. 18-002, 3-13-2018]
A.
The
regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this
Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the district regulations
in the "R-1" Single-Family District.
B.
Use
Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following
purposes:
2.
Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work to be
removed upon completion of construction work within twelve (12) months.
3.
Accessory use or accessory building or structure, including a private
garage, customarily incidental to the above uses but not involving
the conduct of a business. Any accessory building or structure that
is not a part of the main structure shall be located in the in the
rear or side of the yard, not to interfere with the front facing view
of the dwelling and shall not be less then ten (10) feet from any
side or rear lot line and shall not be less then twenty (20) feet
from the front lot line. An accessory use shall also include a church
or public bulletin board and temporary sign appertaining to the lease,
hire or sale of a building or premises, which shall not exceed six
(6) square feet in area.
[Ord. No. 22-024, 10-11-2022]
4.
Group Home. No group home shall be located within two thousand five
hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance
of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the
general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary
or not-for-profit in nature.
[Ord. No. 1456 §310.02, 1-5-1999; Ord. No. 18-002, 3-13-2018; Ord. No. 21-005, 3-9-2021]
A.
The
regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this
Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the district regulations
in the "R-2" Single- and Two-Family District.
[Ord. No. 1456 §310.03, 1-5-1999; Ord. No. 18-002, 3-13-2018]
A.
The
regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this
Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the district regulations
in the "R-3" Multiple-Family District.
C.
Group
Housing Projects. In the case of a housing project consisting of a
group of five (5) or more buildings to be constructed on a plot of
ground of at least three (3) acres not subdivided into the customary
streets and lots and which will not be subdivided or where the existing
or contemplated street and lot layout make it impracticable to apply
the requirements, such requirements to housing projects shall be made
by the Planning Commission, following a public hearing, in a manner
that will be in harmony with the character of the neighborhood, will
insure a density of land use no higher than and a standard of open
space at least as high as required by this Chapter in the district
in which the proposed project is to be located.
A.
The
regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this
Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the district regulations
in the "R-4" Manufactured House, Mobile Home or Tiny House Single-Family
District.
B.
Use
Regulations. Any uses permitted in "R-3" Multiple-Family District
and including the following:
1.
House Park.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 18-002 also changed the title of this
Section from ""R-4" Manufactured or Custom Built Single-Family District
Regulations" to ""R-4" Manufactured House, Mobile Home Or Tiny House
Single-Family District Regulations."
[Ord. No. 1456 §320.01, 1-5-1999]
A.
The
regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this
Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the district regulations
in the "C-1" General Business District.
B.
Use Regulations. Any uses permitted in the "R-1" Single-Family
District, "R-2" Single and Two-Family District and "R-3" Multiple-Family
District and including the following:
1.
Amusement place, theater and assembly hall.
2.
Bank.
3.
Barbershop, beauty parlor and similar personal service facilities
.
4.
Coin-operated self-service laundry or dry cleaning facility.
5.
Eating and/or drinking establishments.
6.
Medical and dental clinics.
7.
Mortuary.
8.
Municipal center.
9.
Offices.
10.
Commercial parking lots.
11.
Service station, automobile sales and related services.
12.
Stores or shops for the conduct of business.
13.
Hotel-motel.
14.
Bus depot.
15.
Clubs, private, social or fraternal.
16.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to above listed
uses.
17.
Day care or child care facilities.
18.
Assembly and packaging operations.
19.
Commercial storage units.
20.
Retail nursery and greenhouse.
21.
Small animal clinic.
22.
Light manufacturing (Distribution or assembly type).
23.
Medical marijuana dispensary facility, provided that no medical
marijuana dispensary facility shall be located within seven hundred
(700) feet of a then-existing elementary or secondary school, within
seven hundred (700) feet of a then-existing daycare, or within seven
hundred (700) feet of a then-existing church. In the case of a freestanding
facility, the distance between the facility and the elementary or
secondary school, daycare, or church shall be measured from the external
wall of the facility structure closest in proximity to the elementary
or secondary school, daycare, or church to the closest point of the
property line of the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church.
In the case of a facility that is part of a larger structure, such
as an office building or strip mall, the distance between the facility
and the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church shall be
measured from the entrance or exit of the facility closest in proximity
to the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church to the closest
point of the property line of the elementary or secondary school,
daycare, or church. The measurements shall be made along the shortest
path between the demarcation points that can be lawfully traveled
by foot.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
24.
Medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility, provided
that no medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility
shall be located within seven hundred (700) feet of a then-existing
elementary or secondary school, within seven hundred (700) feet of
a then-existing daycare, or within seven hundred (700) feet of a then-existing
church. In the case of a freestanding facility, the distance between
the facility and the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church
shall be measured from the external wall of the facility structure
closest in proximity to the elementary or secondary school, daycare,
or church to the closest point of the property line of the elementary
or secondary school, daycare, or church. In the case of a facility
that is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or
strip mall, the distance between the facility and the elementary or
secondary school, daycare, or church shall be measured from the entrance
or exit of the facility closest in proximity to the elementary or
secondary school, daycare, or church to the closest point of the property
line of the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church. The
measurements shall be made along the shortest path between the demarcation
points that can be lawfully traveled by foot.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
25.
Medical marijuana transportation facility, provided that no
medical marijuana transportation facility shall be located within
seven hundred (700) feet of a then-existing elementary or secondary
school, within seven hundred (700) feet of a then existing daycare,
or within seven hundred (700) feet of a then-existing church. In the
case of a freestanding facility, the distance between the facility
and the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church shall be
measured from the external wall of the facility structure closest
in proximity to the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church
to the closest point of the property line of the elementary or secondary
school, daycare, or church. In the case of a facility that is part
of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the
distance between the facility and the elementary or secondary school,
daycare, or church shall be measured from the entrance or exit of
the facility closest in proximity to the elementary or secondary school,
daycare, or church to the closest point of the property line of the
elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church. The measurements
shall be made along the shortest path between the demarcation points
that can be lawfully traveled by foot.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
26.
Medical marijuana testing facility, provided that no medical
marijuana testing facility shall be located within seven hundred (700)
feet of a then-existing elementary or secondary school, within seven
hundred (700) feet of a then-existing daycare, or within seven hundred
(700) feet of a then-existing church. In the case of a freestanding
facility, the distance between the facility and the elementary or
secondary school, daycare, or church shall be measured from the external
wall of the facility structure closest in proximity to the elementary
or secondary school, daycare, or church to the closest point of the
property line of the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church.
In the case of a facility that is part of a larger structure, such
as an office building or strip mall, the distance between the facility
and the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church shall be
measured from the entrance or exit of the facility closest in proximity
to the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church to the closest
point of the property line of the elementary or secondary school,
daycare, or church. The measurements shall be made along the shortest
path between the demarcation points that can be lawfully traveled
by foot.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
D.
That
residential dwellings shall not be allowed on the ground level of
structures and any part of the structure used as a residential dwelling
shall be restricted to the upper floors of the structure in the following
area:
[Ord. No. 22-025, 11-8-2022; Ord. No. 23-008, 7-11-2023]
[Ord. No. 1456 §340.01, 1-5-1999]
A.
The
regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this
Chapter when referred to in this Section, are the district regulations
in the "M-1" Industrial and Related District.
B.
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only
for the following purposes:
1.
Bottling works.
2.
Building material.
3.
Contractor's storage yard.
4.
Fertilizer and feed stores and grain elevators.
5.
Farm implement and machinery sales.
6.
Industrial, manufacturing and repair shops, where the scale of operations
and the process of manufacturing or treatment of materials is such
that the amount of dust, odor, gas, smoke or noise resulting therefrom
will not result in a lowering of values and otherwise will not be
objectionable to surrounding commercial, industrial and residential
districts, where the operations are conducted in one (1) or more buildings
and not more than thirty percent (30%) of a lot or tract is used for
the open storage of product or materials.
7.
Lumberyard.
8.
Milk distributing station which may include bottling on premises.
9.
Plumbing shop.
10.
Printing plant.
11.
Public utility substation and facilities.
12.
Warehouse and storage plant.
13.
Wholesale establishment.
14.
Packaging and assembly operations.
15.
Medical marijuana cultivation facility, provided that no medical
marijuana cultivation facility shall be located within seven hundred
(700) feet of a then-existing elementary or secondary school, within
seven hundred (700) feet of a then-existing daycare, or within seven
hundred (700) feet of a then-existing church. In the case of a freestanding
facility, the distance between the facility and the elementary or
secondary school, daycare, or church shall be measured from the external
wall of the facility structure closest in proximity to the elementary
or secondary school daycare, or church to the closest point of the
property line of the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church.
In the case of a facility that is part of a larger structure, such
as an office building or strip mall, the distance between the facility
and the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church shall be
measured from the entrance or exit of the facility closest in proximity
to the elementary or secondary school, daycare, or church to the closest
point of the property line of the elementary or secondary school,
daycare, or church. The measurements shall be made along the shortest
path between the demarcation points that can be lawfully traveled
by foot.
[Ord. No. 19-010, 7-9-2019]
[Ord. No. 1456 §350.01, 1-5-1999]
A.
The
regulations set forth in this Section, or set forth elsewhere in this
ordinance when referred to in this Section, are the district regulations
in the "AG-1" Agricultural District.
B.
Use Regulations. All uses permitted in the "C-1" General
Business District and including the following.
1.
Agricultural uses, farming, dairying, stock raising or similar purposes,
including poultry raising, orchards, nurseries, greenhouses, truck
garden, raising birds, bees, rabbits and other animals, fish and other
creatures, and other agricultural activities, including dwellings,
barns and incidental buildings commonly required for the operation
of a farm and including the sale of products produced on the premises.
2.
Church.
3.
Dog kennel and veterinary establishment but not nearer than two hundred
fifty (250) feet to any zoned residential district, or dwelling other
than the dwellings of the lessee or owner of the site.
4.
Grain elevator and the usual accessory structures, including buildings
for seasonal or temporary storage of grain.
5.
Home occupations.
6.
Hospital and institution of educational, religious, charitable or
philanthropic nature, provided however, that such buildings may occupy
not over fifty percent (50%) of the total area of the lot, that the
building shall be set back from all yard lines a distance of not less
than two (2) feet for each foot of building height.
7.
Park, playground and community building owned or operated by a public
agency.
8.
Private club, lodge, recreational building, including such structures
and uses as are necessary for their operation excepting, however,
those chief activities of which is a service customarily carried on
as a business.
9.
Public and private forest and wildlife reservation.
10.
Pumping or booster station along pipeline or substation along electric
transmission line.
11.
Riding stable.
[1]
Editor's Note: — Table 405.140 is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 405.145, Variances Authorized
By Zoning Officer — When, was repealed 3-13-2018 by Ord. No.
18-002.
