Lancaster County, NE Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)

005 of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Zoning Resolution governs signs in the AG Agricultural and AGR Agricultural Residential Districts, and it flatly states that no sign may be permitted which contains, includes, or is illuminated by any flashing, intermittent, or moving light or lights or any animated or moving parts, which rules out digital message boards and video billboards in those districts regardless of size. On-premise signs in AG and AGR are otherwise capped at 60 square feet, and roadside signs are limited to one square foot per ten linear feet of highway frontage.

007. That permit expires automatically ten years after issuance and is renewable. Off-premises signs must sit at least 600 feet from any other off-premises sign, 600 feet from a school, college, park or cemetery, 150 feet from any residential district, and 600 feet from a designated sensitivity zone such as a historic district, historic landmark, bike trail or the Capitol environs. , must be controlled by an automatic timer, and must use down-lighting. An abandoned off-premises sign, one carrying no copy on any face for six straight months, must come down within ten days of the abandonment date.