Village of Indian Point

ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE

A subordinate building or a portion of the main building, the use of which is incidental to that of the dominant use of the main building or land. An accessory use is one which is subordinate and/or smaller in floor area, size or significance to the main use of the premises.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Any apartment, condominium or cooperative unit, cabin, lodge, hotel or motel room, house, or any other private or commercial structure which is situated on real property and designed for occupancy by one (1) or more individuals.

ALLEY

A way which affords only a secondary means of access to property abutting thereon, used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

ALLEY

A public or private street primarily designed to extend only secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage and access is on some other street.

APARTMENT

A room or suite of rooms used as the dwelling of a family, including bath and culinary accommodations, located in a building in which there are three (3) or more such rooms or suites.

APPLICANT

A developer or any individual submitting an application for a permit or subdivision plat as required by this Chapter.

ARTERIAL

A street or highway primarily intended to provide for high volume, moderate speed and extended trip length and traffic movements throughout the Village and between major activity centers, with access to abutting property subordinate in function to traffic movement.

BED-AND-BREAKFAST

A dwelling designed to accommodate lodging for individuals pursuant to previous arrangement for periods of less than thirty (30) days pursuant to criteria set forth in Section 415.420: Additional Conditions for Particular Special Uses.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The governing body of the Village of Indian Point. Also referred to as "Board."

BUILDING

Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls for the shelter or enclosure of persons or property.

BUILDING

Any structure designed or built for the support, enclosure, shelter or protection of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind.

BUILDING AREA

The percentage of a building or structure facade or roof that may be used for roof and wall signs.

BUILDING LINE

The exterior face of a wall of an existing structure or the limits to which an exterior face of a wall of the proposed structure may be built, but shall not include the face of one-story unoccupied gable-roofed areas over porches, entrance or line appendages.

BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, HEIGHT OF

The vertical dimension measured from the highest elevation where the finished grade meets the building foundation.

CAMP SITE

A portion of the rentable space of a camp ground for an individual tenant of minimum required dimension as set forth in Section 415.420: Additional Conditions for Particular Special Uses.

CAMPGROUND

A grouping of rentable land sites used for camping, whether in a recreational vehicle whose intended use is for dwelling purposes or in a temporary shelter such as a tent or sleeping bag pursuant to criteria set forth in Section 415.420: Additional Conditions for Particular Special Uses.

COLLECTOR

A street which collects and distributes traffic to and from the arterial system. The collector is primarily intended to provide for low to moderate volume, low-speed and short-length trips while providing access to abutting property.

COMMERCIAL

To be engaged in commerce or business with intent to gain profit, whether in currency or trade.

COMMISSION

The Village of Indian Point, Missouri Planning and Zoning Commission.

COMMISSION

The Village Planning and Zoning Commission.

COMMISSION

The Village of Indian Point Planning and Zoning Commission.

COMMON OPEN SPACE

Land within or related to a development, not individually owned or dedicated for public use, which is designed and intended for the common use or enjoyment of the residents of the development. It may include complementary structures and improvements.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

The Village of Indian Point Comprehensive Plan, which is a comprehensive long-range plan intended to guide the growth and development of the Village.

CONDOMINIUM

A building containing one (1) or more dwellings, commercial or office units, in which multiple units are separated by party walls and which units are designed and intended to be separately owned in fee under the condominium statutes of the State of Missouri.

CONDOMINIUM

Real property, portions of which are designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions. Real property is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit owners.

CONSTRUCTION

The act of adding an addition to an existing structure or the erection of a new principal or accessory structure on a lot or property.

CUL-DE-SAC

A street having one (1) end open to traffic and being terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround. Dead-end streets are not culs-de-sac.

CUL-DE-SAC or DEAD END STREET

A minor (local) street with only one (1) outlet.

DEDICATION

An act transmitting property or interest thereto.

DENSITY

The permitted number of dwelling units per gross acre of land to be developed.

DETENTION BASIN

A man made or natural water collector facility designed to collect surface and subsurface water in order to impede its flow and to release the same gradually at a rate not greater than that prior to the development of property, into natural or man-made drainage outlets.

DEVELOPER

The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or any land included in a proposed development. Also, the holder of an option or contract to purchase, or any other person having enforceable proprietary interest in such land.

DEVELOPMENT

A construction project involving substantial property improvement and, usually, a change of land use character within the site; the act of using land for building or extractive purposes.

DISTRICT

A section or sections of the Village of Indian Point in which the Zoning Regulations governing the use of buildings and premises, the height of buildings, the size of yards, and the intensity of use are similar.

DRAINAGE

The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading or other means.

DWELLING

Any building or portion thereof which is designed and used exclusively for residential purposes.

DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY

A building used exclusively for residential purposes and having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by three (3) or more families living independently of each other.

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY

A detached building used exclusively for residential purposes having suitable accommodations for only one family.

DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY

A building used exclusively for residential purposes and having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by two (2) families living independently of each other.

EASEMENT

The right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for a public or quasi-public purpose and within which the owner of the property shall not erect any permanent structures.

ENGINEER

A registered professional engineer in the State of Missouri.

EROSION

The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments, or the wearing away of the land surface by water, wind, ice or gravity.

ESCROW

A deed, bond, money, or a piece of property delivered to the Village in lieu of an amount required and still in force on a performance or maintenance bond.

EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Any opportunity or procedure for the assignment or exchange of time-share periods among purchasers or owners in the same or other time-share plans.

FAMILY

One or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit, or a group of not more than four (4) unrelated persons living together as a single housekeeping unit; plus in either case, usual domestic employees. A "family" shall under no circumstances be construed as a boarding house, club, sorority or fraternity house, lodging house, hotel, motel or commune.

FINAL PLAT

The final map of all or a portion of a subdivision which is presented for final approval.

FREESTANDING SIGN

A sign that is self-supporting and attached to the ground by independent means.

FRONTAGE

That part of a lot or premises immediately adjacent to a street or streets without regard to access to, or elevation of, the street or streets.

FRONTAGE

The length of the property abutting on one (1) side of a street or place measured along the dividing line between the property and the street or place.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT GUIDE

An exhibit depicting desired future development patterns and land uses upon which rezoning decisions are evaluated pursuant to Section 415.070: Future Development Guide.

GARAGE, PRIVATE

An accessory building designed or used for the storage of vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory.

GARAGE, PUBLIC

A building that is not an accessory building or portion thereof designed and used exclusively for housing motor vehicles, generally for a fee.

GOVERNING BODY

The Board of Trustees of the Village of Indian Point, Missouri.

GRADE

The elevation measured in vertical dimension at a point approximately parallel to and not more than five (5) feet from a street line shall be considered the grade adjoining the street. Where no sidewalk has been constructed, the grade shall be established by the Village Engineer.

1. For buildings having walls adjoining one (1) street only, the elevation of the sidewalk or ground level at the center of the wall adjoining the street.
2. For buildings having walls adjoining more than one (1) street, the average of the elevation of the sidewalks or ground level at the centers of all walls adjoining the streets.
3. For buildings having no walls adjoining the street, the average lever of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building.

GRADE

The average level of the finished surface of the ground for buildings more than five (5) feet from a street line. For buildings closer than five (5) feet to a street line, the grade is the sidewalk elevation at the center of the building. If there is more than one (1) street, an average sidewalk elevation is to be used. If there is no sidewalk, the Village Engineer shall establish the sidewalk grade.

GROUP HOME

A dwelling occupied by not more than ten (10) persons, including eight (8) or fewer persons with a mental or physical disability, who need not be related by blood or marriage.

HOME OCCUPATION

An activity carried on by the occupant of a dwelling as a secondary use, including professional or semiprofessional offices, when conducted entirely within the dwelling, in connection with which there is no public display or storage of stock-in-trade upon the premises or no identification which is visible from the exterior of the home occupation or variation from the residential character of the main building or accessory building and in connection with which no person outside the family is employed and no equipment used which creates offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat or glare. A home occupation shall not include the conducting of a beauty or barber shop, tea room or restaurant, rest home, medical or dental clinic, or cabinet, metal or auto repair shop, or antique shops or dealerships and shall not cause parking or traffic congestion in the immediate neighborhood.

HOTEL

A building which provides a common entrance, lobby, halls, and stairways, and in which lodging is provided to transient guests.

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE

Any part of a lot that is covered by buildings, structures, parking areas, driveways, and any other surfaces which reduce or prevent absorption of stormwater.

IMPROVEMENTS

Physical construction or changes, such as clearing, grading, street surfacing, curbs and gutters, survey markers, sidewalks, crosswalks, culverts, bridges, water and sanitary storm sewer lines and systems, and other utilities.

INDIRECT ILLUMINATION

A light source for a sign not seen directly.

INSTITUTION

A building occupied by a not-for-profit corporation or a nonprofit establishment for public use.

INTERNAL ILLUMINATION

A light source for a sign that is concealed or contained within the sign and becomes visible in darkness through a translucent surface.

LAUNDROMAT

A business that provides home-type washing, drying or ironing machines for hire to be used by customers on the premises.

LEASE

A contract or agreement by which a property owner lets property or accommodations for a specific period of time which is a month or longer. [NOTE: See "rent."]

LOCAL

A street primarily providing direct access to abutting property and designed to accommodate low-volume, low-speed traffic.

LODGE, LODGING

A structure wherein accommodations are let to guests for sleeping which may or may not include meals.

LODGING HOUSE

A structure wherein lodging is provided for individuals pursuant to previous arrangement and not open to transients.

LOT

A designated parcel, tract, or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.

LOT AREA

The size of a lot measured within the lot lines and expressed in terms of acres or square feet.

LOT LINE

A boundary line of a lot.

LOT LINE, FRONT

The lot line separating a lot from the street. On a corner lot, the shortest lot line abutting a street is the front lot line; on a through lot, both lot lines abutting the streets are front lot lines; on a flag-shaped lot, the front lot line is also the lot line most parallel to the front lot line abutting the street.

LOT LINE, REAR

Any lot line not a front or side lot line. The rear lot line for a triangular-shaped lot shall be a line ten (10) feet long drawn between the lot's side lot lines and parallel to the front lot line.

LOT LINE, SIDE

The lot lines that intersect with a lot's front lot line.

LOT OF RECORD

A lot which is part of a recorded subdivision or a parcel of land on a plat or deed which has been recorded by the Stone County Recorder of Deeds.

LOT OF RECORD

A lot or portions of one (1) or more lots which are part of a subdivision, the map of which has been recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Stone County, or a lot described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of Deed.

LOT or PLOT

A building site or parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied, including the land area necessary for one (1) main building together with any accessory buildings, open spaces and parking spaces required by this Chapter, and having its principal frontage upon a street or upon an officially approved place.

LOT WIDTH

The mean horizontal distance between the side lot line of a lot measured at right angles to the depth; or the same distance measured at a point midway between the front lot line and the rear lot line; or at the rear lot line of the required front yard (building line, especially on irregularly shaped lots).

LOT, CORNER

A lot abutting on two (2) or more streets at their intersection.

LOT, CORNER

A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection, or upon one (1) street that curves around two (2) or more sides of the lot.

LOT, DEPTH

The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured along the median between the two (2) side lot lines.

LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE

A lot having frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets, as distinguished from a corner lot.

LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE

A lot having a frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets as distinguished from a corner lot.

LOT, FRONT OF

The front of a lot shall be considered to be that side of the lot which fronts a street. In the case of a corner lot, the narrowest side fronting on the street shall be considered to be the front of the lot.

LOT, INTERIOR

A lot other than a corner lot.

LOT, THROUGH

A lot having a frontage on two (2) parallel streets, or which fronts upon two (2) streets which do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.

MANUFACTURED HOME, PREMANUFACTURED HOME and DOUBLE-WIDE HOME

A building designed for long-term occupancy that has substantially the following characteristics:

1. Composed of one (1) or more sections, each of which was substantially assembled in a manufacturing plant, typically with pre-installed plumbing and electrical facilities that have connections provided for attachment to outside systems. This is intended to apply to major assemblies of sections comprising of more than one (1) wall, floor and/or roof component and does not include prefabricated sub-elements such as panels, roof or floor trusses and plumbing trees, for instance.
2. All of the following apply:

a. The length of the shortest exterior wall (excluding porches, room offsets and other secondary exterior wall faces) is twenty (20) feet or more wide;
b. The main roof pitch is two (2) feet or more rise in twelve (12) feet towards the main ridge line; or
c. The main roof overhang extends twelve (12) inches or more from the exterior walls when measured on a horizontal plane perpendicular to the exterior wall from the lowest edge of the roof.3. Designed to be transported in pre-assembled sections to the building site on its own chassis with either permanent or detachable tongue and wheels, or on another conveyance such as a flat-bed trailer or truck.

4. Arrives at the building site ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental assembly operations, location on foundation supports or a permanent full foundation, connection to utilities, etc.
5. May or may not comply with the Council of American Building Officials (CABO) One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code or similar building code standards.
6. Is built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which became effective June 6, 1976.

MASTER PLAN

The Indian Point Master Plan, which is a comprehensive, long-range plan intended to guide the growth and development of the Village.

MOBILE HOME, TRAILER HOME and SINGLE-WIDE HOME

A building designed for long-term occupancy that has substantially the following characteristics:

1. Composed of one (1) or more sections, each of which was substantially assembled in a manufacturing plant, typically with pre-installed plumbing and electrical facilities that have connections provided for attachment to outside systems. This is intended to apply to major assemblies of sections comprising more than one (1) wall, floor, and/or roof component and does not include prefabricated sub-elements such as panels roof or floor trusses and plumbing trees, for instance.
2. Any of the following apply:

a. The length of the shortest exterior wall (excluding porches, room offsets and other secondary exterior wall faces) is less than twenty (20) feet wide;
b. The main roof pitch is less than two (2) feet rise in twelve (12) feet towards the main ridge line; or
c. The main roof overhang extends less than twelve (12) inches from the exterior walls when measured on a horizontal plane perpendicular to the exterior wall from the lowest edge of the roof.

3. Designed to be transported in pre-assembled sections to the building site on its own chassis with either permanent or detachable tongue and wheels, or on another conveyance such as a flat-bed trailer or truck.

4. Arrives at the building site ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental assembly operations, location on foundation supports or a permanent full foundation, connection to utilities, etc.
5. May or may not comply with the Council of American Building Officials (CABO) One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code or similar building code standards.
6. Is built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, which became effective June 6, 1976.

MODULAR BUILDING and PREFABRICATED BUILDING

A building designed for long-term occupancy that has substantially the following characteristics:

1. Composed of multiple factory-fabricated components that do not comprise more than one (1) wall, floor and/or roof component and are not pre-assembled into self-supporting building section(s) or module(s) prior to being located at the building site. This is intended to apply to prefabricated but separate wall, floor and roof components, and does not include prefabricated sub-elements such as panels, roof or floor trusses and plumbing trees, for instance.
2. Designed to be transported as unassembled components to the building site on a separate conveyance such as a flat-bed trailer or truck.
3. Requires assembly of separate wall, floor and roof components at the building site in order to comprise self-supporting building section(s) or module(s), with one (1) or more modules to be incorporated at the building site into a module structure on a permanent foundation. Also requires on-site installation of plumbing and electrical facilities and connections as well as other major on-site installations and assembly operations before the building is ready for occupancy.
4. Built according to the Council of American Building Officials (CABO) One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code or similar building code standards.

MONUMENT SIGN

A freestanding sign made of stone, concrete, metal, routed wood, beams or similar materials, including plastic which is consistent with the architectural character of the establishment it serves and is constructed of material consistent with the building. The monument sign copy area must be attached in a continuous fashion and the width of the base must be at least one-half (1/2) the width of the widest part of the sign.

MOTEL

A group of attached or detached permanent, non-mobile buildings containing individual sleeping or separate living facilities, designed and used for the accommodation of non-permanent residents. The term "motel" shall include motor court, auto court, cabin, or tourist court.

NONCONFORMANCE

A lawful condition of a structure or land which does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is situated. This may include but is not limited to failure to conform to use, height, area, coverage, or off-street parking requirements.

NONCONFORMING USE

A structure or premises legally occupied by a use that does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is situated as established in this Chapter.

OFFICIAL ZONING MAP

The instrument adopted by the Board of Trustees designating the boundaries of approved zoning districts throughout the Village pursuant to Section 415.070: Future Development Guide.

OFF-PREMISES SIGN

A sign that is not located on the property of the business that it represents.

ON-PREMISES SIGN

A sign that is located on the property of the business that it represents.

OPEN SPACE, PRIVATE

Land which is dedicated or reserved by any owner(s) for private use by residents of the subdivision, such as, but not limited to, recreation areas, parks, green areas or improvements thereon.

OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC

Land which is dedicated or reserved by any owner(s) and accepted by the appropriate governmental authority for general use by the public including, but not limited to, parks, recreation areas, and conservation areas.

OWNER OF RECORD

The person, corporation, or other legal entity listed as owner of a lot on records of the County Recorder of Deeds.

PARKING LANE

A lane usually located on the sides of streets, designed to provide on-street parking for vehicular traffic.

PARKING LOT

An open, unoccupied, surfaced area used or required for use for parking of vehicles exclusively and in which no gasoline or vehicular accessories are sold or no other business is conducted.

PARKING SPACE

A surfaced area on privately owned property, either within or outside of a building, and sufficient in size to store one (1) automobile.

PAVEMENT WIDTH

The actual road surface area from curb back to curb back, which may include travel lanes, parking lanes, and deceleration and acceleration lanes; where there are no curbs, the pavement width is that portion between the edges of the paved, or hard surface, width.

PAVING

Brick, stone, concrete, asphalt or other impervious dustless material placed on the surface of the land.

PEDESTRIANWAY

A right-of-way, dedicated to or set aside for public use, which cuts across a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.

PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

A tract of land under single ownership or control which is to be developed in accordance with a plan adopted by ordinance and the boundaries of which are established on the Official Zoning Map of the Village.

PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT

A tract of land planned and developed as an integral unit, which may consist of a combination of residential and nonresidential uses of land within a planned unit development (PUD) district, as approved in accordance with the zoning regulations of the Village of Indian Point.

PLANNING COMMISSION

The official planning and zoning body of the Village of Indian Point, Missouri.

POLE SIGN

A freestanding sign whose means of support for the sign copy area comprise more than one-quarter (1/4) of the total height of the sign and such supports are less than one-half (1/2) the width of the sign copy area.

PORTABLE SIGN

A sign that is premanufactured into one independent freestanding main component that is not designed to be permanently attached to the ground or a building and typically has temporary or changeable copy.

PRELIMINARY PLAT

A map indicating the proposed layout of a development and related information that is submitted for preliminary approval.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

Descriptions of a lot, tract or parcel by metes and bounds, by reference to a plat or by reference to government survey. Also referred to as "legal description."

PUBLIC

Maintained for or used by the people of the Village of Indian Point, Missouri.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE

A vehicular-type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, which either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle. Examples are travel trailers, camping trailers, truck campers, and motor homes. Manufactured homes and modular homes shall not be considered trailers or recreational vehicles.

REGULATIONS

The subdivision regulations of Indian Point, Missouri.

RENT

A stated payment at fixed time intervals less than a month in duration for the use of property or accommodations. State and local sales tax applies to such stated payments. [NOTE: See "lease."]

RENTAL PROPERTY

A resort, motel, hotel, or campsite as defined herein where accommodations are granted in exchange for stated payments at fixed time intervals less than a month in duration.

RESORT

A vacation destination which provides lodging and/or accommodations for time intervals generally less than one (1) month for fees that are subject to sales tax.

RIGHT-OF-WAY

Area dedicated to provide for streets, roads, sidewalks and pedestrianways.

ROOF SIGN

A sign that is displayed above the eaves of a building's roof.

SETBACK

A distance between lot line and the building line as specified for each zoning district.

SETBACK

The required minimum horizontal distance between the nearest front, side or rear line of every structure and the front line of the lot.

SIDEWALK

A walk for pedestrians at the side of a street.

SIGHT TRIANGLE

An area at a street intersection in which nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of two and one-half (2 1/2) feet and eight (8) feet above the grades of the outside edge of the street surface of the intersecting streets, within the triangular area formed by the right-of-way lines and a line connecting them at points ten (10) feet from their point of intersection or at equivalent points on private streets, except that the site triangle shall be increased to twenty-five (25) feet for commercial uses when deemed necessary for traffic safety by the governing body.

SIGN AREA

The total area of the sign face which is used to display a sign, including the supporting structure of a monument sign. If a sign has two (2) faces that are parallel and supported by the same structures, the area of the sign is one-half (1/2) the area of the two (2) faces. If a sign has two (2) or more faces that are supported by the same structures that are not parallel, the area of the sign is the largest area of all faces visible at one time.

SIGN HEIGHT

The vertical distance measured from grade at the edge of the adjacent roadway to the highest point of the sign.

SPECIAL USE

The use of a structure or plot of land other than that permitted in a particular zoning district. Special use requires a permit from the Planning and Zoning Commission.

STREET

A public or private way, used or intended to be used for passage or travel by motor vehicles.

STREET CLASSIFICATION

Streets and roads are classified by function in the Village's transportation network. Design standards are related to functional classification.

STREET LINE

A dividing line between a lot and a contiguous street.

STREET LINE

A right-of-way line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a street.

STREET WIDTH

The horizontal distance between the outside edges of a street's pavement, including any curbing and guttering, measured at right angles to the street's center line.

STREET, PRIVATE

A street under private ownership, control and maintenance.

STREET, PRIVATE (PRIVATE DRIVE)

A strip of land in private common or individual ownership, including the entire right-of-way, if any, intended primarily as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel which may include space for sewers, public utilities, trees and sidewalks, such private street not being required to meet the standards of Chapter 410: Subdivision Regulations.

STREET, PUBLIC

A strip of land in public ownership, including the entire right-of-way, intended primarily as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel, which may include space for sewers, public utilities, trees and sidewalks.

STREETS

Any public ways.

STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS

Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams, floor joists, roof joists or girders, or any substantial change in the roof or exterior walls. For the purpose of this definition, the following shall not be considered a "structural alteration":

1. Attachment of new front where structural supports are not changed;
2. Addition of fire escapes where structural supports are not changed;
3. New windows where lintels and supporting walls are not materially changed;
4. Repair or replacement of nonstructural members.

STRUCTURE

A composition of two (2) or more component parts or building material joined together in some definite manner, so fabricated or assembled that each adds to the strength and rigidity of the other in final assembly. For the purposes of this Chapter, it shall include buildings, towers, tanks, antennas, cages for transformer substations, pergolas, billboards, trash receptacle screen, trash burners, BBQ pits, but not excluding other assemblies of similar type which are permanently located on a lot.

STRUCTURE

Anything constructed or erected, the use of which required permanent or temporary location on or in the ground.

SUBDIVIDER

Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity acting as a unit, subdividing or proposing to subdivide land as herein defined.

SUBDIVISION

The division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, or other division of land; it includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land or territory subdivided.

SUBDIVISION

The division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, or other divisions of land; it includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land or territory subdivided.

SUBDIVISION, MAJOR

Any subdivision other than a minor subdivision.

SUBDIVISION, MINOR

A subdivision that does not involve any of the following:

1. The creation of more than a total of four (4) lots;
2. The creation of any new public streets;
3. The extension of a public water or sewer system; or
4. The installation of drainage improvements through one (1) or more lots to serve one (1) or more other lots.

SURVEYOR

A registered land surveyor in the State of Missouri.

TEMPORARY WINDOW SIGN

A window sign displayed for a limited period of time.

TERRACE

An artificial or natural embankment in the area between a building and lot line.

TIME SHARE

A dwelling unit under single or multiple ownership whereby the interests of those individuals under the multiple ownership are defined by time intervals and such transaction or tenancy is considered a commercial venture with rental revenues subject to sales tax.

TRACT

An area of ground under single or group ownership that is either a single parcel and recorded by the County or a collection of lots under the same single or group ownership.

TRACT

A lot. The term tract is used interchangeably with the term "lot," particularly in the context of subdivisions, where one (1) "tract" is subdivided into several "lots."

TRAILER

A vehicle other than a motor vehicle, whether or not such vehicle is attached to or resting on the ground or something having a location on the ground. (See "recreational vehicle.")

TRANSECT-BASED ZONING

A zoning classification system that prescriptively arranges uses, elements, and environments according to a geographic cross-section that range across a continuum from rural to urban, with the range of environments providing the basis for organizing the components of the constructed world, including buildings, lots, land use, street, and all other physical elements of the human habitat, with the objective of creating sustainable communities.

TRUSTEE(S)

A member of/or the Board of Trustees of the Village of Indian Point, Missouri.

VARIANCE

A grant of permission from the Board of Trustees that allows the recipient to waive compliance with a specific provision of this Chapter, granted because of the practical difficulties or undue hardship that would be imposed by the strict application of that provision of this Chapter.

VILLAGE

The Village of Indian Point, Missouri.

VILLAGE

The Village of Indian Point.

WALL SIGN

A sign painted on or attached to a wall of a building and in the same plane as the wall.

WINDOW SIGN

A sign applied, painted or affixed to or in the window of a building. A window sign may be temporary or permanent.

WORKING DAYS

The days of the week, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and recognized holidays, during which normal business is conducted by the Village of Indian Point.

YARD

An open space at grade between a building and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the wide of a side yard or the depth of a front yard or a rear yard, the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.

YARD

An open space at grade level between a building and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the depth of a front yard or the depth of the rear yard, the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.

YARD, FRONT

That portion of the yard extending across the front of a lot between the street line and the front building line. On corner lots, the front yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension.

YARD, FRONT

A yard extending across the front of a lot and being a minimum horizontal distance between the street or place line and the main building or any projections thereof other than the projection of the usual uncovered steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches. On corner lots, the front yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension.

YARD, REAR

A yard extending across the rear of a lot and being the required minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear of the main building or any projections thereof other than the projection of uncovered steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches. On all lots, the rear yard shall be in the rear of the front yard.

YARD, SIDE

A yard between the main building and the side line of the lot, and extending from the required front yard to the required rear yard, and being the minimum horizontal distance between a side lot line and the side of the main buildings or any projections thereof.

ZONING INSPECTOR

A person or persons designated by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Indian Point, Missouri.

ZONING MAP

The Official Zoning Map of the Village of Indian Point, Missouri, located in the Village administrative offices.

Village of Indian Point, MO

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