Richfield, NE
34 local rules on file · Pop. 42 · Sarpy County
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Richfield is an unincorporated community with a population of approximately 42 in Sarpy County, Nebraska. Because Richfield is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal government or city code. Instead, Sarpy County ordinances apply directly to residential and commercial properties here. The rules below are the county-level regulations that govern your area. Nearby incorporated cities in Sarpy County may have different rules.
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🏠 Short-Term Rentals
Noise Rules
Some RestrictionsShort-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…
Taxes & Fees
Some RestrictionsShort-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.
Short-Term Rental Permits
Few RestrictionsNebraska 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…
Occupancy Limits
Some RestrictionsNo 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…
Short-Term Rental Parking Rules
Few RestrictionsSarpy 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…
🔥 Fire Regulations
Fireworks
Some RestrictionsNebraska 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…
Outdoor Burning
Some RestrictionsNebraska 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…
Brush Clearance
Few RestrictionsNebraska 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…
🏗️ Accessory Structures
Garage Conversions
Some RestrictionsTurning 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…
ADU Rules
Some RestrictionsNebraska 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…
Tiny Homes
Some RestrictionsA 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…
Shed & Carport Rules
Few RestrictionsA 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…
🏊 Swimming Pools & Spas
Fencing & Safety Requirements
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated 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…
Pool Permits
Some RestrictionsAn 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…
🔑 Rental Property Rules
Just Cause Eviction
Few RestrictionsNebraska 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…
Rent Control
Few RestrictionsNebraska 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…
🚪 Soliciting & Door-to-Door
☀️ Solar Energy
HOA Restrictions
Few RestrictionsUnlike 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…
Panel Permits
Some RestrictionsRooftop solar in Sarpy County needs building and electrical permits plus an interconnection agreement with the utility, usually OPPD. Nebraska guarantees net metering for qualified…
🌍 Environmental Rules
Flood Zones
Heavy RestrictionsSarpy 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…
Coastal Development
Some RestrictionsNebraska 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…
📐 Building Setbacks & Zoning
Lot Coverage Limits
Some RestrictionsSarpy 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…
Structure Height Limits
Some RestrictionsSarpy 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…
Setback Rules
Some RestrictionsSarpy 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…
Other Communities in Sarpy County
These unincorporated areas are also governed by Sarpy County ordinances.