Title VII, CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

88.880. Sidewalk construction. — 1. The city council may, by ordinance, provide for the building of any sidewalk or for the rebuilding and reconstruction of the same, including grading and filling therefor, and including the removal of any obstructions, and including approaches (…

88.883. Sidewalk maintenance by city. — The city council may, by ordinance, provide for the repairing or reconstruction of any sidewalk by the city engineer or other proper person designated in said ordinance, paying the cost thereof as provided in section 88.880, and may assess …

88.887. Sidewalk districts. — 1. The city council of any city coming within the purview of sections 88.863 to 88.913 may, when deemed necessary or expedient, divide said city or any portion thereof into sidewalk districts, by ordinance, and may adopt plans and specifications for …

88.890. Sidewalk improvement — assessments. — The cost of any of the work or improvements contemplated in sections 88.863 to 88.913 that are made and done either by contract or by the city engineer or other proper person acting for the city as above provided in section 88.883 (ex…

88.893. Sidewalk maintenance — tax bills. — A separate tax bill shall be issued against each lot or tract against which an assessment has been made, and shall state therein the name of the owner of record of the lot or tract assessed, an adequate description of said lot or tract,…

88.897. Sidewalk improvement — certain tax bills a lien. — Any and all real property shall be liable for the cost of the improvements contemplated in sections 88.863 to 88.913, as above provided, whether owned by a person, a company, a corporation, a railroad corporation or compa…

88.900. Sidewalk improvements — assessment of government property. — Any real estate owned by the state of Missouri or by state institutions, or owned by any county, township or city, shall be liable for the cost of any of the improvements contemplated and provided for in section…

88.903. Special tax bills prima facie evidence. — Any special tax bills issued under the provisions of sections 88.863 to 88.913 shall, in actions thereon, be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for such special assessment, of the validity of the bill, of th…

88.907. Certification of tax bills. — All of the tax bills, as provided in sections 88.863 to 88.913, shall be certified as correct by the city engineer or other person who has made the computation under authority of the city council, and shall be signed by the mayor, attested by…

88.910. Recording of tax bills. — All such tax bills shall be recorded by the city clerk in a book kept by him for such purpose before the delivery of said tax bills. And said city clerk shall release said tax bills on the margin of the record thereof, upon presentation of the ta…

88.913. Suit to enforce collection of special tax bill. — In any suit or proceedings to enforce the collection of any special tax bill issued under the provisions of sections 88.863 to 88.910 it shall only be necessary for the owner thereof to charge in the petition that such amo…

88.917. Street grading (cities, 300,000 or over). — Every city now having or which may at any time hereafter have a population of three hundred thousand inhabitants or over shall have at all times the power to establish the grade and change the grade already established of any st…

88.920. Street grading — damages and benefits (cities, 300,000 or over). — When the property owners to be disturbed or damaged by the grading, regrading, or other change of any street, alley, avenue, public highway, public place, or any part thereof, are lawfully entitled to remu…

88.923. Notice of suit on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over). — Whenever any suit shall be commenced in any city of this state now having, or which may hereafter have a population of three hundred thousand or more inhabitants, on any special tax bill to enforce the payme…

88.927. Limiting lien on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over). — The lien of every such tax bill shall cease, end and determine in two years after said tax bill, or the last installment thereof, if the same be payable in installments, shall have become due and payable, unl…

88.930. Condemnation of property (cities, 150,000 to 500,000). — 1. Whenever a city which now has or may hereafter have more than one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants and less than five hundred thousand inhabitants, whether organized under general law or special charter of …

88.940. City improvements — contracts. — All city improvements of whatever kind or character, including the erection of all public buildings made or to be erected at the expense of any constitutional charter city having more than seventy-five thousand and less than eighty thousan…

88.950. Special benefit parking districts — condemnation, procedure. — 1. Any city located within a first class county not having a charter form of government and any city having a population of at least eighty thousand, but not more than two hundred thousand, located within a fi…

89.010. Applicability of law — conflict with zoning provisions of another political subdivision, which to prevail. — 1. The provisions of sections 89.010 to 89.140 shall apply to all cities, towns and villages in this state. 2. (1) As used in this subsection, "transect-based zoni…

89.020. Powers of municipal legislative body — group homes, classification, standards, restrictions — enforcement of zoning beyond lake shorelines, when, how — foster homes, classifications of — certain municipalities may adopt county zoning regulations — sawmills and planing mil…

89.030. Zoning districts. — For any or all of said purposes the local legislative body may divide the municipality into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of sections 89.010 to 89.140; and within such districts may reg…

89.040. Purpose of regulations. — Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and…

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…