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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-271 - Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; authorized.

15-271.
Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; authorized.
(1) In order to pay the cost required by any purchase, construction, lease, or condemnation of property and equipping of offstreet motor vehicle parking facilities, or the enlargement of presently owned offstreet motor vehicle parking facilities, a city of the primary class may issue revenue bonds to provide the funds for such improvements, except
that any such city may not issue revenue bonds under sections 15-269 to 15-276 to acquire any privately owned parking garage or privately owned commercial parking lot having space for the parking of two hundred or more motor vehicles.
(2) Any ordinance authorizing such revenue bonds may contain such covenants and provisions to protect and safeguard the security of the holders of such bonds as shall be deemed necessary to assure the prompt payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon.
(3) Such revenue bonds shall not be sold at discounts exceeding five percent, and such bonds shall not bear interest in excess of the rate of interest specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature. Such bonds shall be issued for such terms as the ordinance authorizing them shall prescribe but shall not mature later than fifty years after the date of issuance thereof.
(4) Any such revenue bonds which may be issued shall not be included in computing the maximum amount of bonds which the issuing city of the primary class may be authorized to issue under its charter or any statute of this state. If any city has installed or installs onstreet parking meters, it may pledge all or any part of the revenue of such parking meters, not previously pledged, as security for the bonds authorized by this section.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 51, § 3, p. 186;
Laws 1980, LB 933, § 6;
Laws 1981, LB 167, § 7;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 81.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-272 - Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; agreements; terms.

15-272.
Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; agreements; terms.
A city of the primary class may make and enter into any and all contracts and agreements with any individual, public or private corporation, or agency of this state or of the United States, as may be necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under sections 15-269 to 15-276. In the exercise of this authority, such city may make such contracts and agreements as may be needed for the payment of the revenue bonds authorized by sections 15-269 to 15-276 and for the successful operation of the parking facilities. In the exercise of this authority, the city may lease or grant concessions for the use of the facilities or various portions thereof to one or more operators to provide for the efficient operation of the facilities, but no lease or concession shall run for a period in excess of thirty years. In granting any lease or concession, or in making any contract or agreement, the city shall retain such control of the facilities as may be necessary to insure that the facilities will be properly operated in the public interest and that the rates, charges, or prices are reasonable.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 51, § 4, p. 186;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 82.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-273 - Offstreet parking; rules and regulations; security for bonds.

15-273.
Offstreet parking; rules and regulations; security for bonds.
A city of the primary class is authorized to make all necessary rules and regulations governing the use, operation, and control of offstreet motor vehicle parking facilities constructed or acquired under sections 15-269 to 15-276. Such city shall establish and maintain equitable rates sufficient in amount to pay for the cost of the operation, repair, and upkeep of the facilities to be purchased, acquired, or leased, and the principal of and interest on any revenue bonds issued pursuant to sections 15-269 to 15-276. The city may also make any other agreements with the purchasers of the bonds for the security of the issuing city and the purchasers of such bonds not in contravention of sections 15-269 to 15-276.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 51, § 5, p. 187;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 83.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-274 - Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; performance; action to compel.

15-274.
Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; performance; action to compel.
The provisions of sections 15-269 to 15-276 and of any ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under such sections shall constitute a contract with the holders of such bonds, and any holder of a bond or bonds or any of the coupons of any bond or bonds of such city of the primary class, issued under sections 15-269 to 15-276, may either in law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by such sections or by the ordinance authorizing the bonds, including the making and collection of sufficient charges and fees for service and the use thereof, and the application of income and revenue thereof.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 51, § 6, p. 187;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 84.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-275 - Offstreet parking; revenue from onstreet parking meters; use.

15-275.
Offstreet parking; revenue from onstreet parking meters; use.
Any city of the primary class is authorized to use any or all of the revenue from onstreet parking meters for the purpose set forth in section 15-270 if such revenue has not been pledged for the payment of revenue bonds authorized by the provisions of sections 15-269 to 15-276.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 51, § 7, p. 187.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-276 - Offstreet parking; sections; supplementary to existing law.

15-276.
Offstreet parking; sections; supplementary to existing law.
Sections 15-269 to 15-276 are supplementary to existing statutes relating to cities of the primary class and confer upon such cities powers not heretofore granted.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 51, § 8, p. 188.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-277 - Commission on the status of women; establish; fund.

15-277.
Commission on the status of women; establish; fund.
A city of the primary class may establish and fund a commission on the status of women. Such commission shall advise the mayor and city council on the existence of social, economic, and legal barriers affecting women and ways to eliminate such barriers.
Source
Laws 1980, LB 780, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-278 - Commission on the status of women; purposes.

15-278.
Commission on the status of women; purposes.
The purpose of a commission established under section 15-277 shall be to emphasize studying the changing and developing roles of women in American society including:
(1) Recognition of socioeconomic factors that influence the status of women;
(2) Development of individual potential;
(3) Encouragement of women to utilize their capabilities and assume leadership roles;
(4) Coordination of efforts of numerous women's organizations interested in the welfare of women;
(5) Identification and recognition of contributions made by Nebraska women to the community, state, and nation;
(6) Implementation of this section when improved working conditions, financial security, and legal status of both sexes are involved; and
(7) Promotion of legislation to improve any situation when implementation of subdivisions (1) to (6) of this section indicates a need for change.
Source
Laws 1980, LB 780, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-301 - Elections; when held.

15-301.
Elections; when held.
The general city elections in cities of the primary class shall be held on the first Tuesday in May of every odd-numbered year. All city elections shall be conducted in accordance with the Election Act.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 12, p. 74;
Laws 1905, c. 16, § 1 1/2, p. 200;
Laws 1905, c. 17, § 1, p. 213;
R.S.1913, § 4478;
C.S.1922, § 3864;
C.S.1929, § 15-301;
R.S.1943, § 15-301;
Laws 1961, c. 36, § 4, p. 162;
Laws 1982, LB 807, § 40;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 481.
Cross References
City council, election, see section 32-535.
Election Act, see section 32-101.
Home rule charter, election provisions, see sections 32-501, 32-537, 32-556, 32-568, 32-606, 32-608, and 32-1302.
Vacancies, see sections 32-568 and 32-569.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-307 - Elective officers; bond or insurance.

15-307.
Elective officers; bond or insurance.
All elective officers of a city of the primary class, except city council members, shall give a good and sufficient bond or evidence of equivalent insurance in an amount to be fixed by ordinance, for the faithful performance of their duties. Each city council member before entering upon the duties of his or her office shall give a bond or evidence of equivalent insurance in favor of the city in the sum of two thousand dollars. If a bond is given, it shall be signed by a surety company or by two or more good and sufficient sureties who are residents of such city, who shall justify that he or she is worth at least two thousand dollars over and above his or her debts, liabilities, and exemptions, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the city council members and conditioned further that if the city council members vote for an expenditure of money or the creation of any liability in excess of the amount allowed by law, or vote for the transfer of any sum of money from one fund to another where such transfer is not allowed by law, such city council members and surety or sureties signing the bonds shall be liable thereon.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 16, p. 76;
R.S.1913, § 4484;
C.S.1922, § 3870;
C.S.1929, § 15-307;
R.S.1943, § 15-307;
Laws 2007, LB347, § 5;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 85.
Cross References
Joint control of funds by principal and surety on bond, see section 11-130.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-308 - Appointive officers; bond or insurance.

15-308.
Appointive officers; bond or insurance.
All appointive officers of a city of the primary class before entering upon their respective duties shall give a good and sufficient bond or evidence of equivalent insurance in an amount to be fixed by ordinance in favor of the city, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 17, p. 76;
R.S.1913, § 4485;
C.S.1922, § 3871;
C.S.1929, § 15-308;
R.S.1943, § 15-308;
Laws 2007, LB347, § 6;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 86.
Cross References
Joint control of funds by principal and surety on bond, see section 11-130.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-309 - Officers, employees; compensation.

15-309.
Officers, employees; compensation.
The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power by ordinance to fix the salaries of the officers and employees of the city and provide by ordinance for the forfeiting of the salary of any officer or employee.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 21, p. 77;
Laws 1905, c. 16, § 4, p. 202;
Laws 1907, c. 9, § 3, p. 76;
Laws 1913, c. 5, § 1, p. 58;
R.S.1913, § 4486;
C.S.1922, § 3872;
C.S.1929, § 15-309;
R.S.1943, § 15-309;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 87.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-309.01 - Officer; extra compensation prohibited; exception.

15-309.01.
Officer; extra compensation prohibited; exception.
No officer of a city of the primary class shall receive any pay or perquisite from the city other than his or her salary, and the city council shall not pay or appropriate any money or other valuable thing to any person, not an officer, for the performance of any act, service, or duty, the performance of which shall come within the proper scope of the duties of any officer of the city, unless such money or other valuable thing is specifically appropriated and ordered by unanimous vote of all members elected to the city council.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 67, p. 94;
R.S.1913, § 4520;
C.S.1922, § 3906;
C.S.1929, § 15-603;
R.S.1943, § 15-603;
Laws 1957, c. 38, § 1, p. 206;
Laws 1961, c. 283, § 1, p. 829;
Laws 1969, c. 68, § 1, p. 384;
Laws 1983, LB 370, § 6;
R.S.1943, (1983), § 15-603;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 88.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-310 - Mayor; head of city government; powers and duties.

15-310.
Mayor; head of city government; powers and duties.
The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of a city of the primary class. The executive and administrative power of a city of the primary class shall be vested in and exercised by the mayor, who shall also be the ceremonial head of the city government. The mayor shall enforce the city ordinances and all applicable laws. The mayor may administer oaths, may perform all the duties devolving upon a magistrate, and shall sign commissions and appointments of all officers appointed by him or her with city council approval.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 22, p. 78;
R.S.1913, § 4487;
C.S.1922, § 3873;
C.S.1929, § 15-310;
R.S.1943, § 15-310;
Laws 1963, c. 56, § 1, p. 236;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 89.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-311 - Mayor; territorial jurisdiction.

15-311.
Mayor; territorial jurisdiction.
The mayor of a city of the primary class shall have such jurisdiction as may be vested in him or her by ordinance, over all places within the city of the primary class or within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, for the enforcement of the health ordinances and regulations thereof, and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of all such ordinances, except that the ordinances respecting taxation shall not be enforced outside of the corporate limits of such city of the primary class.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 25, p. 78;
R.S.1913, § 4488;
C.S.1922, § 3874;
C.S.1929, § 15-311;
R.S.1943, § 15-311;
Laws 1967, c. 57, § 3, p. 194;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 90.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-314 - Mayor and chief of police; citizen aid in law enforcement; powers.

15-314.
Mayor and chief of police; citizen aid in law enforcement; powers.
The mayor and chief of police of a city of the primary class shall each have the power to call upon any citizen to aid in the enforcement of any ordinance or suppression of any riot, and any person who shall refuse or neglect to obey such call shall forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Such power shall not be construed to include the appointment of special police or special deputies.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 28, p. 79;
R.S.1913, § 4491;
C.S.1922, § 3877;
C.S.1929, § 15-314;
R.S.1943, § 15-314;
Laws 1976, LB 782, § 11;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 91.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-315 - Mayor; remission of fines; pardons.

15-315.
Mayor; remission of fines; pardons.
The mayor of a city of the primary class shall have the power to remit fines and forfeitures and to grant reprieves and pardons for all offenses arising under the ordinances of the city.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 29, p. 79;
R.S.1913, § 4492;
C.S.1922, § 3878;
C.S.1929, § 15-315;
R.S.1943, § 15-315;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 92.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-316 - City clerk; duties; deputy.

15-316.
City clerk; duties; deputy.
The city clerk of a city of the primary class shall have the custody of all laws and ordinances and shall keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the city council. After the period of time specified by the State Records Administrator pursuant to the Records Management Act, the city clerk may transfer such journal of the proceedings of the city council to the State Archives of the Nebraska State Historical Society, for permanent preservation. The city clerk shall keep a correct record of all outstanding bonds against the city showing the number and amount of each, for what and to whom issued, and when purchased, paid, or canceled, and shall make an annual report showing particularly the bonds issued and sold during the year, and the terms of sale, with each item of expense thereof. The city clerk shall perform such other or further duties as may be required of him or her by ordinances of the city. The city clerk shall also make a monthly report to the city council showing the amount appropriated to each fund, and the whole amount of funds drawn thereon, which report shall be recorded in the minutes. The city clerk may, if the city council deem assistance necessary, appoint a deputy who shall give a bond in favor of the city the same as is required of the city clerk.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 30, p. 79;
R.S.1913, § 4493;
C.S.1922, § 3879;
C.S.1929, § 15-316;
R.S.1943, § 15-316;
Laws 1973, LB 224, § 3;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 93.
Cross References
Joint control of funds by principal and surety on bond, see section 11-130.
Records Management Act, see section 84-1220.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-317 - Treasurer; bond or insurance; deputy; duties; continuing education; requirements.

15-317.
Treasurer; bond or insurance; deputy; duties; continuing education; requirements.
(1) The city treasurer of a city of the primary class shall be required to give a bond or evidence of equivalent insurance of not less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars or he or she may be required to give a bond or evidence of equivalent insurance double the sum of money estimated by the city council to be at any time in his or her hands belonging to the city. The city treasurer shall be the custodian of all money belonging to the city and all securities belonging or to be held by the city. The city treasurer shall keep a separate account of each fund or appropriation and debits and credits belonging thereto. The city treasurer shall give every person paying money into the treasury a receipt therefor, specifying the date of payment and on what account paid, and he or she shall also file copies of receipts with his or her monthly report. The city treasurer shall monthly and as often as required render to the city council an account under oath showing the state of the treasury at that date, the amount of money remaining in each fund, the amount paid therefrom, and the balance of money in the treasury. The city treasurer shall also accompany such accounts with a statement of all receipts and disbursements, together with all warrants redeemed and paid by him or her, which warrants, together with any and all vouchers held by him or her, shall be filed in the city clerk's office, and if he or she neglects or fails for thirty days from the end of any month to enter such accounts, his or her office may by resolution of the mayor and city council be declared vacant, and the mayor with the concurrence of the city council shall fill the vacancy by appointment until the next election of the city officers. The city treasurer may employ and appoint a deputy and an assistant or assistants as determined by ordinance. The city treasurer shall be liable upon his or her official bond for the acts of such appointees.
(2) The city treasurer shall annually complete continuing education through a program approved by the Auditor of Public Accounts, and proof of completion of such program shall be submitted to the Auditor of Public Accounts.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 31, p. 80;
R.S.1913, § 4494;
C.S.1922, § 3880;
R.S.1943, § 15-317;
Laws 1996, LB 1007, § 1;
Laws 2007, LB347, § 7;
Laws 2020, LB781, § 2;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 94.
Cross References
Joint control of funds by principal and surety on bond, see section 11-130.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-322 - City attorney; duties; deputy; assistants; appointment.

15-322.
City attorney; duties; deputy; assistants; appointment.
The city attorney of a city of the primary class shall be the legal advisor of the mayor, the city council, and city officers of a city of the primary class. The city attorney shall commence, prosecute, and defend actions on behalf of the city, attend the meetings of the city council, and give opinions, orally or in writing, as required, upon any matter submitted to him or her by the mayor, the city council, or any officers of the city. The city attorney is authorized to prepare, file, and sign the proper complaint when there is sufficient evidence to warrant the belief that a person is guilty and can be convicted of a violation of a city ordinance. The city attorney shall draft or review for legal correctness ordinances, contracts, franchises, and other instruments as may be required, and the city attorney shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him or her by general law or by ordinance. The city attorney may appoint a deputy city attorney and one or more assistant city attorneys, whose duties may be prescribed by ordinance.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 32, p. 81;
R.S.1913, § 4495;
C.S.1922, § 3881;
C.S.1929, § 15-318;
R.S.1943, § 15-322;
Laws 1959, c. 43, § 1, p. 224;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 95.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-326 - Chief of police; powers and duties.

15-326.
Chief of police; powers and duties.
The chief of police of a city of the primary class shall have the immediate charge of the police, and he or she and his or her officers shall have the power and duty to arrest all offenders against the laws of the state or the ordinances of the city in the same manner as the county sheriff and to keep such offenders in the city jail or other place to prevent their escape until a trial or examination may be had before a proper officer. The jurisdiction of the chief of police and his or her officers in the service of process, in all criminal cases, and in cases for the violation of city ordinances shall be coextensive with the county.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 40, p. 85;
R.S.1913, § 4503;
C.S.1922, § 3889;
C.S.1929, § 15-326;
R.S.1943, § 15-326;
Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 100;
Laws 1984, LB 13, § 4;
Laws 1988, LB 1030, § 3;
Laws 1993, LB 390, § 1;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 96.
Cross References
Ticket quota requirements, prohibited, see section 48-235.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-332 - City officers; removal; power of district court; procedure.

15-332.
City officers; removal; power of district court; procedure.
The power to remove from office the mayor or any city council member or other officer of a city of the primary class for good and sufficient cause is hereby conferred upon the district court for the county in which such city is situated, when not otherwise provided by law, and whenever any three city council members shall make and file with the clerk of such court the proper charges and specifications against the mayor, alleging and showing that he or she is guilty of malfeasance or misfeasance as such officer, or that he or she is incompetent or neglects any of his or her duties as mayor, or that for any other good and sufficient cause stated, he or she should be removed from office as mayor; or whenever the mayor or any three city council members shall make and file with the clerk of such court the proper charges and specifications against any city council member or other officer, alleging and showing that he or she is guilty of malfeasance or misfeasance in office or that he or she is incompetent or neglects any of his or her duties, or that from any other good and sufficient cause stated, he or she should be removed from office, the judge of such court may issue the proper order, requiring such officer to appear before him or her on a day named therein, not more than ten days after the service of such order, together with a copy of such charges and specifications, upon such officer to show cause why he or she should not be removed from his or her office. The proceedings in such case shall take precedence over all civil cases and be conducted according to the rules of such court in such cases made and provided, and such officer may be suspended from the duties of his or her office during the pendency of such proceedings by order of such court. During the time any officer is suspended, the mayor and city council, or in case the mayor is suspended, then the city council, may appoint any competent person to perform the duties of the officer so suspended, provide for his or her compensation, and require such appointee to execute a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 65, p. 93;
R.S.1913, § 4509;
C.S.1922, § 3895;
C.S.1929, § 15-332;
R.S.1943, § 15-332;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 97.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-401 - City council; meetings; quorum; vote required to transact business.

15-401.
City council; meetings; quorum; vote required to transact business.
Regular meetings of the city council of a city of the primary class shall be held at least once each week on such days and at such times as the city council may prescribe in its rules, and special meetings shall be held whenever called by the mayor or any four members of the city council. The city council may choose not to meet during any week in which a federal or state holiday occurs. Four members of the city council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, and four affirmative votes shall be required to pass any measure or to transact any business unless it is otherwise provided by any home rule charter of a city of the primary class.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 20, p. 77;
R.S.1913, § 4510;
C.S.1922, § 3896;
C.S.1929, § 15-401;
R.S.1943, § 15-401;
Laws 1963, c. 56, § 2, p. 236;
Laws 2002, LB 932, § 1;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 98.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-402 - Ordinances, passage; publication; proof.

15-402.
Ordinances, passage; publication; proof.
Ordinances of a city of the primary class shall be passed pursuant to such rules and regulations as the city council may provide and may be proved by the certificate of the city clerk under seal of the city. The passage, approval, publication, or posting of ordinances shall be sufficiently proved by certificate of the city clerk under seal of the city showing when passed and approved, when and in what legal newspaper published, or when, by whom, and where the ordinance was posted. Ordinances printed or published in book, pamphlet, or electronic form, purporting to be published under authority of the city, shall be received in evidence in all courts without further proof. All such ordinances need not be otherwise published and shall be received in court as evidence of the passage, approval, and publication thereof, as required by law, and of the respective dates thereof.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 127, p. 125;
R.S.1913, § 4511;
C.S.1922, § 3897;
C.S.1929, § 15-402;
R.S.1943, § 15-402;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 99.
Annotations
Courts will not enjoin passage of unauthorized ordinance. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. City of Lincoln, 85 Neb. 733, 124 N.W. 142 (1910).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-403 - Ordinances; form; publication; when operative.

15-403.
Ordinances; form; publication; when operative.
The style of ordinances of a city of the primary class shall be: Be it ordained by the city council of the city of ........ . All ordinances shall be published within fifteen days after passage thereof, such publication to be sufficient if published in one issue of a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city, or posted on the official bulletin board of the city at the city hall, or in book, pamphlet, or electronic form, as may be provided by ordinance, to be distributed or sold in the city. Ordinances fixing a penalty or forfeiture for the violation thereof shall not take effect until fifteen days after passage, and in no case before one week after the publication thereof in the manner prescribed in this section, except that in case of riots, infectious or contagious diseases, or other impending danger or other emergency requiring immediate operation of the ordinance, such ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the publication thereof as prescribed in this section. All ordinances, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall take effect fifteen days after passage.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 128, p. 126;
R.S.1913, § 4512;
C.S.1922, § 3898;
C.S.1929, § 15-403;
R.S.1943, § 15-403;
Laws 1963, c. 56, § 3, p. 236;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 100.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-404 - Ordinances; enactment; amendment; procedure.

15-404.
Ordinances; enactment; amendment; procedure.
All ordinances, resolutions, or orders for the appropriation or payment of money in a city of the primary class shall require for passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to the city council. Ordinances of a general or permanent nature shall be read by title on three different days unless the city council votes to suspend this requirement by a two-thirds vote of the members, except that such requirement shall not be suspended (1) for any ordinance for the annexation of territory or the redrawing of boundaries for city council election districts or wards or (2) as otherwise provided by law. No ordinance shall contain a subject which is not clearly expressed in its title. No ordinance or section thereof shall be revised or amended unless the new ordinance contains the entire ordinance or section as revised or amended and the ordinance or section so amended shall be repealed.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 73, p. 96;
R.S.1913, § 4513;
C.S.1922, § 3899;
C.S.1929, § 15-404;
R.S.1943, § 15-404;
Laws 2018, LB865, § 2;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 101;
Laws 2021, LB131, § 10.
Annotations
When no vote was taken to dispense with further reading of ordinance after being amended, fact that it passed by more than two-thirds vote of members was substantial compliance. Miller v. City of Lincoln, 94 Neb. 577, 143 N.W. 921 (1913).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-406 - Mayor; recommendations to city council.

15-406.
Mayor; recommendations to city council.
The mayor of a city of the primary class shall from time to time communicate to the city council such recommendations or information as in his or her opinion tend to improve the finances, police, health, comfort, and general welfare of the city.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 24, p. 78;
R.S.1913, § 4515;
C.S.1922, § 3901;
C.S.1929, § 15-406;
R.S.1943, § 15-406;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 102.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-501 - Waterworks; construction; right of eminent domain; procedure.

15-501.
Waterworks; construction; right of eminent domain; procedure.
When a system of waterworks shall have been adopted in a city of the primary class and the people shall have voted to borrow money to aid their construction, the mayor and city council may (1) construct and maintain such system of waterworks, either within or without the corporate limits of the city, (2) make all needful rules and regulations concerning the use of such waterworks, and (3) do all acts necessary for the construction, completion, and management and control of such waterworks, including the exercise of the right of eminent domain. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 112, p. 118;
R.S.1913, § 4516;
C.S.1922, § 3902;
C.S.1929, § 15-501;
R.S.1943, § 15-501;
Laws 1951, c. 101, § 47, p. 467;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 103.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-502 - Waterworks; contract for water; option to buy plant.

15-502.
Waterworks; contract for water; option to buy plant.
In case such aid shall not be voted by the people as provided in section 15-501 or in case the system of waterworks shall prove inadequate for the needs of the city of the primary class, both public and private, then the mayor and city council may contract with and procure individuals or corporations to construct and maintain a system of waterworks in such city of the primary class for any time not exceeding twenty years from the date of the contract, and with a reservation to the city of the right to purchase such waterworks at any time after the lapse of ten years from the date of the contract, upon payment to such individuals or corporation of an amount to be determined by the contract not exceeding the cost of construction of such waterworks. In other respects such contracts may be upon such terms as may be agreed upon by a two-thirds vote of the mayor and city council, recorded in the minutes, except that
no such contract shall be made unless authorized by a majority vote of the legal voters at a special election called for such purpose.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 113, p. 119;
R.S.1913, § 4517;
C.S.1922, § 3903;
C.S.1929, § 15-502;
R.S.1943, § 15-502;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 104.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-701 - Streets, sidewalks, public ways; improvements; condemnation; vacating; sale, exchange, or lease of property.

15-701.
Streets, sidewalks, public ways; improvements; condemnation; vacating; sale, exchange, or lease of property.
The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power by ordinance to create, open, widen, or otherwise improve, vacate, control, name, and rename any street, alley, or public way or ways, including the sidewalk space within the corporate limits of the city, except that all damages sustained by the owners of the property thereon by opening or widening shall be ascertained as provided in sections 76-704 to 76-724. Whenever any street, alley, or public way shall be vacated, such street, alley, or public way shall revert to the owners of the adjacent real estate, one-half on each side thereof, unless the city reserves title to such street, alley, or public way in the ordinance vacating such street, alley, or public way. In the event title is retained by the city, such property may be sold, conveyed, exchanged, or leased upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed in the best interests of the city, as authorized in its home rule charter. When the city vacates all or any portion of a street, alley, or public way or ways, the city shall, within thirty days after the effective date of the vacation, file a certified copy of the vacating ordinance with the register of deeds for the county in which the vacated property is located to be indexed against all affected lots.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, IV, p. 128;
R.S.1913, § 4522;
C.S.1922, § 3908;
C.S.1929, § 15-701;
R.S.1943, § 15-701;
Laws 1951, c. 101, § 48, p. 468;
Laws 1959, c. 44, § 1, p. 225;
Laws 1969, c. 66, § 2, p. 379;
Laws 2001, LB 483, § 3;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 105.
Annotations
Primary class city council action to vacate street or alley, retain title, and later sell property will not be overturned on review unless fraud, illegality of proceedings, absence of jurisdiction, or abuse of discretion clearly shown. Cather & Sons Constr., Inc. v. City of Lincoln, 200 Neb. 510, 264 N.W.2d 413 (1978).
Special proviso in Viaduct Act was enacted in view of this and other articles. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-701.01 - Streets, sidewalks, public ways; establish grade; special assessment.

15-701.01.
Streets, sidewalks, public ways; establish grade; special assessment.
The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power to grade partially or to an established grade, curb, recurb, gutter, construct sidewalks, or otherwise improve or repair any street or streets, alley or alleys, public grounds, public way or ways, or parts thereof, including sidewalk space, at public cost, or by levy of special assessments on the property specially benefited thereby, proportionate to the benefits. When the streets, public ways, or public grounds have been brought to an established grade, the city council shall have power to bring sidewalks and sidewalk space therein to a grade and to construct sidewalks and shall have power and authority to levy special assessments against the property specially benefited, not to exceed the cost of the improvement. Ordinary repairs, not including repaving or resurfacing or relaying existing pavement or making sidewalk repairs, shall be at public cost.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 66, § 3, p. 380;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 106.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class › 15-701.02 - Streets, sidewalks, public ways; hard surface; special assessments.

15-701.02.
Streets, sidewalks, public ways; hard surface; special assessments.
The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power to grade, to change grade, and to pave, repave, macadamize, curb, recurb, gravel, regravel, open, and widen streets, roadways, or public ways, gutter, resurface, or relay existing pavement, or otherwise improve any street, streets, alley, alleys, public grounds, or public way or ways, or parts thereof, including the sidewalk space, and including improvement by mall or promenade, and by ordinance to create grading, paving, repaving, curbing, recurbing, resurfacing, graveling, regraveling, sidewalk, or improvement districts thereof, to be consecutively numbered, and such districts may include two or more connecting or intersecting streets, alleys, or public ways and may include two or more improvements, in this section mentioned, in one proceeding. Cost of so improving the street, streets, alley, alleys, public grounds, or public way or ways, including sidewalks, may be in whole or in part assessed, proportionate to benefits, on the property specially benefited. The city council may fix the depth to which property may be charged and assessed for benefits, and to a greater depth than the lots fronting on the street, streets, alley, alleys, public grounds, or public way or ways so improved, and the determination thereof by the city council shall be conclusive. The city council shall have the power and authority to fix the period of time for the payment of the special assessments, and to issue bonds, as authorized by the home rule charter.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 66, § 4, p. 380;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 107.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.