Lancaster County, NE Building Setbacks & Zoning: Lot Coverage Limits (2026)

040 lets the Planning Commission approve a Heritage Center by special permit in the AG District, and it treats lot coverage differently depending on parcel size. More than one main building may be located on a lot only in conformance with the underlying district's height and area regulations, but once the parcel reaches thirty acres or more, the resolution adds a specific ceiling: all buildings combined cannot cover more than five percent of the total lot area. The same section restricts amusement-style uses on the site, prohibiting mechanical rides except for sightseeing vehicles, and sets a parking standard of one space for every 200 square feet of permanent retail and service floor area, plus an overflow lot providing three stalls for every acre inside the special permit boundary.

002. The five-percent cap functions as this use's lot-coverage limit precisely because a Heritage Center is expected to combine open, agriculturally-scaled grounds with a modest cluster of buildings rather than a dense commercial footprint, and the resolution enforces that expectation with a hard percentage rather than leaving coverage to the base district's general area rules alone.