This chapter is known as the “Scottsbluff Zoning Code” and may be cited by that name.

(Ord. 3639, passed - -2000)

   The City Council finds that the regulations contained in the Scottsbluff Zoning Code are necessary to:

   (A)   Encourage the most appropriate use of land;

   (B)   Lessen congestion in the streets;

   (C)   Secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers;

   (D)   Provide adequate light and air and freedom from undue noise;

   (E)   Prevent overcrowding of land;

   (F)   Avoid undue concentration of population;

   (G)   Facilitate adequate provision for transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements;

   (H)   Protect properly from blight and depreciation;

   (I)   Protect the basis for taxation and secure economy in government; and

   (J)   Promote health, safety, morals, and the general welfare.

(Ord. 3639, passed - -2000)

   The purposes of this Zoning Code are to:

   (A)   Promote health, safety, morals, and the general welfare of the community;

   (B)   Regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures;

   (C)   Regulate and restrict percentage of a lot or tract of land that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, and the density of population;

   (D)   Regulate and restrict the locations and use of buildings, structures, lots, and tracts of land for trade industry, residence, or other purposes;

   (E)   Divide the area subject to this chapter into zones of the shape, size, and number which will best effectuate this code; and

   (F)   Provide for effective enforcement of this chapter.

(Ord. 3639, passed - -2000)

   (A)   As authorized by Neb. RS Chapter 16, Article 9, as such statutes may exist and may be subsequently amended, the city does hereby declare that all existing and future zoning regulations, property use regulations, building ordinances, electrical ordinances, plumbing ordinances, and ordinances authorized by Neb. RS 16-240 are effective within the following described area, which area includes the entire city and certain areas outside the city: beginning at the intersection of South Broadway Avenue and the North Platte River, proceeding west along the north bank of the North Platte River to the Mitchell/Gering Canal, then generally west along the Mitchell/Gering Canal to the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad, then northwest along the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad to West 20th Street extended west, then east along West 20th Street extended west to the east bank of the North Platte River, then north along the east bank of the North Platte River to Tubb Springs Creek, then north along Tubb Springs Creek to Farmstead Road, then east along Farmstead Road to County Road 19, then north along County Road 19 to County Road H, then east along County Road H to County Road 20, then north along County Road 20 to the Tri-State Canal, then generally east along the Tri-State Canal to County Road G, then east along County Road G to the Dunham Andrew Drain, then south and east along the Dunham Andrew Drain to Winters Creek Canal, then south and west along Winters Creek Canal to Enterprise Drive, then south along Enterprise Drive to Winters Creek Canal, then east and south along Winters Creek Canal to County Road 25, then south on County Road 25 to County Road M, then west on County Road M to the half section line which separates the west and east halves of Section 32, Township 22 North, Range 54 West of the 6th P.M., Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, then south on this half-section line to the north bank of the North Platte River, then generally west along the north bank of the North Platte River to the point of beginning.

   (B)   Real property contiguous or adjacent to the existing corporate limits of the city which is hereafter annexed to the city by ordinance shall be included in the corporate limits of the city and subject to all existing and future zoning regulations, property use regulations, building ordinances, electrical ordinances, plumbing ordinances, and ordinances authorized by Neb. RS 16-240.

(Ord. 3930, passed - -2007; Ord. 4325, passed 3-18-2024; Ord. 4329, passed 5-6-2024)

   The boundaries of the zoning districts created in this chapter are shown on the zoning district map which is made a part of this municipal code. The zoning district map and all information shown thereon shall have the same force and effect as if fully set forth and described herein. The official zoning district map shall be identified by the signature of the Mayor, attested by the City Clerk under the following statement: this is to certify that this is the official zoning district map described in § 25-1-4 of the Scottsbluff Municipal Code, passed this 29th day of April, 2024.

(Ord. 4113, passed - -2013; Ord. 4118, passed - -2014; Ord. 4119, passed - -2014; Ord. 4144, passed - -2015; Ord. 4165, passed - -2015; Ord. 4168, passed - -; Ord. 4220, passed 9-5-2017; Ord. 4230, passed 6-4-2018; Ord. 4236, passed 9-17-2018; Ord. 4242, passed 1-7-2019; Ord. 4249, passed 10-7-2019; Ord. 4257, passed 1-2-2021; Ord. 4259, passed 6-21-2021; Ord. 4265, passed 11-1-2021; Ord. 4274, passed 2-7-2022; Ord. 4275, passed 2-7-2022; Ord. 4279, passed 4-4-2022; Ord. 4281, passed 6-6-2022; Ord. 4282, passed 6-20-2022; Ord. 4289, passed 10-3-2022; Ord. 4297, passed 1-17-2023; Ord. 4317, passed 12-4-2023; Ord. 4319, passed 1-2-2024; Ord. 4322, passed 3-4-2024; Ord. 4323, passed 3-4-2024; Ord. 4328, passed 4-29-2024)