(A) All additions laid out contiguous or adjacent to the corporate limits of a city of the first class, city of the second class or village may be included within the corporate limits and become a part of such municipality for all purposes whatsoever if approved by the City Council or Village Board of Trustees under this subsection. The proprietor or proprietors of any land within the corporate limits of any city of the first class, city of the second class or village or of any land contiguous or adjacent to the corporate limits of such city or village, may lay out such land into lots, blocks, streets, avenues, alleys and other grounds under the name of _______ Addition to the City or Village of ____________, and shall cause an accurate map or plat thereof to be made out, designating explicitly the land so laid out and particularly describing the lots, blocks, streets, avenues, alleys and other grounds belonging to such addition. The lots shall be designated by numbers, and streets, avenues and other grounds, by names or numbers. Such plat shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgments of deeds; shall contain a dedication of the streets, alleys and public grounds therein to the use and benefit of the public; and shall have appended a survey made by some competent surveyor with a certificate attached, certifying that he or she has accurately surveyed such addition and that the lots, blocks, streets, avenues, alleys, parks, commons and other grounds are well and accurately staked off and marked.
(B) The addition may become part of the municipality at such time as the addition is approved by the City Council or Village Board of Trustees if:
(1) After giving notice of the time and place of the hearing as provided in Neb. RS 19-904, the Planning Commission and the City Council or Village Board of Trustees both hold public hearings on the inclusion of the addition within the corporate limits; and
(2) The City Council or Village Board of Trustees votes to approve the inclusion of the addition within the corporate boundaries of the municipality in a separate vote from the vote approving the addition. Such hearings shall be separate from the public hearings held regarding approval of the addition. If the City Council or Village Board of Trustees includes the addition within the corporate limits, the inhabitants of such addition shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges and shall be subject to all the laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of the municipality to which such land is an addition. When such map or plat is made out, acknowledged and certified, and has been approved by the City Council or Village Board of Trustees, the map or plat shall be filed and recorded in the office of the register of deeds and county assessor of the county. If the City Council or Village Board of Trustees includes the addition within the corporate limits, such map or plat shall be equivalent to a deed in fee simple absolute to the municipality from the proprietor of all streets, avenues, alleys, public squares, parks and commons, and of such portion of the land as is therein set apart for public and municipal use, or is dedicated to charitable, religious or educational purposes.
(Neb. RS 19-916)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-1002, 18-3301, 18-3306, 19-902, 19-916 and 23-1506