Chapter 15 — CITIES OF THE PRIMARY CLASS
330 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-406 Mayor; recommendations to city council.
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The mayor of a city of the primary class shall from time to time communicate to the city council such recommendations or information as in his or her opinion tend to improve the finances, police, health, comfort, and general welfare of the city.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-501 Waterworks; construction; right of eminent domain; procedure.
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When a system of waterworks shall have been adopted in a city of the primary class and the people shall have voted to borrow money to aid their construction, the mayor and city council may (1) construct and maintain such system of waterworks, either within or without the corporat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-502 Waterworks; contract for water; option to buy plant.
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In case such aid shall not be voted by the people as provided in section 15-501 or in case the system of waterworks shall prove inadequate for the needs of the city of the primary class, both public and private, then the mayor and city council may contract with and procure indivi…
Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Transferred to section 15-309.01.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 265, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-701 Streets, sidewalks, public ways; improvements; condemnation; vacating; sale, exchange, or lease of property.
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The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power by ordinance to create, open, widen, or otherwise improve, vacate, control, name, and rename any street, alley, or public way or ways, including the sidewalk space within the corporate limits of the city, except…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-701.01 Streets, sidewalks, public ways; establish grade; special assessment.
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The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power to grade partially or to an established grade, curb, recurb, gutter, construct sidewalks, or otherwise improve or repair any street or streets, alley or alleys, public grounds, public way or ways, or parts there…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-701.02 Streets, sidewalks, public ways; hard surface; special assessments.
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The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power to grade, to change grade, and to pave, repave, macadamize, curb, recurb, gravel, regravel, open, and widen streets, roadways, or public ways, gutter, resurface, or relay existing pavement, or otherwise improve …
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-702.01 Controlled-access facilities; designation; limitations on use.
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(1) A city of the primary class shall have the power to designate and establish controlled-access facilities, may design, construct, maintain, improve, alter, and vacate such facilities, and may regulate, restrict, or prohibit access to such facilities so as best to serve the tra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-702.02 Controlled-access facilities; frontage roads.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to designate, establish, design, construct, maintain, vacate, alter, improve, and regulate frontage roads within the boundaries of any present or hereafter acquired right-of-way and to exercise the same jurisdiction over such front…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-702.03 Streets; egress and ingress; rights to.
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The right of reasonably convenient egress to and ingress from lands or lots, abutting on an existing highway, street, or road within a city of the primary class, may not be denied except with the consent of the owners of such lands or lots, or with the condemnation of such right …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-702.04 Access ways; materials; standards; establish.
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In all specifications for materials to be used in paving, curbing, and guttering of every kind, of access ways, a city of the primary class shall establish a standard or standards of strength and quality, to be demonstrated by physical, chemical, or other tests within the limits …
Repealed. Laws 1949, c. 28, § 20.
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Repealed. Laws 1949, c. 28, § 20.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-708 Streets; improvements; public property, how assessed.
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If in any city of the primary class there shall be any real estate belonging to any county, school district, municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, joint public agency, cemetery association, library board, or other public board or association, abutting upon the street, streets…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-709 Streets; improvements; utility service connections; duty of landowner; special assessment.
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The city council of a city of the primary class may order the owner of lots abutting on a street that is to be paved to lay sewer, gas, and water service pipes to connect mains. If the owner fails to lay such pipes, after five days' notice by publication in a legal newspaper in o…
Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 66, § 9.
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Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 66, § 9.
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Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 66, § 9.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-713 Curbing gutter bonds; special assessment.
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To pay the cost of curbing and guttering public ways in a city of the primary class, the city council may issue bonds called curbing gutter bonds, district No. ......, payable in not more than twenty years or at the option of the city at any interest-paying date, and assess the c…
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-717 Sewers and drains; construction; cost; assessment against property owners.
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The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power to lay off the city into suitable districts for the purpose of establishing a system of sewerage and drainage, to provide such system and regulate the construction, repairs, and use of sewers and drains, and to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-718 Sewers and drains; construction; assessment of benefits; collection.
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Special assessments may be levied by the city council of a city of the primary class for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing sewers and drains as provided in section 15-717. Such assessments shall be levied upon the real estate within the sewerage districts in which su…
Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 66, § 9.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-720 Sewer district bonds.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the primary class may issue sewer district bonds to cover the cost of the work of constructing sewers in sewer districts, and the special assessment levied on account of such work shall constitute a sinking fund for the payment of such bond…
Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 44, § 3.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-724 Public markets; establishment.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the primary class may by ordinance purchase and own grounds for and erect and establish market houses and market places, regulate and govern such market houses and market places, and prescribe the fees to be charged persons for stalls there…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-725 Public improvements; special tax assessments.
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Special tax assessments to pay the cost of public improvements in a city of the primary class, except special assessments for sidewalk purposes or as otherwise provided by law, shall be made in the following manner: (1) Assessment shall be made on the improvement district by reso…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-726 Special tax assessments; certificate; warrants.
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When any special tax, except sidewalk tax, is levied in a city of the primary class, it shall be the duty of the city clerk to issue a certificate describing such lot or piece of ground by number and block, stating the amount of special tax levied thereon and the purpose for whic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-727 Special tax assessments; multiple owners; treatment.
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It shall be sufficient in any case involving a special tax assessment in a city of the primary class to describe the lot or piece of ground as such lot or piece of ground is platted or recorded, although such lot or piece of ground belongs to several persons, but in case any lot …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-728 Public improvements; city engineer; inspection and acceptance.
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When any public improvement in a city of the primary class is completed according to contract, it shall be the duty of the city engineer to carefully inspect such improvement, and if the improvement is found to be properly done, such city engineer shall accept the improvement and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-729 Street railway systems; powers of city.
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A city of the primary class may authorize or permit the use of its roads, streets, highways, alleys, or other public rights-of-way for street railway systems.
Repealed. Laws 2020, LB1003, § 190.
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Repealed. Laws 2020, LB1003, § 190.
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Repealed. Laws 2020, LB1003, § 190.
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Repealed. Laws 2020, LB1003, § 190.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-734 Sidewalks; construction; repair; duty of landowner; power of city in case of default; cost; special assessment.
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The owner of property abutting on public streets in a city of the primary class is primarily charged with the duty of keeping and maintaining the sidewalks on such property in a safe and sound condition and free from snow, ice, and other obstructions. Upon a failure to so keep an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-735 Special sidewalk assessments; collection.
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Special sidewalk assessments assessed as provided in section 15-734 may be collected: (1) In the manner usual for the collection or foreclosure of county taxes against real estate; (2) By foreclosure as in case of county taxes against real estate. In the foreclosure of such speci…
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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