Mo. Rev. Stat. § 65.700
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65.700 Termination of township zoning, procedure, effect.
Official statutory text
65.700. Termination of township zoning, procedure, effect. — 1. Upon receipt of a petition signed by a number of voters in the township equal to five percent of the total vote cast in the township at the next preceding election for governor requesting submission of the question, the township board in any township which has adopted a program of township planning, township zoning or township planning and zoning shall submit to the voters of the township the question to terminate the program.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall township planning (township zoning or township planning and zoning) be terminated?
3. If a majority of those voting on the question vote for the termination of the program, the township board shall declare the program terminated and shall discharge any commission appointed thereunder. Any resolution, ordinance or regulation adopted under the program pursuant to the provisions of sections 65.650 to 65.700 shall be void and of no effect from and after the termination of the program as provided in this section.
(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 20)
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall township planning (township zoning or township planning and zoning) be terminated?
3. If a majority of those voting on the question vote for the termination of the program, the township board shall declare the program terminated and shall discharge any commission appointed thereunder. Any resolution, ordinance or regulation adopted under the program pursuant to the provisions of sections 65.650 to 65.700 shall be void and of no effect from and after the termination of the program as provided in this section.
(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 20)
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