[CC 2000 §405.010; CC 1990 §400.010; Ord. No. 88 §1, 10-21-1951; Ord. No. 415 §2, 3-23-1971]
For the purposes of this Title, certain terms and words are
herewith defined as follows:
Words used in the present tense include the future; words in
the singular number include the plural and words in the plural number
include the singular; the word "building" includes
the word "structure" and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.
A subordinate building or portion of main building the use
of which is incidental to that of the main building.
A sign which names, without the use of illustrations or trademarks,
a major service or commodity offered on the premises on which the
sign is located.
A story partly underground and having at least one-half (½)
of its height above the average level of the adjoining ground. A basement
shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement
if subdivided and used for dwelling or business purposes.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
industry or other activity which is sold, offered or conducted elsewhere
than on the premises upon which such sign is located or to which it
is affixed.
A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the finished grade along the front of the building to the highest
point of the roof surface, if a flat roof; to the deck line of mansard
roofs; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable,
hip and gambrel roofs.
A structure on which notices pertinent to the business or
activity where the structure is located are posted in the form of
removable letters or posters.
Includes the commercial uses and districts as herein defined.
A story having more than one-half (½) of its height
below the average level of the adjoining ground. A cellar shall not
be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement.
A sign pertaining to the construction, rehabilitation or
remodeling of real estate.
A lot situated at the junction of two (2) or more streets
or places.
One (1) or more sections of the City for which the regulations
governing the height, area and use of building and premises are the
same.
A detached building designed for or occupied by four (4)
families.
A building or portion thereof used or designed as a residence
for two (2) or more families living independently of each other, including
apartments.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
by one (1) family.
A detached building designed for or occupied by two (2) families.
One (1) or more persons related by blood or marriage occupying
a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit.
A sign which is supported by posts or braces in or upon the
ground and which is not attached to any other support.
All the property abutting on one (1) side of a street or
place between two (2) intersecting streets or places (crossing or
terminating) measured along the line of the street or place or, if
the street or place be a dead-end street, then all the property abutting
on one (1) side between an intersecting street or place and the dead-end
of the street or place or if the street or place be intersected by
the City limits, then all the property abutting on one (1) side between
an intersecting street or place and the City limits.
A garage with capacity for not more than two (2) self-propelled
vehicles for storage only. Provided however, a private garage may
exceed a two (2) vehicle capacity if the lot whereon such a garage
is located contains not less than one-half (½) acre for each
vehicle stored.
Any premises, except those described as a private garage,
used for the storage or care of self-propelled vehicles.
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 exterior
appearance of the home and property shall 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.
[Ord. No. 1574 §2, 1-14-2016]
A sign pertaining only to the use of the premises on which
the sign is located and, depending on the uses permitted in this district,
may contain any of the following information: name of owner, occupant
or management of the use; address; kind of business, profession, service
or activity; type or types of products offered.
A lot other than a corner lot.
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory
buildings, together with such open spaces as are required under this
Title.
A lot which is part of a subdivision, the map of which has
been recorded in the office of the County Recorder of St. Louis County.
A building or land occupied by use that does not conform
to the regulation of the use district in which it is situated.
A sign consisting of individual letters or connected script
lettering that, although mounted against a building wall or integral
architectural element, stands out in relief from that surface.
A sign painted on the outside wall or roof of any building
or structure.
A sign made of paper or cardboard or similar material for
temporary use.
A sign indicating the entrance or exit to a parking lot.
A sign stating the regulations for use on the parking lot.
An open unoccupied space other than a street or alley permanently
reserved as the principal means of access to abutting property.
A sign pertaining to the sale, lease or rental of real estate.
A sign which is erected, constructed or maintained on a roof.
A name, identification, description, display or illustration
which is affixed to or points out a building, structure or piece of
land and which directs attention to an object, product, place, person,
activity, institution, organization or business.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or if there be
no floor above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling
next above it.
A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates
of which on at least three (3) opposite exterior walls are not more
than three (3) feet above the floor of such story.
A thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access
to abutting property.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders or any substantial change
in the roof and exterior walls.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
more or less permanent location on the ground or attached to something
having a permanent location on the ground.
An interior lot having frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately
parallel streets or places.
A sign attached and parallel to a wall or other similar surface
which is an integral part of the building.
A sign painted on or posted in a window.
An open space on the same lot with a building unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided
herein.
A yard extending across the front of the lot between the
inner side yard lines and measured between:
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and measured
between the rear line of the lot and the rear of the building.
A yard between the building and the side line of the lot
extending from the street line to the rear yard.
