[(CC 1976 App. A §1.01; Ord. No. 2542 §2, 12-11-1989]
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited hereinafter as
the "Zoning Code of the City of Overland Ord. No. 2449 §1, dated
November 14, 1988)."
[CC 1976 App. A §1.03; Ord. No. 2449 §1, 11-14-1988]
A.
As
established in Chapter 89, RSMo., (1986), the purpose of this Chapter
is to regulate and control the zoning of land and consequent use of
said land within the City of Overland in order to promote public safety,
health, and general welfare of the citizens. These regulations are
specifically designed to:
1.
Protect the character and stability of residential, recreation, commercial,
industrial, and open space areas within the City of Overland and promote
their orderly and beneficial development;
2.
Provide privacy and convenience of access to property;
3.
Regulate the intensity of land use and establish open areas surrounding
buildings and structures necessary to provide adequate light and ventilation
and to protect public safety and health;
4.
Regulate and limit the height of buildings and structures;
5.
Lessen and avoid congestion on public streets by providing off-street
parking and loading;
6.
Regulate and limit the density of population based on the City's
ability to provide for water, sewerage, schools, parks and other essential
public services;
7.
Divide the City into zoning districts and establish, by reference
to a map, the boundaries of said districts;
8.
Fix reasonable standards to which land, buildings, structures, and
their uses must conform;
9.
Prohibit uses, buildings, or structures which are incompatible with
the character of development or uses, buildings, or structures permitted
within specified zoning districts;
10.
Prevent illegal additions or alterations of existing buildings or
structures;
11.
Protect against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and odor, heat, dust,
smoke, glare, noise, vibration, radioactivity, and other nuisances
and hazards in the interest of public health, safety, and general
welfare;
12.
Prevent overcrowding of land and undue concentration of buildings
and structures so far as is possible and appropriate in each zoning
district by regulating the use and bulk of buildings in relation to
the land surrounding them;
13.
Preserve and enhance the taxable value of land, buildings, and structures
throughout the City;
14.
Provide for the completion, restoration, reconstruction, or extension,
of non-conforming uses;
15.
Designate and define the powers and duties of the official(s) administering
and enforcing this Chapter; and
16.
Provide penalties for the violation of this Chapter.
[CC 1976 App. A §1.04; Ord. No. 2449 §1, 11-14-1988]
A.
If
any court of competent jurisdiction shall declare any part of this
Chapter to be invalid, such ruling shall not affect any other provisions
of this Chapter not specifically included in said ruling.
B.
If
any court of competent jurisdiction shall declare invalid the application
of any provision of this Chapter to a particular land, parcel, lot,
district, use, building or structure, such ruling shall not affect
the application of said provision to any other land, parcel, lot,
district, use, building, or structure not specifically included in
said ruling.
[CC 1976 App. A §1.05; Ord. No. 2449 §1, 11-14-1988]
A.
The
regulations set by this Chapter within each district shall be minimum
regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure
or land, except as hereinafter provided.
1.
No building shall be erected, converted, placed, enlarged, reconstructed,
or structurally altered, nor shall any building or land be used except
for a purpose and in the manner permitted in the district in which
the building or land is located.
2.
No land required for yards, open spaces, or off-street parking or
loading spaces about an existing building or any building hereafter
erected or structurally altered shall be considered as required yard
or lot area for more than one (1) building, unless as otherwise provided
for in this Chapter.
3.
Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be
located on a lot and in no case shall there be more than one (1) main
building on one (1) lot except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
4.
The provisions of these regulations shall be considered the minimum
requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals,
comfort and welfare. Where provisions of the regulations of this Chapter
impose greater restrictions than those of any Statute, other ordinance
or regulation, the provisions of the regulations of this Chapter shall
be controlling. Where the provisions of any Statute, other ordinance
or regulation impose greater restrictions than this Chapter, the provisions
of such Statute, other ordinance or regulation shall be controlling.
5.
This Chapter is not intended to abrogate or annul any easement, covenant
or other private agreement provided that where any provision of this
Chapter is more restrictive or imposes a higher standard or requirement
than such easement, covenant or other private agreement, the provision
of this Chapter shall govern.
