Missouri Laws 226.950 – Definitions
As used in sections 226.950 to 226.973, the following words and phrases mean:
(1) “City”, any incorporated city, town, village or municipality of the state of Missouri;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 226.950
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Commission”, the state highways and transportation commission;
(3) “Corridor map”, a legal description of the metes and bounds of the area within a highway corridor, tied to an existing or reestablished government corner, and accompanied by a county map showing the general location of the highway corridor. The legal description shall govern in the case of any inconsistency with the corridor drawn on the map;
(4) “County”, any county of the state of Missouri;
(5) “Highway corridor”, the area projected to be needed as right-of-way for the construction and maintenance of a future new or relocated state highway, as determined by the commission;
(6) “Regulatory authority”, any city or county governmental entity within a county of the first or second classification, or a county containing any part of a lake having a shoreline of one hundred miles or more in length, which zones or regulates the use of land, approves plats of proposed subdivisions or other real property development, establishes and regulates setback lines from highways, grants zoning variances or exceptions, or which issues building or construction permits.