Article 08-804-CL Limited Commercial
SECTION 804 CL LIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
804.01 INTENT: The CL Limited Commercial District is intended to provide an area for residential
and limited commercial services.
804.02 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)Offices
(2)Professional office buildings, including clinics and doctor’s buildings.
(3)Single-family dwellings.
(4)Two-family dwellings.
(5)Multi-family dwellings with forty-eight or fewer living units.
(6)Home occupations.
(7) Row crop agricultural production (planting, fertilizing, harvesting) or alfalfa / feed grass
production on parcels which have been regularly used for such production prior to January 1, 2011.
No parcel in this zoning district shall be switched to this Use from a different use. Parcels three (3)
acres or larger may continue with this Use and other Permitted or Excepted Uses with a minimum
separation of fifty (50) feet from any other Use.
804.03 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES: The following accessory uses
and structures shall be permitted:
(1) Buildings and uses customarily incidental to the permitted uses.
(2) Parking lots.
804.04 EXCEPTIONS: After the provisions of this Ordinance relating to exceptions have been
fulfilled, the City Council may permit the following conditional uses as exceptions in the CL
Limited Commercial District in accordance with ARTICLE 14 of this Ordinance:
(1) Barber shops.
(2) Beauty shops.
(3) Mortuary, funeral home and funeral chapels.
(4) Motel.
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(5) Photographer.
(6) Telephone exchange.
(7) Commercial centers.
(8) Family day care home, not operated within a private dwelling, group day care home, or day
care center.
(9) Multiple family dwellings with greater than forty-eight (48) living units.
804.05 CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING EXCEPTIONS: The requirements of ARTICLE 14 of
this Ordinance shall apply as minimum requirements for granting exceptions in the CL Limited
Commercial District.
(1) Where a site adjoins or is located across an alley from any R Residential District, a solid wall
or fence, vine-covered open fence or compact evergreen hedge six (6) feet in height shall be
located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.
(2) Open storage of materials attendant to a permitted use or conditional use shall be permitted
only within an area surrounded or screened by a solid wall or fence six (6) feet in height,
provided that no materials or equipment shall be stored to a height greater than that of the wall
or fence.
(3) No use shall be permitted and no process, equipment or materials shall be used which are
found by the Board to be objectionable to persons living or working in the vicinity by reasons
of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried waste, noise, vibrations,
illuminations, glare, or unsightliness or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.
804.06 MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS:
(1) The minimum lot area for single family and commercial shall be 5,000 square feet. Multiple
family uses of (2) to (6) units shall be three thousand (3,000) square feet per unit. Each
additional unit shall be one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet per unit.
(2) Driveways shall have a maximum grade of ten (10) percent. Driveways and curb cuts shall be
located not less than three (3) feet from the side lot line on city property. Curb cuts for straight
curbs and the flare for rolled curbs shall be three (3) feet wider than the driveway pavement on
each side.
804.07 MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS:
(1) Front yard: On all streets or highways there shall be a minimum front yard of no less than a
depth of twenty-five (25) feet from the property line.
(2) Rear yard: The minimum rear yard shall be five (5) feet.
(3) Side yard: The minimum side yard shall be five (5) feet.
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(4) Yard requirements for accessory buildings:
(A) Side yard - Same as district in which accessory use in located except an accessory
building may be located in the side yard as close as five (5) feet to the property line
and/or ten (10) feet from any other building, whichever is greater, providing it is located
between the rear building line of the principle building and the rear property line and no
building shall be located within any easement or right-of-way.
(B) Front Yard - No accessory building shall be located between the front building line of the
principle building and the front property line.
(C) Rear Yard - Unless specifically permitted, no accessory building shall be located closer
than five (5) feet from the rear property line and/or within (10) feet of any other building,
whichever is greater, and no accessory building shall be located within any easement or
right-of-way along the rear property line.
804.075 ADDITIONAL SETBACK REQUIREMENTS – CREEKS/WATER COURSES: In
addition to any other minimum yard requirements, no structure shall be installed or constructed in
violation of Section 1110.04 of this Zoning Ordinance.
804.08 MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE: No limitations.
804.09 MAXIMUM HEIGHT: The height of all structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet for
the main structure. The size limitations for accessory structures shall be subject to the provisions of
SECTION 1103 and SECTION 1105 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Blair,
Nebraska.
804.10 SIGN REGULATIONS: All signs shall be in conformance with the regulations provided
herein and with the provisions of SECTION 1114 of this Ordinance.
804.11 OFF-STREET PARKING: Off-street parking shall be hard surfaced in conformance with
the provisions of Section 204 of this Ordinance.
804.115 DRIVEWAYS: Driveways shall be paved as per section 303.01(51.5).
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