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Nebraska §§23-114 et seq. — County Zoning Procedural Floor (NE)

Tracked preemption from the Nebraska overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1939-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:NE
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Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

jurisdiction.type == county

Preempted fields

4 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
comprehensive_plan_requiredoverrideTrue
planning_commission_requiredoverrideTrue
agricultural_use_recognition_requiredoverrideTrue§23-114.01 requires comprehensive plan and zoning to recognize the importance of agriculture as a primary land use
protest_petition_supermajorityoverrideTrue§23-114.04 requires supermajority on protest petitions for amendments

Citation

Authority source
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§23-114 to 23-114.05
§ Chapter 23 — County zoning enabling
https://law.justia.com/codes/nebraska/chapter-23/statute-23-114/

Research notes

Enabling-only procedural floor for counties (no home-rule option for counties). Unlike Iowa's §335.2 total ag exemption, Nebraska county zoning does regulate agricultural land but must recognize agriculture as a primary use. Counties in practice carve large A-1 / AG-1 districts with generous accessory-dwelling and farm-related use allowances. Applies only to unincorporated territory of a county that has adopted a county zoning resolution. Subdivision platting under §§23-168.01 et seq.