Cass County, MO Ordinances (2026)

A data center in unincorporated Cass County needs a special use permit and cannot exceed 1,000 acres, 60% lot coverage, or 40 feet in height. Battery storage, generators and…

Cass County does not treat cryptocurrency mining as a separate use category: Section 400.662 folds bitcoin mining and commercial cryptocurrency mining into its definition of a data…

Data centers, generators and substations in unincorporated Cass County must keep sound pressure levels at or under 50 dBC measured at the property line, with a tighter obligation near…

In unincorporated Cass County, anyone working in public food service must hold a current food handler's card or food manager's certificate issued by the Regulatory Authority. Managers…

Operating a mobile food establishment in unincorporated Cass County requires an annual permit and fee from the Regulatory Authority, a valid commissary, and a permit displayed at all…

Unincorporated Cass County's Health Department Lodging Code requires every hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, cabin, tourist court or other lodging establishment with five or more guest…

Operating a fireworks stand or tent in unincorporated Cass County requires a $625.00 permit from the Building Codes Department, and that fee covers a stand powered by a generator. If…

Cass County Code Section 225.707 requires new lodging establishments in the unincorporated county, meaning hotels, motels, cabins and similar facilities with five or more guest rooms…

Cass County Code Section 225.710(A)(9) requires lodging establishments in the unincorporated county, meaning hotels, motels, cabins and similar facilities with fuel-fired equipment…

Unincorporated Cass County requires an electrical permit before any wiring work under the county's adopted National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, 2005 Edition. The Building Codes…

Unincorporated Cass County requires a plumbing permit under the county's adopted International Plumbing Code, 2006 Edition. The Building Codes Department administers permits, which…

Unincorporated Cass County ties a building permit's validity to requesting an inspection: the county's amended IBC Section 105.5 voids a permit if the permit holder doesn't request an…

Unincorporated Cass County has adopted the 2006 International Building Code as its Building Code, and the Building Codes Department administers it as the Code Official. A building…

In unincorporated Cass County, the Zoning Order bars exterior storage or parking of a commercial vehicle or bus rated over three tons for more than thirty days as an accessory use on…

Chapter 355 bars stopping, standing or parking in unincorporated Cass County within set distances of intersections, driveways, fire hydrants and crosswalks, and prohibits blocking…

Cass County Code Sections 360.020 and 360.030 limit standing in marked curb loading zones to actual loading or unloading. Passenger zones cap the stop at three minutes; freight zones…

Cass County bars parking on any county roadway or right-of-way during snow operations and plows about 943 miles of county roads on a priority schedule: hard-surfaced arterials first…

Cass County Code § 205.560 makes it an offense to knowingly abandon a vehicle, vessel or trailer on a public road right-of-way, in county waters, on a stream bank, on state or federal…

In unincorporated Cass County, the Zoning Order allows one boat, boat trailer, camping trailer or motorized camping unit to be stored in a home's required front, side or rear setback…

Anyone running a wrecker or tow service business in unincorporated Cass County must hold a valid county license under Code § 600.010. The County Commission requires a paid personal…

Adult entertainment establishments in unincorporated Cass County need a special use permit and must sit at least 2,640 feet from churches, schools, and residences, and 5,280 feet from…

A private, in-ground or above-ground swimming pool in unincorporated Cass County needs a detached wall or fence at least four feet high, set at least four feet outside the pool's…

A residential pool in unincorporated Cass County needs a Building Codes Department permit before it goes in the ground. Section 500.020's fee schedule charges $268.75 for an…

Cass County's Zoning Order draws the line between a home-based day care and a group day care home at ten children. Under ten unrelated children keeps a provider in the licensed 'day…

Cass County requires no permit, license, or variance to run a no-impact, home-based business in the unincorporated area, so long as on-site employees and clients stay within the…

A home-based business in unincorporated Cass County keeps its no-permit status only if it does not cause a substantial increase in traffic through the residential area, and does not…

A home occupation in unincorporated Cass County can only advertise itself with signage tied to that specific permitted use, and the underlying no-impact home-based business exemption…

Cass County allows a small accessory 'transitional' dwelling for family members needing care, but the Zoning Order flatly bars charging rent for it. The unit is capped at 900 square…

Cass County allows a small accessory dwelling, what the Zoning Order calls a 'transitional living dwelling,' only by Special Use Permit on Agricultural, Rural Residential or Rural…

In unincorporated Cass County, a one-story detached shed, tool building or similar accessory structure under 400 square feet does not need a Building Codes Department permit, though it…

New off-street parking and loading areas in unincorporated Cass County must use minimal lighting that avoids a negative light-pollution impact on adjacent residential property, with…

In unincorporated Cass County, off-street parking and loading area lighting must stay minimal and cannot cast light pollution onto adjacent residential properties. Cass County Code §…

Billboard illumination in unincorporated Cass County is capped at 20 foot-candles measured at the sign face. Section 400.800(C)(6)(c) requires external light sources to be shielded and…

In unincorporated Cass County, Section 310.040 bars roller skates, coasters, toy vehicles and similar devices from any roadway. A rider can cross the roadway only inside a marked…

Cass County Code Section 345.060 bars pedestrians from crossing outside a marked crosswalk between signaled intersections, inside any business district, or on any street the County has…

Cass County Code § 205.1800 makes it a county ordinance violation to knowingly possess marijuana or a synthetic cannabinoid in unincorporated Cass County, except as authorized under…

Cass County Code Section 340.030 keeps designated bicycle lanes clear in unincorporated Cass County: no motor vehicle may park, stand, or leave a stationary object in a bike lane, and…

Cass County Code Section 380.140(B) bans muffler cutouts and requires every motor vehicle to run a properly attached muffler that quiets exhaust noise to the standard of a modern…

Cass County Code § 205.670 makes it an offense to unreasonably and knowingly disturb or alarm another person by loud noise, whether in a public place or on private property. There is…

Cass County's Wind Energy Conversion Overlay District ordinance, § 400.391(K)(2), caps wind turbine noise at fifty dBA during daytime and forty dBA at night, measured at the nearest…

Unincorporated Cass County runs a storm water management program under the federal Clean Water Act's NPDES Phase II rules. The Big Creek, Mount Pleasant, and Raymore townships require…

Zoning Order Section 400.520 requires erosion and sediment controls on any land-disturbing use in unincorporated Cass County: silt fences, straw bale barriers, check dams, and sediment…

The Cass County Floodplain Management Order, Zoning Order § 400.400, applies to every unincorporated parcel FEMA maps within the floodway (FW) or flood fringe (FF) district. Section…

Cass County's Floodplain Management Order requires new or substantially improved residences in flood-hazard districts to have their lowest floor elevated at least two feet above the…

Cass County's Zoning Order asks landowners stabilizing exposed soil after construction to use native plants wherever practical, one of several accepted erosion-control methods under…

Cass County's stream buffer rule expressly promotes gardening and compost piles in the Outer Zone, the buffer band closest to residential yards, so long as fertilizer use in that zone…

New commercial and industrial development in unincorporated Cass County must show best-management-practice plans for trash disposal and recycling, material handling, and spill…

Cass County Code § 205.530 makes it an offense to place or deposit glass, cans, garbage, trash, refuse or rubbish on the right-of-way of any public road, in county waters or stream…

Cass County exempts personal rooftop and accessory solar systems from special use permitting, but limited-scale and commercial solar arrays need a Special Use Permit with strict…

Under Chapter 505, Cass County's Building Inspector can declare a structure in unincorporated Cass County a dangerous building and public nuisance for conditions like severe structural…

In unincorporated Cass County, the Zoning Order prohibits any condition on land that breeds rodents or insects or otherwise creates a dangerous, noxious or objectionable hazard to…

Anyone clearing, grading, shaping, excavating or otherwise working within a public dedicated right-of-way in unincorporated Cass County must first get a permit from the Road and Bridge…

Cass County Code § 205.720 makes it unlawful to stand or remain idle, alone or with others, in a public place so as to obstruct a public street, highway, sidewalk or other public place…

Cass County Code § 205.1980 bars anyone under seventeen from being in a public place or way in the county between 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., with exceptions for those accompanied by a…

Cass County's Zoning Order sets minimum front, side and rear setbacks by zoning district in unincorporated Cass County. The Agricultural district requires 50-foot front and rear…

In the R-1 Single-Family Residential District, unincorporated Cass County caps a principal home at two and one-half stories and 35 feet at the eave of the uppermost story under Zoning…

In the C-2 Business District, unincorporated Cass County caps building lot coverage at fifty percent of the site under Zoning Order § 400.360(D)(3)(b). The same section sets a…

In unincorporated Cass County, the Zoning Order caps residential fences, hedges and privacy walls at eight feet above grade, and allows them within the front, side or rear setback. A…

Cass County's Zoning Order does not ban barbed wire, but it restricts electric fencing: electric fences are allowed only on lots of three acres or more, and any electric fence…

Unincorporated Cass County requires an engineered design for a retaining wall once it holds back more than 48 inches of unbalanced backfill without permanent lateral support at the top…

In unincorporated Cass County, a garage sale sign is exempt from the Zoning Order's sign permit and size rules under Section 400.780(A)(9), but only 'for a period not to exceed three…

Cass County caps political campaign signs at thirty-two square feet under Section 400.780(A)(9), and timing follows the election-sign rule in Section 400.770(A)(1)(c): a sign may go up…

Cass County caps electronic message and LED signs with moving or variable light at twelve square feet per face under Section 400.750(E)(3), and billboards specifically may not use any…

Along state-maintained highways in unincorporated Cass County, a billboard may only stand within 660 feet of the highway right-of-way and needs its own sign permit from the Missouri…

Cass County Code § 400.261 controls where marijuana businesses, including dispensaries, cultivation and processing facilities, may operate in the unincorporated area. Facilities cannot…

Cass County Code § 400.261(B)(1) keeps new medical and marijuana facilities at least 1,000 feet from any then-existing elementary or secondary school, child day care center or church…

Cass County's 'A' Agricultural District, Zoning Order § 400.270, protects farmland from non-agricultural development: it caps most agricultural tracts at two single-family residences…