Omaha, NE Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)
Key Facts
- Heating season
- Oct 1 to May 1
- Governing code
- 2018 IPMC via Ch. 48
- Enforcement agency
- Permits & Inspections Division
- Penalty for noncompliance
- Misdemeanor after 90-day notice
Summary
Omaha adopts the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code as its habitability standard and fixes a mandatory heat-supply season of October 1 through May 1 for every occupied structure, enforced by the permits and inspections division.
The International Property Maintenance Code, 2018 Edition, Chapters 2 through 8 inclusive, is hereby adopted and shall be considered the property maintenance code for the city. ... (d)Chapter 6, Section 602.3, "Heat supply." For the dates left blank therein, insert "from October 1 to May 1."(e)Chapter 6, Section 602.4, "Occupiable work spaces." For the dates left blank therein, insert "from October 1 to May 1."
Full Breakdown
Chapter 48 of the Omaha Municipal Code adopts the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, Chapters 2 through 8, as the city's property maintenance and habitability standard for every occupied building, covering required plumbing, ventilation, light, and mechanical systems. Section 48-112(d) fills in the IPMC's blank heating-season dates, locking Omaha's mandatory heat-supply period to October 1 through May 1 each year. Section 48-112(e) applies that same October 1 to May 1 window to occupiable work spaces. A rental that lacks required heating, sanitary, or ventilation facilities can be declared unfit for human occupancy under section 48-71.
Violations & Fines
Knowing failure to comply with a notice of violation for 90+ days is a misdemeanor under section 1-10. The code official may also sue to restrain, correct, or abate the violation or end an unlawful occupancy.
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