04/13/2010 Ordinances 9259ORDINANCE NO. 9259
An ordinance to amend Grand Island City Code Section 31-35, pertaining to the size of
signage allowed for tracts of land with three hundred lineal feet or more of street frontage; 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, (B) of the Grand Island City Code, is hereby amended by
adding the following;
(3). For tracts of land with three hundred (300) lineal feet or more of street
frontage the total allowable square footage of ground signage shall be one square foot of sign for each one
foot of street frontage for the first one hundred and fifty (150) feet and one point one eight (1.18) square
foot of signage for each lineal foot thereafter. No single sign shall exceed three hundred and fifty (350)
square feet. This section applies within the AC Zone from Former Park Road to Stolley Park Road.
SECTION 2. 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 3. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its
passage and publication and on May 10, 2010.
Enacted: April 13, 2010.
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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.
(3) For tracts of land with 300 lineal feet or more of street frontage the total
allowable square footage of ground signage shall be one square foot of sign of each
one foot of street frontage for the first one hundred and fifty feet and 1.18 square foot
of signage for each lineal foot there after. No single sign shall exceed three hundred
and fifty square feet. This section applicable within the AC Zone between Former
Park Road to Stolley Park Road.
(C) Location.
(1) All signs shall be set back from the front property line a minimum of five feet,
and a minimum often 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 owner 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) Height.
(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.
(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 sectional -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
Amended by Ord. No. 9177, eff. 07-22-2008
§36-36. Reserved
§36-37. Reserved
§36-38. Reserved
§36-39. Reserved