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NE Code § 16-204 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-204 - Other taxes; power to levy.

16-204.  Other taxes; power to levy.A city of the first class may levy any other tax or special assessment authorized by law, and appropriate money and provide for the payment of the debts and expenses of the city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, II, p. 245;   R.S.1913, § 4820;   C.S.1922, § 3988;   C.S.1929, § 16-205;   R.S.1943, § 16-204. Annotations  While the burden is upon he who denies a lien for general taxes, to prove them void, yet he who seeks to enforce a lien for special taxes, has the burden of proving their validity. Farmer L. & T. Co. v. Hastings, 2 Neb. Unof. 337, 96 N.W. 104 (1902). In absence of limitation in the act granting it authority to issue bonds, the city has power to levy sufficient taxes to pay the same, and a judgment against the city for the amount of the bonds, puts the question of authority to levy the tax to pay such bonds to rest, and mandamus will enforce such levy. United States ex rel. Masslich v. Saunders, 124 F. 124 (8th Cir. 1903).
NE Code § 16-206 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-206 - Dogs and other animals; regulation; license tax; enforcement.

16-206.  Dogs and other animals; regulation; license tax; enforcement.A city of the first class may collect a license tax from the owners and harborers of dogs and other animals in an amount which shall be determined by the city council and enforce the license tax by appropriate penalties. Any licensing provision shall comply with subsection (2) of section 54-603 for service animals. The city may cause the destruction of any dog or other animal for which the owner or harborer shall refuse or neglect to pay such license tax. The city may regulate, license, or prohibit the running at large of dogs and other animals and guard against injuries or annoyances therefrom and authorize the destruction of such dogs and other animals when running at large contrary to any ordinance.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, X, p. 247;   R.S.1913, § 4822;   C.S.1922, § 3990;   C.S.1929, § 16-207;   R.S.1943, § 16-206;   Laws 1959, c. 59, § 1, p. 253;   Laws 1971, LB 478, § 1;   Laws 1981, LB 501, § 3;   Laws 1997, LB 814, § 4;  Laws 2008, LB806, § 3;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 18.
NE Code § 16-207 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-207 - Streets and sidewalks; removal of obstructions; trees; declaration of nuisance; procedure; special assessment.

16-207.  Streets and sidewalks; removal of obstructions; trees; declaration of nuisance; procedure; special assessment.(1) A city of the first class may by ordinance provide for the removal of all obstructions from the sidewalks, curbstones, gutters, and crosswalks at the expense of the owners or occupants of the grounds fronting thereon or at the expense of the person placing the obstruction and may require and regulate the planting and protection of shade trees in and along the streets and the trimming and removing of the trees.(2) A city of the first class may by ordinance declare it to be a nuisance for a property owner to permit, allow, or maintain any dead or diseased trees within the right-of-way of streets within the corporate limits of the city or within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction. Notice to abate and remove such nuisance and notice of the right to a hearing and the manner in which it may be requested shall be given to each owner or owner's duly authorized agent and to the occupant, if any. The city shall establish the method of notice by ordinance. If notice is given by first-class mail, such mail shall be conspicuously marked as to its importance. Within five days after receipt of such notice, the owner or occupant of the lot or piece of ground may request a hearing with the city to appeal the decision to abate or remove the nuisance by filing a written appeal with the office of the city clerk. A hearing on the appeal shall be held within fourteen days after the filing of the appeal and shall be conducted by an elected or appointed officer as designated in the ordinance. The hearing officer shall render a decision on the appeal within five business days after the conclusion of the hearing. If the appeal fails, the city may have the work done to abate and remove the dead or diseased trees. If the owner or occupant of the lot or piece of ground does not request a hearing with the city within five days after receipt of such notice or fails to comply with the order to abate and remove the nuisance, the city may have such work done. The city may levy and assess all or any portion of the costs and expenses of the work upon the lot or piece of ground so benefited as a special assessment.(3) The city may also regulate the building of bulkheads, cellars, basements, ways, stairways, railways, windows, doorways, awnings, hitching posts and rails, lampposts, awning posts, and all other structures projecting upon or over any adjoining excavation through and under the sidewalks in the city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XI, p. 247;   R.S.1913, § 4823;   C.S.1922, § 3991;   C.S.1929, § 16-208;   R.S.1943, § 16-207;   Laws 1994, LB 695, § 5;  Laws 2015, LB266, § 5;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 17;  Laws 2016, LB703, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 19.
NE Code § 16-209 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-209 - Transportation of freight; regulation.

16-209.  Transportation of freight; regulation.A city of the first class by ordinance may regulate the transportation of articles through the streets, and prevent injuries to the streets from overloaded vehicles.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XIII, p. 248;   R.S.1913, § 4825;   C.S.1922, § 3993;   C.S.1929, § 16-210;   R.S.1943, § 16-209.
NE Code § 16-210 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-210 - Streets and sidewalks; use; safety regulations.

16-210.  Streets and sidewalks; use; safety regulations.A city of the first class may prevent and remove all encroachments into and upon all sidewalks, streets, avenues, alleys, and other city property, and prevent and punish all horseracing, fast driving or riding in the streets, highways, alleys, bridges or places in the city, and all games, practices or amusements therein likely to result in damage to any person or property. It may regulate, prevent, and punish the operation of vehicles or the riding, driving or passing of animals over or upon any streets or sidewalks of the city; regulate and prevent the use of streets, sidewalks, and public grounds for signs, sign posts, awnings, telegraph, telephone or other poles, racks, bulletin boards, and the posting of handbills and advertisements; regulate traffic and sale upon the streets, sidewalks and public places; punish and prohibit cruelty to animals; and regulate and prevent the moving of buildings through or upon the streets.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XIV, p. 248;   R.S.1913, § 4826;   C.S.1922, § 3994;   C.S.1929, § 16-211;   R.S.1943, § 16-210;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 1, p. 219.  Annotations  Where the Legislature has provided a limitation upon the speed of vehicles, the city, by ordinance, may make further restrictions, if the same are reasonable and made necessary by the circumstances, and such ordinances do not prohibit or restrict the free use of the streets. Christensen v. Tate, 87 Neb. 848, 128 N.W. 622 (1910). Prior to the enactment of this section in 1901, the fee of the streets was in the city in trust for public use, and such city could not sell or permanently obstruct them, without compensation being paid owners of property specially injured thereby. Omaha & R. V. R. R. Co. v. Rogers, 16 Neb. 117, 19 N.W. 603 (1884); Burlington & M. R. R. Co. v. Reinhackle, 15 Neb. 279, 18 N.W. 69 (1883), 48 Am. R. 342 (1883). A purchaser of a tract by metes and bounds is not entitled to an injunction to restrain claimant from enclosing an alley, where the addition from which purchaser obtained his tract, was not platted, dedicated nor conveyed to public. Bushman v. Gibson, 15 Neb. 676, 20 N.W. 106 (1884). Court will not by mandamus compel city to remove building temporarily placed in the street, which placement was reasonable and necessary for the erection of a building upon an adjoining lot, provided, the obstruction was not unreasonably prolonged. State ex rel. Beatty v. City of Omaha, 14 Neb. 265, 15 N.W. 210 (1883), 45 Am. R. 108 (1883). City is primarily liable for injury, though it has recourse from owner, where owner let a contract for excavation of a sidewalk space, and where by reason of the acts of negligence of the contractor in making such excavation, the plaintiff was injured. Palmer v. City of Lincoln, 5 Neb. 136, 25 Am. R. 470 (1876).
NE Code § 16-211 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-211 - Railroads; depots; power to regulate.

16-211.  Railroads; depots; power to regulate.A city of the first class by ordinance may regulate levees, depots, depot grounds, and places for storing freight and goods, and provide for and regulate the passage of railways through the streets and public grounds of the city, reserving the rights of all persons injured thereby.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XV, p. 248;   R.S.1913, § 4827;   C.S.1922, § 3995;   C.S.1929, § 16-212;   R.S.1943, § 16-211.
NE Code § 16-212 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-212 - Railroads; safety regulations; power to prescribe.

16-212.  Railroads; safety regulations; power to prescribe.A city of the first class by ordinance may regulate the crossing of railway tracks and provide precautions and prescribe rules regulating the same, regulate the running of railway engines, cars, and trucks within the limits of such city, and prescribe rules relating thereto, and govern the speed thereof, and make other and further provisions, rules, and restrictions to prevent accidents at the crossings and on the tracks of railways, and to prevent fires from engines. A city of the first class may regulate and prescribe the manner of running street cars, require the heating and cleaning of such cars, and fix and determine the fare charged, require the lighting of any railways within the city in such manner as the city shall prescribe, and fix and determine the number, style, and size of the lampposts, burners, lamps, and all other fixtures and apparatus necessary for such lighting, and the points of location for such lampposts. If the company owning or operating such railways shall fail to comply with such requirements, the city council may cause such requirements to be complied with by giving notice of such action and may assess the expense of complying with such requirements against such company, and the expense shall constitute a lien on any real estate belonging to such company, and lying within such city, and may be collected in the same manner as taxes for general purposes. The city may (1) require railroad companies to keep flagmen at all railroad crossings of streets, and provide protection against injury to persons and property in the use of such railroads, (2) compel any railroad to raise or lower their railroad tracks to conform to the general grade, which may at any time be established by such city, and where such tracks run lengthwise through or over any street, alley, or highway, to keep the tracks level with the street surface, and (3) compel and require railroad companies to keep open the streets, and to construct and keep in repair ditches, drains, sewers, and culverts, along and under their railroad tracks, and to pave their whole right-of-way on all paved streets, and keep the right-of-way and tracks in repair.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XVI, p. 249;   R.S.1913, § 4828;   C.S.1922, § 3996;   C.S.1929, § 16-213;   R.S.1943, § 16-212;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 20.
NE Code § 16-213 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-213 - Money; power to borrow.

16-213.  Money; power to borrow.A city of the first class may borrow money on the credit of the city and pledge the credit, revenue, and public property of the city for the payment thereof when authorized in the manner provided by law.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XVII, p. 249;   R.S.1913, § 4829;   C.S.1922, § 3997;   C.S.1929, § 16-214;   R.S.1943, § 16-213;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 21.
NE Code § 16-214 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-214 - Bonds; refunding indebtedness.

16-214.  Bonds; refunding indebtedness.A city of the first class by ordinance may provide for issuing bonds, for the purpose of funding any and all indebtedness of the city, due or to become due. Floating indebtedness shall be funded only by authority of a vote of the people, but the mayor and city council may by a two-thirds vote issue bonds to pay off any bonded debt without a vote of the people.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XVIII, p. 250;   R.S.1913, § 4830;   Laws 1919, c. 34, § 1, p. 112;   C.S.1922, § 3998;   C.S.1929, § 16-215;   R.S.1943, § 16-214;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 26, p. 288;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 22.  Annotations Strict compliance with all the prerequisites of the statute must be shown before mandamus will compel Auditor of Public Accounts to register a bond issue, and where notice of bond election was given for twenty days and statute requires four weeks, such notice is not sufficient. State ex rel. City of Fremont v. Babcock, 25 Neb. 500, 41 N.W. 450 (1889).
NE Code § 16-215 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-215 - Bonds; sinking fund; authorized; tax to retire bonds.

16-215.  Bonds; sinking fund; authorized; tax to retire bonds.A city of the first class may make provision for a sinking fund to pay accruing interest and to pay at maturity the principal of the bonded indebtedness of the city, levy and collect taxes on all the taxable property in the city, in addition to other taxes, for the purpose of paying the same, and provide that the tax shall be paid in cash.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XIX, p. 250;   R.S.1913, § 4831;   C.S.1922, § 3999;   C.S.1929, § 16-216;   R.S.1943, § 16-215.
NE Code § 16-216 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-216 - Special elections; authorized; regulation.

16-216.  Special elections; authorized; regulation.A city of the first class may provide for the holding and regulation of special elections, the return and canvass of votes cast thereat, and pay the expenses of the same.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XXI, p. 250;   R.S.1913, § 4832;   C.S.1922, § 4000;   C.S.1929, § 16-217;   R.S.1943, § 16-216. Annotations In absence of a limitation in the act granting it authority to issue bonds, the city has power to levy sufficient taxes to pay the same, and a judgment against the city for the amount of the bonds puts the question of authority to levy the tax to pay such bonds to rest, and mandamus will enforce such levy. United States ex rel. Masslich v. Saunders, 124 F. 124 (8th Cir. 1903).
NE Code § 16-217 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-217 - Officers; removal; vacancies; how filled.

16-217.  Officers; removal; vacancies; how filled.A city of the first class by ordinance may provide for the removal of elective officers of the city for misconduct. The city may create any office that it deems necessary for the good government and interest of the city. The city may provide for filling vacancies which occur in any elective office, except the mayor or member of the city council, by appointment by the mayor with the consent of the city council to hold his or her office for the unexpired term. Whenever the city council fails to consent to any appointment made under this section by the mayor by the close of the second regular city council meeting following the announcement of the appointment, the vacancy shall be filled by a special election to be held as prescribed by ordinance in the ward in which such vacancy exists. A vacancy in the office of the mayor or on the city council shall be filled as provided in section 32-568.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XXII, p. 250;   R.S.1913, § 4833;   C.S.1922, § 4001;   C.S.1929, § 16-218;   R.S.1943, § 16-217;   Laws 1957, c. 55, § 1, p. 266;   Laws 1972, LB 1145, § 1;   Laws 1980, LB 601, § 1;   Laws 1990, LB 853, § 1;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 484;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 23.  Annotations  Where a board has authority to remove an officer for cause, a court will not interfere by injunction, where the board has not acted. Cox v. Moores, 55 Neb. 34, 75 N.W. 35 (1898). Where statute provides "for removing officers of the city for misconduct", the council acting without the mayor, is without power to remove the mayor and such attempted removal is null and void. Stahlhut v. Bauer, 51 Neb. 64, 70 N.W. 496 (1897).
NE Code § 16-218 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-218 - Officers; regulation.

16-218.  Officers; regulation.Except as otherwise provided by law, a city of the first class by ordinance may regulate and prescribe the powers, duties, and compensation of the officers of the city and classify such offices, on the basis of merit as the city council shall provide for that purpose.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XXIII, p. 250;   R.S.1913, § 4834;   C.S.1922, § 4002;   C.S.1929, § 16-219;   Laws 1939, c. 11, § 1, p. 78;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-219;   R.S.1943, § 16-218;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 24.
NE Code § 16-219 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-219 - Officers; bonds or insurance; restrictions upon officers as sureties.

16-219.  Officers; bonds or insurance; restrictions upon officers as sureties.A city of the first class by ordinance may require all officers, elected or appointed, to give bond and security or evidence of equivalent insurance for the faithful performance of their duties. No officer shall become surety upon the official bond of another, or upon any contractor's bond, license, or appeal bond given to the city, or under any ordinance thereof, or from conviction in the county court for violation of any ordinance of such city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XXIV, p. 250;   R.S.1913, § 4835;   C.S.1922, § 4003;   C.S.1929, § 16-220;   R.S.1943, § 16-219;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 102;  Laws 2007, LB347, § 8;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 25.
NE Code § 16-220 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-220 - Officers; reports; required; when.

16-220.  Officers; reports; required; when.A city of the first class may require from any officer of the city at any time a report in detail of the transactions in his or her office or of any matters connected therewith.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XXV, p. 251;   R.S.1913, § 4836;   C.S.1922, § 4004;   C.S.1929, § 16-221;   R.S.1943, § 16-220;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 26.
NE Code § 16-221 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-221 - Watercourses; surface waters; regulation.

16-221.  Watercourses; surface waters; regulation.A city of the first class may establish, alter, and change the channel of watercourses, and wall and cover them over. No city shall be liable in damages on account of the accumulations of surface waters which fall upon its site, or any portion thereof, unless such accumulations be caused by the act of a city officer while employed in his or her official capacity and by authorization of the mayor and city council first entered of record.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XXVIII, p. 253;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 110;   R.S.1913, § 4837;   C.S.1922, § 4005;   C.S.1929, § 16-222;   R.S.1943, § 16-221;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 27.  Annotations Courts by injunction will prevent a village from accumulating surface waters upon its site or any portion thereof and discharging it by ditches upon lands of another. Andrews v. Village of Steele City, 2 Neb. Unof. 676, 89 N.W. 739 (1902).
NE Code § 16-222 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-222 - Fire department; establishment authorized; fire prevention; regulations.

16-222.  Fire department; establishment authorized; fire prevention; regulations.A city of the first class may provide for the organization and support of a fire department; procure fire engines, hooks, ladders, buckets, and other apparatus; organize fire engine, hook and ladder, and bucket companies, and prescribe rules for duty and the government of the fire department, with such penalties as the city council may deem proper, not exceeding one hundred dollars; make all necessary appropriations for the fire department; and establish regulations for the prevention and extinguishment of fires. The city may prescribe limits within which no building shall be constructed except of brick, stone, or other incombustible material, with fireproof roof, and impose a penalty for the violation of such ordinance. The city may cause the destruction or removal of any building constructed or repaired in violation of such ordinance, and after such limits are established, no special permits shall be given for the erection or repairing of buildings of combustible material. The city may regulate the construction and inspection of, and order the suppression of and cleaning of, fireplaces, chimneys, stoves, stovepipes, ovens, boilers, kettles, forges, or any apparatus used in any building, business, or enterprise which may be dangerous in causing or promoting fires, and prescribe limits within which dangerous or obnoxious and offensive businesses or enterprises may be conducted.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XXIX, p. 253;   R.S.1913, § 4838;   C.S.1922, § 4006;   C.S.1929, § 16-223;   R.S.1943, § 16-222;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 28.  Annotations A city is liable, under the workmen's compensation law, to a fireman injured while attending a firemen's convention with the consent and approval of city authorities. City of Fremont v. Lea, 115 Neb. 565, 213 N.W. 820 (1927).
NE Code § 16-222.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-222.01 - Emergency response systems; legislative findings.

16-222.01.  Emergency response systems; legislative findings.The Legislature finds that matters relating to emergency medical first response and fire protection are matters of state concern, particularly in larger cities that rely primarily or entirely upon volunteers to provide these services. Recognizing the increasing complexity and difficulty of providing these services, the stringent and growing training demands made upon volunteers, the demographics of an aging population, the economic pressures that deny or inhibit employers from granting the opportunity for volunteers to respond to emergency calls during business hours, and the economic costs to residents and businesses of financing either a paid or partly paid emergency response system, the Legislature hereby declares the necessity of establishing a system and process whereby certain cities of the first class would be required to review, study, and modify on a continuing basis their emergency response systems, with appropriate public input, based upon local conditions and circumstances.Source Laws 2008, LB1096, § 1.