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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 64.180 - Building commission — appointment — term — code of regulations — enforcement (first and second class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
64.180. Building commission — appointment — term — code of regulations — enforcement (first and second class counties). —
1. The county commission of any county which shall exercise the authority granted under the provisions of sections 64.170 to 64.200 shall appoint a building commission consisting of five members, residents and taxpayers of the county, one of whom shall be a member of the county commission, to be selected by the county commission. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation for a term of two years. The term of the county commission member shall not extend beyond the tenure of his office.
2. Said commission shall prepare a building and electrical code of regulations under the powers granted herein, which shall be submitted to the county commission for adoption. Such code of regulations shall be in accord with standards prescribed by recognized inspection and testing laboratories and agencies consistent with section 64.196.
3. Before the adoption of such code of regulations, the county commission shall hold at least three public hearings thereon, fifteen days' notice of the time and place of which shall be published in at least two newspapers having general circulation within the county and notice of such hearings shall also be posted at least fifteen days in advance thereof in four conspicuous places in the county. The regulations adopted shall be applicable to the unincorporated territory of the county, except as otherwise provided herein, and may from time to time be amended by the county commission after hearings are held and notice given, as prescribed herein. The county commission is authorized to employ and pay the personnel necessary to enforce the regulations adopted.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14943, A.L. 1945 p. 616, A.L. 2001 S.B. 86)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13750; 1919 § 10392; 1909 § 1295
(1972) Supreme court had exclusive jurisdiction over appeal from quo warranto proceeding to oust appellants from office of building commission of Jefferson County since office was one to which officer was elected or appointed under authority of law and the authority and duties thereof were prescribed by law. State ex rel. Donald v. Leonard (A.), 480 S.W.2d 71.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.190 - Building commission — powers — exception (first and second class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
64.190. Building commission — powers — exception (first and second class counties). —
Said commission or such members thereof as are designated under the regulations adopted by the county commission shall be authorized to examine all applicants for a license to engage in electrical wiring or installation work and shall have authority under said regulations to revoke or suspend any license issued for refusal or failure to comply with the regulations adopted, and any person, firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of sections 64.170 to 64.200 shall be authorized to make electrical installations in any municipality in the county and be subject to the inspection requirements contained in the regulations adopted hereunder and shall not be licensed by any city, town or village in said county; provided, that the provisions of sections 64.170 to 64.200 shall not apply to any city having or that may hereafter have a population of more than one hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14944, A.L. 1945 p. 616, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1823)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13751; 1919 § 10393; 1909 § 1296
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.196 - Nationally recognized building code adopted, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories
64.196. Nationally recognized building code adopted, when. —
1. After August 28, 2001, any county seeking to adopt a building code in a manner set forth in section 64.180 shall, in creating or amending such code, adopt a current, calendar year 1999 or later edition, nationally recognized building code, as amended.
2. No county building ordinance so adopted shall conflict with liquefied petroleum gas installations governed by section 323.020.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 86, A.L. 2013 H.B. 542 merged with S.B. 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.200 - Violation a misdemeanor (first and second class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
64.200. Violation a misdemeanor (first and second class counties). —
A violation of sections 64.170 to 64.200 or of any order or regulation adopted under the authority of said sections shall be deemed a misdemeanor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14945, A.L. 1945 p. 616)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13752; 1919 § 10394; 1909 § 1297
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.205 - Applicability of sections 64.170 to 64.200 (first and second class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
64.205. Applicability of sections 64.170 to 64.200 (first and second class counties). —
Sections 64.170 to 64.200 shall apply to all counties of the first and second class.
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(L. 1963 p. 117)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.211 - Creation of county planning board — election — ballot form.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.211. Creation of county planning board — election — ballot form. —
1. The county commission of any county of the first classification not having a charter form of government and not operating a planning or zoning program under the provisions of sections 64.800 to 64.905 may, after approval by vote of the people of that county, provide for the preparation, adoption, amendment, extension and carrying out of a county plan. Upon adoption of the county plan there shall be created in the county a county planning board with the powers and duties as set forth in sections 64.211 to 64.295.
2. The county commission may, at any general election, present to the voters of the county the question of the establishment of county planning. The county clerk shall cause to be printed a ballot containing the following:
Shall county planning be established?
☐ YES
☐ NO
­­To vote in favor of the question place an "X" in the box opposite the word "YES". To vote against the question place an "X" in the box opposite the word "NO".
3. If a majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of county planning, the county commission shall create by order entered of record a county planning board to proceed with a program of county planning as provided in sections 64.211 to 64.295.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 1, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1446, A.L. 1979 H.B. 663, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.212 - Termination of county planning, election — ballot form.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.212. Termination of county planning, election — ballot form. —
1. Upon receipt of a petition signed by a number of voters, resident in the county, equal to five percent of the total votes cast in the county at the next preceding election for governor requesting an election on the question, the county commission in any county which has adopted a county plan as authorized by section 64.211 shall, at a special election called for that purpose or at the next general election, submit to the voters of the county the proposition to terminate the program. The county clerk shall prepare the ballot substantially in the following form:
Shall ______ (Here fill in either county planning, county zoning, or county planning and zoning.) be terminated?
☐ YES
☐ NO
To vote in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite the word "YES". To vote against the question place an "X" in the box opposite the word "NO".
2. 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 board appointed thereunder. Any resolution, ordinance or regulation adopted under the program pursuant to the provisions of sections 64.211 to 64.295 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. 1979 H.B. 663, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.215 - County planning board, members (exception for Cass County), terms, removal, expenses, chairman (noncharter first classification counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
64.215. County planning board, members (exception for Cass County), terms, removal, expenses, chairman (noncharter first classification counties). —
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, the county planning board shall consist of one of the commissioners of the county commission selected by the county commission, the county highway engineer, both of whom shall serve during their tenure of office, except that in any county of the first classification with more than eighty-two thousand but fewer than eighty-two thousand one hundred inhabitants such members shall be nonvoting members, and six residents of the unincorporated territory of the county who shall be appointed by the county commission. The term of the six appointed members shall be four years or until their successor takes office, except that the original term of three of the six appointed members shall be two years. Members may be removed for cause by the county commission upon written charges after public hearings. Any vacancy may be filled by the county commission for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant, or until the member's successor takes office. All members of the board shall serve without compensation; except, that an attendance fee as reimbursement for expenses may be paid to the appointed members of the board in an amount, set by the county commission, not to exceed twenty-five dollars per meeting. The planning board shall elect its chairman from among the appointed members.
2. In any county of the first classification with a population of at least two hundred thousand inhabitants which does not adjoin any other county of the first classification, the county planning board may, at the option of the county commission, consist of one of the commissioners of the county commission selected by the county commission, and shall include the county highway engineer and six residents of the unincorporated territory of the county, who shall be appointed by the county commission. The county highway engineer and the county commissioner, if a member of the board, shall serve during such person's tenure of office. The term of the six appointed members shall be three years or until their successor takes office.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 2, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1446, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with H.B. 345 merged with S.B. 210 merged with S.B. 259)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.221 - Planning board, rules of procedure — records (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.221. Planning board, rules of procedure — records (noncharter first class counties). —
The county planning board may create and adopt rules for the transaction of its business and shall keep a public record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and recommendations.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 3, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.225 - Planning director, appointment, duties, employees, expenses (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.225. Planning director, appointment, duties, employees, expenses (noncharter first class counties). —
There is hereby created the office of planning director, who shall be appointed by the planning board, subject to the approval of the county commission, and receive such compensation as set by the county commission. The planning director shall act as executive secretary of the planning or zoning commission and the board of zoning adjustment and the planning director shall be charged with the administration of the zoning laws and regulations adopted and the issuance of permits in conformity with the regulations adopted. The planning director shall examine all subdivision plats and determine whether the proposed development conforms to the regulations adopted. If the proposed subdivision plat conforms to the regulations adopted, the plat shall be promptly approved by the planning director, or the plat may be referred by the planning director to the planning board for its approval, amendment or rejection. The board may appoint such other employees as it deems 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, except that the expenditures of county funds by the board shall not be in excess of the amounts appropriated for that purpose by the county commission. The board shall have such other powers as are appropriate to enable it to perform its duties.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 3, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.231 - Master plan, contents, amendment, hearings, adoption, recording (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.231. Master plan, contents, amendment, hearings, adoption, recording (noncharter first class counties). —
1. The county planning board shall have power to make, adopt and may publish an official master plan for the county for the purpose of bringing about coordinated physical development in accordance with present and future needs. The master plan shall be developed so as to conserve the natural resources of the county, to ensure efficient expenditure of public funds, and to promote the health, safety, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the inhabitants. The master plan may include, among other things, a land use plan, studies and recommendations relative to the locations, character and extent of highways, railroads, bus, streetcar and other transportation routes, bridges, public buildings, schools, sewers, parks and recreation facilities, parkways, forests, wildlife refuges, dams and projects affecting conservation of natural resources. The county planning board may adopt the master plan in whole or in part, and subsequently amend or extend the adopted plan or any portion thereof. Before the adoption, amendment or extension of the plan or portion thereof, the board 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 the hearing shall also be posted at least fifteen days in advance thereof in at least two conspicuous places in each township. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The adoption of the plan shall be by resolution carried by not less than a majority vote of the full membership of the county planning board. After the adoption of the master plan an attested copy shall be certified to the county clerk and a copy shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds.
2. The master plan, with the accompanying maps, diagrams, charts, descriptive matter, and reports, shall include the plans specified by this section which are appropriate to the county and which may be made the basis for its physical development. The master plan may comprise any, all, or any combination of the plans specified in this section, for all or any part of the county.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 4, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.235 - Improvements to conform to plan, approval required (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.235. Improvements to conform to plan, approval required (noncharter first class counties). —
From and after the adoption of the master plan or portion thereof and its proper certification and recording, then and thenceforth no improvement of a type embraced within the recommendations of the master plan shall be constructed or authorized without first submitting the proposed plans thereof to the county planning board and receiving the written approval and recommendations of the board; except that this requirement shall be deemed to be waived if the county planning board fails to make its report and recommendations within forty-five days after the receipt of the proposed plans. If a development or public improvement is proposed to be located in the unincorporated territory of the county by any municipality, county, public board or commission, the disapproval or recommendations of the county planning board may be overruled by the county commission, which shall certify its reasons therefor to the planning board, nor shall anything herein interfere with such development or public improvement as may have been, or may hereafter be, specifically authorized or permitted by a certificate of public convenience and necessity, or order issued by the public service commission, or by permit of the county commission after public hearing in the manner provided by section 64.231.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 5, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.241 - Subdivision regulations, contents, how adopted — bond for compliance (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
64.241. Subdivision regulations, contents, how adopted — bond for compliance (noncharter first class counties). —
The county planning board may prepare and adopt regulations governing the subdivision of land, within the unincorporated area, including all plats or proposed streets prepared for record, and all division of land or lots into two or more parts, except the division of land resulting in tracts or lots, the smallest of which is an area of five acres or more, or ten acres or more in any county having a population of at least two hundred seven thousand. The regulations may provide for the proper location and width of streets, building lines, open spaces, minimum width and area of lots, access to major streets, street grading and paving, drainage or utility easements, sewers, water and other utilities, which are necessary to avoid the congestion of population, and to protect the public health, safety or the general welfare of the inhabitants in the unincorporated portions of the county. The regulations shall be adopted by the board only after public hearing has been held thereon at any one place in the county, public notice of which shall be given in the same manner as provided for hearings in section 64.231. The regulations shall become effective after their approval and adoption by order of the county commission, and may after their adoption be amended by the county commission after public hearing and recommendation by the board as provided by section 64.231. In lieu of the immediate completion or installation of improvements required under the regulations adopted, the county auditor shall accept bond for the county in an amount and with surety and conditions prescribed by the county commission. The bond shall provide and secure to the county the actual construction of such improvements and utilities within the period prescribed by the regulations.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 6, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175, A.L. 1998 S.B. 739)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.245 - Subdivision plat or instrument describing not to be recorded until approved (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.245. Subdivision plat or instrument describing not to be recorded until approved (noncharter first class counties). —
After the county commission has adopted the subdivision regulations, no plat or instrument describing a subdivision of land within the unincorporated area of the county shall be recorded or vacated until the plat is first submitted to the planning board. No plat shall be approved in any county in which emergency telephone services or central dispatching services are provided and funded pursuant to sections 190.300 to 190.329, unless any requirement by the governing body of the county or of the board established pursuant to section 190.329 to provide such governing body or such board with maps and site plans of the subdivision so that the subdivision addresses, streets, drives and roadways may be added to and included in any computer database used in conjunction with providing such services are met. The board, after hearing, may vacate any plat of a subdivision of land including roads, streets, highways and alleys. At such hearing, the board may require that expert witnesses providing evidence be sworn in so that their statements are statements made under oath. Upon the vacation of the plat, the recorder of deeds shall be notified in writing of the vacation. If the county planning board does not report upon the plat within thirty days, it may then be deemed approved. If the plat is amended or rejected by the planning board, such action may be overruled and the plat approved only by the county commission, after public hearing. The reasons for the overruling shall be spread upon the minutes of the county commission. The recorder of deeds shall not record a plat of a subdivision of land in the unincorporated area of the county until the recorder has received a certificate of authority from the county planning director, who shall issue the certificate if the plat has been approved, pursuant to the provisions of sections 64.211 to 64.295. The county planning board may, upon written request of the legislative body of an incorporated area in which there is no municipal planning commission, pass upon subdivision plats within the incorporated areas, and the plat shall be subject to all rules and regulations of the county planning board and shall not be recorded until it has been approved in the same manner as a subdivision plat in an unincorporated area. If the county planning board does agree to pass upon plats in an incorporated area, the county recorder shall be advised of the fact by registered letter from the planning board and the municipal legislative body.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 7, A.L. 1993 H.B. 910, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.251 - Building or setback lines on major highways, hearing, modification (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.251. Building or setback lines on major highways, hearing, modification (noncharter first class counties). —
Whenever a plan for major highways has been prepared, the county commission, upon recommendation of the planning board, is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, regulate and limit and to change and amend, by order, building or setback lines on the major highways, and to prohibit any new building being located within the building or setback lines outside the corporate limits of any city, village or incorporated town. When a plan for proposed highways or other public improvements has been prepared, the county commission in the same manner is authorized to prohibit any new building being located within the proposed site or right-of-way when the center line of the proposed highway or the limits of the proposed sites have been carefully determined and are accurately delineated on maps approved by the planning board according to the procedures set out in section 64.231 and adopted by the county commission. The county commission shall provide for the method by which this section shall be administered and enforced and may provide for a board of adjustment with powers to modify or vary the regulations, in specific cases, in order that unwarranted hardship, which constitutes an unreasonable deprivation of use as distinguished from the mere grant of a privilege, may be avoided. If there is a county board of zoning adjustment, as herein provided, the board shall be appointed to serve as the board of adjustment for the building line regulations. If there is no county board of zoning adjustment, the personnel, length of terms, method of appointment and organization of the board of adjustment for the building line regulations shall be the same as provided in section 64.281 for the board of zoning adjustment. The regulations of this section shall not be adopted, changed or amended until a public hearing has been held thereon by the planning board, public notice of which shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.231.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 8, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.255 - Building and lot regulations — nonconforming uses, regulations limited (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1974
64.255. Building and lot regulations — nonconforming uses, regulations limited (noncharter first class counties). —
1. For the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals, comfort or the general welfare of the unincorporated portion of counties, 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 in all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government and not operating a planning or zoning program under the provisions of sections 64.800 to 64.905, is hereby empowered to regulate and restrict, by order, 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, signs, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, parks or other purposes, including areas for agriculture, forestry and recreation.
2. The powers by sections 64.211 to 64.295 given shall not be exercised 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, except that reasonable regulations may be adopted for the gradual elimination of nonconforming uses from districts zoned for residential use.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 9, 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 64.261 - Zoning districts, creation, regulations (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
64.261. Zoning districts, creation, regulations (noncharter first class counties). —
For any or all of said purposes, the unincorporated territory may be divided into districts of such number, shape and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of sections 64.211 to 64.295, and shall be shown upon the plans or described in the regulations along with standards for their application. Within the districts, the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures or land 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 plan, and shall give reasonable consideration, among other things, to the existing use and character of the district, its suitability for particular uses, conserving the value of buildings and of existing development, and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the county.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.265 - Establishment of original districts, notice, hearings, powers of county commission (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.265. Establishment of original districts, notice, hearings, powers of county commission (noncharter first class counties). —
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. In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by the provisions of sections 64.211 to 64.295, the county commission shall request the county planning board to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. The board 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 public hearing shall be held in each township affected by the terms of the proposed order, notice of which shall be given in the same manner as provided in section 64.231. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the place where copies of the proposed report and 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 board shall make a report and submit a proposed order to the county commission. The county commission may enact the order with or without change or may refer it back to the board for further consideration. In the preparation of its report and proposed zoning order the board may incur such expenditures as are authorized by the county commission.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 11, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.271 - Change in regulations and districts, hearing before commission — effect of protest (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.271. Change in regulations and districts, hearing before commission — effect of protest (noncharter first class counties). —
1. The regulations imposed under authority of sections 64.211 to 64.295 may be amended, supplemented or changed from time to time by the county commission after the order establishing the same has gone into effect, but no such amendment shall be made without a report and recommendation from the planning board after public hearing before the board, public notice of which shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.231.
2. The districts created under authority of sections 64.211 to 64.295 may be amended, supplemented or changed from time to time by the county commission after the order establishing the same has gone into effect, but no such amendment shall be made without a report and recommendation from the planning board after a public hearing before the board. The hearing shall be held in any one place in the county designated by the planning or zoning board regardless of the location of the land affected by the amendment. Public notice of the hearing shall be given in at least one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least fifteen days before the date of the hearing.
3. In case of written protest against any proposed 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 limits of a municipality, by the city council or zoning board of any such municipality, 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. 1959 S.B. 309 § 12, A.L. 1988 H.B. 923, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.275 - Powers of county commission on review of report of planning board (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.275. Powers of county commission on review of report of planning board (noncharter first class counties). —
The planning board shall file a recommendation and report with the county commission. The scope of review by the county commission shall be limited to the recommendation and report of the board; except that the county commission may hear and consider additional evidence, if the county commission finds that the evidence in the exercise of reasonable diligence could not have been produced, or was improperly excluded at the hearing before the board. The county commission may in any case hear and consider evidence of alleged irregularities in procedure, or of unfairness by the board, not shown in the record. The county commission in determining the result reached by the board shall give due weight to the opportunity of the board to observe the witnesses and to the expertness and experience of the board. Whenever the county commission finds there is competent and material evidence, which in the exercise of reasonable diligence could not have been produced, or was improperly excluded at the hearing before the board, the county commission may remand the case to the board with directions to reconsider the same in the light of the evidence. The report shall consist of a complete transcript of the entire record, proceedings and evidence before the board. The county commission before deciding the case shall personally consider the whole record, or such portions thereof as may be cited by the parties, and shall personally consider any oral or written arguments presented by all interested parties.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 13, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.285 - Zoning regulations to supersede other laws or restrictions, when (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
64.285. Zoning regulations to supersede other laws or restrictions, when (noncharter first class counties). —
Whenever the county zoning regulations made under the authority of sections 64.211 to 64.295 require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of building or less number of stories, or require greater percentage of lot 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 provisions of the regulations made under authority of sections 64.211 to 64.295 shall govern.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.291 - Zoning enforcement officers, appointment, compensation, duties (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
64.291. Zoning enforcement officers, appointment, compensation, duties (noncharter first class counties). —
Any county commission which has adopted a zoning plan as provided by sections 64.211 to 64.295 shall appoint an enforcement officer who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and receive such compensation as designated by the commission. The enforcement officer shall be charged with the enforcement of the zoning regulations, setback regulations, subdivision regulations and such other regulations as may be adopted. The enforcement officer may appoint such employees as are deemed necessary and may incur other necessary expenses, all subject to the approval of the county commission. The enforcement officer or his deputies shall forthwith file a complaint of all violations of the regulations of sections 64.211 to 64.295 with the county prosecuting attorney, in the name of the county, for appropriate action.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 16)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.295 - Violations of law or regulation, misdemeanor — civil remedies (noncharter first class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
64.295. Violations of law or regulation, misdemeanor — civil remedies (noncharter first class counties). —
A violation of the provisions of sections 64.211 to 64.295, or of any order or regulation adopted under authority of sections 64.211 to 64.295, is a misdemeanor. The proper county authorities or any persons, the value or use of whose property is or may be affected by such violation in addition to other remedies, may also institute any appropriate action or proceedings by preventing or removing such violation.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 17)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.300 - Sewers and ditches in certain first class counties near recreation areas to be enclosed — failure a nuisance — penalty.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
Effective - 28 Aug 1961, 2 histories
64.300. Sewers and ditches in certain first class counties near recreation areas to be enclosed — failure a nuisance — penalty. —
1. Any person who owns, leases, controls or operates lands within any county of the first class having less than seven hundred thousand inhabitants upon which there is any type of structure which is regularly used as a residence, club or association, and wherein more than twenty persons at any one time regularly reside or use the premises for the purpose of congregating or meeting, and which structure contains kitchens, toilets or washroom facilities, which lands may be located or situate within a distance of one thousand yards from lands or areas used as a children's playground, campsite, school grounds, park, or other resort areas for children, shall cause any and all sewers or ditches located upon the land and used for the purpose of discharging and carrying away raw sewage or effluent from the building or premises, to be fully and completely enclosed.
2. Any such sewer or enclosed ditch so constructed which allows or permits offensive and unhealthful odors to emanate therefrom shall be considered a nuisance and shall be condemned as such and shall not be used for the purpose of carrying raw sewage and effluent until all cause of the odors is fully and completely eliminated.
3. Any person who is in charge of such lands or premises and who is found guilty of using any open ditch or sewer for the discharge of effluent or raw sewage after the ditch or sewer has been condemned in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be adjudged guilty of maintaining a nuisance and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
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(L. 1961 p. 303 §§ 1, 2, 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.320 - Land acquisition for landfills, parks and recreation — authority to levy tax, limitation (Jackson and St. Louis counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
Effective - 02 Feb 1990, see footnote
64.320. Land acquisition for landfills, parks and recreation — authority to levy tax, limitation (Jackson and St. Louis counties). —
The governing body of all counties of class one with a charter form of government may purchase at public expense out of the county treasury or may receive by gift or donation, lots, tracts and parcels of ground and lands to be used as public parks, playgrounds, camping sites, recreation purposes and sanitary landfills. The governing body of such counties may acquire property for such purposes by eminent domain, and the procedure therefor shall be the same as is provided by law for condemnation for road purposes. The counties may, by appropriate order of their respective governing body, levy an annual tax not to exceed ten cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation for the acquisition, planning, improvement, maintenance, operation and leasing of such parks, playgrounds, camping sites, and sanitary landfills; except that the governing body of such county may levy an annual tax for the purposes enumerated in this section not to exceed eleven cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation for the calendar year 1975 and thereafter and an annual tax for the purposes enumerated in this section not to exceed twelve cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation for the calendar year 1976 and thereafter. For the calendar year 1991 and thereafter, any county of the first class having a charter form of government and containing part of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more may levy an annual tax for the purposes enumerated in this section not to exceed twenty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15387, A.L. 1941 p. 480, A.L. 1945 p. 1324, A.L. 1945 p. 1326, A.L. 1951 p. 402, A.L. 1953 p. 382, A.L. 1957 p. 333, A.L. 1973 S.B. 178, A.L. 1990 S.B. 801)
Prior revision: 1929 § 14265
Effective 2-02-90
CROSS REFERENCE:
Acquisition by county of plants for destruction of waste, 49.303
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.325 - Land acquisition for recreation and sanitary landfills — annual tax, amount (first class noncharter counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
Effective - 28 Aug 1994
64.325. Land acquisition for recreation and sanitary landfills — annual tax, amount (first class noncharter counties). —
The county commissions in all counties of class one not having a charter form of government may purchase at public expense out of the county treasury or may receive any gift or donation, lots, tracts and parcels of ground and lands to be used as public parks, playgrounds, camping sites, recreation purposes, and sanitary landfills. The county commissions in class one counties not having a charter form of government may acquire property for such purposes by eminent domain, and the procedure therefor shall be the same as is provided by law for condemnation for road purposes. These counties may, by appropriate order of their respective county commissions, levy an annual tax not to exceed ten cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation for the acquisition, planning, improvement, maintenance, operation and leasing of such parks, playgrounds, camping sites, and sanitary landfills; except that the annual tax for the acquisition, planning, improvement, maintenance, operation and leasing of parks, playgrounds and camping sites may be set at any amount approved by the qualified voters of the county in the manner prescribed by section 64.451.
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(L. 1965 p. 178 § 1, A.L. 1973 S.B. 178, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1200 & 1192)