09/11/2018 Ordinances 9706ORDINANCE NO. 9706
An ordinance to amend Chapter 36 of the Grand Island City Code specifically, to
amend Section 36-50 Zoning Districts/Use; Section 36-64.1 (R-3SL) Medium Density
Residential Small Lot Zone; Section 36-72 (M-1) Light Manufacturing Zone; and Section 36-73
(M-2) Heavy Manufacturing Zone; to repeal any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith; and to provide for publication in pamphlet form 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 36-50, Section 36.64, Section 36-72 and Section 36-73 of
the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
§36-50. Zoning Districts; Use
For the purpose of this chapter, the City of Grand Island and its extra-territorial jurisdiction is hereby divided into 27
zoning districts, designated as follows:
AG-1 Primary Agricultural Zone
AG-2 Secondary Agricultural Zone .
AG-SC Special Agricultural / Conservation Zone
AG-SE Special Agricultural / Events Zone
AG-SI Special Agricultural / Industrial Zone
SRC Special Recreation / Conservation Zone
TA Transitional Agricultural Zone
LLR Large Lot Residential Zone
R-1 Suburban Residential Zone
R-2 Low Density Residential Zone
R-3 Medium Density Residential Zone
R3-SL Medium Density Small Lot Residential Zone
R-4 High Density Residential Zone
RO Residential Office Zone
B-1 Light Business Zone
B-2 General Business Zone
AC Arterial Commercial Overlay Zone
B-3 Heavy Business Zone
ME Industrial Estates Zone
M-1 Light Manufacturing Zone
M-2 Heavy Manufacturing Zone
M-3 Mixed Use Manufacturing Zone
CD Commercial Development Zone
TD Travel Development Zone
RD Residential Development Zone
A Airport Zone
GCO Gateway Corridor Overlay District
M and MD Manufactured Home Overlay Zone
Approved as to Form tt
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ORDINANCE NO. 9706 (Cont.)
§36-64.1 (R-3SL) Medium Density-Small Lot Residential Zone
Intent: To provide for residential uses at a maximum density of fourteen to fifteen dwelling units per acre with
supporting community facilities. This zoning district is sometimes used as a transitional zone between lower density
residential zones and higher density residential, office, business, or manufacturing zones. Specifically this zoned is
intended to provide market flexibility regarding lot size and housing configuration.
(A) Permitted Principal Uses: The following principal uses are permitted in the (R-3SL) Medium Density Small Lot
Residential Zoning District.
(1) Dwelling units
(2) Truck, bush and tree farming, provided, there is no display or sale at retail of such products on the premises
(3) Public parks and recreational areas
(4) Country clubs as defined herein
(5) Public, parochial and private schools having a curriculum equivalent to an elementary or higher educational level
and colleges offering courses of general instruction, including convents, monasteries, dormitories and other related
living structures when located on the same site as the college.
(6) Churches, synagogues, chapels, and similar places of religious worship and instruction of a quiet nature.
(7) Utility substations necessary to the functioning of the utility, but not including general business offices,
maintenance facilities and other general system facilities, when located accarding to the yard space rules set forth in
this section for dwellings and having a landscaped or masonry barrier on all sides. Buildings shall be of such
exterior design as to harmonize with nearby properties.
(8) Public and quasi-public buildings for cultural use
(9) Railway right-of-way, but not including railway yards ar facilities
(10) Off street parking lots for xesidents and guests
(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 (R-3SL) Medium Density Small Lot
Residential Zoning District as approved by City Council.
(1) Nonprofit community buildings and social welfare establishments other than those providing living
accommodations
(2) Driveways, parking lots, or buildings when directly associated with or accessory to a permitted principal use in
an adjacent zone.
(3) Preschools, nursery schools, day care centers, children's homes, and similar facilities
(4) Towers
(5) Off-street parking areas for schools and places of religious worship/instruction on lands adjacent to and within
three hundred (300.0) feet of the principal building associated with the aforementioned uses.
(6) All other Conditional Uses indicated as conditional within the Zoning Matrix [Attachment A hereto]
(C) Permitted Accesso .r�:
(1) Customary home occupations
(2) Buildings and uses accessory to the permitted principal use
D) Space Limitations:
Uses Minimum Setbacks
A B C D E
Minimum Minimum Lot Area Minimum Lot Width Front Rear Side Street Maximum Maximum
Parcel per Dwelling Unit (feet) Yard Yard Yard Side Ground Building Height
Area (feet) (feet) (feet) Yard Coverage (feet)
(feet) � (feet)
Permitted 3,000 3,000 35 20* 15 5 10 50% 35
Uses
Conditional 3,000 3,000 35 20* 15 5 10 50% 35
Uses
Attached 2100 2100 34 exterior 20* 15 10 10 50% 35
Single exterior
Family 24 interior eaterior
Dwelling lot lot
Units 3 or
more
attached)
(E) Miscellaneous Provisions:
ORDINANCE NO. 9706 (Cont.)
(1) Supplementary regulations shall be complied with as defined herein
(2) Only one principal building shall be permitted on one zoning lot except as otherwise provided herein.
(3) Front yard setback may be reduced to 10 foot if paved access easements and parking (garage counts as parking)
is provide at the back ofeach lot.
(4) Sideyard setback for attached single family dwellings shall be reduced to 0 feet on all lots with contiguous
attached units
§36-72. (M-1) Light Manufacturing Zone
Intent: The intent of this zoning district is to provide for light fabrication, service, warehousing, administrative and
research uses within a zoning district having generally limited public contact and requiring some minimal landscaping
standards.
(A) Permitted Principal Uses: The following principal uses are permitted in the (M-1) Light Manufacturing Zoning
District.
(1) Administrative, executive, professional, research and similar office use having limited contact with the public
(2) Agriculture, including the raising of field crops, tree and bush crops, animals and fowls, but not including feed
lots, poultry farms, fur farms, and commercial kennels
(3) Buildings and installations far public utilities; facilities shall observe yard space requirements but shall not be
subject to minimum area or widih requirements
(4) Railway right-of-way, but not including railway yards or facilities .
(5) Radio and television stations, private clubs, and meeting halls
(6) Manufacture, processing, assembly, fabrication or storage of non-hazardous products and materials
(7) Parking Lot
(8) Other uses found in the Zoning Matrix [Attachment A hereto]
(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 (M-1) Light Manufacturing Zoning
District as approved by City CounciL
(1) Gravel, sand, or dirt removal, stoc�piling, processing or distribution, and batching plant
(2) Concrete or cement products manufacturing and batching plant.
(3) Truck terminal, tractor, trailer, or truck storage, including maintenance facilities
(4) Contractor's storage yard or plant
(5) Motels and hotels
(6) Towers
(C) Permitted Accessorv Uses:
(1) Sales of new merchandise when same is manufactured, processed, assembled, fabricated or stored on the
premises
(2) Buildings and uses accessory to the permitted principal use
(3) A single dwelling unit occupying not more than 50% of the space located within the permitted principal structure
on the property and not to exceed 750 square feet. Building shall conform to all building and life safety codes
necessary for the mix of uses.
(D) Specifically Excluded Uses:
(1) Residences as a principal use
(2) Manufactured homes and manufactured home parks
(3) Churches, schools, institutions and other public and semi-public uses except for trade and vocational schools
(E) Space Limitations:
Uses Minimum Setbacks
A B C D E
Minimum Minimum Lot Front Rear Side Street Maximum Maximum
Parcel Width (feet) Yard Yard Yard Side Ground Building Height
� Area (feet) � (feet) (feet) (feet) Yard Coverage (feet)
(feet)
Permitted Uses 20,000 100 35' 20 10 10 50% 50
Conditional 20,000 100 35' 20 10 10 50% 50
Uses
Iwith 15 feet adjacent to a street landscaped to satisfaction of the zoning official.
(F) Miscellaneous Provisions:
(1) Supplementary regulations shall be complied with as defined herein
ORDINANCE NO. 9706 (Cont.)
(2) Landscaping shall be provided and maintained by the owner or developer within the 15 feet adjacent to a street;
landscaping shall include but is not limited to, screen planting, lawn area, trees, shrubs, fences and walls; all
landscaping shall be planned and maintained to the satisfaction of the zoning official.
(3) Only one principal building shall be permitted on one zoning lot except as otherwise provided herein.
§36-73. (M-2) Heavy Manufacturing Zone
Intent: The intent of this zoning district is to provide for the greatest amount of manufacturing, warehousing,
wholesaling and business uses. Conditional use permits are required for those uses with more significant health and
safety concerns.
(A) Permitted Princi al Uses:
(i) Administrative, executive, professional, research and similar office use having limited contact with the public
(2) Agencies as found in the Zoning Matrix [Attachment A hereto]
(3) Agriculture, including the raising of field crops, tree and bush crops, animals and fowl, but not including feed
lots, poultry farms, and fur farms
(4) Concrete or cement products manufacturing and batching plant
(5) Contractors storage yard or plant
(6) Gravel, sand or dirt removal, stockpiling, processing or distribution, and batching plant
(7) Manufacture, processing, assembly, fabrication and/or storage of non-hazardous products and materials
(8) Mortuaries, funeral homes, and funeral chapels
(9) Parking Lot
(10) Office and office buildings for professional and personal services as found in the Zoning Matrix [Attachment A
hereto]
(11) Outdoor sales and rental lots for new or used automobiles, boats, motor vehicles, trailers, manufactured homes,
farm and construction machinery
(12) Radio and television stations, private clubs and meeting halls
(13) Railway right-of-way, including yards and facilities
(14) Stores and shops that conduct retail business, provided, all activities and display goods are carried on within an
enclosed building except that green plants and shrubs may be displayed in the open, as per the Zoning Matrix
[Attachment A hereto]
(15) Stores and shops for the conduct of wholesale business, including sale of used merchandise
(16) Truck, bush and tree farming, provided, there is no display or sale at retail of such products on the premises
(17) Truck terminal, tractor, trailer, or truck storage, including maintenance facilities
(18) Utility substations necessary to the functioning of the utility, but not including general business offices,
maintenance facilities and other general system facilities, when located according to the yard space rules set forth in
this section for dwellings and having a landscaped or masonry barrier on all sides. Buildings shall be of such
exteriar design as to harmonize with nearby properties
(19) Vocational or trade schools, business colleges, art and music schools and conservatories, and other similar uses
(20) Other uses found in the Zoning Matrix [Attachment A hereto]
(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 (M-2) Heavy Manufacturing Zoning
District as approved by City Council.
(1) Automobile wrecking yard
(2) Acid or acid by-products manufacture
(3) Ammonia bleaching powder, chlorine, perozylin or celluloid manufacture
(4) Explosives manufacture or starage
(5) Garbage, refuse, offal or dead animal reduction or disposal area
(6) Glue manufacture; fat rendering, distillation of bones or by-products
(7) Meat packing plants, including poultry and animal slaughterhouses and abattoirs
(8) Milling or smelting of ores
(9) Petroleum refining
(10) Motels and hotels
(11) Petroleum refining �
(12) Stock or feed yards
(13) Salvage yard
(14) Tanning, curing, or storage of hides or skins
(15) Towers
(C) Permitted Accessorv Uses:
(1) Buildings and uses accessory to the permitted principal uses
QRDINANCE NO. 9706 (Cont.)
(2) A single dwelling unit occupying not more than 50% of the space located within the permitted principal structure
on the property and not to exceed 750 square feet. Building shall conform to all building and life safety codes
necessary for the mix of uses.
(D) Specifically Excluded Uses:
(1) Residences as a principal use
(2) Manufactured homes, and manufactured home parks
(3) Churches, schools, institutions and other public and semi-public uses except for trade and vocational schools
Uses
Limitations:
A
Minimum Minimum Lot
Parcel R'idth (feet)
Area (feet)
Minimum Setbacl�s
B C D E
Front Rear
Yard Yard
(feet) (feet)
Side Street
Yard Side
(feet) Yard
(feet)
Maximum Maximum
Ground Building Height
Coverage (feet)
Permitted Uses 6,000 50 10 0� OZ 10 65% -
Conditional 6,000 50 10 0� 0� 10 65% -
Uses
None when bounded by an alley, otherwise 10 feet
Z No required Side Yard Setback, but if provided, not less than 5 feet or unless adjacent to a parcel whose zone requires a side yard
setback, then 5 feet. When adjacent to a public alley, the setback is optional and may range from 0 feet to 5 feet.
(F) Miscellaneous Provisions:
(I) Supplementary regulations sha11 be complied with as defined herein
(2) Only one principal building shall be permitted on one zoning lot except as otherwise provided herein.
SECTION 2. Section 36-50, Section 36.64, Section 36-72 and Section 36-73 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 in pamphlet form within 15 days according to law.
ORDINANCE NO. 9706 (Cont.)
Enacted: September 11, 2018
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