Bellevue Permit Guide
Bellevue is Nebraska's oldest city and sits directly against Offutt Air Force Base — federal land outside municipal jurisdiction — with a housing stock shaped for decades by the base's personnel cycle.
Buffalo County Permit Guide
Buffalo County is the smallest jurisdiction in the Nebraska band and the one where the state's default framework shows most plainly — on rural land here, what needs a permit at all is a question answered locally rather than by any statewide rule.
Douglas County Permit Guide
Douglas County permits from a west-side office rather than the downtown civic centre — a deliberate placement, since the unincorporated land it serves lies almost entirely west of Omaha's boundary as the city has annexed outward.
Grand Island Permit Guide
Grand Island shares an address with the Hall County Regional Planning Department — two functions in one building, one issuing the building permit and the other administering zoning for the city, the county and the smaller towns together.
Hall County Permit Guide
Hall County plans regionally — one department administering zoning and subdivision for the county, Grand Island and the smaller towns together — which is unusual in Nebraska and removes a boundary question that occupies most counties.
Kearney Building Permit Guide
Everything contractors, builders, and developers need to get a building permit in Kearney, Nebraska - requirements, local filing path, fees, trade permits, contractor registration, and inspections.
Lancaster County Permit Guide
Lancaster County and the City of Lincoln plan jointly from the same building — but planning jointly is not permitting jointly, and a parcel outside the city limits is the county's file even though the two departments share a lobby.
Lincoln Permit Guide
Lincoln issues homeowner electrical and plumbing permits only for a primary residence — a narrower allowance than the state's own contractor exemption, and one that catches owners of rental or investment property.
Omaha Permit Guide
Omaha adopts the 2018 codes and then amends them extensively — the city's amendment list, not the model code, is the governing document, and a design checked only against the published I-codes has not been checked against what Omaha enforces.
Sarpy County Permit Guide
Sarpy County is the fastest-growing county in Nebraska and the smallest by area of the five in this band — a combination that has left its unincorporated territory shrinking steadily as four cities annex into it.