Omaha, NE Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

Chapter 55's site development regulations table for each residential district lists exact minimum setbacks in feet, not vague buffer language. In the R2 single-family residential (low-density) district, a detached single-family home needs a 40-foot front yard, a 10-foot interior side yard (20 feet if the opposite lot uses a zero lot line), a 20-foot street side yard on corner lots, and a 25-foot rear yard. Every other residential and commercial district (R1, R3 through R7, AG, DR, and beyond) carries its own numbers in the same table format at its respective code section, so the required setback depends on which zoning district the lot sits in. The planning department enforces these figures at building permit review before construction can begin.