Exciting enhancements are coming soon to eCode360! Learn more 🡪
University City, MO
St. Louis County
By using eCode360 you agree to be legally bound by the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, please do not use eCode360.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
[R.O. 2011 §34-50; Ord. No. 6139 §1(Exh. A (part)), 1997]
These regulations supplement and qualify the district regulations contained elsewhere in this Chapter. Unless otherwise stated, the regulations hereafter established shall apply within all districts established by this Chapter.
[R.O. 2011 §34-51; Ord. No. 6139 §1(Exh. A (part)), 1997]
Except for detached single-family and two-family dwellings, more than one (1) principal building may be located on the same zoning lot provided that density and dimensional requirements of this Chapter shall be met for each principal building as though they were on individual lots.
[R.O. 2011 §34-52; Ord. No. 6139 §1(Exh. A (part)), 1997]
A. 
The maintenance of yards, other open space and minimum lot area required for a structure shall be a continuing obligation of the owner of such property on which it is located as long as the structure is in existence.
B. 
No required yards, other open space or minimum lot area allocated to any structure, shall be used to satisfy required yards, other open spaces or minimum lot area requirements for any other structure.
C. 
There shall be no obstructions permitted in required yards except as hereinafter set forth.
D. 
Except as provided for in Article VII "Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements", no required off-street parking area required for a use on a zoning lot shall be used to satisfy the required off-street parking for a use of another zoning lot.
[R.O. 2011 §34-53; Ord. No. 6471 §1, 2003; Ord. No. 7095, 1-28-2019]
A. 
Within the "SR" and "LR" districts, the minimum lot area and/or lot width for detached single-family and two-family (duplex) dwellings in subdivisions platted prior to the City of University City's first Zoning Code in 1926 shall be the prevailing pattern the subdivision in which the lot is located as specified in Table 1.
B. 
For lots within "SR" and "LR" Districts that are not within subdivisions platted prior to 1926, a redaction in the minimum lot width for detached single-family and two-family (duplex) dwellings shall be granted by the Zoning Administrator if the lot area and/or width are consistent with the prevailing pattern of the subdivision. In determining the prevailing pattern, the lot area and/or width of at least ten (10) of the closest lots shall be considered or, if there are fewer than ten (10) lots, the prevailing pattern of the lots on the block frontage shall be considered.
C. 
Table I. Subdivisions and their prevailing pattern dimensions for lots in subdivisions platted prior to the City's first Zoning Code in 1926.
Table 1
Subdivision
Minimum Area (SF)
Minimum Width (feet)
Alta Dena
4600
45
Ames Place
5600
50
Balson's at Olive
3700
30
Balson's at Shaftesbury Heights
5100
50
Bellemoor Park
4200
40
Darstdale No. 3
3200
40
De Soto Place
3200
30
Delmar Garden
3500
40
Eastover
4600
30
Forsyth Place
4900
50
Gannondale
5100
50
Garden Heights
4700
50
Hefner Place
5000
50
Harris Place
3000
45
Jackson Park
5200
50
Kingsland Place
3600
40
Meridian
5700
50
Mount Olive
4400
35
Musick
5600
50
New Delmar
5500
50
North Parkview
4000
40
Northmoor
5000
40
Olivania Park
4000
40
Olive Heights
3000
30
Olive Street
3700
40
Partridge Heights
5100
50
Pearl Heights
4000
40
Pershing Heights
4200
40
Rathert Heights
3200
30
Richardson Washington Park
3900
50
Roth Grove
4000
45
Sadler Place
5000
40
Spring Avenue
5300
50
Sutter Estates
4300
45
Sutter Heights
3400
30
University Park:
Amherst Blocks 7000-7300
4000
40
Tulane and Dartmouth Blocks 7000-7100
4000
40
Parcels north of and not including 728 Pennsylvania
4000
40
University Park No. 2
3800
40
University Terrace
4300
40
Vernon Place
3400
30
West Chamberlain Park
2900
25
West Delmar
5500
50
West Lawn
4000
30
West Portland
5100
40
West University No. 3
4500
40
[R.O. 2011 §34-54; Ord. No. 6139 §1(Exh. A (part)), 1997]
Chimneys, cooling towers, elevator equipment enclosures, monuments, tanks, water towers, ornamental towers and spires, church steeples, radio, television, cellular or microwave towers, or necessary mechanical appurtenances usually required to be placed above the roof level are not subject to the height limitations contained in the district regulations, except as provided for in Division 10 with respect to amateur radio antennas and towers and parabolic reflector antennas.