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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.610 - Powers of board of adjustment — hearing on regulations on setback lines (second and third class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
64.610. Powers of board of adjustment — hearing on regulations on setback lines (second and third class counties). —
The county commission shall provide for a board of adjustment with powers to modify or vary the regulations, in specific cases, in order that unwarranted hardships, which constitute an unreasonable deprivation of use as distinguished from the mere grant of a privilege, may be avoided, the intended purpose of the regulations being strictly observed and the public welfare and public safety protected. If there is a county board of zoning adjustment as provided in section 64.660, such board shall be appointed to serve as the board of adjustment for the building or setback line regulations. If there be no county board of zoning adjustment, the personnel, length of terms, method of appointment and organization of the board of adjustment for the building or setback line regulations shall be the same as provided in section 64.660 for the board of zoning adjustment. Regulations authorized under section 64.600 shall not be adopted, changed or amended until a public hearing has been held thereon by the county planning commission, public notice of which shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.550.
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(L. 1951 p. 406 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.630 - Division of territory into districts — regulations to be uniform, conform to comprehensive plan (second and third class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
64.630. Division of territory into districts — regulations to be uniform, conform to comprehensive plan (second and third class counties). —
For any or all of the purposes of section 64.620, said 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 64.510 to 64.690 and shall be shown upon the county commission's zoning plan; and within such 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 such 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.
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(L. 1951 p. 406 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.640 - County commission may prescribe zoning regulations — hearings on plan — adoption (second and third class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
64.640. County commission may prescribe zoning regulations — hearings on plan — adoption (second and third class counties). —
The county commission shall provide for the manner in which such regulations, restrictions and boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established and enforced, and from time to time amended, supplemented or changed within said unincorporated territory. In order to avail itself of the zoning powers conferred by sections 64.510 to 64.690, 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 64.520 for a county planning commission. Such zoning 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 such proposed order, public notice of which hearing shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.550. Such 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. Such hearings may be adjourned from time to time. Within ninety days after the final adjournment of such hearings the zoning 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 zoning 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 such 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 such land except by record vote of all members and after a statement of the reasons for such action shall be spread upon its minutes or records. In the preparation of its report and proposed zoning order the zoning commission may incur such expenditures as shall be authorized by the county commission.
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(L. 1951 p. 406 § 11, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.645 - Plan or regulations not to be changed without notice and hearing (second and third class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
64.645. Plan or regulations not to be changed without notice and hearing (second and third class counties). —
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 certified mail to all owners of any real property located within one thousand feet of the parcel of land for which the change is proposed.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 440)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.650 - Enforcement officer — buildings subject to his approval (second and third class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
64.650. Enforcement officer — buildings subject to his approval (second and third class counties). —
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 of section 64.510. After the appointment or designation of such 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 such officer or official.
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(L. 1951 p. 406 § 12)
(1974) Held that term "movable house" is synonymous with "mobile home" and that there is no distinction between "auto trailer" and "mobile home". County of Platte v. Chipman (A.), 512 S.W.2d 199.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.670 - Amendment of regulations — hearings — protests (second and third class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
64.670. Amendment of regulations — hearings — protests (second and third class counties). —
The regulations imposed and the districts created under authority of sections 64.510 to 64.690 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 such 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 such commission. Public notice of such hearings shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.550. 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 such municipality, made by resolution of the city council or board of trustees thereof, and filed with the county clerk, such amendment may not be passed except by the favorable vote of two-thirds of all the members of the county commission.
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(L. 1951 p. 406 § 14, A.L. 1988 H.B. 923)
(1974) Held that failure to obtain review by board of adjustment was failure to exhaust administrative remedy and precluded county court or reviewing court from exercising certiorari jurisdiction. County of Platte v. Chipman (A.), 512 S.W.2d 199.
1984) Party aggrieved by a zoning decision must appeal to the county board of zoning adjustment before seeking review in circuit court. Following the appeal to the board, the aggrieved party may present a petition to the circuit court for a writ of certiorari directed to the board of zoning adjustment or the county commission. Review under chapter 536 is not allowable. Miller v. Browning Ferris Industries (Mo. App.), 674 S.W.2d 150
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.680 - Regulations to supersede laws or ordinances (second and third class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
64.680. Regulations to supersede laws or ordinances (second and third class counties). —
Wherever the county zoning regulations made under authority of sections 64.510 to 64.690 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 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 64.510 to 64.690 shall govern.
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(L. 1951 p. 406 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.695 - Termination of program, procedure — form of ballot (second and third class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
64.695. Termination of program, procedure — form of ballot (second and third class counties). —
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 submission of the question, the county commission in any county which has adopted a program of county planning, county zoning or county planning and zoning shall submit to the voters of the county the question 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 terminated?
3. If a majority of those voting on the question vote 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 64.510 to 64.690 shall be void and of no effect from and after the termination of the program as provided in this section.
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(L. 1974 H.B. 1446, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.800 - Creation of county planning commission — election.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
64.800. Creation of county planning commission — 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, after approval by vote of the people of the county, create a county planning commission to prepare a county plan for all areas of the county outside the corporate limits of any city, town or village which has adopted a city plan in accordance with the laws of this state.
2. The county commission may make an order to present to the voters of the county the question for the establishment of county planning.
3. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall county planning be adopted?
4. If a majority of the votes cast on the question be in favor of county planning, the county commission shall create by order entered of record a county planning commission to proceed with a program of county planning as provided in sections 64.800 to 64.840.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 1, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1446, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1504 merged with H.B. 1536)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.805 - County planning commission — members — terms — expenses — chairman.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
64.805. County planning commission — members — terms — expenses — chairman. —
The county planning commission shall consist of the county highway engineer, and one resident of the county appointed by the county commission, from the unincorporated part of each township in the county, except that no such person shall be appointed from a township in which there is no unincorporated area. The township representatives are hereinafter referred to as appointed members. The term of each appointed member shall be four years or until a successor takes office, except that the terms shall be overlapping and that the respective terms of the members first appointed may be less than four years. The term of the county highway engineer shall be only for the duration of the engineer's tenure of official position. All members of the county planning commission shall serve as such without compensation, except that an attendance fee as reimbursement for expenses may be paid to the appointed members of the county planning commission in an amount, as set by the county commission, not to exceed twenty-five dollars per meeting. The planning commission shall elect its chairman, who shall serve for one year.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 2, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 1993 S.B. 56, A.L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al. merged with H.B. 1377)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.810 - Planning commission — general powers — rules — employees and consultants — expenditures limited — fees in certain counties.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
64.810. Planning commission — general powers — rules — employees and consultants — expenditures limited — fees in certain counties. —
The county planning commission may create and adopt rules for the transaction of its business and shall keep a public record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and recommendations. The commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work and may contract with planners and other consultants for such services as it may require and may incur other necessary expenses. The county planning commission in all 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 expenditures of county funds by the county planning commission in all first class counties not having a charter form of government and all second class counties shall not be in excess of the amounts appropriated for that purpose by the county commission. The expenditures of county funds by the county planning commission in all third and fourth class counties shall not be in excess of the amount of fees collected by it and the amounts appropriated for that purpose by the county commission. The commission shall have such other powers as may be necessary and proper to enable it to perform the duties imposed upon it by law.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 3, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1259)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.815 - Master plan of county — contents — hearings — adoption.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
64.815. Master plan of county — contents — hearings — adoption. —
The county planning commission shall prepare an official master plan of the county for the purpose of bringing about coordinated physical development in accordance with the present and future needs. The official master plan shall be developed so as to conserve the natural resources of the county, to insure efficient expenditure of public funds and to promote the health, safety, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the inhabitants. The official master plan may include, among other things, studies and recommendations relative to the location, character and extent of highways, railroads, bus, streetcar and other transportation routes, bridges, public buildings, schools, parks, parkways, forests, wildlife refuges, dams, and projects affecting conservation of natural resources. The county commission, upon the recommendation of the county planning commission, may adopt the official master plan in whole or in part and may subsequently amend or extend the adopted plan or portion thereof. Before the adoption, amendment or extension of the plan or portion thereof, the county commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, fifteen days' notice of the time and place of which shall be published in at least one newspaper having general circulation within the county, and notice of such hearing shall also be posted at least fifteen days in advance thereof in one or more public areas of the courthouse of the county. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The adoption of the plan, or part thereof, shall be by resolution carried by not less than a majority vote of the full membership of the county commission. After the adoption of the official master plan, or part thereof, an attested copy shall be certified by the county commission to the recorder of deeds and to the clerk of each incorporated area covered by the plan or part thereof.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 4, A.L. 1971 H.B. 440)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.820 - Improvements not to be made without county planning commission approval — exceptions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
64.820. Improvements not to be made without county planning commission approval — exceptions. —
From and after the adoption of the official master plan or portion thereof and its proper certification and recording, thereafter no improvement of a type embraced within the recommendations of the official master plan, or part thereof, shall be constructed or authorized without first submitting the proposed plans thereof to the county planning commission and receiving the written approval or recommendations of the commission. This requirement shall be deemed to be waived if the county planning commission fails to make its report and recommendations within forty-five days after receipt of the proposed plans. In the case of any public improvement sponsored or proposed to be made by any municipality or other political or civil subdivision of the state, or public board, commission or other public officials, the disapproval or recommendations of the county planning commission may be overruled by a two-thirds vote, properly entered of record and certified to the county planning commission, of the governing body of the municipality, or other political or civil subdivision, or public board, commission or officials, after the reasons for the overruling are spread upon its minutes, which reasons shall also be certified to the county planning commission.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.825 - Regulation of subdivisions in unincorporated areas — procedure — bonds.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
64.825. Regulation of subdivisions in unincorporated areas — procedure — bonds. —
The county planning commission may also prepare, with the approval of the county commission, as parts of the official master plan or otherwise, sets of regulations governing subdivisions of land in unincorporated areas, and amend or change same from time to time as herein provided, which regulations may provide for the proper location and width of streets, building lines, open spaces, safety, recreation, and for the avoidance of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of lots. Such regulations may also include the extent to which and the manner in which streets shall be graded and improved, and the extent to which water, sewer and other utility services shall be provided, to protect public health and general welfare. Such regulations may provide that in lieu of the immediate completion or installation of the work, the county planning commission may accept bond for the county commission in the amount and with surety bond, cash bond, cash deposit with the county treasurer, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit and conditions satisfactory to the county commission, providing for and securing to the county commission the actual construction of the improvements and utilities within a period specified by the county planning commission, and the county commission shall have power to enforce the bond, surety bond, cash bond, cash deposit with the county treasurer, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit by all proper remedies. The subdivision regulations shall be adopted, changed or amended, certified and filed as provided in section 64.815. The subdivision regulations shall be adopted, changed or amended only after a public hearing has been held thereon, public notice of which shall be given in the manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.815.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 6, A.L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al. merged with H.B. 1362)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.830 - Approval of plats.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
64.830. Approval of plats. —
Whenever the county planning commission has prepared and the county commission adopted, recorded and filed certified copies of any part of the official master plan relating to major highways or to subdivision regulations, thereafter no plat of a subdivision of land within the unincorporated area of the county or the portion thereof covered by the major highway plan shall be recorded until the plat shall first have been approved by the county planning commission. If the planning commission does not report upon the plat within thirty days, it may then be deemed approved by the county planning commission, and the commission shall certify the fact upon the plat. If the plat is approved by the county planning commission, the approval shall be endorsed in writing thereon. However, if the plat be amended or rejected by the county planning commission, or if the council or board of trustees of any municipality files with the county planning commission a certified copy of a resolution of the council or board protesting against the action of the county planning commission approving any plat of any land lying within one and one-half miles of the limits of the incorporated area of the municipality, the approval shall be deemed overruled, and the plat may be then approved only by a two-thirds vote of the county commission, and the reasons for the approval or failure to approve the plat shall be spread upon the records of the county commission
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and certified to the county planning commission. No plat of subdivision of land in the unincorporated areas of the county shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds unless and until approved as herein provided. Municipalities shall have power, by ordinance, to require plats of subdivisions of land within the corporate limits of the municipalities to be submitted to the county planning commission before being submitted to the municipality for approval, and before being recorded. A certified copy of any such ordinance shall be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds for the county. The county planning commission shall, upon written request of any municipality, consider the plats and shall report its findings and its recommendations thereon in writing to the proper officials of the municipality.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 7, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1258)
*Word "and" does not appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.835 - Setback line on major highways.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
64.835. Setback line on major highways. —
After any plan for major highways, or portion thereof, has been prepared by the county planning commission, filed and certified as provided in section 64.815, the county commission shall be authorized and empowered to establish, regulate and limit building or setback lines on the major highways outside the corporate limits of municipalities and to prohibit any new building being located within the building or setback lines, and to amend the regulations from time to time. All orders of the county commission relating to buildings or setback lines shall be entered of record and certified copies thereof shall be filed with the county planning commission, and in the office of the recorder of deeds.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.840 - Powers of board of adjustment — hearing on regulations on setback lines.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
64.840. Powers of board of adjustment — hearing on regulations on setback lines. —
The county commission shall provide for a board of adjustment with powers to modify or vary the regulations, in specific cases, in order that unwarranted hardships, which constitute an unreasonable deprivation of use as distinguished from the mere grant of a privilege, may be avoided, the intended purpose of the regulations being strictly observed and the public welfare and public safety protected. If there is a county board of zoning adjustment as provided in section 64.870, that board shall be appointed to serve as the board of adjustment for the building or setback line regulations. If there be no county board of zoning adjustment, the personnel, length of terms, method of appointment and organization of the board of adjustment for the building or setback line regulations shall be the same as provided in section 64.870 for the board of zoning adjustment. Regulations authorized under section 64.835 shall not be adopted, changed or amended until a public hearing has been held thereon by the county planning commission, public notice of which shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.815.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.845 - Creation of county zoning program — election.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
64.845. Creation of county 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 zoning as provided in sections 64.845 to 64.880.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall county zoning be adopted?
3. If a majority of the votes cast is in favor of county zoning, the county commission shall proceed with a program of county zoning as provided in sections 64.845 to 64.880.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 10, A.L. 1969 p. 78, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1446, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• 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.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 11, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1446)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• 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.
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(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.
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• 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.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 440, A.L. 1994 S.B. 513)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• 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.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 14)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• 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.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 16, A.L. 1988 H.B. 923)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• 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.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 17)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• 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.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 18, A.L. 1969 p. 78, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1446, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 04 Mar 1991, see footnote
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.
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(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.
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 07 Apr 1988, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 21, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1988 H.B. 923)
Effective 4-07-88
2023 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.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• 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.
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(L. 1996 H.B. 1259)