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MO Rev Stat § 64.850 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.850 - County commission may prescribe zoning regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1974   64.850. County commission may prescribe zoning regulations. — For the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals, comfort or the general welfare of the unincorporated portion of counties of the first class not having a charter form of government, or of counties of the second, third or fourth class to conserve and protect property and building values, to secure the most economical use of the land, and to facilitate the adequate provision of public improvements all in accordance with a comprehensive plan, the county commission of any county of the first class not having a charter form of government, or of any county of the second, third or fourth class may, after approval by vote of the people as provided in section 64.845, regulate and restrict, by order of record, in the unincorporated portions of the county, the height, number of stories, and size of buildings, the percentage of lots that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 178 § 11, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1446)
MO Rev Stat § 64.855 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.855 - Division of territory into districts — regulations to be uniform, conform to comprehensive plan.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   64.855. Division of territory into districts — regulations to be uniform, conform to comprehensive plan. — For any or all of the purposes of section 64.850, the unincorporated territory may be divided into districts of such number, shape and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purpose of sections 64.845 to 64.880 and shall be shown upon the county commission's zoning plan; and within the districts the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, relocation or maintenance of buildings or structures and use of land and lots may be regulated and restricted. All the regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings or land uses throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts. The regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive zoning plan, and shall give reasonable consideration, among other things, to the then existing character of the districts, their suitability for particular uses, conservation of the value of buildings and of existing development, and encouragement of the most appropriate use of land throughout the county. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 178 § 12)  (1980) Zoning regulations which permitted breeding and raising of livestock and poultry in districts zoned for agricultural use but prohibited commercial breeding and raising of dogs in such districts established a rational classification and did not amount to a denial of equal protection or constitute special legislation. State ex rel. Rybolt v. Easley (A.), 600 S.W.2d 601.
MO Rev Stat § 64.860 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.860 - County commission, powers — zoning commission, appointment, powers — fees in certain counties — hearing on plan — municipality may protest plan, effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1980   64.860. County commission, powers — zoning commission, appointment, powers — fees in certain counties — hearing on plan — municipality may protest plan, effect. — The county commission shall provide for the manner in which the regulations, restrictions and boundaries of the districts shall be determined, established and enforced, and from time to time amended, supplemented or changed within the unincorporated territory. In order to avail itself of the zoning powers conferred by sections 64.845 to 64.880 the county commission shall request the county planning commission to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. If there be no county planning commission the county commission shall appoint a county zoning commission whose personnel, length of terms and organization shall be the same as provided in section 64.805 for a county planning commission; and which commission, in third and fourth class counties, may charge and collect a fee for any service it provides, but the fee must be established by order of the county commission. The commission shall make a preliminary report and a proposed zoning order and shall hold public hearings thereon, and shall afford persons interested an opportunity to be heard. A hearing shall be held in each township affected by the terms of the proposed order, public notice of which hearing shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.815. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the place where copies of the proposed report and proposed zoning order will be accessible for examination by interested parties. The hearings may be adjourned from time to time. Within ninety days after the final adjournment of the hearings the commission shall make a report and submit a proposed order to the county commission. The county commission may adopt the order with or without change or may refer it back to the commission for further consideration and report. In case a written protest against the proposed zoning of any land lying within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits of any municipality having in effect an ordinance zoning property within the corporate limits of the municipality is made by resolution of the city council or board of trustees thereof and filed with the county commission, the county commission shall not adopt the proposed zoning of the land except by record vote of all members and after a statement of the reasons for the action are spread upon its minutes or records. In the preparation of its report and proposed zoning order the commission may incur such expenditures as shall be authorized by the county commission. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 178 § 13, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1259)
MO Rev Stat § 64.863 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.863 - Plan or regulations not to be changed without notice and hearing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   64.863. Plan or regulations not to be changed without notice and hearing. — After the adoption of a zoning plan or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, no use of any parcel of land included in the plan or regulations shall be changed without a public hearing and the person or body which conducts the hearing shall give notice, at least fifteen days before the hearing, by regular mail to all owners of any real property located within six hundred feet of the parcel of land for which the change is proposed. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 440, A.L. 1994 S.B. 513)
MO Rev Stat § 64.865 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.865 - Enforcement officer — buildings subject to his approval.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   64.865. Enforcement officer — buildings subject to his approval. — Any county commission which has adopted a zoning plan, as provided herein, shall appoint an officer or shall designate one of the existing officials to enforce the provisions thereof. After the appointment or designation of the officer or official, no building or other structure shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged or altered, or repaired in such manner as to prolong the life of the building, nor shall the use of any land be changed without a permit issued by the officer or official. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 178 § 14)
MO Rev Stat § 64.875 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.875 - Amendment of regulations — hearings — protests.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   64.875. Amendment of regulations — hearings — protests. — The regulations imposed and the districts created under authority of sections 64.845 to 64.880 may be amended from time to time by the county commission by order after the order establishing the same has gone into effect but no amendments shall be made by the county commission except after recommendation of the county planning commission, or if there be no county planning commission, of the county zoning commission, after hearings thereon by the commission. Public notice of the hearings shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.815. In case of written protest against any proposed change or amendment, signed and acknowledged by the owners of thirty percent of the frontage within one thousand feet to the right or left of the frontage proposed to be changed, or by the owners of thirty percent of the frontage directly opposite, or directly in the rear of the frontage proposed to be altered, or in cases where the land affected lies within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits of a municipality having in effect ordinances zoning property within the corporate limits of a municipality, made by resolution of the city council or board of trustees thereof, and filed with the county clerk, the amendment may not be passed except by the favorable vote of two-thirds of all the members of the county commission. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 178 § 16, A.L. 1988 H.B. 923)
MO Rev Stat § 64.880 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.880 - Zoning regulations to prevail over other laws, regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   64.880. Zoning regulations to prevail over other laws, regulations. — Wherever the county zoning regulations made under authority of sections 64.845 to 64.880 require a greater width or size of yards, courts or other open spaces or require a lower height of buildings or a less number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lots to be left unoccupied, or require a lower density of population, or require a more restricted use of land, or impose other higher standards than are required in any other statute, local order or regulation, private deed restrictions or private covenants, the regulations made under authority of sections 64.845 to 64.880 shall govern. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 178 § 17)
MO Rev Stat § 64.885 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.885 - Creation of county planning and zoning program — election.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   64.885. Creation of county planning and zoning program — election. — 1. The county commission of any county of the first class not having a charter form of government, or of any county of the second, third or fourth class may make an order to present to the voters of the county the question for the establishment of county planning and zoning as provided in sections 64.800 to 64.840 and sections 64.845 to 64.880.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall county planning and zoning be adopted?  3. If a majority of the votes cast is in favor of county planning and zoning, the county commission shall proceed with a program of county planning and zoning as provided in sections 64.800 to 64.840 and 64.845 to 64.880. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 178 § 18, A.L. 1969 p. 78, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1446, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 64.890 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.890 - Building and land use restrictions — exemptions — limitations on use of powers.

Effective - 04 Mar 1991   64.890. Building and land use restrictions — exemptions — limitations on use of powers. — 1. Nothing in sections 64.800 to 64.905 shall affect the recovery of natural resources by strip or open-cut mining; provided, that commercial structures shall be permitted in all districts except those zoned for residential or recreational use.  2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the incorporated portions of the counties, nor to the raising of crops, livestock, orchards or forestry nor to seasonal or temporary impoundments used for rice farming or flood irrigation. As used in this section, the term "rice farming or flood irrigation" means small berms of no more than eighteen inches high that are placed around a field to hold water for use for growing rice or for flood irrigation. This section shall not apply to the erection, maintenance, repair, alteration or extension of farm buildings or farm structures used for such purposes in an area not within the area shown on the flood hazard area map. This section shall not apply to underground mining where entrance is through an existing shaft or shafts or through a shaft or shafts not within the area shown on the flood hazard area map. The powers granted by sections 64.800 to 64.845 and 64.850 to 64.880 shall not be construed:  (1) So as to deprive the owner, lessee or tenant of any existing property of its use or maintenance for the purpose to which it is then lawfully devoted;  (2) So as to deprive any court of the power of determining the reasonableness of regulations and powers in any action brought in any court affecting the provisions of sections 64.800 to 64.905 or the rules and regulations adopted thereunder;  (3) Nor to authorize interference with the public utility services as may have been or may hereafter be authorized or ordered by the public service commission or by permit of the county commission, as the case may be.  3. Nothing contained in sections 64.800 to 64.905 shall affect the existence or validity of an ordinance or order which a county has adopted prior to March 4, 1991. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 178 § 19, A.L. 1991 H.B. 72)  Effective 3-04-91  (1980) Statute permitting commercial structures in all districts except residential use or recreational use districts was limited to commercial structures attending to strip or open-cut mining operations and had no general application to commercial structures. State ex rel. Rybolt v. Easley (A.), 600 S.W.2d 601.
MO Rev Stat § 64.900 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.900 - Termination or continuation of county planning, zoning — election.

Effective - 07 Apr 1988   64.900. Termination or continuation of county planning, zoning — election. — 1. Upon receipt of a petition signed by a number of voters in the county equal to five percent of the total vote cast in the county at the next preceding election for governor requesting the submission of the question of continuation or termination, the county commission in any county which has adopted a program of county planning, county zoning or county planning and zoning shall make an order to submit to the voters of the county the question to continue or to terminate the program.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:   Shall (county planning, county zoning, or county planning and zoning) be continued?    ☐ YES   ☐ NO     3. If a majority of those voting on the question vote yes for continuation, the program shall be continued unless and until terminated by a vote of the qualified voters voting thereon; if a majority of those voting on the question vote no for the termination of the program, the county commission shall declare the program terminated and shall discharge any commission appointed thereunder. Any resolution, ordinance or regulation adopted under the program pursuant to the provisions of sections 64.800 to 64.905 shall be void and of no effect from and after the termination of the program as provided in this section. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 178 § 21, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1988 H.B. 923)  Effective 4-07-88
MO Rev Stat § 64.906 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.906 - Clay County planning and zoning commission, rulemaking authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   64.906. Clay County planning and zoning commission, rulemaking authority. — In any county of the first classification without a charter form of government which has a population of at least one hundred fifty thousand inhabitants which contains all or a portion of a city with a population of at least three hundred thousand inhabitants, the county planning and zoning commission may, with the approval of the governing body of the county, create and adopt rules for the transaction of its business, create and adopt rules for the filing of applications, hearings, inspections and other activities and rules and regulations governing the conduct and procedures of its meetings and hearings. Such rules and regulations may include without limitation such provisions regulating rezoning, land use or platting applications, discovery and prehearing procedures, filing requirements for land use and platting applications, rules regulating the conduct of hearings, the filing of briefs and motions, prefiling of exhibits and witness lists or provisions preventing refiling of zoning or land use applications where the application is the same, or substantially the same, as an application which has been previously overruled, rejected or denied within the previous five years, unless the applicant can show by clear and convincing evidence that a substantial change in circumstances has occurred since the previous rejection which is a result of new facts which were not discoverable by the applicant during the previous proceedings with the use of reasonable diligence or is a result of material facts which have arisen since the previous proceedings were terminated. The rule may further provide that such showing shall be made prior to acceptance of the new application. ­­-------- (L. 1996 H.B. 1259)
MO Rev Stat § 64.907 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.907 - Certain storm water discharge rules and ordinances authorized for certain counties — administration — imposition of tax authorized, ballot language.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   64.907. Certain storm water discharge rules and ordinances authorized for certain counties — administration — imposition of tax authorized, ballot language. — 1. Any county subject to Environmental Protection Agency rules 40 C.F.R. Parts 9, 122, 123, and 124 concerning storm water discharges is authorized to adopt rules, regulations, or ordinances reasonably necessary to comply with such federal regulations including but not limited to rules, regulations, or ordinances which promote the best storm water management practices in regulating storm water discharges established by the Environmental Protection Agency.  2. Any county adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances under subsection 1 of this section is authorized to establish by rule, regulation, or ordinance a storm water control utility or other entity to administer any such rules, regulations, or ordinances adopted under subsection 1 of this section which shall include authority to impose user fees to fund the administration of such rules, regulations, or ordinances.  3. Any county adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances under subsection 1 of this section is authorized to establish by rule, regulation, or ordinance a storm water control utility tax in such amount as is deemed reasonable and necessary to fund public storm water control projects if such tax is approved by majority of the votes cast.  4. The tax authorized in this section shall be in addition to the charge for the storm water control and all other taxes imposed by law, and the proceeds of such tax shall be used by the county solely for storm water control. Such tax shall be stated separately from all other charges and taxes.  5. The ballot of submission for the tax authorized in this section shall be in substantially the following form:   Shall ______ (insert the name of the county) impose a tax on the charges for storm water control in ______ (name of county) at a rate of ______ (insert rate of percent) percent for the sole purpose of storm water control?    ☐ YES   ☐ NO    ­­If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the question, then the tax shall become effective on the first day of the second calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the election was held. If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the question, then the tax authorized by this section shall not become effective unless and until the question is resubmitted pursuant to this section to the qualified voters of the county and such question is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the question. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 267)
MO Rev Stat § 64.920 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways|Section 64.920 - County sports complex authority authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   64.920. County sports complex authority authorized. — There is hereby authorized to be created in any county of the first class not at the time having a charter form of government a special authority to be known as the "______ County Sports Complex Authority", hereinafter referred to as the "authority". Such authority shall be created by order of the county commission and certified copies of said order shall be filed in the offices of the governor and secretary of state. Upon the making of such order and the filing thereof as aforesaid, said authority shall be a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state of Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 187 § 1, A.L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 37)