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NE Code § 14-391 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-391 - Streets; improvements; petition of property owners; improvement districts; create; districts partly within and partly outside city.

14-391.  Streets; improvements; petition of property owners; improvement districts; create; districts partly within and partly outside city.The city may, upon a petition of the record owners of a majority of the frontage of taxable property upon the streets or parts of streets within a district created for that purpose, order any of the improvements authorized in section 14-385, on any street or any number of consecutive streets which extend in the same general direction, together with parts of streets, alleys, and ways either intersecting or connecting therewith, within reasonable, appropriate, or necessary limits in one proceeding and in one improvement district, by causing the same in whole or in part to be paved, repaved, curbed, or recurbed, or the grades changed or graded or the paving resurfaced or relaid or any combination of such work to be done, including a change of grade and grading or either or both, construction of malls, street or sidewalk, or streets and sidewalks on any of the streets or ways within such districts. The city may also include in such districts the replacement, or repair of sidewalks. In addition to the creation of districts lying wholly within the corporate limits, the city may create such districts on streets lying partly within the city and partly without the corporate limits.Source   Laws 1959, c. 36, § 8, p. 199;   Laws 1963, c. 45, § 1, p. 221;   Laws 1969, c. 60, § 4, p. 367.
NE Code § 14-392 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-392 - Streets; improvements; assessment of cost.

14-392.  Streets; improvements; assessment of cost.For the purpose of covering in whole or in part the costs of any of the improvements and costs incident thereto, authorized in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127, including grading done in combination with any other improvements, the city may assess the property within the improvement district or the property benefited by change of grade or grading when not made in combination with other improvements, to the full extent of the special benefits thereby conferred upon the respective lots, tracts, and parcels of land, or if the city council finds that there are common benefits enjoyed by the public at large without reference to the ownership of property abutting or adjacent to the improvement or improvements, or that there is a common benefit to the property embraced within the district or districts, the city may assess the costs of such improvement or improvements against all the property included in such district or districts, according to such rules as the city council sitting as a board of equalization, shall adopt for the distribution or adjustment of the costs of the improvement or improvements. All such assessments shall be equalized, levied, and collected as special assessments.Source   Laws 1959, c. 36, § 9, p. 199;   Laws 1969, c. 60, § 5, p. 367;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 4.
NE Code § 14-393 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-393 - Streets; establish or change grade; authorization of city; requirements.

14-393.  Streets; establish or change grade; authorization of city; requirements.Whenever it is desired to establish or to change the previously established grade of any street, highway, boulevard, main thoroughfare, controlled-access facility, connecting link, major traffic street, alley, or part thereof, such establishment or change may be authorized by the city. Such authorization shall state the proposed grade by elevations or other definite data and shall refer to a plat with specifications fully detailing and showing the established grade or the amount of change in the grade line, which plat shall remain on file in the city offices. The authorization for and the order establishing or changing the previous grade may include the establishment of or the change of the previously established grade on any number of intersecting or connecting streets which may be reasonably appropriate and necessary to a proper adjustment of grade lines to the principal grade line proposed to be changed or to include the change of grade on cross streets so that traffic on such cross streets may pass under the street to the principal grade line to be changed by a subway or over the street to the principal grade line on a bridge, viaduct, or overpass.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 10, p. 199.
NE Code § 14-394 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-394 - Streets; change of grade; petition of property owners; sufficiency.

14-394.  Streets; change of grade; petition of property owners; sufficiency.The city is authorized to change the grade of any street, boulevard, highway, main thoroughfare, controlled-access facility, connecting link, major traffic street, alley, or part thereof when a petition for a proper and satisfactory change of grade has been signed and filed by the record owners of a majority of the frontage of taxable property abutting upon that part of the street of which the change of grade is proposed. A petition for the order changing the grade may include the change of grade of any number of intersecting or connecting streets which may be reasonably appropriate and necessary to a proper adjustment of grades. In such event the sufficiency of the petition shall be determined by a consideration of the total frontage feet of taxable property upon all the streets or parts thereof upon which it is proposed to change the grades.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 11, p. 200.
NE Code § 14-395 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-395 - Streets; establish or change grade; authority of city.

14-395.  Streets; establish or change grade; authority of city.The city may authorize any street, boulevard, highway, main thoroughfare, controlled-access facility, connecting link, major traffic street, alley, or part thereof graded to a grade as established or changed in accordance with section 14-393.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 12, p. 200.
NE Code § 14-396 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-396 - Streets; grade; petition of property owners; order of city.

14-396.  Streets; grade; petition of property owners; order of city.The city may order any street or alley or part thereof graded to an established grade whenever there is filed an approved petition of the record owners of a majority of the frontage of taxable property upon that part of the street proposed to be graded.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 13, p. 200.
NE Code § 14-397 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-397 - Streets; change of grade; special assessment.

14-397.  Streets; change of grade; special assessment.In order to cover the entire cost of changing the grade or grading, as provided by sections 14-384 to 14-3,127, of any street, boulevard, highway, main thoroughfare, controlled-access facility, connecting link, major traffic street, alley, or part thereof, including as well, intersections and damages awarded, the city is authorized to levy special assessments to the extent of the special benefits conferred by the improvement on the lots and parcels of land especially benefited by reason of the grading of any street or part thereof whether such property abuts on or is in the vicinity of the street or the part of the street so graded. All such special assessments shall be equalized, levied, and collected in the manner provided by law for the equalization, levying, and collection of special assessments. All grading shall be done to the full width of the street unless for good and sufficient reason the city directs a different width.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 14, p. 201.
NE Code § 14-398 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-398 - Streets; change of grade; special assessment; how determined.

14-398.  Streets; change of grade; special assessment; how determined.Under the methods provided in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127 to grade streets, boulevards, highways, main thoroughfares, controlled-access facilities, connecting links, major traffic streets, alleys, and parts thereof, any number of intersecting and connecting streets reasonably required and proper and necessary to the better and improved use of the streets may be authorized to be graded in one and the same proceeding. The cost thereof as provided in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127 may be assessed upon property specially benefited as a special assessment. In such instances, in determining the sufficiency of either an authorized protest or petition, the total frontage of taxable property on all sides on all of the streets to be graded shall be taken into consideration.Source   Laws 1959, c. 36, § 15, p. 201;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 5.
NE Code § 14-399 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-399 - Streets; grade; petition; contents; requirements.

14-399.  Streets; grade; petition; contents; requirements.All petitions authorized by sections 14-384 to 14-3,127 for changing the grade of streets or grading streets shall contain provisions waiving damages on account thereof, and such petitions as well as protests authorized shall be signed and executed and filed in the manner required for petitions for street improvements.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 16, p. 201.
NE Code § 14-3,100 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,100 - Streets; grade; special assessments; appraisers; fees; damages; award.

14-3,100.  Streets; grade; special assessments; appraisers; fees; damages; award.After the grade of any street or alley shall be finally changed or the grading thereof finally ordered as provided in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127 and before any assessments are levied, a committee of at least three disinterested residents of the city shall be appointed by the city to appraise the damages caused by the change of grade or grading. The committee shall promptly make an appraisal of and report its award of such damages as it determines have been occasioned by such change of grade or grading. Prior to entering upon their duties, such appraisers shall take and file such oath as may be by law or ordinance required. The committee shall hold meetings on such reasonable notice to the interested parties as the city may from time to time provide, and may take testimony with respect to the question of damages. The committee shall report its award to the city and the city shall thereupon have authority to approve the same, to change or modify any award on reasonable notice to the interested parties, or to reject the entire report or the award as to any particular property. The appraisers appointed under this section shall be entitled to fees for their time spent which shall be determined in such manner as the city shall from time to time provide.Source   Laws 1959, c. 36, § 17, p. 201;   Laws 1969, c. 60, § 6, p. 368;  Laws 2005, LB 626, § 1.
NE Code § 14-3,101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,101 - Streets; grade; award of damages; when payable; appeal.

14-3,101.  Streets; grade; award of damages; when payable; appeal.Whenever an award of damages for a change in grade or grading has been finally approved the same may be assessed to the extent of the special benefits conferred by the improvement against the lots and parcels of land abutting upon or in the vicinity of the improvements made. Within sixty days after such assessment the award of damages shall become due and payable and they must be paid by warrants drawn against the special assessment fund thus created. Any person feeling aggrieved by reason of an award of damages or failure to award sufficient damages may appeal to the district court of the county within which the property is located within the time and in the manner provided by law for such appeals.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 18, p. 202.
NE Code § 14-3,102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,102 - Streets; improvements; notice; service; protest; effect; special assessment.

14-3,102.  Streets; improvements; notice; service; protest; effect; special assessment.Whenever it is desired to make any improvement or improvements authorized in section 14-385, where the costs of such improvement or improvements are to be assessed against the adjacent and abutting property benefited thereby, and no petition has been filed therefor in accordance with section 14-391, the city for that purpose may propose such improvement or improvements stating the specific character of the improvement or improvements thus to be made. The city shall cause to be published in the official newspaper a brief notice of such proposal stating the character of the improvement or improvements proposed thereby, and shall give additional notice to the property owners in the district or districts, or proposed district or districts, as required by section 25-520.01. If within thirty days thereafter the owners of fifty-one percent of the taxable property abutting upon the street or streets, or part or parts thereof proposed to be improved protest against such project, such work shall not be done. In the absence of such protest, the city shall be authorized to proceed with the work as proposed. The cost and expense thereof, as provided by law, may be assessed against the property within the district or districts specially benefited to the extent of such benefits as a special assessment. Where assessment against the property within the district or districts specially benefited is not made, or where the improvement or improvements are on a main thoroughfare, major traffic street, or connecting link, or made pursuant to sections 14-3,103 to 14-3,106, this section shall not apply.Source   Laws 1959, c. 36, § 19, p. 202;   Laws 1963, c. 46, § 1, p. 222;   Laws 1969, c. 60, § 7, p. 369;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 6.
NE Code § 14-3,103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,103 - Sidewalks; construction or repair; required, when; assessment of cost; equalization.

14-3,103.  Sidewalks; construction or repair; required, when; assessment of cost; equalization.The city may construct or repair sidewalks along any street or part thereof, or any boulevard or part thereof, of such material and in such manner as it deems necessary and assess the cost thereof upon abutting property. Such assessments except for temporary sidewalks and sidewalk repairs shall be equalized and levied as special assessments. The city shall cause the construction of sidewalks on at least one side of every major traffic street and main thoroughfare in the city, excluding freeways, expressways, controlled-access facilities, and other streets deemed by the city to demonstrate no or very limited demand for pedestrian use, and may assess the cost thereof upon abutting property. Such construction shall be completed within a reasonable time, based upon an annual review of construction program priorities and available funding sources.Source   Laws 1959, c. 36, § 20, p. 203;   Laws 1971, LB 237, § 2;   Laws 1984, LB 992, § 1;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 7.
NE Code § 14-3,104 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,104 - Temporary sidewalks; when.

14-3,104.  Temporary sidewalks; when.Where the grade of any street or part of a street has not been established or where a street has not been worked or filled to the established grade or where the street has been graded but does not conform to the established grade the owner of any lots or lands abutting on such street shall only be required to construct or repair such temporary sidewalk along such street with such material as the city may direct.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 21, p. 203.
NE Code § 14-3,105 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,105 - Sidewalks; construction or repair; notice; service.

14-3,105.  Sidewalks; construction or repair; notice; service.Before any sidewalk shall be constructed or repaired by the city, the owner or owners of the lots or lands to be assessed shall be given notice to construct or repair such sidewalk and shall have twenty days after the giving of such notice within which to construct or repair the same. Such notice shall be served or published as directed by ordinance and if the notice be by publication it shall be sufficient to address such notice to the owners generally. The city shall give an additional notice by registered letter or certified mail directed to the last-known address of such owners or their agents, but failure to give such additional notice shall not invalidate the proceedings, or the special assessments for such sidewalk.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 22, p. 203.
NE Code § 14-3,106 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,106 - Sidewalks; construction or repair; special assessment; failure of owner; effect.

14-3,106.  Sidewalks; construction or repair; special assessment; failure of owner; effect.In case the owner or owners shall fail to construct or repair such sidewalk as directed, the city may construct or repair such sidewalk or cause the same to be done and assess the cost thereof upon the abutting property as special assessments. Where the owner or owners of abutting property fail to keep in repair the sidewalk adjacent thereto, they shall be liable for all damages or injuries occasioned or recovered by reason of the defective or dangerous condition of such sidewalk.Source   Laws 1959, c. 36, § 23, p. 204;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 8.
NE Code § 14-3,108 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,108 - Streets; improvements; control of work; rules and regulations.

14-3,108.  Streets; improvements; control of work; rules and regulations.The city shall have the right to control and direct all work upon the public streets. The city may adopt any and all reasonable regulations relating to excavations in the streets or public grounds by any and all parties, including waterworks, gas, and other franchised corporations or public contractors and to enforce such regulations and impose such penalties for the violation thereof as may be deemed proper.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 25, p. 205.
NE Code § 14-3,109 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,109 - Streets; public utilities; connections; power of city to compel; cost.

14-3,109.  Streets; public utilities; connections; power of city to compel; cost.The city shall have the power to compel any water company, gas company, or other person, corporation, or firm owning or controlling any pipe or other underground conduits or other appliances usually installed under the surface of the streets, to provide for and construct all connections that may be deemed necessary for the future, to the curb or property lines in all streets, highways, boulevards, controlled-access facilities, main thoroughfares, connecting links, major traffic streets, or alleys to be paved, repaved, or otherwise improved in such manner and in conformity with such plans as may be determined upon. If any such companies or other parties shall neglect to carry out such construction or fail to make the connections required within thirty days after the same shall have been ordered, the city shall be empowered to cause the same to be done and for the purpose of paying therefor the cost thereof shall be deducted from such accounts as the city may have with such companies or persons.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 26, p. 205.
NE Code § 14-3,110 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,110 - Public property; abutting streets; not subject to special assessment; cost, how paid.

14-3,110.  Public property; abutting streets; not subject to special assessment; cost, how paid.Property of the United States Government at the time devoted to governmental uses, property of the State of Nebraska, any county, or the city, abutting upon and adjacent to the streets or parts of streets being improved or included within any improvement district authorized in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127, shall not be subject to special assessment, but the amount of the cost of such improvement which would otherwise be assessable against such property shall be paid from funds created and maintained for that purpose as provided by law and such property shall not be counted in determining the sufficiency of a petition or protest.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 27, p. 205.
NE Code § 14-3,111 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,111 - Streets and sidewalks; contract for improvements; bids; advertisement.

14-3,111.  Streets and sidewalks; contract for improvements; bids; advertisement.No contract for any of the improvements provided by sections 14-384 to 14-3,127 shall be let unless first the city shall have made a detailed estimate of the costs of the contemplated improvement, nor shall any such contract be let until after the city has advertised for and received bids for the performance of such work. If no bid is received within the estimate, no award shall be made upon any bids received until after fifteen days after the time for receiving bids under such advertisement shall have expired. Within such time anyone desiring to do so may file a bid within the estimate and award may be made thereon in like manner as if said bid had been received in pursuance to the advertisement calling for bids. All improvements authorized by sections 14-384 to 14-3,127 shall be done under contract with the lowest responsible bidder, except that when bids are called for by advertisement for grading in a street or alley and no bid is received within the estimate, the city may enter into a contract to do such grading without further advertisement for bids if the contract price be within the estimate and the contract be entered into within thirty days after the time for receiving bids under the advertisement calling therefor.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 28, p. 206.
NE Code § 14-3,112 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-3,112 - Sections, how construed.

14-3,112.  Sections, how construed.Nothing in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127 shall be construed as in any way abridging, modifying, or limiting the authority or right heretofore granted to and now possessed by any metropolitan city under general law to improve any road, highway, or boulevard leading into such city for a distance not to exceed six miles from the corporate limits thereof, nor as modifying the procedure under such grant or the power or authority to issue bonds in connection therewith, but such authority is hereby expressly recognized and the power so granted by general law shall not be subject to any of the limitations contained in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127.Source  Laws 1959, c. 36, § 29, p. 206.