Greene County, MO Ordinances (2026)

Unincorporated Greene County requires at least one off-street loading space, sized 10 by 25 feet, for any new building over 10,000 square feet handling deliveries; Springfield and…

Greene County requires off-street parking with an engineered access drive for large commercial vehicles and trailers in every zoning district, unincorporated area only.

In unincorporated Greene County, the zoning code allows one travel trailer, motorhome, camper, or RV to sit in a driveway or garage, no permit needed, but living in it or running a…

In unincorporated Greene County, Missouri, you cannot park a vehicle or trailer in your front yard except on a driveway leading to your required off-street parking space; Springfield…

Unincorporated Greene County bars parking, storing, or displaying car hulks and junk vehicles for more than 30 days outside designated zoning areas; Springfield, Republic, Willard…

Unincorporated Greene County allows medical marijuana dispensaries only in C-1, C-2, C-3, M-1 and M-2 zones, with 1,000-foot school/daycare/church buffers and 200-foot residential…

Greene County requires medical marijuana facilities to sit at least 1,000 feet from schools, daycares, and churches, and 200 feet from residential districts, under the county's zoning…

Unincorporated Greene County limits grass, weeds, brush, and other rank vegetation to 12 inches in R, C, and M districts and platted subdivisions; taller growth is a nuisance the…

Unincorporated Greene County caps garage, patio, and yard sales at two per property each year, two days per sale.

Fences up to 4 feet need no permit anywhere on the lot; up to 8 feet is allowed in side and rear yards. Anything over 8 feet, up to 10 feet, requires a Conditional Use Permit from the…

In unincorporated Greene County, any retaining wall built under a grading permit that exceeds four feet requires safety guards meeting the 1987 BOCA Code: the rule doesn't reach…

In unincorporated Greene County, fences up to 4 feet can go anywhere on a lot, up to 8 feet in side and rear yards, and anything from 8 to 10 feet needs a Conditional Use Permit.

In unincorporated Greene County, Missouri, an unfenced or unsecured swimming pool is legally classified as a hazard and nuisance under the zoning code, giving the county grounds to…

In unincorporated Greene County, a home-based business in a residential district is capped at one non-family employee, 50% of one dwelling story, and no commercial vehicles or outdoor…

In unincorporated Greene County, a family day care home is a permitted Home Occupation capped at ten children in addition to those living there, and it must hold the required state day…

Unincorporated Greene County caps home-business traffic and parking at normal residential levels, and requires any client or customer parking off the street, not in the front yard.

Greene County limits home occupations in unincorporated areas to one nameplate sign, capped at one square foot, non-illuminated, and barred from front or side yards.

In unincorporated Greene County, sheds and other accessory buildings are capped by lot size, from 500 square feet on lots under 7,000 square feet up to 5,000+ square feet on tracts…

Unincorporated Greene County zoning lets homeowners add a garage apartment, guest house, or servant's quarters as an accessory structure, but caps living area at 1,000 square feet and…

Unincorporated Greene County zoning allows mobile food establishments as a permitted use in C-2 General Commercial Districts and as an accessory use in C, M, or Planned Development…

Greene County's zoning regulations allow mobile food trucks and trailers only in the C-2 General Commercial District and heavier zones, provided they sit at least 100 feet from any…

In unincorporated Greene County's R-1 Suburban Residence District, a single-family home on public sewer and water needs a 25-foot front yard, 6-foot side yard, and 25-foot rear yard…

In unincorporated Greene County's UR-1 Urban Residence District, buildings cannot cover more than 40% of a lot, and total impervious surface caps out at 70%.

In unincorporated Greene County's R-1 Suburban Residence District, houses top out at two and a half stories or 35 feet above grade, with a narrow path to 45 feet and three stories if…

In unincorporated Greene County, chickens count as 'small-sized domestic animals' allotted by an acreage-based animal-unit formula: zero allowed on residential tracts under 2.9 acres…

Unincorporated Greene County caps household pets at four dogs and four cats per dwelling, six dogs and cats combined, under the county zoning regulations.

Unincorporated Greene County requires a Conditional Use Permit before keeping predators, carnivores, venomous, or oversized animals as pets, and caps exotic pets like monkeys or…

Unincorporated Greene County requires a Floodplain Development Permit for any construction in a mapped flood zone, and new homes must have their lowest floor built one foot above the…

Unincorporated Greene County requires stormwater detention facilities for new non-agricultural construction under the county's zoning regulations, with limited engineering-based…

Anyone grading land in unincorporated Greene County must get a Resource Management Department erosion control plan approved and obtain a grading permit before touching dirt…

Unincorporated Greene County requires new and substantially improved buildings in mapped flood zones to sit one foot above the base flood elevation.

Greene County does not police everyday HOA disputes: private covenants stay a civil matter between owners and their association. But for open-space subdivisions, the Planning Director…

Greene County's zoning code bans dumping refuse, yard waste, or litter into the storm sewer system or any waterway in unincorporated areas; Springfield and other cities enforce their…

In unincorporated Greene County, a vacant building with multiple code violations, an order to vacate for endangerment, or a documented history as a blighting influence on the community…

Unincorporated Greene County bars auto repair as a home occupation in residential districts, even though many other home businesses are allowed under the same section.

Unincorporated Greene County limits adult entertainment facilities to C-2, M-1, and M-2 zones, requiring 1,000-foot spacing from other adult businesses, schools, parks, and homes…

In unincorporated Greene County, ground-mounted solar panels are classified as accessory structures allowed in any yard, but on residential lots under one acre they cannot go in the…

In unincorporated Greene County's M-1 Light Manufacturing District, noise from any on-site operation, other than vehicular traffic, must not be detectable at the district's boundary…

Unincorporated Greene County's A-1 Agriculture District allows farming, orchards, grazing, and greenhouses by right, but keeps animal buildings 100 feet from residential districts and…

In unincorporated Greene County, overgrown shrubs, trees, or vines that block a public sidewalk are a declared nuisance the Zoning Inspector can force an owner to clear.