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ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 460
Introduced by Dover, 19.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to propose an interim study
relating to residential building codes and land development regulations and to
examine which specific codes may be cost prohibitive in the building of
affordable and workforce housing.
The study shall include, but need not be limited to:
(1) An examination of whether there are any existing exceptions to the
residential building or energy codes that make affordable or workforce housing
more affordable;
(2) A determination of what exceptions could be made to residential
building or energy codes to lower the cost of affordable and workforce housing;
(3) A determination of what existing residential building codes in
Nebraska may be deemed unnecessary or excessive, inhibiting the building of
affordable or workforce housing;
(4) A determination of whether there is a way to calculate the cost-to-
benefit ratio for building codes and what such calculation looks like;
(5) An examination of which current requirements imposed by cities or
villages or the state on land development drive costs of development up and
cause new construction prices to become inflated;
(6) A determination of what increased costs are incurred or saved by
building outside of a city's extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction;
(7) A determination on whether there are any additional ordinances or
regulations that cities or villages or the state place on the building of
affordable and workforce residential housing that cause new construction prices
to become inflated; and
(8) A determination of any modifications that may be made to buildings
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codes, city or villages ordinances, or state regulations that would reduce the
cost of building residential housing that utilizes the Affordable Housing Trust
Fund, the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Fund, or the Middle Income Work
Housing Investment Fund.
In conducting this interim study, the Urban Affairs Committee of the
Legislature may confer with the Nebraska State Home Builders Association, the
Nebraska Housing Developers Association, city officials and other stakeholders
with expertise in housing codes, ordinances, and construction.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINTH
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, SECOND SESSION:
1. That the Urban Affairs Committee of the Legislature shall be designated
to conduct an interim study to carry out the purposes of this resolution.
2. That the committee shall upon the conclusion of its study make a report
of its findings, together with its recommendations, to the Legislative Council
or Legislature.
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