ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 101 - TITLE

These regulations shall be known and referred to as the Zoning Resolution of Red Willow County, Nebraska.

SECTION 102 - JURISDICTION

The provisions of this Resolution shall apply within the boundaries of Red Willow County, Nebraska, excluding the land included, now or in the future, in the corporate limits of the incorporated municipalities within the County and any legally established planning and zoning jurisdictional areas of these municipalities, as defined on any Official Zoning Map of these municipalities.

SECTION 103 - PURPOSE

In pursuance of and in compliance with the authority conferred to Nebraska counties by Section 23 of the Nebraska Statutes as amended, this Resolution is enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and welfare of the present and future inhabitants of Red Willow County and for implementation of the duly adopted Red Willow County Comprehensive Plan.  This Resolution is also enacted to preserve and protect the customs and culture of the people of the County and the following specific purposes:

1) Developing both urban and non-urban areas;

2) Lessening congestion in the streets or roads and reducing the waste of excessive amounts of roads;

3) Securing safety from fire and other dangers and lessening or avoiding the hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from the accumulation or runoff of storm or flood waters;

4) Providing adequate light and air, preventing excessive concentration of population and excessive and wasteful scattering of population or settlement;

5) Promoting such distribution of population, such classification of land uses, and such distribution of land development as will assure adequate provisions for transportation, water flowage, water supply, drainage, sanitation, recreation, soil fertility, food supply, and other public requirements;

6) Protecting the tax base and protecting property against blight and depreciation;

7) Securing economy in governmental expenditures;

8) Fostering the state’s agriculture, recreation, and other industries, encouraging the most appropriate use of land in the County, and preserving, protecting, and enhancing historic buildings, places and districts.