12/03/2002 Ordinances 8784
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ORDINANCE NO. 8784
An ordinance to amend Chapter 36 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Section 36-31 pertaining to sign regulations along South Locust Street; to repeal Section 36-31
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 36-31 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~36-31. AC - Arterial Commercial Zone
Purpose: To provide an overlay of the B2 Zone in order to require increased front setbacks, landscaping,
and the limitation of some uses within areas along entrance corridors of the city. As the name implies, the overlay
will be most commonly used along an arterial street corridor.
(A) Permitted Principal Uses:
(1) Uses as listed under permitted principal uses in the B2-General Business Zone underlying the Arterial
Commercial Zone indication with the following exceptions: animal hospital with outside pens, auction house or
retail store with outside display of used merchandise or outside storage, aviary with outside display or sales,
billboards, bottling plant (juices and soft drinks), chickens (sale of chicks), feed and grain retail sales, massage
parlor, plumbing shop with outside storage, poultry hatchery, storage yard.
(B) Permitted Accessory Uses:
(1) Buildings and uses accessory to the permitted principal uses.
(2) Automotive body repair may be accessory to new or used automotive sales or rental, provided, no outside
storage of parts shall be permitted.
(C) Permitted Conditional Uses: The following uses may be permitted, if approved by the city council, in
accordance with procedures set forth in Article VIII and X of this chapter:
(1) Towers
(D) Space Limitations:
(1) Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet
(2) Minimum lot width: 50 feet
(3) Maximum height of building: 55 feet
(4) Minimum front yard: 20 feet
(5) Minimum rear yard: None, if bounded by an alley, otherwise 10 feet
(6) Minimum side yard: None, but if provided, not less than 5 feet, or unless adjacent to a parcel whose zone
requires a side yard setback, then 5 feet. In the case of a comer lot adjacent to the side street, the setback shall
be 10 feet.
(7) Maximum ground coverage: 80%
(E) Procedure:
(1) An application for an amendment to the arterial commercial zone on the Official Zoning Map shall follow
all procedural requirements as set forth in this chapter.
(F) Miscellaneous Provisions:
(1) Supplementary regulations shall be complied with as defined herein.
(2) Only one principal building shall be permitted on anyone zoning lot except as otherwise provided herein.
Approved as to Form;~' 5 I
December 4, 2002 A ~ Attorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 8784 (Cont.)
(3) Landscaping shall be provided and maintained within the 20 foot front yard setback. Landscaping shall
mean lawn areas and may also include trees, shrubs, and flowers. Crushed or lava rock, gravel, bark chips, etc.
shall not substitute for lawn area.
(4) All improvements and uses shall be designed to direct primary vehicular and pedestrian traffic to arterial
street access and reduce such traffic on adjacent non-arterial streets and alleys.
SECTION 2. Section 36-31 as now existing, and any ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after
its passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Enacted: December 3,2002.
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Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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December 4, 2002 0 City Attorney