City of Moscow Mills, MO Article IV Definitions

§ 46.055 Definitions and rules of construction.

A. Rules of construction. For the purposes of this chapter, certain rules of construction apply to the text, as follows:

1. Words in the singular number include the plural and the plural the singular, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.

2. Words used in the present tense include the future and past tenses, and the future the present.

3. The word "shall" is always mandatory. The word "may" is permissive.

4. The word "building" includes the word "structure" and "structure" includes "building".

5. The words "designed for" includes the words "used for" and "used for" includes "designed for".

6. The word "dwelling" includes the word "residence" and "residence" includes "dwelling".

7. Words and terms not defined herein shall be interpreted in accordance with their normal dictionary meaning and customary usage.

B. For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words are hereby defined as follows:

ABUTTING

To have a common zoning district boundary or zoning lot boundary. For the purposes of this chapter, a zoning lot line shall be considered to abut a zoning district line even though it may be separated therefrom by a street, parkway, sidewalk, public way, alley waterway, railroad right-of-way or portion thereof. "Adjacent", "adjoining" and "contiguous" shall have the same meaning as "abutting".

ACCESSORY USE

A use customarily incidental, subordinate to, and located on the same lot as the principal use.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

An officer or individual having specific authority to administer the regulations of this article.

ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS, BOOKSTORE, VIDEO STORE, OR PEEP SHOW

A business establishment which, as its principal purposes, offers for sale, rental, display, or viewing for any form of consideration any one or more of the following:

1. Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes or video reproductions, slides, computer disks, or other visual representations which depict or describe "sexual activities" or "anatomical areas".

2. Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with "sexual activities".

3. Business establishment where for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, computer disks, or similar photographic reproductions are regularly shown which are characterized by the depiction of "sexual activities" or "anatomical areas".

4. A business establishment where for any form of consideration dancing or viewing of live nude or semi-nude men or women is conducted.

5. Such uses as described above shall not be considered "adult" for the purpose of being required to locate within an industrial zoning district if the following criteria are met:

a. The sale of merchandise is an accessory use to a non-adult oriented business.

b. All merchandise is packaged for sale and use off of the premises with no "adult" oriented activity taking place on the premises.

c. The area is completely screened from public view and occupies no more than 25% of the general sales area of the business.

AGRICULTURAL USE

The growing of crops or the raising of livestock or poultry in such a manner that they are incidental to the acreage farmed, provided however, that such land shall consist of at least 10 acres in one parcel or in continuous parcels under common ownership or operation. The feeding or disposal of community or collected garbage shall not be deemed an agricultural use, nor shall the raising of fur-bearing animals, riding academies, livery or boarding stables or animal shelters be so considered.

ALLEY

A minor right-of-way dedicated to public use which gives a secondary means of vehicular access to back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility purposes.

ALTERATION

As applied to a building or structure means a change or rearrangement in the structural parts, or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height; or the moving from one location or position to another.

ANIMALS, DOMESTIC

Includes dogs, cats, birds, fish, potbellied pigs, ferrets, hedgehogs, rodents, snakes and amphibians, and other animals typically sold in a retail pet store.

ANIMALS, FARM

Includes, but not be limited to, horses, chickens, cattle, ducks, pigs, alpaca, and llama.

APARTMENT

A room or suite of rooms within a building, provided with separate cooking facilities and intended as a single-dwelling unit.

AUTOMOBILE/VEHICLE MINOR REPAIRS

Repairs such as changing oil; spark plugs, tires, or air/oil filters; adjusting brakes; replacing carburetors; repairing or switching tires; replacing the alternator; or repairs of a similar nature.

AUTOMOTIVE/VEHICLE MAJOR REPAIRS

All repairs other than minor repairs.

BASEMENT

That portion of the building which is completely below ground or which is partly above and partly below ground, but having more than 1/2 of its height below grade.

BICYCLE PATH

A paved area a minimum of six feet in width designed specifically for the movement of pedestrians and non-motorized cyclists.

BLOCK

A parcel of land, intended to be used for urban purposes, which is entirely surrounded by public streets, highways, railroad right-of-way, public walks, parks or green strips, rural land or drainage channels or a combination thereof.

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

A body of persons which may determine and vary this chapter in accordance with the rules contained within the Board of Adjustment section of this chapter.

BOARD OF ALDERMEN

The Governing Body of the City of Moscow Mills, Missouri.

BOAT

All types of boats designed to be used in or on water, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on the highway.

BUILDING

Any structure used or intended for supporting or housing any use or occupancy.

BUILDING LINE

A line parallel to the street right-of-way line beyond which a building shall not extend closer to the street.

BUILDING, ACCESSORY

A building customarily incidental, subordinate to and located on the same lot with the main building. Any building that is customarily incidental to an agricultural use is an accessory building, even though it may not be located in the same immediate area as the main building. Accessory buildings shall not be inhabited as a living unit.

BUILDING, DETACHED

A building surrounded by open space.

BUILDING, HEIGHT OF

The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.

BUILDING, PRINCIPAL

A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.

BUILDING, TEMPORARY

Any building not designed to be permanently located at the place where it is, or where it is intended to be, temporarily placed or affixed.

CELLAR

That portion of the building which is partly or completely below grade and having an external entrance only.

CHILD

An individual who is under the age of 17, and the word "children" means and includes more than one such individual.

CITY

City of Moscow Mills, Missouri, and its agencies, departments, agents and employees acting within their respective areas of authority.

COMMERCIAL

A business whose principal purpose is designed for profit.

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE

1. Any licensed motor vehicle, truck, or bus designed to carry passengers, freight, and/or merchandise for the purpose of this chapter; said vehicle shall be a vehicle licensed by the State at a gross vehicular weight in excess of 12,000 pounds or in any case exceeding 24 feet in length; or

2. Any licensed motor vehicle, truck, or bus designed to carry passengers, freight, and/or merchandise including any vehicle larger than a standard full size passenger/conversion van or 1/2 ton pickup truck. Commercial vehicles shall include, but not be limited to; "panel" delivery trucks, "cube trucks", dump trucks, street cleaners, or other vehicles/equipment typically designed for delivery, hauling, or construction purposes.

3. Standard size passenger vans and pickup trucks used for commercial purposes shall be maintained in an orderly fashion with all materials, equipment, and accessories screened from public view. Ladders shall be exempt from such screening requirements.

COMMISSION

The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Moscow Mills.

COMMON LAND OR GROUND

That land set aside for open space or recreational use for the owners of the residential lots in a subdivision and which is transferred by the developer in fee simple absolute title by a deed or instrument of dedication or conveyance to trustees whose trust indenture shall provide that common land be used for the sole benefit, use and enjoyment of the lot owners present and future. No lot owner shall have the right to convey his/her interest in the common land except as an incident of the ownership of a regularly platted lot. Common ground shall not be construed to mean public open space.

COMMUNICATIONS TOWER

A self-supported structure of at least 30 feet, other than a building or water tower/tank, which supports communication (transmitting or receiving) equipment utilized by commercial, governmental (except the City of Moscow Mills), or other public and quasi-public users. This does not include private home use of satellite dishes and television antennas, or amateur radio operators as licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, or antennas on the roof of buildings or water towers.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

A long-range master plan for area development including studies of land use, traffic volume and flow, schools, parks, and other public buildings and as defined by the Missouri State Statutes.

CONDOMINIUM

A form of ownership in which the interior space of a living unit is held by an individual owner, with all individual owners sharing in the ownership of common areas.

CONDUCTING, MAINTAINING OR OPERATING A MANUFACTURED OR MOBILE HOME PARK

Permitting, or allowing a mobile home or a manufactured home or homes to be parked, kept, stored, camped, maintained or to remain upon any lot, parcel or tract of real property within a minimum 10 acre tract of real property within the City for any fee, charge, rent, price or other valuable consideration which in any way directly or indirectly emanated from, or is paid by, the owner(s) or occupant(s) of such manufactured or mobile home(s) to the owner, occupant or manager of such real estate.

CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

A generic term describing prisons, jails, reformatories and other places of correction and detention.

DAY CARE

Care of a child away from his/her own home for any part of the twenty-four-hour day, for compensation or otherwise. Day care is a voluntary supplement to parent responsibility for the child's protection, development and supervision. Day care may be given in a day care home or a day care center.

DAY CARE CENTER

A facility other than the provider's living quarters, where care is provided for children for any part of the twenty-four-hour day.

DAY CARE FACILITY

A day care home or a day care center, whether known or incorporated under another title or name.

DAY CARE FACILITY, ADULT

The care of an adult away from his/her own home for any part of the twenty-four-hour day, for compensation or otherwise. Day care is a voluntary supplement to the person's regular home activities and/or a designated guardian's responsibility for the person's protection, development, and supervision. Day care may be given in a day care home or day care center subject to any applicable regulations or approvals.

DAY CARE HOME

A family home, occupied as a permanent residence by the day care provider, conducted or maintained by any person who advertises or holds himself/herself out as providing care for less than five children or adults during the daytime, and in which family like care is given and who are not related to the day care provider, for any part of the twenty-four-hour day.

DEDICATION

The allocation of land within a development for a pedestrian/bike trail and/or open space, for the enjoyment of the residents of the City or the residents of the development.

DENSITY

The number of dwelling units located on an acre of land, in which the land area excludes all but that land devoted to living facilities, the accessory uses thereon, and the required open space thereon.

DENSITY, GROSS

The ratio between the total number of dwelling units on a zoning lot and the total zoning lot area measured in acres-result being the number of dwelling units per gross acre.

DENSITY, NET

The ratio between the total number of dwelling units on a zoning lot and that portion of the zoning lot upon which the dwelling units are actually located or proposed-the result being the number of dwelling units per net acre. In determining net density, all land area associated with and accessory to the dwelling unit, including private streets and driveways, off-street parking facilities and common open space and recreational facilities, shall be included in the calculation. Net density calculations exclude rights-of-way of publicly dedicated streets and non-residential structures, land uses and accessory facilities.

DEVELOPER

Any individual, firm or corporation by whom a tract will be subdivided into not less than two parcels or lots and/or improved to the requirements of the Chapter.

DEVELOPMENT

The act of changing as well as the state of a tract of land after its function has been purposely changed by man, including, but not limited to, structures on the land and alterations to the land.

DUMP

A lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles or parts thereof or waste material of any kind by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning, or by any other means.

DWELLING UNIT

A room or group of rooms occupied or intended to be occupied as separate living quarters by a family.

DWELLING, ATTACHED

A dwelling joined to two other dwellings by party walls, or vertical cavity walls, and above-ground physically unifying horizontal structural elements.

DWELLING, DETACHED

A dwelling which is surrounded on all sides by open spaces on the same zoning lot.

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY

A detached building containing one dwelling unit.

DWELLING, TOWN HOUSE

A building containing three or more dwelling units having no common entrances or hallways with each dwelling unit having a front and rear entrance.

DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY

A building designed exclusively for occupancy by two families living independently of each other, including a duplex (one dwelling unit above the other), or a semi-detached dwelling (one dwelling unit beside the other).

EASEMENT, UTILITY

A grant by a property owner to a municipal utility, corporation or person engaged in the operation of an enterprise regulated by the Missouri Public Service Commission for the purpose of installation, improvement and maintenance of public utilities.

EASEMENTS, ROAD MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS

A grant by a property owner to the City, County, or State for the purpose of road maintenance, improvement and widening.

EFFICIENCY UNIT

A dwelling unit consisting of one room exclusive of bathroom, hallway, closets or dining alcove directly off the principal room.

ELEEMOSYNARY

Devoted to charitable purposes.

ENGINEER, CITY

The duly designated engineer of the City.

ESCROW HOLDER/DEPOSITORY

A financial institution whose deposits are Federally insured by the United States of America.

FACADE

The front or main part of the building facing a street.

FAMILY

Any number of persons related by blood or marriage, including adopted children, or a group not to exceed two persons (excluding servants) not related by blood or marriage occupying premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding or lodging house, hotel, club or similar dwelling for group use.

FARM

A tract of land having thereon an agricultural use.

FENCE

A structure and/or materials consisting of wood (rails or stakes), vinyl, wire, masonry, vegetation (hedge) or other similar materials erected so as to provide a barrier or enclosure along the boundaries of a yard or lot. Such fence may or may not have openings for sidewalks and driveways within its vertical surface depending on its construction and use.

FENCE, SIGHT-PROOF

Any fence which substantially reduces the sight-distance for adjacent properties or the traveling public. These fence types include, but are not limited to, wood stockade fence, vinyl fence, masonry fence, shadow-box fence or thick vegetation (hedges).

FILLING STATION, PUBLIC GASOLINE

Any area including any structure or structures thereon that is or are used or designed to be used primarily for the supply of gasoline or oil or other fuel for the propulsion of vehicles.

FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP (FHBM) AND FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM)

An official map of the City of Moscow Mills on which the Flood Insurance Study has delineated the flood hazard boundaries and the zoning establishing insurance rates applicable to the City.

FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY

An official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration containing flood profiles, as well as the Flood Boundary-Floodway Map and the water surface elevation of the base flood.

FLOOR AREA

The sum of the areas of the several floors of a building, including areas used for human occupancy in basements, attics, and penthouses, as measured from the exterior faces of the walls. It does not include cellars, unenclosed porches, or attics not used for human occupancy, or any floor space in accessory buildings or in the main building intended and designed for the parking of motor vehicles in order to meet the parking requirements of this chapter, or any such floor space intended and designed for accessory heating and ventilating equipment. It shall include the horizontal area at each floor level devoted to stairwells and elevator shafts.

FRONTAGE

All property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing or terminating), measured along the right-of-way line of the street, or if the street is dead-ended, then all the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead-end of the street.

GARAGE, PRIVATE

An enclosed space for the storage of one or more motor vehicles, provided that no business, occupation or service is conducted for profit therein nor space therein for more than one car is leased to a non-resident of the premises.

GARAGE, PUBLIC

Any garage that is not classified as a private garage and is used for storage, repair, rental, servicing or supplying of gasoline or oil to motor vehicles. However, a "public garage" shall not be used for the storage of dismantled motor vehicles or junk cars.

GRADE, FINISHED

The elevation of the surrounding ground after landscaping has been completed.

GRADE, ROAD, SEWERS

The slope of a road specified in percent and shown on the road profile plan as required herein.

GREENBELT

A visual barrier composed of evergreen plants, trees, and grass arranged to form both a low-level and a high-level screen.

GROUP HOME

A facility providing twenty-four-hour consecutive care by an on-site staff for three or more persons who by reason of age, physical, or mental disability require services furnished by a facility that provides shelter, board, storage, distribution of medicines, counseling, and protective oversight, including care during short-term illness or recuperation.

HEREAFTER

After the time this chapter becomes effective.

HERETOFORE

Before the time this chapter became effective.

HOME OCCUPATION

An occupation or profession which is customarily carried on entirely within the residential dwelling unit by a member of the family residing in the dwelling unit which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes and which conforms to the standards and provisions provided in the Supplementary Regulations of this chapter.

HOSPITAL

A building used for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of human ailments and having room facilities for overnight medical patients, a staff of physicians and nurses, surgical facilities, and other related services.

IMPROVEMENTS

Grading, sanitary and storm sewer, water mains, pavements, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, road signs, lights, trees and other appropriate improvements required to render land suitable for the use proposed.

JUNK YARD

A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collecting, storage and/or sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material, or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition, and for the sale of parts thereof.

KENNEL

The use of land or buildings for the purpose of selling, breeding, boarding, or training dogs or cats; or the keeping of three or more dogs over four months of age, or the keeping of three or more cats over four months of age, or the keeping of no more than a total of three adult dogs or adult cats. The word "selling" as herein used shall not be construed to include the sale of animals four months in age or younger which are the natural increase of animals kept by persons not operating a kennel as herein defined; nor shall selling be determined to include isolated sales of animals over four months old by persons not operating a kennel as herein defined.

1. INDOOR A facility where the primary holding pens for the animal and all associated noise, odors, and other activities associated with the business are primarily contained within a closed building.

2. OUTDOOR A facility where the primary holding pens for the animal may be either inside or outside of a closed building. "Primary holding pens" shall include, but not be limited to, fenced pens, outside runs, and training areas.

LAUNDRY OR DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT

A building or part thereof where employees provide a service of washing, cleaning, drying and ironing clothes or other articles.

LOADING SPACE

An off-street space on the same lot with the building for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials, and which abuts upon a street or other appropriate means of access.

LODGING ESTABLISHMENT

Any building, group of buildings, structure, facility, place, or places of business where five or more guest rooms are provided, which is owned, maintained, or operated by any person and which is kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public for hire which can be construed to be a hotel, motel, motor hotel, apartment hotel, tourist court, resort, cabins, tourist home, bunkhouse, dormitory, or other similar place by whatever name called, and includes all such accommodations operated for hire as lodging establishments for either transient guests, permanent guests, or for both transient and permanent guests.

LOT

Land occupied or to be occupied by a building, or unit group of buildings, and accessory buildings, together with such yards and lot area as are required by this chapter, and having its principal frontage upon a street, or a place approved by the Commission.

LOT LINE, FRONT

The line separating the lot from the right-of-way of the street on which it fronts.

LOT LINE, REAR

The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.

LOT LINE, SIDE

Any lot line between the front yard and rear yard area.

LOT OF RECORD

A lot shown upon a plat or on a deed recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lincoln County, Missouri.

LOT WIDTH

The horizontal distance between side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at the building lines.

LOT, AREA

The total horizontal surface area within the boundaries of a lot exclusive of any area designated for street purposes.

LOT, CORNER

A lot, or portion thereof, situated at the intersection of two or more streets, having an angle of intersection of not more than 135°.

LOT, DEPTH

The average distances between the front and rear lot lines.

LOT, INTERIOR

Any lot other than a through or corner lot.

LOT, THROUGH

A lot other than a corner lot which has a street on two opposite sides of the lot.

MAJOR STREET PLAN

The official plan of highways, primary and secondary thoroughfares, parkways and other major streets, including collector streets, adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission in the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Moscow Mills.

MICROBREWERY

A business establishment where the manufacturing of beverages, food sales, beverage sales, and on-site food and beverage service occurs on a regular basis. Public viewing of the beverage manufacturing may be a component of these operations.

MOBILE HOME OR MANUFACTURED HOME

Any structure with or without a permanent foundation used for living or sleeping purposes, and which has been, or reasonably may be, equipped with wheels or other devices for transporting the structure from place to place. The phrase "without a permanent foundation" indicates that the support system is constructed with the intent that the mobile/manufactured home places thereon may be moved from time to time at the convenience of the owner.

MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOME PARK

Any area, tract, site or plot of land not less than 10 acres in total area whereupon mobile/manufactured homes as herein defined are placed or located and intended to be used, let, leased, rented or sold for dwelling purposes.

MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOME SPACE

A plot of ground within a mobile/manufactured home park which is designed for, and designated as, the location for one mobile/manufactured home and not used for any other purposes whatsoever other than the customarily accessory uses thereof.

MODULAR HOME OR MODULAR DWELLING

A factory-fabricated transportable building unit designed to be used by itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a building site into a modular structure. This shall include major assemblies which are factory-fabricated and shall not include prefabricated panels, trusses, walls, and other prefabricated sub elements that are to be incorporated into a structure at the building site. These are factory-built structures which are certified by the manufacturer to be built to the State and local Building Code where the home will be located.

MOTOR VEHICLE ORIENTED BUSINESS (MVOB)

Any commercial business which, by design, type of operation, and nature of business, has as one of its functions, the provision of services to a number of motor vehicles or their occupants in a short time span for each, or the provision of services to the occupants of the motor vehicle while they remain in the vehicle. The list of such businesses include gasoline service stations, drive-in banks, drive-in restaurants, drive-in beverage sales and car wash operations. These examples are not intended as a comprehensive list of such businesses.

MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP

A building, or portion of a building arranged, intended or designed to be used for making repairs to motor vehicles.

MULTIPLE-FAMILY ACCESS DRIVE

A private way or driveway which affords a means of vehicular access to parking areas and bays and to abutting buildings in a multiple-dwelling unit subdivision or development.

NON-CONFORMING USE

A building, structure or use of land existing at the time of enactment of this chapter, and which does not conform to the regulations of the district or zone in which it is situated or any amendment hereto.

NURSING HOME (CONVALESCENT HOME AND REST HOME)

An establishment used as a dwelling place by the aged, infirm, chronically ill, or incurable afflicted persons, in which not less than three persons live or are kept or provided for on the premises for compensation, excluding clinics and hospitals and similar institutions devoted to the diagnosis, treatment or care of the sick or injured.

OFFICIAL SUBMISSION DATE

The date when a subdivision plat shall be considered submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and is hereby defined to be the date of the meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission at which all required surveys, plans and data are submitted.

OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC

Land which may be dedicated or reserved for acquisition for general use by the public, including parks, recreation areas, school sites, community or public building sites, and other lands.

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET

An open-air market used for the sale of antiques, crafts, art work, and second hand or other such products from a non-permanent structure.

PARAPET OR PARAPET WALL

That portion of a building wall that rises above the roof level.

PARKING LOT

A paved surface providing vehicular parking spaces, along with adequate drives and aisles for maneuvering, so as to provide access for entrance and exit for the parking of three or more vehicles. Such pavement structure shall be approved by the City Engineer.

PARKING SPACE, AUTOMOBILE

A paved surface providing a parking space for one motor vehicle within a building or on a private or public parking area.

PAVED SURFACE

Any asphalt or concrete surface designed for the parking of and/or driving of vehicles upon.

PAYDAY LOAN

An unsecured loan under $500 as defined in Chapter 408 of the Small Loan Act of the State Statutes of the State of Missouri.

PERSON

Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind, or any lawful successor thereto or transferee thereof.

PICKUP CAMPERS

A structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and vacation uses.

PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AREA OR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)

An area under common ownership where the various components of the development area are treated in a compatible manner. These components include, but are not limited to, landscaping, stormwater management, architectural style and erosion and siltation control. The approval of a planned development area plan is intended to encourage a more creative approach in the development of land which will result in a more efficient, aesthetic and desirable use of area; to permit flexibility in design, placement of buildings, use of open spaces, circulation facilities, and off-street parking areas; and to utilize best the potential of sites characterized by special features of geography, topography, size or shape.

PLAT

A map, plan or layout of a City, township, section or subdivision indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.

PLAT, PRELIMINARY

A map of a proposed land subdivision showing the character and proposed layout of the tract in sufficient detail to indicate the suitability of the proposed subdivision of land.

PLAT, RECORD

A map of land subdivision prepared in form suitable for filing of record with necessary affidavits, dedications, and acceptances, and with complete bearings and dimensions of all lines defining lots and blocks, streets and alleys, public areas and other dimensions of land.

PROPERTY LINES

The boundaries of a lot.

PUBLIC BUILDING

A building, or part thereof, owned or leased and occupied and used by an agency or political subdivision of the Federal, State, or local government.

RECORD PLAT

A map of land subdivision prepared with necessary affidavits, dedications, and acceptances, and with complete bearings and dimensions of all lines defining lots and blocks, streets and alleys, public areas and other dimensions of land and which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lincoln County, Missouri.

RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT

All types of boats and/or trailers as defined under this chapter.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE

A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other temporary occupancy, that meets all of the following criteria:

1. It contains less than 320 square feet of internal living room area, excluding built-in equipment, including, but not limited to, wardrobe, closets, cabinets, kitchen units or fixtures, and bath and toilet rooms.

2. It is built on a single chassis.

3. To simplify and distinguish a RV "Recreational Vehicle" from a "Manufactured Home".

a. "Recreational Vehicle" has a State License Plate, and is regulated by (ANSI) American National Standards Institute.

b. "Manufactured Home" has a HUD placard attached on every home, and is regulated by (HUD) Department of Housing and Urban Development.

4. Recreational Vehicles may only be used for dwelling purposes pursuant to the conditions described in § 46.290.

RIGHT-OF-WAY

A public way established or dedicated by duly recorded plat, deed, grant, governmental authority or by operation of the law.

SANITARIUM

Any premises where the residential prevention, evaluation, care, treatment, habilitation, or rehabilitation is provided for persons affected by mental disorders, mental illness, mental retardation, developmental disabilities, or alcohol or drug abuse, except the person's dwelling, a hospital, or any facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 197, RSMo.

SIGNS

See Article IX, Permanent Sign Regulations.

SITE PLAN

A drawing illustrating a proposed development and prepared in accordance with the specifications outlined in the various articles, procedures, and sections of this chapter.

STORY

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there be no floor above it, then the space between such floor and ceiling next above it.

STREET

Any public or private right-of-way which affords the primary means of access to abutting property.

STREET, ARTERIAL

A multi-lane facility designed for movement of a relatively large volume of traffic. Arterials provide connections between local and collector streets and the freeways.

STREET, COLLECTOR

A street located within a neighborhood or other integrated use area which collects from and distributes traffic to local streets, and connects arterial streets.

STREET, CUL-DE-SAC

A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic outlet. The closed end has a turnaround.

STREET, FRONTAGE OR SERVICE

A minor street generally parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.

STREET, MINOR

A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.

STREET, PRIVATE

A street not accepted by dedication or otherwise by the Board of Aldermen.

STRUCTURAL ALTERATION

Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure, including bearing walls, partitions, columns, beams, girders or similar parts of a building or structure, and any substantial change in the roof of a building.

STRUCTURE

Anything constructed or erected, which requires location on the ground, or attached to something having location on the ground.

SUBDIVIDER

A person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein, either for himself/herself or others.

SUBDIVISION

The division or re-division of land into two or more lots, tracts, sites, or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or for development, or the dedication or vacation of a public or private right-of-way or easement.

SUBDIVISION MANAGERS

The developer(s); the members of the board of managers; or subdivision trustees; or any other organizations whether incorporated; or not established by any subdivision indentures of covenants and restrictions which have as their duties, or its duties, any one or more of the following:

1. The management or ownership or control of the streets, thoroughfares, ways and lanes in a subdivision which are not public ways and have not been accepted by the City of Moscow Mills for maintenance, or ownership management or control of common ground or entrance monuments identifying the subdivision.

2. The enforcement of all restrictive covenants pertaining to land, common ground and lots within the subdivision.

SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

Regulations as adopted by the Board of Aldermen regulating the subdivision of land.

TATTOO ESTABLISHMENT

A business which marks or colors the skin by pricking in coloring matter, or by the production of scars, so as to form indelible marks, letters, numbers, figures, pictures, or designs. No portion of this definition shall be applicable to medical doctors such as plastic surgeons licensed by the State of Missouri, who perform such procedures as a part of their regular medical practice.

TITLE LOAN

A loan in which the lender retains physical possession of a certificate of title for the entire length of the title loan agreement and for all renewals or extensions thereof. The lender shall not be required to retain physical possession of the titled personal property.

TRACT

An area or parcel of land, which the developers intend to subdivide and/or improve, or to cause to be subdivided and/or improved pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.

TRAILER

Any structure built on a chassis for licensing by the State as a trailer and designed for general hauling or recreational purposes.

TRANSMISSION TOWER

A structure designed for the support of one or more antennae and including guyed towers, self-supporting (lattice) towers or monopoles, including towers or antennae contained within another structure (stealth towers), but not buildings. The term shall also exclude any support structure under 60 feet in height owned and operated at the residence of an amateur radio operator licensed by the Federal Communication Commission. The height of a telecommunications tower shall be measured from the finished grade to top of the tower, excluding any elements with a cross-section of less than four inches.

USE

The purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed or intended, or for which either land or a building is or may be occupied or maintained.

USE PERMITTED

A use which is permitted the zoning district in which it is located.

USE PERMITTED UPON REVIEW AND APPROVAL

A review conducted by the Planning and Zoning Commission whereby a use is permitted to occur in that district but only upon its approval and subject to those conditions placed upon it by the Commission.

VARIANCE

Relief from or variation of the provisions of these regulations, as applied to a specific piece of property.

WAREHOUSE

A place for the storage of merchandise or commodities.

YARD

An open space on a lot, which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, exclusive of that portion dedicated for public streets, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

YARD MEASUREMENT

In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard or the depth of a front or rear yard; the horizontal distance between the side lot line, front lot line or rear yard, respectively, and a line parallel thereto and passing through the nearest point of the building shall be used.

YARD, FRONT

A space extending across the entire front of a lot between the structure setback line as required by the regulations of a particular zoning district and the roadway right-of-way line.

YARD, REAR

A space opposite the front extending across the entire rear of a lot between the structure setback line as required by the regulations of a particular zoning district and the rear lot line.

YARD, SIDE

A space extending between the structure setback line as required by the regulations of a particular zoning district and the side lot lines measured between the front yard and the rear yard.

ZONING DISTRICT MAP

A map or maps with all notations, references, and symbols shown thereon depicting individual zoned districts in accordance with this chapter.

ZONING REGULATIONS

The whole body of regulations, text, charts, tables, diagrams, maps, notations, references, and symbols contained or to which reference is made.