12/18/2007 Ordinances 9154ORDINANCE NO. 9154
An ordinance to amend Chapter 36 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Section 36-71, pertaining to the ME Industrial Estates Zone; to repeal Sections 36-71 as now
existing, and any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for
publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 36-71 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
§36-71. (ME) Industrial Estates Zone
Intent.• The intent of this zoning district is to provide for a variety of manufacturing, truck, trailer, and
truck/trailer parts retailing, truck, trailer, and truck/trailer parts wholesaling, warehousing, administrative and
research uses within an area of comparatively high visibility and having quality standards to promote an industrial
park atmosphere.
(A) Permitted Principal Uses: The following principal uses are permitted in the (ME) Industrial Estates Zoning
District.
(1) Any industrial/manufacturing use found in the Zoning Matrix [Attachment A hereto] shall be permitted
within this zoning district, provided, such use is in compliance with miscellaneous provisions and performance
standards listed in this section, or unless specifically excluded, or a conditional use as listed below.
(2) Administrative offices for the wholesale distribution of propane when bottles are filled from bulk propane
tanks not to exceed 70,000 gallons and when such tanks are installed to provide a source of heat for a building
on-the lot.
(B) Conditional Uses: The following uses are subject to any conditions listed in this chapter and are subject to other
conditions relating to the placement of said use on a specific tract of ground in the (ME) Industrial Estates Zoning
District as approved by the City Council.
(1) Explosives manufacturing
(2) Towers (radio, television, satellite, etc.)
(3) Gravel, sand or dirt removal, stockpiling, processing or distribution and batching plant
(4) Trade and vocational schools
(5) Other uses found in the Zoning Matrix [Attachment A hereto]
(C) Permitted Accessory Uses:
(1) Buildings and uses accessory to the permitted principal uses or approved permitted conditional uses.
(D) Specifically Excluded Uses:
(1) Automotive wrecking or salvage yards
(2) Billboards
(3) Churches, schools, institutions and other similar public and semi-public uses except for trade and vocational
schools
(4) Concrete or cement products manufacturing and batching plants
(5) Contractor's storage yard or plant
(6) Milling or smelting of ores
(7) Petroleum refining
(8) Residential uses, any
(9) Stock or feed yards and auction houses for livestock
(10) Storage, dump, or yard for the collection, salvage or bailing of scrap paper, bottles, iron, rags, junk, or any
other materials
Approved as to Form n
December 17, 2007 ~ ity Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 9154 (Cont.)
(11) Storage of explosives
(12) Storage tanks or facilities for fuel oils, petroleum, acids, flammable liquids and chemicals
(13) Tanning, curing, or storage of hides or skins
(14) Other uses found in the Zoning Matrix [Attachment A hereto]
(E) Space Limitations:
Uses Minimum Setbacks
A B C D E
Minimum Minimum Front Rear Side Street Mazimum Maximum
Parcel Lot Width Yard Yard Yard Side Ground Building
Area (feet) (feet) (feet) (feet) Yard Coverage Height (feet)
(acres) (feet)
Permitted Uses 2.5
250 50 20 20 50 50% 50
Conditional
Uses 2 5 250 50 20 20 50 50% 50
Through Lots shall require that the Front Yard Setback be met on both sides adjacent to streets.
(F) Miscellaneous Provisions:
(1) Landscaping shall be provided in the entire area of all required front yards except for necessary paving of
walkways and of driveways to reach parking and loading areas in the side or rear yards, provided, that any
driveways in the front yard shall not be wider than thirty (30) feet. Landscaping shall include, but is not limited
to, screen plantings, lawn area, pools, trees, shrubs, fences, and walls. Crushed rock, gravel, bark chips, etc.,
shall not substitute for lawn area. Landscaping shall be provided within two years of issuance of the occupancy
permit for the principal structure and thereafter be properly maintained.
(2) Any outside storage of inoperable or unassembled parts or equipment shall be visually screened from the
surrounding area by fences, walls, plantings, earth berm or other barrier and such screening shall be opaque.
(3) No loading facilities shall be located within a required front yard. Loading facilities located between a
building and an adjacent street or residential district shall be visually screened to the same standards as any
outside storage.
(4) No galvanized or other raw metal sheeting shall be used for the exterior construction of any principal or
accessory building.
(5) Supplementary regulations shall be complied with as defined herein.
(6) Only one principal building shall be permitted on one zoning lot except as otherwise provided herein.
Amended by Ordinance No. 9047, effective 6-7-2006
Amended by Ordinance No. 9154, effective 1-8-2008
SECTION 2. Section 36.71 as now existing, and any ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 3. The validity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this ordinance shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase thereof.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect January 8,
2008.
Enacted: December 18, 2007.
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ORDINANCE NO. 9154 (Cont.)
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Margare ornady, Mayor
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