Sarpy County, NE Ordinances (2026)

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…

Nebraska sets no countywide decibel limit, so unincorporated Sarpy County enforces excessive noise as disturbing the peace under state law. Papillion caps residential sound at 70 dBA…

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 allows only 1.4G consumer fireworks, and Sarpy County plus its cities each set their own discharge dates and hours around July 4 and New Year's. Flying sky lanterns are banned…

Nebraska bans open burning of bonfires, rubbish, and land-clearing fires statewide, but your local fire chief can waive the ban by issuing an open burning permit. Burning trash…

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…

On Sarpy County streets, Nebraska law bars stopping or parking within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, twenty feet of a crosswalk, and fifty feet of a railroad crossing. Cities set…

No Sarpy County city bans a dog breed. Bellevue considered an Omaha-style pit-bull muzzle law in 2021 and voted it down. Dogs are judged by behavior under Nebraska's dangerous-dog…

Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, and Gretna require door-to-door commercial solicitors to get a city permit, often with a background check and ID badge. Statewide, a buyer may cancel a…

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…

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…

A small shed skips the building permit in unincorporated Sarpy County: the adopted 2018 IRC exempts one-story detached accessory buildings of 200 square feet or less. Zoning still caps…

Owners of vacant lots in unincorporated Sarpy County must control noxious weeds under state law, enforced by the county weed control authority, and keep the lot clear of dumped waste…

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…

Parks across Sarpy County close after dark, whether run by the county, the NRD, or a city. Remaining after posted hours is second degree criminal trespass under Neb. Rev. Stat. §…

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…

An above-ground pool gets no pass in unincorporated Sarpy County. Section 34.9.3 applies the same 60-inch barrier and 4-inch-gap rules to any outdoor pool 24 inches or more deep, and a…

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…

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 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…

Sarpy County has no single countywide lawn-height number. On unincorporated lots, tall growth is handled as a nuisance and through the county Noxious Weed Control Authority. Cities…

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 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…