Title VII, CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

89.050. Powers and limitations of legislative body in city — hearings, notice. — The legislative body of such municipality shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established, and enforced, …

89.060. Change in regulations, restrictions and boundaries — procedure. — Such regulations, restrictions, and boundaries may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed. In case, however, of a protest against such change duly signed and acknowledged …

89.070. Zoning commission — appointment — duties. — In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by sections 89.010 to 89.140, such legislative body shall appoint a commission, to be known as "The Zoning Commission", to recommend the boundaries of the various original distric…

89.080. Board of adjustment — appointment — term — vacancies — organization. — Such local legislative body shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment, and in the regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to the authority of sections 89.010 to 89.140 may provid…

89.090. Board of adjustment — powers, exception for Kansas City. — 1. The board of adjustment shall have the following powers: (1) To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative officia…

89.100. Board of adjustment — appeals, procedure. — Appeals to the board of adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved, by any neighborhood organization as defined in section 32.105 representing such person, or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the municipality …

89.110. Board of adjustment — decisions subject to review — procedure. — Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the board of adjustment, any neighborhood organization as defined in section 32.105 representing such person or persons or any officer,…

89.120. Violations — penalties. — 1. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of sections 89.010 to 89.140 or of any ordinance or other regulation made und…

89.130. Provisions of this law to govern, when. — Wherever the regulations made under authority of sections 89.010 to 89.140 require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of building or less number of stories, or require a great…

89.140. Previous ordinances to remain in force. — Wherever any municipality pursuant to an act of the legislature of this state shall have adopted an ordinance or ordinances for any of the purposes covered by sections 89.010 to 89.140, such ordinance or ordinances shall be deemed…

89.143. Zoning law to allow certain facilities. — 1. Any zoning law, ordinance or code enacted on or before August 28, 1990, by the governing body of any county, or any city, town or village containing a population of more than five hundred persons, as determined based upon the l…

89.144. Peripheral zoning (third class cities over 25,000 inhabitants). — 1. Any third class city having a population of more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants may, by ordinance, adopt and enforce regulations governing zoning, planning, subdivision and building within all or …

89.145. Peripheral zoning by certain cities — approval by county commission, hearing, notice — termination. — 1. Any constitutional charter city having a population of more than thirty-five thousand inhabitants, located in any county of the first class not having a charter form o…

89.191. Municipalities in first class charter counties annexing territory with a prior zoning classification, zoning not affected. — Whenever any city, town or village, located in a county of the first class with a charter form of government annexes any unincorporated territory, …

89.210. Street defined. — The word "street", as used in sections 89.220 to 89.250, means any public highway, esplanade, boulevard, parkway, square or street, or any part or side, or part of the side, of any of the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7747) Prior revision: 1929 § 7599

89.220. Establishment of building lines. — It shall be lawful for any city now having or which may hereafter have five hundred thousand or more inhabitants to provide by ordinance for the establishment of building lines on any public street. Such building line shall be establishe…

89.230. Structures shall be required to conform to new line, when. — Whenever and wherever a building line shall be established as aforesaid, all structures extending within such building lines shall be required to conform to the new line within a period of not more than twenty-f…

89.240. Assessment and payment of damages. — In payment for the real estate, improvements and easements to be taken and acquired for the establishment of such building lines as are herein provided and of the damages sustained thereby, benefits shall be assessed and collected in t…

89.250. Law does not abridge or limit power of eminent domain. — This law shall not limit or abridge any power now or hereafter conferred by law on such cities to establish building lines or take any property or any interest therein by eminent domain. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7751…

89.300. Definitions. — For the purpose of sections 89.300 to 89.480 the following terms mean or include: (1) "Council", the chief legislative body of the municipality; (2) "Streets", any public ways; (3) "Subdivision", the division of a parcel of land into two or more lots, or ot…

89.310. Municipality may adopt city plan and appoint commission. — Any municipality in this state may make, adopt, amend, and carry out a city plan and appoint a planning commission with the powers and duties herein set forth. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 146 § 2)

89.320. Planning commission — membership — terms — vacancy — removal. — The planning commission of any municipality shall consist of not more than fifteen nor less than seven members, including: (1) The mayor, if the mayor chooses to be a member; (2) A member of the council selec…

89.330. Commission officers, rules, records, employees, expenditures — zoning commission to constitute planning commission. — 1. The commission shall elect its chairman and secretary from among the citizen members. The term of chairman and secretary shall be for one year with eli…

89.340. City plan, contents — zoning plan. — The commission shall make and adopt a city plan for the physical development of the municipality. The city plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive and explanatory matter, shall show the commission's recommendati…

89.350. Plan, prepared how — purposes. — In the preparation of the city plan, the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of the existing conditions and probable future growth of the municipality. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guid…

89.360. Adoption of plan, procedure. — The commission may adopt the plan as a whole by a single resolution, or, as the work of making the whole city plan progresses, may from time to time adopt a part or parts thereof, any part to correspond generally with one or more of the func…

89.370. Powers of commission — recommendations. — The commission may make reports and recommendations relating to the plan and development of the municipality to public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional and other organizations and …

89.380. Planning commission to approve improvements — commission disapproval, overruled, how. — Whenever the commission adopts the plan of the municipality or any part thereof, no street or other public facilities, or no public utility, whether publicly or privately owned, and, t…

89.390. Functions of commission. — The commission shall have and perform all of the functions of the zoning commission provided for in sections 89.010 to 89.250. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 146 § 10)

89.400. Commission to make recommendations to council on plats, when — conflict with zoning provisions of another political subdivision, which to prevail. — 1. When the planning commission of any municipality adopts a city plan which includes at least a major street plan or progr…

89.410. Regulations governing subdivision of land, limitations, contents — public hearing — escrow funds, when released. — 1. The planning commission shall recommend and the council may by ordinance adopt regulations governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. The …

89.420. Commission to approve plats, when. — Within sixty days after the submission of a plat to the commission, the commission shall approve or disapprove the plat; otherwise the plat is deemed approved by the commission, except that the commission, with the consent of the appli…

89.430. Commission approval of plats — effects. — The approval of a plat by the commission does not constitute or effect an acceptance by the municipality or public of the dedication to public use of any street or other ground shown upon the plat. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 146 § 14)…

89.440. Approval of plats required for recording. — No county recorder shall receive for filing or recording any subdivision plat required to be approved by a city council or municipal planning commission unless the plat has endorsed upon it the approval of the city council under…

89.450. Use of unapproved plat in sale of land — penalty — vacation or injunction of transfer. — No owner, or agent of the owner, of any land located within the platting jurisdiction of any municipality, knowingly or with intent to defraud, may transfer, sell, agree to sell, or n…

89.460. Public improvements, how approved after adoption of major street plan. — Upon adoption of a major street plan and subdivision regulations, the municipality shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave or light any street, lay or authorize the laying of water main…

89.470. No building permitted on streets not conforming to major street plan. — After the adoption of a major street plan, no building permit shall be issued for and no building shall be erected on any lot within the territorial jurisdiction of the commission unless the street gi…

89.480. Establishment of building lines — board of adjustment. — Whenever a plan for major streets has been adopted, the council, upon recommendation of the planning commission, is authorized and empowered to establish, regulate and limit and amend, by ordinance, building or setb…

89.490. Violation — penalty. — Any person violating the provisions of sections 89.300 to 89.490 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by confinement in the county jail for not…

89.491. Violation of county planning, zoning and recreation order or ordinance, civil action authorized — venue, jurisdiction — costs. — 1. Any person or neighborhood organization as defined in section 32.105 aggrieved by a violation described in this subsection may commence a ci…

89.500. Home-based work — limitation on zoning restrictions. — 1. As used in this section, the term "home-based work" means any lawful occupation performed by a resident within a residential home or accessory structure, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the …