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Lincoln Capitol Environs District — State-Law Height Overlay (NE)

Tracked preemption from the Nebraska overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1968-01-01
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.

AND
  • city.name == Lincoln
  • parcel.in_capitol_environs == True

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].max_height_ftcap_atcapitol_environs_height_limitState statute caps building heights around the State Capitol; specific limits set in the Capitol Environs district regulations

Citation

Authority source
Nebraska Capitol Environs statute + Lincoln Municipal Code Title 27 overlay
§ Capitol Environs District (state statute + local overlay)
https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/City/Attorney/Municipal-Code

Research notes

Lincoln-specific state-law overlay limiting building heights around the State Capitol. Not a preemption of local zoning so much as a state-law overlay layered on it. Track as a city-specific state overlay in the Lincoln record; not relevant to any other Nebraska city. Setbacks from the Capitol view corridor protected by state policy. Verify current numeric limits against the operative state statute and Lincoln Title 27 overlay text.