Subdivision 2005-03, Article 01-02 General Provision & Application RegsARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 101 TITLE
This ordinance may be known and may be cited and referred to as "Subdivision Regulation
Ordinance of the City of Blair, Nebraska" to the same effect as if the full title were started.
SECTION 102 JURISDICTION
The provision 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 Subdivision Regulation Ordinance is adapted to preserve, protect and promote the public
health, safety, peace, comfort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, more specifically the
Subdivision Regulation Ordinance is adopted in order to insure that new development resulting in
land subdivision in the City shall conform to minimum development practices and standards. Further,
it is intended that such land subdivision shall result in properly coordinated design and construction of
lots, blocks, streets, utilities, public facilities, and other community assets.
ARTICLE 2. APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS
SECTION 201 GENERAL
Any plat, hereinafter made, for each subdivision or each part thereof lying within the
jurisdiction of this Ordinance, shall be prepared, presented for approval and recorded as herein
prescribed. The regulations contained herein shall apply to the subdivision of a lot, tract or parcel of
land into two (2) or more lots, tracts or other division of land for the purpose of sale or of building
development, whether immediate or future, including the resubdivision or replatting of land or lots.
Further, the regulations set forth by this Ordinance shall be minimum regulations which shall apply
uniformly throughout the jurisdiction of this Ordinance except as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 202 APPLICABILITY
1. Each separate principal use building within the planning jurisdiction of the City shall be
situated on a separate and single subdivided lot of record unless otherwise provided in the
Zoning Regulations for Blair, Nebraska.
2. No subdivision of land shall be permitted within the City Planning Jurisdiction unless a plat is
approved in accordance with provisions of these Regulations.
3. These Regulations shall apply not only to subdivision as herein set forth but shall also apply,
insofar as payment of costs for improvement of subdivisions is concerned, to those
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subdivisions, or parts thereof, already platted and approved, which are undeveloped, wholly
or partially.
4. These Regulations shall not apply to subdivision of burial lots in cemeteries.
5. These Regulations shall not apply to a division of land into lots or parcels of ten and one-
hundreths (10.01) acres or more and not involving a new street.
SECTION 203 PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE DECLARED TO BE MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be
minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, or general
welfare. Whenever the provisions of this Ordinance require or impose higher standards than are
required in any other Ordinance, the provisions of this Ordinance shall govern. Wherever the
provisions of any other Ordinance require or impose higher standards than are required by the
provisions of this Ordinance the provisions of such Ordinance shall govern.
(END OF SECTION)
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