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City of Eureka, MO
St. Louis County
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The regulations of this district are supplemented and qualified by additional general regulations appearing elsewhere in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 680 §1; Ord. No. 1194 §1, 9-19-1995; Ord. No. 1488 §7, 10-17-2000]
(a) 
Single-family dwellings.
(b) 
Public and private not-for-profit parks, parkways and playgrounds.
(c) 
Golf courses, not including miniature courses or practice driving tees.
(d) 
Farms and truck gardens.
(e) 
Public or private elementary and secondary schools.
(f) 
Churches.
(g) 
Local public utility facilities.
(h) 
(Reserved)
(i) 
Day care homes.
(j) 
Accessory buildings, land uses and activities customarily incident to above uses (b) through (g).
(k) 
Accessory buildings customarily incident to single-family dwellings, limited to a maximum of two (2). Land uses and activities customarily incident to single-family dwellings.
(l) 
Home occupations.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 680 §2; Ord. No. 915 §4; Ord. No. 1194 §1, 9-19-1995; Ord. No. 1298 §1, 7-15-1997; Ord. No. 1503 §1, 1-2-2001]
(a) 
Sewage treatment plants.
(b) 
Temporary buildings for use incidental to residential construction.
(c) 
Cemeteries and mausoleums.
(d) 
Riding stables.
(e) 
Greenhouses and plant nurseries, not including any structure used for commercial purposes.
(f) 
Nursing homes.
(g) 
[Repealed by Ord. No. 1194 §1, 9-19-1995]
(h) 
Not-for-profit private clubs and recreational land uses.
(i) 
Retreats owned and operated by religious, educational or other not-for-profit institutions.
(j) 
Hospitals.
(k) 
Libraries.
(l) 
Nursery schools and day nurseries.
(m) 
Fire stations.
(n) 
Private stables.
(o) 
Bed and breakfast establishments.
(p) 
State of Missouri regulated day care homes in which care is given to between five (5) and ten (10) people.
(q) 
Telecommunications facilities, subject to additional provisions contained in this Chapter.
(r) 
Level 3 electric vehicle charging station.
[Ord. No. 2601, 8-17-2021]
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 680 §3]
(a) 
No residential structure shall exceed two and one-half (2½) stories or thirty-five (35) feet.
(b) 
Accessory structures to single-family dwellings shall not exceed one (1) story with gable roof to a maximum height of twelve (12) feet above ground floor elevation.
(c) 
Any non-residential structure may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy-five (75) feet when the front, side and rear yards are increased an additional two (2) feet for each foot exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in height; provided, that such exceptions shall not be permitted where they would conflict with any existing ordinances of the City or other governmental regulations regarding the height of structures surrounding airports, landing fields or landing strips.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 680 §4; Ord. No. 1294 §3, 6-17-1997; Ord. No. 1488 §8, 10-17-2000]
(a) 
Farm buildings shall be situated on tracts of land providing at least ten (10) acres of land area.
(b) 
Residences shall be situated on tracts of land providing at least fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of lot area for each residence; except, that any lot or tract of record on March 16, 1982, which contains less area may be used as a site for one (1) single-family residence together with customary accessory structures and uses.
No new lots shall be created of less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet in area.
(c) 
Private stables and riding stables shall be situated on tracts of land providing at least three (3) acres of land area. No stable shall be located less than two hundred (200) feet from any dwelling on an adjoining lot or seventy-five (75) feet from the common property line, whichever is greater.
(d) 
Elementary schools shall be situated on tracts of land providing at least five (5) acres. Secondary schools shall be situated on tracts of land providing at least twenty (20) acres.
(e) 
Churches shall be situated on tracts of land providing at least two (2) acres.
[Ord. No. 2364 §3, 12-15-2015]
(f) 
Fire stations, nursery schools and day nurseries shall be situated on tracts of land providing at least one-half (½) acre.
(g) 
Libraries shall be situated on tracts of land providing at least two (2) acres.
(h) 
All other permitted land uses in this district, except local public utility facilities, shall be situated or conducted on tracts of land at least five (5) acres in area, except as may be clearly indicated otherwise by the context of these regulations.
(i) 
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all special land uses in this district shall be situated or conducted on tracts of land at least five (5) acres in area. However, the Board of Aldermen, when approving a special land use, may allow the establishment of such use on tracts of land less than five (5) acres where the developments and uses contemplated are deemed consistent with good planning practice; can be operated in a manner that is not detrimental to the permitted developments and uses of the district; can be developed and operated in a manner that is visually compatible with the permitted uses in the surrounding area; and are deemed essential or desirable to preserve and promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the City; provided however, that the minimum tract area for such special developments and uses shall not be less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.
(j) 
Every lot shall have a minimum frontage of one hundred (100) feet.
(k) 
No structure shall be erected within twenty-five (25) feet of any public roadway right-of-way line. However, farm buildings shall not be located within one hundred (100) feet of any property line.
[Ord. No. 2657, 5-17-2022]
(l) 
There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than thirty (30) feet, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side of a building having a width of not less than ten (10) feet except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
Corner lots shall be considered to have a front yard along both street frontages.
On lots having double frontage, the front yard shall be along the street providing the main entrance to the lot.
(m) 
Detached accessory structures to single-family dwellings shall not exceed a maximum of seven hundred (700) square feet in total floor area under roof for all such detached accessory structures.
(n) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection (n), regarding corner lot front yard detached garages, which derived from Ord. No. 2283 §1, 12-17-2013; Ord. No. 2298 §§1,2, 5-6-2014, was repealed 1-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2636.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 930 § 1]
[Ord. No. 646 § 2]
All uses shall be required to provide for off-street parking in accordance with Article XV of this Chapter.