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No person, firm, or corporation shall erect, or maintain, any sign, signboard, poster, or rigid canopy over any street, sidewalk, alley, or on other public property without having first obtained a permit therefor. Permits for signs, canopies, posters, and signboards shall be issued by the City Clerk/Treasurer, subject to the approval of the Director of Public Works, upon the payment of a fee set by resolution of the City Council. All signs and canopies extending over any public sidewalk, street, alley, or other public place must be securely fastened and constructed so that there will be no danger of the same being dislodged by ordinary winds, or falling from other causes. No sign or canopy shall be erected or maintained which extends over any public sidewalk, street, alley, or other public place in such a location as to obstruct the view of any traffic light, sign, or signal. Upon the written order of the City Council, any person owning or occupying the premise where such a sign, canopy, poster, or signboard is located, shall cause the same to be removed within the time limit specified on the notice.
(1973 Code, § 8-107) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) The City Council may, by ordinance, create a special improvement district for the purpose of replacing, reconstructing, or repairing an existing street, alley, water line, sewer line, or any other such improvement.
(B) Except as provided in Neb. RS 19-2,428 through 19-2,431, the City Council shall have power to assess, to the extent of the benefits, the costs of the improvements upon the properties found especially benefitted thereby, whether or not the properties were previously assessed for the same general purpose. In creating the special improvement district, the City Council shall follow procedures applicable to the creation and assessment of the same type of improvement district as otherwise provided by law.
(Neb. RS 18-1,751) (1973 Code, § 8-108) (Ord. 586, passed 10-8-1987)
Supplemental to any existing law on the subject, a city may include land adjacent to the city when creating an improvement district, such as a sewer, paving, water, water extension, or sanitary sewer extension district. The City Council shall have power to assess, to the extent of special benefits, the costs of the improvements upon the properties found especially benefitted thereby, except as provided in § 94.53.
(Neb. RS 19-2,427) (1973 Code, § 8-109) (Ord. 586, passed 10-8-1987)
(A) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and Neb. RS 81-3449 and 81-3453, the municipality shall not engage in the construction of any public works involving architecture or engineering unless the plans, specifications, and estimates have been prepared and the construction has been observed by an architect, a professional engineer, or a person under the direct supervision of an architect, professional engineer, or those under the direct supervision of an architect or professional engineer.
(2) This division (A) shall not apply to any public work in which the contemplated expenditure for the complete project does not exceed $100,000 or the adjusted dollar amount set by the Board of Engineers and Architects.
(Neb. RS 81-3445)
(B) The provisions of division (A) of this section regulating the practice of architecture do not apply to the following activities or the other activities specified in Neb. RS 81-3449:
(1) A public service provider who employs a design professional performing professional services for itself;
(2) The practice of any other certified trade or legally recognized profession;
(3) Earthmoving and related work associated with soil and water conservation practices performed any land owned by the municipality that is not subject to a permit from the Department of Natural Resources; and
(4) The work of employees and agents of the municipality performing, in accordance with other requirements of law, their customary duties in the administration and enforcement of codes, permit programs, and land-use regulations and their customary duties in utility and public works construction, operation, and maintenance.
(Neb. RS 81-3449)
(C) The provisions of division (A) of this section regulating the practice of engineering do not apply to the following activities, the activities specified in division (B) of this section, or the other activities specified in Neb. RS 81-3453:
(1) Those services ordinarily performed by subordinates under direct supervision of a professional engineer or those commonly designated as locomotive, stationary, marine operating engineers, power plant operating engineers, or manufacturers who supervise the operation of or operate machinery or equipment or who supervise construction within their own plant; and
(2) The construction of water wells as defined in Neb. RS 46-1212, the installation of pumps and pumping equipment into water wells, and the decommissioning of water wells, unless such construction, installation, or decommissioning is required by the municipality to be designed or supervised by an engineer or unless legal requirements are imposed upon the municipality as a part of a public water supply.
(Neb. RS 81-3453)
(D) For the purpose of this section, the municipality is considered a public service provider if it appoints a Municipal Engineer or employs a full-time person licensed under the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act who is in responsible charge of architectural or engineering work.
(Neb. RS 81-3423)
(Ord. 847, passed 3-8-2012)
SIDEWALKS
The owner or occupant of any lot, piece, or parcel of ground abutting or adjacent to any street or sidewalk over which there extends the branches of trees shall at all times keep the branches or limbs thereof trimmed to the height of at least seven and one-half feet above the surface of the walk. Whenever the limbs or branches of any tree or trees extend over sidewalks contrary to the provisions herein so as to interfere with the lighting of the street from street lights, or with the convenience of the public using the sidewalk, the City Council at any regular or special meeting may pass a resolution ordering the owner or occupant to cut or remove the obstructions within five days after having received a copy thereof from the Director of Public Works stating that the city will remove the branches and charge the costs thereof to the owner or occupant as a special assessment for improvements as herein provided, if the resolution is not complied with.
(Neb. RS 17-557.01) (1973 Code, § 8-201) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful for the occupant of any lot or lots or the owner of any vacant lot or lots within the corporate limits to allow snow, sleet, mud, ice, or other substance to accumulate on the sidewalks or to permit any snow, sleet, ice, mud, or other substance to remain upon the sidewalk. All sidewalks within the business district shall be cleaned within five hours after the cessation of a storm, unless the storm or fall of snow shall have taken place during the night, in which case the sidewalk shall be cleaned before 8:30 a.m. the following day; provided, sidewalks within the residential areas of the city shall be cleaned within 24 hours after the cessation of the storm.
(Neb. RS 17-557) (1973 Code, § 8-202) Penalty, see § 10.99
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