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/ THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION of Hall <br /> County,Grand Island,Wood River and the Villages <br /> • of Aida,Cairo and Doniphan,Nebraksa <br /> October 8, 2015 <br /> Scott Arnold, Chair <br /> and Members of the Board <br /> 121 S. Pine St <br /> Grand Island NE 68801 <br /> Dear Chair& Members of the Board: <br /> RE: Amend Hall County Zoning Regulations <br /> At the regular meeting of the Regional Planning Commission, held October 7, 2015 the <br /> board reviewed the Proposal from the Hall County Board of Supervisors regarding <br /> possible amendments to the Zoning Regulations of Hall County,Nebraska, pursuant to <br /> Article 10, Section 10.01 of the Hall County Nebraska Zoning Resolution#04-0020. The <br /> proposed amendments relate to definitional sections and regulations for adult <br /> establishments and the land available to adult establishments as a permitted use, in AG-SI <br /> Special Agriculture/Industrial Zone, AG-SE Agriculture/Events Zone, LI Light Industrial <br /> District, and G-I General Industrial District, as well as harmonizing general penalty <br /> provisions in the existing regulations. The proposed amendments would affect Sections <br /> 2.03A, 2.03.11 through 2.03.20, 2.03.269, 2.03.389, 2.03.390, 4.06.01, 4.06.02, 4.07.01, <br /> 4.07.02, 4.14.01 to 4.14.03 (paragraph 5), 4.15.01 to 4.15.03 (paragraph 13), 6.08, 10.02, <br /> 10.03, and 11.01 of the existing regulations, and would add a new Section 3.29 Adult <br /> Entertainment Regulations, and a new Section 7.06 Remedies for Violation, Penalties, <br /> and Enforcement Generally. (C-01-2016HC) <br /> The new regulations would expand the amount of land zoned for adult-oriented business <br /> use from the current 300 acres in general and light industrial zoned land to nearly 9,000 <br /> acres. It added in the AG-SE Agricultural/Events and AG-SI Agriculture/Industrial Zone <br /> land that is at the former 20-square mile Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant west of <br /> Grand Island. <br /> The new regulations also make adult-oriented businesses a permitted use in those zoned <br /> area, meaning that adult-oriented business owners in those areas will no longer be subject <br /> to public hearings and conditional use permits. Their business will simply be allowed. <br /> However, the new regulations give more specificity to regulations adult-oriented <br /> businesses must follow. Some of the rules are: Alcohol is prohibited; they must be 1,000 <br /> feet away from houses, churches, schools, parks and recreational facilities; they must be <br /> Phone(308)385-5240 P.O.BOX 1968-CITY HALL Fax(308)385-5423 <br /> GRAND ISLAND,NEBRASKA 68802-1968 <br />