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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1918 - Permit fees; installation or repair without permit; penalty.

18-1918.
Permit fees; installation or repair without permit; penalty.
The city or village which has jurisdiction of the construction or repair of the sanitary plumbing shall be entitled to permit fees, according to its ordinance. Any person, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other legal entity making installation or repair of sanitary plumbing in any building except a single-family dwelling without the required permit from the city or village shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 100, § 4, p. 475;
Laws 1993, LB 121, § 142.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1919 - License requirement; exemption.

18-1919.
License requirement; exemption.
Nothing in sections 18-1915 to 18-1919 shall be construed to require an employee working for a single employer as part of such employer's full-time staff and not holding himself or herself out to the public for hire to hold a license while acting within the scope of employment for such employer.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 100, § 5, p. 475;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 130.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1920 - Scald prevention device requirements; compliance required.

18-1920.
Scald prevention device requirements; compliance required.
Nothing in sections 18-1901 to 18-1919 shall be construed to exempt persons from compliance with sections 71-1569 to 71-1571.
Source
Laws 1987, LB 264, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2001 - Street improvements; without petition or creation of district; when.

18-2001.
Street improvements; without petition or creation of district; when.
Any city or village may, without petition or creating a street improvement district, grade, curb, gutter, and pave any portion of a street otherwise paved so as to make one continuous paved street, but the portion to be so improved shall not exceed two blocks, including intersections, or thirteen hundred and twenty-five feet, whichever is the lesser. Such city or village may also grade, curb, gutter, and pave any unpaved street or alley which intersects a paved street for a distance of not to exceed one block on either side of such paved street. The improvements authorized by this section may be performed upon any portion of a street or any unpaved street or alley not previously improved to meet or exceed the minimum standards for pavement set by the city or village for its paved streets.
Source
Laws 1963, c. 76, § 1, p. 280;
Laws 1965, c. 75, § 1, p. 307;
Laws 1974, LB 652, § 1;
Laws 1999, LB 738, § 1.
Annotations
The plain language of this section authorized the city to extend paving on one block of a street and assess the paving costs against abutting property owners where, at one end, the new paving adjoined a paved intersection of two paved streets. Johnson v. City of Fremont, 287 Neb. 960, 845 N.W.2d 279 (2014).
City improperly used this section to pave a three-block area with two gap paving districts. Iverson v. City of North Platte, 243 Neb. 506, 500 N.W.2d 574 (1993).
The authorization for special assessment for street improvements in sections 18-2001 to 18-2003 does not extend to a street section already paved. Turner v. City of North Platte, 203 Neb. 706, 279 N.W.2d 868 (1979).
These statutes are clear, unambiguous, and constitutional. Gaughen v. Sloup, 197 Neb. 762, 250 N.W.2d 915 (1977).
A street covered with material forming a solid aggregate 3 to 5 inches thick consisting of compacted layers of gravel and an oil-type substance and creating a firm, level surface for vehicular travel is paved within the meaning of Nebraska's "gap and extend" law. Benesch v. City of Schuyler, 5 Neb. App. 59, 555 N.W.2d 63 (1996).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2002 - Street improvements; additional authorization.

18-2002.
Street improvements; additional authorization.
Any city or village may, without petition or creating a street improvement district, order the grading, curbing, guttering, and paving of any side street or alley within its corporate limits connecting with a major traffic street for a distance not to exceed one block from such major traffic street. The improvements authorized by this section may be performed upon any side street or alley not previously improved to meet or exceed the minimum standards for pavement set by the city or village for its paved streets.
Source
Laws 1963, c. 76, § 2, p. 280;
Laws 1965, c. 75, § 2, p. 308;
Laws 1999, LB 738, § 2.
Annotations
The authorization for special assessment for street improvements in sections 18-2001 to 18-2003 does not extend to a street section already paved. Turner v. City of North Platte, 203 Neb. 706, 279 N.W.2d 868 (1979).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2004 - Sections, how construed.

18-2004.
Sections, how construed.
Nothing in sections 18-2001 to 18-2004 shall be construed to repeal or amend any statutes except those specifically repealed, and sections 18-2001 to 18-2004 shall be supplemental to and in addition to any other laws of the State of Nebraska related to street improvements. Other statutes may be relied upon, if need be, to supplement and effectuate the purposes of sections 18-2001 to 18-2004.
Source
Laws 1965, c. 75, § 4, p. 309;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 132.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2005 - Street; common boundary with county or other municipality; concurrent and joint jurisdiction; limitation.

18-2005.
Street; common boundary with county or other municipality; concurrent and joint jurisdiction; limitation.
The city council of any city shall have concurrent and joint jurisdiction with the county board of any county and the governing body of any other municipality over any street which is contiguous to and forms a common boundary between such city and county or municipality. The city council of such city shall have the right and authority to exercise all powers over such street as it may over streets within its corporate limits with the cooperation and concurrence of the county board or the governing body of any other municipality. Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting any power of annexation which is not otherwise granted by law.
Source
Laws 1973, LB 71, § 1;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 133.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2101 - Act, how cited.

18-2101.
Act, how cited.
Sections 18-2101 to 18-2157 shall be known and may be cited as the Community Development Law.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 1, p. 797;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1601;
Laws 1957, c. 52, § 1, p. 247;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2601;
Laws 1973, LB 299, § 1;
Laws 1997, LB 875, § 2;
Laws 2007, LB562, § 1;
Laws 2013, LB66, § 1;
Laws 2018, LB496, § 1;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 4;
Laws 2019, LB86, § 1;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 1;
Laws 2023, LB531, § 10.
Operative Date: June 7, 2023
Annotations
In considering a challenge to actions taken by a community redevelopment authority pursuant to the Community Development Law, a district court may disturb the decision of the community redevelopment authority only if it determines that the decision was illegal or is not supported by the evidence and is thus arbitrary, unreasonable, or clearly wrong. Under the Community Development Law, land cannot be added to an existing community redevelopment area unless (1) the additional land is declared blighted or substandard within the meaning of the Community Development Law or (2) the additional land is reasonably necessary to accomplish the implementation of the existing redevelopment plan. Fitzke v. City of Hastings, 255 Neb. 46, 582 N.W.2d 301 (1998).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2101.01 - Creation of agency; cooperation with federal government; taxes, bonds, and notes; other powers.

18-2101.01.
Creation of agency; cooperation with federal government; taxes, bonds, and notes; other powers.
Cities of all classes and villages of this state are hereby granted power and authority to create a community development agency by ordinance, which agency may consist of the governing body of the city or village or a new or existing municipal division or department, or combination thereof. When such an agency is created, it shall function in the manner prescribed by ordinance and may exercise all of the power and authority granted to a community redevelopment authority under the Community Development Law. Cities of all classes and villages of this state are also granted power and authority to do all community development activities, and to do all things necessary to cooperate with the federal government in all matters relating to community development program activities as a grantee, or as an agent or otherwise, under the provisions of the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended through the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981. Whenever such a city exercises the power conferred in this section, it may levy taxes for the exercise of such jurisdiction and authority and may issue general obligation bonds, general obligation notes, revenue bonds, and revenue notes including general obligation and revenue refunding bonds and notes for the purposes set forth in the Community Development Law and under the power granted to any authority described.
Source
Laws 1973, LB 299, § 2;
Laws 1976, LB 445, § 1;
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 1;
Laws 1980, LB 986, § 1;
Laws 1983, LB 71, § 7;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2103.02 - Acquisition of housing property; relocation of persons displaced.

18-2103.02.
Acquisition of housing property; relocation of persons displaced.
When any property consisting of housing is acquired for redevelopment by the authority, the authority shall provide for relocation of any persons displaced as a result thereof.
Source
Laws 1965, c. 74, § 5, p. 306.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2104 - Exercise of powers; objective.

18-2104.
Exercise of powers; objective.
The governing body of a city, to the greatest extent it deems to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of the Community Development Law, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the city as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the community redevelopment area by private enterprises. The governing body of a city shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its powers under the Community Development Law, including the formulation of a workable program, the approval of community redevelopment plans consistent with the general plan for the development of the city, the exercise of its zoning powers, the enforcement of other laws, codes, and regulations, relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, the disposition of any property acquired, and the providing of necessary public improvements.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 4(1), p. 800;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1604;
Laws 1957, c. 52, § 5, p. 252;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 4, p. 230;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2604;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2105 - Formulation of workable program; disaster assistance; effect.

18-2105.
Formulation of workable program; disaster assistance; effect.
(1) The governing body of a city or an authority at its direction for the purposes of the Community Development Law may formulate for the city a workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate or prevent the development or spread of urban blight, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of substandard and blighted areas, or to undertake any or all of such activities or other feasible activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program. Such workable program may include, without limitation, provision for (a) the prevention of the spread of blight into areas of the city which are free from blight through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning, and occupancy controls and standards; (b) the rehabilitation or conservation of substandard and blighted areas or portions of such areas by replanning, removing congestion, and providing parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements by encouraging voluntary rehabilitation and by compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; and (c) the clearance and redevelopment of substandard and blighted areas or portions of such areas.
(2) As part of a workable program formulated under subsection (1) of this section, the governing body of a city or an authority may develop guidelines for the consideration or approval of redevelopment projects that are financed in whole or in part through the division of taxes as provided in section 18-2147. Such guidelines may establish general goals and priorities for the use of funds from such division of taxes or limitations or restrictions on the use of funds from such division of taxes within such city.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Community Development Law, where the local governing body certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe respecting which the Governor of the state has certified the need for disaster assistance under federal law, the local governing body may approve a redevelopment plan and a redevelopment project with respect to such area without regard to the provisions of the Community Development Law requiring a general plan for the city and notice and public hearing or findings other than as provided in this section.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 4(2), p. 800;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1605;
Laws 1957, c. 52, § 6, p. 253;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 5, p. 231;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2605;
Laws 1997, LB 875, § 6;
Laws 2023, LB531, § 12.
Operative Date: June 7, 2023
Annotations
The Community Development Law gives local governing bodies the discretion to remove blighted designations as they see fit to best serve the sound needs of the community. Prime Realty Dev., Inc. v. City of Omaha, 258 Neb. 72, 602 N.W.2d 13 (1999).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2106 - Authority; member or employee; interest in project or property; restriction; disclosure.

18-2106.
Authority; member or employee; interest in project or property; restriction; disclosure.
No member or employee of an authority shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any redevelopment project or in any property included or planned by the authority to be included in any such project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any such project. Where the acquisition is not voluntary, such member or employee shall immediately disclose such interest in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. If any member or employee of an authority presently owns or controls or owned or controlled within the preceding two years an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned by the authority to be included in any redevelopment project, he immediately shall disclose such interest in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon such disclosure such member or employee of an authority shall not participate in any action by the authority affecting such property.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 4(3), p. 801;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1606;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2606.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2108 - Real estate; acquisition; requirement.

18-2108.
Real estate; acquisition; requirement.
An authority shall not acquire real property for a redevelopment project unless the governing body of the city in which the redevelopment project area is located has approved the redevelopment plan, as prescribed in section 18-2116 or 18-2155.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 6(1), p. 804;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1608;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2608;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2109 - Redevelopment plan; preparation; requirements; planning commission or board; public hearing; notice; governing body; public hearing; notice; resolution.

18-2109.
Redevelopment plan; preparation; requirements; planning commission or board; public hearing; notice; governing body; public hearing; notice; resolution.
(1) A redevelopment plan for a redevelopment project area shall not be prepared and the governing body of the city in which such area is located shall not approve a redevelopment plan unless the governing body has, by resolution adopted after the public hearings required under this section, declared such area to be a substandard and blighted area in need of redevelopment.
(2) Prior to making such declaration, the governing body of the city shall conduct or cause to be conducted a study or an analysis on whether the area is substandard and blighted and shall submit the question of whether such area is substandard and blighted to the planning commission or board of the city for its review and recommendation. The planning commission or board shall hold a public hearing on the question after giving notice of the hearing as provided in section 18-2115.01. The planning commission or board shall submit its written recommendations to the governing body of the city within thirty days after the public hearing.
(3) Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or board, or if no recommendations are received within thirty days after the public hearing required under subsection (2) of this section, the governing body shall hold a public hearing on the question of whether the area is substandard and blighted after giving notice of the hearing as provided in section 18-2115.01. At the public hearing, all interested parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to express their views respecting the proposed declaration. After such hearing, the governing body of the city may adopt a resolution declaring that substandard and blighted conditions exist in the area under study. After the governing body has declared that substandard and blighted conditions exist in the area under study, the governing body may, by one or more resolutions, declare such area or any portion of such area to be a substandard and blighted area without further public hearing.
(4) Copies of each substandard and blighted study or analysis conducted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall be posted on the city's public website or made available for public inspection at a location designated by the city.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 6(2), p. 805;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1609;
Laws 1957, c. 52, § 8, p. 257;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 7, p. 236;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2609;
Laws 1997, LB 875, § 8;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 10;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 174;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 3;
Laws 2022, LB1065, § 2;
Laws 2023, LB531, § 13.
Operative Date: June 7, 2023
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2110 - Plan; submission or recommendation; requirement.

18-2110.
Plan; submission or recommendation; requirement.
A redevelopment plan shall not be submitted or recommended to the governing body of the city in which the redevelopment project area is located until a general plan for the development of the city has been prepared.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 6(3), p. 805;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1610;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2610;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2111 - Plan; who may prepare; contents.

18-2111.
Plan; who may prepare; contents.
(1) The authority may itself prepare or cause to be prepared a redevelopment plan or any person or agency, public or private, may submit such a plan to an authority. A redevelopment plan shall be sufficiently complete to indicate its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements, and the proposed land uses and building requirements in the redevelopment project area, and shall include without being limited to: (a) The boundaries of the redevelopment project area, with a map showing the existing uses and condition of the real property therein; (b) a land-use plan showing proposed uses of the area; (c) information showing the standards of population densities, land coverage, and building intensities in the area after redevelopment; (d) a statement of the proposed changes, if any, in zoning ordinances or maps, street layouts, street levels or grades, or building codes and ordinances; (e) a site plan of the area; and (f) a statement as to the kind and number of additional public facilities or utilities which will be required to support the new land uses in the area after redevelopment. Any redevelopment plan may include a proposal for the designation of an enhanced employment area.
(2) This section shall not apply to a redevelopment plan that receives an expedited review under section 18-2155.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 6(4), p. 805;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1611;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2611;
Laws 2007, LB562, § 4;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2112 - Plan; submit to planning commission or board; recommendations.

18-2112.
Plan; submit to planning commission or board; recommendations.
(1) Prior to recommending a redevelopment plan to the governing body for approval, an authority shall submit such plan to the planning commission or board of the city in which the redevelopment project area is located for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the city as a whole. The planning commission or board shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed redevelopment plan to the authority within thirty days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or board or, if no recommendations are received within such thirty days, then without such recommendations, an authority may recommend the redevelopment plan to the governing body of the city for approval.
(2) This section shall not apply to a redevelopment plan that receives an expedited review under section 18-2155.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 6(5), p. 805;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1612;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 8, p. 236;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2612;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2113 - Plan; considerations; cost-benefit analysis.

18-2113.
Plan; considerations; cost-benefit analysis.
(1) Prior to recommending a redevelopment plan to the governing body for approval, an authority shall consider whether the proposed land uses and building requirements in the redevelopment project area are designed with the general purpose of accomplishing, in conformance with the general plan, a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the city and its environs which will, in accordance with present and future needs, promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, and the general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, vehicular parking, the promotion of safety from fire, panic, and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient distribution of population, the provision of adequate transportation, water, sewerage, and other public utilities, schools, parks, recreational and community facilities, and other public requirements, the promotion of sound design and arrangement, the wise and efficient expenditure of public funds, and the prevention of the recurrence of insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations or conditions of blight.
(2) The authority shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis for each redevelopment project whose redevelopment plan includes the division of taxes as provided in section 18-2147. In conducting the cost-benefit analysis, the authority shall use a cost-benefit model developed for use by local projects. Any cost-benefit model used by the authority shall consider and analyze the following factors:
(a) Tax shifts resulting from the division of taxes as provided in section 18-2147;
(b) Public infrastructure and community public service needs impacts and local tax impacts arising from the approval of the redevelopment project;
(c) Impacts on employers and employees of firms locating or expanding within the boundaries of the area of the redevelopment project;
(d) Impacts on other employers and employees within the city or village and the immediate area that are located outside of the boundaries of the area of the redevelopment project;
(e) Impacts on the student populations of school districts within the city or village; and
(f) Any other impacts determined by the authority to be relevant to the consideration of costs and benefits arising from the redevelopment project.
(3) Copies of each cost-benefit analysis conducted pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall be posted on the city's public website or made available for public inspection at a location designated by the city.
(4) This section shall not apply to a redevelopment plan that receives an expedited review under section 18-2155.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 6(6), p. 806;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1613;
Laws 1957, c. 52, § 9, p. 257;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2613;
Laws 1997, LB 875, § 9;
Laws 1999, LB 774, § 1;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 11;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2114 - Plan; recommendations to governing body; statements required.

18-2114.
Plan; recommendations to governing body; statements required.
(1) The recommendation of a redevelopment plan by an authority to the governing body shall be accompanied by the recommendations, if any, of the planning commission or board concerning the redevelopment plan; a statement of the proposed method and estimated cost of the acquisition and preparation for redevelopment of the redevelopment project area and the estimated proceeds or revenue from its disposal to redevelopers; a statement of the proposed method of financing the redevelopment project; and a statement of a feasible method proposed for the relocation of families to be displaced from the redevelopment project area.
(2) This section shall not apply to a redevelopment plan that receives an expedited review under section 18-2155.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 6(7), p. 806;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1614;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 9, p. 236;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2614;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2115 - Redevelopment plan or substantial modification; public hearing; notice; governing body hearing; notice.

18-2115.
Redevelopment plan or substantial modification; public hearing; notice; governing body hearing; notice.
(1) The planning commission or board of the city shall hold a public hearing on any redevelopment plan or substantial modification thereof after giving notice of the hearing as provided in section 18-2115.01.
(2) After the hearing required under subsection (1) of this section, the governing body of the city shall hold a public hearing on any redevelopment plan or substantial modification thereof after giving notice of the hearing as provided in section 18-2115.01. At the public hearing, all interested parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to express their views respecting the proposed redevelopment plan.
(3) For purposes of this section, substantial modification means a change to a redevelopment plan that (a) materially alters or reduces existing areas or structures otherwise available for public use or access, (b) substantially alters the use of the community redevelopment area as contemplated in the redevelopment plan, or (c) increases the amount of ad valorem taxes pledged under section 18-2150 by more than five percent, if the amount of such taxes is included in the redevelopment plan.
(4) This section shall not apply to a redevelopment plan that receives an expedited review under section 18-2155.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 6(8), p. 807;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1615;
Laws 1957, c. 52, § 10, p. 258;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2615;
Laws 1995, LB 140, § 1;
Laws 1997, LB 875, § 10;
Laws 2014, LB679, § 2;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 12;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 175;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2117 - Plan; modification; conditions.

18-2117.
Plan; modification; conditions.
A redevelopment plan which has not been approved by the governing body when submitted by a redeveloper under section 18-2155 or when recommended by the authority may again be submitted or recommended to the governing body with any modifications deemed advisable. A redevelopment plan may be modified at any time by the authority, except
that if modified after the lease or sale of real property in the redevelopment project area, the modification must be consented to by the redeveloper or redevelopers of such real property or his or her successor, or their successors, in interest affected by the proposed modification. Where the proposed modification will substantially change the redevelopment plan as previously approved by the governing body the modification must similarly be approved by the governing body.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 6(10), p. 807;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1617;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2617;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 12.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2117.01 - Plan; report to Property Tax Administrator; contents; compilation of data.

18-2117.01.
Plan; report to Property Tax Administrator; contents; compilation of data.
(1)(a) On or before December 1 each year, each city which has approved one or more redevelopment plans which are financed in whole or in part through the division of taxes as provided in section 18-2147 shall provide a report to the Property Tax Administrator on each such redevelopment plan which includes the following information:
(i) A copy of the redevelopment plan and any amendments thereto, including the date upon which the redevelopment plan was approved, the effective date for dividing the ad valorem tax as provided to the county assessor pursuant to subsection (6) of section 18-2147, and the location and boundaries of the property in the redevelopment project; and
(ii) A short narrative description of the type of development undertaken by the city or village with the financing and the type of business or commercial activity locating within the redevelopment project area as a result of the redevelopment project.
(b) If a city has approved one or more redevelopment plans using an expedited review under section 18-2155, the city may file a single report under this subsection for all such redevelopment plans.
(2) The report required under subsection (1) of this section must be filed each year, regardless of whether the information in the report has changed, except that a city is not required to refile a copy of the redevelopment plan or an amendment thereto if such copy or amendment has previously been filed.
(3) The Property Tax Administrator shall compile a report for each active redevelopment project, based upon information provided by the cities pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and information reported by the county assessor or county clerk on the certificate of taxes levied pursuant to section 77-1613.01. Each report shall be electronically transmitted to the Clerk of the Legislature not later than March 1 each year. The report may include any recommendations of the Property Tax Administrator as to what other information should be included in the report from the cities so as to facilitate analysis of the uses, purposes, and effectiveness of tax-increment financing and the process for its implementation or to streamline the reporting process provided for in this section to eliminate unnecessary paperwork.
Source
Laws 1997, LB 875, § 12;
Laws 1999, LB 774, § 2;
Laws 2006, LB 808, § 1;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 19;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 15;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 13;
Laws 2023, LB531, § 14.
Operative Date: June 7, 2023
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2117.02 - Redevelopment projects; annual report; contents.

18-2117.02.
Redevelopment projects; annual report; contents.
On or before May 1 of each year, each authority, or such other division or department of the city as designated by the governing body, shall compile information regarding the approval and progress of redevelopment projects that are financed in whole or in part through the division of taxes as provided in section 18-2147 and report such information to the governing body of the city and to the governing body of each county, school district, community college area, educational service unit, and natural resources district whose property taxes are affected by such division of taxes. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(1) The total number of active redevelopment projects within the city that have been financed in whole or in part through the division of taxes as provided in section 18-2147;
(2) The total estimated project costs for all such redevelopment projects;
(3) The estimated amount of outstanding indebtedness related to each such redevelopment project and an estimated date by which such indebtedness is expected to be paid in full;
(4) A comparison between the initial projected valuation of property included in each such redevelopment project as described in the redevelopment contract or, for redevelopment projects approved using an expedited review under section 18-2155, in the redevelopment plan and the assessed value of the property included in each such redevelopment project as of January 1 of the year of the report;
(5) The number of such redevelopment projects approved by the governing body in the previous calendar year;
(6) Information specific to each such redevelopment project approved by the governing body in the previous calendar year, including the project area, project type, amount of financing approved, and total estimated project costs;
(7) The number of redevelopment projects for which financing has been paid in full during the previous calendar year and for which taxes are no longer being divided pursuant to section 18-2147; and
(8) The percentage of the city that has been designated as blighted.
Source
Laws 2018, LB874, § 16;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 177;
Laws 2020, LB1021, § 14;
Laws 2023, LB531, § 15.
Operative Date: June 7, 2023
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2117.03 - Redevelopment project; inclusion of certain costs.

18-2117.03.
Redevelopment project; inclusion of certain costs.
(1) A redevelopment project that includes the division of taxes as provided in section 18-2147 shall not provide for the reimbursement of costs incurred prior to approval of the redevelopment project, except for costs relating to:
(a) The preparation of materials and applications related to the redevelopment project;
(b) The preparation of a cost-benefit analysis conducted pursuant to section 18-2113;
(c) The preparation of a redevelopment contract;
(d) The preparation of bond and other financing instruments;
(e) Land acquisition and related due diligence activities, including, but not limited to, surveys and environmental studies; and
(f) Site demolition and preparation.
(2) This section shall not be construed to require the reimbursement of legal fees incurred prior to approval of the redevelopment project.
Source
Laws 2018, LB874, § 17;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 178.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2117.04 - City; retain plans and documents.

18-2117.04.
City; retain plans and documents.
(1) On and after October 1, 2018, each city that has approved one or more redevelopment plans or redevelopment projects that are financed in whole or in part through the division of taxes as provided in section 18-2147 shall retain copies of (a) all such redevelopment plans and (b) all supporting documents associated with the redevelopment plans or redevelopment projects, with any related substandard and blighted declaration under section 18-2109, and with any related extremely blighted declaration under section 18-2101.02 that are received or generated by the city.
(2) The city shall retain the redevelopment plans and supporting documents described in subsection (1) of this section for the period of time required under any applicable records retention schedule adopted under the Records Management Act or for three years following the end of the last fiscal year in which ad valorem taxes are divided, whichever period is longer.
(3) For purposes of this section, supporting document includes any substandard and blighted study or analysis conducted pursuant to section 18-2109, any extremely blighted study or analysis conducted pursuant to section 18-2101.02, any cost-benefit analysis conducted pursuant to section 18-2113, and any invoice, receipt, claim, or contract received or generated by the city that provides support for receipts or payments associated with the redevelopment plan or redevelopment project.
Source
Laws 2018, LB874, § 18;
Laws 2019, LB86, § 5.
Cross References
Records Management Act, see section 84-1220.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2118 - Real estate; sell; lease; transfer; terms.

18-2118.
Real estate; sell; lease; transfer; terms.
An authority may sell, lease for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years, exchange, or otherwise transfer real property or any interest therein in a redevelopment project area to any redeveloper for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, or other uses, including parking or other facilities functionally related or subordinate to such uses, or for public use in accordance with the redevelopment plan, subject to such covenants, conditions, and restrictions as it may deem to be in the public interest or to carry out the purposes of the Community Development Law. Such real property shall be sold, leased, or transferred at its fair value for uses in accordance with the redevelopment plan. In determining the fair value of real property for uses in accordance with the redevelopment plan, an authority shall take into account and give consideration to the uses and purposes required by such plan; the restrictions upon, and the covenants, conditions, and obligations assumed by the redeveloper of such property; the objectives of the redevelopment plan for the prevention of the recurrence of substandard and blighted areas; and such other matters as the authority shall specify as being appropriate. In fixing rentals and selling prices, an authority shall give consideration to appraisals of the property for such uses made by land experts employed by the authority.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 7(1), p. 808;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1618;
Laws 1957, c. 52, § 12, p. 258;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 10, p. 237;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2618;
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 4;
Laws 1997, LB 875, § 13.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2120 - Project; conveyance of property for public use.

18-2120.
Project; conveyance of property for public use.
In carrying out a redevelopment project, an authority may: (1) Convey to the city in which the project is located, such real property as, in accordance with the redevelopment plan, is to be laid out into streets, alleys, and public ways; (2) grant servitudes, easements, and rights-of-way, for public utilities, sewers, streets, and other similar facilities, in accordance with the redevelopment plan; and (3) convey to the municipality, county, or other appropriate public body, such real property as, in accordance with the redevelopment plan, is to be used for parks, schools, public buildings, facilities, or other public purposes.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 7(3), p. 809;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1620;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2620.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2121 - Real property; temporary operation, when.

18-2121.
Real property; temporary operation, when.
An authority may temporarily operate and maintain real property in a redevelopment project area pending the disposition of the property for redevelopment, without regard to the provisions of sections 18-2118 and 18-2119, for such uses and purposes as may be deemed desirable even though not in conformity with the redevelopment plan.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 7(4), p. 810;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1621;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2621.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2122 - Real property; eminent domain; effect of resolution.

18-2122.
Real property; eminent domain; effect of resolution.
An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for a redevelopment project or for its purposes under the Community Development Law after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724.
When an authority has found and determined by resolution that certain real property described therein is necessary for a redevelopment project or for its purposes under the Community Development Law, the resolution shall be conclusive evidence that the acquisition of such real property is necessary for the purposes described therein.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 8, p. 810;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1622;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 11, p. 237;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2622;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 20.
Annotations
The taking of substandard or blighted areas by a city for redevelopment and resale in accordance with an approved redevelopment plan which is in conformity with a general plan for the municipality as a whole as provided for in these sections, is a proper public use for a municipality. Monarch Chemical Works, Inc. v. City of Omaha, 203 Neb. 33, 277 N.W.2d 423 (1979).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2123 - Undeveloped vacant land; land outside city; acquisition, when.

18-2123.
Undeveloped vacant land; land outside city; acquisition, when.
Upon a determination, by resolution, of the governing body of the city in which such land is located, that the acquisition and development of undeveloped vacant land, not within a substandard and blighted area, is essential to the proper clearance or redevelopment of substandard and blighted areas or a necessary part of the general community redevelopment program of the city, or that the acquisition and development of land outside the city, but within a radius of three miles thereof, is necessary or convenient to the proper clearance or redevelopment of one or more substandard and blighted areas within the city or is a necessary adjunct to the general community redevelopment program of the city, the acquisition, planning, and preparation for development or disposal of such land shall constitute a redevelopment project which may be undertaken by the authority in the manner provided in the Community Development Law.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 9, p. 810;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1623;
Laws 1957, c. 52, § 13, p. 259;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 12, p. 238;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2623;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 134.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2123.01 - Redevelopment project with property outside corporate limits; formerly used defense site; agreement with county authorized.

18-2123.01.
Redevelopment project with property outside corporate limits; formerly used defense site; agreement with county authorized.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Community Development Law to the contrary, a city may undertake a redevelopment project that includes real property located outside the corporate limits of such city if the following requirements have been met:
(a) The real property located outside the corporate limits of the city is a formerly used defense site;
(b) The formerly used defense site is located within the same county as the city approving such redevelopment project;
(c) The formerly used defense site is located within a sanitary and improvement district;
(d) The governing body of the city approving such redevelopment project passes an ordinance stating such city's intent to annex the formerly used defense site in the future; and
(e) The redevelopment project has been consented to by any city exercising extraterritorial jurisdiction over the formerly used defense site.
(2) For purposes of this section, formerly used defense site means real property that was formerly owned by, leased to, or otherwise possessed by the United States and under the jurisdiction of the United States Secretary of Defense. Formerly used defense site does not include missile silos.
(3) The inclusion of a formerly used defense site in any redevelopment project under this section shall not result in:
(a) Any change in the service area of any electric utility or natural gas utility unless such change has been agreed to by the electric utility or natural gas utility serving the formerly used defense site at the time of approval of such redevelopment project; or
(b) Any change in the service area of any communications company as defined in section 77-2734.04 unless (i) such change has been agreed to by the communications company serving the formerly used defense site at the time of approval of such redevelopment project or (ii) such change occurs pursuant to sections 86-135 to 86-138.
(4) A city approving a redevelopment project under this section and the county in which the formerly used defense site is located may enter into an agreement pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act in which the county agrees to reimburse such city for any services the city provides to the formerly used defense site after approval of the redevelopment project.
Source
Laws 2013, LB66, § 3.
Cross References
Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.