(A) Except as provided in division (B) below, the city 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 or professional engineer.
(B) Division (A) above shall not apply to the following activities:
(1) Any public works project with contemplated expenditures for the completed project that do not exceed $86,000;
(2) Any alteration, renovation or remodeling of a building if the alteration, renovation or remodeling does not affect architectural or engineering safety features of the building;
(3) Performance by the city of professional services for itself if the city appoints a City Engineer or employs a full-time person licensed under the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act, being Neb. RS 81-3401 through 81-3455, who is in responsible charge of architectural or engineering work;
(4) The practice of any other certified trade or legally recognized profession;
(5) Earthmoving and related work associated with soil and water conservation practices performed on any land owned by the city that is not subject to a permit from the Department of Natural Resources;
(6) The work of employees and agents of the city 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;
(7) 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;
(8) 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 city to be designed or supervised by an engineer, or unless legal requirements are imposed upon the city as a part of a public water supply; and
(9) Any other activities described in Neb. RS 81-3449 through 81-3453.
(Prior Code, § 8-112) (Ord. 697, passed 10-10-2000; Ord. 771, passed 3-22-2005)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 81-3423, 81-3445, 81-3449 and 81-3453