Effective - 28 Aug 1959
89.040. Purpose of regulations. — Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to preserve features of historical significance; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the values of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout such municipality.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7414, A.L. 1959 H.B. 493)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7261
(1963) Zoning ordinance amendment reclassifying a single piece of property to permit use of the property for gasoline station was unjustified by change of conditions and constituted illegal spot zoning. Numer v. Kansas City (A.), 365 S.W.2d 753.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages
Chapter 89 - Zoning and Planning
Section 89.030 - Zoning districts.
Section 89.040 - Purpose of regulations.
Section 89.050 - Powers and limitations of legislative body in city — hearings, notice.
Section 89.060 - Change in regulations, restrictions and boundaries — procedure.
Section 89.070 - Zoning commission — appointment — duties.
Section 89.080 - Board of adjustment — appointment — term — vacancies — organization.
Section 89.090 - Board of adjustment — powers, exception for Kansas City.
Section 89.100 - Board of adjustment — appeals, procedure.
Section 89.110 - Board of adjustment — decisions subject to review — procedure.
Section 89.120 - Violations — penalties.
Section 89.130 - Provisions of this law to govern, when.
Section 89.140 - Previous ordinances to remain in force.
Section 89.143 - Zoning law to allow certain facilities.
Section 89.144 - Peripheral zoning (third class cities over 25,000 inhabitants).
Section 89.210 - Street defined.
Section 89.220 - Establishment of building lines.
Section 89.230 - Structures shall be required to conform to new line, when.
Section 89.240 - Assessment and payment of damages.
Section 89.250 - Law does not abridge or limit power of eminent domain.
Section 89.310 - Municipality may adopt city plan and appoint commission.
Section 89.320 - Planning commission — membership — terms — vacancy — removal.
Section 89.340 - City plan, contents — zoning plan.
Section 89.350 - Plan, prepared how — purposes.
Section 89.360 - Adoption of plan, procedure.
Section 89.370 - Powers of commission — recommendations.
Section 89.390 - Functions of commission.
Section 89.420 - Commission to approve plats, when.
Section 89.430 - Commission approval of plats — effects.
Section 89.440 - Approval of plats required for recording.
Section 89.460 - Public improvements, how approved after adoption of major street plan.
Section 89.470 - No building permitted on streets not conforming to major street plan.
Section 89.480 - Establishment of building lines — board of adjustment.
Section 89.490 - Violation — penalty.
Section 89.500 - Home-based work — limitation on zoning restrictions.