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STREETS
(A) The City Council may at any time, by ordinance, rename any street or provide a name for any new street.
(B) Buildings used for residence or business purposes and located along the streets shall retain the numbers as the City Council may require. It shall be the duty of the municipal official in charge of streets, upon the erection of any new building or buildings, to assign the proper numbers to the building or buildings and give notice to the owner or owners and occupant or occupants of the same.
(C) As Lincoln's GIS Project Manager has the capability, knowledge, and software to create a database of all public and private street addresses for all residential and commercial properties in the county; having all street addresses in the city listed on a database will improve law enforcement and fire protection for the citizens of the city when NextGen911 services become available; and the city desires to have Lincoln include all of its addresses in the database to be created by Lincoln, the city has entered into an interlocal agreement with the City of Lincoln, which has been adopted in full by reference and a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk/Treasurer.
(Prior Code, § 92.45) (Ord. passed 9-12-2022) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to improve, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 17-509
(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to cut into any paving, curb, or sidewalk for the purpose of constructing a driveway or any other purpose whatsoever without first having obtained a written permit therefor from the city.
(2) The application for a permit shall be filed with the City Clerk/Treasurer, in writing, on forms approved by the City Clerk/Treasurer, showing the place where the cutting is to be done, and it shall be the Utilities Superintendent’s duty to inspect the place of entry into the paving, sidewalk, or curb, before the same is cut.
(3) Before any permit is issued by the City Clerk/Treasurer, the applicant shall deposit with the City Clerk/Treasurer a sum as may be set by resolution of the City Council for all paving, curb, or sidewalk to be cut.
(4) The sum shall be set on a per linear foot cost of construction for curb cuts and a per square foot cost of construction for paving and sidewalk cuts.
(5) The deposit shall be retained by the city until the work is completed to the satisfaction of the Utilities Superintendent, and if not satisfactorily completed with a reasonable time, the city may proceed to complete the work itself and retain the deposit for the purpose of defraying the cost of the work.
(B) (1) When cutting into any paving, it shall be the duty of the party to cut the paving under the rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the City Engineer.
(2) When the applicant has completed the opening made, the applicant shall inform the Utilities Superintendent, who shall supervise and inspect the materials used and the work done.
(C) (1) Notwithstanding the above, it shall be discretionary with the city to order the Utilities Superintendent to perform the work of cutting the paving and charge the cost thereof to the permittee.
(2) In the event that the city elects to have the work performed by the Utilities Superintendent, the required deposit shall be retained by the city for the purpose of replacing the paving, curb, or sidewalk.
(D) No curb cut shall exceed 20 feet in width unless a greater width is specially approved by resolution of the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 92.46) (Ord. 2001-6.1, passed 6-11-2001) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 17-567
It shall be unlawful for any person to make an excavation in any street or streets for any purpose whatsoever unless a written permit is issued by the Utilities Superintendent authorizing the excavations.
(Prior Code, § 92.47) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 17-557
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any peg or stake of any kind into the pavement in any street or alley without first procuring the written consent of the Utilities Superintendent.
(Prior Code, § 92.48) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 17-557
It shall be unlawful for any person to mix any concrete or plastering material directly on the street pavement for any reason whatsoever.
(Prior Code, § 92.49) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 17-557
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or permit to leak in the gutter of any street any waste gasoline, kerosene, or high lubricating oils, which damage or act as a solvent upon the streets.
(Prior Code, § 92.50) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 17-557
(A) It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person or persons to move or operate heavy equipment across any curb, gutter, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, or crossing on any unpaved street without first having protected the curb, gutter, bridge, culvert, sidewalks, crosswalk, or crossing with heavy plank sufficient in strength to warrant against the breaking or damaging of the curb, gutter, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, or crossing.
(B) Hereafter, it shall be unlawful to run, drive, move, operate, or convey over or across any paved street a vehicle, machine, or implement with sharp discs or sharp wheels that bear upon the pavement, with wheels having cutting edges, with wheels having lugs, any protruding parts, or bolts thereon that extend beyond a plain tire so as to cut, mark, mar, indent, or otherwise injure or damage any pavement, gutter, or curb, provided that, where heavy vehicles, structures, and machines move along paved or unpaved streets, the County Sheriff is hereby authorized and empowered to choose the route over which the moving of the vehicles, structures, or machines will be permitted and allowed.
(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to pneumatic tires with metal or metal-type studs not exceeding five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter inclusive of the stud-casting with an average protrusion beyond the tread surface of not more than seven-sixty-fourths of an inch between November 1 and March 15; provided that school buses and emergency vehicles shall be permitted to use metal or metal-type studs all year; it shall be permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the streets.
(D) It shall be permissible to use a rubber-tired crane with a fixed load when the vehicle will be transported on a state highway or on any road within the corporate limits of the municipality, the municipality in which the crane is intended to be transported has authorized a one-day permit for the transportation of the crane and specified the route to be used and the hours during which the crane can be transported, the vehicle is escorted by another vehicle or vehicles assigned by the municipality, and the vehicle’s gross weight does not exceed the limits set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,294(3), and it shall be permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other condition tending to cause a vehicle to slide or skid.
(Prior Code, § 92.51) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Rubber-tired cranes, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,288(2)(j)
Tire requirements, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,250