414 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-101 Cities of the metropolitan class, defined; population required; general powers.
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All cities in this state which have attained a population of four hundred thousand inhabitants or more as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census shall be cities of the metropolita…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-101.01 Declaration as city of the metropolitan class; when.
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Whenever any city of the primary class shall attain a population of four hundred thousand inhabitants or more as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, the mayor of such city sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-102 Additional powers.
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In addition to the powers granted in section 14-101, cities of the metropolitan class shall have power by ordinance: (1) To levy any tax or special assessment authorized by law; (2) To provide a corporate seal for the use of the city, and also any official seal for the use of any…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-102.01 Cities of the metropolitan class; ordinances, bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions; powers.
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A city of the metropolitan class may enact any ordinances, bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions not inconsistent with the general laws of the state, as may be necessary or expedient, in addition to specific powers otherwise granted by law, for maintaining the peace, good g…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-102.02 Fire department and police department; rules and regulations; adoption; duty of city council.
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All powers and duties connected with and incident to the appointment, removal, government, and discipline of the officers and members of the fire department and police department of any city of the metropolitan class in the State of Nebraska, under such rules and regulations as m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-103 City council; powers; health regulation; jurisdiction.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall have power to define, regulate, suppress, and prevent nuisances. The city council may create a board of health in cases of a general epidemic or may cooperate with the boards of health provided by the laws of this state. …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-104 City council; powers; bridges; construction; licensing and regulation of toll bridges; jurisdiction.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall have power to construct any bridge declared by ordinance necessary and proper for the passage of railway trains, street cars, motor vehicles, and pedestrians across any stream either adjacent to or wholly within the city …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-105 City council; powers; drainage of lots; duty of owner; special assessment.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may require any and all lots or pieces of ground within the city to be drained, filled, or graded, and upon the failure of the owners of such lots or pieces of ground to comply with such requirements, after thirty days' notice …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-106 City council; powers; regulation of utilities; rates.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall have the power to regulate and provide for the lighting of streets, laying down gas and other pipes, and erection of lampposts, electric towers, or other apparatus; to regulate the sale and use of gas and electric lights;…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-107 City council; powers; public utility plants, subways, landing fields; construction and maintenance; rates and charges.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may erect, construct, purchase, maintain, and operate subways or conduits, waterworks, gas works, electric light and power plants; provide and equip aerial landing fields; determine, fix, and charge rentals for subways and cond…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-108 City council; powers; utilities; contracts; terms; limitation.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall have power by ordinance to contract with any competent party for the supplying and furnishing of electric light, electric heat or power, or other similar service for the use of the city on its streets and public places. A…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-109 City council; powers; occupation and license taxes; motor vehicle fee; conditions; limitations.
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(1)(a) The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall have power to tax for revenue, license, and regulate any person within the limits of the city by ordinance except as otherwise provided in this section. Such tax may include both a tax for revenue and license. The …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-110 City council; supplemental powers; authorized.
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If the manner of exercising any power conferred upon the city council of a city of the metropolitan class is not prescribed, the city council may provide by ordinance for the exercise of such power.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-111 City council; powers; city property and finances.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall have the care, management, and control of the city and its property and finances, and shall have power to pass, amend, or repeal any and all ordinances necessary or proper to execute or carry into effect any of the provis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-112 City council; powers; public comfort stations.
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In each city of the metropolitan class, the city shall have power by ordinance to erect, establish, and maintain public comfort stations. Such public comfort stations may be located on any street, alley, public grounds, or on any lands acquired for such purpose.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-113 City council; powers; armory; establishment; lease to state authorized.
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In each city of the metropolitan class, the city council shall have power by ordinance to erect, establish, and maintain an armory in such city, and may rent or lease such armory to the State of Nebraska for the purpose of housing the National Guard and State Guard of the state, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-115 Real estate; subdividing; procedure; conditions; replatting; powers of city council; vacation of street or alley; effect.
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(1)(a) No owner of real estate within the corporate limits of a city of the metropolitan class shall be permitted to subdivide the real estate into blocks and lots or parcels without first having obtained from the city engineer a plat or plan for the avenues, streets, and alleys …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-116 Real estate within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of city; subdividing; platting; conditions; powers of city council; requirements.
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(1) No owner of any real estate located in an area which is within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of any city of the metropolitan class, when such real estate is located in any county in which such city is located, and is outside of any other organized city or village, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-117 Corporate limits; how fixed; annexation of cities or villages; limitation; powers and duties of city council.
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The corporate limits of any city of the metropolitan class shall be fixed and determined by ordinance by the city council. The city council of any city of the metropolitan class may at any time extend the corporate limits of such city over any contiguous or adjacent lands, lots, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-118 Annexation or merger of city or village; rights and liabilities; rights of franchise holders and licensees.
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(1) Whenever any city of the metropolitan class shall extend its boundaries so as to annex or merge with it any city or village, the laws, ordinances, powers, and government of such city of the metropolitan class shall extend over the territory embraced within such annexed or mer…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-120 Annexed or merged city or village; taxes; fines; fees; claims; payment; collection.
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All taxes, assessments, fines, license fees, claims and demands of every kind, due or to become due or owing to any city or village annexed or merged with any city of the metropolitan class as provided in sections 14-117 to 14-125, shall be paid to and collected by the city of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1201 Bridges; acquisition; construction; maintenance; operation; powers of city; jurisdiction; exercise of powers.
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(1) Any city of the metropolitan class, including one governed under a home rule charter, is authorized and empowered to: (a) Acquire by purchase, condemnation, bargain and sale, lease, sublease, gift or otherwise, any bridge or viaduct, including approaches and avenues, rights-o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1202 Bridges; powers; joint action authorized.
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Any power granted by sections 14-1201 to 14-1252 to a city of the metropolitan class may be exercised by the city independently or in cooperation with or aid of similar action by any other city or any county in Nebraska, any city or county in an adjoining state, the State of Nebr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1203 Bridges; utility franchises; power to grant.
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A city of the metropolitan class, through its city council, is authorized and empowered to grant franchises for the nonexclusive use of bridges acquired under sections 14-1201 to 14-1252 to public utilities upon such terms, conditions, and for such consideration as such city may …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1204 Bridges; conveyance to state or United States for free bridge; conditions.
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In the event that the State of Nebraska, an adjoining state, the government of the United States, either, any or all of them, should agree to take over any bridge acquired by a city of the metropolitan class or in course of construction under sections 14-1201 to 14-1252 and there…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1205 Bridges; acquisition; construction; power may be assigned; conditions.
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(1) Any city of the metropolitan class may grant the exclusive right to purchase an existing bridge or to construct a new bridge, and to maintain any such bridge within a distance not exceeding one mile on each side of the bridge to be so purchased or constructed, for the period …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1206 Bridges; purchase or lease; how conducted.
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(1) If any city of the metropolitan class desires to purchase, lease, or sublease any existing bridge and shall have received any such authority as may be necessary from the government of the United States, the city council may determine the fair value of such bridge, the apprais…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1207 Bridges; right of eminent domain; procedure.
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If any city of the metropolitan class desires to acquire any existing bridge or lease of such bridge or all interests in such bridge by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, and has received any such authority as necessary from the government of the United States, such cit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-121 Annexed or merged city or village; authorized taxes or assessments; city of the metropolitan class; powers.
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All taxes or special assessments which any city or village annexed or merged with a city of the metropolitan class as provided in sections 14-117 to 14-125 was authorized to levy or assess, but which are not levied or assessed at the time of such annexation or merger for any kind…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1211 Bridges; condemnation; award; submission to electors.
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(1) Within ninety days after a final condemnation award pursuant to section 14-1207 has been made, the city council of such city of the metropolitan class shall, if such city council elects to proceed further, introduce an ordinance providing for the submission to the electors of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1212 Bridges; condemnation; award; payment; vesting of title.
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If a proposition is carried pursuant to section 14-1211, or if the city council of a city of the metropolitan class determines to dispense with such election, title to the property to be appropriated shall at once vest in such city, and the right to possession shall vest in such …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1215 Bridges; acquisition; preliminary expenses; bonds; amount.
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(1) Notwithstanding any limitation or requirement contained in the city home rule charter of a city of the metropolitan class or imposed by other laws upon the limit of indebtedness, the issuance of bonds, the vote of the electors, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1216 Bridges; acquisition; general or revenue bonds authorized.
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(1) To finance any of the purposes or powers provided for in sections 14-1201 to 14-1252, the city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall in the first instance determine whether any purchase, condemnation, or construction authorized by such sections shall be financed b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1217 Bridges; acquisition; revenue bonds; power to issue.
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A city of the metropolitan class is authorized to provide funds for the purposes of sections 14-1201 to 14-1252 by the issuance of revenue bonds of such city, the principal and interest of which bonds shall be payable solely from the special funds provided in such sections for su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1218 Revenue bonds; interest; maturity.
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Revenue bonds issued pursuant to section 14-1217 shall bear interest payable semiannually, and shall mature in not more than twenty years from their date or dates and may be made redeemable at the option of the city of the metropolitan class issuing such bonds at not more than th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1219 Revenue bonds; form; denominations; place of payment; powers of city.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall provide the form of any bonds issued pursuant to section 14-1217, including coupons to be attached to such bonds to evidence interest payments, which bonds shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned and registered by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-122 Annexed or merged city or village; licenses; extension for remainder of license year; city of the metropolitan class; powers.
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Where, at the time of any annexation or merger as provided in sections 14-117 to 14-125, the municipal license year, for any kind of license, of any city or village annexed or merged with a city of the metropolitan class as provided in such sections extends beyond or overlaps the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1220 Revenue bonds; sale; terms.
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Revenue bonds issued pursuant to section 14-1217 by a city of the metropolitan class may be sold in such manner as the city council may determine to be for the best interests of the city, taking into consideration the financial responsibility of the purchaser, the terms and condi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1221 Revenue bonds; proceeds; management and use.
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The proceeds of any revenue bonds issued by a city of the metropolitan class pursuant to section 14-1217 shall be deposited in the first instance with the city treasurer and thereafter with such depositories as the bridge commission shall direct and the city council shall approve…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1222 Revenue bonds; city may purchase for investment or retirement.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall have the right to purchase for investment of other funds, and the bridge commission and the city council shall have the right to purchase for retirement and cancellation, any of such bonds that may be outstanding, at the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1223 Revenue bonds; temporary bonds.
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Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds issued pursuant to sections 14-1201 to 14-1222, the city council of a city of the metropolitan class may, under like restrictions, issue temporary bonds with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1224 Revenue bonds; trust agreements; terms; conditions.
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(1) The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may enter into an agreement with any competent bank or trust company as trustee for the holders of bonds issued pursuant to sections 14-1201 to 14-1224, setting forth the duties of the city and the bridge commission in resp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1225 Bridges; state and political subdivisions; competing bridges; limitations upon, for protection of bondholders.
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Neither the State of Nebraska nor any political subdivision thereof shall: (1) Limit or restrict the rights and powers granted in sections 14-1201 to 14-1252 to the detriment of owners of outstanding bonds; or (2) Authorize the construction or itself construct any competing bridg…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1226 Bridges; tolls; determination and use; rights of bondholders.
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(1) The rates of tolls to be charged for the use of any bridge acquired or constructed under the provisions of sections 14-1201 to 14-1252 shall be fixed and adjusted as may be required by any law of the United States, and shall be so fixed and adjusted as to provide a fund suffi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1227 Bridge commission; members; term; vacancies; compensation; officers and employees; office; powers and duties.
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(1) When it has been determined by the city council of a city of the metropolitan class by resolution or ordinance in the exercise of its discretion, that in the exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14-1201 to 14-1252 it is expedient to create a bridge commission, the may…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1228 Bridge commission; bridge plans and specifications.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the bridge commission of a city of the metropolitan class is authorized to: (a) Prepare the necessary and proper plans and specifications for the construction of such bridges as may be designated by the city council; (b) S…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1229 Bridge commission; bids required; when.
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No contract or agreement for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, enlargement, extension, renewal, replacement, or equipment of any bridge as provided in section 14-1228 exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars shall be made without advertisement for public bids an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-123 Annexed or merged city or village; actions pending; claims; claimants' rights.
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All actions in law or in equity pending in any court in favor of or against any city or village annexed or merged with a city of the metropolitan class as provided in sections 14-117 to 14-125 at the time such annexation or merger takes effect shall be prosecuted by or defended b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1230 Bridge commission; plans and specifications; submission to city council.
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The plans and specifications, the location, size, type, and method of construction, the boundaries and approaches, and the estimates of cost of construction and acquisition, provided for in sections 14-1228 and 14-1229, shall be first submitted to the city council and receive the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1231 Bridge commission; contracts; authorization of bonds required.
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No contract for acquisition, construction, or incidents thereto, and no liabilities in connection with such contract shall be entered into or incurred by a bridge commission of a city of the metropolitan class until bonds to finance the project have been authorized by the elector…