Chapter 15 — CITIES OF THE PRIMARY CLASS
330 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1103 Planning director; prepare comprehensive plan; review by commission; city council; adopt or amend plan; notice to military installation.
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The planning director of a city of the primary class shall be responsible for preparing the comprehensive plan and amendments and extensions thereto and for submitting such plans and modifications to the city planning commission for its consideration and action. The planning comm…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1104 Ordinance or resolution; submit to planning department; report.
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No ordinance or resolution which deals with the acquisition, extension, widening, narrowing, removal, vacation, abandonment, sale, or other change relating to any public way, transportation route, ground, open space, building or structure, or other public improvement of a charact…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1105 Planning director; duties; commission; hearings.
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The planning director of a city of the primary class shall be responsible for preparing any proposed zoning ordinance and for submitting such ordinance to the city planning commission for its consideration and action. The planning commission shall review the proposed zoning ordin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1106 Board of zoning appeals; powers; appeals; variances.
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There may be created a board of zoning appeals of a city of the primary class comprised of five members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council, which board shall have power to hear and decide appeals from any decision or order of the building inspector or other …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-111 Cities and villages; consolidation; petition; election; ballot forms.
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A city of the second class or village, which adjoins a city of the primary class, as well as other villages either adjoining such city of the second class or village, or supplied in whole or in part with gas, electric light, or street transportation service or supply from manufac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-112 Consolidation; approval at election; certification.
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If at an election held pursuant to section 15-111 a majority of the vote cast in a city of the second class or village shall be in favor of consolidation, the result shall be certified to the city council of the city of the primary class. If the city council of such city of the p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-113 Consolidated or annexed cities and villages; rights and liabilities of city, franchise holders, and licensees.
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Whenever any city of the primary class shall extend its boundaries so as to annex any village, or whenever there is consolidation taking effect in the manner provided in sections 15-111 to 15-118, the charter, laws, ordinances, powers, and government of such city of the primary c…
Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 284, § 1.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-115 Consolidated or annexed cities and villages; taxes, fines, fees, claims; inure to city of the primary class.
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All taxes, assessments, fines, licenses, fees, claims, and demands of every kind assessed or levied against persons or property within any city of the second class or village consolidated with or annexed by any city of the primary class as provided in sections 15-111 to 15-118, s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-116 Consolidated or annexed cities and villages; authorized taxes, assessments; right of city of the primary class to assess and levy.
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All taxes and special assessments which a city of the second class or village consolidated with or annexed by a city of the primary class as provided in sections 15-111 to 15-118 was authorized to levy or assess and which are not levied or assessed at the time of such consolidati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-117 Consolidated or annexed cities and villages; actions pending; claims; claimants' rights.
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All actions at law or in equity pending in any court in favor of or against any city of the second class or village consolidated with or annexed by a city of the primary class as provided in sections 15-111 to 15-118 at the time such consolidation or annexation takes effect, shal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-118 Consolidated or annexed cities and villages; books, records, property; transfer to city; offices; termination.
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All officers of any city of the second class or village consolidated with or annexed by a city of the primary class as provided in sections 15-111 to 15-118 having books, papers, records, bonds, funds, effects, or property of any kind in their hands or under their control belongi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1201 Appeals; exception.
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Any person or persons, jointly or severally aggrieved by any final administrative or judicial order or decision of the board of zoning appeals, the board of equalization, the city council, or any officer, department, or board of a city of the primary class, shall, except as provi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1202 Appeal; procedure; fees; bond; indigent appellant.
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(1) The party appealing any final order or decision as provided in section 15-1201 shall within thirty days after the date of the order or decision complained of (a) file a notice of appeal with the city clerk of the city of the primary class specifying the parties taking the app…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1203 City clerk; duties.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the city clerk, on payment to him or her of the costs of the transcript, shall transmit within fifteen days to the clerk of the district court the docket fee and a certified and complete transcript of the proceedings of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1204 Petition on appeal; time for filing; indigency.
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(1) The party appealing an order or decision as provided in section 15-1201 shall file a petition within thirty days after the date the transcript is filed in the district court. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, satisfaction of the requirements of subsect…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1205 District court; hearing; order; appeal.
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The district court shall hear the appeal under sections 15-1201 to 15-1205 as in equity and without a jury and determine anew all questions raised before the city. The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order or decision brought up for review. Either…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1301 Terms, defined.
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As used in sections 15-1301 to 15-1307, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) City shall mean any city of the primary class; (2) Federal government shall mean the United States of America, or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of Amer…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1302 Community development agency; powers.
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A city which has a community development agency as authorized by law is hereby granted power and authority to: (1) Do all community development activities; (2) Do all things necessary to cooperate with the federal government in all matters relating to community development activi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1303 Citizen participation.
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Whenever a city proposes to exercise the power conferred in sections 15-1301 to 15-1307, the city shall certify that it has afforded adequate opportunity for citizen participation in the development of the annual application and has provided for the meaningful involvement of the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1304 Power to levy taxes and issue bonds and notes.
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Whenever the city exercises the power conferred in sections 15-1301 to 15-1307, it shall have the power to levy taxes for the exercise of such jurisdiction and authority, and it shall also have the power to issue general obligation bonds, general obligation notes, revenue bonds a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1305 City jurisdiction and authority; concurrent with and independent of housing authority; report; contents.
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Whenever a city of the primary class exercises the jurisdiction and authority granted in sections 15-1301 to 15-1307 with respect to Chapter 71, article 15, the city shall have the jurisdiction and authority concurrent with and independent of any existing housing authority for su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1306 Acquisition of property; procedure.
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Whenever any city shall exercise the jurisdiction and authority granted in sections 15-1301 to 15-1307 it shall comply with Chapter 76, article 12, regarding the acquisition of property for publicly financed projects.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-1307 Sections; supplementary.
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The provisions of sections 15-1301 to 15-1307 are supplementary to existing laws relating to cities of the primary class and confer upon such cities powers not heretofore granted.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-201 General powers; how exercised; seal.
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Cities of the primary class shall be bodies corporate and politic and shall have power: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire as authorized by their home rule charters or state statutes real estate or personal property within or without the limits o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-201.01 Extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction or authority; exercise outside of county.
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Any extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction or authority which a city of the primary class may exercise outside of its corporate limits by authority of state law may be exercised by such city outside of the county in which such city is located.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-201.02 Purchase of real or personal property; installment contracts authorized.
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In addition to any other powers granted to it by law, a city of the primary class may enter into installment contracts for the purchase of real or personal property. Such contracts need not be restricted to a single year and may provide for the purchase of the property in install…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-202 Property and occupation taxes; power to levy; limitations.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to levy taxes for general revenue purposes on all property within the corporate limits of the city taxable according to the laws of Nebraska and to levy an occupation tax on public service property or corporations in such amounts a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-203 Occupation tax; power to levy; exemptions.
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A city of the primary class shall have power to raise revenue by levying and collecting a license or occupation tax on any person, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or business within the limits of the city and regulate the same by ordinance except as otherwise…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-204 Additional taxes; authorized.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to levy any other tax or special assessment authorized by law and to appropriate money and provide for the payment of the debts and expenses of the city.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-205 Safety regulations; sidewalk structures; powers.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to (1) remove all obstructions from the sidewalk, curbstones, gutters, and crosswalks at the expense of the owners or occupants of the grounds fronting thereon or at the expense of the person placing such obstructions there and (2)…
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-207 Traffic; regulations; vehicle tax; powers.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power, by ordinance, to regulate the transportation of articles through the streets, to prevent injuries to the streets from overloaded vehicles, and to provide for a vehicle license or tax.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-208 Signs and obstructions on streets and public property; traffic and safety regulations; powers.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to (1) prevent and remove all encroachments on streets, avenues, alleys, and other city property, (2) prevent and punish horseracing, fast driving or riding in the streets, highways, alleys, bridges, or other places in the city, (3…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-209 Railroads, depots, warehouses; power to regulate.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power, by ordinance, to regulate levees, depots, depot grounds, and places for storing freight and goods and to provide for and regulate the passing of railways through the streets and public grounds of the city, reserving the rights of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-210 Parks, monuments, recreation centers; acquire; construct; maintain; donations.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to (1) acquire, hold, and improve public grounds, parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, recreation centers, or any other park or recreational use or facility within or without the limits of the city, (2) provide for the protection an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-211 Lots; drainage; costs; special assessment.
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A city of the primary class may, by ordinance, require any and all lots or pieces of ground within the city or within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction to be drained or filled so as to prevent stagnant water or any other nuisance accumulating thereon. Upon the failure of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-212 Peddlers and vendors; regulation.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power, by ordinance, to prescribe the kind and description of articles which may be sold and places to be occupied by vendors and may authorize the immediate seizure and arrest or removal from the markets of persons violating regulations…
Repealed. Laws 1991, LB 356, § 36.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-215 Theatres, churches, halls; licenses; safety regulations.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to regulate, license, or suppress halls, opera houses, churches, places of amusement, entertainment, or instruction, or other buildings used for the assembly of citizens. A city of the primary class may cause such buildings to be p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-216 Buildings; construction; safety devices; regulation.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power, by ordinance, to prescribe the thickness, strength, and manner of constructing stone, brick, and other buildings and the number and construction of means of exit and entrance and of fire escapes. A city of the primary class may re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-217 Auctions; licensing; regulation.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to regulate, license, or prohibit the sale of domestic animals, goods, wares, and merchandise at public auction in the streets, alleys, highways, or any public grounds within the city and to regulate or license the auctioneering of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-218 Animals at large; regulation; penalty.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power, by ordinance, to regulate or prohibit the running at large of cattle, hogs, horses, mules, sheep, goats, dogs, and other animals and to cause such animals running at large to be impounded and sold to discharge the cost and penalti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-219 Pounds; power to establish; operation.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to provide for the erection of all needful pens, pounds, and buildings for the use of the city, within or without such city limits, to appoint and compensate keepers thereof, and to establish and enforce rules governing such pens, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-220 Dogs and other animals; licensing; regulation.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to regulate, license, or prohibit the running at large of dogs and other animals and guard against injuries or annoyances from such animals and to authorize the destruction of such animals when running at large contrary to the prov…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-221 Nuisances; prevention; abatement.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power, by ordinance, to prevent any person from bringing, having, depositing, or leaving upon or near his or her premises or elsewhere within the city any dead carcass, or other putrid beef, pork, fish, hides, or skins of any kind, or an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-222 Public utilities; franchises; power to grant; elections required, when.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to make contracts with and authorize any person, company, or association to erect gas works, electric works, or other light works in such city, and give such person, company, or association the privilege of furnishing light for the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-223 Water; rates; regulation.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to fix the rate to be paid for the use of water furnished by the city or any person or corporation by means of waterworks and provide by ordinance that any tax for the use of water furnished by such city shall be a lien upon the pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-224 Watercourses; wells; reservoirs; regulation.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to establish, alter, and change the channel of watercourses, and to wall and cover such watercourses over, to establish, make, and regulate public wells, cisterns, aqueducts, and reservoirs of water, and to provide for the filling …