Bellevue, NE Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)

Bellevue Code of Ordinances § 15-21, in Chapter 15's enforcement article, authorizes and directs the Permits and Inspections Department to enter and inspect dwellings, dwelling units, rooming units, nursing units, hotel units and their premises within the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, whenever necessary to determine their condition and safeguard the health, safety and welfare of occupants and the general public. The officer may enter, examine and survey at all reasonable times, and the section places a matching duty on the other side: the owner, occupant or person in charge of the dwelling must give the department free access at all reasonable times for that inspection, examination and survey. § 15-22 extends the same access duty horizontally between private parties, requiring every occupant of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, nursing unit or hotel unit to let the owner, operator or their agents in to inspect, maintain, repair or alter the unit as needed to comply with Chapter 15 or with any order issued under it.

When an inspection turns up a violation, § 15-23 requires the department to put its notice in writing, describe the property, state the reason for the notice and give a reasonable time to act, served on the owner, operator or occupant personally, by leaving it with a household member at least 14 years old, by certified mail, or by posting it on the dwelling if those methods fail. § 15-24 then gives the recipient ten days to petition for a hearing before the notice automatically becomes a binding order, or before a suspended permit is automatically revoked.