ACCESSORY USE, BUILDING, OR STRUCTURE. A use, building, or structure on the same premises with a principal use, building, or structure. An accessory use is one that is incidental to the principal use of the premises. An accessory building or structure is a subordinate building or structure, or a portion of the principal building or structure, the use of which is incidental to that of the principal building or structure or the principal use of the premises.

ADULT CABARET. A nightclub, bar, restaurant or similar establishment that regularly features live performances that are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical area or by specified sexual activities, or films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic reproductions in which more than 10 percent of the total presentation time is devoted to the showing of material that is characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical area.

ADULT COMPANIONSHIP ESTABLISHMENT. An establishment which provides the service of engaging in or listening to conversation, talk, discussion between an employee of the establishment and a customer, if such service is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."

ADULT ESTABLISHMENT. Any business which offers its patrons services or entertainment characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, exposing, describing, discussing or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas, "including, but without limitation, adult bookstores, adult motion picture theaters, saunas, adult companionship establishments, adult health clubs, adult cabarets, adult novelty businesses, adult motion picture arcades, adult modeling studios, adult hotel or motel, and adult body painting studios.

ADULT HOTEL OR MOTEL. A hotel or motel from which minors are specifically excluded from patronage and wherein material is presented which is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."

ADULT INTERNET INDUSTRIES. Any business within an enclosed building or outdoors that is producing materials for distribution on the Internet of an adult nature, including live video streaming, tape delayed video broadcasts, live simulcasting, still photographs, audio broadcasts, animated video or hard copy. Said uses are intended for viewing by other parties while on-line and for a specified charge.

ADULT MASSAGE PARLOR; HEALTH CLUB. A massage parlor or health club, which restricts minors by reason of age, and which provides the services of massage, if such service is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."

ADULT MINI-MOTION PICTURE THEATER. A business premises within an enclosed building with a capacity for less than 50 persons used for presenting visual-media material if such business as a prevailing practice excludes minors by virtue of age, or if said material is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."

ADULT MOTION PICTURE ARCADE. Any place to which the public is permitted or invited wherein coin or slug-operated or electronically, electrically or mechanically controlled still or motor picture machines, projectors or other image-producing devices are maintained to show images to five or fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on depicting or describing "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."

ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATERS. A business premises within an enclosed building with a capacity of 50 or more persons used for presenting visual media material if said business as a prevailing practice excludes minors by virtue of age, or if said material is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the depiction of description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" for observation by patrons therein.

ADULT NOVELTY BUSINESS. A business which has a principal activity of the sale of devices which simulate human genitals or devices which are designed for sexual stimulation.

ADULT SAUNA. A sauna which excludes minors by reason of age, or which provides a steam bath or heat bathing room used for the purpose of bathing, relaxation, or reducing, utilizing steam or hot air as a cleaning, relaxing or reducing agent, if the service provided by the sauna is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."

• Specified anatomical area shall mean anatomical areas consisting of:
  • Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttock, anus, or female breast(s) below a point immediately above the areola; and
  • Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
• Specified sexual activities shall mean activities consisting of the following:
  • Actual or simulated sexual intercourse, oral copulation, anal intercourse, or anal copulation, bestiality, direct physical stimulation of unclothed genitals, flagellation or torture in the context of a sexual relationship, or the use of excretory functions in the context of a sexual relationship, and any of the following sexually-oriented acts of conduct: Anilingus, buggery, coprophagy, coprophilia, cunnilingus, fellatio, necrophilia, pederasty, pedophilia, piquerism, sapphism, zooerasty; or
  • Clearly depicted human genitals in the state of sexual stimulation, arousal, or tumescence; or
  • Use of human or animal ejaculation, sodomy, oral copulation, coitus, or masturbation; or
  • Fondling or touching of nude human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breast(s); or
  • Situation involving a person or persons, any of whom are nude, clad in undergarments or in sexually revealing costumes and who are engaged in activities involving the flagellation, torture, fettering, binding, or other physical restraint or any such persons; or
  • Erotic or lewd touching, fondling, or other sexually-oriented contact with an animal by a human being; or
  • Human excretion, urination, menstruation, vaginal or anal irrigation.

ALTERATION. Repair, reconstruction, renovation, addition, expansion, or enlargement of buildings or structures to the extent of fifty percent (50%) or more of its current fair market value.

ARTIFICIAL OBSTRUCTION. Any obstruction which is not a natural obstruction.

BUILDABLE AREA. The buildable portion of the lot remaining after the yard setbacks have been determined on all sides of the lot.

BUILDING. An enclosed structure, or part of a structure, that (i) is anchored to a permanent foundation, (ii) has exterior or party walls and a roof, and (iii) is designed or intended for the enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, or property. A structure may contain one or more buildings divided by party walls.

BUILDING HEIGHT. The vertical distance to the highest point of the roof; to the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the average height between eaves and the ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs, measured from the average grade line of the building.

BUILDING, PRINCIPAL. Any building within which the main or primary use of the lot or premises is located.

BUILDING, TEMPORARY. Any portable or demountable building or any building not securely and permanently anchored or bounded to a substantial foundation and which is used primarily for temporary office or storage space or for emergency enclosure purposes.

BUFFER AREA. A landscaped area intended to separate and partially obstruct the view of two adjacent land uses or properties from one another.

CHANNEL. The geographical area within the natural or artificial banks of the watercourse or drain way.

CHILD CARE CENTER. A facility which is or should be licensed by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of Sections 71-1908 through 71-1918, Revised Statutes of Nebraska, as provided and defined under the Title 474 of the Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 6, Section 002.

CHILD CARE HOME. A private home providing care for children for compensation. No person shall operate a child care home for four or more children without being licensed by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of Sections 71-1908 through 71-1918, Revised Statutes of Nebraska.

CIVIC USE. Of or related to municipal activities.

COMMISSION FLOODWAY. A floodway whose limits have been designated and established by order of the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission, and shall be contiguous with the floodway of a flood of one hundred (100) year frequency.

COMMUNITY UNIT PLAN. A flexible plan for the development of properties within a zoning district, as distinguished from subdivisions of standard lot sizes and standard street systems; provided, that the plan must meet the basic intent of the zoning district for which it is planned.

COMPOSTING FACILITY. A solid waste facility licensed by the State of Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality which utilizes a controlled biological process of degrading non-hazardous solid waste.

CONVENIENCE STORE. A retail store that carries a limited selection of basic items, as packaged foods and drugstore items, and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

DRAINWAY. Any depression two feet or more below the surrounding land serving to give direction to a current of water less than nine months of the year, having a bed and well-defined banks; provided, that in the event of doubt as to whether a depression is a watercourse or drain way it shall be presumed to be a watercourse.

DWELLING. Any building or structure, or portion thereof, that is designed, intended, and used for residential purposes. Dwelling does not include accessory buildings or structures, whether attached or detached, or portions of principal buildings that are designed or intended for accessory uses, such as cellars, garages, and sheds.

DWELLING, FARM AND RANCH. Dwellings including mobile homes, appurtenant to agricultural operations, including living quarters for persons employed on the premises (but not including labor camps or dwellings for transient labor), guest houses not rented or otherwise conducted as a business, and private garages, stables, and barns.

DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY. A residential building designed, altered, or reconstructed to have three or more dwelling units, with the number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units provided.

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY. A residential building, other than a mobile home, designed, altered, or reconstructed to have one dwelling unit and to have accommodations for and be occupied exclusively by one family.

DWELLING, TOWNHOME. One of a group or row of not less than two nor more than twelve attached, single-family dwellings designed and built as a single structure facing upon a street in which the individual townhouse may or may not be owned separately. For the purpose of the side yard regulations, the structure containing the row or group of townhouses shall be considered as one building occupying a single lot.

DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. A residential building designed, altered, or reconstructed to have two dwelling units and to have accommodations for and be occupied exclusively by two families.

DWELLING UNIT. One or more rooms connected together that (i) constitute a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for one family, (ii) contain independent cooking and sleeping facilities, and (iii) are physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units that may be in the same building or structure. Dwelling units may be owner occupied or rented on a weekly, monthly, or longer basis.

FAMILY. One or more persons, related or unrelated, living together as a single family housekeeping unit with or without domestic servants, caregivers, foster children, and supervisory personnel in a group living arrangement. The term "family" shall not include occupancy of a residence by persons living in fraternities, sororities, and clubs. Also excluded are nursing and convalescent homes.

FARMSTEAD. An area of twenty acres or more on which is located at least one dwelling unit and on which farm products of a value of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more are normally produced each year.

FLOODPLAIN. Floodplain shall mean those lands which are subject to a one percent (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any given year.

FLOODWAY. The channel of a watercourse or drain way and those portions of the land areas normally expected to be inundated by the discharge of flood waters from that watercourse or drain way.

FLOODWAY ENCROACHMENT LINES. The lines limiting a Commission floodway.

GARAGE SALE. The occasional sale of a variety of personal goods from a residence. This definition shall include garage sales, yard sales, moving sales and any similar form of sale.

GAS STATION. A retail establishment at which motor vehicles are refueled.

HOME OCCUPATION. A business, occupation, profession, or income-generating activity carried on within a dwelling unit by a resident thereof that is incidental and secondary to the residential occupancy and does not change the residential character thereof. The regulations pertaining to home occupations are included in section 11-512.

LANDFILL. A disposal site employing an engineering method of disposing solid wastes in a manner that minimizes environmental hazards by spreading, compacting to the smallest volume, and applying cover material over all exposed waste at the end of each operating day and in conformance with the requirements of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Service System.

LIVESTOCK CONFINEMENT FACILITY OR OPERATION. The confined feeding of food, fur or pleasure animals in buildings, lots, pens, pools or ponds which normally are not used for raising crops or for grazing animals, which are designed and/or used for on-going confined raising, feeding or management of animals for more than one hundred eighty consecutive days.

LOADING SPACE, OFF-STREET. Space logically and conveniently located for bulk pickups and deliveries, sealed to delivery vehicles expected to be used, and accessible to such vehicles when required off-street parking spaces are filled. Required off-street loading space is not to be included as off-street parking space in computation of required off-street parking space.

LOCATE. To construct, place, insert, or excavate.

LOT. Any parcel, lot, tract, or portions of lots of record which is or may be occupied by a use herein permitted, together with yards and other open spaces herein required, that has frontage upon a street and is a part of a recorded subdivision plat or has been recorded prior to the adoption of the ordinance or a parcel of real property delineated on an approved record of survey, lot split, or sub-parceling map as filed in the office of the County Recorder and having frontage along at least one public street or right-of-way, permanent ingress/egress easement meeting city standards, or on a private road.

LOT AREA. The total area, on a horizontal plane, within the lot lines of a lot, but not including any area occupied by the waters of a lake or river.

LOT, CORNER. A lot located at the intersection of two or more streets at an angle of not more than 135 degrees. If the angle is greater than 135 degrees, the lot shall be considered an "Interior Lot". The front of such lot shall be the shortest of the two sides fronting on streets. The other yard shall be referred to as the street side yard. The street side yard setback may conform to existing setbacks of existing principal structures along that street, however in new developments (approved since 1998), the street side yard setback shall be equal to the front yard setback.

LOT, COVERAGE. The portion of a lot or building site which is occupied by any building or structure, excepting paved areas, walks and swimming pools, regardless of whether said building or structure is intended for human occupancy or not.

LOT, CURVED. A lot fronting on the outside curve of the right-of-way of a curved street, which street has centerline radius of 300 feet or less.

LOT DEPTH. The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured within the lot boundaries.

LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE. A lot having a frontage on two nonintersecting streets as distinguished from a corner lot. On a double frontage lot, both street lines shall be deemed front lot lines.

LOT, FLAG. A lot with frontage and access provided to the bulk of the lot by means of a narrow corridor.

LOT FRONTAGE. The front of a lot shall be construed to be the portion nearest to and facing the street. In all zoning areas, for the purpose of determining yard requirements on a corner lot, all sides of a lot adjacent to streets shall be considered frontage, and must meet the minimum front yard requirements. Except in R-2 through R-5 developed before 1994, one front yard other than the apparent front yard may be reduced in depth to conform with other "existing residences" located on that side of the block, provided that the yard frontage shall not be less than ten feet. Front yards in R-2 and R-3 zoning areas developed before 1994 which have an existing residential structure located with less than twenty-five foot front yard minimum may be reduced to a distance of not less than twenty feet.

LOT, INTERIOR. A lot other than a corner lot.

LOT LINE. The property line bounding a lot.

LOT LINE, FRONT. The property line abutting a street, and where no public street exists, it shall be where line abuts to a public or private way as designated.

LOT LINE, REAR. A lot line not abutting a street which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line.

LOT LINE, SIDE. Any lot line not a front lot line or rear lot line.

LOT MEASUREMENT. Depth of a lot shall be considered to be the distance between the midpoints of straight lines connecting the foremost points of the side lot lines in front and the rearmost points of the side lot lines in the rear. Width of a lot shall be considered to be the distance between straight lines connecting front and rear lot lines at each side of the lot, measured across the rear of the required front yard, provided, however, that width between side lot lines at their foremost points (where they intersect with the street line) shall not be less than eighty (80%) percent of the required lot width except in the case of lots on the turning circle of cul-de-sacs, where the eighty (80%) percent requirement shall not apply.

LOT, THROUGH. A lot having frontage on two dedicated streets, not including a corner lot.

LOT OF RECORD. A lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the office of the County Clerk, or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been so recorded.

LOT WIDTH. The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at the front yard setback line.

LOT, ZONING. A parcel of land of at least sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements for use, coverage, and area, and to provide such yards and other open spaces as are herein required. Such lot shall have frontage on an improved public street, or on the approved private street, and may consist of: a single lot of record; a portion of a lot of record; a combination of complete lots of record and portions of lots of record, or of portions of record; or, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds; provided that in no case of division or combination shall any residual lot or parcel be created which does not meet the requirements of this ordinance.

MIXED USE BUILDING. A building or structure designed, altered, or reconstructed to have two or more major uses. All uses must be principal permitted or special exception uses for the district in which it is located, and each floor of the building or structure must be used solely for a single use.

MANUFACTURED HOME DWELLING. A factory built structure which is to be used as a place for human habitation, which is not constructed or equipped with a permanent hitch or other device allowing it to be moved other than to a permanent site: does not have permanently attached to its body or frame any wheels or axles: bears a label certifying that it was built in compliance with the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, 24 C.F.R. 3280 et seq., promulgated by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development; and which complies with the following architectural and aesthetic standards:

• The home shall have at least 900 square feet of floor area;
• The home shall have an exterior width of at least 18 feet;
• The roof shall be pitched with a maximum vertical rise of 2.5 inches for each 12 inches of horizontal run;
• The exterior material is of a color, material, and scale comparable with those existing in the residential site on which the manufactured home dwelling is being permanently installed;
• The home shall have a no-reflective roof material which is or simulates asphalt or wood shingles, tile, or rock;
• Permanent utility connections shall be installed in accordance with local regulations;
• The home shall have all wheels, axles, transporting lights, and towing apparatus removed; and
• The home shall be installed upon a permanent foundation that is constructed and built in accordance with local regulations.

MOBILE HOME. A building type designed to be transportable in one or more sections, constructed on a permanent chassis or undercarriage, and designed to be used as a dwelling unit or other use with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, but not bearing a seal attesting to the approval and issuance of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services System or conformance to the manufactured home procedural and enforcement regulations, as adopted by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development; or not otherwise satisfying the definition of Manufactured Home Dwellings.

MOBILE HOME PARK. Any area of land which two or more mobile homes are parked, connected to utilities and used by one or more persons for living or sleeping purposes and is licensed accordingly by the state as described in these regulations. A mobile home parked in this area can either be placed on permanent foundation or supported only by its wheels, jacks, blocks, or skirting’s or a combination of these devices. A mobile home park includes any premises set apart for supplying to the public parking space, either free of charge or for revenue purposes for one or more mobile homes, connected to utilities and used by one or more persons living, or sleeping purposes and shall include only those dwelling units that are in compliance with standards as defined herein.

MODULAR HOME. Any dwelling whose construction consists entirely of or the major portions of its construction consist of a unit or units not fabricated on the final site for the dwelling units, which units are movable or portable until placed on a permanent foundation and connected to utilities. All modular homes shall bear a label or seal indicating that it was built in accordance with the Nebraska Uniform Standards for Modular Housing Units Act, as established in Section 71-1557 of the Nebraska revised Statutes.

NATURAL OBSTRUCTION. Any rock, tree, gravel or analogous natural material that is an obstruction and has been located within the floodway by a non-human cause.

NET METERING. A utility policy for consumers in which a property owner utilizes one or a combination of alternative energy sources including Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass, or Methane, to generate a portion or all of their electrical energy needs for their home or business. If the property owner is able to generate more power than needed for the home or business, the local utility company is required by Nebraska Law to purchase the “extra” or excess electrical power from the property owner.

NON-FARM BUILDING. All buildings except those utilized for agricultural purposes on a farmstead of twenty acres or more which produces one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more of farm products each year.

OBSTRUCTION. Any structure, dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levy, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel rectification bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, or other analogous structure or matter in, along, across or projecting into any floodway which may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water, or that is placed where the natural flow of the water would carry the same downstream to the damage or detriment of either life or property.

OCCASIONAL SALE. An event held on an in-frequent and irregular schedule.

ONE HUNDRED YEAR FREQUENCY FLOOD. A flood magnitude expected to recur on the average of once every one hundred years or a flood magnitude which has a one (1%) percent chance of occurring in any given year.

OUTDOOR ADVERTISING BUSINESS. The provision of outdoor displays or display space on a lease or rental basis and in conformity with the outdoor advertising standards as set forth in this article.

OUTDOOR STORAGE CONTAINER. A fully enclosed, detached, and self-supporting structure, by itself incapable of motion or movement. The container must be manufactured/assembled off-site and transportable, by means other than its own, to a location where it is set into place on a graded surface of concrete, asphalt, or gravel and not upon a foundation or wheels. It shall be made of metal or a similar stable, durable, and acceptable material and shall not include a foundation, electricity, plumbing, or other mechanical systems as part of its assembly or use. Truck boxes meeting this definition shall be considered outdoor storage containers.

PERSON. An individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, corporation, or any other legal entity.

PREMISES. An area of land consisting of one platted lot or irregular tract or more than one platted lot or irregular tract if such lots or tracts are under common ownership and contiguous.

RECYCLING CENTER. A facility which accepts salvage material limited to paper, aluminum foil, containers made of glass, plastic, metal, aluminum, and paper; and similar household wastes; no hazardous material as defined by state and federal law is accepted; there is no wrecking or dismantling of salvage material and no salvage material is held outside a building.

SALVAGE OR JUNK YARD. A place where waste, discarded or salvaged metals, building materials, paper, textiles, used plumbing fixtures, abandoned or inoperable motor vehicles or parts thereof, and other used materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled or cleaned; and places or yards for the storage of salvaged metal, materials and equipment; but not including pawn shops and establishments for the sale, purchase or storage of used cars or trucks presently in operable condition, boats or trailers presently in operable condition, and used furniture and household equipment in usable condition and not including the processing of used, discarded or salvaged material as part of manufacturing operations.

SANITARY LANDFILL. A lot or parcel of land used primarily for the disposal, abandonment, dumping, burial or burning of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery or motor vehicles, or parts thereof, or other waste, and which is in conformance with the requirements of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Service System.

SERVICE STATION. A retail establishment at which motor vehicles are refueled and repairs made.

SIGHT TRIANGLE. No fence, wall, hedge, shrub, structure or other obstruction to view shall be erected, placed, or maintained within a triangle formed by the property line immediately adjacent to a street, road, railroad right-of-way, or nonresidential drives as illustrated in the figure below.

SIGN. Any device designed to inform or attract the attention of persons not on the premises on which the sign is located, provided, however, that the following shall not be included in the application of the regulations herein:

• Signs not exceeding one square foot in area and bearing only property numbers, post box number, names of occupants or premises, or other identification of premises not having commercial connotations;
• Flags and insignia of any government except when displayed in connection with commercial promotion;
• Legal notices, identification, informational, or directional signs erected or required by governmental bodies;
• Integral decorative or architectural features of buildings, except letters, trademarks, moving parts, or moving lights;
• Signs directing and guiding traffic and parking on private property but bearing no advertising matter.

SIGN, ON-SITE. A sign relating in its subject matter to the premises on which it is located or to products, accommodations, services, or activities on the premises, and conforming to the on-site sign standards contained in this article. On-site signs do not include signs erected by the outdoor advertising industry in the conduct of the outdoor advertising business.

SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE. A special exception is a use that would not be appropriate generally or without restriction throughout the zoning division or district but which, if controlled as to number, area, location or relation to the neighborhood, would promote the public health, safety, welfare, morals, order, comfort, convenience, appearance, prosperity or general welfare.

STREET LINE. The right-of-way line of a street.

STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground, or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. Among other things, structures include buildings, mobile homes, walls, fences, billboards and poster panels.

TRAVEL TRAILER. A portable structure or vehicle, having a body which is less than eight feet wide and forty feet long, which is supported upon its own chassis and wheels and is so constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance, either propelled or drawn by its own or other motive power, for purposes of occupancy as a temporary dwelling or sleeping place for recreational, vacation or travel purposes.

VARIANCE. Relief from or variation of the provisions of certain zoning regulations, not including use regulations and distinct from rezoning, as applied to a specific piece of property as further set out in section 2-401.

WATERCOURSE. Any depression two feet or more below the surrounding land serving to give direction to a current of water at least nine months of the year, having a bed and well-defined banks; provided, that it shall, upon order of the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission, also include any particular depression which would not otherwise be within the definition of a watercourse.

WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM, COMMERCIAL. A wind energy conversion system under common or aggregated ownership or operating control that includes substations, MET towers, cables/wires and other building accessories, whose main purpose is to supply electricity to off-site customers.

WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM, SMALL. A wind energy conversion system which has a rated capacity of up to twenty-five kilowatts and which is incidental and subordinated to another use of the same parcel. A system is considered a small wind energy system only if it supplies electrical power for site use, except that when a parcel on which the system is installed also received electrical power supplied by a utility company, access electrical power generated and not presently needed for onsite use may be sold back to the utility company. (25 Kilowatt limit approved by the Crete Planning Commission and City Council may be increased to a maximum of 100 Kilowatts with Nebraska State Legislature authorization by future amendment)

YARD, FRONT. A yard across the full width of the lot extending from the front line of the main building to the front line of the lot.

YARD, REAR. A yard across the full width of the lot between the back line of the main building and the back line of the lot.

YARD, SIDE. A yard between the main building and the adjacent side line of the lot, and extending entirely from a front yard to the rear yard.

YARD SETBACK. An open space on the same lot with a building, buildings, structure, or structures, lying between the front, side, or rear wall of such building, buildings, structure, or structures and the nearest lot line, unoccupied except for specific minor structures permitted to be located in this open space by this Chapter.

YARD SETBACK, FRONT. A yard extending across the entire width of the lot between the front lot line and the nearest point of the primary building. For purposes of determining yard requirements for corner and through lots, all sides of a lot abutting a street shall be considered a front yard and shall comply with the requirements thereof.

YARD SETBACK, REAR. A yard extending across the entire width of the lot between the rear lot line and the nearest part of the primary building.

YARD SETBACK, SIDE. On single frontage lots, a yard extending along the side lot line from the front yard to the rear yard and lying between the side lot line and the nearest part of a primary building. On through lots, a yard extending along the side lot line from front yard to front yard and lying between the side lot lines and the nearest part of the primary building. On corner lots, a yard extending along the side lot line from the front yard to the opposite side lot line, lying between the side lot line and the nearest part of the primary building.

YARD SETBACK, TRANSITIONAL. A yard in effect where a nonresidential zoning district abuts or is adjacent across a street or alley from a residential zoning district.

ZONING MAP. The term zoning map means a map or maps officially enacted by the governing body as part of this ordinance showing the boundaries of a zoning district or districts, a copy or copies of which, certified to have been enacted as provided by law, is filed in the office of the City Clerk as an official record of the City.

Source: Ord. 1142 (1991); Ord. 1262 (1995); Ord. 1926 (2015); Ord. 1965 (2016); Ord. 1974 (2016); Ord. 2021 (2017); Ord. 2057 (2018); Ord. 2118 (2020)