(A) The City Council may grade, partially or to an established grade, change grade, curb, recurb, gutter, regutter, pave, gravel, regravel, macadamize, remacadamize, widen or narrow streets or roadways, resurface or re-lay existing pavement, or otherwise improve any streets, alleys, public grounds, public ways, entirely or partially, and streets which divide the city corporate area and the area adjoining the city; construct or reconstruct pedestrian walks, plazas, malls, landscaping, outdoor sprinkler systems, fountains, decorative water ponds, lighting systems and permanent facilities; and construct sidewalks and improve the sidewalk space.
(B) These projects may be funded at public cost or by the levy of special assessments on the property especially benefitted in proportion to such benefits, except as provided in Neb. RS 19-2428 through 19-2431.
(C) The City Council may by ordinance create improvement districts, to be consecutively numbered, which may include two or more connecting or intersecting streets, alleys or public ways, and may include two or more types of the improvements authorized under this section in a single district in one proceeding.
(D) All of the improvements which are to be funded by a levy of special assessment on the property especially benefitted shall be ordered as provided in Neb. RS 17-510 to 17-512, except as otherwise provided in Neb. RS 17-509.
(Neb. RS 17-509)
Statutory reference:
Other provisions on improvements, assessments and bonds, see Neb. RS 17-513 to 17-524, 18-1751, 19-2401 and 19-2408 to 19-2415