Permitted uses; site development regulations.
Omaha Municipal Code § 55-597
in effectSec. 55-597. - Permitted uses; site development regulations.
(a) Permitted uses. Uses permitted in a PUR overlay district shall be those permitted in the underlying base district.
(1) Additional uses for certain districts may be permitted as described by section 55-597(a)(1)a.—c. provided such uses are compatible with the neighborhood and are approved by the planning director.
a. Townhouse structures containing no more than four dwelling units each are permitted in PUR districts within an R4 base district.
b. Duplex and two family residential structures are permitted in PUR districts within an R4 base district.
c. Live work and accessory residential structures are permitted in PUR districts within an R4, R5, R6, R7 or R8 base district.
(b) Site development regulations. Site development regulations shall be developed individually for each PUR district and comply with minimum or maximum standards established for the base district to the extent feasible. Relief from site development regulations may be allowed to address site constraints, to achieve compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood pursuant to standards for infill development as adopted or amended, or to implement the master plan.
(1) The PUR shall also incorporate applicable standards and guidelines included in sections 55-610 through 55-617, regarding areas of civic importance to the extent reasonable and approved by the planning director regardless of whether the PUR district is located within an area of civic importance.
(2) There shall be no minimum site area for PUR districts.
(3) Each PUR district shall abut a public street and derive its access from that street. Exceptions to the requirement that individual lots abut a street may be allowed if adequate and permanent access by easement or internal street system from a public street is provided to each lot.
(Ord. No. 40041, § 1, 7-15-14)
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_ARTXIOVDI_S55-597PEUSSIDEREFetched: 10/28/2026