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NE Code § 16-609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-609 - Improvements; power of city council.

16-609.  Improvements; power of city council.The city council of a city of the first class shall have power to open, control, name, rename, extend, widen, narrow, vacate, grade, curb, gutter, park, and pave or otherwise to improve and control and keep in good repair and condition, in any manner it may deem proper, any street, avenue, or alley, or public park or square, or part of either, within the limits of the city or within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, and it may grade partially or to the established grade, or park or otherwise improve any width or part of any such street, avenue, or alley. When the city vacates all or any portion of a street, avenue, or alley, or public park or square, or part of either, the city shall, within thirty days after the effective date of the vacation, file a certified copy of the vacating ordinance with the register of deeds for the county in which the vacated property is located to be indexed against all affected lots.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, § 4908;   C.S.1922, § 4076;   C.S.1929, § 16-605;   R.S.1943, § 16-609;  Laws 2001, LB 483, § 4;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 81;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 32.  Annotations  Authority is conferred on cities of the first class to regulate parking of vehicles on the street. Vap v. City of McCook, 178 Neb. 844, 136 N.W.2d 220 (1965). Grant of power to city to curb and pave street was a delegation of police power. Hillerege v. City of Scottsbluff, 164 Neb. 560, 83 N.W.2d 76 (1957). While authority is conferred upon the municipality to control its streets, yet the discretion must be exercised in a reasonable and not in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner. State ex rel. Andruss v. Mayor & Council of City of North Platte, 120 Neb. 413, 233 N.W. 4 (1930). The mere establishment of grade, without alteration, creates no damage and the statute of limitations does not commence to run against property owners' right by reason thereof, until there is actual alteration. Hilger v. City of Nebraska City, 97 Neb. 268, 149 N.W. 807 (1914). The mere filing of petitions sufficient upon their face, without proof of such allegations, is not sufficient to confer jurisdiction upon the city to make the improvements and to assess the costs upon the abutting property, where the jurisdictional facts are put in issue, and injunction will restrain the taxes therefor. City of South Omaha v. Tighe, 67 Neb. 572, 93 N.W. 946 (1903). The duty devolves on cities and towns to keep streets and sidewalks reasonably safe and fit for travel, and such duty applies to defects in construction, as well as neglect of repair. Village of Plainview v. Mendelson, 65 Neb. 85, 90 N.W. 956 (1902).
NE Code § 16-609.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-609.01 - Land abutting street; industrial tract or school site; improvement; agreement.

16-609.01.  Land abutting street; industrial tract or school site; improvement; agreement.Whenever any street of any city of the first class is partly inside the city and partly outside the city, and the land outside the city abutting on such street is an industrial tract or a school site, or the property of the state or any political subdivision thereof, such street may be included in any street improvement project of the city upon the written agreement thereto of the owner or owners of such land outside the city, which agreement shall subject such land to the assessment of costs of the benefits resulting from the improvement. Except as provided in this section, any such improvement shall be subject to the provisions of sections 16-609 to 16-655.Source  Laws 1965, c. 46, § 1, p. 246.
NE Code § 16-610 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-610 - Public ways; maintenance and repair.

16-610.  Public ways; maintenance and repair.The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall have the care, supervision and control of all public highways, bridges, streets, alleys, public squares and commons, and shall cause the same to be kept open and in repair and free from nuisances.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 35, p. 239;   Laws 1909, c. 19, § 1, p. 183;   R.S.1913, § 4909;   C.S.1922, § 4077;   C.S.1929, § 16-606;   R.S.1943, § 16-610;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 33.  Annotations  Contract between city and state prohibiting parking on designated street was upheld. Vap v. City of McCook, 178 Neb. 844, 136 N.W.2d 220 (1965). Duty devolving on cities and villages to keep streets and sidewalks reasonably safe and fit for travel applies to defects in construction as well as neglect to repair, and the safety required extends to travel by night as well as by day. Village of Plainview v. Mendelson, 65 Neb. 85, 90 N.W. 956 (1902). It is the duty of a city to keep all its streets and bridges in a reasonably safe condition for travel and such care and diligence is not controlled or affected by the fact that they are not as frequently used as some others in the city. City of South Omaha v. Powell, 50 Neb. 798, 70 N.W. 391 (1897).
NE Code § 16-613 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-613 - Bridges; repair; duty of county; aid by city, when.

16-613.  Bridges; repair; duty of county; aid by city, when.All public bridges within a city of the first class, exceeding sixty feet in length, and the approaches thereto, over any stream crossing a county highway, shall be constructed and kept in repair by the county. When any city of the first class has constructed or repaired a bridge over sixty-feet span with approaches thereto, on any county highway within its corporate limits, and has incurred a debt for the same, then the treasurer of the county in which such bridge is located shall pay to the city treasurer seventy-five percent of all bridge taxes collected in such city until such debt and interest upon the same are fully paid. The city council may appropriate a sum not exceeding five dollars per linear foot to aid in the construction of any county bridge within the limits of such city, or may appropriate a like sum to aid in the construction of any bridge contiguous to such city on a highway leading to such bridge.Source   Laws 1909, c. 19, § 1, p. 183;   R.S.1913, § 4912;   C.S.1922, § 4080;   C.S.1929, § 16-609;   R.S.1943, § 16-613;   Laws 1955, c. 31, § 1, p. 137;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 82.  Annotations City is required to exercise reasonable care and diligence in keeping streets and bridges in a safe condition for travel, even though they may not be frequently used by the public. City of South Omaha v. Powell, 50 Neb. 798, 70 N.W. 391 (1897).
NE Code § 16-614 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-614 - House numbers.

16-614.  House numbers.The mayor and city council of a city of the first class may provide for regulating and requiring the numbering of houses along public streets or avenues.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 50, p. 268;   R.S.1913, § 4913;   C.S.1922, § 4081;   C.S.1929, § 16-610;   R.S.1943, § 16-614;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 35.
NE Code § 16-617 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-617 - Improvement districts; power to establish.

16-617.  Improvement districts; power to establish.The mayor and city council of any city of the first class shall have power to make improvements of any street, streets, alley, alleys, or any part of any street, streets, alley or alleys, in the city, a street which divides the corporate limits of the city and the area adjoining the city, or within a county industrial area as defined in section 13-1111 contiguous to such city, and for that purpose to create suitable improvement districts, which shall be consecutively numbered, and such work shall be done under contract. Such districts may include properties within the corporate limits, adjoining the corporate limits, and within county industrial areas as defined in section 13-1111 contiguous to such cities.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, p. 259;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 4, p. 307;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 114;   R.S.1913, § 4916;   Laws 1915, c. 86, § 1, p. 225;   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 254;   C.S.1922, § 4084;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 1, p. 191;   C.S.1929, § 16-613;   Laws 1933, c. 27, § 1, p. 202;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-613;   R.S.1943, § 16-617;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 3, p. 219;   Laws 1969, c. 81, § 2, p. 413;   Laws 1979, LB 136, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 84.  Annotations  City acted within its authority when it made improvements to a street located along the city's corporate limits. Iverson v. City of North Platte, 243 Neb. 506, 500 N.W.2d 574 (1993). Ordinance is required to state the kind of improvement that is proposed to be made. Danielson v. City of Bellevue, 167 Neb. 809, 95 N.W.2d 57 (1959). Where city council found property owner failed to file sufficient objection within twenty days of creation of district, it acted judicially, and unless appealed from such finding was final. Hiddleson v. City of Grand Island, 115 Neb. 287, 212 N.W. 619 (1927). Under prior act, a petition of the property owners was not necessary for the creation of a paving district. Broghamer v. City of Chadron, 107 Neb. 532, 186 N.W. 362 (1922). Description in paving ordinance was sufficient. Chittenden v. Kibler, 100 Neb. 756, 161 N.W. 272 (1917). In absence of a limitation in the act granting it authority to issue bonds, the city had power to levy sufficient taxes to pay the same. United States ex rel. Masslich v. Saunders, 124 F. 124 (8th Cir. 1903).
NE Code § 16-617.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-617.01 - Improvement, defined.

16-617.01.  Improvement, defined.As used in sections 16-617 to 16-649, improvement shall include but shall not be limited to paving, repaving, graveling, grading, curbing, guttering, and the construction and replacement of pedestrian walks, plazas, malls, landscaping, lighting systems and permanent facilities used in connection therewith.Source  Laws 1967, c. 67, § 2, p. 219.
NE Code § 16-618 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-618 - Improvement districts; property included.

16-618.  Improvement districts; property included.Any improvement district created pursuant to section 16-617 shall include only portions of different streets, or portions of alleys, or portions of each, which abut or adjoin so that such district, when created, makes up one continuous or extended street or more, except that the district may include a cul de sac, any street, alley, or portion thereof which is closed at one end or which connects with only one other existing street, alley, or portion thereof. Any improvement district may include portions of different streets, or portions of different alleys, or portions of each, if they abut or connect with each other, or if the several portions abut on pavement or gravel already laid, or any other of improvements already laid.Source   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 254;   C.S.1922, § 4084;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 1, p. 192;   C.S.1929, § 16-613;   Laws 1933, c. 27, § 1, p. 202;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-613;   R.S.1943, § 16-618;   Laws 1980, LB 654, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 85;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 37.
NE Code § 16-619 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-619 - Improvement districts; creation; notice.

16-619.  Improvement districts; creation; notice.The mayor and city council of any city of the first class exercising authority to make improvements as provided under section 16-617 shall, by ordinance, create an improvement district or districts. After the passage, approval, and publication of such ordinance, the city clerk shall publish notice of the creation of any such district or districts one time each week for not less than twenty days in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city.Source   Laws 1915, c. 86, § 1, p. 225;   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 254;   C.S.1922, § 4084;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 1, p. 192;   C.S.1929, § 16-613;   Laws 1933, c. 27, § 1, p. 202;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-613;   R.S.1943, § 16-619;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 86.  Annotations  Attack on sufficiency of paving petition could be made by error proceedings. Elliott v. City of Auburn, 172 Neb. 1, 108 N.W.2d 328 (1961). Publication of notice is a mandatory and jurisdictional step. Danielson v. City of Bellevue, 167 Neb. 809, 95 N.W.2d 57 (1959).
NE Code § 16-620 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-620 - Improvement districts; objections of property owners; effect.

16-620.  Improvement districts; objections of property owners; effect.If the owners of the record title representing more than fifty percent of the front footage of the property abutting or adjoining any continuous or extended street, cul de sac, or alley of an improvement district created pursuant to section 16-617, or portion thereof which is closed at one end, and who were such owners at the time the ordinance creating such district was published, shall file with the city clerk, within twenty days from the first publication of such notice, written objections to the improvement of a district, such work shall not be done in such district under such ordinance, but such ordinance shall be repealed. If objections are not filed against any district in the time and manner provided in this section, the mayor and city council shall forthwith proceed to construct such improvement.Source   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 254;   C.S.1922, § 4084;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 1, p. 192;   C.S.1929, § 16-613;   Laws 1933, c. 27, § 1, p. 202;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-613;   R.S.1943, § 16-620;   Laws 1949, c. 20, § 1, p. 90;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 4, p. 219;   Laws 1980, LB 654, § 2;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 87.  Annotations  In passing on sufficiency of paving petition, city council exercises a judicial function. Elliott v. City of Auburn, 172 Neb. 1, 108 N.W.2d 328 (1961). Property owners are given right to object to kind of materials used in improving street. Danielson v. City of Bellevue, 167 Neb. 809, 95 N.W.2d 57 (1959). Ordinance creating special improvement district may be repealed before additional steps have been taken. Brasier v. City of Lincoln, 159 Neb. 12, 65 N.W.2d 213 (1954).
NE Code § 16-621 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-621 - Improvement districts; materials; kind; petition of landowners; bids; advertisement.

16-621.  Improvement districts; materials; kind; petition of landowners; bids; advertisement.In advertising for bids for paving, repaving, graveling, or macadamizing, the mayor and city council of a city of the first class may provide for bids on different materials and types of construction, and shall in addition provide for asking bids on any material or materials that may be suggested by petition of owners of the record title representing twenty-five percent of the abutting property owners in an improvement district, if such petition is filed with the city clerk before advertisement for bids is ordered. On opening of bids for paving or repaving in any such district, the mayor and city council shall postpone action thereon for a period of not less than ten days. During such period of postponement, the owners of the record title representing a majority of the abutting property owners in a district may file with the city clerk a petition for the use of a particular material for paving for which a bid has been received, in which event a bid on that material shall be accepted and the work shall be done with that material. The regulations as to advertising for bids and opening of bids and postponing of action thereon and the right of selection of materials shall not apply in case of graveling. In case such owners fail to designate the material they desire used in such paving or repaving, or macadamizing, in the manner and within the time provided in this section, the mayor and city council shall determine the material to be used. The mayor and city council may reject all bids and readvertise if, in their judgment, the public interest requires.Source   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 254;   C.S.1922, § 4034;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 1, p. 192;   C.S.1929, § 16-613;   Laws 1933, c. 27, § 1, p. 202;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-613;   R.S.1943, § 16-621;   Laws 1965, c. 54, § 1, p. 259;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 88;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 38.
NE Code § 16-621.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-621.01 - Improvements of streets and alleys; use of salt stabilized base or armor coating, when.

16-621.01.  Improvements of streets and alleys; use of salt stabilized base or armor coating, when.A city of the first class may improve its streets and alleys by the use of salt stabilized base or armor coating in the same manner, to the same extent, and with the same limitations as provided by law for paving or repaving such streets or alleys. All provisions of law respecting paving or repaving by a city of the first class shall apply to any improvements made under the authority of this section.Source  Laws 1961, c. 45, § 1, p. 177.
NE Code § 16-623 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-623 - Improvement districts; bonds; interest.

16-623.  Improvement districts; bonds; interest.For the purpose of paying the cost of improving the streets, avenues, or alleys in an improvement district created pursuant to section 16-619 or 16-624, exclusive of intersections of streets or avenues, or spaces opposite alleys therein, the mayor and city council shall have power and may, by ordinance, cause to be issued bonds of the city, to be called Street Improvement Bonds of District No. ....., payable in not exceeding twenty years from date, and bearing interest, payable either annually or semiannually, with interest coupons attached. In such cases they shall also provide that the special taxes and assessments shall constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds. The entire cost of improving any such street, avenue, or alley, properly chargeable to any lot or land within any such improvement district according to the front footage thereof, may be paid by the owners of such lots or lands within fifty days from the levying of such special taxes, and thereupon such lot or lands shall be exempt from any lien or charge therefor.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, § 4918;   C.S.1922, § 4086;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 3, p. 194;   C.S.1929, § 16-615;   Laws 1931, c. 32, § 1, p. 123;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-615;   R.S.1943, § 16-623;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 6, p. 221;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 27, p. 288;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 90;  Laws 2017, LB132, § 2.
NE Code § 16-624 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-624 - Improvement districts; creation upon petition; denial; assessments; bonds.

16-624.  Improvement districts; creation upon petition; denial; assessments; bonds.Whenever the owners of lots or lands abutting upon any street, avenue, or alley within a city of the first class, representing three-fourths of the front footage thereon, so that an improvement district when created will make up one continuous or extended thoroughfare or more, shall petition the mayor and city council to make improvement of such street, avenue, or alley without cost to the city, and to assess the entire cost of any such improvements in any such street, avenue, or alley, including intersections of streets or avenues and spaces opposite alleys, against the private property within such improvement district or districts, it shall be the duty of the mayor and city council to create the proper improvement district or districts, which shall be consecutively numbered, and to improve the same and to proceed in the same manner and form as provided for in other improvement districts. The mayor and city council shall have power to levy the entire cost of such improvements of any such street, avenue, or alley, including intersections of streets or avenues and spaces opposite alleys, against the private property within such district, and to issue Street Improvement Bonds of District No. ..... to pay for such improvements in the same manner and form as provided for in other improvement bonds. Such bonds shall be issued to cover the entire cost of so improving such streets or avenues, intersections of the same, and spaces opposite alleys. If the assessments provided for, or any part thereof, shall fail, or for any reason shall be invalid, the mayor and city council may make other and further assessments upon such lots or lands as may be required to collect from the same the cost of any improvements properly chargeable thereto, as provided in this section. The mayor and city council shall have the discretion to deny the formation of the proposed district when the area to be improved has not previously been improved with a water system, sewer system, and grading of streets. If the mayor and city council should deny a requested improvement district formation, they shall state their grounds for such denial in a written letter to interested parties.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, § 4919;   C.S.1922, § 4087;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 4, p. 194;   C.S.1929, § 16-616;   Laws 1933, c. 27, § 2, p. 203;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-616;   R.S.1943, § 16-624;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 7, p. 222;   Laws 1983, LB 125, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 91;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 39.
NE Code § 16-625 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-625 - Intersections; improvements; railways; duty to pave right-of-way.

16-625.  Intersections; improvements; railways; duty to pave right-of-way.The cost of improving the intersections of streets or avenues and spaces opposite alleys in an improvement district, except as specially provided in sections 16-609 to 16-624, shall be paid by the city as provided in sections 16-625 to 16-628. Nothing in sections 16-617 to 16-650 shall be construed to exempt any street or other railway company from improving, with such material as the mayor and city council may order, its whole right-of-way including all space between and one foot beyond the outer rails, at its own cost, whenever any street or avenue shall be ordered improved by the mayor and city council as provided by law. No street or other railway company shall enter upon or occupy any paved street or avenue, within five years after such paving shall have been completed, until it shall pay into the city treasury the original cost of paving between and one foot beyond the outer rails, which sum shall be credited on the special assessment upon the abutted lots. If the special assessment shall have been paid, then the money shall be paid, by warrant, to the party who has already paid such special assessment.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, § 4920;   C.S.1922, § 4088;   Laws 1925, c. 50, § 5, p. 195;   C.S.1929, § 16-617;   R.S.1943, § 16-625;   Laws 1967, c. 67, § 8, p. 223;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 92.