For special permit applications for Commercial Feedlots under Section 13.035(a) filed prior to March 10, 2020, Agriculture shall mean the use of land for the purpose of raising and harvesting crops; or for the raising, breeding, or management of livestock, poultry, fish or honeybees; or for dairying, truck gardening, forestry, nurseries or orchards; for the non-commercial on-farm storage or processing of agricultural products produced on the premises; or for any other similar agricultural, horticultural, or silvicultural or aquacultural use. (Resolution No. 4921, June 30, 1987).

1. Communication to the public shall mean any information giving notice of the event that a
person makes available including by media distribution regardless if it is in print or
electronic format, verbal, or other forms of communication.

1. A person residing with a family for the purpose of adoption;
2. Not more than six (6) persons under 16 years of age, residing in a foster home licensed as such by the State of Nebraska;
3. Not more than four (4) persons 16 years of age or older residing with a family for the purpose of receiving foster care;
4. Any person who is living with a family at the direction of a court.

A reference plane representing the average of finished ground level adjoining the building at exterior walls. Where the finished ground level slopes away from the exterior walls, the reference plane shall be established by the lowest points within the area between the building and the lot line or, where the lot line is more than 6 feet from the building, between the building and a point 6 feet from the building. (Resolution No. R-17-0040, May 30, 2017)

Any wall approximately parallel to and not more than five (5) feet from a street line is to be considered as adjoining the street and where no sidewalks exist the sidewalk grade shall be established by the County Engineer.

1. Adaption to living with, or rehabilitation from, the handicaps of physical disability;
2. Adaption to living with, or rehabilitation from, the handicaps of emotional or mental disorder, or mental retardation;
3. Rehabilitation from the effects of a drug or alcohol abuse;
4. Supervision while under a program of alternatives to imprisonment, including but not limited to pre-release and probationary programs.

Health care facility does not include doctors or dentists professional offices and private clinics. (Resolution No. R-17-0040, May 30, 2017)

• 700 mature dairy cows, whether milked or dry;
• 1,000 veal calves;
• 1,000 cattle other than mature dairy cows or veal calves and including but not limited to heifers, steers, bulls, and cow/calf pairs;
• 2,500 swine each weighing 55 pounds or more;
• 10,000 swine each weighing less than 55 pounds;
• 500 horses;
• 10,000 sheep or lambs;
• 55,000 turkeys;
• 30,000 laying hens or broilers, if the animal feeding operation uses a liquid manure handling system;
• 125,000 chickens, other than laying hens, if the animal feeding operation uses other than a liquid manure handling system;
• 82,000 laying hens, if the animal feeding operation uses other than a liquid manure handling system;
• 5,000 ducks, if the animal feeding operation uses a liquid manure handling system; or
• 30,000 ducks, if the animal feeding operation uses other than a liquid manure handling system.

(Resolution No. R-20-0011, March 10, 2020)

1. A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use permitted in this resolution, including one (1) main building together with its accessory buildings, the open spaces and parking spaces required by this resolution, and fronting upon a street, as herein defined, except for lots recorded in the Register of Deeds Office prior to the adoption of this resolution, which need not front on a public street. A lot may front upon a private roadway or have other frontage requirements if specifically provided in this title.
2. A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Lancaster County at the time of the adoption of this resolution, provided that said lot has a frontage of not less than forty (40) feet; or an irregular tract lot described by a deed recorded with the Register of Deeds for Lancaster County at the time of passage of this resolution; provided that if a lot has less width or area as required by this resolution, and if the ownership of this lot is or has been common with any contiguous land, the lot is not a buildable lot. A lot legally created under another jurisdiction and deemed buildable by that jurisdiction and subsequently converted to Lancaster County jurisdiction, shall be deemed buildable even though it may not meet the area, width or frontage or any combination thereof.  (Resolution No. R-18-0078, November 20, 2018) 

These accessory uses may include restaurants, agricultural education and training centers, agricultural tourism or sales of agricultural products not grown on site. (Resolution No. R-12-0023, March 20, 2012)

Except for special permit applications for Commercial Feedlots under Section 13.035(a) filed prior to March 10, 2020, Medium Animal Feeding Operation (Medium AFO) shall mean an AFO that confines or stables the type and number of animals in any of the following ranges:

• 200 to 699 mature dairy cows, whether milked or dry;
• 300 to 999 veal calves;
• 300 to 999 cattle other than mature dairy cows or veal calves. Cattle include but are not limited to heifers, steers, bulls, and cow/calf pairs;
• 750 to 2,499 swine each weighing 55 pounds or more;
• 3,000 to 9,999 swine each weighing less than 55 pounds;
• 150 to 499 horses;
• 3,000 to 9,999 sheep or lambs;
• 16,500 to 54,999 turkeys;
• 9,000 to 29,999 laying hens or broilers, if the animal feeding operation uses a liquid manure handling system;
• 37,500 to 124,999 chickens, other than laying hens, if the animal feeding operation uses other than a liquid manure handling system;
• 25,000 to 81,999 laying hens, if the animal feeding operation uses other than a liquid manure handling system;
• 1,500 to 4,999 ducks, if the animal feeding operation uses a liquid manure handling system; or
• 10,000 to 29,999 ducks, if the animal feeding operation uses other than a liquid manure handling system.

(Resolution No. R-20-0011, March 10, 2020)

1. Persons who appear showing specified anatomical areas.
2. Live performances that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the exposure, depiction or description of specific anatomical areas or the conduct or simulation of specified sexual activities.

Sexually oriented live entertainment establishment shall not include any theater, concert hall, art center, museum or similar establishment which is primarily devoted to the arts or theatrical performances and in which any of the circumstances contained in this section were permitted or allowed as part of such art exhibits or performance. (Resolution 00-129, October 13, 2000)

1. Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals; pubic region; anus; or female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areolae, but not including any portion of the cleavage of the female breast exhibited by a dress, blouse, shirt, leotard, bathing suit, or other wearing apparel, provided the areolae is not exposed.
2. Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered, or any device covering that, when worn, simulates male genitals in a discernibly turgid state. (Resolution 00-129, October 13, 2000)

1. Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus or female breasts.
2. Sex acts normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation or sodomy.
3. Masturbation, actual or simulated.
4. Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulations, arousal or tumescence.
5. Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the activities set forth in (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this section. (Resolution 00-129, October 13, 2000)