City of Lincoln
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Use Groups
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It has been 30 years since the last major update of the City of Lincoln Zoning Ordinance. Today's Ordinance still reflects the land use structure of the Zoning Ordinance when it was first adopted in the 1950's. Since 1979, the Zoning Ordinance has been amended over 530 times. All of these amendments have produced a document that can be confusing, inconsistent and at times difficult to interpret which often leads to significant staff time spent on interpretation and numerous delays to private parties.
To address this issue, staff has looked at the way other communities have formatted their codes to make them more user friendly. The format that should work best with our existing code is called Use Groups. This format allows all use types to be categorized by group. The use can then either be regulated as part of a group or as an individual use depending on local community values.
The Use Groups proposal addresses many of the past problems while streamlining the Ordinance and the process significantly by:
This is not a change to the type of zoning code Lincoln has, it is simply an effort to reformat the existing code to make it more user friendly.
Use Groups has been tentatively rescheduled for Public Hearing at Planning Commission on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in Hearing Room 112 on the 1st floor of the County-City Building, 555 S. 10th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.
If you have any questions, please contact Christy Eichorn at 402-441-7603 or ceichorn@lincoln.ne.gov
To submit comments on Use Groups, click on the button below.
Proposed Changes to Lincoln Municipal Code, Title 27
The following is a file for all the proposed Title 27 and Design Standards changes noted above, combined into one file. It is 285 pages long.
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