Short-Term Rental Laws in Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha adopted a registration + life-safety ordinance in 2022. No unit cap, no primary-residence requirement, no zoning-class ban. STR permitted by right across most residential and commercial zones with annual registration. The Old Market, Midtown, and Aksarben/Elmwood Park neighborhoods hold growing investor inventory; Dundee, Benson, and Blackstone have higher owner-occupied home-share concentration. Confirm subdivision covenants — some Regency-area and West Omaha HOAs restrict STRs.

STR allowed across R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 single- and multi-family residential, plus all commercial and mixed-use zones. The downtown DTBID (Business Improvement District) overlay does not restrict STR use. Some condominium associations (specifically in the Old Market and Aksarben Village) have rental-program covenants — confirm separately.

Operators must hold a short-term rental permit before listing. See the official permit portal.

Omaha Planning Department + Permits & Inspections administer the registration program. Annual renewal. Application requires proof of liability insurance, designated 24/7 local contact, life-safety self-certification (smoke + CO + fire extinguishers + posted occupancy + parking plan). Operating without registration: administrative fines + cease-rental order. Douglas County separately enforces lodging-tax remittance; failure to register with the County Treasurer triggers back-tax + penalty.

Combined short-term lodging tax in Omaha is approximately 18.160% of gross nightly revenue (state sales + state TRT + local TRT + applicable resort/city options).

Nebraska State sales tax 5.5% + Omaha city sales tax 1.5% + Douglas County lodging tax 4% + Nebraska state lodging tax 1% + Omaha occupational tax on hotels 6.16% — combined ~18% on transient lodging

Verify the current combined rate via the Utah State Tax Commission before remitting — rates drift quarterly.