Chapter 15 — CITIES OF THE PRIMARY CLASS
330 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-268 Weeds; destruction and removal; procedure; special assessment.
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A city of the primary class may provide for the destruction and removal of weeds and worthless vegetation growing upon any lot, lots, or lands within the corporate limits of such city or within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction or upon the streets and alleys abutting upon …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-268.01 Garbage or refuse; constituting a nuisance; collection and removal; notice.
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(1) Any city of the primary class may provide for the collection and removal of garbage or refuse found upon any lot, lots, or land within the corporate limits of such city or within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city, or upon the streets, roads, or alleys abutt…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-268.02 Garbage or refuse; nuisance; removal by city; assess cost.
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Whenever any city of the primary class removes any garbage or refuse from any lot, lots, or land pursuant to section 15-268.01, it shall, after a hearing before and conducted by the city council, assess the cost of the removal against such lot, lots, or land.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-269 Offstreet parking; legislative findings; necessity.
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The Legislature finds and declares that the great increase in the number of motor vehicles, including buses and trucks, has created hazards to life and property in cities of the primary class in Nebraska. In order to remove or reduce the hazards to life and property and the incon…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-270 Offstreet parking; own, purchase, construct, equip, lease, or operate; right of eminent domain.
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Any city of the primary class in Nebraska may own, purchase, construct, equip, lease, or operate within such city offstreet motor vehicle parking facilities for the use of the general public. Any such city shall have the authority to acquire by grant, contract, purchase, or throu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-271 Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; authorized.
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(1) In order to pay the cost required by any purchase, construction, lease, or condemnation of property and equipping of offstreet motor vehicle parking facilities, or the enlargement of presently owned offstreet motor vehicle parking facilities, a city of the primary class may i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-272 Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; agreements; terms.
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A city of the primary class may make and enter into any and all contracts and agreements with any individual, public or private corporation, or agency of this state or of the United States, as may be necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of it…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-273 Offstreet parking; rules and regulations; security for bonds.
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A city of the primary class is authorized to make all necessary rules and regulations governing the use, operation, and control of offstreet motor vehicle parking facilities constructed or acquired under sections 15-269 to 15-276. Such city shall establish and maintain equitable …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-274 Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; performance; action to compel.
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The provisions of sections 15-269 to 15-276 and of any ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under such sections shall constitute a contract with the holders of such bonds, and any holder of a bond or bonds or any of the coupons of any bond or bonds of such city of the prim…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-275 Offstreet parking; revenue from onstreet parking meters; use.
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Any city of the primary class is authorized to use any or all of the revenue from onstreet parking meters for the purpose set forth in section 15-270 if such revenue has not been pledged for the payment of revenue bonds authorized by the provisions of sections 15-269 to 15-276.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-276 Offstreet parking; sections; supplementary to existing law.
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Sections 15-269 to 15-276 are supplementary to existing statutes relating to cities of the primary class and confer upon such cities powers not heretofore granted.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-277 Commission on the status of women; establish; fund.
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A city of the primary class may establish and fund a commission on the status of women. Such commission shall advise the mayor and city council on the existence of social, economic, and legal barriers affecting women and ways to eliminate such barriers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-278 Commission on the status of women; purposes.
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The purpose of a commission established under section 15-277 shall be to emphasize studying the changing and developing roles of women in American society including: (1) Recognition of socioeconomic factors that influence the status of women; (2) Development of individual potenti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-301 Elections; when held.
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The general city elections in cities of the primary class shall be held on the first Tuesday in May of every odd-numbered year or, by provision of such city's home rule charter, in conjunction with the statewide general election. All city elections shall be conducted in accordanc…
Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 76, § 615.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-307 Elective officers; bond or insurance.
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All elective officers of a city of the primary class, except city council members, shall give a good and sufficient bond or evidence of equivalent insurance in an amount to be fixed by ordinance, for the faithful performance of their duties. Each city council member before enteri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-308 Appointive officers; bond or insurance.
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All appointive officers of a city of the primary class before entering upon their respective duties shall give a good and sufficient bond or evidence of equivalent insurance in an amount to be fixed by ordinance in favor of the city, conditioned upon the faithful performance of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-309 Officers, employees; compensation; mayor and members of the city council; salaries; procedure.
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(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power by ordinance to fix the salaries of the officers and employees of the city and provide by ordinance for the forfeiting of the salary of any officer or employee. (2)…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-309.01 Officer; extra compensation prohibited; exception.
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No officer of a city of the primary class shall receive any pay or perquisite from the city other than his or her salary, and the city council shall not pay or appropriate any money or other valuable thing to any person, not an officer, for the performance of any act, service, or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-310 Mayor; head of city government; powers and duties.
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The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of a city of the primary class. The executive and administrative power of a city of the primary class shall be vested in and exercised by the mayor, who shall also be the ceremonial head of the city government. The mayor shall enforc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-311 Mayor; territorial jurisdiction.
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The mayor of a city of the primary class shall have such jurisdiction as may be vested in him or her by ordinance, over all places within the city of the primary class or within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, for the enforcement of the health ordinances and regulations…
Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 76, § 615.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-314 Mayor and chief of police; citizen aid in law enforcement; powers.
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The mayor and chief of police of a city of the primary class shall each have the power to call upon any citizen to aid in the enforcement of any ordinance or suppression of any riot, and any person who shall refuse or neglect to obey such call shall forfeit and pay a fine not exc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-315 Mayor; remission of fines; pardons.
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The mayor of a city of the primary class shall have the power to remit fines and forfeitures and to grant reprieves and pardons for all offenses arising under the ordinances of the city.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-316 City clerk; duties; deputy.
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The city clerk of a city of the primary class shall have the custody of all laws and ordinances and shall keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the city council. After the period of time specified by the State Records Administrator pursuant to the Records Management Act, t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-317 Treasurer; bond or insurance; deputy; duties; continuing education; requirements.
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(1) The city treasurer of a city of the primary class shall be required to give a bond or evidence of equivalent insurance of not less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars or he or she may be required to give a bond or evidence of equivalent insurance double the sum of money e…
Repealed. Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 213; Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 181.
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Repealed. Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 213; Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 181.
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Repealed. Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 213; Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 181.
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Repealed. Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 213; Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 181.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-322 City attorney; duties; deputy; assistants; appointment.
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The city attorney of a city of the primary class shall be the legal advisor of the mayor, the city council, and city officers of a city of the primary class. The city attorney shall commence, prosecute, and defend actions on behalf of the city, attend the meetings of the city cou…
Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-326 Chief of police; powers and duties.
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The chief of police of a city of the primary class shall have the immediate charge of the police, and he or she and his or her officers shall have the power and duty to arrest all offenders against the laws of the state or the ordinances of the city in the same manner as the coun…
Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-332 City officers; removal; power of district court; procedure.
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The power to remove from office the mayor or any city council member or other officer of a city of the primary class for good and sufficient cause is hereby conferred upon the district court for the county in which such city is situated, when not otherwise provided by law, and wh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-401 City council; meetings; quorum; vote required to transact business.
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Regular meetings of the city council of a city of the primary class shall be held at least once each week on such days and at such times as the city council may prescribe in its rules, and special meetings shall be held whenever called by the mayor or any four members of the city…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-402 Ordinances, passage; publication; proof.
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Ordinances of a city of the primary class shall be passed pursuant to such rules and regulations as the city council may provide and may be proved by the certificate of the city clerk under seal of the city. The passage, approval, publication, or posting of ordinances shall be su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-403 Ordinances; form; publication; when operative.
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The style of ordinances of a city of the primary class shall be: Be it ordained by the city council of the city of ........ . All ordinances shall be published within fifteen days after passage thereof, such publication to be sufficient if published in one issue of a legal newspa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-404 Ordinances; enactment; amendment; procedure.
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All ordinances, resolutions, or orders for the appropriation or payment of money in a city of the primary class shall require for passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to the city council. Ordinances of a general or permanent nature shall be rea…