Chapter 14, CITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN CLASS
414 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-397 Streets; change of grade; special assessment.
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In order to cover the entire cost of changing the grade or grading, as provided by sections 14-384 to 14-3,127, of any street, boulevard, highway, main thoroughfare, controlled-access facility, connecting link, major traffic street, alley, or part thereof, including intersections…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-398 Streets; change of grade; special assessment; how determined.
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Under the methods provided in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127 to grade streets, highways, boulevards, main thoroughfares, controlled-access facilities, connecting links, major traffic streets, alleys, and parts of such streets, highways, boulevards, thoroughfares, facilities, links, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-399 Streets; grade; petition; contents; requirements.
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All petitions authorized by sections 14-384 to 14-3,127 for changing the grade of streets or grading streets shall contain provisions waiving damages on account of such grading, and such petitions as well as protests authorized shall be signed and executed and filed in the manner…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-401 Buildings and structures; regulations; board of appeals; powers of city council.
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For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and general welfare of the community, the city council in a city of the metropolitan class may regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of a lot that may be occ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-402 Building zones; creation; powers of city council; uniformity; manufactured homes.
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(1) For any or all of the purposes listed in section 14-401, the city council of a city of the metropolitan class may divide the city into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of sections 14-401 to 14-418. Within such di…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-403 Building zones; regulations; requirements; purposes; limitations.
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(1) Regulations adopted pursuant to sections 14-401 to 14-418 shall comply with the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act and be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to (a) lessen congestion in the streets, (b) secure safety from fire, panic, and o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-403.01 New comprehensive plan or full update; requirements.
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When a city of the metropolitan class adopts a new comprehensive plan or a full update to an existing comprehensive plan, such plan or update shall include, but not be limited to, an energy element which: Assesses energy infrastructure and energy use by sector, including resident…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-404 Building zones; boundaries; regulations; recommendation of city planning board required; hearing; notice.
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A city of the metropolitan class shall provide for the manner in which regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to sections 14-401 to 14-418 and the boundaries of districts created under section 14-402 shall be determined, established, and enforced, and from time to time ame…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-405 Building zones; boundaries; regulations; change or repeal; protest.
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Regulations, restrictions, and boundaries adopted pursuant to sections 14-401 to 14-418 may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed. When a protest against a change of boundaries is presented to the city clerk at least six days prior to the city…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-406 Building zones; nonconforming use; continuance authorized; changes.
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The lawful use of land existing on April 1, 1925, although such use does not conform to sections 14-401 to 14-418, may be continued, but if such nonconforming use is abandoned, any future use of such land shall be in conformity with sections 14-401 to 14-418. The lawful use of a …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-407 Zoning; exercise of powers; planning board or official; notice to military installation; notice to neighborhood association.
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(1) A city of the metropolitan class shall exercise the powers conferred by sections 14-401 to 14-418 through such appropriate planning board or official as exists in such city. (2) When the city is considering the adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance or the approval of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-408 Building zones; zoning board of appeals; members; term; vacancy; removal; meetings; oaths; subpoenas; record; public access.
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(1) The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may provide for the appointment of a zoning board of appeals consisting of five regular members. Two additional alternate members shall be appointed and designated as first alternate and second alternate members, either or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-409 Zoning board of appeals; powers and duties; vote required for reversal.
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A zoning board of appeals appointed pursuant to section 14-408 shall hear and decide appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official charged with the enforcement of any ordinance adopted pursuant to sections 14-401 to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-410 Zoning board of appeals; appeal; procedure; effect.
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Any appeal heard pursuant to section 14-409 may be taken by any person aggrieved or by an officer, department, board, or bureau of the city. Such appeal shall be taken within such time as shall be prescribed by the zoning board of appeals by general rule, by filing with the offic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-411 Zoning board of appeals; appeal; notice; hearing; powers of board.
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The zoning board of appeals shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal or other matter referred to it pursuant to section 14-409 and give due notice of such hearing to the parties and decide such appeal or other matter within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing, an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-412 Zoning board of appeals; special permits; power to grant; conditions.
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The zoning board of appeals shall have specific power to grant special permits to the state, or any political subdivision thereof, and to public utilities for public service purposes, although the application may be in conflict with the provisions of ordinances or regulations ado…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-413 Zoning board of appeals; decision; review by district court; procedure.
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Any person or persons, jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the zoning board of appeals, or any officer, department, board, or bureau of a city of the metropolitan class, may present to the district court a petition, duly verified, setting forth that such decision is…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-414 Zoning board of appeals; decision; review by district court; priority; evidence; judgment; costs.
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If, upon hearing of a petition filed pursuant to section 14-413 it appears to the district court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, the court may take evidence or appoint a referee to take such evidence as the court may direct and report such ev…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-415 Building ordinance or regulations; enforcement; inspection; violations; penalty.
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A city of the metropolitan class, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent an unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or use of any building or structure in violation of any ordinan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-416 Building regulations; other laws; applicability.
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Wherever the regulations made under authority of sections 14-401 to 14-418 require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of building or less number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or imp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-417 Existing commission, zoning board of appeals; regulations, decisions; continuance.
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Where a city planning commission and a zoning board of appeals in a city of the metropolitan class already exist, their continuance is hereby authorized without further act of the city council. All ordinances, rules and regulations, hearings, orders, or decisions existing or in e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-418 Building regulations; scope of operation; jurisdiction of city council.
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The powers granted in sections 14-401 to 14-417 may be exercised by the authorities in whom the powers are vested in such sections over a city of the metropolitan class and the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of such city.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-419 Building regulations; land use; within extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction; jurisdiction of city council; powers granted.
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(1) The extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of a city of the metropolitan class shall consist of the unincorporated area three miles beyond and adjacent to its corporate boundaries. (2) The city council, in cities of the metropolitan class, shall have the power by ordinance to r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-420 Request for change in zoning; notice; requirements; failure to give; effect.
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(1) A city of the metropolitan class shall provide written notice of any properly filed request for a change in the zoning classification of a subject property to the owners of adjacent property in the manner set out in this section. (2) Initial notice of the proposed zoning chan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-501 Statutory funds; appropriation; limitation.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall annually or biennially appropriate money and credits of the city in such amounts as may be deemed necessary and proper and set such money and credits aside to the following designated funds to be known as statutory funds:…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-501.01 Biennial budget authorized.
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A city of the metropolitan class may adopt biennial budgets for biennial periods if such budgets are provided for by a home rule charter provision. For purposes of this section: (1) Biennial budget means a budget that provides for a biennial period to determine and carry on the c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-502 Department funds; appropriation; miscellaneous expense fund; requirements; use.
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(1) The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall, at the same time as the appropriation of statutory funds as provided in section 14-501, appropriate from the remaining amount of tax levy of such year and from revenue to be derived from all other sources available f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-503 Fund balances; disposition.
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The balances remaining in any of the funds created by sections 14-501 and 14-502 and against which lawful obligations have not been created shall at the expiration of each fiscal year or biennial period be transferred to the general sinking fund of the city by the department of f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-504 Funds; separate accounts required; apportionment of income to each.
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As soon as the apportionment of funds has been made pursuant to sections 14-501 and 14-502, the department of finance shall open an account with each such fund authorized to be established by sections 14-501 and 14-502 and shall place a credit to each such fund of ninety percent …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-505 Income other than taxes; to what funds credited.
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All receipts received by a city of the metropolitan class derived from the county road fund shall be credited to the fund provided for the maintenance of parks. All receipts from franchises or royalties derived from lighting companies received by a city of the metropolitan class …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-506 Funds; limitations upon withdrawals.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall at no time draw warrants or create obligations against any of the funds provided in sections 14-501 and 14-502 in excess of the amount credited to such funds at the time of drawing the warrant or creating the obligation. …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-507 Funds; transfer or diversion prohibited; exception; liability.
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The money and credits in each fund authorized and created by sections 14-501 and 14-502 shall be devoted strictly to the purposes for which the fund is created and no part of such money and credits shall be transferred or diverted in any manner or for any purpose. Any transfer or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-508 Funds; obligation and expenditure; limits upon; effect of exceeding; exceptions.
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Neither the city council nor any officer of a city of the metropolitan class shall expend or incur obligations for the expenditure of more money than has been provided and appropriated for the purposes for which the expenditure or obligations for expenditure are made. Any contrac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-509 Funds; obligation and expenditure; violations; liability of officers; actions to recover; duty of city attorney.
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(1) It shall be malfeasance in office for any officer of a city of the metropolitan class to: (a) Attempt to incur, to incur, to attempt to pay, or to pay any obligation prohibited by sections 14-501 to 14-508; or (b) Attempt to transfer, to transfer, or to use any of the money o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-510 Warrants; payments; requirements.
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(1) Warrants of a city of the metropolitan class shall be drawn by the city comptroller and shall be signed by the mayor and city comptroller and shall state the particular fund or appropriation to which such warrant is chargeable and the person to whom payable. Money of the city…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-511 Obligations; payment; method; requirements.
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At the first meeting of the city council of a city of the metropolitan class in each month, the city council shall provide, by ordinance, for the payment of all indebtedness of the city incurred during the preceding month, or at any time prior to such preceding month, except thos…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-512 Sinking fund; purposes; investment.
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(1) The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall provide and maintain a sinking fund for the payment of the general bonds of the city and the interest on such bonds. Such sinking fund shall be maintained from the following sources of revenue: (a) Amounts raised by t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-513 Obligations; payment; deduction of sums owed city; appeal.
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The city comptroller of a city of the metropolitan class shall deduct from the amount of any credit or warrant all amounts which the payee may owe the city, and where there has been an assignment of such credit or warrant the city comptroller shall likewise deduct as well all amo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-514 Taxation; annual certification for levy; bonds; limits.
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(1) The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall annually certify to the county clerk of the county in which the city is located, by resolution, the tax upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city, not to exceed fifty cents on each one hundred do…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-515 Bonds; form; issuance; sale; delivery; interest; requirements.
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Bonds of a city of the metropolitan class shall be prepared under the direction of the city council, shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned and registered by the city comptroller, and shall be sold and disposed of by and under the direction of the city council. Such bonds…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-516 Sewer bonds; amount authorized; issuance.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue annually bonds not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of constructing main sewers, and to be denominated sewer bonds. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 14-51…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-517 Sewers; special assessment bonds; when authorized; limit; how paid; interest; sinking fund.
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(1) Cities of the metropolitan class are authorized and empowered to issue and sell special assessment sewer bonds, such bonds not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars, without a vote of the electors, and to use the proceeds of such bonds for the purpose of constructing or reco…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-518 Sewers; special assessment sewer bonds; special assessment sewer district; creation; petition; notice; withdrawal of signature.
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The powers granted in section 14-517 shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this section. A petition for the creation of a special assessment sewer district and the issuance of special assessment sewer bonds shall be filed with the city clerk of the city, signed by the o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-519 Public comfort stations; bonds; amount; issuance.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue bonds for the purpose of constructing public comfort stations. The city council may issue bonds for such purpose without a vote of the electors in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in any one year.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-520 Armory; bonds; issuance; election required; applicability of section.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue bonds for the purpose of constructing an armory in the city if the issuance of such bonds is first authorized by a majority of the electors of such city voting on such proposition. This section shall not be applicable…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-521 Parks, parkways, boulevards, and playgrounds; bonds; issuance; amount authorized; use of proceeds.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue bonds, as provided in this section, for the purpose of improving lands, lots, or grounds purchased, appropriated, or acquired for parks, parkways, boulevards, or playgrounds. Bonds so issued shall be known as park bon…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-522 Fire station; bonds; issuance; amount.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue bonds of the city not to exceed thirty thousand dollars in any one year for the purpose of erecting fire stations.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-523 Auditorium; bonds; issuance; amount; election required; vote.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue bonds not to exceed in amount two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for the construction, remodeling, or completion of a municipal auditorium, except that no such bonds shall be issued until authorized by the e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-524 Other municipal purposes; bonds; issuance.
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In addition to the authority expressly granted to the city council of a city of the metropolitan class to issue bonds for stated purposes, the city council may issue bonds for the following general purposes in compliance with the requirements of section 14-515: (1) To construct s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-525 Bonds; maximum indebtedness allowed; how computed; deductions allowed.
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The bonded indebtedness of a city of the metropolitan class shall not at any time exceed in the aggregate five percent of the taxable value of the taxable property within its corporate limits. The value shall be determined from the assessment of the taxable value of the property …