(1) INTENT. The Public District is intended to provide parks, natural open space, and public facilities. The district is a special use classification intended to provide areas for the retention of public lands necessary for open spaces, parks, playgrounds, trails, and structures designed for public recreation and to provide areas for the location of government buildings and structures for public education, recreation, and other public uses. This zoning classification is intended to be applied to those portions of the city that are designated as developed open space and public facility in the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan.

(2) PRINCIPAL USES. The following shall be permitted as uses by right when in conformance with the Public District regulations:

(a) Agriculture.

(b) Camping facilities.

(c) Cemeteries.

(d) Community gardens.

(e) Community centers.

(f) Drainage or flood control facilities.

(g) Emergency facilities.

(h) Fair grounds.

(i) Fire facilities.

(j) Fueling or electrical charging facilities.

(k) Government offices.

(l) Libraries.

(m) Lift stations.

(n) Outdoor container storage.

(o) Outdoor material storage.

(p) Parks.

(q) Picnic shelters.

(r) Playgrounds.

(s) Police or law enforcement facilities.

(t) Postal facilities.

(u) Public airports.

(v) Public golf courses.

(w) Public hospitals.

(x) Public maintenance shops and yards.

(y) Public recreational facilities.

(z) Public refuse transfer stations.

(aa) Public restrooms.

(bb) Public swimming pools or splash pads.

(cc) Public trails.

(dd) Public utilities.

(ee) Public warehousing.

(ff) Publicly operated child care centers.

(gg) Recycling centers.

(hh) Sanitary sewer facilities.

(ii) Sports stadiums or facilities.

(3) PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted if a principal use or structure is present:

(a) Accessory uses and structures normally appurtenant to the permitted uses and structures and to uses and structures permitted as special exception uses.

(4) SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES. All special exception uses permitted in the P Public District:

(a) Alternative energy systems utilizing biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, or wind sources in conformance with net metering per Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 70-2001 to 70-2005 (August 30, 2009, as amended) and shall also be in conformance with the provisions of sections 11-525 and 11-526.

(b) Public jails or human detention facilities.

(c) Public animal shelters.

(d) Sanitary landfills.

(e) Other publicly operated facilities.

(5) PROHIBITED USES. All other uses and structures, which are not specifically permitted or not permissible as special exception uses, shall be prohibited from the P Public District.

(6) SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Open storage of materials associated with a permitted use or permitted special exception use shall be allowed only within an area surrounded or screened by a solid wall or fence.

(7) SPACE LIMITATIONS.

(a) The maximum height and minimum lot requirements within the P Public District shall be as follows:

(8) SIGN REGULATIONS. Signs within the P Public District shall be in conformance with the Sign Regulations.

(9) PARKING REGULATIONS: Parking within the P Public District shall be in conformance with the provisions of section 11-508.

(10) FENCE REGULATIONS: Fences within the P Public District shall be in conformance with the provisions of section 11-502.

Source: Ord. 2024 (2017)