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NE Code § 16-626 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-626 - Intersection improvement bonds; amount; interest; warrants; partial payments; final payment; interest; restrictions on work.

16-626.  Intersection improvement bonds; amount; interest; warrants; partial payments; final payment; interest; restrictions on work.In a city of the first class, for all improvements of the intersections and areas formed by the crossing of streets, avenues, or alleys, and one-half of the streets adjacent to real estate owned by the United States, the State of Nebraska, or the city, the assessment shall be made upon all the taxable property of the city, and for the payment of such improvements, the mayor and city council are hereby authorized to issue improvement bonds of the city in such denominations as they deem proper, to be called Intersection Improvement Bonds, payable in not to exceed twenty years from date of the bonds and to bear interest payable annually or semiannually. Such bonds shall not be issued in excess of the cost of such improvements. For the purpose of making partial payments as the work progresses in making the improvements of streets, avenues, alleys, or intersections and areas formed by the crossing of streets, avenues, or alleys, or one-half of the streets adjacent to real estate owned by the United States, the State of Nebraska, or the city, warrants may be issued by the mayor and city council upon certificates of the engineer in charge showing the amount of the work completed and materials necessarily purchased and delivered for the orderly and proper continuation of the project, in a sum not exceeding ninety-five percent of the cost thereof, and upon completion and acceptance of the work issue a final warrant for the balance of the amount due the contractor, which warrants shall be redeemed and paid upon the sale of bonds authorized by law. The city shall pay to the contractor interest at the rate of eight percent per annum on the amounts due on partial and final payments beginning forty-five days after the certification of the amounts due by the engineer in charge and approval by the city council, and running until the date that the warrant is tendered to the contractor. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the mayor and city council to make improvements of any intersections or areas formed by the crossing of streets, avenues, or alleys, unless in connection with one or more blocks of any of aforesaid kinds or forms of street improvement of which the improvement of such intersection or areas shall form a part.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LV, p. 259;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 4, p. 307;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111;   R.S.1913, § 4921;   Laws 1917, c. 96, § 1, p. 259;   C.S.1922, § 4089;   Laws 1923, c. 146, § 1, p. 360;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 14, p. 201;   C.S.1929, § 16-618;   R.S.1943, § 16-626;   Laws 1965, c. 55, § 1, p. 261;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 9, p. 223;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 28, p. 289;   Laws 1974, LB 636, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 93;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 40.
NE Code § 16-627 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-627 - Intersections; improvement; cost; tax levy.

16-627.  Intersections; improvement; cost; tax levy.The cost and expense of improving, constructing, or repairing streets, avenues, alleys, and sidewalks, at their intersections as provided in section 16-626, may be included in the special tax levied for the construction or improvement of any one street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk, as may be deemed best by the city council.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 75, p. 288;   R.S.1913, § 4922;   C.S.1922, § 4090;   C.S.1929, § 16-619;   R.S.1943, § 16-627;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 10, p. 224;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 94;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 41.
NE Code § 16-628 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-628 - Improvements; tax; when due.

16-628.  Improvements; tax; when due.Special taxes as provided in section 16-627 shall be due and may be collected as the improvements are completed in front of or along or upon any block or piece of ground, or at the time the improvement is entirely completed or otherwise, as shall be provided in the ordinance levying the tax.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 76, p. 288;   R.S.1913, § 4923;   C.S.1922, § 4091;   C.S.1929, § 16-620;   R.S.1943, § 16-628;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 95.
NE Code § 16-629 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-629 - Curbs and gutters; authorized; petition; formation of district; bonds.

16-629.  Curbs and gutters; authorized; petition; formation of district; bonds.In a city of the first class, curbing and guttering shall not be required or ordered to be laid on any street, avenue or alley not ordered to be paved, repaved, graveled or macadamized, except on a petition of the owners of two-thirds of the front footage of property abutting along the line of that portion of the street, avenue or alley which is to be curbed or guttered.When such petition is presented, a curbing and guttering district shall be formed, which district shall be governed by the provisions of section 16-630. Any bonds issued on account of such district shall be known as Bonds of Curbing and Guttering District No. ........ .Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LV, p. 259;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 4, p. 307;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111;   R.S.1913, § 4924;   C.S.1922, § 4092;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 6, p. 196;   C.S.1929, § 16-621;   R.S.1943, § 16-629;   Laws 1965, c. 56, § 1, p. 263;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 42.
NE Code § 16-630 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-630 - Curbing and guttering bonds; interest rate; special assessments; how levied.

16-630.  Curbing and guttering bonds; interest rate; special assessments; how levied.If curbing, or curbing and guttering, is done upon any street, avenue, or alley in any improvement district in a city of the first class in which paving or other such improvement has been ordered, and the mayor and city council shall deem it expedient to do so, the mayor and city council may, for the purpose of paying the cost of such curbing, or curbing and guttering, cause to be issued bonds of the city, to be called Curbing and Guttering Bonds of Improvement District No. ....., payable in not exceeding ten years from date, bearing interest, payable annually or semiannually, with interest coupons attached. In all cases the mayor and city council shall assess at one time as a special assessment the total cost of such curbing, or curbing and guttering, upon the property abutting or adjacent to the portion of the street, avenue, or alley so improved, according to the special benefits. Such special assessments shall become delinquent the same as the special assessments for paving, repaving, graveling, or macadamizing purposes, draw the same rate of interest, be subject to the same penalties, and may be paid in the same manner, as special assessments for such purpose. The special assessment shall constitute a sinking fund for the payment of such bonds and interest, and the bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LV, p. 267;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 4, p. 315;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 119;   R.S.1913, § 4925;   Laws 1915, c. 87, § 1, p. 226;   C.S.1922, § 4093;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 7, p. 196;   C.S.1929, § 16-622;   R.S.1943, § 16-630;   Laws 1945, c. 21, § 1, p. 128;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 29, p. 290;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 21;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 96;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 43.  Annotations Under prior act, where street had been reduced to grade, and only limited expense was necessary to complete the work, engineer's estimate, advertisement, etc., for bids was not necessary, and city was permitted to pay for such work out of proper city funds. Hilger v. City of Nebraska City, 97 Neb. 268, 149 N.W. 807 (1914).
NE Code § 16-631 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-631 - Curbing and guttering; cost; paving bonds may include; special assessment.

16-631.  Curbing and guttering; cost; paving bonds may include; special assessment.If an improvement district has been established in a city of the first class, an improvement thereon constructed, and curbing, or curbing and guttering, is therewith constructed and it becomes necessary to issue and sell street improvement bonds to pay for the cost of construction of the improvement and the curbing, or curbing and guttering, the mayor and city council may, at their discretion, include the cost of curbing, or curbing and guttering, with the cost of other improvements in the improvement district, and issue bonds for the combined cost of the improvement and curbing, or curbing and guttering, in any of the districts, naming the bonds Street Improvement Bonds of District No. ........ . The amount of money necessary for the payment of such bonds shall be levied upon and collected from abutting and adjacent property and property specially benefited as a special assessment.Source   Laws 1915, c. 87, § 1, p. 227;   C.S.1922, § 4093;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 7, p. 197;   C.S.1929, § 16-622;   R.S.1943, § 16-631;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 11, p. 224;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 22;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 97;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 44.
NE Code § 16-632 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-632 - Improvement districts; assessments; when authorized; ordinary repairs excepted.

16-632.  Improvement districts; assessments; when authorized; ordinary repairs excepted.In order to defray the costs and expenses of improvements in any improvement district in a city of the first class, the mayor and city council shall have power and authority to levy and collect special taxes and assessments upon the lots and pieces of ground adjacent to or abutting upon the street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk, thus in whole or in part improved or repaired or which may be specially benefited by such improvements. The provisions in this section shall not apply to ordinary repairs of streets or alleys, and the cost of such repairs shall be paid out of the road fund. The mayor and city council are authorized to draw warrants against such fund not to exceed eighty-five percent of the amount levied as soon as levy shall be made by the county board.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LV, p. 259;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 4, p. 307;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111;   R.S.1913, § 4926;   C.S.1922, § 4094;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 8, p. 198;   C.S.1929, § 16-623;   R.S.1943, § 16-632;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 12, p. 225;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 98;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 45.  Annotations  An unplatted and nonsubdivided tract of land in a city of the first class may be subjected to assessment for special benefits. City of Scottsbluff v. Kennedy, 141 Neb. 728, 4 N.W.2d 878 (1942). Section refers to proceedings for the creation, opening, and improvements of streets by new construction work, and not to ordinary repairs. Hilger v. City of Nebraska City, 97 Neb. 268, 149 N.W. 807 (1914).
NE Code § 16-633 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-633 - Improvements; assessments against public lands.

16-633.  Improvements; assessments against public lands.If, in any city of the first class, there shall be any real estate belonging to any county, school district, city, village, or other political subdivision abutting upon the street, avenue, or alley whereon paving or other improvements have been ordered, it shall be the duty of the governing body of the political subdivision to pay such special taxes. In the event of the neglect or refusal of such governing body to pay such taxes, or to levy and collect the taxes necessary to pay for such improvements, the city may recover the amount of such special taxes in a proper action. The judgment thus obtained may be enforced in the usual manner, and the signatures of such political subdivisions to all petitions shall have like force and effect as that of other property owners.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LV, p. 259;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 4, p. 307;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111;   R.S.1913, § 4927;   C.S.1922, § 4095;   C.S.1929, § 16-624;   R.S.1943, § 16-633;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 99.  Annotations  Though church property, used exclusively for church purposes, is exempt from general taxation under the Constitution, such property is not exempt from special assessments for local improvements. City of Beatrice v. Brethren Church of Beatrice, 41 Neb. 358, 59 N.W. 932 (1894). Officers representing state, county, or school districts, may not sign petition for paving on behalf of the property of the district they represent. Von Steen v. City of Beatrice, 36 Neb. 421, 54 N.W. 677 (1893).
NE Code § 16-634 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-634 - Improvements; real estate owned by minor or protected person; petition; guardian or conservator may sign.

16-634.  Improvements; real estate owned by minor or protected person; petition; guardian or conservator may sign.If, in any city of the first class, there shall be any real estate of any minor or protected person, the guardian or conservator of such minor or protected person may sign any petition referred to by law, and such signature shall have like force and effect as that of other property owners.Source   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111;   R.S.1913, § 4928;   C.S.1922, § 4096;   C.S.1929, § 16-625;   R.S.1943, § 16-634;   Laws 1975, LB 481, § 3;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 100.
NE Code § 16-635 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-635 - Improvements; terms, defined; depth to which assessable.

16-635.  Improvements; terms, defined; depth to which assessable.(1) For purposes of sections 16-617 to 16-650:(a) Lot means a lot as described and designated upon the record plat of any city of the first class, or within a county industrial area as defined in section 13-1111 contiguous to such city. If there is no recorded plat of any such city or county industrial area, lot means a lot as described and designated upon any generally recognized map of any such city or county industrial area; and(b) Land means any subdivided or unplatted real estate in such city or county industrial area.(2) If the lots and real estate abutting upon that part of the street ordered improved, as shown upon any recorded plat or map, are not of uniform depth, or, if for any reason, it shall appear just and proper to the mayor and city council, they are authorized and empowered to determine and establish the depth to which such real estate shall be charged and assessed with the costs of the improvements, which shall be determined and established according to the benefits accruing to the property by reason of such improvements. Real estate may be so charged and assessed to a greater depth than lots as shown on any such plat or map.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LV, p. 259;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 4, p. 307;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111;   R.S.1913, § 4929;   C.S.1922, § 4097;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 9, p. 198;   C.S.1929, § 16-626;   R.S.1943, § 16-635;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 13, p. 225;   Laws 1969, c. 81, § 3, p. 414;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 101.  Annotations An unplatted and nonsubdivided tract of land in a city of the first class may be subjected to assessment for special benefits. City of Scottsbluff v. Kennedy, 141 Neb. 728, 4 N.W.2d 878 (1942).
NE Code § 16-636 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-636 - Improvement districts; land which city council may include.

16-636.  Improvement districts; land which city council may include.The mayor and city council may, in their discretion, include all the real estate to be charged and assessed with the cost of such improvements in the improvement districts described in sections 16-617 to 16-635 but are not required to do so. The mayor and city council may, in their discretion, in determining whether the requisite majority of owners who are authorized in sections 16-617 to 16-635 to petition for improvements, and to object to the improvements and to determine the kind of material to be used therefor, have joined in such petition, determination, or objections, consider and take into account all the owners of real estate to be charged and assessed with the cost of any of such improvements, or only such as own lots, parts of lots, and real estate which, in fact, abut upon the part of the street, avenue, or alley proposed to be so improved. This section, in regard to the depth to which real estate may be charged and assessed, shall apply to all special taxes that may be levied by the mayor and city council in any such city in proportion to the front footage.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LV, p. 259;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 4, p. 307;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111;   R.S.1913, § 4930;   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 255;   C.S.1922, § 4098;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 10, p. 199;   C.S.1929, § 16-627;   R.S.1943, § 16-636;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 14, p. 226;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 102.
NE Code § 16-645 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-645 - Damages caused by construction; procedure.

16-645.  Damages caused by construction; procedure.In a city of the first class, all cases of damages arising from the creation or widening of new streets, avenues, or alleys, from the appropriation of property for sewers, parks, parkways, public squares, public heating plants, power plants, gas works, electric light plants, waterworks, or market places, and from change of grade in streets, avenues, or alleys, the damages sustained shall be ascertained and determined as provided in sections 76-704 to 76-724, except as to property specifically excluded by section 76-703 and as to which sections 19-701 to 19-707 or the Municipal Natural Gas System Condemnation Act is applicable.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 53, p. 271;   Laws 1903, c. 19, § 12, p. 243;   R.S.1913, § 4937;   C.S.1922, § 4105;   C.S.1929, § 16-634;   R.S.1943, § 16-645;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 52, p. 471;  Laws 2002, LB 384, § 23;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 47.  Cross References  Municipal Natural Gas System Condemnation Act, see section 19-4624.Annotations  Objections as to lack of notice were waived by appeal from award of appraisers. Webber v. City of Scottsbluff, 155 Neb. 48, 50 N.W.2d 533 (1951). Damage for opening of street was separate cause of action from annexation of territory. City of Alliance v. Cover-Jones Motor Co., 154 Neb. 900, 50 N.W.2d 349 (1951). The owner has right of appeal from board's decision to the district court. Stuhr v. City of Grand Island, 123 Neb. 369, 243 N.W. 80 (1932), vacated on rehearing, 124 Neb. 285, 246 N.W. 461 (1933). Property owner is entitled to a jury trial to determine his damages. Grantham v. City of Chadron, 20 F.2d 40 (8th Cir. 1927).
NE Code § 16-646 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-646 - Special taxes; lien upon property; collection.

16-646.  Special taxes; lien upon property; collection.In every case of the levy of special taxes by a city of the first class, the special taxes shall be a lien on the property on which levied from date of levy and shall be due and payable to the city treasurer thirty days after such levy when not otherwise provided. At the time of the next certification for general revenue purposes to the county clerk, if not previously paid, the special taxes, except paving, repaving, graveling, macadamizing, and curbing or curbing and guttering shall be certified to the county clerk, placed upon the tax list, collected as other real estate taxes are collected, and paid over to the city treasurer. Paving, repaving, graveling, macadamizing, and curbing, or curbing and guttering taxes may be so certified and collected by the county treasurer at the option of such city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 77, p. 288;   Laws 1903, c. 19, § 14, p. 245;   R.S.1913, § 4938;   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 255;   C.S.1922, § 4106;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 12, p. 200;   C.S.1929, § 16-635;   R.S.1943, § 16-646;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 104;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 48.  Annotations Special assessment was a lien at time of foreclosure, and could have been included in tax foreclosure proceeding. Dent v. City of North Platte, 148 Neb. 718, 28 N.W.2d 562 (1947).
NE Code § 16-647 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-647 - Special taxes; payment by part owner.

16-647.  Special taxes; payment by part owner.In every case of the levy of special taxes by a city of the first class, it shall be sufficient in any case to describe the lot or piece of ground as it is platted and recorded although the lot or piece of ground belongs to several persons. If any lot or piece of ground belongs to different persons, the owner of any part thereof may pay his or her portion of the tax on such lot or piece of ground, and his or her proper share may be determined by the city treasurer.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 78, p. 289;   R.S.1913, § 4939;   C.S.1922, § 4107;   C.S.1929, § 16-636;   R.S.1943, § 16-647;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 105;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 49.
NE Code § 16-648 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-648 - Money from special assessments; how used.

16-648.  Money from special assessments; how used.All money received from special assessments by a city of the first class may be applied to pay for the improvement for which assessed, or applied to reimburse the fund of the city from which the cost of the improvement may have been made.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 79, p. 289;   Laws 1903, c. 19, § 15, p. 245;   R.S.1913, § 4940;   C.S.1922, § 4108;   C.S.1929, § 16-637;   R.S.1943, § 16-648;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 50.
NE Code § 16-649 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-649 - Improvements; contracts; bids; requirement.

16-649.  Improvements; contracts; bids; requirement.All improvements of any streets, avenues, or alleys in a city of the first class for which, or any part thereof, a special tax shall be levied, shall be done by contract with the lowest responsible bidder to be determined by the city council.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 74, p. 288;   R.S.1913, § 4941;   C.S.1922, § 4109;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 13, p. 201;   C.S.1929, § 16-638;   R.S.1943, § 16-649;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 16, p. 227;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 106;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 51.  Annotations Engineer may estimate total work and need not do so by item, and where bids are called for on four different kinds of material, and the contract is let for one of the kinds shown in the advertisement for bids, such estimate and advertisement for bids are sufficient. Wurdeman v. City of Columbus, 100 Neb. 134, 158 N.W. 924 (1916).
NE Code § 16-650 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-650 - Public improvements; acceptance by city engineer; approval or rejection by city council.

16-650.  Public improvements; acceptance by city engineer; approval or rejection by city council.When any improvement in a city of the first class is completed according to contract, it shall be the duty of the city engineer to carefully inspect the improvement and if the improvement is found to be properly done, such engineer shall accept the improvement and report his or her acceptance to the board of public works or mayor, who shall report the same to the city council with recommendation that the same be approved or disapproved. The city council may confirm or reject such acceptance. When the ordinance levying the tax makes the same due as the improvement is completed in front of or along any block or piece of ground, the city engineer may accept the same in sections from time to time, if found to be done according to the contract, reporting his or her acceptance as in other cases.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 66, p. 278;   R.S.1913, § 4942;   C.S.1922, § 4110;   C.S.1929, § 16-639;   R.S.1943, § 16-650;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 107;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 52.