Chapter 19 — CITIES AND VILLAGES; LAWS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN ONE AND LESS THAN ALL CLASSES
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Transferred to section 18-3411.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5301 Act, how cited.
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Sections 19-5301 to 19-5317 shall be known and may be cited as the Riverfront Development District Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5302 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Cities in the United States and throughout the world have been historically established along the banks of major rivers due to the role rivers played as early trade routes as well as other inherent strategic and economic benefits…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5303 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Riverfront Development District Act: (1) Authority means a riverfront development authority established in accordance with section 19-5305; (2) City means a city of the metropolitan, primary, first, or second class; (3) District means a riverfront development …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5304 Riverfront development district; ordinance; contents; revenue; boundaries.
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(1) A city may create a riverfront development district by the adoption of an ordinance which specifies the following: (a) The name of the river or rivers along which the district will be created; (b) The boundaries of the district, a map of which shall be incorporated by referen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5305 Riverfront development authority; members; officers; vacancy; meetings; powers.
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(1) Following the creation of a district under section 19-5304, the mayor, with the approval of the city council, shall appoint a riverfront development authority to oversee and manage the district. The authority shall consist of five or more members who collectively shall have s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5306 Authority; powers; city; power.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an authority shall have the following powers: (a) To adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (b) To sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded in a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5307 Authority; acquire property; limitations.
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(1) An authority may acquire real property or interests in real property by gift, devise, transfer, exchange, foreclosure, purchase, or otherwise on terms and conditions and in a manner the authority considers proper. (2) An authority may accept transfers of real property or inte…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5308 Taxation.
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The real property owned by an authority and the authority’s income and operations are exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivision thereof, except that purchases by an authority shall be subject to state and local sales and use taxes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5309 Conflict of interest.
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(1) No member of an authority or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in real property located within the boundaries of any district overseen and managed by the authority. (2) No member of an authority or employee of an authority shall have any…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5310 Funding.
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An authority may receive funding through grants and loans from the city that created the authority, from other municipalities, from the state, from the federal government, and from other public and private sources.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5311 Bonds; issuance; procedure; liability.
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(1) An authority shall have the power to issue bonds for any of its corporate purposes, the principal and interest of which are payable from its revenue generally. Any of such bonds shall be secured by a pledge of any revenue of the authority or by a mortgage of any property owne…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5312 Business occupation tax; hearing; appeals; collection; area within business improvement district; how treated.
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(1) A city may levy a general business occupation tax upon the businesses and users of space within a district for the purpose of paying all or any part of the total costs and expenses of such district. Notice of a hearing on any such tax levied under the Riverfront Development D…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5313 Special assessment; hearing; appeals; lien; area within business improvement district; how treated.
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(1) A city may levy a special assessment against the real estate located in a district, to the extent of the special benefit thereto, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the total costs and expenses of such district. The amount of each special assessment shall be determi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5314 Hearing; notice; manner; decision; appeal.
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(1) Notice of a hearing on any general business occupation tax to be levied under the Riverfront Development District Act shall be given to the businesses and users of space in such district by publication of a description of the businesses and users of space who will be subject …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5315 Additional assessment or levy; procedure.
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If, subsequent to the levy of taxes or assessments, the use of any parcel of land shall change so that, had the new use existed at the time of making such levy, the assessment or levy on such parcel would have been higher than the levy or assessment actually made, an additional a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5316 Records; meetings; reports.
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(1) The authority shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all its proceedings. Meetings of the authority shall be subject to the Open Meetings Act. (2) All of an authority’s records and documents shall be considered public records for purposes of sections 84-712 to 84-712.…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5317 Dissolution of district; procedure; notice.
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(1) A district or an authority may be dissolved sixty calendar days after a resolution of dissolution is approved by the city council of the city that created the district or authority. Notice of consideration of a resolution of dissolution shall be given by publishing such notic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5401 Act, how cited.
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Sections 19-5401 to 19-5408 shall be known and may be cited as the Vacant Property Registration Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5402 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Vacant properties have the potential to create a host of problems for Nebraska communities, including a propensity to foster criminal activity, create public health problems, and otherwise diminish quality of life; (2) Vacant propertie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5403 Purposes of act.
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The purposes of the Vacant Property Registration Act are to promote the health, safety, and welfare of Nebraska residents by providing authority for municipalities to enact vacant property registration ordinances. Such ordinances will allow communities to identify and register va…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5404 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Vacant Property Registration Act: (1) Evidence of vacancy means any condition or circumstance that on its own or in combination with other conditions or circumstances would lead a reasonable person to believe that a residential building or commercial building …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5405 Vacant property registration ordinance; adoption by municipality.
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Under the Vacant Property Registration Act, a municipality may adopt a vacant property registration ordinance which applies to any type of either residential or commercial buildings or both, located within the corporate limits of the municipality, except that a vacant property re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5406 Registration of property; duty of owner; information required; fee; exemptions.
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(1) Owners of vacant property subject to a vacant property registration ordinance adopted pursuant to section 19-5405 shall be required to register such property with the program administrator if the property has been vacant for one hundred eighty days or longer. A vacant propert…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5407 Vacant property registration ordinance; contents; program administrator; powers.
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(1) A vacant property registration ordinance shall: (a) Provide that a subsequent owner or owners of property subject to the ordinance will assume the obligations of the previous owner or owners; (b) Provide for removal of the property from the vacant property registration databa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5408 Supplemental provisions.
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The provisions of the Vacant Property Registration Act shall be supplemental and in addition to any other laws of the State of Nebraska relating to vacant property.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5501 Act, how cited.
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Sections 19-5501 to 19-5506 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5502 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Residential density is beneficial in making better and more cost-effective use of municipal resources and services; (2) There is a need for affordable housing in municipalities of all sizes in Nebraska. Affordable housing contributes t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5503 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act: (1) Accessory dwelling unit means an interior, attached, or detached residential structure that is used in connection with, or that is an accessory to, a single-family dwelling and is located on the same lot or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5504 Affordable housing; report; contents.
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(1) On or before July 1, 2021, and by each July 1 every two years thereafter, each city shall electronically submit a report to the Urban Affairs Committee of the Legislature detailing its efforts to address the availability of and incentives for affordable housing through its zo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5505 Affordable housing action plan; required; failure to adopt; effect.
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(1) On or before January 1, 2023, each city with a population of fifty thousand or more inhabitants shall adopt an affordable housing action plan. On or before January 1, 2024, each city with a population of less than fifty thousand inhabitants shall adopt an affordable housing a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5506 Act, how construed.
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Nothing in the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act shall be construed to prohibit any city from: (1) Regulating the siting and design of middle housing provided for under section 19-5505, except that such regulation shall not prohibit or have the effect of physically…
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5701 Act, how cited.
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Sections 19-5701 to 19-5708 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipality Infrastructure Aid Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5702 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Municipality Infrastructure Aid Act: (1) Eligible grantee means a city of the first class, city of the second class, or village with a redevelopment plan approved under the Community Development Law; (2) Infrastructure includes water systems, sewer systems, ro…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5703 Municipality Infrastructure Aid Program; created; purpose.
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The Municipality Infrastructure Aid Program is created. The Department of Economic Development shall administer the program. The purpose of the program is to finance infrastructure improvements in cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and villages.