5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
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In Lincoln, solid-waste containers must be sturdy, water-tight and fly-tight, hold no more than 32 gallons, and have a tight-fitting lid and handles (LMC 8.32.220). Property owners must furnish enough receptacles for all waste generated. Rural county residents follow their hauler's container rules.
Lincoln Municipal Code 8.32.220
A container or receptacle constructed of a metal treated to prevent rusting, or heavy duty plastic... with a matching overhanging, tight-fitting lid and provided with handles... shall be water-tight and fly-tight, having a capacity of not more than thirty-two gallons and shall be kept in serviceable conditions at all times.
Lincoln, the county seat and by far the largest city, enforces blight through the Nuisances chapter of the Lincoln Municipal Code (LMC 8.26), which bans accumulations of foul, decaying, or offensive matter. Unincorporated Lancaster County land is governed by county zoning and Nebraska nuisance law.
Lincoln Municipal Code 8.26.020
...deposit or to permit the accumulation of any foul, decaying, or putrescent substances or other offensive matter...
In Lincoln it is unlawful to throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private lot, whether you own it or not (LMC 8.22.200), and lot owners must keep premises free of litter and cut weeds over six inches. Unincorporated county lots fall under the Nebraska Noxious Weed Act.
Lincoln Municipal Code 8.22.200
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the city whether owned by such person or not.
Lincoln does not require a permit for an occasional residential garage or yard sale; the city treats them as an accessory home use. Sales cannot become an ongoing retail business, merchandise must stay on private property, and advertising signs must meet the temporary-sign rules in the zoning code.
In Lincoln every real-estate owner must cut weeds or worthless vegetation whenever it grows more than six inches above the ground (LMC 8.46.010). Owners get about five days after notice to comply or the city mows and bills them. Unincorporated county land follows the Nebraska Noxious Weed Act.
Lincoln Municipal Code 8.46.010
It shall be the duty of every owner of real estate in the city to cut and clear, or clear, such real estate, together with one-half of the streets and alleys abutting thereon, of all weeds or worthless vegetation whenever such weeds or worthless vegetation shall extend more than six inches above the ground.
1 cities in Lancaster County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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