Chapter 17 — CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS AND VILLAGES
401 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-405.03 Laws, codes, rules, or regulations; effect of annexation.
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Any extraterritorial zoning regulations, property use regulations, or other laws, codes, rules, or regulations imposed upon any annexed lands by the city of the second class or village before such annexation shall continue in full force and effect until otherwise changed.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-405.04 Inhabitants of annexed land; benefits; ordinances.
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The inhabitants of territories annexed under sections 17-405.01 to 17-405.05 shall receive substantially the benefits of other inhabitants of such city of the second class or village as soon as practicable, and adequate plans and necessary city council or village board of trustee…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-405.05 City or village in two or more counties; annexation by city or village; procedure.
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When any city of the second class or village situated in two or more counties shall desire to annex to its corporate limits any contiguous territory, whether within the counties within which such city or village is situated or otherwise, such territory may be annexed in the manne…
Transferred to section 18-3302.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-407 Annexation by city or village within county between 100,000 and 250,000 inhabitants; mayor and city council or chairperson and village board of trustees; powers; notice; contents; liability; limitation on action.
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(1) The provisions of this section shall govern annexation by a city of the second class or village located in whole or in part within the boundaries of a county having a population in excess of one hundred thousand inhabitants but less than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants…
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 74, § 6.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 74, § 6.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 74, § 6.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 74, § 6.
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Transferred to section 18-3303.
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Transferred to section 17-405.05.
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Repealed. Laws 2021, LB131, § 27.
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Transferred to section 18-3304.
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Transferred to section 18-3305.
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Transferred to section 18-3306.
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Transferred to section 18-3307.
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Transferred to section 18-3308.
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Transferred to section 18-3309.
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Transferred to section 18-3310.
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Transferred to section 18-3311.
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Transferred to section 18-3312.
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Transferred to section 18-3313.
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Transferred to section 18-3314.
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Transferred to section 18-3315.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-501 Cities of the second class and villages; powers; board of public trust; members; duties.
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Cities of the second class and villages shall be bodies corporate and politic and shall have power (1) to sue and be sued; (2) to contract or be contracted with; (3) to acquire and hold real and personal property within or without the limits of the city or village, for the use of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-502 Seal; other powers.
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Each city of the second class or village shall have a common seal, which it may change and alter at pleasure, and such other powers as may be conferred by law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-503 Real property; sale; exception; procedure; remonstrance petition; procedure; hearing.
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(1) Except as provided in section 17-503.01, the power of any city of the second class or village to convey any real property owned by it, including land used for park purposes and public squares, except real property used in the operation of public utilities, shall be exercised …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-503.01 Real property less than five thousand dollars; sale; procedure.
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Section 17-503 shall not apply to the sale of real property if the authorizing resolution directs the sale of real property, the total fair market value of which is less than five thousand dollars. Following passage of the resolution directing the sale of the property, notice of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-503.02 Personal property; sale; procedure; other conveyance.
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(1) The power of any city of the second class or village to convey any personal property owned by it shall be exercised by resolution directing the sale and the manner and terms of the sale. Following passage of the resolution directing the sale of the property, notice of the sal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-504 Corporate name; process; service.
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The corporate name of each city of the second class or village shall be the City (or Village) of .........., and all and every process and notice whatever affecting such city or village shall be served in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-505 Ordinances, rules, and regulations; enactment; enforcement.
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In addition to those special powers specifically granted by law, cities of the second class and villages shall have the power to make all such ordinances, bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, as may be expedient for maintaining…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-505.01 Notice; publication.
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If a city of the second class or village is required to publish a notice or advertisement in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city or village, and if there is no legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city or village, then the city or village sh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-506 Property tax; amount of levy authorized.
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Cities of the second class and villages shall have power to levy taxes for general revenue purposes in any one year not to exceed thirty-five cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such cities and villages. The valuation of such pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-507 Other taxes; power to levy.
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Cities of the second class and villages shall have power to levy any other tax or special assessment authorized by law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-508 Streets; grading and repair, when; bridges and sewers; construction.
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Cities of the second class and villages shall have the power to provide for the grading and repair of any street, avenue, or alley and the construction of bridges, culverts, and sewers. No street, avenue, or alley shall be graded unless such street, avenue, or alley shall be orde…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-508.01 Streets; maintenance and repair; contracts with county authorized.
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Where a city of the second class or village does not have sufficient funds to purchase equipment to maintain and keep its streets in repair, such city or village may contract with the county in which it is situated to have the county maintain and keep its streets in repair. The c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-508.02 Streets; grading and repair; bridges and sewers; tax limits.
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For purposes of section 17-508, cities of the second class and villages shall have power to levy in any one year not to exceed ten and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property within the limits of such cities and villages.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-509 Streets and malls; power to improve; districts.
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The governing body of any city of the second class or village may grade, partially or to an established grade, change grade, curb, recurb, gutter, regutter, pave, gravel, regravel, macadamize, remacadamize, widen or narrow streets or roadways, resurface or relay existing pavement…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-510 Streets; improvement district; creation by petition; denial; special assessments.
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If a petition is signed by the owners of the record title representing more than sixty percent of the front footage of property directly abutting upon the streets, alleys, public ways, or public grounds proposed to be improved in an improvement district created pursuant to sectio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-511 Streets; improvement by ordinance; objections; time of filing; special assessment.
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Whenever the governing body of a city of the second class or village deems it necessary to make the improvements in section 17-509 which are to be funded by a levy of special assessment on the property specially benefited, such governing body shall by ordinance create an improvem…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-512 Streets; main thoroughfares; improvement by ordinance; assessments.
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The city council of a city of the second class or village board of trustees may, by a three-fourths vote of all members of such city council or village board of trustees, enact an ordinance creating an improvement district, order such work to be done without petition upon any fed…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-513 Streets; improvement; petitions and protests; sufficiency; how determined; appeal.
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Before proceeding with any improvement under section 17-509, the sufficiency of the protests or petitions or of the existence of the required facts and conditions shall be determined by the city council or village board of trustees at a hearing of which notice shall be given to a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-514 Streets; improvement; assessments; certification to county treasurer.
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All assessments under sections 17-509 to 17-512 shall be a lien on the property on which levied from the date of levy and shall be certified by direction of the city council or village board of trustees to the city treasurer or village treasurer for collection. Except as provided…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-515 Streets and malls; improvement; assessments; interest; when delinquent; payment in installments.
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(1) All assessments as provided in sections 17-509 to 17-512, except for paving, repaving, construction of malls and plazas, and the landscaping and permanent facilities of such malls and plazas, graveling, or curbing and guttering, shall draw interest until such assessments beco…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-516 Streets and malls; improvement; paving bonds; warrants; interest; terms.
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For the purpose of paying the cost of constructing, landscaping, and equipping malls and plazas, paving, repaving, macadamizing or graveling, curbing, guttering, or otherwise improving streets, avenues, or alleys in any improvement district, the mayor and city council of a city o…
Repealed. Laws 1963, c. 72, § 2.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-518 Streets; improvement; sinking fund; investment.
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Pending final redemption of warrant or warrants or bond or bonds for paving issued under section 17-516, the city treasurer or village treasurer is authorized to invest such sinking fund in interest-bearing time certificates of deposit in depositories approved and authorized to r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-519 Streets; improvement; assessments against public lands; payment.
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If in any city of the second class or village there shall be any real estate belonging to any county, school district, city, village, or other political subdivision adjacent to or abutting upon the street or other public way whereon paving, repaving, graveling, or other improveme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-520 Streets; improvement; intersections; property; assessment; Intersection Paving Bonds; warrants; interest; partial payments; final payments.
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In cities of the second class and villages, for all paving and improvements of the intersections and areas formed by the crossing of streets, avenues, or alleys, and one-half of the streets adjacent to real estate owned by the United States, the State of Nebraska, or the city or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-521 Streets; improvement; railways; duty to pave.
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Any street or other railway company, occupying with any track any street, avenue, or alley or portion thereof, which may be ordered paved, repaved, macadamized, or graveled, may be charged with the expense of such improvement of such portion of such street, avenue, or alley so oc…