For purposes of sections 305.400 to 305.410 the following words or phrases shall mean the following:

(1) “Airport zone” is each area located wholly or in part outside a municipality in a county which is located within the following description:

Beginning at a point on the end of any runway and on the centerline of the runway; thence to the right a distance of five hundred feet on a course perpendicular to said centerline to a point; thence to a point two thousand feet to the right of and perpendicular to the centerline extended which point is directly opposite a point ten thousand feet from the end of the runway on the said centerline extended away from the runway; thence to a point two thousand feet to the left of and perpendicular to the centerline extended which point is directly opposite a point ten thousand feet from the end of the runway on the said centerline extended away from the runway; thence to a point five hundred feet to the left of the point of beginning and perpendicular to the said centerline; thence to the point of beginning.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 305.400

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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

(2) “County” is county of the first class having a population of more than one hundred and fifty thousand persons but less than six hundred thousand persons.

(3) “Dwelling” is a building or portion thereof, including mobile homes, designed for residential use and occupancy including one-family, two-family, multiple-family dwellings, boarding houses, or rooming houses.

(4) “Municipality” is a municipal corporation with a population of more than one hundred fifteen thousand but less than three hundred thousand persons.

(5) “Runway” is a surface used for landing or taking off of aircraft which is shown on a duly adopted airport master plan of the municipality and includes all such runways shown thereon, whether existing or proposed, including extension of such runways.