Bellevue, NE

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, only city-licensed retailers may sell consumer fireworks, and discharge is confined to three narrow windows around July 4th and New Year's. Flying…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Section 12-42(B) sets the geographic limits used by the adopted International Fire Code's LP-gas storage rule, designating the entire city as the…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, open burning is banned under state law and Section 12-173, and only the fire chief can waive that ban and issue a permit. Every open fire allowed…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Section 12-176 sets detailed standards for outdoor fireplaces such as fire pits and chimeneas: a 15-foot clearance from combustible material, a…

Nebraska sets no defensible-space or brush-clearance mandate around homes, so clearing is largely up to the owner and any city nuisance code. The regulated step is disposal: burning…

Nebraska imposes a statewide open burning ban on bonfires, outdoor rubbish fires, and land-clearing fires under Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-520.01. Only a local fire chief can waive it by…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Section 15-86 of the Housing Code requires every retaining wall on a premises to be kept in a reasonably good state of repair, alongside sidewalks…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, the city struck the standard building-code exemption that lets fences under six feet go up without a permit. Because § 8-18.5(A)(2) deletes that…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, the city limits and jurisdictional area ban barbed wire fences and electrified fence wire outright under § 8-29. A narrow exception lets cemeteries…

Nebraska is unusual: its division-fence law makes adjoining landowners share a boundary fence in equal parts unless they agree otherwise. It reaches Sarpy County's farmland, and before…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, leaving a vehicle parked on a public street for a long, continuous stretch is banned once it interferes with traffic or street maintenance enough to…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, backing a vehicle up to an angled curb to load or unload merchandise requires a special permit from the public works director. Without a permit, that…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, a recreational vehicle, trailer or boat may be stored at a home only inside an enclosed structure, in the side or rear yard on a hard surface set…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, no one may stop, stand or park a vehicle where it blocks a driveway or alley, sits within two feet of a driveway opening, within 15 feet of a fire…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, the mayor can declare a snow emergency and prohibit parking on some or all city streets until plowing is finished. Franklin Street between Mission…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, a truck, semi-trailer, tractor or truck tractor rated five tons or more that is wider than eight feet or longer than 21 feet cannot park on any city…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, the city won't issue a building permit for a new residence unless the building plans include an adequate driveway running from the street to the…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 19-40 of the Bellevue Code of Ordinances declares any nonoperable, wrecked, junked or partially dismantled vehicle on a lot a public nuisance, and…

Nebraska regulates tows from private restricted parking lots at Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 60-2401 to 60-2411. You may be charged only the reasonable cost of towing and storage, the tower must…

Bellevue does not require pet owners to spay or neuter their animals, but City Code § 6-40 charges a differential fee: a dog or cat is presumed unaltered unless the owner shows the…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, City Code § 6-23 makes it unlawful to own, keep or harbor more than three dogs and/or cats over six months old per residential or dwelling unit…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, caring for a feral cat colony without owning the cats requires a feral cat colony caretaker permit under City Code § 6-57. Permit holders may keep up…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, a grooming shop, defined in City Code § 6-0 as a commercial establishment where animals are bathed, clipped, plucked or groomed, is a 'commercial…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, keeping bees outside agriculturally zoned land requires a permit from the Department of Permits and Inspections under City Code § 6-115. Section…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, §§ 6-101 through 6-108 require pet shops and every other commercial animal establishment, plus animal shelters, to hold an annual city permit, submit…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 6-2 bans letting chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys or other fowl run at large anywhere in the city, and § 6-3 separately bans herding, picketing…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 6-4 flatly bans keeping any wild animal, monkeys, raccoons, skunks, foxes, venomous snakes, leopards, tigers, lions and more, as a pet, and only…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 6-17 requires every dog and cat owner to keep the animal under restraint, on a leash or lead or within the owner's own property, at all times, to…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 6-18 regulates dangerous dogs by documented behavior, not breed: any dog that has bitten, seriously injured or been formally declared dangerous or…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, dogs a court finds dangerous, or the animal control authority finally determines potentially dangerous, must be spayed or neutered and microchipped…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, City Code § 6-20 bans constant, excessive barking, howling or yowling by a dog or cat that annoys the neighborhood. The licensing authority may…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 20-16 of the Bellevue Code of Ordinances bans operating a radio, speaker, stereo system or other sound-amplifying device so loud it is plainly…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Code § 20-17 makes it unlawful to yell, shout, hoot, whistle or sing on public streets, particularly between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or at any hour…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Code § 20-19 confines building erection, demolition, alteration, repair and related excavation to 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays. Work outside…

Bellevue Code § 20-18(C) does not set blower hours; instead it makes it unlawful to run any noise-creating blower, power fan or internal combustion engine in the city unless the noise…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Code § 20-18(A)-(B) bars discharging vehicle or engine exhaust without an effective muffler and operating a vehicle so out of repair or loaded that…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, a one-story detached accessory building used as a tool or storage shed, playhouse, or similar structure needs no building permit if its footprint is…

Turning a garage into living space is permitted work in Sarpy County. The adopted 2018 IRC treats the change of use as habitable construction, so a building permit and inspection for…

Nebraska has no statewide ADU mandate: the proposed LB 1166 was never enacted. In unincorporated Sarpy County an accessory dwelling is a zoning question, decided through the county's…

A tiny home's status in Sarpy County turns on its foundation. On a permanent foundation it is a dwelling under the adopted 2018 IRC; on wheels it is a titled RV that county zoning does…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, a small above-ground swimming pool at a one- or two-family home doesn't need a building permit under § 8-18.5(A)(3), but only if it's under 20 feet…

Unincorporated Sarpy County sets a taller bar than the base building code: Section 34.9.3 requires every outdoor pool to be fully enclosed by a fence or wall at least 60 inches high…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, a healthy street tree cannot be removed without permission from the City Tree Board under Bellevue Code § 29.5-26(D). Approved removals require a…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, grass, noxious weeds and worthless vegetation over 12 inches tall on any lot are a declared public nuisance under Bellevue Code of Ordinances §…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, section 28-13 requires owners and occupants abutting a sidewalk, street or alley to keep tree branches trimmed to at least eight feet above the…

Short-term rental guests follow the same noise rules as any resident. Nebraska requires cities to treat STRs like similar properties, so Papillion's 55 dBA overnight limit and the…

Short-term stays in Sarpy County carry 5.5% state sales tax, 1% state lodging tax, and the county's 4% lodging tax, about 10.5% total on stays under 30 days.

Nebraska law bars Sarpy County cities from banning short-term rentals (LB 57). No countywide STR permit exists. Bellevue requires only a registration notice for rentals in multifamily…

No countywide occupancy cap applies to Sarpy County short-term rentals, but cities must treat them like similar homes. Bellevue caps STR use at five units, or 20% of a development, in…

Sarpy County has no special short-term-rental parking mandate. Nebraska limits STR regulation to health and safety, so guests follow the same street and driveway parking rules as any…

Nebraska's Cottage Food Act lets a Sarpy County resident make and sell many homemade foods direct to consumers after a free registration with the Department of Agriculture. There is no…

Nebraska requires state licensing for family child care homes serving four or more unrelated children. The Department of Health and Human Services administers uniform standards that…

Nebraska issues no microenterprise home kitchen permit, and it does not need to, because the Nebraska Pure Food Act simply writes small home meal operations out of the definition of a…

Bellevue's Code of Ordinances Article III (Ch. 8) lets the city declare any building with severe structural defects, such as 33 percent or more damage to a supporting member, or 50…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 19-19 of the Bellevue Code of Ordinances places an affirmative duty on every owner, agent, tenant or occupant of any lot, improved or not, to cut…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, section 28-134 requires owners and occupants to clear snow, ice, mud and slush from abutting sidewalks within 24 hours after a storm ends, or the…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, the Permits and Inspections Department may enter and inspect any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, nursing unit or hotel unit, including rental…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, no sexually oriented business may open without a license from the planning director, and it must sit in a BG general business zoning district at…

Every retailer selling cigars, tobacco, cigarettes or cigarette materials in Bellevue must hold an annual license from the city clerk under § 11-3, applied for each January, with the…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Code § 22-2 requires every pawnbroker to obtain a permit from the city before doing business, filing an application with the City Clerk's Office that…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, every rented dwelling unit must have a working kitchen sink, toilet and bath, and landlords who supply heat must keep units at 70 degrees by day and…

Nebraska requires no just cause to end a tenancy. Under the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, a landlord may end a month-to-month tenancy with thirty days' written notice…

Nebraska has no rent control, and neither Sarpy County nor Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, or Gretna may create it. As a Dillon's Rule state, Nebraska never delegated rent-regulation…

Under Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1431, nonpayment of rent requires a 7-day written notice to pay or vacate before a landlord may terminate. A material lease breach requires written notice…

Under Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1423 a landlord may enter a rental only at reasonable times after giving the tenant at least one day's notice of intent to enter. Entry is allowed for…

Under Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1437, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy with at least 30 days' written notice before the periodic rental date, and a week-to-week tenancy with at…

Nebraska caps a security deposit at one month's rent, plus a pet deposit of up to one-fourth of a month's rent. Under Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1416, a landlord must mail the balance and a…

Nebraska requires 10 years of adverse possession to claim title under Neb. Rev. Stat. 25-202. A squatter must hold the land in an actual, continuous, exclusive, open and notorious, and…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, owners of buildings with two or more dwelling units must exterminate rodents and other pests infesting shared areas or multiple units, while…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, refuse containers must hold between 10 and 35 gallons and stay closed tightly so wind cannot scatter contents onto streets and alleys. On collection…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, the city council reserves the exclusive right to collect residential garbage, either directly or through a contracted hauler, and anyone else who…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Chapter 13 of the Code of Ordinances does not require residents to separate recyclables from household garbage. Under § 13-37, ordinary rubbish may…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Section 13-4 bans dumping garbage, ashes, rubbish, dead animals, excavated dirt, tree limbs, leaves, grass clippings or anything injurious to health…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Section 13-22 reserves the exclusive right to collect residential garbage to the city, which contracts with a hauler for the service. Section 13-31…

No county bulk pickup exists in unincorporated Sarpy County. Arrange large-item removal through your hauler or self-haul to the Sarpy County Transfer Station. Dumping trash on the…

Nebraska's Integrated Solid Waste Management Act sets statewide waste-reduction goals, bans certain materials from landfills, and requires permitted disposal. Local recycling programs…

Before any electrical apparatus goes into a Bellevue building, § 10-46 requires a permit and inspection under the Uniform Administrative Code, with fees set by the city's fee schedule…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, anyone doing permit-covered construction work applies at the Permits and Inspections Department under § 8-19, which keeps every application on…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, the city amended its adopted 2021 International Residential Code to drop the automatic fire sprinkler mandate. Under § 8-18.6(G), (O), and (Q)…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, no licensed plumber may do plumbing work in the city or its two-mile zoning jurisdiction without a plumbing permit from the city under Bellevue Code…

Bellevue taxes every hotel operator 5.5 percent of the basic room rental rate per occupied night under § 11-121, with HOTEL defined broadly under § 11-122 to include motels…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, riding roller skates, a coaster, or a similar toy vehicle on any roadway is prohibited except to cross at a marked crosswalk, where the rider gets a…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 19-103 of the Bellevue Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful for an owner, lessee, resident, manager or proprietor to knowingly host loud or…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 20-13 of the Bellevue Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate, or attempt to, on any public street, sidewalk, alley, park or…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Code of Ordinances § 4-14 makes it unlawful to consume alcoholic liquor in public parks, streets, alleys, parking areas, roads, highways, or inside a…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, the City Council may name individual trees "historical trees" on the recommendation of the seven-member City Tree Board created by Chapter 29.5. Once…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, street and park trees must follow the City Tree Board's planting rules under Bellevue Code § 29.5-25: ANSI A300 planting standards, a 35-foot…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, propane and charcoal grills are regulated as open-flame cooking devices under the city's amended International Fire Code rather than as outdoor…

Bellevue has no ad valorem vacancy tax, but the City of Bellevue, Nebraska requires owners of vacant residential or commercial property to register with the City Clerk under § 19-111…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 20-3 of the Bellevue Code of Ordinances bars anyone under 18 from being on a street, alley or public place after 10:00 p.m. unless accompanied by a…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Code § 21-23 closes all city park, playground and cemetery areas to the public at 10:00 p.m. daily unless otherwise posted. The parks superintendent…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 5-36 of the Code of Ordinances requires a city license before anyone runs a carnival, festival, craft show, concert or other public event, unless…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, groups larger than 30 people must apply in advance to the parks superintendent before holding a picnic, meeting or other gathering in a city park…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Code § 23-1 makes it unlawful for any peddler, solicitor, street vendor, mobile vendor or transient merchant to do business without first securing a…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, door-to-door solicitors may only call at private residences between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. under Bellevue Code of Ordinances Section 23-24(A), and…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, licensed street vendors and mobile food vendors may not sell in public streets, rights-of-way, or from street medians, and Bellevue Code of…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, licensed street vendors and mobile food vendors may not block, obstruct, or unduly hinder passage on public sidewalks or passageways. Bellevue Code…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, anyone operating a food truck or cart must first hold a mobile vendor license from the City Clerk under Bellevue Code of Ordinances Section 23-1, pay…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, section 28-6 bars erecting or leaving any stand, wagon or other obstruction on a street or public sidewalk that inconveniences public use, with a…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, section 28-27 puts the duty to keep abutting sidewalks in good, safe repair on the property owner, and the city council can order repairs done within…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, section 28-76 makes it unlawful to cut into any paving, curb or sidewalk, or to excavate in the public right-of-way, without a permit from the public…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, Chapter 27.5 bans dumping anything but clean stormwater into the municipal storm sewer system. Bellevue enforces the rule jointly with Omaha, Douglas…

In the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, grading, clearing or excavation that disturbs enough land to need a state NPDES construction stormwater permit also requires a city grading permit…

Sarpy County enforces FEMA floodplain standards through Section 29 of its zoning regulations. A floodplain development permit is required before building or filling in a mapped special…

Nebraska is landlocked, so no coastal law applies. Building near the Platte River, Missouri River, or the Papillion Creek system instead triggers county floodplain permits and federal…

Growing cannabis at home is illegal in Nebraska and in Sarpy County. Voters legalized only medical use in November 2024, with no home-grow right. Possessing an ounce or less is a civil…

Unlike many states, Nebraska has no law stopping a homeowners association from restricting rooftop solar. A 2024 bill to void HOA solar bans died in committee, so a Sarpy County HOA's…

Rooftop solar in Sarpy County needs building and electrical permits plus an interconnection agreement with the utility, usually OPPD. Nebraska guarantees net metering for qualified…

Sarpy County limits building coverage to 40 percent of a residential lot and 75 percent in other districts under Zoning Regulation Section 34.7.1. Attached and two-family homes in the…

Sarpy County caps building height by zoning district. In the unincorporated AG district, dwellings are limited to 35 feet, other permitted uses to 65 feet, and accessory buildings to…

Sarpy County zones its unincorporated land and sets minimum yards district by district. In the AG district, dwellings must sit 100 feet from the front line, 50 feet from the sides, and…

Nebraska voters approved Initiative 436 in 2024, creating statewide paid sick leave effective October 1, 2025. The Healthy Families and Workplaces Act sits in Neb. Rev. Stat. chapter…

Since LB 77 took effect September 2, 2023, any Nebraska resident 21 or older who is not a prohibited person may carry a concealed handgun without a permit. Optional Concealed Handgun…

Nebraska law preempts cities, villages, and counties from adopting most firearms regulations. Neb. Rev. Stat. 17-556 and 18-1703, broadened by LB 77 in 2023, reserve gun policy to the…

Nebraska does not require a permit to openly carry a firearm by adults who can lawfully possess one. State preemption under Neb. Rev. Stat. 18-1703 limits local restrictions, but…

Nebraska allows lawful adults to carry handguns in vehicles, openly or concealed, without a permit after LB 77 (2023). Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-1202 and 69-2441 govern vehicle carry, with…

Nebraska bans casino-style games of chance everywhere except inside a licensed racetrack enclosure under the Racetrack Gaming Act. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-1102 permits games of chance…

Nebraska's Charitable Gaming Division, created inside the Department of Revenue by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-1,101, is the single regulator for every form of nonprofit gambling in the state…

Nebraska's gambling statute defines the offense so broadly that a private poker night or friendly bet counts: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1101(4) exempts only lawful business deals…

Nebraska's Racetrack Gaming Act allows sports wagering only inside licensed racetrack casinos: every bet has to go through a sportsbook window or wagering kiosk in the designated…

Nebraska has no general HOA assessment statute. For condominiums, the Nebraska Condominium Act gives the association a lien for unpaid common expenses that may be foreclosed like a…

For condominiums, the Nebraska Condominium Act governs the executive board (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-861) and requires records to be 'reasonably available for examination by any unit…

Nebraska sets no dollar ceiling on association fines. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-860(a)(11) lets a condominium unit owners association levy "reasonable fines" for violations of the…

The Nebraska Legislature has never enacted a sobriety checkpoint statute. A keyword search of the entire Nebraska Revised Statutes and the state Constitution on the Legislature's own…

Nebraska has no statute that creates an express right to record police, and equally none that makes recording an offense or imposes a stand-back distance. What governs is the…

Neb. Rev. Stat. 29-829 lets a peace officer stop any person in a public place whom the officer reasonably suspects of committing, having committed or being about to commit a crime, and…

No Nebraska statute obliges a driver to consent to a search, and none makes refusal an offense or evidence of anything. Neb. Rev. Stat. 29-817 is the provision that matters: it…

Nebraska runs golf carts and low-speed vehicles on two separate statutory tracks and the difference is large. A golf car vehicle may only be driven on a public street where the city…

Nebraska counties zone agricultural land under Neb. Rev. Stat. 23-114 to 23-114.05 and the Livestock Operation Siting and Expansion Act, while the Right to Farm Act protects existing…

Nebraska's Right to Farm Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. 2-4401 to 2-4404, presumes that established farm and livestock operations are not nuisances if they were lawful when started and…

Nebraska state law prohibits placing political campaign signs or any signs on state highway and interstate right-of-way. The Department of Transportation enforces this rule statewide…

Nebraska does not impose a statewide plastic bag ban or fee. Local authority over plastic carryout bags is shaped by general municipal home rule and recycling statutes; legislative…

Nebraska prohibits selling or furnishing cigarettes, vape products, and other tobacco to anyone under age 21. Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-1419 makes such a sale a Class III misdemeanor…

Nebraska allows a motor vehicle no more than two auxiliary driving lights, mounted on the front between twelve and forty-two inches above the surface the vehicle stands on, and each…

Nebraska has no statute naming dash cams, camera mounts or navigation screens. A windshield-mounted camera is governed by Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,256, which bans an object placed or hung…

Lane splitting and lane filtering are both illegal in Nebraska. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,308(3) says no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent…

Nebraska has no statute naming license plate covers, and it does not need one. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-399(3) requires every letter, numeral and identification mark on the plate to be…

Nebraska's device statute, Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,274 to 60-6,277, reaches a radar transmission device, which section 60-6,274(1) defines as a mechanism designed to interfere with the…

Nebraska permits metal or metal-type tire studs only between November 1 and April 1. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,250(2) starts from a flat ban on any stud, cleat, spike or other non-rubber…

Nebraska requires at least 35 percent light transmission through the front side windows and at least 20 percent through the rear window and the side windows behind the front seat, and…