Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of River Bend, Missouri

Village of River Bend’s own rules

• Building code adoptedAdopted (with conditions)

  Construction inside River Bend village limits.

  • The minutes identify the adopted material as construction codes published by the International Code Council; editions and local amendments were not published in the located record.

  “David Obermeyer introduced ordinance 6-23 an ordinance adopting by reference construction codes published by the International Code Council.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside River Bend village limits.

  • Village minutes record approval of Ordinance 2-23 authorizing revisions to the Village zoning map.

  “David Obermeyer introduced ordinance 2-23 an ordinance authorizing revisions to the Village of River Bend Zoning map”

• Living in an RVLimited

  Recreational vehicles placed in River Bend's numbered or unnumbered A zones and AE zones shown on the specified FIRM panels.

  • The recreational vehicle must be on site fewer than 180 consecutive days, be fully licensed and ready for highway use, or meet the ordinance's permitting, elevation, and anchoring requirements for manufactured homes.

  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 all unnumbered and numbered A zones, and AE zones on the community's FIRM either: a. Be on the site for fewer than 180 consecutive days, b. Be fully licensed and ready for highway use*; or c. Meet the permitting, elevation, and anchoring requirements for manufactured homes of this ordinance.”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Manufactured homes placed or substantially improved in River Bend's numbered or unnumbered A zones and AE zones shown on the specified FIRM panels.

  • Manufactured homes must be installed using methods and practices that minimize flood damage and be elevated and anchored to resist flotation, collapse, or lateral movement.
  • parameters are not a substitute for additional floodplain requirements.

  lowest floor above base flood elevation: >= 1 foot (For specified locations in existing manufactured-home parks or subdivisions, the chassis may instead be supported by qualifying foundation elements at least 36 inches above grade.)

  “All manufactured homes to be placed within all unnumbered and numbered A zones and AE zones, on the community's FIRM shall be required to be installed using methods and practices that minimize flood damage. For the purposes of this requirement, manufactured homes must be elevated and anchored to resist flotation, collapse, or lateral movement.”

• Agricultural exemptionConditional

  Agricultural structures in River Bend's special flood hazard areas.

  • The structure must be used solely for agricultural purposes connected to agricultural commodities or livestock; have no human habitation or occupancy; be single-wall; have no permanent retail, wholesale, or manufacturing use; meet floodplain-management requirements; and have a floodplain development permit.

  “Structures used solely for agricultural purposes in connection with the production, harvesting, storage, drying, or raising of agricultural commodities, including the raising of livestock, may be constructed at-grade and wet-floodproofed provided there is no human habitation or occupancy of the structure; the structure is of single-wall design; there is no permanent retail, wholesale, or manufacturing use included in the structure; the structure meets the following floodplain management requirements; and a floodplain development permit has been issued.”

• Building in a floodplainRequired

  Development in River Bend's numbered or unnumbered A zones and AE zones shown on FIRM panels 29095C0158G, 29095C0159G, 29095C0166G, and 29095C0167G.

  • A floodplain development permit must be issued by the Board of Trustees or its designated representative; the ordinance applies to the identified FIRM panels dated January 20, 2017, as amended, and future revisions.
  • No development may be initiated or substantially improved without a separate floodplain development permit for each structure or other development.

  “floodplain development permit shall be required”

• Permit processPartial

  Building-permit inquiries inside River Bend village limits.

  • The published minutes identify the Planning and Zoning Commission as the destination for an inquiry about issuing new building permits; no application contents, approval standard, fee, or timeframe was published in the located materials.

  “Dan Zima asked about the issuing of new building permits and was directed to the planning and zoning commission.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of River Bend or Jackson County directly.

• Building permit — Residential construction inside River Bend village limits.
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built residences inside River Bend village limits.
• Inspections — Buildings inside River Bend village limits.
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of buildings inside River Bend village limits.
• Zoning districts — Zoning districts inside River Bend village 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.