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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-233 - Public buildings; safety regulations; licensing; violations; penalty.

16-233.
Public buildings; safety regulations; licensing; violations; penalty.
A city of the first class may regulate, license, or suppress halls, opera houses, places of amusement, entertainment, or instruction, or other buildings except churches and schools used for the assembly of citizens, and cause them to be provided with sufficient and ample means of exit and entrance, and to be supplied with necessary and appropriate appliances for the extinguishment of fire and for escape from such places in case of fire, and prevent overcrowding and regulate the placing and use of seats, chairs, benches, scenery, curtains, blinds, screens, or other appliances therein. A city of the first class may provide that for any violation of any such regulation a penalty of two hundred dollars shall be imposed, and upon conviction of any such licensees of any violation of any ordinance regulating such places, the license of any such place shall be revoked by the mayor and city council. Whenever the mayor and city council shall by resolution declare any such place to be unsafe, the license thereof shall be deemed revoked by adoption of such resolution. The city council may provide that in any case where it has so revoked a license, any owner, proprietor, manager, lessee or person opening, using, or permitting such place to be opened or used for any purpose involving the assemblage of more than twelve persons shall upon conviction thereof be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in any sum not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XXXIX, p. 256;
R.S.1913, § 4849;
C.S.1922, § 4017;
C.S.1929, § 16-234;
R.S.1943, § 16-233;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 36.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-234 - Building; construction; safety regulations.

16-234.
Building; construction; safety regulations.
A city of the first class by ordinance may prescribe the thickness, strength, and manner of constructing stone, brick, and other buildings, and the number and construction of means of exit and entrance, and of fire escapes. It may require the keeper or proprietor of any hotel, boarding house or dormitory to provide and maintain such kind and such number of ladders, ropes, balconies, stairways, and other appliances as by ordinance may be prescribed to facilitate the escape of persons from any such building in case of fire.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XL, p. 256;
R.S.1913, § 4850;
C.S.1922, § 4018;
C.S.1929, § 16-235;
R.S.1943, § 16-234.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-235 - Animals and fowl; running at large; regulation.

16-235.
Animals and fowl; running at large; regulation.
A city of the first class may regulate or prohibit the running at large of cattle, hogs, horses, mules, sheep, goats, dogs and other animals, chickens, ducks, geese and other fowls, and cause such as may be running at large to be impounded and sold to discharge the costs and penalties provided for the violation of such prohibitions, and the fees and expenses of impounding and keeping the same, and of such sale.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLI, p. 257;
Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111;
R.S.1913, § 4851;
C.S.1922, § 4019;
C.S.1929, § 16-236;
R.S.1943, § 16-235.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-236 - Pounds; erection; keepers.

16-236.
Pounds; erection; keepers.
A city of the first class may provide for the erection of all necessary pens, pounds, and buildings for the use of the city, within the city limits or within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, appoint and compensate keepers thereof, and establish and enforce rules governing the same.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLII, p. 257;
R.S.1913, § 4852;
C.S.1922, § 4020;
C.S.1929, § 16-237;
R.S.1943, § 16-236;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 37.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-237 - Property; sale at auction; regulation.

16-237.
Property; sale at auction; regulation.
A city of the first class by ordinance may regulate, license, or prohibit the sale of domestic animals or of goods, wares, and merchandise at public auction on the streets, alleys, highways, or any public grounds within the city; and regulate or license the auctioneering of goods, wares, domestic animals, and merchandise. If the applicant is an individual, an application for a license shall include the applicant's social security number.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLIII, p. 257;
R.S.1913, § 4853;
C.S.1922, § 4021;
C.S.1929, § 16-238;
R.S.1943, § 16-237;
Laws 1997, LB 752, § 75.
Annotations
The right to enact ordinances regulating auction sales within the corporate limits is conferred by this section, but ordinance enacted cannot place arbitrary and unreasonable restrictions on the conduct of lawful business. Webber v. City of Scottsbluff, 141 Neb. 363, 3 N.W.2d 635 (1942).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-238 - Spread of disease; regulation; board of health; creation; powers; duties.

16-238.
Spread of disease; regulation; board of health; creation; powers; duties.
A city of the first class may make regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious, infectious, or malignant diseases into the city. In cities with a commission plan of government as provided in the Municipal Commission Plan of Government Act and cities with a city manager plan of government as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act, a board of health shall be created consisting of five members: The mayor, who shall be chairperson, a physician, who shall be medical adviser, the chief of police, who shall be secretary and quarantine officer, and two other members. In all other cities, a board of health shall be created consisting of five members: The mayor, who shall be chairperson, a physician, who shall be medical adviser, the chief of police, who shall be secretary and quarantine officer, the president of the city council, and one other member. A majority of such board shall constitute a quorum and shall enact rules and regulations, having the force and effect of law, to safeguard the health of the people of such city and prevent nuisances and unsanitary conditions, enforce the same, and provide fines and punishments for the violation of such rules and regulations.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLIV, p. 257;
R.S.1913, § 4854;
Laws 1919, c. 37, § 1, p. 118;
C.S.1922, § 4022;
C.S.1929, § 16-239;
R.S.1943, § 16-238;
Laws 1977, LB 190, § 1;
Laws 1993, LB 119, § 1;
Laws 1994, LB 1019, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 38;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 2.
Cross References
City Manager Plan of Government Act, see section 19-601.
Municipal Commission Plan of Government Act, see section 19-401.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-239 - Hospitals; jails; other institutions; erection; regulation.

16-239.
Hospitals; jails; other institutions; erection; regulation.
A city of the first class may erect, establish, and regulate hospitals, multiunit housing, houses of correction, jails, station houses, and other necessary buildings and provide for the support and government of such buildings and facilities.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLV, p. 257;
R.S.1913, § 4855;
C.S.1922, § 4023;
C.S.1929, § 16-240;
R.S.1943, § 16-239;
Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 13;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 39.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-240 - Health; sanitary regulations.

16-240.
Health; sanitary regulations.
A city of the first class by ordinance may make regulations to secure the general health of the city, prescribe rules for the prevention, abatement, and removal of nuisances, make and prescribe regulations for the construction, location, and keeping in order of all slaughterhouses, stockyards, warehouses, sheds, stables, barns, dairies, or other places where offensive matter is kept, or is likely to accumulate, within the city or within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, and to limit or fix the maximum number of swine or neat cattle that may be kept in sheds, stables, barns, feedlots, or other enclosures.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLVI, p. 257;
Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111;
R.S.1913, § 4856;
Laws 1919, c. 37, § 1, p. 119;
C.S.1922, § 4024;
C.S.1929, § 16-241;
R.S.1943, § 16-240;
Laws 2015, LB266, § 7;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 40.
Annotations
Ordinance prohibiting keeping classes of livestock within three hundred feet of a residence is constitutional and valid under this section. Beaty v. Baker, 183 Neb. 349, 160 N.W.2d 199 (1968).
City, by ordinance, is authorized to make it unlawful to maintain stockyards within certain limits of city, and such act is not an arbitrary and unreasonable interference with owner's property, though such yards are properly maintained and are not a nuisance. Union Pacific R. R. Co. v. State of Nebraska, 88 Neb. 247, 129 N.W. 290 (1911).
Cities have the power to contract for the removal of refuse, filth, and garbage from public and private premises, within their limits. Kelly v. Broadwell, 3 Neb. Unof. 617, 92 N.W. 643 (1902).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-241 - Cemeteries; hospital grounds; waterworks; acquisition; control.

16-241.
Cemeteries; hospital grounds; waterworks; acquisition; control.
A city of the first class may purchase, hold, and pay for, as provided in sections 16-241 to 16-245, lands for the purpose of the burial of the dead, and all necessary grounds for hospital grounds and waterworks, and have and exercise police jurisdiction over such lands, grounds, and waterworks, and over any cemetery lying near such city and used by the inhabitants thereof.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLVII, p. 258;
R.S.1913, § 4857;
C.S.1922, § 4025;
C.S.1929, § 16-242;
R.S.1943, § 16-241;
Laws 1973, LB 276, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 41.
Cross References
For additional provisions relating to cemeteries, see Chapter 12.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-242 - Cemeteries; maintenance; funds; how used.

16-242.
Cemeteries; maintenance; funds; how used.
(1) A city of the first class may survey, plat, map, grade, fence, ornament, and otherwise improve all burial and cemetery grounds and avenues leading thereto owned by such city. It may construct walks, rear and protect ornamental trees therein, and provide for paying the expenses thereof.
(2) After the burial and cemetery grounds are fully paid for, the city may set aside the proceeds of the sale of lots as a perpetual fund to be invested as provided by ordinance. The income from the fund may be used for the general care, management, maintenance, improvement, beautifying, and welfare of the cemetery. The principal of the perpetual fund may be used for the general care, management, maintenance, improvement, beautifying, and welfare of the cemetery as long as no more than twenty percent of the principal is so used in any fiscal year and no more than forty percent of the principal is so used in any period of ten consecutive fiscal years. The principal of the perpetual fund may also be used for the purchase and development of additional land to be used for cemetery purposes as long as no more than twenty-five percent of the principal is so used in any fiscal year and no more than thirty-five percent of the principal is so used in any period of ten consecutive fiscal years.
(3) The city may receive money by donation, bequest, or otherwise for credit to the perpetual fund to be invested as provided by ordinance or as conditioned by the donor. The income therefrom may be used for the general care, management, maintenance, improvement, beautifying, and welfare of the cemetery as the donor may designate. The principal therefrom may be used for the general care, management, maintenance, improvement, beautifying, and welfare of the cemetery as the donor may designate as long as no more than twenty percent of the principal is so used in any fiscal year and no more than forty percent of the principal is so used in any period of ten consecutive fiscal years. The principal therefrom may also be used for the purchase and development of additional land to be used for cemetery purposes as the donor may designate as long as no more than twenty-five percent of the principal is so used in any fiscal year and no more than thirty-five percent of the principal is so used in any period of ten consecutive fiscal years.
(4) The city treasurer shall be the custodian of such funds, and the same shall be invested by a board composed of the mayor, city treasurer, and city clerk.
(5) This section does not limit the use of any money that comes to the city by donation, bequest, or otherwise that is not designated to be credited to the perpetual fund or that allows greater use for purchase or development of additional land to be used for cemetery purposes.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLVIII, p. 258;
Laws 1913, c. 256, § 1, p. 790;
R.S.1913, § 4858;
C.S.1922, § 4026;
C.S.1929, § 16-243;
R.S.1943, § 16-242;
Laws 2005, LB 262, § 2;
Laws 2009, LB500, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-243 - Cemeteries; lots; how conveyed; title.

16-243.
Cemeteries; lots; how conveyed; title.
A city of the first class may convey cemetery lots owned by such city, by certificates signed by the mayor and countersigned by the city clerk under the seal of the city specifying that the person to whom the certificate is issued is the owner of the lot or lots described therein by number as laid down on such plat or map, for the purpose of interment. Such certificate shall vest in the proprietor, his or her heirs and assigns, a right in fee simple of such lot for the sole purpose of interment, under the regulations of the city council.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLIX, p. 258;
R.S.1913, § 4859;
C.S.1922, § 4027;
C.S.1929, § 16-244;
R.S.1943, § 16-243;
Laws 2015, LB241, § 2;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 42.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-244 - Cemeteries; sale of lots; monuments; regulations.

16-244.
Cemeteries; sale of lots; monuments; regulations.
A city of the first class by ordinance may limit the number of cemetery lots which shall be owned by one person at the same time; prescribe rules for enclosing, adorning, and erecting monuments and tombstones on cemetery lots; prohibit any diversion of the use of such lots and any improper adornment thereof; but no religious test shall be made as to the ownership of lots, the burial therein or the ornamentation of graves or lots.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, L, p. 258;
R.S.1913, § 4860;
C.S.1922, § 4028;
C.S.1929, § 16-245;
R.S.1943, § 16-244.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-245 - Cemeteries; ordinances governing; enforcement.

16-245.
Cemeteries; ordinances governing; enforcement.
A city of the first class may pass rules and ordinances imposing penalties and fines not exceeding one hundred dollars, regulating, protecting and governing the cemetery, the owners of lots therein, visitors thereof, and trespassers therein. The officers of such city shall have as full jurisdiction and power in the enforcing of such rules and ordinances as though they related to the city itself.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LI, p. 258;
R.S.1913, § 4861;
C.S.1922, § 4029;
C.S.1929, § 16-246;
R.S.1943, § 16-245.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-246 - General ordinances; authorized; jurisdiction.

16-246.
General ordinances; authorized; jurisdiction.
A city of the first class may make all such ordinances, bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions not inconsistent with the general laws of the state as may be necessary or expedient, in addition to the special powers otherwise granted by law, for maintaining the peace, good government, and welfare of the city and its trade, commerce, and manufactures, for preserving order and securing persons or property from violence, danger, and destruction, for protecting public and private property, and for promoting the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, and morals and the general interests and welfare of the inhabitants of the city. It may (1) impose fines, forfeitures, and penalties for the violation of any ordinance, (2) provide for the recovery, collection, and enforcement of such fines, forfeitures, or penalties, and (3) in default of payment, provide for confinement in the city or county jail or other place of confinement as may be provided by ordinance. The jurisdiction of the city to enforce such ordinances, bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions shall extend over the city and over all places within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LII, p. 259;
R.S.1913, § 4862;
C.S.1922, § 4030;
C.S.1929, § 16-247;
R.S.1943, § 16-246;
Laws 1965, c. 47, § 2, p. 247;
Laws 1965, c. 48, § 2, p. 249;
Laws 1988, LB 934, § 4;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 43.
Annotations
City was authorized to enact ordinance for parking meters as a regulatory measure. School District of McCook v. City of McCook, 163 Neb. 817, 81 N.W.2d 224 (1957).
Where there is no building or other existing ordinance that prevents the building of an oil station, and where a few doors from the location where plaintiff wishes to construct such station there is a like station, the passing of an ordinance to prohibit plaintiff from building such station is so unreasonable and discriminatory as to be unconstitutional. Standard Oil Company v. City of Kearney, 106 Neb. 558, 184 N.W. 109 (1921).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-247 - Ordinances; revision; publication.

16-247.
Ordinances; revision; publication.
A city of the first class may revise the ordinances of the city from time to time and publish the same in book, pamphlet, or electronic form. Such revision shall be by one ordinance, embracing all ordinances preserved as changed or added to and perfected by revision, and shall embrace all the ordinances of every nature preserved, and be a repeal of all ordinances in conflict with such revision; but all ordinances then in force shall continue in force after such revision for the purpose of all rights acquired, fines, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities incurred, and actions therefor. The only title necessary for such revision and repeal shall be An ordinance to revise all the ordinances of the city of ......................, and sections and chapters may be used instead of numbers, and original titles need not be preserved, nor signature of the mayor required.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, LIV, p. 259;
Laws 1903, c. 19, § 9, p. 240;
R.S.1913, § 4863;
C.S.1922, § 4031;
C.S.1929, § 16-248;
R.S.1943, § 16-247;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 44;
Laws 2021, LB159, § 2.
Cross References
For procedure generally in revision of ordinances, see sections 16-403 to 16-405.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-248 - Trees, planting; birds, protection of.

16-248.
Trees, planting; birds, protection of.
A city of the first class may provide for planting and protection of shade, ornamental, and useful trees and for the protection of birds, their nests and eggs.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 50, p. 268;
R.S.1913, § 4864;
C.S.1922, § 4032;
C.S.1929, § 16-249;
R.S.1943, § 16-248.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-249 - Streets, alleys, bridges, and sewers; construction and maintenance.

16-249.
Streets, alleys, bridges, and sewers; construction and maintenance.
A city of the first class may provide for the grading, repairing, and sprinkling of any street, avenue, or alley, and the construction of bridges, culverts, and sewers, and shall defray the repairs of the street, avenue, alley, bridge, culvert, or sewer out of the proper fund of such city, but no street shall be graded except the street ordered to be done by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the city council. On written petition of not less than one-half the owners of street front of the land fronting on any street or any specified part thereof, the mayor and city council may order such street or any specified part thereof to be sprinkled with water at such time or times as the city council may deem proper. Such sprinkling shall be done by contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder in each case, and for the entire city or specified district thereof. To pay the expenses of such sprinkling the city council may make special assessments upon the lands abutting upon such street or specified part thereof either on the valuation thereof, as listed for taxation, or by foot front. Such assessment shall be collected by special taxation.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, III, p. 245;
Laws 1909, c. 19, § 1, p. 183;
R.S.1913, § 4865;
C.S.1922, § 4033;
C.S.1929, § 16-250;
R.S.1943, § 16-249;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 45.
Annotations
City has authority to establish a street grade and to work the streets accordingly, and where there is no evidence that the grade is changed, there being no provisions for payment of damages for injury, no action for damages will lie. Nebraska City v. Lampkin, 6 Neb. 27 (1877).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-250 - Sidewalks; sewers; drains; construction and repair; special assessments.

16-250.
Sidewalks; sewers; drains; construction and repair; special assessments.
A city of the first class may construct or repair sidewalks, sewers, and drains on any highway in the city, construct or repair iron railings or gratings for areaways, cellars, or entrances to basements of buildings, and levy a special assessment on lots or parcels of land fronting on such sidewalk, waterway, highway, or alley to pay the expense of such improvements, to be assessed as a special assessment. Unless a majority of the owners of the property subject to assessment for such improvements petition the city council to make the improvements, such improvements shall not be made until three-fourths of all the members of the city council, by vote, assent to the making of the improvements, which vote, by yeas and nays, shall be entered of record.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, VI, p. 246;
Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 110;
R.S.1913, § 4866;
C.S.1922, § 4034;
C.S.1929, § 16-251;
R.S.1943, § 16-250;
Laws 2015, LB361, § 19;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 46.
Cross References
Manner of assessment, see section 16-666.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-251 - Libraries and museums; establishment; maintenance; powers and duties of mayor and city council.

16-251.
Libraries and museums; establishment; maintenance; powers and duties of mayor and city council.
The mayor and city council of any city of the first class may (1) establish and maintain public libraries, reading rooms, art galleries, and museums and provide the necessary grounds or buildings therefor, (2) purchase the papers, books, maps, manuscripts, and works of art and objects of natural or scientific curiosity and instruction therefor, and (3) receive donations and bequests of money or property for the public libraries, reading rooms, art galleries, and museums in trust or otherwise. The mayor and city council may also pass necessary bylaws and regulations for the protection and government of the public libraries, reading rooms, art galleries, and museums. The ownership of the real and personal property of a public library shall be in the city. The mayor and city council shall approve any personnel administrative or compensation policy or procedure applying to a director or employee of a public library, reading room, art gallery, or museum before such policy or procedure is implemented.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 49, p. 268;
Laws 1903, c. 19, § 10, p. 241;
R.S.1913, § 4867;
C.S.1922, § 4035;
C.S.1929, § 16-252;
R.S.1943, § 16-251;
Laws 2012, LB470, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 47.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-252 - County jail; use by city; compensation.

16-252.
County jail; use by city; compensation.
Any city of the first class shall have the right to use the jail of the county for the confinement of such persons as may be imprisoned under the ordinances of such city. The city shall be liable to the county for the cost of keeping such prisoners as provided by section 47-120.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 95, p. 296;
R.S.1913, § 4869;
C.S.1922, § 4037;
C.S.1929, § 16-254;
Laws 1937, c. 85, § 1, p. 282;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-254;
R.S.1943, § 16-252;
Laws 1961, c. 40, § 1, p. 168;
Laws 1989, LB 4, § 1.
Cross References
For additional provisions relating to city jails and joint county and city jails, see sections 47-201 to 47-208 and 47-302 to 47-308.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-253 - Mayor and city council; supplemental powers; authorized.

16-253.
Mayor and city council; supplemental powers; authorized.
When the power is conferred upon the mayor and city council of any city of the first class to do and perform any act or thing, and the manner of exercising such power is not specially pointed out, the mayor and city council may provide by ordinance the details necessary for the full exercise of such power.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 120, p. 303;
R.S.1913, § 4870;
C.S.1922, § 4038;
C.S.1929, § 16-255;
R.S.1943, § 16-253;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 48.
Annotations
Appointment of a board of public works is entirely optional. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).
This section is grant in nature of police power exercisable for public benefit, supplementing express powers. City of Fremont v. Lea, 115 Neb. 565, 213 N.W. 820 (1927).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-254 - Ordinance; parking lots and shopping centers; regulation; when authorized.

16-254.
Ordinance; parking lots and shopping centers; regulation; when authorized.
Any city of the first class may by ordinance provide for regulation of traffic, public use and conduct of invitees upon specified parking lots, shopping centers and similar semipublic but privately owned places located within the city limits of such city when the owners or operators of such semipublic places make written request for the same. Such ordinances may provide for regulation of the flow of traffic, speed limits, offenses against the public morals, unlawful assembly, trespass and similar offenses to the same effect and with the same authority as can be done in public thoroughfares, public parking lots and other public places. Such ordinance shall provide penalties within the limits of authority granted to cities of the first class for violation of city ordinances. Nothing in this section shall require the city to furnish labor, material, supervision, personnel or services in connection with the establishment, supervision or enforcement of such ordinance or the maintenance or upkeep of such parking areas.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 71, § 1, p. 393.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-255 - Facilities, programs, and services for elderly persons; authorized.

16-255.
Facilities, programs, and services for elderly persons; authorized.
A city of the first class may plan, initiate, operate, maintain, administer funding for, and evaluate facilities, programs, and services designed to meet the needs of elderly persons. Such city may contract with state agencies, political subdivisions, and private nonprofit agencies to exercise and carry out such powers.
Source
Laws 1991, LB 810, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-302.01 - Officers; election; qualifications; term.

16-302.01.
Officers; election; qualifications; term.
In any city of the first class except any city having adopted the commissioner or city manager plan of government, the mayor and city council members shall be registered voters of the city and the city council members shall be residents of the ward from which elected if elected by ward and residents of the city if elected at large. The city council may also, by a two-thirds vote of its members, provide by ordinance for the election of the treasurer and clerk. All nominations and elections of such officers shall be held as provided in the Election Act. The terms of office of all such members shall commence on the first regular meeting of the city council in December following their election.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 257, § 3, p. 933;
Laws 1973, LB 558, § 1;
Laws 1975, LB 323, § 1;
Laws 1976, LB 688, § 1;
Laws 1977, LB 201, § 4;
Laws 1979, LB 421, § 2;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 22;
Laws 1981, LB 446, § 1;
Laws 1982, LB 807, § 41;
Laws 1983, LB 308, § 2;
Laws 1990, LB 957, § 3;
Laws 1990, LB 853, § 2;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 485;
Laws 2001, LB 730, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 49.
Cross References
City council, election, see section 32-534.
Election Act, see section 32-101.
Vacancies, see sections 32-568 and 32-569.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-304 - City council; members; bond or insurance; payment of premium; amount; conditions.

16-304.
City council; members; bond or insurance; payment of premium; amount; conditions.
Each city council member of a city of the first class, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall be required to give bond or evidence of equivalent insurance to the city. The bond shall be with two or more good and sufficient sureties or some responsible surety company. If by two sureties, they shall each justify that he or she is worth at least two thousand dollars over and above all debts and exemptions. Such bonds or evidence of equivalent insurance shall be in the sum of one thousand dollars, shall be conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the city council member giving such bond or insurance, and shall be further conditioned that if the city council member shall vote for any expenditure or appropriation of money or creation of any liability in excess of the amount allowed by law, such city council member, and the sureties signing such bond, shall be liable thereon. The bond shall be filed with the city clerk and approved by the mayor, and upon the approval, the city may pay the premium for such bond. Any liability sought to be incurred, or debt created in excess of the amount limited or authorized by law, shall be taken and held by every court of the state as the joint and several liability and obligation of the city council member voting for and the mayor approving such liability, obligation, or debt, and not the debt, liability, or obligation of the city. Voting for or approving of such liability, obligation, or debt shall be conclusive evidence of malfeasance in office for which such city council member or mayor may be removed from office.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 12, p. 232;
Laws 1903, c. 19, § 1, p. 232;
Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 106;
R.S.1913, § 4872;
Laws 1915, c. 85, § 1, p. 223;
C.S.1922, § 4040;
Laws 1923, c. 67, § 2, p. 202;
C.S.1929, § 16-302;
R.S.1943, § 16-304;
Laws 1965, c. 49, § 1, p. 250;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 23;
Laws 2007, LB347, § 9;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 50;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-305 - Officers and employees; merger of offices or employment; salaries.

16-305.
Officers and employees; merger of offices or employment; salaries.
All officers and employees of a city of the first class shall receive such compensation as the mayor and city council may fix at the time of their appointment or employment, subject to the limitations set forth in this section. The city council may at its discretion by ordinance combine and merge any elective or appointive office or employment or any combination of duties of any such offices or employments, except mayor and city council member, with any other elective or appointive office or employment so that one or more of such offices or employments or any combination of duties of any such offices or employments may be held by the same officer or employee at the same time. The city manager in a city under the city manager plan of government as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act may in his or her discretion combine and merge any elective or appointive office or employment or any combination of duties of any such offices or employments, except mayor and city council member, with any other elective or appointive office or employment so that one or more of such offices or employments or any combination of duties of any such offices or employments may be held by the same officer or employee at the same time. The offices or employments so merged and combined shall always be construed to be separate, and the effect of the combination or merger shall be limited to a consolidation of official duties only. The salary or compensation of the officer or employee holding the merged and combined offices or employments or offices and employments shall not be in excess of the maximum amount provided by law for the salary or compensation of the office, offices, employment, or employments so merged and combined.
Source
Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 107;
R.S.1913, § 4872;
Laws 1915, c. 85, § 1, p. 224;
C.S.1922, § 4040;
Laws 1923, c. 67, § 2, p. 203;
C.S.1929, § 16-302;
R.S.1943, § 16-305;
Laws 1984, LB 368, § 1;
Laws 1990, LB 756, § 1;
Laws 1990, LB 931, § 2;
Laws 1991, LB 12, § 1;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 486;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 51;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 3;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 5.
Cross References
City Manager Plan of Government Act, see section 19-601.
Annotations
The city clerk is an elective officer, and cannot be appointed as a disbursing officer or to any other office by the council. City of Scottsbluff v. Southern Surety Co., 124 Neb. 260, 246 N.W. 346 (1933).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-306 - City of the second class; reorganization as city of the first class; city council member; continuance in office.

16-306.
City of the second class; reorganization as city of the first class; city council member; continuance in office.
In any city which becomes a city of the first class, any city council member whose term extends through another year or years by reason of his or her prior election under the provisions governing cities of the second class shall hold his or her office as a city council member from the ward in which he or she is a resident as if he or she were elected for the same term under the provisions of the Election Act governing cities of the first class.
Source
Laws 1915, c. 85, § 1, p. 224;
C.S.1922, § 4040;
Laws 1923, c. 67, § 2, p. 203;
C.S.1929, § 16-302;
R.S.1943, § 16-306;
Laws 1969, c. 257, § 4, p. 934;
Laws 1979, LB 80, § 24;
Laws 1990, LB 957, § 4;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 487;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 52.
Cross References
Election Act, see section 32-101.
For reorganization as city of the first class, see sections 16-102 and 16-103.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-308 - Administrator, departments, and other appointed officers; enumerated; appointment and removal.

16-308.
Administrator, departments, and other appointed officers; enumerated; appointment and removal.
Each city of the first class shall have such departments and appointed officers as shall be established by ordinance passed by the city council, which shall include a city clerk, treasurer, engineer, and attorney, and such officers as may otherwise be required by law. Except as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act, the mayor may, with the approval of the city council, appoint the necessary officers, as well as an administrator, who shall perform such duties as prescribed by ordinance. Except as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act, the appointed officers may be removed at any time by the mayor with approval of a majority of the city council. The office of administrator may not be held by the mayor. The appointed administrator may concurrently hold any other appointive office provided for in this section and section 16-325.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 14, p. 233;
Laws 1903, c. 19, § 2, p. 233;
Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 107;
R.S.1913, § 4874;
Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 252;
Laws 1921, c. 164, § 1, p. 657;
C.S.1922, § 4042;
C.S.1929, § 16-304;
R.S.1943, § 16-308;
Laws 1953, c. 26, § 1, p. 110;
Laws 1961, c. 41, § 1, p. 171;
Laws 1963, c. 61, § 2, p. 254;
Laws 1974, LB 1024, § 1;
Laws 1975, LB 93, § 1;
Laws 1976, LB 782, § 12;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 53;
Laws 2019, LB193, § 4.
Cross References
City Manager Plan of Government Act, see section 19-601.
Annotations
City attorney is appointive officer and not principal officer; may be removed at any time by mayor with approval of majority of city council; and has no statutory power to make governmental decisions which affect the city. Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO v. City of Hastings, 198 Neb. 668, 254 N.W.2d 695 (1977).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-309 - Appointed officers; terms.

16-309.
Appointed officers; terms.
All officers of a city of the first class appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council shall hold the office to which they may be appointed until the end of the mayor's term of office and until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed or the ordinance creating the office is repealed, or as otherwise provided by law.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 15, p. 233;
Laws 1903, c. 19, § 3, p. 234;
R.S.1913, § 4875;
C.S.1922, § 4043;
C.S.1929, § 16-305;
R.S.1943, § 16-309;
Laws 1997, LB 734, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 54;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-310 - Officers and employees; compensation fixed by ordinance.

16-310.
Officers and employees; compensation fixed by ordinance.
The officers and employees in cities of the first class shall receive such compensation as the mayor and city council shall fix by ordinance.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 17, p. 234;
Laws 1901, c. 19, § 1, p. 306;
Laws 1903, c. 19, § 4, p. 234;
Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 108;
R.S.1913, § 4876;
Laws 1915, c. 85, § 2, p. 224;
Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 253;
Laws 1919, c. 36, § 1, p. 117;
C.S.1922, § 4044;
C.S.1929, § 16-306;
Laws 1943, c. 30, § 1, p. 139;
R.S. 1943, § 16-310;
Laws 1947, c. 25, § 1, p. 126;
Laws 1955, c. 29, § 1, p. 134;
Laws 1963, c. 62, § 1, p. 255;
Laws 1965, c. 50, § 1, p. 251;
Laws 1969, c. 75, § 1, p. 404;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 55.
Annotations
The clerk is required to perform all his duties for a compensation not to exceed the amount previously fixed by the council. City of Scottsbluff v. Southern Surety Company, 124 Neb. 260, 246 N.W. 346 (1933).
Where no ordinance fixing salaries was in effect, at time of the election, the fixing of salaries by the council after the election did not constitute raising such salaries. Wheelock v. McDowell, 20 Neb. 160, 29 N.W. 291 (1886).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-311 - Officers; qualifications.

16-311.
Officers; qualifications.
All elected officers of a city of the first class shall be registered voters of the city.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 18, p. 234;
Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 108;
R.S.1913, § 4877;
Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 254;
C.S.1922, § 4045;
C.S.1929, § 16-307;
Laws 1931, c. 31, § 1, p. 122;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-307;
R.S.1943, § 16-311;
Laws 1969, c. 76, § 1, p. 405;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 488.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-312 - Mayor; powers and duties.

16-312.
Mayor; powers and duties.
(1) The mayor of a city of the first class shall preside at all the meetings of the city council. The mayor may vote on any matter that requires either a majority vote of the city council members or a majority vote of all the elected members of the city council if (a) the mayor's vote is required due to the city council members being equally divided or (b) a majority of the city council members or majority vote of all the elected members cannot be reached due to absence, vacancy, or abstention of one or more city council members. For purposes of such vote, the mayor is deemed to be a member of the city council.
(2) The mayor shall have the superintending control of all the officers and affairs of the city and shall take care that the ordinances of the city and the provisions of law relating to cities of the first class are complied with. The mayor may administer oaths and shall sign the commissions and appointments of all the officers appointed in the city.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 19, p. 234;
R.S.1913, § 4878;
C.S.1922, § 4046;
C.S.1929, § 16-308;
R.S.1943, § 16-312;
Laws 1957, c. 55, § 2, p. 266;
Laws 1980, LB 662, § 1;
Laws 1989, LB 790, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 56;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 7;
Laws 2023, LB531, § 5.
Operative Date: June 7, 2023
Annotations
When the population of a city of the first class, at the last United States census, drops below the number required for such classification, it becomes a city of the second class and the duties of the mayor are definite and mandatory. State ex rel. Cashman v. Carmean, 138 Neb. 819, 295 N.W. 801 (1941).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-313 - Mayor; veto power; passage over veto.

16-313.
Mayor; veto power; passage over veto.
The mayor of a city of the first class shall have the power to approve or veto any ordinance passed by the city council and to approve or veto any order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim. If the mayor approves the ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, contract, or claim, he or she shall sign it, and it shall become effective. If the mayor vetoes the ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, contract, or any item or items of appropriations or claims, he or she shall return it to the city council stating that the measure is vetoed. The mayor may issue the veto at the meeting at which the measure passed or within seven calendar days after the meeting. If the mayor issues the veto after the meeting, the mayor shall notify the city clerk of the veto in writing. The city clerk shall notify the city council in writing of the mayor's veto. Any ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim vetoed by the mayor, may be passed over his or her veto by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to the city council, notwithstanding his or her veto. If the mayor neglects or refuses to sign any ordinance, order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim, but fails to veto the measure within the time required by this section, the measure shall become effective without his or her signature. The mayor may veto any item or items of any appropriation bill or any claims bill, and approve the remainder thereof, and the item or items so vetoed may be passed by the city council over the veto as in other cases.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 20, p. 234;
R.S.1913, § 4879;
C.S.1922, § 4047;
C.S.1929, § 16-309;
R.S.1943, § 16-313;
Laws 2014, LB803, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 57;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 8.
Annotations
Under a similar section where four councilmen voted for, and four councilmen against, the issuance of a liquor license, and the mayor voted for its issuance, such vote of the mayor does not come within any exceptions direct or implied, and such mayor has the authority to cast the deciding vote. Rohrer v. Hastings Brewing Company, 83 Neb. 111, 119 N.W. 27 (1908).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-314 - Mayor; legislative recommendations; jurisdiction.

16-314.
Mayor; legislative recommendations; jurisdiction.
The mayor of a city of the first class shall, from time to time, communicate to the city council such information and recommend such measures as in his or her opinion may tend to the improvement of the finances of the city, the police, health, comfort, and general prosperity of the city, and may have such jurisdiction as may be invested in him or her by ordinance over all places within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city, for the enforcement of health or quarantine ordinances and the regulation thereof.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 21, p. 235;
Laws 1901, c. 19, § 2, p. 307;
R.S.1913, § 4880;
C.S.1922, § 4048;
C.S.1929, § 16-310;
R.S.1943, § 16-314;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 58;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-316 - Mayor; pardons; remission of fines.

16-316.
Mayor; pardons; remission of fines.
The mayor of a city of the first class shall have power after conviction 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. 18, § 23, p. 235;
R.S.1913, § 4882;
C.S.1922, § 4050;
C.S.1929, § 16-312;
R.S.1943, § 16-316;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 10.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-317 - City clerk; duties.

16-317.
City clerk; duties.
The city clerk of a city of the first 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. He or she shall also perform such other duties as may be required by the ordinances of the city.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 25, p. 236;
R.S.1913, § 4883;
C.S.1922, § 4051;
C.S.1929, § 16-313;
R.S.1943, § 16-317;
Laws 1973, LB 224, § 4;
Laws 2013, LB112, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 59;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 11.
Cross References
Records Management Act, see section 84-1220.
Annotations
This section does not require that the minutes of a meeting embody the full text of an ordinance adopted thereat, but they should set forth proceedings showing statutory requirements were complied with and that ordinance identified therein is preserved in a volume or file separate from the minutes. Webber v. City of Scottsbluff, 187 Neb. 282, 188 N.W.2d 214 (1971).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-318.01 - City clerk; city treasurer; offices combined; duties; salary.

16-318.01.
City clerk; city treasurer; offices combined; duties; salary.
Cities of the first class may by ordinance combine the offices of clerk and treasurer and provide for the payment of a salary to the person holding such combined offices. Such salary shall not be in excess of the maximum amount provided by law for the salary of the clerk in such city plus the maximum amount provided by law for the salary of the treasurer in such a city. When these offices are so combined, the duties of the treasurer shall be performed by the clerk.
Source
Laws 1943, c. 41, § 1, p. 185;
R.S.1943, § 19-1601;
Laws 1945, c. 25, § 4, p. 136.