Planning and Zoning

In pursuance of and in compliance with the authority conferred to Nebraska counties by Section 23 of the Nebraska Statutes as amended, a Resolution was enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and welfare of the present and future inhabitants of Knox County and for implementation of the duly adopted Knox County Comprehensive Plan. The Resolution was 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 and lessening congestion in the streets or roads and reducing the waste of excessive amounts of roads.
2. 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.
3. Protecting light and air and preventing excessive concentration of population and excessive scattering of population or settlement.
4. 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.
5. Protecting the tax base and protecting property against blight and depreciation.
6. Securing economy in governmental expenditures.
7. Fostering the state’s agriculture, recreation, and other industries.
8. Encouraging the most appropriate use of land in the County, and;
9. Preserving, protecting, and enhancing historic buildings, places and districts.