07/22/2008 Ordinances 9177ORDINANCE NO. 9177
An ordinance to amend Grand Island City Code Section 31-35, pertaining to
authorized signs; to repeal 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 31-35 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Article II. Signs in AC-Arterial Commercial Zone
§31-35. Authorized Signs In AC-Arterial Commercial Zone
All signs placed in the AC-Arterial Commercial Zone shall be subject to the following requirements:
(A) Signs Allowed. Ground signs, monument signs, roof signs, wall signs (flat or projecting), and freestanding
ground signs. (Monument signs shall be those ground signs in which the base width is fifty percent (50%) or more of
the width of the sign.)
(B) Size.
(1) Total ground signage allowed per tract of land shall be one square foot of sign for each one lineal foot
of street frontage for the first one hundred fifty feet and .75 foot of signage for each lineal foot thereafter. The
total ground signage on the property shall not exceed three hundred square feet. (The area of a double-faced
sign is calculated on the largest face only).
(2) No single ground sign shall exceed two hundred square feet.
(C) Location.
(1) All signs shall be set back from the front property line a minimum of five feet, and a minimum of ten
feet from all other property lines. Exception: the side property line adjacent to a public street shall have a
minimum setback of five feet. Monument signs shall be set back from the front property line a minimum of
twelve feet, and ten feet from all other property lines.
(2) All ground and monument signs shall be set back from the side property line a distance equal to or
greater than 25% of the lot frontage. Exception: the side lot line adjacent to a public street or City owned
property legally described as Lot 1 Mil-Nic Second Subdivision (2515 S.Locust) and directional signs not
exceeding four square feet with a maximum of forty inches (3'-4") in height.
(3) Ground signs on the same tract of land shall be separated by a minimum of fifty lineal feet. The one
exception shall be directional signs not exceeding four square feet in size.
(D) Hei¢ht.
(1) The maximum height of ground signs shall be thirty feet.
(2) Signs shall maintain twelve feet of clearance above all adjacent walking or driving surfaces.
(3) Signs may project over a sidewalk or drive on private property, but shall not extend beyond such
surface.
(E) All other provisions of the city code shall apply; the most restrictive requirement shall be enforced.
(F) Billboards.
(1) The maximum size of any billboard shall be three hundred square feet. (The area of double-faced, or
back-to-back signs will be calculated on the largest face only).
(2) The maximum height of any billboard shall be thirty feet.
(3) Billboards shall not be located in the required front yard and shall maintain a ten foot setback from all
other property lines.
(4) Billboards shall maintain a 1,000 foot separation between other billboards located along the same side
of the Locust Street right-of-way and shall be a minimum of fifty feet from any ground sign.
(5) Billboards shall not be calculated in the maximum allowable on-site signage.
ORDINANCE N0.9177 (Cont.)
(6) There currently exist five signs defined as billboards in the AC-Arterial Commercial Zone from Stolley
Park Road south to U.S. Highway 34. Those signs shall be legal non-conforming signs and allowed to remain
with the provisions as stated in Section 31-42.
(7) No billboards shall be allowed within the AC-Arterial Commercial Zone within the area bounded by
Stolley Park Road on the south and Former Park Road on the north.
Amended by Ord. No. 8787, eff. 12-18-2002
SECTION 2. Section 31-35 as existing prior to this amendment, and any ordinances
or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, 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 from and after its
passage and publication.
Enacted: July 22, 2008.
Margar ornady, Mayor
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