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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 34 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, RELATING TO ZONING, BY REPEALING SECTI~)N 34-30.5 (2) AND 34-30.5 (3) THEREOF RELATING TO BUILDING HEIGHT AND SETBACK REGULATIONS IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF NEW SECTIONS TO BE KNOWN AS "SECTION 34-30.5 (2) AND 34-30.5 (3)/' BY AMENDING SAID SECTIONS SO AS TO OUTLINE SETBACK AND HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNWERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, ai its meeting held at City Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday September 25, the University City Plan Commission recommended an amendment of Section 34-30.5 (2) and 34-30.5 (3) of the University City Zoning Code by adding provisions to the setback and height requirements for single-family dwellings; and WHEREAS, due notice of public hearings to be held by the City Council in the City Council Chambers at City Hall at 7:30 p.m. on October 16, 2002 was duly published in the St. Louis Countian, a newspaper of general circulation within said City; and WHEREAS, said public hearings were held at the time and place specified in said notice, and all suggestions or objections concerning said amendment were duly heard and considered by the City Council; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 34 of the Municipal Code of the City of University City, Missouri, relating to zoning is hereby amended by repealing Section 34-30.5 (2) and 34-30.5 (3), relating to Setback and Height Regulations for Single Family Dwellings, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as "Sections 34- 30.5 (2) and 34-30.5 (3)/' by amending said section so as to outline setback and height requirements that apply to single-family dwellings, as so amended shall read as follows: 34-30.5 Density and Dimensional Regulations 2. Building Setback Requirements: Single-Family Detached Dwellings: Except as provided for in Article 5, "Supplementary Regulations," Section 34-55, the following setback requirements shall apply to single- family detached dwellings: (1) Minimum Front Yard Setback: 25 feet or if there is no platted building line (per Section 34-55.3), the prevailing pattern of front yard setbacks in the subdivision, whichever is greater. In determining the prevailing pattern of a subdivision, the front yard setback of at least ten (10) of the closest lots in the subdivision shall be considered o~, if there are fewer than ten (10) lots, the prevailing pattern of the lots on the block frontage shall be considered. In no case shall any minimum front yard setback be less than twenty-five (25) feet. 34-30.5 Density and Dimensional Regulations 3. Building Height Limitations: Except as provided for in Article 5, "Supplementary Regulations," Section 34-54 (height exceptions), no principal building shall exceed three and one-half(3-1/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height, whichever is less. However, if a new structure exceeds the height (as defined in Article 2) of the principal structure on abutting property by more than 15 feet, than the side yard setback along the side in question shall be increased to 8 feet.