Regulations
Is your project in Sarpy County's jurisdiction?
Visit www.sarpy.gov/jurisdiction to check. Sarpy County Zoning and Building Jurisdiction includes all areas outside of current Municipal Limits and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction which are the colored areas of the map. If your project is within a municipalities zoning and building jurisdiction please reach out directly to them. Municipalities within Sarpy County are Papillion, Gretna, Bellevue, Springfield, or La Vista
- Zoning Regulations
- Building Codes
- Comprehensive Plan
- Subdivision Regulations
- Nuisance Regulations
- Stormwater Information
- Floodplain Information
Zoning Regulations
- Section 1: General (PDF)
- Section 2: Administration and Enforcement (PDF)
- Section 3: General Requirements (PDF)
- Section 4: Non-Conforming Uses (PDF)
- Section 5: Interpretation (PDF)
- Section 6: Zoning Map (PDF)
- Section 7: Boundaries of Zoning Districts (PDF)
- Section 8: Establishment of Districts (PDF)
- Section 9: AG - Agricultural Farming (PDF)
- Section 10: AGD - Agricultural Development (PDF)
- Section 11: AGR - Agricultural Residential (PDF)
- Section 12: RE2 - Residential Estates II (PDF)
- Section 13: RE1 - Residential Estates I (PDF)
- Section 14: RS-100 - Single Family Residential (PDF)
- Section 15: RS-72 - Single Family Residential (PDF)
- Section 16: RD-50 - Two Family Residential (PDF)
- Section 17: RG-35 - General Residential (PDF)
- Section 18: RG-15 - General Residential (PDF)
- Section 19: RMH - Mobile Home Residential (PDF)
- Section 20: BG - General Business (PDF)
- Section 21: BGH - Heavy General Business (PDF)
- Section 22: IL - Light Industrial (PDF)
- Section 23: IGM - General Manufacturing (PDF)
- Section 24: MU - Mixed Use District (PDF)
- Section 25: AP - Airport District (PDF)
- Section 26: AA - Airport Approach Zone (PDF)
- Section 27: PD - Planned Development (PDF)
- Section 28: PTD - Planned Townhouse Development (PDF)
- Section 29: FP - Floodplain District (PDF)
- Section 30: CD - Conservation Development Overlay (PDF)
- Section 31: HC - Highway Corridor Overlay (PDF)
- Section 32: BTA - Build-Through Acreage Overlay (PDF)
- Section 33: Violations (PDF)
- Section 34: Supplementary Regulations (PDF)
- Section 35: Wireless Tower Regulations (PDF)
- Section 36: Landscaping Regulations (PDF)
- Section 37: Stormwater Management Regulations (PDF)
- Section 38: Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements (PDF)
- Section 39: Signs (PDF)
- Section 40: Special Use Permits (PDF)
- Section 41: Wind and Solar Energy Regulations (PDF)
- Section 42: Board of Adjustment (PDF)
- Section 43: Amendments and Rezoning (PDF)
- Section 44: Definitions (PDF)
- Section 45: Sexually Oriented Business Zoning Regulations (PDF)
- Section 46: Utility Scale Power Generation Facility
The zoning regulations were adopted by Zoning Regulations Update Resolution 2022-241 (PDF) on September 13, 2022.
Sarpy County Building Codes
Sarpy County Board of Commissioners recently adopted the 2012 International Building Code with amendments, 2012 International Residential Code with amendments, 2012 International Plumbing, Mechanical, and Fuel Gas Code. View Resolution 2016-449 (PDF) to review the amendments and learn more.
Effective July 1, 2020, per State of Nebraska Legislative Bill 405, Sarpy County is following the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code.
International Codes
- 2012 International Building Code, with amendments
- 2012 International Fuel Gas Code
- 2012 International Mechanical Code
- 2012 International Plumbing Code
- 2012 International Residential Code, with amendments
- 2017 National Electrical Code
- 2018 International Energy Conservation Code
Copies of these codes are available to be viewed at the Sarpy County Building Department, but may not be removed from our Department.