Chapter 17 — CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS AND VILLAGES
401 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-1001 Suburban development; zoning ordinances; building regulations; public utility codes; applicability to extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction; notice to county board.
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(1) Except as provided in section 13-327 and subsection (2) of this section, the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of a city of the second class or village shall consist of the unincorporated area one mile beyond and adjacent to its corporate boundaries. (2) For purposes of se…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-1002 Designation of jurisdiction; suburban development; subdivision; platting; consent required; review; when required.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, any city of the second class or village may designate by ordinance the portion of the territory located within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction outside of any other organized city or village within which the design…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-1003 Suburban development; powers of city council or village board of trustees; dedication of avenues, streets, and alleys.
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The city council of a city of the second class or village board of trustees shall have power, by ordinance, to provide the manner, plan, or method by which the real property within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city or village may be subdivided, platted, or laid…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-1004 Designation of jurisdiction; how described.
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An ordinance of a city of the second class or village designating its jurisdiction over territory outside of the corporate limits of the city or village under section 17-1001 or 17-1002 shall describe such territory by metes and bounds or by reference to an official map.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-101 City of the second class, defined; population; exception.
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Each municipality containing more than eight hundred and not more than five thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census shall be a city of the second class unle…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-102 Wards; number; how determined.
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Unless the city elects council members at large as provided in section 32-554, each city of the second class shall be divided into not less than two nor more than six wards, as provided by ordinance of the city council. Each ward shall contain, as nearly as practicable, an equal …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-103 City council; members; number; qualifications.
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The city council of a city of the second class shall consist of not less than four nor more than twelve residents of the city who are registered voters.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-104 City council members; election; term; qualifications.
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Unless the city elects city council members at large as provided in section 32-554, each ward of each city of the second class shall have at least two city council members elected in the manner provided in the Election Act. The term of office shall begin on the first regular meet…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-105 City council; meetings; quorum.
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Regular meetings of the city council of a city of the second class shall be held at such times as the city council may provide by ordinance. A majority of all the members elected to the city council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, but a fewer number…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-106 City council; special meetings.
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The mayor or any three city council members of a city of the second class shall have power to call special meetings of the city council, the object of which shall be submitted to the city council in writing; and the call and object, as well as the disposition thereof, shall be en…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-107 Mayor; qualifications; election; officers; appointment; removal; terms of office; police officers; appointment; removal, demotion, or suspension; procedure.
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(1) A mayor of a city of the second class shall be elected in the manner provided in the Election Act. The mayor shall take office on the date of the first regular meeting of the city council held in December following the statewide general election. The mayor shall be a resident…
Repealed. Laws 1975, LB 323, § 6.
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Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 76, § 615.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-108 Officers and employees; salaries.
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The officers and employees of a city of the second class shall receive such compensation as the mayor and city council shall fix by ordinance.
Repealed. Laws 1949, c. 21, § 4.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-108.02 Officers and employees; merger of offices or employment; salaries.
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(1) All officers and employees of a city of the second class shall receive such compensation as the mayor and city council may fix at the time of their appointment or employment subject to the limitations set forth in this section. (2) The city council may at its discretion by or…
Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 266, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1973, LB 559, § 10.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-110 Mayor; general duties and powers.
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(1) The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the city council of a city of the second class. The mayor may vote on any matter that requires either a majority vote of the city council or a majority vote of all the elected members of the city council if (a) the mayor's vote is re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-111 Mayor; ordinances; veto power; passage over veto.
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The mayor in any city of the second class shall have power to veto or sign any ordinance passed by the city council and to approve or veto any order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim. If the mayor approves the ordinance…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-112 Mayor; recommendations to city council.
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The mayor in any city of the second class shall, from time to time, communicate to the city council such information and recommend such measures as, in his or her opinion, may tend to the improvement of the finances, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort, and general pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-113 Mayor; reports of officers; power to require.
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The mayor in any city of the second class shall have the power, when he or she deems it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his or her accounts or other papers, and to make reports to the city council, in writing, touching any subject or matter pertaining to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-114 Mayor; territorial jurisdiction.
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The mayor in any city of the second class shall have such jurisdiction as may be vested in him or her by ordinance, over all places within five miles of the corporate limits of the city, for the enforcement of any health or quarantine ordinance and regulation thereof, and shall h…
Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 76, § 615.
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Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 741, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-117 Mayor; remission of fines; pardons; powers.
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The mayor of a city of the second class shall have 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. § 17-118 Police; arrest; power.
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The police officers of a city of the second class shall have the power to arrest all offenders against the laws of the state or of the city, by day or by night, in the same manner as the county sheriff and to keep such offenders in the city prison, county jail, or other place of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-119 City overseer of streets; duties.
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The city overseer of the streets of a city of the second class shall, subject to the orders of mayor and city council, have general charge, direction, and control of all work on the streets, sidewalks, culverts, and bridges of the city, and shall perform such other duties as the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-120 Public morals; powers; restrictions.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to restrain, prohibit, and suppress houses of prostitution, gambling and gambling houses, and other disorderly houses and practices, and all kinds of public indecencies, and all lotteries or fraudulent devices and practices for the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-121 Health and sanitation; rules and regulations; board of health; members; powers.
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(1) A city of the second class shall have the power to make regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious, infectious, or malignant diseases into the city, to make quarantine laws for that purpose, and to enforce such regulations. (2) In cities of the second cl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-122 Hospital; establishment and control.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to erect, establish, and regulate hospitals and to provide for the government and support of such hospitals.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-123 Public health; regulations; water; power to supply.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to make regulations to secure the general health of the city, to prevent and remove nuisances within the city and within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, and to provide the city with water.
Transferred to section 17-573.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-124 Police; power to establish.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to establish a night watch and police and to define the duties and powers of such night watch and police.
Transferred to sections 17-528.02 and 17-528.03.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-126 Public market; establishment; regulation.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to purchase, hold, and own grounds for and to erect, establish, and regulate market houses and market places.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-127 Public buildings; power to erect.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to provide for the erection and government of any useful or necessary building for the use of the city.
Repealed. Laws 2017, LB133, § 331.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-129 Disorderly conduct; power to prevent.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to prevent intoxication, fighting, quarreling, dog fights, cock fights, and all disorderly conduct.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-130 Fire escapes; exits; regulation.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to regulate the use of any opera house, city hall, church, or other building used by the people for worship, for amusement, or for public assemblages to ensure that such opera house, city hall, church, or other building is provided …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-131 Safety regulations.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to prescribe the thickness, strength, and manner of constructing stone, brick, and other buildings and to prescribe and direct the number and construction of means of exit and entrance and the construction of fire escapes in such bu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-132 Places of amusement; safety regulations; revocation of license.
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A city of the second class shall have the power (1) to regulate, license, tax, and suppress places of amusement, (2) to revoke the licenses of such places when they are not provided with sufficient and ample means of exit and entrance or when the licensee has been convicted of an…
Repealed. Laws 2017, LB133, § 331.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-134 Peddlers; pawnbrokers; entertainers; licensing and regulation.
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A city of the second class shall have the power by ordinance to license, tax, suppress, regulate, and prohibit hawkers, peddlers, pawnbrokers, theatrical and other exhibitions, shows, and other amusements and to revoke such licenses for violation of such ordinances.
Repealed. Laws 2017, LB133, § 331.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-136 Fire hazards; dangerous buildings; elimination.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to prevent the dangerous construction and condition of chimneys, fireplaces, hearths, stoves, stovepipes, ovens, or boilers used in and about any building and to cause such to be removed or placed in a safe condition, as the city co…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-137 Explosives; storage; fireworks; regulation.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to (1) regulate and prevent storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, resin, coal oil, benzine, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitroglycerine, petroleum, or any of the productions thereof and other material, (2) regulate the use of lights in sta…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-138 Animals; cruelty, prevention of.
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A city of the second class shall have the power by ordinance to prohibit and punish cruelty to animals.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-139 Traffic; sales; regulation.
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A city of the second class shall have the power by ordinance to regulate traffic and sales upon the streets, the sidewalks, and other public places.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-140 Signs and handbills; regulation.
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A city of the second class shall have the power to regulate and prevent the use of streets, sidewalks, and public grounds for signs, sign posts, racks, and the posting of handbills and advertisements.