[R.O. 1991 § 400.075; Ord. No. 2865-13 § 1(Exh. A § 400.075), 4-2-2013]
For the purpose of this Chapter, certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted or defined as follows, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A subordinate building which serves a function customarily incidental to that of the main building. Customary accessory buildings include garages, carports, and small storage sheds.
ACCESSORY USE
A subordinate use which serves an incidental function to that of the main use of the premises. Customary accessory uses include tennis courts, swimming pools, air-conditioners, barbecue ovens, and fireplaces.
AGRICULTURAL USE
The use of a tract of land for the growing of crops, pasturage, nursery, or the raising of poultry, including the structures necessary for carrying out farming operations and the residence or residences of those owning or operating the premises, a member of the family thereof, or persons employed thereon, and the family thereof, but such use shall not include feedlots.
ALLEY
A dedicated public right-of-way, other than a street, which provides only a secondary means of access to abutting property, the right-of-way of which is twenty (20) feet or less in width.
ALTERATION
Alteration, as applied to a building or structure, is a change or rearrangement in the structural parts of an existing building or structure. Enlargement, whether by extending a side, increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to another, shall be considered as an alteration.
ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES
Any place, area, building, or structure where animals, primarily, but not limited to, dogs and cats, are boarded, cared for, treated, sold or trained, but not including individual resident's personal pets. See Section 400.365.
[Ord. No. 2915-15 § 1, 2-3-2015]
BASEMENT
That portion of a building having more than one-half (1/2) of its height below grade.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
That Board which has been created by the Governing Body having jurisdiction and which has the statutory authority to hear and determine appeals, exceptions and variances to the Zoning Regulations.
BUILDING
Any structure designed or intended for the enclosure, shelter or protection of persons, animals or property.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical dimension measured from the average elevation of the finished lot grade at the front of the building to the highest point of ceiling of the top story in the case of a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; and to the average height between the plate and ridge of a gable, hip, or gambrel roof.
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COMMON OPEN SPACE
An area of land or water or combination thereof planned for passive or active recreation, which does not include areas utilized for streets, alleys, driveways, private roads, off-street parking or loading areas. However, the area of recreational activities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, shuffleboard courts, etc., may be included as common open space.
DISPLAY OF MERCHANDISE FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC
Outdoor storage of goods, equipment, property, etc., in a visually pleasing manner for retail purchase by the general public, excluding the outdoor storage of repair parts, and supplies, assembly items, and/or items primarily used for contracted services, repairs and/or installations.
DISTRICT
A section or sections of the zoning area for which these regulations governing the use of land, the height of buildings, the size of yards and the intensity of use are uniform.
DOG
Any canine species over twelve (12) months of age.
DWELLING
A building or portion thereof, not including mobile homes, which is designed and used exclusively for residential purposes.
DWELLING, ELDERLY
A residential building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by residents who are at least sixty-two (62) years old.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
A residential building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by more than two (2) families independently.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
1. 
A residential building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by one (1) family.
2. 
Includes 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. In the case of any such residential home for mentally or physically handicapped persons, the local zoning authority may require that the exterior appearance of the home and property be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Further, the local zoning authority may establish reasonable standards regarding the density of such individual homes in any specific single-family dwelling neighborhood.
a. 
No person or entity shall contract or enter into a contract which would restrict group homes or their location as described in this definition from and after September 28, 1985.
b. 
Should a single-family dwelling or single-family residence as defined in Subsection (2) of this definition cease to operate for the purpose as set forth in Subsection (2) of this definition, any other use of such home, other than allowed by local zoning restrictions, must be approved by the local zoning authority.
3. 
Includes any private residence licensed by the Children's Division 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. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to relieve the Children's Division, the Department of Mental Health or any other person, firm or corporation occupying or utilizing any single-family dwelling or single-family residence for the purposes specified in this Subsection from compliance with any ordinance or regulation relating to occupancy permits except as to number and relationship of occupants or from compliance with any building or safety code applicable to actual use of such single-family dwelling or single-family residence.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A residential building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by two (2) families independently.
FAMILY
One (1) or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit; or a group of not more than four (4) unrelated persons living together as a single housekeeping unit; plus in either case, usual domestic servants. A family shall under no circumstances be construed as a boardinghouse, fraternity, or sorority house, club, lodging house, hotel, motel or commune.
FLOOR AREA
For computing off-street parking requirements, shall mean the gross floor area of the building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline of walls separating two (2) buildings and shall include the following areas:
1. 
The area of each floor of the structure.
2. 
The attic space having headroom of seven (7) feet ten (10) inches or more.
FRONTAGE
The length of the property abutting on one (1) side of a street measured along the dividing line between the property and the street right-of-way.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
A service station shall consist of a building or group of buildings and surfaced area where automotive vehicles may be refueled and serviced; self-service pumps without buildings shall also be included, such service shall not include tire recapping, body repairs, or major overhaul.
GAS PRESSURE CONTROL STATION
A facility commonly known as a "Town Border Station." This term shall not include isolated regulator valves.
GOVERNING BODY
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Smithville, Missouri.
HOME OCCUPATION
A business, profession, service or trade conducted for gain or support entirely within a residential building.
HOTEL
A building or portion thereof, or a group of buildings, used as a transient abiding place which may or may not serve meals and whether such establishments are designated as a hotel, inn, automobile court, motel, motor inn, motor lodge, motor court, tourist cabin, tourist court, or other similar designation.[1]
LOT, CORNER
A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
LOT, DEPTH OF
The mean horizontal distance between the front and the rear lot lines.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE
A lot having a frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets, as distinguished from a corner lot.
LOT OF RECORD
A lot which is a part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds or an unplatted lot described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds prior to the original adoption of subdivision regulations by the City.
LOT, ZONING
A parcel or tract of land used, developed, or built upon as a unit under single ownership or control. Said parcel or tract may consist of one (1) or more lots of record, one (1) or more portions of a lot or lots of record, or any combination thereof.
MACHINE SHOP
A work shop, including tool and die shops, that turns, shapes, planes, mills or otherwise reduces or finishes by machine-operated tools.
MEDICAL CLINIC
Any building designed for use by one (1) or more persons lawfully engaged in the diagnosis, care and treatment of physical or mental diseases or ailments of human beings, including, but not limited to, doctors of medicine, dentists, chiropractors, osteopaths, optometrists, podiatrists, and in which no patients are lodged overnight, but which may include an apothecary.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or its successor agency, 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. 3033-19, 4-1-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or its successor agency, 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. 3033-19, 4-1-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or its successor agency, 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. 3033-19, 4-1-2019]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA TESTING FACILITY
A facility certified by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or its successor agency, to acquire, test, certify, and transport marijuana.
[Ord. No. 3033-19, 4-1-2019]
MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME
A factory-built structure or structures which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, contains three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, equipped with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on its or their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit or units with or without a permanent foundation. The phrase "without a permanent foundation" indicates that the support system is constructed with the intent that the manufactured home placed thereon may be moved from time to time at the convenience of the owner.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any area, piece, parcel, tract or plot of ground equipped as required for support of mobile homes and used or intended to be used by one (1) or more occupied mobile homes, but under no circumstances shall the mobile home spaces be sold or offered for sale individually. The term "mobile home park" does not include sales lots on which unoccupied mobile homes, whether new or used, are parked for the purposes of storage, inspection, or sale.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park which can accommodate one (1) mobile home and which provides the necessary utility services for water, sewerage, and electricity.
MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION
Any area, piece, parcel, tract, or plot of ground used or intended to be used for the purpose of selling lots for occupancy by mobile homes.
MODULAR UNIT
A transportable building unit designed to be used by itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a point-of-use into a modular structure to be used for residential purposes. This definition shall not apply to structures under six hundred fifty (650) square feet used temporarily and exclusively for construction site office purposes.
NURSING HOMES or CONVALESCENT HOMES
An institution or agency licensed by the State for the reception, board, care, or treatment of three (3) or more unrelated individuals, but not including facilities for the care and treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, or narcotics addiction.
OUTDOOR STORAGE
The keeping of goods, equipment, property, etc., business related or otherwise, not completely enclosed in a building.
PLANNING COMMISSION or PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
The Smithville Planning and Zoning Commission.
PRIVATE CLUB
A non-profit association of persons who are bona fide members paying annual dues, which owns, hires, or leases a building or premises, or portion thereof, the use of such building or premises being restricted to members and their guests. The affairs and management of such private club are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar body chosen by the members at their annual meeting. It shall be permissible to serve food and meals on such premises providing adequate dining room space and kitchen facilities are available. The sale of alcoholic beverages to members and their guests shall be allowed, provided it is secondary and incidental to the promotion of some other common objective by the organization, and further provided that such sale of alcoholic beverages is in compliance with the applicable Federal, State and Municipal laws.
RESTAURANT
A public eating establishment at which the primary function is the preparation and serving of food.
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN
An establishment whose primary purpose is the sale, dispensing or serving of food, refreshments or beverages in automobiles, including those establishments where customers may serve themselves, except that this shall not be construed as to include what is commonly called a cafeteria.
SALVAGE YARD
An area of land with or without building, used for or occupied by a deposit, collection or storage, outside a completely enclosed building, of used or discarded materials such as wastepaper, rags or scrap material; or used building materials, house furnishings, machinery, motor vehicles or parts thereof with or without the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale or other use or disposition of the same. A salvage yard shall also include the dismantling or wrecking of used motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts. The presence on any lot or parcel of land of two (2) or more motor vehicles which, for a period exceeding thirty (30) days, have not been capable of operating under their own power or from which parts have been removed for reuse or sale shall be considered a salvage yard.
SIGHT TRIANGLE
An area at a street intersection in which nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of two and one-half (2 1/2) feet and eight (8) feet above the grades of the bottom of the curb of the intersecting streets, measured from the point of intersection of the centerline of the streets, ninety (90) feet in each direction along the centerline of the streets. At the intersection of major or arterial streets, the ninety (90) foot distance shall be increased to one hundred twenty (120) feet.
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SIGHT TRIANGLE
Minimum Standard Residential and Collector Streets
SIGN
Any device which shall display or include any letter, word, model, banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device, or representation used as, or which is in the nature of, an advertisement or announcement which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization, or business, but shall not include any display of official notice or official flag.
STORAGE SCREENING
A solid or semisolid fence or wall or trees or shrubs at least six (6) feet but not more than eight (8) feet high (maximum height excluded for trees and shrubs) and having a density of not less than eighty percent (80%) per square foot.
STREET LINE
A dividing line between a lot, tract, or parcel of land and the contiguous street.
STREET NETWORK
1. 
EXPRESSWAYA street which provides fast and efficient movement of large volumes of traffic between areas and does not provide a land service function.
2. 
ARTERIALA street which provides for through traffic movement between and around areas with direct access to abutting property, subject to necessary control of entrances, exits, and curb uses.
3. 
COLLECTORA street which provides for traffic movement between arterials and local streets, with direct access to abutting property.
4. 
LOCALA street which provides direct access to abutting land and local traffic movement whether in business, industrial, or residential areas.
STREET, PUBLIC
A right-of-way, dedicated to the public use, which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams, or girders, or any complete rebuilding of the roof or the exterior walls. For the purpose of this regulation, the following shall not be considered a structural alteration:
1. 
Attachment of a new front where structural supports are not changed.
2. 
Addition of fire escape where structural supports are not changed.
3. 
New windows where lintels and support walls are not materially changed.
4. 
Repair or replacement of non-structural members.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground, but not including fences or public items such as utility poles, street light fixtures, and street signs.
TAVERN
An establishment in which the primary function is the public sale and serving of alcoholic and cereal malt beverages for consumption on the premises, including establishments commonly known as "cocktail lounges" and "nightclubs."
YARD
A space on the same lot with a main building, open, unoccupied and unobstructed by buildings or structures from the ground upward.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the least distance between the street right-of-way and the building setback line.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the least distance between the rear lot line and the rear setback line.
YARD, SIDE
A yard extending from the front yard, or front lot line where no front yard is required, to the rear yard.
ZONE or DISTRICT
A section of the zoning area for which uniform regulations governing the use, height, area, size and intensity of use of buildings, land, and open space are herein established.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
The person or persons authorized and empowered by the Governing Body having jurisdiction to administer the requirements of this Chapter.
ZONING AREA
The area to be zoned as set out on the official Zoning Map filed of record.
ZONING REGULATIONS or THESE REGULATIONS
The requirement stipulated in the regulations herewith attached.
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Editor's Note: The former definitions of "kennel — boarding," and "kennel — breeding," which immediately followed this definition, were repealed 2-3-2015 by Ord. No. 2915-15 § 1.