Columbia General ordinance (§ 29-3.1)
Chapter 29: Unified Development Code · Article 3. Permitted Uses
(a) The permitted uses and conditional uses in each zone district are allowed as indicated in Table 3.1 below. Additional uses of property or restrictions on the use of property may be contained in section 29-3.3 (use specific standards) or in an overlay zone district applicable to the property in section 29-2.3. If the property is located in a PD (planned development) zone district, the permitted uses and any conditions on those permitted uses are allowed as set forth in the rezoning ordinance and related documents for that property on file with the department.
(1) A "P" in a cell of the permitted use table in section 29-3.2 indicates that the use is permitted by-right in that zone district, subject to compliance with the use-specific standards in the right-hand column of that line of the table and all other applicable standards of this chapter.
(2) A "C" in a cell of the permitted use table in section 29-3.2 indicates that the use is permitted only after the applicant obtains conditional use approval pursuant to section (conditional use permit), and subject to the use-specific standards in the right-hand column of that line of the table and all other applicable standards of this chapter.
(3) An "A" in a cell of the permitted use table in section 29-3.2 indicates that the use is only permitted as an accessory to a permitted use and subject to the use-specific standards in the right-hand column of that line of the table and all other applicable standards of this chapter.
(4) A "CA" in a cell in the permitted use table in section 29-3.2 indicates that the use is only permitted as an accessory to a use that is first approved as a conditional use on the same property and subject to the use-specific standards in the right-hand column of that line of the table and all other applicable
standards of this chapter.
(5) A "T" in a cell of the permitted use table in section 29-3.2 indicates that the use is permitted subject to a temporary use permit issued pursuant to section 29-6.4, and subject to the use-specific standards in the right-hand column of that line of the table and all other applicable standards of this chapter.
(6) Uses not listed and those with a blank cell in the permitted use table in section 29-3.2 indicate that the use is not permitted in that zone district.
(7) A development may include multiple principal uses, including a combination of residential and nonresidential uses, provided that each use is either a permitted use or a conditional use in that zone district, that a conditional use approval is obtained for any conditional use, all use-specific standards applicable to each use are met, the development complies with all applicable density, dimensional, impervious surface, development, and performance standards of this chapter.
(8) The director has the authority to interpret whether a proposed land use is included within a listed land use shown in the permitted use table in section 29-3.2 based on its scale, character, traffic impacts, storm drainage impacts, utility demands, and potential impacts on surrounding properties.
(9) Each use that exists on the effective date that is required by this Code to obtain conditional use approval, but that was a permitted use (without the need for conditional use approval) prior to the effective date is deemed to have a conditional use approval to (a) continue operation in structures and on land areas where the operation was conducted on the effective date and (b) to expand operations without the need to obtain a conditional use approval, provided that the expansion complies with all use-specific standards and all other applicable standards of this chapter.
(10) All uses required by the State of Missouri to have an approval, license, or permit to operate issued by the state or by another public or quasi-public or regulatory agency are required by the city to have that state approval, license, or permit in effect at all times, and failure to do so constitutes a violation of this Code.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 29-3.1
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.