Article 09-901-A ML Agricultural Industial & Manufacturing
ARTICLE 9. A/ML AGRICULTURAL/INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING
DISTRICTS
SECTION 901 A/ML AGRICULTURAL/LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND
MANUFACTURING DISTRICT
901.01 INTENT: The AML Agricultural/Industrial zones are intended to achieve the following
purposes: to reserve appropriate located areas for various types of industrial plants and related
activities; to protect area appropriate for industrial use from intrusion by residences and other
inharmonious uses; to protect residential and commercial properties and to protect nuisance-free
non-hazardous industrial plants to concentrate in mutually beneficial relationship to each other; to
provide adequate space to meet the needs of modern industrial areas, and to provide industrial
employment opportunities for residents of the City. For the purposes of Section 77-1343 R.R.S.
Neb., the predominant use for this district is agricultural and horticultural purposes.
901.02 PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES: The following shall be permitted
as uses by right except when located within 500 feet of any Residential District, in which case a
conditional use permit will be required to allow the following uses:
(1) Wholesale and warehouse uses;
(2) Signs subject to SECTION 1114 of this Ordinance;
(3) Agriculture, horticultural (crops only);
(4) Automobile service stations;
(5) Printing and publishing businesses;
(6) Truck and freight terminals;
(7) Utility substation, pumping station, and water reservoir;
(8) Gasoline filling station;
(9) Building materials, lumber yards and fuel yards, with or without retail sales;
(10) Contractors yards;
(11) Highway maintenance yards or buildings;
(12) Railroad yards;
(13)Repair garage;
(14)Any industrial use which can meet the performance standards for this district set forth in
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SECTION 1115.01 of this Ordinance provided, such is not specifically prohibited.
(15)Mail order sales, catalog sales and coupon redemption businesses.
(16)Computerized billing and mailing businesses.
(17)Offices
(18) 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.
(19)Storage Units, Mini.
(20)Storage, Indoor and Outdoor: All outdoor storage areas which are located within one hundred
feet (100’) of the right of way shall be hard surfaced with concrete, asphalt, recycled asphalt or
asphalt millings.
901.03 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES: The following accessory uses
and structures shall be permitted:
(1) Accessory uses and structures normally appurtenant to the permitted uses and structures and to
uses and structures permitted as exceptions;
(2) Offices, retail stores and watchmen’s living quarters incidental to and on the same site with an
industrial uses;
(3) Medical facilities accessory to an industrial use.
901.04 EXCEPTIONS: After the provisions of this Ordinance relating to exceptions have been
fulfilled, the City Council may permit as exceptions any use which is consistent with the intent of
this district and which is not prohibited in accordance with Article 14 of this Ordinance.
(1) Wireless Telecommunications Towers. (Note: See Section 1102.02 for regulations regarding
Wireless Telecommunications Towers and Facilities.)
(2) Rental and Leasing Establishments, Outside and Inside Storage.
(3)Golf driving ranges, golf courses, miniature golf courses and bowling alleys.
(4) Impound Lots if screened on all sides by a solid fence, masonry wall or a compact growth of
natural plant materials not less than eight (8) feet in height.
(5) Other uses which are similar to the permitted principal uses and which are in harmony with the
intent of this district.
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901.05 CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING EXCEPTIONS: The requirements of Article 14 of this
Ordinance, the following regulations shall apply as minimum requirements for granting exceptions
in the ML Light Industrial and Manufacturing District:
(1) All uses shall meet or exceed the performance standards set forth in SECTION 1115.01 of this
Ordinance.
(2) A use not conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, on a site across a street or
alley from an R Residential District, shall be screened by a solid wall of fence, vine-covered
open fence or compact evergreen hedge, not less than six (6) feet in height.
(3) Where a site adjoins an 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 except
in a required front yard.
(4) The storage above ground or below ground of liquid petroleum products or chemicals of a
flammable or noxious nature shall not exceed one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) gallons
when stored on one (1) lot of less than one (1) acre in area nor shall storage exceed more than
twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons in one (1) tank. Storage of liquid petroleum products or
chemicals of a flammable or noxious nature in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000)
gallons, shall not be located closer than fifty (50) feet from any structure intended for human
habitation or closer than two-hundred (200) feet from any R Residential District.
(5) Not less than five (5) feet of a required yard adjoining a street shall be landscaped and
permanently maintained where such required yard adjoins a residential district, and excluding
areas which are required for access to doors, openings, or other loading facilities.
(6) All open and undeveloped portions of any lot shall be maintained in good condition free from
weeds, dust, trash and debris.
901.06 PROHIBITED USES AND STRUCTURES:
1. All residential uses of any kind.
2. Anhydrous Ammonia Plants.
3. All other uses and structures which are not specifically permitted, or cannot meet the
performance standards for industry set forth in Section 1115.01 of this Ordinance or
which are not permissible as exceptions, shall be prohibited.
901.07 MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS: No limitations except for the following: 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. Curb cuts for straight curbs and the flare for rolled curbs
shall be three (3) feet wider than the driveway pavement on each side.
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901.08 MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS:
(1) Front yard: There shall be a minimum front yard of not less than a depth of one-hundred (100)
feet from the center of a Federal Aid-Primary or Federal Aid-Secondary designated street or
highway or thirty-five (35) feet from the property line, whichever is greater. On all other
streets or highways there shall be a minimum front yard of not less than a depth of twenty (20)
feet from the property line. These yard requirements shall apply to any yard abutting a Federal
Aid-Primary of Federal Aid-Secondary designated street or highway regardless of the lot being
an interior or corner lot.
(2) Rear yard: The minimum rear yard abutting an R Residential District(s) shall be twenty-five
(25) feet, five (5) feet when property does not abut a residential district.
(3) Side yard: The minimum side yard abutting an R Residential District(s) shall be twenty-five
(25) feet, five (5) feet when property does not abut a residential district.
(4) An additional set back requirement to all other minimum rear, side, and front yard
requirements for antennas and transmitting structures shall be a minimum set back requirement
equal to the height of said antenna or transmitting structure. Additionally no antenna or
transmitting structure shall be located within a distance equal to the height of the tower of any
utility transmission lines serving the premises other than lines exclusively serving the premises
upon which the tower is located.
(5) YARD REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSORY BUILDINGS:
(A) Side yard - Unless specifically permitted, no accessory building shall be located closer
than five (5) feet from the side property line except when property abuts any Residential
District(s) an accessory building shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from the
side property line, and/or ten (10) feet from 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.
(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 except when property abuts any Residential
District(s) an accessory building shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from the
rear property line, and/or ten (10) feet from 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.
901.085 ADDITIONAL SETBACK REQUIREMENTS – CREEK/WATER COURSES: In
addition to any other minimum yard requirements, no structure shall be installed or constructed in
violation of Section 1110.5 of this Zoning Ordinance.
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901.09 MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE: No limitations.
901.10 MAXIMUM HEIGHT: No structure shall exceed seventy-five (75) feet without a
conditional use permit. No structure shall exceed one hundred (150) feet except an antenna or
transmitting structure.
901.11 SIGN REGULATIONS: All signs shall be in conformance with the regulations provided
herein and with the provision of SECTION 1114 of this Ordinance.
901.12 REPAIR GARAGE REQUIREMENT. In addition to all other restrictions and requirements
as provided herein, in the circumstance of a repair garage, all vehicles or motorized equipment
awaiting repair, under repair, and all parts and materials shall be screened on all sides by a solid
fence or a masonry wall or compact growth or natural plant materials not less than eight feet in
height. Such screened area shall be limited to an area behind the rear line of any building or
structure used as a repair garage on the premises.
901.13 OFF-STREET PARKING: Off-street parking shall be hard surfaced in conformance with
the provisions of Section 204 of this Ordinance.
901.135 DRIVEWAYS: Driveways shall be paved as per section 303.01(51.5).
(END OF SECTION)
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