Planning and Zoning

This division provides planning and zoning administration and assistance to the Douglas County planning and zoning jurisdiction.  The County’s jurisdictional limit begins three miles outside of the current City of Omaha city limits and one mile outside the incorporated city limits of Valley, Bennington, and Waterloo, respectively. 

A Comprehensive Land Use Development Plan, which is required by State Statute, is the visionary document that serves as the basis for land use planning in the County and was update in 2006.  Planning assistance includes interpretation of zoning, subdivision, and floodplain regulations for the purposes of promoting and maintaining the health, safety, and general welfare of the residents that reside in the County’s jurisdiction.

This division administers the Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment, (volunteer boards appointed by the County Board of Commissioners to hearing planning and zoning issues and appeals). 

Land use applications for zoning changes, special use permit, and subdivisions are first considered at a public hearing by the Planning Commission and then a recommendation is made on the applications to the County Board.  The County Board conducts a public hearing and renders a decision. 

The Zoning Board of Adjustment considers applications at public hearings for requested variances to the zoning regulations and appeals of decisions by administrative staff.

Comprehensive Development Plan 
Zoning Regulations
Zoning and Overlay Districts
Supplements
Subdivision Regulations
ASIP Regulations (Arteral Street Improvement Program)
Stormwater Management Regulations
Nuisance Regulations