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NE Code § 15-237 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-237 - Health regulations; nuisances; abatement; slaughterhouses; stockyards; location.

15-237.  Health regulations; nuisances; abatement; slaughterhouses; stockyards; location.A city of the primary class shall have the power to regulate in the area which is within the corporate limits of the city and its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction in order to (1) secure the general health, (2) provide rules for the prevention, abatement, and removal of nuisances, including the pollution of air and water, and (3) make and prescribe regulations for the construction, location, and regulation of all slaughterhouses, stockyards, warehouses, commercial feed lots, stables, or other places where offensive matter is kept or is likely to accumulate.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XXXVIII, p. 137;   R.S.1913, § 4448;   Laws 1919, c. 40, § 1, p. 124;   C.S.1922, § 3832;   C.S.1929, § 15-235;   R.S.1943, § 15-237;   Laws 1967, c. 57, § 2, p. 194;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 54.  Cross References  Mosquitoes, flies, or other insects, nuisance, abatement, see sections 71-2917 and 71-2918.
NE Code § 15-238 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-238 - Health regulations; sewer connections; power to compel.

15-238.  Health regulations; sewer connections; power to compel.A city of the primary class shall have the power by ordinance to regulate and prohibit cesspools and privy vaults in such city and shall have the power to require the owner or owners of any lot, lots, or lands within such cities, upon which any building or buildings are located, to connect such building or buildings with a sewer, to provide such building or buildings with a suitable privy or watercloset, and to connect such privy or watercloset with a sewer, and to require such owner or owners to keep all privy vaults and cesspools clean. Upon the refusal to connect with a sewer or failure of such owner or owners to provide a suitable watercloset or privy, or to make any sewer connection, or to remove any privy vault or cesspool, or to clean the privy vault or cesspool, after five days' notice by publication, or in place thereof, personal notice to so do, then such city, through its proper officers, shall have power to make any sewer connection, construct any watercloset or privy, regulate or remove any privy vault or cesspool, or clean the same, or cause the same to be done, and shall have the power to provide by ordinance for assessing the cost thereof by special assessment against the lot, lots, or lands of such owner or owners.Source   Laws 1915, c. 216, § 1, p. 485;   C.S.1922, § 3833;   C.S.1929, § 15-236;   R.S.1943, § 15-238;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 55.
NE Code § 15-239 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-239 - Cemeteries; establishment.

15-239.  Cemeteries; establishment.A city of the primary class may purchase, hold, and pay for, in the manner provided in sections 15-239 to 15-243, lands outside the corporate limits of such city for the purpose of burial and cemetery grounds and avenues leading thereto.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XXXIX, p. 137;   R.S.1913, § 4449;   C.S.1922, § 3834;   C.S.1929, § 15-237;   R.S.1943, § 15-239;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 56.
NE Code § 15-240 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-240 - Cemeteries; improvement.

15-240.  Cemeteries; improvement.A city of the primary class may survey, plot, map, grade, fence, ornament, and otherwise improve all burial and cemetery grounds and avenues leading thereto owned by such city. The city may construct walks, rear and protect ornamental trees therein, and provide for paying the expenses thereof.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XL, p. 137;   R.S.1913, § 4450;   C.S.1922, § 3835;   C.S.1929, § 15-238;   R.S.1943, § 15-240;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 57.
NE Code § 15-241 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-241 - Cemeteries; conveyance of lots.

15-241.  Cemeteries; conveyance of lots.A city of the primary class may convey cemetery lots owned by such city by certificates signed by the mayor and countersigned by the city clerk under seal of the city, specifying that the person to whom such certificate is issued is owner of the lot or lots described therein by number as laid down on such plat or map, for the purpose of interment. Such certificate shall vest in the proprietor, his or her heirs and assigns, a right in fee simple to such lot or lots for the sole purpose of interment under the regulations of the city council.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XLI, p. 137;   R.S.1913, § 4451;   C.S.1922, § 3836;   C.S.1929, § 15-239;   R.S.1943, § 15-241;  Laws 2015, LB241, § 1;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 58.
NE Code § 15-242 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-242 - Cemeteries; ownership of lots; monuments.

15-242.  Cemeteries; ownership of lots; monuments.A city of the primary class may limit the number of cemetery lots which shall be owned by the same person at the same time, may prescribe rules for enclosing, adorning, and erecting monuments and tombstones on cemetery lots, and may prohibit any diversion of the use of such lots and any improper adornment thereof, but no religious test shall be made as to the ownership of such lots, the burial therein, or the ornamentation of graves or lots.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XLII, p. 138;   R.S.1913, § 4452;   C.S.1922, § 3837;   C.S.1929, § 15-240;   R.S.1943, § 15-242;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 59.
NE Code § 15-243 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-243 - Cemeteries; regulation.

15-243.  Cemeteries; regulation.A city of the primary class may pass rules and ordinances imposing penalties and fines, not exceeding one hundred dollars, regulating, protecting, and governing the cemetery, the owners of lots therein, visitors thereof, and trespassers therein. The officers of such city shall have full jurisdiction and power in the enforcement of such rules and ordinances as though they related to the city itself.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XLIII, p. 138;   R.S.1913, § 4453;   C.S.1922, § 3838;   C.S.1929, § 15-241;   R.S.1943, § 15-243;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 60.
NE Code § 15-244 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-244 - Money; power to borrow; pledges to secure; issuance of bonds; purposes; conditions.

15-244.  Money; power to borrow; pledges to secure; issuance of bonds; purposes; conditions.A city of the primary 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 the home rule charter of the city or as otherwise provided by law. Such city shall have the power to issue general obligation bonds of the city, general obligation notes, and refunding bonds, as provided in its home rule charter or as otherwise provided by law. Such city shall have the power to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending, equipping, or furnishing any revenue-producing facility within or without the city which is for a public purpose, except that unless authorized by a majority of the voters of such city voting upon the question, no revenue bonds shall be issued for entering the public transportation, natural gas distribution, or telephone fields or functions. Such city shall also have the power to contract for the acquisition of the electric facilities and properties used or useful in connection therewith of a public power district within or without the city and to pay for all or any part of the acquisition out of the earnings of electric facilities and properties.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XLIV, p. 138;   R.S.1913, § 4454;   C.S.1922, § 3839;   C.S.1929, § 15-242;   R.S.1943, § 15-244;   Laws 1965, c. 45, § 1, p. 244;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 61.
NE Code § 15-247 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-247 - Election districts; establishment.

15-247.  Election districts; establishment.A city of the primary class may divide the city into election districts, establish the boundaries thereof, and number the election districts.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XLVII, p. 139;   R.S.1913, § 4457;   C.S.1922, § 3842;   C.S.1929, § 15-245;   R.S.1943, § 15-247;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 62.
NE Code § 15-249 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-249 - Officers; removal; vacancies; how filled.

15-249.  Officers; removal; vacancies; how filled.A city of the primary class may provide for removing officers of the city for misconduct, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 15, and may provide for filling vacancies in any elective office as provided in sections 32-568 and 32-569.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XLIX, p. 140;   R.S.1913, § 4459;   C.S.1922, § 3844;   C.S.1929, § 15-247;   R.S.1943, § 15-249;   Laws 1961, c. 37, § 1, p. 163;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 480. Annotations Provisions of general election law for filling vacancies apply to alderman where no ordinance is inconsistent therewith, and appointee holds until successor is chosen at next general election. State ex rel. Castle v. Schroeder, 79 Neb. 759, 113 N.W. 192 (1907).
NE Code § 15-250 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-250 - Officers; powers, duties; compensation; power to prescribe.

15-250.  Officers; powers, duties; compensation; power to prescribe.A city of the primary class may regulate and prescribe the powers, duties, and compensation of officers of the city not otherwise provided by law.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, L, p. 140;   R.S.1913, § 4460;   C.S.1922, § 3845;   C.S.1929, § 15-248;   R.S.1943, § 15-250;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 63.
NE Code § 15-251 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-251 - Officers and employees; bonds or insurance.

15-251.  Officers and employees; bonds or insurance.A city of the primary class may require all officers or employees elected or appointed to give bond 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. It shall be optional with such officers to give a surety or guaranty company bond.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LI, p. 140;   R.S.1913, § 4461;   C.S.1922, § 3846;   C.S.1929, § 15-249;   R.S.1943, § 15-251;   Laws 1961, c. 37, § 2, p. 163;  Laws 2007, LB347, § 4.
NE Code § 15-252 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-252 - Officers; reports required.

15-252.  Officers; reports required.A city of the primary class may require of any officer of the city, at any time, a detailed report of the transactions of his or her office or any matters connected therewith.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LII, p. 140;   R.S.1913, § 4462;   C.S.1922, § 3847;   C.S.1929, § 15-250;   R.S.1943, § 15-252;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 64.
NE Code § 15-254 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-254 - Ordinances; revision; publication.

15-254.  Ordinances; revision; publication.A city of the primary class may provide for the revision of the ordinances of such city from time to time and for their publication in pamphlet, book, or electronic form, with or without the statutes relative to cities of the primary class.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LIV, p. 141;   R.S.1913, § 4464;   C.S.1922, § 3849;   C.S.1929, § 15-252;   R.S.1943, § 15-254;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 65.
NE Code § 15-255 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-255 - Public safety; measures to protect.

15-255.  Public safety; measures to protect.A city of the primary class may (1) prohibit riots, routs, noise, or disorderly assemblies, (2) prevent use of firearms, rockets, powder, fireworks, or other dangerous and combustible material, (3) prohibit carrying of concealed weapons, except the carrying of a concealed handgun in compliance with the Concealed Handgun Permit Act, (4) regulate and prevent the transportation of gunpowder or combustible articles, tar, pitch, resin, coal oil, benzine, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitroglycerine, dynamite, petroleum or its products, or other explosives or inflammables, (5) regulate use of lights in stables, shops, or other places and building of bonfires, and (6) regulate and prohibit the piling of building material or any excavation or obstruction of the streets.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LV, p. 141;   R.S.1913, § 4465;   C.S.1922, § 3850;   C.S.1929, § 15-253;   R.S.1943, § 15-255;  Laws 2009, LB430, § 2;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 66.  Cross References  Concealed Handgun Permit Act, see section 69-2427.
NE Code § 15-256 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-256 - Public safety; disturbing the peace; power to punish.

15-256.  Public safety; disturbing the peace; power to punish.A city of the primary class may punish disturbance of the peace or good order, clamor, intoxication, drunkenness, fighting, or other violations of the public peace by indecent or disorderly conduct, or blockading any street, sidewalk, way, or space, or interfering with the passing of people.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LVI, p. 141;   R.S.1913, § 4466;   C.S.1922, § 3851;   C.S.1929, § 15-254;   R.S.1943, § 15-256;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 67.
NE Code § 15-257 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-257 - Vagrancy; offenses against public morals; punishment.

15-257.  Vagrancy; offenses against public morals; punishment.A city of the primary class may provide for the punishment of vagrants, tramps, or street beggars, prostitutes, disturbers of the peace, pickpockets, gamblers, burglars, thieves, or persons who practice any game, trick, or device with intent to swindle.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LVII, p. 141;   R.S.1913, § 4467;   C.S.1922, § 3852;   C.S.1929, § 15-255;   R.S.1943, § 15-257;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 68.
NE Code § 15-258 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-258 - Billiard halls; disorderly houses; prohibition; exceptions.

15-258.  Billiard halls; disorderly houses; prohibition; exceptions.A city of the primary class may restrain, prohibit, and suppress unlicensed billiard tables, bowling alleys, houses of prostitution, opium and illicit drug dens, and other disorderly houses and practices, games, and gambling houses, may prohibit all public amusements, shows, or exhibitions, and may prohibit all lotteries, all fraudulent devices and practices for the purposes of obtaining money or property, all shooting galleries except as provided in the Nebraska Shooting Range Protection Act, and all kinds of public indecencies, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to bingo, lotteries, lotteries by the sale of pickle cards, or raffles conducted in accordance with the Nebraska Bingo Act, the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, or the State Lottery Act.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LVIII, p. 142;   R.S.1913, § 4468;   C.S.1922, § 3853;   C.S.1929, § 15-256;   R.S.1943, § 15-258;   Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 187;   Laws 1991, LB 849, § 60;   Laws 1993, LB 138, § 62;  Laws 2009, LB503, § 12;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 69.  Cross References   Nebraska Bingo Act, see section 9-201.  Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, see section 9-401.  Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, see section 9-301.  Nebraska Shooting Range Protection Act, see section 37-1301.  Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, see section 9-501.  State Lottery Act, see section 9-801. Annotations Ordinance prohibiting all business except of necessity on Sunday is not void as discriminatory. Liberman v. State, 26 Neb. 464, 42 N.W. 419 (1889).
NE Code § 15-259 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-259 - Jail facilities; establishment.

15-259.  Jail facilities; establishment.A city of the primary class may erect, establish, and regulate houses of correction, jails, community residential centers, work release centers, halfway houses, and such other places of control or confinement as may be designated as a jail facility from time to time by the city, including station houses and other buildings necessary for keeping and confining prisoners, and may provide for the government and support of such facilities.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LIX, p. 142;   R.S.1913, § 4469;   C.S.1922, § 3854;   C.S.1929, § 15-257;   R.S.1943, § 15-259;   Laws 1979, LB 315, § 1;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 70.
NE Code § 15-261 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-261 - Railroads; railroad crossings; buses; safety regulations; installation of safety devices.

15-261.  Railroads; railroad crossings; buses; safety regulations; installation of safety devices.A city of the primary class may regulate railroad crossings, provide precautions, and prescribe rules for running railway engines or cars, and their speed, for prevention of accidents at crossings or on tracks or by fires from railway engines. A city of the primary class may regulate the running of buses and require heating and cleaning thereof. A city of the primary class may require reasonable lighting of railway crossings in such manner as the city council may prescribe. If the owner or operator fails to comply, the city may cause such requirement to be complied with and assess the expense of such requirements against such railway company to be collected as other taxes and to be a lien on the real estate belonging to such company, or may enforce compliance by action of mandamus. The city may enforce such regulations as are otherwise provided by law and may require railways to keep flagpersons at all railway street crossings where necessary to protect the public against injury to person or property, and require the installation, maintenance, and proper operation of gates, flashing signals, or other warning devices to ensure such safety. A city of the primary class may compel railways to conform tracks to grades at any time established, to keep tracks level with the street surface, and may compel railways to keep streets open, construct and keep in repair ditches, drains, sewers, and culverts along or under their right-of-way or tracks, and lay and maintain paving upon their whole right-of-way on paved streets.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LXI, p. 142;   R.S.1913, § 4471;   C.S.1922, § 3856;   C.S.1929, § 15-259;   R.S.1943, § 15-261;   Laws 1961, c. 36, § 3, p. 162;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 71.  Annotations Selection and grading of streets by railway company for its track are subject to regulation and control of city. Omaha, L. & B. Ry. Co. v. City of Lincoln, 97 Neb. 122, 149 N.W. 319 (1914).
NE Code § 15-262 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-262 - Census; city may take.

15-262.  Census; city may take.A city of the primary class may provide for and cause to be taken a census of the city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LXII, p. 143;   R.S.1913, § 4472;   C.S.1922, § 3857;   C.S.1929, § 15-260;   R.S.1943, § 15-262;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 72.
NE Code § 15-263 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-263 - General welfare; ordinances to insure; powers; enforcement; penalties; imposition.

15-263.  General welfare; ordinances to insure; powers; enforcement; penalties; imposition.(1) A city of the primary class may make all such ordinances, bylaws, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with the general laws of the state as may be necessary or expedient, in addition to the special powers otherwise granted by law, (a) for maintaining the peace, good government, and welfare of the city, and its trade, commerce, and manufactories, (b) for preserving order and securing persons or property from violence, danger, and destruction, (c) for protecting public and private property, and (d) for promoting the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, morals, and general interests and welfare of the inhabitants of the city.(2) A city of the primary class may enforce all such ordinances by providing for imprisonment of those convicted of violations and may impose forfeitures, fines, and penalties not exceeding five hundred dollars for any one offense, recoverable with costs, and, in the default of the payment thereof, provide for confinement in the city or county jail until the judgment and costs are paid.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LXIII, p. 143;   R.S.1913, § 4473;   C.S.1922, § 3858;   C.S.1929, § 15-261;   R.S.1943, § 15-263;   Laws 1955, c. 27, § 1, p. 122;   Laws 1965, c. 44, § 2, p. 243;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 73.
NE Code § 15-264 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-264 - City; keeping prisoners; contract.

15-264.  City; keeping prisoners; contract.Any city of the primary class shall have the right to contract with any other governmental subdivision or agency, whether local, state, or federal, for the keeping of prisoners, either in a facility of the city or in a facility of the other governmental subdivision or agency. Payment shall be made as provided in any such contract or agreement.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 124, p. 124;   R.S.1913, § 4474;   C.S.1922, § 3859;   C.S.1929, § 15-262;   R.S.1943, § 15-264;   Laws 1961, c. 35, § 2, p. 157;   Laws 1969, c. 67, § 1, p. 383;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 74.  Annotations  The 1969 amendments of sections 15-264 and 47-306 did not affect sections 16-252 and 17-566. City of Grand Island v. County of Hall, 196 Neb. 282, 242 N.W.2d 858 (1976). City is not liable to sheriff but is to county. Douglas County v. Coburn, 34 Neb. 351, 51 N.W. 965 (1892).
NE Code § 15-265 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-265 - Public grounds and highways; control.

15-265.  Public grounds and highways; control.The mayor and city council of a city of the primary class shall have supervision and control of all public ways and public grounds within the city and shall require the same to be kept open, in repair, and free from nuisances.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 96, p. 105;   R.S.1913, § 4475;   C.S.1922, § 3860;   C.S.1929, § 15-263;   R.S.1943, § 15-265;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 75.  Annotations  Performance of duty under this section is part of business of city of Lincoln within contemplation of compensation law. Sentor v. City of Lincoln, 124 Neb. 403, 246 N.W. 924 (1933). Allowing and regulating entrances to basements through sidewalks is within discretion of city authorities. State ex rel. McNerney v. Armstrong, 97 Neb. 343, 149 N.W. 786 (1914). City has general control of its streets and of the grades thereof. Omaha, L. & B. Ry. Co. v. City of Lincoln, 97 Neb. 122, 149 N.W. 319 (1914). City must keep streets and sidewalks free of obstructions for entire width, and is not estopped by past failure to enforce. Chapman v. City of Lincoln, 84 Neb. 534, 121 N.W. 596 (1909). Owners need not repair until notified. City of Lincoln v. Janesch, 63 Neb. 707, 89 N.W. 280 (1902).