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NE Code § 19-708 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-708 - Public utility; acquisition by city or village of distribution system; wholesale service.

19-708.  Public utility; acquisition by city or village of distribution system; wholesale service.Whenever the local distribution system of any public utility has been acquired by any city or village under the provisions of Chapter 19, article 7, the condemnee, if it is also the owner of any transmission system, whether by wire, pipeline, or otherwise, from any other point to such city or village shall, at the option of such city or village, be required to render wholesale service to such city or village whether otherwise acting as wholesaler or not. If the condemnee is a public power district subject to the provisions of section 70-626.01, the obligations of the public power district to the condemner under this section shall be no greater than to other cities and villages under section 70-626.01.Source   Laws 1957, c. 44, § 1, p. 220;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 64.  Annotations  Condemnation proceeding was not invalidated by inclusion in notice of election of right to purchase gas at wholesale under this section. Kansas-Nebraska Nat. Gas Co. v. Village of Deshler, 288 F.2d 717 (8th Cir. 1961). Right of village to purchase gas at wholesale, as an incident to condemnation, is recognized. Kansas-Nebraska Nat. Gas Co. v. Village of Deshler, 192 F.Supp. 303 (D. Neb. 1960).
NE Code § 19-710 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-710 - City council action; rights of adjoining property owner.

19-710.  City council action; rights of adjoining property owner.In cases of appeal from an action of the city council condemning real property as a nuisance or as dangerous under the police powers of the city, the owners of adjoining property may intervene in the action at any time before trial.Source   Laws 1985, LB 532, § 1;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 66.
NE Code § 19-801 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-801 - Transferred to section 18-1501.

19-801.  Transferred to section 18-1501.
NE Code § 19-802 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-802 - Transferred to section 18-1502.

19-802.  Transferred to section 18-1502.
NE Code § 19-803 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-803 - Transferred to section 18-1503.

19-803.  Transferred to section 18-1503.
NE Code § 19-803.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-803.01 - Transferred to section 18-1504.

19-803.01.  Transferred to section 18-1504.
NE Code § 19-803.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-803.02 - Transferred to section 18-1505.

19-803.02.  Transferred to section 18-1505.
NE Code § 19-804 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-804 - Transferred to section 18-1506.

19-804.  Transferred to section 18-1506.
NE Code § 19-805 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-805 - Transferred to section 18-1507.

19-805.  Transferred to section 18-1507.
NE Code § 19-806 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-806 - Transferred to section 18-1508.

19-806.  Transferred to section 18-1508.
NE Code § 19-807 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-807 - Transferred to section 18-1509.

19-807.  Transferred to section 18-1509.
NE Code § 19-904 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-904 - Zoning regulations; creation; hearing; notice.

19-904.  Zoning regulations; creation; hearing; notice.The city council or village board of trustees of a municipality which adopts zoning regulations and restrictions pursuant to sections 19-901 to 19-915 shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and restrictions, and the boundaries of districts established pursuant to section 19-902, shall be determined, established, and enforced, and from time to time amended, supplemented, or changed. The city council or village board of trustees shall receive the advice of the planning commission before taking definite action on any contemplated amendment, supplement, change, modification, or repeal. No such regulation, restriction, or boundary shall become effective until after separate public hearings are held by both the planning commission and the city council or village board of trustees in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given by publication thereof in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such municipality at least one time ten days prior to such hearing.Source   Laws 1927, c. 43, § 4, p. 183;   C.S.1929, § 19-904;   R.S.1943, § 19-904;   Laws 1955, c. 57, § 1, p. 185;   Laws 1957, c. 45, § 1, p. 221;   Laws 1967, c. 92, § 3, p. 284;   Laws 1975, LB 410, § 13;   Laws 1983, LB 71, § 9;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 70.  Annotations  When a legislative body does not specify the manner in which a comprehensive development plan is to be adopted, it is assumed that such plan may be effectively adopted via resolution. Smith v. City of Papillion, 270 Neb. 607, 705 N.W.2d 584 (2005). Adoption, amendment, supplement, or change of regulations and restrictions under comprehensive development plan shall not become effective until after a public hearing of which notice has been given. Stec v. Countryside of Hastings, Inc., 190 Neb. 733, 212 N.W.2d 561 (1973). This section provides different procedure from that applicable to zoning act relating to first-class cities only. Schlientz v. City of North Platte, 172 Neb. 477, 110 N.W.2d 58 (1961). Sufficiency of notice given of proposed rezoning action raised but not decided. Weber v. City of Grand Island, 165 Neb. 827, 87 N.W.2d 575 (1958). City council has duty of providing manner in which regulations and restrictions are amended or changed. Kelley v. John, 162 Neb. 319, 75 N.W.2d 713 (1956).
NE Code § 19-904.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-904.01 - Zoning regulations; nonconforming use; continuation; termination.

19-904.01.  Zoning regulations; nonconforming use; continuation; termination.The use of a building, structure, or land, existing and lawful at the time of the adoption of a zoning regulation, or at the time of an amendment of a regulation, may, except as provided in this section, be continued, although such use does not conform with provisions of such regulation or amendment. Such use may be extended throughout the same building if no structural alteration of such building is proposed or made for the purpose of such extension. If such nonconforming use is in fact discontinued for a period of twelve months, such right to the nonconforming use shall be forfeited and any future use of the building and premises shall conform to the regulation. The city council or village board of trustees may provide in any zoning regulation for the restoration, reconstruction, extension, or substitution of nonconforming uses upon such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the zoning regulations. The city council or village board of trustees may, in any zoning regulation, provide for the termination of nonconforming uses, either by specifying the period or periods in which nonconforming uses shall be required to cease, or by providing a formula whereby the compulsory termination of a nonconforming use may be so fixed as to allow for the recovery of amortization of the investment in the nonconformance, except that in the case of a legally erected outdoor advertising sign, display, or device, no amortization schedule shall be used.Source   Laws 1967, c. 92, § 4, p. 285;   Laws 1975, LB 410, § 14;   Laws 1981, LB 241, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 71.  Annotations Where a zoning law provides for the termination of a legal, nonconforming use after it has been “discontinued” for a reasonable period, there is no requirement to show intent to abandon the nonconforming use. Rodehorst Bros. v. City of Norfolk Bd. of Adjustment, 287 Neb. 779, 844 N.W.2d 755 (2014).
NE Code § 19-907 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-907 - Board of adjustment; appointment; restriction on powers.

19-907.  Board of adjustment; appointment; restriction on powers.Except as provided in section 19-912.01, the city council or village board of trustees of a municipality which has adopted zoning regulations pursuant to sections 19-901 to 19-915 shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment. Any actions taken by the board of adjustment shall not exceed the powers granted by section 19-910.Source   Laws 1927, c. 43, § 7, p. 184;   C.S.1929, § 19-907;   R.S.1943, § 19-907;   Laws 1975, LB 410, § 16;   Laws 1978, LB 186, § 5;   Laws 1998, LB 901, § 1;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 73.
NE Code § 19-908 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-908 - Board of adjustment; members; term; vacancy; adopt rules; meetings; records; open to public.

19-908.  Board of adjustment; members; term; vacancy; adopt rules; meetings; records; open to public.The board of adjustment appointed pursuant to section 19-907 shall consist of five regular members, plus one additional member designated as an alternate who shall attend and serve only when one of the regular members is unable to attend for any reason, each to be appointed for a term of three years and removable for cause by the appointing authority upon written charges and after public hearings. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant. One member only of the board of adjustment shall be appointed from the membership of the planning commission, and the loss of membership on the planning commission by such member shall also result in his or her immediate loss of membership on the board of adjustment and the appointment of another planning commissioner to the board of adjustment. After September 9, 1995, the first vacancy occurring on the board of adjustment shall be filled by the appointment of a person who resides in the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city or village at such time as more than two hundred persons reside within such area. Thereafter, at all times, at least one member of the board of adjustment shall reside outside of the corporate boundaries of the city or village but within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction. The board of adjustment shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to sections 19-901 to 19-914. Meetings of the board of adjustment shall be held at the call of the chairperson and at such other times as the board may determine. Such chairperson, or in his or her absence the acting chairperson, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the board of adjustment shall be open to the public. The board of adjustment shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record.Source   Laws 1927, c. 43, § 7, p. 184;   C.S.1929, § 19-907;   R.S.1943, § 19-908;   Laws 1967, c. 92, § 5, p. 285;   Laws 1975, LB 410, § 17;   Laws 1995, LB 805, § 1;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 74.  Annotations Procedural rules detailed in statutes and city zoning ordinance need not be further adopted by a board of adjustment. South Maple Street Assn. v. Board of Adjustment of City of Chadron, 194 Neb. 118, 230 N.W.2d 471 (1975).
NE Code § 19-909 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-909 - Board of adjustment; appeals to board; record on appeal; hearing; stays.

19-909.  Board of adjustment; appeals to board; record on appeal; hearing; stays.Appeals to the board of adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the municipality affected by any decision of the administrative officer. Such appeal shall be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the board of adjustment, by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the board of adjustment a notice of appeal specifying the grounds for such appeal. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the board of adjustment all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the board of adjustment, after the notice of appeal shall have been filed with him or her, that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his or her opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the board of adjustment or by a court of record on application on notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown. The board of adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal, give public notice thereof, as well as due notice to the parties in interest, and decide the same within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing any party may appear in person or by agent or by attorney.Source   Laws 1927, c. 43, § 7, p. 185;   C.S.1929, § 19-907;   R.S.1943, § 19-909;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 75.  Annotations Procedural rules detailed in statutes and city zoning ordinance need not be further adopted by a board of adjustment. South Maple Street Assn. v. Board of Adjustment of City of Chadron, 194 Neb. 118, 230 N.W.2d 471 (1975).
NE Code § 19-911 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-911 - Board of adjustment; village board of trustees may act; exception; powers and duties.

19-911.  Board of adjustment; village board of trustees may act; exception; powers and duties.Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 19-907 and 19-908, the village board of trustees may, except as set forth in section 19-912.01, provide by ordinance that it shall constitute a board of adjustment, and in the regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to the authority of sections 19-901 to 19-905 may provide that as such board of adjustment it may exercise only the powers granted to boards of adjustment by section 19-910. As such board of adjustment, the village board of trustees shall adopt rules and procedures that are in harmony with sections 19-907 to 19-910 and shall have the powers and duties of a board of adjustment provided for in such sections, and other parties shall have all the rights and privileges provided for in such sections. The concurring vote of two-thirds of the members of the village board of trustees acting as a board of adjustment shall decide any question upon which it is required to pass as such board of adjustment.Source   Laws 1927, c. 43, § 8, p. 186;   C.S.1929, § 19-908;   R.S.1943, § 19-911;   Laws 1975, LB 410, § 19;   Laws 1978, LB 186, § 7;   Laws 1998, LB 901, § 2;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 77.  Annotations  The city council of a first-class city is not authorized by this section to sit as a board of adjustment. Staley v. City of Blair, 206 Neb. 292, 292 N.W.2d 570 (1980). City council may sit as a board of adjustment. Weber v. City of Grand Island, 165 Neb. 827, 87 N.W.2d 575 (1958).
NE Code § 19-912.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-912.01 - Zoning board of adjustment of a county; serve municipalities, when; board of zoning appeals.

19-912.01.  Zoning board of adjustment of a county; serve municipalities, when; board of zoning appeals.The zoning board of adjustment of a county that has adopted a comprehensive development plan, as defined by section 23-114.02, and is enforcing zoning regulations based upon such a plan, shall, upon request of the governing body of a city of the second class or village, serve as the zoning board of adjustment for such city of the second class or village in that county. A city of the first class may request that the county zoning board of adjustment of the county in which it is located serve as that city's zoning board of adjustment, and such county government shall comply with that request within ninety days. A municipality located in more than one county shall be served by request or otherwise only by the county zoning board of adjustment of the county in which the greatest area of the municipality is located, and the jurisdiction of such county zoning board of adjustment shall include all portions of the municipality and its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction regardless of county lines. In a county in which a city of the primary class is located, the board of zoning appeals, created under section 23-174.09, may serve in the same capacity for all cities of the second class and villages in place of a zoning board of adjustment.Source   Laws 1975, LB 317, § 5;   Laws 1981, LB 298, § 4;   R.S.1943, (1994), § 84-155;   Laws 1998, LB 901, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 79.  Cross References  For provisions relating to boards of adjustment for cities of the first and second class and villages, see sections 19-907 to 19-912.
NE Code § 19-913 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-913 - Zoning laws and regulations; enforcement; violations; penalties; actions.

19-913.  Zoning laws and regulations; enforcement; violations; penalties; actions.The city council or village board of trustees may provide by ordinance for the enforcement of sections 19-901 to 19-915 and of any ordinance, regulation, or restriction made thereunder. A violation of such sections or of such ordinance or regulation is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and such city council or village board of trustees may provide for the punishment thereof by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for any one offense, recoverable with costs, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed thirty days. Each day such violation continues after notice of violation is given to the offender may be considered a separate offense. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of sections 19-901 to 19-915 or of any ordinance or other regulation made under such sections, the proper local authorities of the municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises.Source   Laws 1927, c. 43, § 10, p. 187;   C.S.1929, § 19-910;   R.S.1943, § 19-913;   Laws 1975, LB 410, § 20;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 80.  Annotations  Injunction authorized in addition to other remedies for violation of zoning laws. City of Imperial v. Raile, 187 Neb. 404, 191 N.W.2d 442 (1971). City may maintain action for mandatory injunction to compel removal of structure erected in violation of zoning ordinance. City of Beatrice v. Williams, 172 Neb. 889, 112 N.W.2d 16 (1961).
NE Code § 19-914 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-914 - Zoning regulations; conflict with other laws; effect.

19-914.  Zoning regulations; conflict with other laws; effect.Whenever the regulations made pursuant to sections 19-901 to 19-905 require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of building or less number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required in any other statute, local ordinance, or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under authority of such sections shall govern. Wherever the provisions of any other statute or local ordinance or regulation require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of building or a less number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of such sections, the provisions of such statute, local ordinance, or regulation shall govern.Source   Laws 1927, c. 43, § 11, p. 188;   C.S.1929, § 19-911;   R.S.1943, § 19-914;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 81.
NE Code § 19-915 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-915 - Zoning regulations; changes; procedure; ratification.

19-915.  Zoning regulations; changes; procedure; ratification.(1) When any city of the first class, city of the second class, or village has enacted zoning regulations pursuant to sections 19-901 to 19-915 and as a part of such regulations has bounded and defined the various zoning or building districts with reference to a zoning map, such zoning or building districts may from time to time be changed, modified, or terminated, or additional or different zoning or building districts may from time to time be created, changed, modified, or terminated, by an appropriate amendatory action which describes the changed, modified, terminated, or created zone or district or part thereof by legal description or metes and bounds, or by republishing a part only of the original zoning map, and without republishing the original zoning map as a part of the amendatory action and without setting forth and repealing the entire section or ordinance adopting the rezoning maps, or a part of the zoning map, as a part of the amendatory action, notwithstanding the provisions of section 16-404 or 17-614.(2) When any city of the first class, city of the second class, or village has, prior to March 21, 1969, changed the boundaries of a zoning or building district without compliance with section 16-404 or 17-614, any such amendments of the zoning ordinances shall stand as valid amendments until repealed and the action of any such city or village in executing any such amendment is expressly ratified by the Legislature.Source   Laws 1969, c. 108, § 1, p. 509;   Laws 1975, LB 410, § 21;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 82.