05/07/2024 Ordinances 9973 ORDINANCE NO. 9973
An ordinance to amend Chapter 35 Article VI of Grand Island City Code; to
amend Section 35-63; to clarify and/or make general corrections to various code sections, 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 35-63 of the Grand Island City Code Chapter 35 is
amended to read as follows:
35-63 Duration Of Institutional Control Ordinance
1. This Article shall remain in full force and effect for an initial term of twenty-five (25)
years from the effective date following approval and adoption by the Mayor and City
Council. Pursuant to subsection (2) below, this Article shall remain in full force and
effect for a second term of twenty-five (25) years, ending April 23, 2049.
2. The term of this Article may be extended by the Mayor and City Council if at the end of
the initial term there remains groundwater contamination identified in the ROD described
in Section 35-60 making the groundwater unsafe to be used as a source of drinking water
pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act or its successor legislation.
3. In the event the City of Grand Island is notified during the initial term by the
Environmental Protection Agency that groundwater contamination within the
Groundwater Control Area No. 1 has been reduced to a level making the groundwater
safe to be used as a source of drinking water pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act or
its successor legislation, the Mayor and City Council may proceed to repeal this Article
forthwith.
SECTION 2. Any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and
hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect fifteen (15) days
from and after its passage and publication pursuant to law.
ORDINANCE NO. 9973 (Cont.)
Enacted: May 7, 2024
C
oger . Steel , Mayor
Attest:
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J Granere, City Clerk
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