Waynesville, MO Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

Section 405.120, 'Uses Permitted,' governs Waynesville's A-1 Agricultural District, described in § 405.110 as land set aside for agricultural use so that farming is not squeezed out by urbanization until the city rezones it. The first permitted use listed is farming, dairy farming, livestock other than hogs and swine, poultry raising, game birds and pasturing, along with every use commonly classed as agricultural, and the section places no restriction on the vehicles or machinery customarily used for those activities or on marketing or selling what is raised on the property.

The only numeric limits attach to proximity to residential neighbors: any building, structure or open area used for raising, feeding, pasturing, housing or selling livestock or poultry must sit at least one hundred (100) feet from an R-1 through R-4 residential district, and no feeding or disposal of garbage, rubbish or offal other than regular removal may occur within three hundred (300) feet of one of those districts. Hogs and swine are not automatically permitted; the Board of Adjustment must grant a permit before a landowner can keep them.

Other permitted A-1 uses include single-family homes on at least one acre not tied to the farm operation, roadside stands selling farm products grown on the premises, and grain elevators next to a railroad right-of-way. The city's Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Adjustment, both created under Title IV of the Municipal Code, administer the district and hear any request to exceed its permitted uses.