89.143. Zoning law to allow certain facilities. - Missouri Statutes

Zoning law to allow certain facilities.

89.143. 1. Any zoning law, ordinance or code enacted onor before August 28, 1990, by the governing body of any county,or any city, town or village containing a population of morethan five hundred persons, as determined based upon the lastprevious decennial census of the United States, shall contain orbe modified to contain appropriate provisions establishing as apermissive, conditional, or special use, the location and use ofbuildings, structures and land as residential or outpatientfacilities for the treatment of alcohol and other drug abuse.

2. Any county, or such city, town, or village which failsto modify its zoning law, ordinance or code by January 1, 1991,to provide for classification as set out in subsection 1 of thissection shall be deemed to have adopted the classification ofcommercial or an equivalent classification for such treatmentfacilities.

3. If a county, or such city, town, or village, initiallyadopts a zoning ordinance or code after August 28, 1990, itshall contain appropriate provisions establishing as apermissive, conditional, or special use, the location and use ofbuildings, structures and land as residential or outpatientfacilities for the treatment of alcohol and other drug abuse.If such a zoning law, ordinance, or code does not contain suchprovisions, the county, or such city, town, or village shall bedeemed to have adopted the classification of commercial or anequivalent classification for such treatment facilities.

4. The local zoning authority may require that the exteriorappearance of the facility and property be in reasonableconformance with the general standards in the area. Further,the local zoning authority may establish reasonable standardsregarding the density of such residential treatment facilitiesin any specific neighborhood.

(L. 1990 S.B. 728 § 1)