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NE Code § 39-217 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-217 - Scenic byway designations.

39-217.  Scenic byway designations.(1) The Department of Transportation may designate portions of the state highway system as a scenic byway when the highway corridor possesses unusual, exceptional, or distinctive scenic, historic, recreational, cultural, or archeological features. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations establishing the procedure and criteria to be utilized in making scenic byway designations.(2) Any portion of a highway designated as a scenic byway which is located within the limits of any incorporated municipality shall not be designated as part of the scenic byway, except when such route possesses intrinsic scenic, historic, recreational, cultural, or archaeological features which support designation of the route as a scenic byway.Source   Laws 1995, LB 264, § 11;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 98.
NE Code § 39-218 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-218 - Scenic byways; prohibition of signs visible from main-traveled way; exceptions.

39-218.  Scenic byways; prohibition of signs visible from main-traveled way; exceptions.No sign shall be erected which is visible from the main-traveled way of any scenic byway except (1) directional and official signs to include, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders, scenic attractions, and historical attractions, (2) signs, displays, and devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which such media are located, and (3) signs, displays, and devices advertising activities conducted on the property on which such media are located. Signs which are allowed shall comply with the standards and criteria established by rules and regulations of the Department of Transportation.Source   Laws 1995, LB 264, § 12;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 99.
NE Code § 39-219 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-219 - Control of advertising outside of right-of-way; erected prior to March 27, 1972; effect.

39-219.  Control of advertising outside of right-of-way; erected prior to March 27, 1972; effect.Outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices erected prior to March 27, 1972, may continue in zoned or unzoned commercial or industrial areas, notwithstanding the fact that such outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices do not comply with standards and criteria established by sections 39-212 to 39-222 or rules and regulations of the Department of Transportation.Source   Laws 1972, LB 1181, § 9;   Laws 1994, LB 848, § 3;   R.S.Supp.,1994, § 39-1320.08;   Laws 1995, LB 264, § 13;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 100.  Annotations  An injunction may properly be entered to require compliance with the statute making it unlawful to erect or maintain advertising signs along highways prior to determination of whether there is a right to damages resulting from application of the statute. State v. Mayhew Products Corp., 204 Neb. 266, 281 N.W.2d 783 (1979). Sections 39-1320 to 39-1320.11 constitute a reasonable and valid exercise of the police power which bears a substantial relation to the public health, safety, and general welfare, and are constitutional. State v. Mayhew Products Corp., 204 Neb. 266, 281 N.W.2d 783 (1979).
NE Code § 39-220 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-220 - Control of advertising visible from main-traveled way; permit; rules and regulations.

39-220.  Control of advertising visible from main-traveled way; permit; rules and regulations.The Department of Transportation may at its discretion require permits for advertising signs, displays, or devices which are placed or allowed to exist along or upon the Highway Beautification Control System or which are at any point visible from the main-traveled way of the Highway Beautification Control System, except for on-premise signs, displays, and devices, as defined in the department's rules and regulations, for advertising activities conducted on the property on which the sign, display, or device is located. Such permits shall be renewed biennially. Each sign shall bear on the side facing the highway the permit number in a readily observable place for inspection purposes from the highway right-of-way. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement and administer sections 39-212 to 39-226. The department may revoke the permit for noncompliance reasons and remove the sign if, after thirty days' notification to the sign owner, the sign remains in noncompliance. Printed sale bills not exceeding two hundred sixteen square inches in size shall not require a permit if otherwise conforming.Source   Laws 1972, LB 1181, § 10;   Laws 1974, LB 490, § 2;   Laws 1975, LB 213, § 8;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 39-1320.09;   Laws 1995, LB 264, § 14;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 101;  Laws 2018, LB472, § 1.  Annotations  An injunction may properly be entered to require compliance with the statute making it unlawful to erect or maintain advertising signs along highways prior to determination of whether there is a right to damages resulting from application of the statute. State v. Mayhew Products Corp., 204 Neb. 266, 281 N.W.2d 783 (1979). Sections 39-1320 to 39-1320.11 constitute a reasonable and valid exercise of the police power which bears a substantial relation to the public health, safety, and general welfare, and are constitutional. State v. Mayhew Products Corp., 204 Neb. 266, 281 N.W.2d 783 (1979).
NE Code § 39-221 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-221 - Control of advertising outside of right-of-way; compliance; damages; violations; penalty.

39-221.  Control of advertising outside of right-of-way; compliance; damages; violations; penalty.Any person, firm, company, or corporation violating any of the provisions of sections 39-212 to 39-222 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor. In addition to any other available remedies, the Director-State Engineer, for the Department of Transportation and in the name of the State of Nebraska, may apply to the district court having jurisdiction for an injunction to force compliance with any of the provisions of such sections or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. When any person, firm, company, or corporation deems its property rights have been adversely affected by the application of the provisions of such sections, such person, firm, company, or corporation shall have the right to have damages ascertained and determined pursuant to Chapter 76, article 7.Source   Laws 1972, LB 1181, § 11;   Laws 1974, LB 490, § 3;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 211;   Laws 1994, LB 848, § 4;   R.S.Supp.,1993, § 39-1320.10;   Laws 1995, LB 264, § 15;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 102.  Annotations  An injunction may properly be entered to require compliance with the statute making it unlawful to erect or maintain advertising signs along highways prior to determination of whether there is a right to damages resulting from application of the statute. State v. Mayhew Products Corp., 204 Neb. 266, 281 N.W.2d 783 (1979). Sections 39-1320 to 39-1320.11 constitute a reasonable and valid exercise of the police power which bears a substantial relation to the public health, safety, and general welfare, and are constitutional. State v. Mayhew Products Corp., 204 Neb. 266, 281 N.W.2d 783 (1979).
NE Code § 39-222 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-222 - Control of advertising outside of right-of-way; eminent domain; authorized.

39-222.  Control of advertising outside of right-of-way; eminent domain; authorized.Sections 39-212 to 39-221 shall not be construed to prevent the Department of Transportation from (1) exercising the power of eminent domain to accomplish the removal of any sign or signs or (2) acquiring any interest in real or personal property necessary to exercise the powers authorized by such sections whether within or without zoned or unzoned commercial or industrial areas.Source   Laws 1972, LB 1181, § 12;   Laws 1994, LB 848, § 5;   R.S.Supp.,1994, § 39-1320.11;   Laws 1995, LB 264, § 16;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 103.  Annotations  An injunction may properly be entered to require compliance with the statute making it unlawful to erect or maintain advertising signs along highways prior to determination of whether there is a right to damages resulting from application of the statute. State v. Mayhew Products Corp., 204 Neb. 266, 281 N.W.2d 783 (1979). Sections 39-1320 to 39-1320.11 constitute a reasonable and valid exercise of the police power which bears a substantial relation to the public health, safety, and general welfare, and are constitutional. State v. Mayhew Products Corp., 204 Neb. 266, 281 N.W.2d 783 (1979).
NE Code § 39-223 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-223 - Governmental or quasi-governmental agency; removal of signs, displays, or devices along Highway Beautification Control System; exemption; petition.

39-223.  Governmental or quasi-governmental agency; removal of signs, displays, or devices along Highway Beautification Control System; exemption; petition.Any community, board of county commissioners, municipality, county, city, a specific region or area of the state, or other governmental or quasi-governmental agency which is part of a specific economic area located along the Highway Beautification Control System of the State of Nebraska may petition the Department of Transportation for an exemption from mandatory removal of any legal, nonconforming directional signs, displays, or devices as defined by 23 U.S.C. 131(o), which signs, displays, or devices were in existence on May 5, 1976. The petitioning agency shall supply such documents as are supportive of its petition for exemption.The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to seek the exemptions authorized by 23 U.S.C. 131(o) in accordance with the federal regulations promulgated thereunder, 23 C.F.R., part 750, subpart E, if the petitioning agency shall supply the necessary documents to justify such exemptions.Source   Laws 1978, LB 534, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 39-1320.12;   Laws 1995, LB 264, § 17;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 104.
NE Code § 39-224 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-224 - Department of Transportation; retention of signs, displays, or devices; request.

39-224.  Department of Transportation; retention of signs, displays, or devices; request.Upon receipt of a petition under section 39-223, the Nebraska Department of Transportation shall make request of the United States Department of Transportation for permission to retain the directional signs, displays, or devices which provide information for the specific economic area responsible for the petition.Source   Laws 1978, LB 534, § 2;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 39-1320.13;   Laws 1995, LB 264, § 18;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 105.
NE Code § 39-225 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-225 - Department of Transportation; removal of nonconforming signs; program.

39-225.  Department of Transportation; removal of nonconforming signs; program.The Department of Transportation shall adopt future programs to assure that removal of directional signs, displays, or devices, providing directional information about goods and services in the interest of the traveling public, not otherwise exempted by economic hardship, be deferred until all other nonconforming signs, on a statewide basis, are removed.Source   Laws 1978, LB 534, § 3;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 39-1320.14;   Laws 1995, LB 264, § 19;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 106.
NE Code § 39-226 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-226 - Exemption, how construed.

39-226.  Exemption, how construed.The exemption provided by sections 39-223 to 39-225 shall be in addition to the exemption provided by section 39-219.Source   Laws 1978, LB 534, § 4;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 39-1320.15;   Laws 1995, LB 264, § 20.
NE Code § 39-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-302 - Roads; sprinkler irrigation system; restrictions; violations; penalty.

39-302.  Roads; sprinkler irrigation system; restrictions; violations; penalty.A sprinkler irrigation system which due to location or design diverts, or is capable of diverting, water onto or across a public road so as to saturate, wash, or impair the maintenance, construction, or passability of such public road or allows water to accumulate on the roadway or traveled surface of the public road shall be equipped with a device which will automatically shut off the endgun of the irrigation system causing such diversion or accumulation of water. Any person who fails to comply with this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor, except that section 39-301 shall be controlling with respect to mechanical malfunctions and normal weather conditions.Source   Laws 1981, LB 24, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-703.01;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 26.
NE Code § 39-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-303 - Sidewalks, bridges; injuring or obstructing; penalty.

39-303.  Sidewalks, bridges; injuring or obstructing; penalty.Any person who purposely destroys or injures any sidewalk, public or private bridge, culvert, or causeway, removes any of the timber or plank thereof, or obstructs the same shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor and shall be liable for all damages occasioned thereby and all necessary costs of rebuilding or repairing the same.Source   Laws 1879, § 70, p. 136;   R.S.1913, § 3028;   C.S.1922, § 2779;   C.S.1929, § 39-1010;   R.S.1943, § 39-704;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-704;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 27.  Cross References  Destruction of private, public, or toll bridge, penalty, see section 39-806.
NE Code § 39-304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-304 - Injuries to roads, bridges, gates, milestones; penalty.

39-304.  Injuries to roads, bridges, gates, milestones; penalty.Any person who willfully and maliciously injures any lawful public road in this state or any bridge, gate, milestone, or other fixture on any such road shall, for every such offense, be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor and be liable to any party injured in double damages.Source   G.S.1873, c. 58, § 103, p. 744;   R.S.1913, § 3041;   C.S.1922, § 2792;   C.S.1929, § 39-1027;   R.S.1943, § 39-715;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-715;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 28.  Cross References  Destruction of private, public, or toll bridge, penalty, see section 39-806.
NE Code § 39-305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-305 - Plowing up road; penalty.

39-305.  Plowing up road; penalty.Any person who plows up or upon any public highway without the consent or direction of the road overseer or the officer in charge of road work in the area where such road is located shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1899, c. 58, §§ 1, 2, p. 285;   R.S.1913, § 3032;   C.S.1922, § 2783;   C.S.1929, § 39-1018;   R.S.1943, § 39-706;   Laws 1959, c. 181, § 7, p. 656;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-706;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 29.
NE Code § 39-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-306 - Plowing up road; road overseer; duty to file complaint; violation; penalty.

39-306.  Plowing up road; road overseer; duty to file complaint; violation; penalty.It is hereby made the duty of the road overseer or other officer in charge of road work in the area where such road is located to make complaint to the county attorney of any violation of section 39-305. Any willful neglect of this duty by a road overseer or other such officer shall be considered a Class V misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1899, c. 58, § 3, p. 285;   R.S.1913, § 3033;   C.S.1922, § 2784;   C.S.1929, § 39-1019;   R.S.1943, § 39-707;   Laws 1959, c. 181, § 8, p. 657;   Laws 1977, LB 41, § 36;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-707;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 30.
NE Code § 39-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-307 - Barbed wire fence along highway without guards; penalty.

39-307.  Barbed wire fence along highway without guards; penalty.Any person who builds a barbed wire fence across or in any plain traveled road or track in common use, either public or private, without first putting up sufficient guards to prevent either human or beast from running into the fence shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor and shall be liable for all damages that may accrue to the party damaged by reason of such barbed wire fence.Source   Laws 1885, c. 77, §§ 1, 2, p. 317;   R.S.1913, § 3031;   C.S.1922, § 2782;   C.S.1929, § 39-1017;   R.S.1943, § 39-705;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-705;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 31.  Annotations  Obstruction of road by barbed wire fence is negligence and renders person placing it there liable for injury, in absence of contributory negligence. Vanderveer v. Moran, 79 Neb. 431, 112 N.W. 581 (1907). Information for violation of section must allege that road was in common use. Gilbert v. State, 78 Neb. 636, 111 N.W. 377 (1907). Liability for injury to stock by fence in road is discussed. Floaten v. Ferrell, 24 Neb. 347, 38 N.W. 732 (1888).
NE Code § 39-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-308 - Removal of traffic hazards; determined by Department of Transportation and local authority; violation; penalty.

39-308.  Removal of traffic hazards; determined by Department of Transportation and local authority; violation; penalty.It shall be the duty of the owner of real property to remove from such property any tree, plant, shrub, or other obstruction, or part thereof, which, by obstructing the view of any driver, constitutes a traffic hazard. When the Department of Transportation or any local authority determines upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigation that such a traffic hazard exists, it shall notify the owner and order that the hazard be removed within ten days. Failure of the owner to remove such traffic hazard within ten days shall constitute a Class V misdemeanor, and every day such owner fails to remove it shall be a separate offense.Source   Laws 1973, LB 45, § 101;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-6,101;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 32;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 107.
NE Code § 39-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-309 - Sidewalks, trees, hedge fence bordering public roads; when lawful; removal by county board.

39-309.  Sidewalks, trees, hedge fence bordering public roads; when lawful; removal by county board.It shall be lawful for the owner or occupants of land bordering upon any public road to build sidewalks not to exceed six feet in width, to plant shade and ornamental trees along and in such road at a distance not exceeding one-tenth of the legal width of a road from its margin, and to erect and maintain a fence as long as it is actually necessary for the purpose of raising a hedge on the margin a distance of six feet from and within such marginal lines, except that when, in the opinion of the county board, the hedge fence, trees, or undergrowth on any county road interferes with the use of the right-of-way for road purposes or presents a hazard to the traveling public, the county board may, in its discretion, remove, or cause to be removed, at county expense, the hedge fence, trees, or undergrowth from the road right-of-way.Source   Laws 1879, § 71, p. 136;   R.S.1913, § 3029;   C.S.1922, § 2780;   C.S.1929, § 39-1011;   R.S.1943, § 39-717;   Laws 1953, c. 132, § 1, p. 412;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-717;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 33.
NE Code § 39-310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-310 - Depositing materials on roads or ditches; penalties.

39-310.  Depositing materials on roads or ditches; penalties.Any person who deposits any wood, stone, or other kind of material on any part of any lawful public road in this state, inside of the ditches of such road, or outside of the ditches but so near thereto as to cause the banks thereof to break into the same, causes the accumulation of rubbish, or causes any kind of obstruction, shall be guilty of (1) a Class III misdemeanor for the first offense, (2) a Class II misdemeanor for the second offense, and (3) a Class I misdemeanor for the third or subsequent offense.Source   G.S.1873, c. 58, § 107, p. 744;   R.S.1913, § 3042;   Laws 1919, c. 98, § 1, p. 249;   C.S.1922, § 2793;   C.S.1929, § 39-1028;   R.S.1943, § 39-716;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-6,190;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 34;   Laws 1994, LB 570, § 2;   Laws 1997, LB 495, § 4.  Annotations Complaint charging that defendant obstructed a public road by placing posts and logs therein stated an offense under this section. Lydick v. State, 61 Neb. 309, 85 N.W. 70 (1901).
NE Code § 39-311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-311 - Rubbish on highways; prohibited; signs; enforcement; violation; penalties.

39-311.  Rubbish on highways; prohibited; signs; enforcement; violation; penalties.(1) No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway:(a) Any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or other substance likely to injure any person or animal or damage any vehicle upon such highway; or(b) Any burning material.(2) Any person who deposits or permits to be deposited upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove such or cause it to be removed.(3) Any person who removes a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance deposited on the highway from such vehicle.(4) The Department of Transportation or a local authority as defined in section 60-628 may procure and place at reasonable intervals on the side of highways under its respective jurisdiction appropriate signs showing the penalty for violating this section. Such signs shall be of such size and design as to be easily read by persons on such highways, but the absence of such a sign shall not excuse a violation of this section.(5) It shall be the duty of all Nebraska State Patrol officers, conservation officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers to enforce this section and to make prompt investigation of any violations of this section reported by any person.(6) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of (a) a Class III misdemeanor for the first offense, (b) a Class II misdemeanor for the second offense, and (c) a Class I misdemeanor for the third or subsequent offense.Source   Laws 1973, LB 45, § 83;   Laws 1988, LB 1030, § 40;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-683;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 35;   Laws 1994, LB 570, § 3;   Laws 1997, LB 495, § 5;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 403;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 108.  Cross References  Littering, penalty, see section 28-523.