Property Maintenance in Nebraska (2026)
13 rules on the books across Nebraska, 5 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Property Blight
Standards for property appearance including peeling paint, broken windows, junk accumulation, and other conditions the city considers blight.
Blue Hill
Heavy RestrictionsA structurally unsafe building in Blue Hill is a declared public nuisance under § 3-405, covering everything from…
Read full rule →Lincoln
Heavy RestrictionsLincoln enforces property maintenance through nuisance abatement ordinances in the Lincoln Municipal Code. Properties…
Read full rule →Bellevue
Significant RestrictionsBellevue's Code of Ordinances Article III (Ch. 8) lets the city declare any building with severe structural defects…
Read full rule →Omaha
Some RestrictionsOmaha gives owners 90 days to fix a cited property-code violation before it becomes a prosecutable misdemeanor, with…
Read full rule →Vacant Lot Maintenance
Requirements for maintaining vacant or undeveloped land, including mowing, fencing, and preventing dumping and trespassing.
Bellevue
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, § 19-19 of the Bellevue Code of Ordinances places an affirmative duty on every…
Read full rule →Blue Hill
Some RestrictionsA filthy or trash-covered vacant lot is a declared nuisance in Blue Hill. Section 3-401(C)(4) names vacant lots, yards…
Read full rule →Lincoln
Some RestrictionsLincoln requires owners of vacant lots to maintain them free of tall weeds, overgrown vegetation, debris, and trash…
Read full rule →Omaha
Some RestrictionsOwners of vacant and occupied lots in Omaha must keep grass, weeds and nuisance vegetation under 12 inches tall or face…
Read full rule →Sarpy County
Some RestrictionsOwners of vacant lots in unincorporated Sarpy County must control noxious weeds under state law, enforced by the county…
Read full rule →Snow & Sidewalk Clearing
Your responsibility to clear snow and ice from sidewalks next to your property, including deadlines after a snowfall and penalties for not clearing.
Bellevue
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, section 28-134 requires owners and occupants to clear snow, ice, mud and slush from…
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Some RestrictionsBlue Hill occupants and owners must clear snow, sleet, mud and ice from abutting sidewalks. Business-district sidewalks…
Read full rule →Lincoln
Some RestrictionsLincoln requires property owners to clear sidewalk snow and ice by 9:00 a.m. the morning after a snowstorm; failure is…
Read full rule →Omaha
Some RestrictionsOwners and occupants must clear ice and snow from sidewalks within 24 hours after the city declares major-street snow…
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