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NE Code § 15-702.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-702.01 - Controlled-access facilities; designation; limitations on use.

15-702.01.  Controlled-access facilities; designation; limitations on use.(1) A city of the primary class shall have the power to designate and establish controlled-access facilities, may design, construct, maintain, improve, alter, and vacate such facilities, and may regulate, restrict, or prohibit access to such facilities so as best to serve the traffic for which such facilities are intended. Such a city may provide for the elimination of intersections at grade with existing roads, streets, highways, or alleys, if the public interest shall be served thereby. An existing road, street, alley, or other traffic facility may be included within such facilities or such facilities may include new or additional roads, streets, highways, or alleys. In order to carry out the purposes of this section, the city, in addition to any other powers it may have, may acquire, in private or public property, such rights of access as are deemed necessary, including, but not necessarily limited to, air, light, view, egress, and ingress. Such acquisitions may be by gift, devise, purchase, agreement, adverse possession, prescription, condemnation, or otherwise as provided by law and may be in fee simple absolute or in any lesser estate or interest. The city may make provision to mitigate damages caused by such acquisitions, terms and conditions regarding the abandonment or reverter of such acquisitions, and any other provisions or conditions that are desirable for the needs of the city and the general welfare of the public.(2) No automotive service stations or other commercial establishments for serving motor vehicle users shall be constructed or located on the publicly owned right-of-way of, or on any publicly owned or publicly leased land used for, or in connection with, a controlled-access facility.Source   Laws 1959, c. 45, § 1, p. 226;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 108.
NE Code § 15-702.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-702.02 - Controlled-access facilities; frontage roads.

15-702.02.  Controlled-access facilities; frontage roads.A city of the primary class shall have the power to designate, establish, design, construct, maintain, vacate, alter, improve, and regulate frontage roads within the boundaries of any present or hereafter acquired right-of-way and to exercise the same jurisdiction over such frontage roads as is authorized over controlled-access facilities. Such frontage roads may be connected to or separated from the controlled-access facilities at such places as the city shall determine to be consistent with public safety. Upon the construction of any frontage road, any right of access between the controlled-access facility and property abutting or adjacent to such frontage road shall terminate and ingress to and egress from the frontage road shall be provided at such places as will afford reasonable and safe connections.Source   Laws 1959, c. 45, § 2, p. 227;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 109.
NE Code § 15-702.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-702.03 - Streets; egress and ingress; rights to.

15-702.03.  Streets; egress and ingress; rights to.The right of reasonably convenient egress to and ingress from lands or lots, abutting on an existing highway, street, or road within a city of the primary class, may not be denied except with the consent of the owners of such lands or lots, or with the condemnation of such right of access to and from such abutting lands or lots. If the construction or reconstruction of any highway, street, or road, to be paid for in whole or in part with federal or state highway funds, results in the abutment of property on such highway, street, or road that did not theretofore have direct egress from and ingress to it, no rights of direct access shall accrue because of such abutment, but the city may prescribe and define the location of the privilege of access, if any, of properties that then, but not theretofore, abut on such highway, street, or road.Source   Laws 1959, c. 45, § 3, p. 227;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 110.  Annotations In order for property to "abut" a street, according to the terms of this section, the lot line and street line must be in common; mere touching at a single point is not sufficient. City of Lincoln v. Cather & Sons Const., Inc., 206 Neb. 10, 290 N.W.2d 798 (1980).
NE Code § 15-702.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-702.04 - Access ways; materials; standards; establish.

15-702.04.  Access ways; materials; standards; establish.In all specifications for materials to be used in paving, curbing, and guttering of every kind, of access ways, a city of the primary class shall establish a standard or standards of strength and quality, to be demonstrated by physical, chemical, or other tests within the limits of reasonable variations. In every instance the materials shall be so described in the specifications, either by standard or quality, to permit genuine competition between contractors so that there may be two or more bids by individuals or companies in no manner connected with each other and no material shall be specified which shall not be subject to such competition.Source   Laws 1959, c. 45, § 4, p. 228;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 111.
NE Code § 15-708 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-708 - Streets; improvements; public property, how assessed.

15-708.  Streets; improvements; public property, how assessed.If in any city of the primary class there shall be any real estate belonging to any county, school district, municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, joint public agency, cemetery association, library board, or other public board or association, abutting upon the street, streets, alley, alleys, public way, or public grounds proposed to be improved, the proper officer or officers having control and jurisdiction over such real estate, or authorized to purchase, lease, hold, or convey real estate, shall have power to sign a petition for paving, repaving, curbing, recurbing, grading, changing grade, guttering, resurfacing, relaying existing pavement, or otherwise improving any street, streets, alley, alleys, public way, or public grounds or improvement districts. When such improvements have been ordered, it shall be the duty of the governing body controlling and having jurisdiction over such real estate benefited by such improvement, to pay such special taxes or assessments, or its proportionate share of the cost of such improvements, and in event of neglect or refusal so to do, the city may recover the amount of such special taxes or assessments, or proportionate share of the cost, in any proper action, and the judgment thus obtained may be enforced in the usual manner.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 97, p. 106;   Laws 1905, c. 16, § 9, p. 209;   Laws 1913, c. 5, § 4, p. 61;   R.S.1913, § 4524;   Laws 1915, c. 82, § 1, p. 209;   Laws 1917, c. 94, § 1, p. 250;   C.S.1922, § 3910;   C.S.1929, § 15-703;   R.S.1943, § 15-708;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 112.
NE Code § 15-709 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-709 - Streets; improvements; utility service connections; duty of landowner; special assessment.

15-709.  Streets; improvements; utility service connections; duty of landowner; special assessment.The city council of a city of the primary class may order the owner of lots abutting on a street that is to be paved to lay sewer, gas, and water service pipes to connect mains. If the owner fails to lay such pipes, after five days' notice by publication in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city, or in place thereof by personal service of such notice, as the city council in its discretion may direct, the city council may cause the sewer, gas, and water service pipes to be laid as part of the work of the improvement district and assess the cost thereof on the property of such owner as a special assessment. Such assessment to pay the cost of the pavement or improvements in the improvement district shall be collected and enforced as a special assessment.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 97, p. 106;   Laws 1905, c. 16, § 9, p. 209;   Laws 1913, c. 5, p 4, p. 61;   R.S.1913, § 4524;   Laws 1915, c. 82, § 1, p. 209;   Laws 1917, c. 94, § 1, p. 250;   C.S.1922, § 3910;   C.S.1929, § 15-703;   R.S.1943, § 15-709;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 14;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 113.
NE Code § 15-713 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-713 - Curbing gutter bonds; special assessment.

15-713.  Curbing gutter bonds; special assessment.To pay the cost of curbing and guttering public ways in a city of the primary class, the city council may issue bonds called curbing gutter bonds, district No. ......, payable in not more than twenty years or at the option of the city at any interest-paying date, and assess the cost, not exceeding the special benefits, on abutting property as special assessments. Such assessments shall become due, delinquent, draw interest, and be subject to like penalty and collected as special assessments and shall constitute a sinking fund for the payment of such bonds. No paving bonds and no curbing gutter bonds shall be sold or delivered until necessary to make payments for work done on such improvements.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 97, p. 107;   Laws 1905, c. 16, § 9, p. 210;   Laws 1913, c. 5, § 4, p. 60;   R.S.1913, § 4524;   Laws 1915, c. 82, § 1, p. 210;   Laws 1917, c. 94, § 1, p. 251;   C.S.1922, § 3910;   C.S.1929, § 15-703;   R.S.1943, § 15-713;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 24, p. 287;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 15;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 114.
NE Code § 15-717 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-717 - Sewers and drains; construction; cost; assessment against property owners.

15-717.  Sewers and drains; construction; cost; assessment against property owners.The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power to lay off the city into suitable districts for the purpose of establishing a system of sewerage and drainage, to provide such system and regulate the construction, repairs, and use of sewers and drains, and to provide penalties for any obstruction of, or injury to, any sewers or drains and for any violation of the rules and regulations with respect thereto that may be prescribed by the city council. The city council shall have the power to create sewer districts by ordinance and designate the property to be benefited by the construction of sewers in such districts. The city council shall have the power to construct or cause to be constructed such sewer or sewers in such district or districts and assess the cost thereof against the property in such districts, to the extent of the special benefits.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 100, p. 108;   Laws 1907, c. 9, § 9, p. 81;   R.S.1913, § 4527;   C.S.1922, § 3913;   C.S.1929, § 15-706;   R.S.1943, § 15-717;   Laws 1969, c. 66, § 6, p. 381;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 115.  Annotations City tax assessments on property owners for approved sewer costs are valid to the extent of benefits to the property, even if the improvement produces no immediate and proportionate increase in market value of the property. Nebco, Inc. v. Speedlin, 198 Neb. 34, 251 N.W.2d 710 (1977).
NE Code § 15-718 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-718 - Sewers and drains; construction; assessment of benefits; collection.

15-718.  Sewers and drains; construction; assessment of benefits; collection.Special assessments may be levied by the city council of a city of the primary class for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing sewers and drains as provided in section 15-717. Such assessments shall be levied upon the real estate within the sewerage districts in which such sewer or drain may be, to the extent of benefits to such property by reason of such improvements. The benefits to such property shall be determined by the city council as in other cases of special assessments. All assessments made for sewerage or drainage purposes shall be levied and collected as special assessments.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 101, p. 108;   Laws 1907, c. 9, § 10, p. 81;   R.S.1913, § 4528;   C.S.1922, § 3914;   C.S.1929, § 15-707;   R.S.1943, § 15-718;   Laws 1969, c. 66, § 7, p. 381;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 16;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 116.  Annotations City tax assessments on property owners for approved sewer costs are valid to the extent of benefits to the property, even if the improvement produces no immediate and proportionate increase in market value of the property. Nebco, Inc. v. Speedlin, 198 Neb. 34, 251 N.W.2d 710 (1977).
NE Code § 15-720 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-720 - Sewer district bonds.

15-720.  Sewer district bonds.The mayor and city council of a city of the primary class may issue sewer district bonds to cover the cost of the work of constructing sewers in sewer districts, and the special assessment levied on account of such work shall constitute a sinking fund for the payment of such bonds.Source   Laws 1907, c. 9, § 10, p. 81;   R.S.1913, § 4530;   C.S.1922, § 3916;   C.S.1929, § 15-709;   R.S.1943, § 15-720;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 117.
NE Code § 15-724 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-724 - Public markets; establishment.

15-724.  Public markets; establishment.The mayor and city council of a city of the primary class may by ordinance purchase and own grounds for and erect and establish market houses and market places, regulate and govern such market houses and market places, and prescribe the fees to be charged persons for stalls therein. Any revenue from such fees shall be applied (1) to the payment of the salaries of the officers appointed to take charge of such market house or market place, (2) to the payment of repairs of the market house or market place, and (3) to the payment of the cost of erecting such market house or market place. After all salaries, repairs, and costs of construction have been paid, the surplus, if any remaining, shall be disposed of as the city council shall direct. The mayor and city council may contract with any person or persons, or association of persons, companies, or corporations, for the erection and regulation of such market house or market place on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the city council may prescribe, and raise all necessary revenue therefor as provided in this section. The mayor and city council may locate market houses or market places on any street, alley, or public ground, or any land purchased for such purpose, and provide for the erection of all other useful and necessary buildings for the use of the city and for the protection and safety of all property owned by the city, except that any such improvement, costing in the aggregate a sum greater than five hundred dollars, shall not be authorized until the ordinance providing for such improvement shall be first submitted to and ratified by a majority of the legal voters of such city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XV, p. 131;   R.S.1913, § 4534;   C.S.1922, § 3920;   C.S.1929, § 15-713;   R.S.1943, § 15-724;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 118.
NE Code § 15-725 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-725 - Public improvements; special tax assessments.

15-725.  Public improvements; special tax assessments.Special tax assessments to pay the cost of public improvements in a city of the primary class, except special assessments for sidewalk purposes or as otherwise provided by law, shall be made in the following manner: (1) Assessment shall be made on the improvement district by resolution of the city council at any meeting, stating the cost of the improvement and benefit accruing to the property in the district to be taxed shall be recorded in the minutes. The city council shall submit a proposed distribution of the tax on each separate property to be taxed to the board of equalization as provided in the resolution, and (2) notice of the board of equalization meeting shall be published, in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city, ten days before the meeting, and the notice shall include that the city council will sit as a board of equalization at the time fixed in such notice, not less than five days after such assessment, and the proper distribution of such special tax shall be open to examination of all persons interested. Property shall not be specially taxed for more than the total cost of the improvement nor more than the special benefit accruing thereto by the improvement. If the aggregate tax be less than the cost of improvement, the excess shall be paid from the general fund. Special taxes may be assessed as the improvement progresses and as soon as completed in front of or along property taxed, or when the whole is complete, as the city council shall determine. Special assessments for local benefits shall be a lien on all property so specially benefited superior and prior to all other liens save general taxes or other special assessments and equal therewith. If any special assessment be declared void, or doubt of its validity exist, the mayor and city council, to pay the cost of improvement, may make a reassessment thereof on the property within the district, and any sums paid on the original special assessment shall be credited to the property on which it was paid and any excess refunded to the owner paying it, with lawful interest. Taxes reassessed and not paid shall be enforced and collected as other special taxes. No special tax or assessment which the mayor and city council acquire jurisdiction to make shall be void for any irregularity, defect, error, or informality in procedure, in levy or equalization thereof.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 102, p. 109;   R.S.1913, § 4535;   C.S.1922, § 3921;   C.S.1929, § 15-714;   R.S.1943, § 15-725;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 119.  Annotations  Reassessment of benefits is provided for when original assessment is invalid. Shanahan v. Johnson, 170 Neb. 399, 102 N.W.2d 858 (1960). Blanket notice of sitting of council as board of equalization is sufficient. Price v. City of Lincoln, 103 Neb. 366, 171 N.W. 921 (1919). When lots are subdivided, assessment for paving is made on equitable basis. Lansing v. City of Lincoln, 32 Neb. 457, 49 N.W. 650 (1891).
NE Code § 15-726 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-726 - Special tax assessments; certificate; warrants.

15-726.  Special tax assessments; certificate; warrants.When any special tax, except sidewalk tax, is levied in a city of the primary class, it shall be the duty of the city clerk to issue a certificate describing such lot or piece of ground by number and block, stating the amount of special tax levied thereon and the purpose for which such tax was levied, and stating when such tax shall become due and delinquent. The city clerk shall forthwith deliver a duplicate of such certificate to the city treasurer, who shall, without delay, give at least five days' notice through publication in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city, of the time when such tax will become delinquent. To every such certificate the city clerk shall append a warrant in the usual form, requiring such city treasurer to collect such special tax or taxes by distress and sale of goods and chattels of the person, persons, or bodies corporate owing any such special tax or taxes, if such special tax or taxes are not paid before the time fixed for such special tax or taxes to become delinquent. The city treasurer shall make his or her return of such warrants with a report of his or her doings thereunder on or before the fifteenth day of July next thereafter.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 103, p. 110;   R.S.1913, § 4536;   C.S.1922, § 3922;   C.S.1929, § 15-715;   R.S.1943, § 15-726;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 120.
NE Code § 15-727 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-727 - Special tax assessments; multiple owners; treatment.

15-727.  Special tax assessments; multiple owners; treatment.It shall be sufficient in any case involving a special tax assessment in a city of the primary class to describe the lot or piece of ground as such lot or piece of ground is platted or recorded, although such lot or piece of ground belongs to several persons, but in case 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. 16, § 104, p. 111;   R.S.1913, § 4537;   C.S.1922, § 3923;   C.S.1929, § 15-716;   R.S.1943, § 15-727;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 121.
NE Code § 15-728 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-728 - Public improvements; city engineer; inspection and acceptance.

15-728.  Public improvements; city engineer; inspection and acceptance.When any public improvement in a city of the primary class is completed according to contract, it shall be the duty of the city engineer to carefully inspect such improvement, and if the improvement is found to be properly done, such city engineer shall accept the improvement and forthwith report his or her acceptance thereof to the city council with recommendation that the improvement be approved or disapproved, and the city council may confirm or reject such acceptance. When the ordinance levying the tax makes such tax due as the improvement is completed in front of or along any block or piece of ground, the city engineer may accept the improvement 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. 16, § 105, p. 111;   R.S.1913, § 4538;   C.S.1922, § 3924;   C.S.1929, § 15-717;   R.S.1943, § 15-728;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 122.
NE Code § 15-729 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class|15-729 - Street railway systems; powers of city.

15-729.  Street railway systems; powers of city.A city of the primary class may authorize or permit the use of its roads, streets, highways, alleys, or other public rights-of-way for street railway systems.Source   Laws 1901, c. 16, § 106, p. 111;   R.S.1913, § 4539;   C.S.1922, § 3925;   C.S.1929, § 15-718;   R.S.1943, § 15-729;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 123.  Annotations The right to levy a special tax against a street railway company to pay the cost of paving along its track is valid and is not class legislation. City of Lincoln v. Lincoln St. Ry. Co., 67 Neb. 469, 93 N.W. 766 (1903); Lincoln Street Ry. Co. v. City of Lincoln, 61 Neb. 109, 84 N.W. 802 (1901).