2484ORDINANCE NO. 2484
COUNCIL MEMBER WOLFF INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BLAIR CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 2,
ARTICLE 2, SECTIONS 2-202 AND 2-203, CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH,
PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AND
PUBLISHING IN PAMPHLET FORM.
WHEREAS, Nebraska Revised Statutes authorize the City of Blair to establish a City
Planning Commission and to promulgate rules and regulations for the City Planning Commission;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Blair determined that the Blair City Code shall be updated to
conform to the applicable Nebraska Revised Statutes ; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA AS FOLLOWS:
Article 2. City Planning Commission
Sec. 2-201 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, MEMBERS. The City Planning Commission
shall consist of nine (9) members who shall represent, insofar as possible, different professions or
occupations in the Municipality and who shall be appointed by the Mayor by and with the approval
of three-fourths (3/4) vote of the Council. Two (2) such members may be residents of the area
over which the City is authorized to exercise extraterritorial zoning and subdivision regulations.
All members of the Commission shall serve as such without compensation and shall hold no other
Municipal office except when appointed to serve on the Board of Adjustment pursuant to state
law. The term of each member shall be three (3) years. Three (3) members of the Commission
shall be appointed by the Mayor and Council as aforesaid each year.
Vacancies occurring on the Planning Commission shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor and
confirmation by the Council for the unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. §19-925).
Sec. 2-202 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, ORGANIZATION. The Planning
Commission shall elect its Chairman from its members and create and fill each other offices as it
may determine. The term of the Chairman shall be one (1) year, and he or she shall be eligible for
re-election. (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-926). The Commission shall hold at least one (1) regular meeting
each quarter. The Chairman shall not cancel more than three (3) quarterly meetings in a calendar
year. (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-929)
The Commission shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a record of its
resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record. (Neb.
Rev. Stat. § 19-927) (Amended by Ordinance 2484 07/12/2022)
Sec. 2-203 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION; PURPOSE; DUTIES; CONTRACTS. The
Planning Commission of the City of Blair shall make and adopt plans for the physical development
of the City, including any areas outside its boundaries, which, in the Commission's judgment, bear
relation to the planning of such Municipality, and including a comprehensive development plan as
defined in Section 19-903 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1943, as amended. In adopting
said plan, said Commission may prepare and adopt such implemental means as a capital
improvement plan, subdivision regulations, building codes and zoning ordinances. In preparing
said plans, said Commission may consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public
utilities civic organizations, educational institutions and citizens with relation to the promulgation
and implementation of the comprehensive development plan and its implemental programs. The
Planning Commission shall have the power to delegate authority to any group to conduct studies
and make surveys for the Commission and to make preliminary reports on its findings and hold
public hearings before submitting its final reports. The city council shall not take final action on
matters relating to the comprehensive development plan, capital improvements, building codes,
subdivision development, annexation of territory, or zoning until it has received the
recommendation of the planning commission if such commission in fact has been created and is
existent. (Neb. Rev. Stat. §19-929). The City Council shall receive the Commission's
recommendation within sixty (60) days of its recommendation. If an Applicant withdraws his or
her application before the City Council considers the Commission's Recommendation, the sixty
(60) days shall not reset, and an Applicant must resubmit an application to the Commission for
consideration and pay all fees associated therewith.
The Planning Commission may, upon approval and authorization of the governing body, in its own
name, make and enter into contracts with public or private bodies, receive contributions, bequests,
gifts or grant funds from public or private sources. It may expend the funds appropriated to it by
the City, employ agents and employees, acquire, hold and dispose of property, make arrangements
consistent with its program, conduct or sponsor studies or planning work for any public body or
appropriate agency, receive grants, remunerations or reimbursement for such studies or work and
it may conduct public hearings, summon witnesses, administer oaths and compel the giving of
testimony. (Neb. Rev. Stat. §19-929). (Amended by Ordinance 2484 07/12/2022)
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and
publication as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 12th day of July, 2022.
CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA
RICHARD HANSEN, MAYOR
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CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA
BY
RICHARD HANSEN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
WHEELER, CITY CLERK
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BRENDA WHEELER hereby certifies that she is the duly appointed, qualified and acting City
Clerk of the City of Blair, Nebraska, and that the above and forgoing Ordinance was passed and
approved at a regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of said City held on the 12t" day of
July 2022.
BRENDA WHEELER, CITY CLERK
State of Nebraska, County of Washington
Chris Rhoades, Being by me first duly sworn,
deposes and says that he is the Associate
Publisher of the Pilot -Tribune, a legal weekly
newspaper printed and published at Blair, in
Washington County, Nebraska and of general
circulation in said County and State: that said
newspaper has a bona fide circulation of more
than 3000 copies weekly, in said County: and
has been published in said County for more
than 52 successive weeks prior to the first
publication of the attached notice, that the
attached notice was published in said
newspaper for 1 consecutive week(s) being
the issues of.
7/19/2022
te(s)
Chris es, Associate Publisher
Subscribed in my presence, and sworn to
before me this date:
7/19/2022
Notary
GENERAL NOTARY -Slate of Nebraska
SHAUNA GERKE
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My Comm. Exp. July 24, 2023
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