2194ORDINANCE NO. 2194
COUNCIL MEMBER ABBOTT INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 8, SECTION 801.02(1) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL
USES AND STRUCTURES OF THE CITY OF BLAIR ZONING ORDINANCE FOR A/CH —
AGRICULTURAL /HIGHWAY COMMERICAL DISTRICT, ADDING MEDICAL DENTAL OR
HEALTH CLINIC TO THE LIST OF PERMITTED USES WITHIN THE A/CH DISTRICT AND
SECTION 801.14(4) CLARIFYING SCREENING REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN A/CH —
AGRICULTURAL/HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FORCE AND EFFECT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SECTION 1 Section 801.02(1) PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES of
the Blair Zoning Regulations of Blair, Nebraska is hereby amended as follows, to wit:
801.02 PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES: The following shall be permitted
as uses by right except when located within 200 feet of any Residential District, in which case a
conditional use permit will be required to allow the following uses:
(1) Retail and Service which provide services or supply commodities primarily for the convenience
of patrons traveling on state highways and major county road entrances to the community
including:
Agriculture, Horticultural (crop only)
Auditorium, exhibition hall, club
Auto and truck parts stores (retail only)
Athletic complexes and health centers
Barber, beauty, tanning, and manicure shops
Bars, cocktail lounges or nightclubs
Boat sales and services
Bowling alley
Bus depots and transit stations
Car and truck sales, both new and used, with full service and repairs
Car wash
Convenience stores with gasoline sales
Dry cleaning and laundry establishments
Feed, grain, and fertilizer sales
Furniture stores
Garden and lawn supplies stores, nurseries and greenhouses
Hotels and motels
Ice cream and confectionery stores
Lumber and building materials
Medical, Dental or Health Clinic
Offices
Plumbing and heating services
Recreational vehicle sales and service
Rental and lease establishments, inside storage only
Restaurants, including drive -in restaurants
Sign Shops
Soda fountains
Theaters
Veterinary services and small animal hospitals
SECTION 2 Section 801.14(4) SCREENING REQUIREMENTS of the Blair Zoning
Regulations of Blair, Nebraska is hereby amended as follows, to wit:
801.14 SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. Screening pursuant to this section shall be required
between the A /CH - Highway Commercial District and any residential district except when there is a
distance of not less than two hundred feet (200') from any residential structure in the residential
district and any building, parking area, or any other construction or improvement except landscaping
in the A/CH - Highway Commercial District. Screening pursuant to this section shall be required
only at such time a building permit is obtained for improvements in the A/CH - Highway
Commercial District, and the value of the improvements listed on said building permit is equal to or
greater than 20% of the assessed valuation of the A /CH - Highway Commercial property being so
improved.
(1) The screening shall consist of a solid or semi solid fence or wall at least six (6) feet in height or
hedges, shrubs, trees, or other living landscape which effectively provides a solid, dense, and
opaque mass, and shall be not less than six (6) feet in height or by planting vegetation which
shall reach a height of not less than six (6) feet within three (3) years.
(2) Landscaping — Required front and rear yards shall be landscaped. A landscaping plan shall be
submitted contemporaneously with the building permit application. The landscaping shall be
approved by the City Administrator.
(3) Said screening shall not be required where the A /CH - Highway Commercial District and
residential district are divided by a street or alley with a right of way not less than fifty (50) feet
in width.
(4) Said screening requirement shall not be required where the wall of any building is greater than
five (5) feet from the set back requirement within the A/CH - Highway Commercial District,
and there are no windows or other openings except for doors for emergency purposes only.
(5) In the event hedges, shrubs, trees or other living landscape is used for the screening one (1)
break or opening in the screen not more than twenty (20) feet in width shall be permitted per
business or use within the A /CH - Highway Commercial District unless the business or use has
direct alley access from the business property without such break.
SECTION 3 All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, .
approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th day of SEPTEMBER, 2010.
ATTEST:
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KEITH CH RISTIANSEN , ACTING MAYOR
BRENDA R. 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 14 day of
September, 2010.
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BRENDA R. WHEELER, CITY CLERK