Screening.
Omaha Municipal Code § 55-717
in effectSec. 55-717. - Screening.
(a) Screening is required between adjacent zoning districts as indicated in Table 55-716 when one of the following conditions in the more intensive zoning district is directly visible from and faces toward the boundary of the less intensive zoning district:
(1) The rear elevation of buildings.
(2) Outdoor storage areas, unless otherwise screened.
(3) Loading docks, refuse collection points, and other service areas.
(4) Major machinery or areas housing a manufacturing process.
(5) Truck and/or trailer parking.
(6) Sources of glare, noise or other environmental effects.
(7) Parking facilities (including drive-through lanes). Screening is not required if separated by a public right-of-way greater than 20 feet.
(b) A six-foot opaque barrier shall be provided which visually screens the potentially offensive uses listed in section 55-717(a) from less intensive districts as follows:
(1) A solid wood and/or masonry fence or wall at least six feet in height, of a design approved by the planning director.
(2) A hedge-like screen or a random or informal screen of evergreen or approved deciduous plant material, capable of providing a substantially opaque barrier and attaining a minimum height of six feet within three years of planting.
(3) A landscaped earth berm with a maximum slope of three to one, rising no less than six feet above the existing grade of the lot line separating the zoning districts.
(4) Any combination of these methods that achieves a cumulative six-foot high screen.
(c) A solid wood and/or masonry fence or wall of any height, as a method of screening as referred to in section 55-717(b), must be located at the interior boundary of the required bufferyard.
(d) Screening shall not adversely affect surface water drainage.
(Code 1980, § 55-717; Ord. No. 37976, § 1, 1-29-08; Ord. No. 44374, § 1, 8-26-25)
Source: City of Omaha, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ne/omaha/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OMMUCOCHGEORVOII_CH55ZO_ARTXIIILASC_S55-717SCFetched: 10/28/2026