DOUGLAS COUNTY

NOTICE

 

The following is the 2026 meeting schedule for the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, located in the Legislative Chambers at 1819 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 68183. A copy of the Open Meetings Act is available on site. Advanced notice of each meeting is published in The Daily Record. 

 

1/6/2026

1/13/2026

1/27/2026

2/3/2026

2/10/2026

3/3/2026

3/10/2026

3/24/2026

3/31/2026

4/14/2026

4/21/2026

4/28/2026

5/5/2026

5/12/2026

5/19/2026

6/2/2026

6/9/2026

6/23/2026

6/30/2026

7/14/2026

7/28/2026

8/4/2026

8/11/2026

8/25/2026

9/1/2026

9/15/2026

9/22/2026

9/29/2026

10/6/2026

10/13/2026

10/27/2026

11/3/2026

11/17/2026

12/1/2026

12/8/2026

12/15/2026

 

8/17, 9/14, 10/12, 11/16 ZNEZ

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ORDINANCE NO. 00023

DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA

 

SID 597 

OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA (LEGEND TRAILS) 

GOLF CAR ORDINANCE

 

Be it ordained by the County Board of the County of Douglas that it does hereby enact and adopt the following Golf Car Ordinance pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-187 and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60- 6,381(2)(b). The Douglas County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the operation of golf car vehicles (hereinafter defined and referenced as “Golf Cars”) on roads within Sanitary Improvement District 597 of Douglas County, Nebraska (otherwise known as “Legend Trails”).

Any and all Golf Cars, as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-622.01, are only to be driven and/or operated on the above named Sanitary Improvement District’s county roads: (i) between sunrise and sunset and (ii) on roads with a posted speed limit of thirty-five miles per hour or less. When operating a Golf Car as authorized under this ordinance, the operator shall not operate such vehicle at a speed in excess of twenty miles per hour. A Golf Car shall not be operated at any time on any state or federal highway but may be operated upon such highway in order to cross a portion of the highway system which intersects a road as directed in subsection (2) of this section.

 

(1) Any person operating a Golf Car as authorized under this ordinance shall have a valid Class O operator’s license, and the owner of the Golf Car shall have liability insurance coverage for the Golf Car. The person operating the Golf Car shall carry on his/her/their person, a valid operator’s license and shall provide that license to any peace officer so requesting proof thereof. The person operating the Golf Car shall provide proof of such liability insurance coverage to any peace officer requesting such proof within five days after such a request. The liability insurance coverage shall be subject to limits, exclusive of interests and costs, as follows: Twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident and, subject to such limit for one person, fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and twenty-five thousand dollars because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.

 

(2) The crossing of a highway shall be permitted by a Golf Car vehicle only if:

 

(a) The crossing is made at an angle of approximately ninety degrees to the direction of the highway and at a place where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing;

 

(b) The Golf Car is brought to a complete stop before crossing the shoulder or roadway of the highway;

 

(c) The operator yields the right-of-way to all oncoming traffic that constitutes an immediate potential hazard; and

 

(d) In crossing a divided highway, the crossing is made only at an intersection of such highway with a street or road, as applicable.

 

(3) All portions of this ordinance are subject to the applicable statutes, rules and regulations of all public roads and/or roadways including the entire areas within a public right-of way.

 

(4) Any violation of this ordinance or failure to comply with any of its requirements is a $50 fine for the first offense; $150 for a second offense; and $300 for each additional offense (within a rolling 12-month period). Additionally, penalties listed do not include court costs and fees that may be imposed by the Douglas County Court in addition to the penalty. In addition, Golf Cars not in drivable condition or having a licensed driver may be towed, at the owner’s expense, at the police officer’s and/or Sheriff Deputy’s discretion.

 

(5) For purposes of this ordinance:

 

(a) Road means a public way for the purposes of vehicular travel, including the entire area within the right-of-way;

 

(b) Street means a public way for the purposes of vehicular travel in a city or village and includes the entire area within the right-of-way; and

 

(c) Golf Car means a vehicle that has at least four wheels, has a maximum level ground speed of less than twenty miles per hour, has a maximum payload capacity of one thousand two hundred pounds, has a maximum gross vehicle weight of two thousand five hundred pounds, has a maximum passenger capacity of not more than four persons, and is designed and manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting and recreational purposes, and is not being operated within the boundaries of a golf course.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force fifteen days after its passage, approval, and publication, as provided by law.

Passed and Adopted this 28th day of July, 2026.

 

Signed By: Roger Garcia, Chairperson

Attest: Daniel A Esch, County Clerk

 

Sources:

See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-187; § 60-6,381(2)(b); § 60-622.01

 

8/17 ZNEZ

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING 

OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY 

HEALTH CENTER (DCHC) 

AND THE COMMUNITY 

MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (CMHC)

 

Notice is hereby given that on Monday, Aug 24, 2026, the Board of Trustees for the Douglas County Health Center and the Community Mental Health Center will meet. The Meeting will be held at Douglas County Health Center, 4102 Woolworth Ave, Town Hall, 1st Floor, Omaha NE 68105 at 9:00 a.m. and is also available via Zoom. The meeting will be open to the general public.

The meeting agendas, kept continually current, are readily available for public inspection in the Administrator’s Office in the Douglas County Health Center during normal business hours. Also available for public inspection will be any corresponding documentation that is provided to the Administrator’s Office prior to the monthly Board Meeting. The Board has the right to modify the agenda to include items of an emergency nature only when the meeting is in session.

 

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Roger Garcia

Chair, Board of Trustees

for the Douglas County Health Center

and the Community Mental Health Center

 

8/17                                                   ZNEZ

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