Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Lathrop, Missouri

Lathrop’s own rules

• Building code adoptedAdopted (with conditions)

  Buildings within Lathrop city limits.

  • The code identifies exceptions and local amendments for one- and two-family dwellings; residential sprinklers under IRC R313.2 are optional, but the builder must offer them and an owner's declination must be in writing.

  International Building Code edition: 2012 · International Residential Code edition: 2012

  “The City of Lathrop hereby adopts by reference the following building codes — including all appendices, Chapters, Tables, illustrations, and references — as herein contained and described as the official building codes of the City of Lathrop: the 2012 Edition of the International Building Code, volumns 1 and 2, Chapters 1 through 35; the 2012 Edition of the International Residential Code, volumes 1 and 2, Chapters 1 through Appendix Q;”

• InspectionsRequired

  Work conducted under a City building permit inside Lathrop city limits.

  • All inspections require at least 24 hours' notice to the Lathrop City Clerk or City Building Inspector.

  inspection steps: 7 steps · inspection notice: >= 24 hours

  “The seven (7) inspection steps defined above are performed utilizing BOCA (Building Officials and Code Administrators) checklists for each step corresponding to the latest City of Lathrop adopted Building Codes. All inspections require a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours' notice.”

• Certificate of occupancyRequired

  Structures subject to the City’s building-permit process inside Lathrop city limits.

  • A $100 reinspection fee applies to a builder or owner who violates the City Code and requests an inspection after a structure is inhabited.

  post-inhabitation reinspection fee: 100 USD (Builder or owner violates the City Code and requests inspection after the structure is inhabited.)

  “Building permits will not be issued to a builder or owner who violates the City Code by not obtaining the required certificate of occupancy. A one hundred dollar ($100.00) reinspection fee shall be charged to the builder or owner of a structure which violates the City Code and requests an inspection after the structure is inhabited.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land in the incorporated territory of the City of Lathrop, Missouri.

  • Land use and building location are regulated by the applicable mapped district.

  “For the purpose of regulating and restricting the location of trades, industries, callings, and commercial enterprises, and the location, erection, alteration or repair of buildings designated for specific purposes or specific uses, and the uses of land within each district, the incorporated territory of the City of Lathrop, in the State of Missouri, is divided into the following districts:”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Incorporated territory of Lathrop city limits.

  • The zoning map is designated the Zoning District Map of Lathrop, Missouri and is available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s office.

  districts: R-1 Single-Family Residential; R-2 Multiple-Family Residential; B-1 Retail Business; M-1 Light Industry; A-1 Agricultural

  “District "R-1" - Single-Family Residential District District "R-2" - Multiple-Family Residential District District "B-1" - Retail Business District District "M-1" - Light Industry District. District "A-1" - Agricultural District.”

• Building heightDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Buildings in Lathrop zoning districts.

  • The reviewed provision requires compliance with the applicable district height limit; this research did not extract the separate numerical schedule for each district.

  “No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed, or structurally altered to exceed the height limit herein established for the district in which the building is located.”

• Living in an RVLimited

  Recreational vehicles placed within Lathrop’s unnumbered A Zones on the applicable FHBM or FIRM.

  • A recreational vehicle must be on site for fewer than 180 consecutive days, be fully licensed and ready for highway use, or meet the Chapter’s manufactured-home permitting, elevation, and anchoring requirements.

  maximum consecutive days on site: < 180 days (Alternative compliance is being fully licensed and ready for highway use, or meeting manufactured-home permitting, elevation, and anchoring requirements.)

  “Require that recreational vehicles placed on sites within unnumbered A Zones on the community's FHBM or FIRM either: 1. Be on the site for fewer than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days; or 2. Be fully licensed and ready for highway use; or 3. Meet the permitting, elevation, and the anchoring requirements for manufactured homes of this Chapter.”

• Who permits septicLocal (with conditions)

  Private sewage-disposal systems inside Lathrop city limits where public sewer is not available under § 705.150(D).

  • The City Superintendent signs permits and inspects installations; additional requirements may be imposed by the Health Officer.

  “Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent.”

• Septic permitRequired

  Construction of a private sewage-disposal system inside Lathrop city limits where public sewer is unavailable under § 705.150(D).

  • Application is on a City form and must be supplemented with plans, specifications, and other information deemed necessary by the Superintendent.
  • The permit does not become effective until installation is completed to the Superintendent's satisfaction.

  permit and inspection fee: 200 USD (Paid to the City when application is filed.)

  “Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.”

• Septic inspectionRequired

  Private sewage-disposal installations inside Lathrop city limits where public sewer is unavailable under § 705.150(D).

  • Applicant must notify the Superintendent when work is ready for final inspection and before underground portions are covered.
  • The inspection is to be made within 10 business days after the Superintendent receives notice.

  inspection time after notice: <= 10 business days

  “He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within ten (10) business days of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.”

• Off-grid sanitationLimited

  Private sewage disposal inside Lathrop city limits where City public sewer is unavailable under § 705.150(D).

  • The system must comply with § 705.160, including a written City permit, inspection, State Department of Public Health recommendations, and no subsurface soil-absorption facility on a lot under 40,000 square feet.
  • When public sewer becomes available, the property must connect within 90 days and the private system must be cleaned and filled.

  minimum lot area for subsurface soil absorption: >= 40000 square feet

  “Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 705.150(D), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Section.”

• Mandatory utility hookupSewer (with conditions)

  Properties inside Lathrop city limits abutting a street, alley, or right-of-way containing a City public sanitary or combined sewer within 300 feet of the property line.

  • Connection follows official notice and must be made within 90 days.
  • The ordinance does not establish a comparable general connection mandate for water in the reviewed passage.

  public sewer distance from property line: <= 300 feet · connection deadline after official notice: <= 90 days

  “The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the City and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the City, is hereby required at his/her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Article, within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within three hundred (300) feet (ninety-one and four tenths (91.4) meters) of the property line.”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Lots within subdivisions inside Lathrop city limits.

  • A building permit will not issue unless required improvements are installed or guaranteed by approved surety, and a subdivision lot has direct access to a street constructed to City specifications.

  “Unless the required improvements have been installed or guaranteed by a bond or other approved surety, no building permits shall be issued for that lot or tract. Further, no building permit shall be issued for any lot within a subdivision unless such lot has direct access to a street constructed in accordance with the construction specifications of the City.”

• Driveway accessRequired

  Lots within a subdivision for which a City building permit is sought.

  • The lot must have direct access to a street constructed in accordance with City construction specifications.

  “Further, no building permit shall be issued for any lot within a subdivision unless such lot has direct access to a street constructed in accordance with the construction specifications of the City.”

• Building in a floodplainRequired

  Proposed construction or other development, including manufactured homes, in the City’s floodplain areas described in § 410.040.

  • A separate floodplain development permit is required for each structure or other development before development or substantial improvement begins.

  “A floodplain development permit shall be required for all proposed construction or other development, including the placement of manufactured homes, in the areas described in Article II, Section 410.040. No person, firm, corporation, or unit of government shall initiate any development or substantial-improvement or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a separate floodplain development permit for each structure or other development.”

• Permit feesPublished (with conditions)

  Building and construction permits in Lathrop city limits.

  • Residential permit fee is $0.40 per square foot of total finished space excluding unfinished basements, subject to a $550 minimum; plumbing, electrical, and mechanical are included.
  • Different fees apply to demolition, garages, commercial work, and miscellaneous permits.

  single-family residential permit fee: per 0.4 USD per square foot (Total finished space excluding unfinished basements.) · minimum residential building permit fee: 550 USD

  “Single-family residential housing shall cost forty cents ($.40) for each square foot of total finished space excluding unfinished basements. Plumbing, electrical and mechanical are included in this fee. The minimum building permit fee shall be five hundred fifty dollars ($550.00).”

• Permit processPublished (with conditions)

  Building-permit applications within Lathrop city limits.

  • The applicant must use City Clerk forms; the Building Inspector verifies conformity with subdivision, zoning, and building codes and proper platting and recording.
  • Water and sewer hookup fees are due before permit issuance.

  “All building permits shall be issued only after the applicant therefor has submitted an application in writing on forms to be supplied by the City Clerk. The Building Inspector shall ensure that the application conforms to the requirements of the subdivision zoning and Building Codes of the City of Lathrop and the said building site has been properly platted in accordance with the City of Lathrop Zoning Regulations in Chapter 400 of the City Code and subsequently recorded in the office of the Clinton County Recorder of Deeds.”

Rules another office applies inside Lathrop

Lathrop does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Single-family dwellings in Lathrop R-1 Single-Family Residential District.

  • 6,000 square feet per family applies with public sewer; 12,000 square feet applies without sewer connection.

  lot area per family with public sewer: >= 6000 square feet · lot area per family without sewer connection: >= 12000 square feet

  “Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall provide a lot area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet per family in case of a single-family dwelling, where connected with a public sewer, and twelve thousand (12,000) square feet per family where no such sewer connection exists.”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Single-family residences in Lathrop R-1 Single-Family Residential District.

  • The front-yard rule has a built-up-frontage averaging exception; a Planning Board may waive the 10-foot side setback for an accessory building when adjacent owners give written consent; a Planning Board may waive the 12-foot accessory-building rear setback when all adjacent owners give written consent.

  front setback: >= 25 feet (Built-up-frontage averaging rule and corner-lot side-street rule apply.) · side setback for residence: >= 10 feet · rear yard for dwelling: >= 25 feet (Porches excluded.)

  “No residence, including an attached or semi-attached garage and porches, enclosed or unenclosed, shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to either sideline of the lot, track or parcel of land upon which it is located. Provided, however, the ten (10) foot sideline setback requirement may be waived by the Planning Board in the case of accessory building whenever adjacent property owners have given written consent.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Lathrop or Clinton County directly.

• Building permit — Residential construction inside Lathrop city limits.
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built residential construction inside Lathrop city limits.
• Minimum dwelling size — Dwellings inside Lathrop city limits.
• Lot coverage — Land inside Lathrop city limits.
• Camping on your land — Temporary camping on private land inside Lathrop city limits.

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.