(A) The City Council shall have power, by ordinance, to lay out the city into suitable districts for the purpose of establishing a system of water service districts, to provide the systems and regulate the construction, repair and use of the same, to compel all proper connections therewith and branches from other streets, avenues and alleys and from private property, and to provide a penalty not to exceed $500 for any obstruction or injury to any water main or part thereof, or for failure main or part thereof, or for failure to comply with the regulations prescribed therefor.
(B) Whenever the City Council shall deem it necessary or desirable to make improvements in a water service district, it may, by ordinance, create the water service district and, after the passage, approval and publication of the ordinance, shall publish notice of the creation of the district as provided by the applicable laws of the state, including, but not limited to, Neb. RS 17-971, as amended or superseded.
(C) If written objections to the creation of the water service district are not filed within 20 days after the first publication of the notice in sufficient numbers to cause the repeal of the ordinance, as provided by the laws of the state, including, but not limited to, Neb. RS 17-971, as amended or superseded, the City Council shall forthwith cause the work to be done or the improvement to be made, shall contract therefor, and shall levy assessments on the lots and parcels of land within the district of districts specially benefitted thereby in proportion to the benefits in order to pay the cost of the improvement in any water service district and the funding of any warrants issued for the payments, may, by ordinance, cause the issuance of bonds as provided by the laws, of the state, including, but not limited to, Neb. RS 17-976j, as amended or superseded, and the City Council shall levy and collect annually a tax upon all of the taxable property in the city, except intangible property, sufficient in rate and amount to pay in full, when taken together with the assessments hereinabove provided for, the principal and interest of the bonds as the same become due, and the amount of the tax shall not be included in the maximum amount of tax which the city is authorized by the laws of the state to levy annually.
(Prior Code, § 3-702)