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NE Code § 14-365.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.02 - Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; mortgage bonds.

14-365.02.  Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; mortgage bonds.For the purpose of owning, operating, constructing, and equipping such sewage disposal plant or sewerage system, including any storm sewer system, or improving or extending such existing system, a municipality may issue mortgage bonds therefor. Such mortgage bonds as provided in this section shall not impose any general liability upon the municipality but shall be secured only on the property and revenue, as provided in section 14-365.04, of such utility including a franchise stating the terms upon which, in case of foreclosure, the purchaser may operate the system. Such franchise shall in no case extend for a longer period than twenty years from the date of the sale thereof on foreclosure. Such mortgage bonds shall be sold for not less than par. The amount of such mortgage bonds, either issued or outstanding, shall not be included in computing the maximum amount of bonds which the said municipality may be authorized to issue under its charter or any statute of this state.Source   Laws 1953, c. 24, § 2, p. 99;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 17, p. 283.
NE Code § 14-365.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.03 - Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; rules and regulations; charges; collection; special assessments.

14-365.03.  Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; rules and regulations; charges; collection; special assessments.The governing body of such municipality may make all necessary rules and regulations governing the use, operation, and control thereof. The governing body may establish just and equitable rates or charges to be paid to it for the use of such disposal plant and sewerage system by the owner of the property served or by the person, firm, or corporation using the services. If any service charge so established is not paid when due, such sum may be recovered by the municipality in a civil action, or it may be certified to the tax assessor and assessed against the premises served, and collected or returned in the same manner as other municipal taxes are certified, assessed, collected, and returned, or it may be assessed against the premises served in the same manner as special taxes or assessments are assessed by such city and shall be certified, enforced, collected, and returned as other special taxes or assessments of such city.Source   Laws 1953, c. 24, § 3, p. 100;   Laws 1959, c. 32, § 4, p. 187;   Laws 1961, c. 30, § 2, p. 147;   Laws 1965, c. 38, § 1, p. 230. Annotations  Sewer use charge is not a special assessment; a city has authority to make necessary rules and regulations including a reasonable processing charge on delinquent accounts. Rutherford v. City of Omaha, 183 Neb. 398, 160 N.W.2d 223 (1968). Metropolitan utilities district may establish just and equitable rates for use of sewer system. Metropolitan Utilities Dist. v. City of Omaha, 171 Neb. 609, 107 N.W.2d 397 (1961).
NE Code § 14-365.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.04 - Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; mortgage bonds; payment.

14-365.04.  Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; mortgage bonds; payment.Bonds which are issued and secured by a mortgage on the utility, as provided in section 14-365.02, shall not be a general obligation of the municipality, but shall be paid only out of the revenue received from the service charges, as provided in section 14-365.03, or from a sale of the property and the franchise, referred to in section 14-365.02, to operate the system, under a foreclosure proceeding. If a service rate is charged, to be paid as herein provided, such portion thereof as may be deemed sufficient shall be set aside as a sinking fund for the payment of the interest on said bonds, and the principal thereof at maturity.Source  Laws 1953, c. 24, § 4, p. 100.
NE Code § 14-365.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.05 - Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; franchises; power to grant; service; payment.

14-365.05.  Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; franchises; power to grant; service; payment.For the purpose of providing for such sewage disposal plant and sewerage system, including any storm sewer system, or improving or extending such existing system, any such municipality may also enter into a contract with any corporation organized under or authorized by the laws of this state to engage in the business herein mentioned, to receive and treat, in the manner hereinbefore mentioned, the sewage and night soil thereof, and to construct and provide the facilities and services as hereinbefore described. Such contract may also authorize the corporation to charge the owners of the premises served such a service rate therefor as the governing body of such municipality may determine to be just and reasonable. The municipality may contract to pay the said corporation a flat rate for such service, and pay therefor out of its general fund or the proceeds of any tax levy applicable to the purposes of such contract, or assess the owners of the property served a reasonable charge therefor to be collected, as provided in section 14-365.03, and paid into a fund to be used to defray such contract charges.Source  Laws 1953, c. 24, § 5, p. 100.Annotations A lease-purchase agreement relating to financing of a waste disposal plant and authorized by this section is not a franchise that violates section 14-811. Cosentino v. City of Omaha, 186 Neb. 407, 183 N.W.2d 475 (1971).
NE Code § 14-365.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.06 - Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; general obligation bonds; interest; power to issue.

14-365.06.  Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; general obligation bonds; interest; power to issue.For the purpose of owning, operating, constructing, and equipping such sewage disposal plant and sewerage system, including any storm sewer system, or improving or extending such existing system, or for the purpose stated in sections 14-365.01 to 14-365.05, any such municipality is also authorized and empowered hereby to issue and sell the general obligation bonds of such municipality upon compliance with section 14-365.07. Such bonds shall not be sold or exchanged for less than the par value thereof and shall bear interest payable semiannually. The governing body of any such municipality shall have power to determine the denominations of such bonds, and the date, time, and manner of payment.Source   Laws 1953, c. 24, § 6, p. 101;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 18, p. 283.
NE Code § 14-365.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.07 - Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; revenue bonds; ordinance; general obligation bonds; election; amount.

14-365.07.  Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; revenue bonds; ordinance; general obligation bonds; election; amount.(1) Revenue bonds authorized by section 14-365.02 may be issued by ordinance duly passed by the mayor and city council of any city of the metropolitan class without any other authority.(2) General obligation bonds authorized by section 14-365.06 may be issued only (a) after the question of their issuance has been submitted to the electors of the city of the metropolitan class at a general or special election, of which three weeks' notice has been published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city, and (b) if a majority of the electors voting at the election have voted in favor of the issuance of the bonds. Publication of such a notice in such a newspaper once each week during three consecutive weeks prior to the date of such election shall constitute a compliance with the requirements of this section for notice of such election. General obligation bonds shall not be issued in excess of one and eight-tenths percent of the taxable value of all the taxable property in the city or in excess of the amount authorized by sections 14-365.12 and 14-365.13.Source   Laws 1953, c. 24, § 7, p. 101;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 9;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 30;   Laws 1980, LB 599, § 4;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 35.
NE Code § 14-365.08 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.08 - Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; minutes; plans; contracts; bids.

14-365.08.  Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; minutes; plans; contracts; bids.Whenever the governing body of any metropolitan city shall have ordered the installation of a sewerage system, including any storm sewer system, and sewage disposal plant or the improvement or extension of an existing system, the fact that such order was issued shall be recited in the official minutes of the governing body. The said body shall thereupon require that plans and specifications be prepared of such sewerage system, including any storm sewer system, and sewage disposal plant, or such improvement or extension. Upon approval of such plans, the governing body shall thereupon advertise for sealed bids for the construction of said improvements once a week three consecutive weeks in a legal paper published in or of general circulation within said municipality. The contract for such construction shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.Source  Laws 1953, c. 24, § 8, p. 102.Annotations Requirements for competitive bidding are strictly construed against public authorities, but where a process or article is patented, public authorities may specify its use without competitive bidding if it possesses such exceptional superiority that it would be a public injury not to use it. Cosentino v. City of Omaha, 186 Neb. 407, 183 N.W.2d 475 (1971).
NE Code § 14-365.09 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.09 - Sewerage system and sewage disposal plants; service beyond corporate limits.

14-365.09.  Sewerage system and sewage disposal plants; service beyond corporate limits.The owner of any sewerage system, including any storm sewer system, or sewage disposal plant provided for in sections 14-365.01 to 14-365.08, or the municipality, is hereby authorized to extend the same beyond the limits of the metropolitan city which it serves, under the same conditions, as nearly as may be, as within such corporate limits, and to charge to users of its services reasonable and fair rates consistent with those charged or which might be charged within such corporate limits and consistent with the expense of extending and maintaining the same for the users thereof outside such corporate limits at a fair return to the owner thereof. The mayor and city council of any metropolitan city shall have authority to enter into contracts with users of such sewerage system, including any storm sewer system; Provided, no contract shall call for furnishing of such service for a period in excess of ten years.Source  Laws 1953, c. 24, § 9, p. 102.
NE Code § 14-365.10 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.10 - Sewerage system; rental or use charges; collection; lien; proceeds; disposition.

14-365.10.  Sewerage system; rental or use charges; collection; lien; proceeds; disposition.The mayor and city council of any metropolitan city, in addition to other sources of revenue available to the city, may by ordinance set up appropriate rental or use charges to be collected from users of any of its system of sanitary sewerage and provide methods of collection thereof; Provided, that users shall include in part any users outside of such city where the sewer is directly or indirectly connected to the sewerage system of such city and users within any sanitary and improvement district now existing or hereafter organized under the laws of this state when the sewerage system, or any part thereof, of the sanitary and improvement district directly or indirectly connects to any part of the sewerage system of the metropolitan city. The charges shall be charged to each property served by its sewerage system, shall be a lien upon the property served, and may be collected either from the owner or the person, firm, or corporation using the service. All money raised from the charges shall be used for maintenance or operation of the existing system, for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued, as is provided for in section 14-365.06, or to create a reserve fund for the payment of future maintenance, operation, or construction of a new sewer system for or additions to the sewerage system of the city. Any funds raised from this charge shall be placed in a separate fund and not be used for any other purpose or diverted to any other fund.Source   Laws 1953, c. 24, § 10, p. 103;   Laws 1959, c. 32, § 5, p. 188;   Laws 1965, c. 38, § 2, p. 231. Annotations Imposition of sewer use fee pursuant to contract between city and district was authorized. Metropolitan Utilities Dist. v. City of Omaha, 171 Neb. 609, 107 N.W.2d 397 (1961).
NE Code § 14-365.11 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.11 - Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; terms, defined; powers construed.

14-365.11.  Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; terms, defined; powers construed.The terms sewage system, sewerage system, including storm sewer system, and disposal plant or plants, as used herein are defined to mean and include any system or works above or below ground which has for its purpose any or all of the following: The removal, discharge, conduction, carrying, treatment, purification, or disposal of the liquid and solid waste and night soil of a municipality, surface waters, and storm waters. It is intended that the powers conferred by the terms of sections 14-365.01 to 14-365.13 may also be employed in connection with sewage and sewer projects which do not include the erection or enlargement of a sewage disposal plant.Source  Laws 1953, c. 24, § 11, p. 103.
NE Code § 14-365.12 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.12 - Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; tax levy; general obligation bonds; limitation.

14-365.12.  Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; tax levy; general obligation bonds; limitation.If any tax is levied or general obligation bonds are issued by a metropolitan city as authorized by the provisions of Chapter 18, article 5, the amount of the tax that may be levied by the provisions of section 14-365.01, or the amount of general obligation bonds that may be issued by the provisions of section 14-365.07 by such metropolitan city must be reduced by the amount of the tax levied or bonds issued as authorized by the provisions of Chapter 18, article 5.Source  Laws 1953, c. 24, § 12, p. 104.
NE Code § 14-365.13 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-365.13 - Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; sections; cumulative.

14-365.13.  Sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants; sections; cumulative.The provisions of sections 14-365.01 to 14-365.13 shall be independent of and in addition to any other provisions of the laws of the State of Nebraska with reference to sewage disposal plants and sewerage systems, including any storm sewer system, in metropolitan cities. The provisions of sections 14-365.01 to 14-365.13 shall not be considered amendatory of or limited by any other provision of the laws of the State of Nebraska, except as provided in section 14-365.12.Source  Laws 1953, c. 24, § 13, p. 104.
NE Code § 14-367 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-367 - Property; acquisition by eminent domain; procedure.

14-367.  Property; acquisition by eminent domain; procedure.Whenever property is purchased for any of the purposes stated in section 14-366 the purchase thereof shall be made by ordinance. Whenever it becomes necessary to appropriate property for the purposes stated in section 14-366 the purpose and necessity for such appropriation shall be declared by ordinance. Thereupon the procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. III, § 57, p. 457;   C.S.1922, § 3610;   C.S.1929, § 14-358;   R.S.1943, § 14-367;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 35, p. 461. Annotations  Amendment to this section providing condemnation procedure be in manner of cited sections repealed by implication succeeding sections. Connor v. City of Omaha, 185 Neb. 146, 174 N.W.2d 205 (1970). Where city purchases or condemns property for parks or playgrounds, appraisers must be appointed and their award reported to the city council. Ash v. City of Omaha, 152 Neb. 393, 41 N.W.2d 386 (1950). Appraisal of property is required when acquired for park purposes. Reid v. City of Omaha, 150 Neb. 286, 34 N.W.2d 375 (1948). Although board of appraisers does not constitute a court, it exercises functions judicial in their nature. In re Appraisement of Omaha Gas Plant, 102 Neb. 782, 169 N.W. 725 (1918). Award of damages by appraisers, unless appealed from, is conclusive, and city having lien for special assessment and failing to have same established, cannot, after expiration of time for appeal, offset amount of same against warrants issued to property for damages. State ex rel. Katelman v. Fink, 84 Neb. 185, 120 N.W. 938 (1909). Special tax for opening street cannot be levied until report of appraisement of damages has been confirmed by council. Merrill v. Shields, 57 Neb. 78, 77 N.W. 368 (1898).
NE Code § 14-372 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-372 - Utilities; acquisition by eminent domain; funds; title.

14-372.  Utilities; acquisition by eminent domain; funds; title.Whenever property is acquired for the purpose of constructing or enlarging waterworks, gas plants, or other municipal utility purposes or enterprises authorized by this act, the same shall be paid for from such funds as may be provided for any such purposes. The title thereto shall be lodged in the city after the condemnation proceedings have been completed and the amount awarded has been paid by the city.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. III, § 57, p. 460;   C.S.1922, § 3610;   C.S.1929, § 14-358;   R.S.1943, § 14-372;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 36, p. 462. Cross References  "This act", defined, see section 14-101.Annotations  Owner whose land is condemned is not required to look to the fund sought to be raised by special assessment for payment of his damages. City of Omaha v. State ex rel. Metzger, 69 Neb. 29, 94 N.W. 979 (1903). Judgment against city for value of land vests title to land in city. City of Omaha v. Redick, 61 Neb. 163, 85 N.W. 46 (1901). Right of landowner to condemnation money accrues immediately upon termination of condemnation proceedings and taking possession of land by city. Spalding v. City of Omaha, 4 Neb. Unof. 447, 94 N.W. 714 (1903).
NE Code § 14-373 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-373 - City plan; planning board; scope; lands outside corporate limits.

14-373.  City plan; planning board; scope; lands outside corporate limits.Each city of the metropolitan class is authorized and required to prepare a plan for its future physical development and growth. Such plan shall be prepared and shall be carried out by an appropriate city board or official. The plan may include such lands outside the corporate limits of the city as may bear a relation to the development of the city. A planning board may be given such other powers and duties by statute or charter as may be appropriate, and on or after January 1, 1998, the planning board shall have one member qualified and appointed as provided in section 14-373.02.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. III, § 57a, p. 460;   C.S.1922, § 3611;   C.S.1929, § 14-359;   R.S.1943, § 14-373;   Laws 1959, c. 34, § 1, p. 191;   Laws 1996, LB 575, § 1. Cross References  Duties of city planning board, see section 14-407.Annotations  Provisions of this section do not apply where a city of the metropolitan class seeks to adopt an ordinance annexing lands adjacent to the city's boundaries. S.I.D. No. 95 v. City of Omaha, 221 Neb. 272, 376 N.W.2d 767 (1985). Efficacy of city plan depends on its being adopted by the city council. Van Patten v. City of Omaha, 167 Neb. 741, 94 N.W.2d 664 (1959). City planning commission has power to carry out and maintain city plan after its adoption by city council. Ash v. City of Omaha, 152 Neb. 393, 41 N.W.2d 386 (1950); Reid v. City of Omaha, 150 Neb. 286, 34 N.W.2d 375 (1948). Zoning ordinance, drafted in general terms and providing reasonable margin to secure effective enforcement, is within police power of state and constitutional. Pettis v. Alpha Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Pi, 115 Neb. 525, 213 N.W. 835 (1927). Metropolitan city is not permitted to impose unreasonable regulations upon the owners of property with respect to the area sought to be covered by a proposed building. State ex rel. Westminster Presbyterian Church v. Edgecomb, 108 Neb. 859, 189 N.W. 617 (1922), 27 A.L.R. 437 (1922).
NE Code § 14-373.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-373.01 - Planning board; legislative findings.

14-373.01.  Planning board; legislative findings.The Legislature finds that:(1) The exercise of zoning, planning, and other concomitant powers by a city of the metropolitan class in the area of extraterritorial jurisdiction described and authorized by state law necessarily affects property outside the corporate boundaries of the city and persons who are not inhabitants of or electors in the city;(2) The protection of unrepresented persons and property affected by a statutorily created zoning and planning process is a matter of state concern; and(3) The protection of such unrepresented persons and property would be facilitated by requiring that at least one person residing in the area of extraterritorial jurisdiction and appointed by an elected body of the area of extraterritorial jurisdiction serve as a member of the planning board of the city of the metropolitan class if a planning board exists.Source  Laws 1996, LB 575, § 2.Cross References  Planning board, organized, see section 14-407.