Spaghetti Zoning in St. Charles County

I learned a new term today – Spaghetti Zoning. And it exists not on The Hill but in St. Charles County. Basically it is a small strand of zoning to connect one area to another.

Winghaven is located in O’Fallon through Spaghetti Zoning along Bryan Road. The roadway is in O’Fallon but the land on either side is in Dardene Prairie. If you are developing one of the parcels of land in Dardene Prairie along this portion of Bryan Road you need to get approval from O’Fallon for the curb cut. How messed up is that?

My thought was some sort of land swap so that Dardene Prairie could control the road but that would separate Winghaven from the rest of O’Fallon.

This type of Spaghetti Zoning is not longer permissible by law – so municipalities cannot annex a utility easement just to add a piece of land to their city limits. But, I think people in St. Charles county will be dealing with the ramifications of past SZ for some time.

– Steve