Article 01-General ProvisionsARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 101 TITLE
This ordinance may be known and may be cited and referred to as “Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Blair, Nebraska” to the same effect as if the full title were stated.
SECTION 102 JURISDICTION
The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply within the area of planning jurisdiction as defined
on the Official Zoning Map of Blair, Nebraska, as the same may be amended by subsequent
annexation.
SECTION 103 PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ORDINANCE
The Zoning Ordinance is adopted to preserve, protect and promote the public health, safety,
peace, comfort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare. More specifically, the Zoning
Ordinance is adopted in order to achieve the following objectives:
1. To provide a precise plan for the physical development municipality in such a manner as
to achieve progressively general arrangement of land uses depicted in the Comprehensive
Plan.
2. To foster a harmonious, convenient, workable relationship among local uses and a
wholesome, serviceable and attractive living environment.
3. To promote the stability of existing land uses which conform with objectives and policies
of the Comprehensive Plan and to protect them from inharmonious influences and harmful
intrusions.
4. To ensure that public and private lands ultimately are used for the purposes which are
most appropriate and most beneficial from the standpoint of the municipality.
5. To promote the beneficial development of those areas which exhibit conflicting patterns of
use.
6. To prevent excessive population densities and overcrowding of the land with structures.
7. To promote a safe, effective traffic circulation system.
8. To foster the provision of adequate off-street parking and truck loading facilities.
9. To facilitate the appropriate location of public facilities and institutions.
10. To protect and promote appropriately located agricultural, commercial, and industrial
pursuits in order to preserve and strengthen its economic base.
11. To protect and enhance real property values.
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12. To conserve the municipality's natural assets and to capitalize on the opportunities offered
by its terrain, soils, vegetation and waterways.
13. To coordinate policies and regulations relating to the use of land with such policies and
regulations of incorporated municipalities of the county in order to: facilitate transition from
county to municipal jurisdiction that land which is first developed in an unincorporated area
and is subsequently annexed to a municipality; foster the protection of farming operations in
areas of planned urban expansion, and ensure unimpeded development of such new urban
expansion that is logical, desirable and in accordance with objectives and policies of the
Comprehensive Plan.
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