1-Introduction
ORDINANCE NO. 2022
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REGULATIONS, AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND AMENDMENT
THEREOF, FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH FOR THE
CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA.
WHEREAS, Sections 19-901, Reissue Revised Statutes of l943 (in full) empowers the City to enact a
zoning ordinance and to provide for its administration, enforcement and amendment, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it necessary for the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals, and the general welfare of the City to enact such an Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Blair established a City Planning Commission pursuant to Sections
18-l307 and 19-901 through 19-914, Reissue Revised Statutes of 1943 (in full), and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended the boundaries of the various original
districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has divided the City into districts and has prepared regulations
pertaining to such districts in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan, based on a Land Use Plan and
designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to
promote health and the general welfare, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the
overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, to facilitate the adequate provision
of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has given reasonable consideration, among other things, to the
character of the districts and their peculiar suitability for particular uses, with a view to conserving the
value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the City and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has made a preliminary report and held public hearings
thereon, and submitted its final report to the City Council, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has given due public notice of hearings relating to zoning districts,
regulations, and restrictions, and has held such public hearings, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it necessary for the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals of the general welfare of the City; of providing for the harmonious development and
coordinated layout for the subdivided area; for the proper arrangements of streets; for adequate
sanitary facilities; and for reducing flood damage potentials to the greatest extent possible; and
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WHEREAS, all requirements of Sections 18-1306, Reissue Revised Statutes of 1943 (in full), with
regard to the preparation of the report of the Planning Commission and subsequent action of the City
Council have been met:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA:
(END OF SECTION)
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