[R.O. 1996 § 405.030; Ord. No. 338 Art. III § A, 11-14-1991; Ord. No. 547 §§ 1
— 2, 5-13-2004]
The boundaries of the zoning districts
are shown upon the Zoning Map which is a part of this Chapter. The
Zoning Map shall be located in the office of the City Clerk of Gerald,
Missouri. The Zoning Map and all notations, references, and other
information shown thereon are a part of this Chapter and have the
same force and effect as if the Zoning Map and all the notations,
references and other information thereon were all set forth or described
herein.
[R.O. 1996 § 405.040; Ord. No. 338 Art. III § B, 11-14-1991]
A.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to
the boundaries of the zoning districts as shown on the Zoning Map,
the following rules shall apply:
1.
The zoning district boundaries shall
be streets or alleys unless otherwise shown. Where the districts designated
on the Zoning Map approximately follow by street or alley lines, the
center line of the street or alley shall be construed to be the boundary
of the district.
2.
Where the districts designated on
the Zoning Map are bounded approximately by lot lines, said lot lines
shall be construed to be the boundary of the zoning districts unless
the boundaries are otherwise indicated on the Zoning Map.
3.
In unsubdivided property, the zoning
district boundary lines on the Zoning Map shall be determined by the
use of the scale appearing on the Zoning Map.
4.
A boundary indicated as following
a railroad line shall be construed as being midway between the main
tracks.
[R.O. 1996 § 405.050; Ord. No. 338 Art. III § C, 11-14-1991]
All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the City of Gerald, Missouri, shall be classified as an "A-1" General Agricultural Residential District. Within a period not to exceed ninety (90) days following the date of annexation, the City of Gerald shall appropriately reclassify such territory into one (1) or more of the districts described in Sections 405.090 through 405.150 of this Chapter.
[R.O. 1996 § 405.060; Ord. No. 338 Art III § D, 11-14-1991; Ord. No. 386 § 1, 9-8-1994]
A.
Except as hereinafter specifically provided:
1.
No land shall be used except for
a purpose permitted in the zoning district in which it is located.
2.
No building shall be erected, converted,
enlarged, reconstructed, or structurally altered, nor shall any building
be used, except for a use permitted in the zoning district in which
such building is located.
3.
No building shall be erected, converted,
enlarged, reconstructed or structurally altered except in conformity
with the area regulations of the zoning district in which such building
is located.
4.
No building shall be erected, or
structurally altered to the extent specifically provided hereinafter
except in conformity with the off-street parking and loading regulations
of the zoning district in which such building is located.
5.
The minimum yards, parking spaces,
and open spaces, including lot area per family, required by this Chapter
for each and every building existing at the time of passage of this
Chapter (November 11, 1991) or for any building hereafter erected,
shall not be encroached upon or considered as part of the yard or
parking space required for any other building, nor shall any lot area
be reduced below the requirements of this Chapter for the zoning district
in which such lot is located.
6.
Every building hereafter erected
or structurally altered shall be located on a lot as herein defined
and in no case shall there be more than one (1) main building on a
lot except as specifically provided hereinafter.
7.
All inhabited or uninhabited mobile homes or trailers hereinafter located or relocated within the City of Gerald shall be placed in a Mobile Home District as described in Section 405.150 of this Chapter. All existing inhabited or uninhabited mobile homes not located in a Mobile Home District shall continue as a non-conforming use as described in Sections 405.270 through 405.300 of this Chapter.
