Chapter 14 — CITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN CLASS
727 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 101, § 127.
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Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 101, § 127.
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Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 101, § 127.
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Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 101, § 127.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 37, § 4.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-383 Parks, recreational areas, and playgrounds; special levy; improvement district; creation; election.
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Without limiting the applicability of sections 14-366 to 14-372, the city council of a city of the metropolitan class is authorized to levy special taxes and assessments on properties benefited by parks, recreational areas, and playgrounds acquired either by purchase or condemnat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-384 Terms, defined.
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As used in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Alley means an established public way for vehicles and pedestrians affording a secondary means of access in the rear to properties abutting on a street or highway; (2) Boulevard means a street for …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-385 Streets; improvements; improvement districts; authorized.
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(1) Subject to sections 14-384 to 14-3,127, any city shall have the power and is authorized to: (a) Pave, repave, surface, resurface, and relay paving; (b) Widen, improve the horizontal and vertical alignment, insert traffic medians, channels, overpasses, and underpasses; (c) App…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-386 Streets; improvement districts; delineation.
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To accomplish any of the purposes stated in section 14-385, a city is authorized in all such proceedings to delineate proposed street improvement districts, proposed mall improvement districts, proposed separate or combined street and sidewalk, street, sidewalk, or streets and si…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-387 Streets; improvements without petition.
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A city is authorized without petition to order any of the improvements specified in section 14-385 within street improvement districts, mall improvement districts, separate or combined street and sidewalk, or street, or sidewalk, or streets and sidewalks improvement districts wit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-388 Streets; main thoroughfares; major traffic streets; improvement districts; area included; cost.
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Any city may without petition order any main thoroughfare or major traffic street or part of such thoroughfare or street improved in any manner specified in section 14-385 after the city shall determine it to be such a main thoroughfare or major traffic street, which determinatio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-389 Streets; controlled-access facilities; property; powers; terms and conditions; frontage roads; access.
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(1) Any city shall have the power to designate and establish controlled-access facilities, and may design, construct, maintain, improve, alter, and vacate such facilities and may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit access to such facilities so as best to serve the traffi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-390 Streets; improvements; petition of property owners.
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Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127, any city shall not order or cause to be made any of the improvements provided in such sections in any improvement district except upon a petition of the record owners of the majority of the frontage of taxa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-391 Streets; improvements; petition of property owners; improvement districts; create; districts partly within and partly outside city.
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A city may, upon a petition of the record owners of a majority of the frontage of taxable property upon the streets or parts of streets within a district created for that purpose, order any of the improvements authorized in section 14-385, on any street or any number of consecuti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-392 Streets; improvements; assessment of cost.
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(1) For the purpose of covering in whole or in part the costs of any of the improvements, authorized in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127, or costs incident to such improvements, including grading done in combination with any other improvements, a city may: (a) Assess the property with…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-393 Streets; establish or change grade; authorization of city; requirements.
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Whenever it is desired to establish or to change the previously established grade of any street, highway, boulevard, main thoroughfare, controlled-access facility, connecting link, major traffic street, alley, or part of such street, highway, boulevard, thoroughfare, facility, li…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-394 Streets; change of grade; petition of property owners; sufficiency.
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A city is authorized to change the grade of any street, highway, boulevard, main thoroughfare, controlled-access facility, connecting link, major traffic street, alley, or part of such street, highway, boulevard, thoroughfare, facility, link, or alley when a petition for a proper…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-395 Streets; establish or change grade; authority of city.
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A city may authorize any street, highway, boulevard, main thoroughfare, controlled-access facility, connecting link, major traffic street, alley, or part of such street, highway, boulevard, thoroughfare, facility, link, or alley graded to a grade as established or changed in acco…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-396 Streets; grade; petition of property owners; order of city.
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A city may order any street or alley or part of such street or alley graded to an established grade whenever there is filed an approved petition of the record owners of a majority of the frontage of taxable property upon that part of the street proposed to be graded.
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. …