Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Waverly, Nebraska

Waverly’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Buildings and structures inside Waverly city

  • Permit issued by the administrative official only in conformity with the zoning regulations unless the board of adjustment grants administrative review, special exception or variance
  • Permit expires if work has not begun within 180 days of issuance

  permit expiry if work not begun: 180 days (administrator may extend)

  “no building or other structure shall be erected, moved, added to, or structurally altered without a permit therefore, issued by the administrative official.”

• Certificate of occupancyRequired

  Use or occupancy of new, altered or converted buildings inside Waverly city (certificate of zoning compliance)

  • The certificate states the proposed use conforms to the zoning regulations; it is a zoning compliance certificate

  “it shall be unlawful to use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of any building or premises, or both, or part thereof hereafter created, erected, changed, converted, or wholly or partly altered or enlarged in its use or structure until a certificate of zoning compliance shall have been issued therefore by the administrative official”

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Waverly city limits and its one-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction

  • Regulations dated 1/16/2009 with amendments through 2011; a Land Development Ordinance may be current and was not located

  “the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to all property within the corporate limits of the city of waverly and its extra-territorial jurisdiction as provided by section 17, revised statutes of nebraska, 1934.”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts inside Waverly city

  • Article Four holds the district purposes, permitted-use and site-development tables; Article Five adds overlay districts

  “article four: zoning district regulations 4-1 table 4-1: purposes of zoning districts table 4-2: permitted uses by zoning districts table 4-3: site development regulations”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Waverly or Lancaster County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builders inside Waverly city
• Building code adopted — Building code inside Waverly city
• Inspections — Inspections inside Waverly city
• Minimum dwelling size — Dwellings in Waverly residential districts
• Minimum lot size — Waverly residential and AG districts

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.