[Code 1999 §410.010; Ord. No. 479 Art. I, 11-9-1995]
A.
It
is hereby declared to be the policy of the City of Seymour to consider
the subdivision of land, the subsequent development of the subdivided
plat as subject to the control of the municipality pursuant to efficient
and economical development of the City.
B.
Land
to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used safely
for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire,
flood, or other menace, and land shall not be subdivided until available
public facilities and improvements exist and proper provision has
been made for drainage, water, sewerage, and capital improvements
such as schools, parks, recreation facilities, transportation facilities,
and improvements.
C.
The
existing and proposed public improvements shall conform to and be
properly related to the proposals of the Planning and Zoning Commission
and the capital budget program of the City, and it is intended that
these regulations shall supplement and facilitate the enforcement
of the provisions and standards contained in building and housing
codes, zoning ordinances, Official Map and land use plan, and capital
budget program of the City.
[Code 1999 §410.020; Ord. No. 479 Art. I, 11-9-1995]
A.
These
regulations are adopted to establish minimum requirements for development
and include the following purposes:
1.
To protect and provide for the public health, safety, and general
welfare of the municipality.
2.
To guide future growth and development of the City.
3.
To provide for adequate light, air and privacy, to secure safety
from fire, flood and other danger, and to prevent overcrowding of
the land and undue congestion of population.
4.
To protect the character and the social and economic parts of the
City and to encourage the orderly and beneficial development of all
parts of the City.
5.
To protect and conserve the value of land throughout the City and
the value of buildings and improvements upon the land and to minimize
the conflicts among the uses of land and buildings.
6.
To guide public and private policy and action in order to provide
adequate and efficient transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks,
playgrounds, recreation, and other public requirements and facilities.
7.
To provide the most beneficial relationship between the uses of land
and buildings and circulation of traffic throughout the City, having
particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets and
highways, and pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various
uses of land and buildings and to provide for the proper location
and width of streets and building lines.
8.
To establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivisions
and resubdivisions in order to further the orderly layout and use
of land and to insure proper legal descriptions and monumenting subdivided
land.
9.
To insure that public facilities are available and will have a sufficient
capacity to serve the proposed subdivision.
10.
To prevent the pollution of air, streams and ponds; to assure the
adequacy of drainage facilities; to safeguard the water table; and
to encourage the wise use and management of natural resources throughout
the City in order to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty
of the community and the value of the land.
11.
To preserve the natural beauty and topography of the municipality
and to insure appropriate development with regard to these natural
features.
12.
To provide for open spaces through the most efficient design and
layout of the land, including the use of average density in providing
for minimum width and area of lots, while preserving the density of
land as established in the zoning ordinance of the City.
[Code 1999 §410.030; Ord. No. 479 Art. I, 11-9-1995]
No lot in a subdivision, as defined herein, may be conveyed
unless a final plat of the property has been approved according to
the requirements and provisions of this Chapter. These regulations
are supplemental to and not in derogation of the Revised Statutes
of Missouri. Any plat of a subdivision of land in the incorporated
areas of the City which has not been accepted and approved, as herein
provided, shall not be considered as a plat of any lawful subdivision.
All plats shall be recorded in the Plat Book of Webster County, Missouri,
according to requirements contained in Section 89.440, RSMo.
[Code 1999 §410.040; Ord. No. 479 Art. I, 11-9-1995]
Land unsuitable for subdivision development due to poor drainage,
flooding, steep slope, extensive rock formation, lack of sanitary
facilities, or any other conditions constituting a danger to health,
life, or property shall not be approved for subdivision development
unless the subdivider presents evidence or data satisfactory to the
Planning and Zoning Commission establishing that the methods proposed
to meet any such condition are adequate to avoid any danger to health,
life and property.
[Code 1999 §410.050; Ord. No. 479 Art. XIII, 11-9-1995]
A.
General Statement. Words used in the present tense shall
include the future; the singular number shall include the plural,
and plural the singular; the word "building" shall
include the word "structure"; the word "shall" is mandatory, the word "may" is permissive.
B.
ALLEY
BARRIER (NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL)
BLOCK
BUILDING
BUILDING LINE
CAMPGROUND OR TRAVEL TRAILER PARK
CITY
COMMISSION
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CUL-DE-SAC
DESIGN
MOBILE HOME PARK
MOBILE HOME SPACE
NET AREA
PARKING SPACE
PEDESTRIAN WAY
PERSON
PLAT
PUBLIC WATER COMPANY
RECREATION OR PLAYGROUND CENTER
ROADBED
SETBACK LINE
SLOPE
STREET
STRUCTURE
SUBDIVIDER
SUBDIVISION
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
UNITS
YARD
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
For
the purposes of this Chapter, the terms used herein are defined as
follows:
A permanent serviceway dedicated to public use primarily
for utility or vehicular service access to the rear or side of properties
otherwise abutting on a street.
Any street, highway, river, pond, canal, railroad, levee,
embankment, or screening by a fence or hedge.
An area of land entirely bounded by streets, highways or
ways, except alleys, pedestrian ways, or exterior boundaries of subdivision
unless such exterior boundary is a street, highway or way, or a combination
of streets, public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, bulk
headlines, or shorelines or waterways, or corporate boundary lines.
Any structure, whether temporary, semi-permanent or permanent,
designed or intended for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection
of persons or property.
See "SETBACK LINE".
Any plot of ground upon which a camper or travel trailer
is located regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such
accommodation. However, such definition shall not include storage
of one (1) personal camper or travel trailer upon the property of
the owner.
As hereinafter referred shall mean Seymour, Missouri.
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Seymour,
Missouri.
The plan or any portion thereof adopted by the Commission
for the coordinated physical development of Seymour, Missouri, including,
among other things, plans and programs regarding the location, character
and extent of highways, transportation routes, bridges, public buildings,
schools, parks, forest, wildlife refuges, dams and projects affecting
the conservation of natural resources.
A short street having only one (1) end open for vehicular
traffic and the other permanently terminated by a full turnaround
for vehicles.
The arrangement of land for easements, lots, and rights-of-way
including materials, alignment, grade, and width of these elements.
Any area, tract, site, or plot of ground on which mobile
homes are occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes regardless of
whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation. Such definition
includes all buildings used or intended to be used as a part of the
equipment or facilities thereof.
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the
accommodation of one (1) mobile home.
The entire area within the boundary lines of the site, less
the area of any street right-of-way.
An area set aside, either on an individual lot or on any
other portion of a subdivision, which is reserved for vehicular parking.
A right-of-way dedicated to public use which cuts across
a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
Any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation.
A map showing the design of a subdivision and the existing
conditions. The design shall include all trafficways, utilities, drainage
provisions, and appurtenances.
Any person, company, corporation or institution who has a
written permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to
supply water for domestic purposes to the public.
A usable parcel of land suitably drained, free of stagnant
pools of water, with sufficient soil to support the growth of plant
material, and containing a variety of recreational facilities.
The graded portion of a street, including shoulders, for
vehicular usage.
The line generally parallel to the front, side, or rear lot
line establishing the minimum space to be provided as the front, side,
or rear yard.
The degree of natural inclination of the existing ground
which is used as the basis for determining the hillsides.
A general term denoting a public or private way for the purpose
of vehicular travel. The term includes all the facilities which normally
occur within the right-of-way; it shall also include such other designations
for a street as: a highway, a collector or local street or as otherwise
designated, but excluding an alley or a way for pedestrian use only.
Anything constructed which requires permanent or temporary
location on the ground or is attached to something having a permanent
or temporary location on the ground.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
estate, or other group or combination acting as a unit, dividing or
proposing to divide land in a manner that constitutes a subdivision
as herein defined. The term "subdivider" shall include
any agent of any subdivider.
The division of land into two (2) or more lots or parcels
for the purpose of either immediate or future sale, rental or building
development. Excluded from this definition is: the division of land
for agricultural purposes; division of land for cemetery usage; division
of land for distribution of land pursuant to law or court order; and
the conveyance of any tract of land constituting either one-half (½),
one-fourth (¼), one-eighth (⅛), or one-sixteenth (1/16)
section of land as defined in the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
A division of land into two (2) lots but not more than four
(4) lots, which does not include any new streets, improvements, easements,
or rights-of-way; a division of land in which each parcel is five
(5) acres or more in area, and which does not include any new streets,
improvements, easements, right-of-way, or other provisions for public
areas and facilities; the division of land held by a bona fide partnership
in existence for two (2) or more years upon dissolution thereof; a
division of land among the immediate members of a family for personal
use which does not include any new streets, improvements, easements,
or rights-of-way.
An area within a mobile home park, court, or camp of not
less than two thousand (2,000) square feet of unoccupied space designated
for the exclusive use of not more than one (1) vehicle and one (1)
mobile home.
Any open space located on the same lot with a building or
structure, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up, except
for any accessory buildings or projections as are permitted on the
lot.
A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side
yard lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street
line and the front building line.
A yard extending along the rear of a lot between the side
yard lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear
lot and the rear building line.
A yard extending along each side of a lot between the front
yard line and the rear yard line and being the minimum horizontal
distance between the side lot line and the side building line.
