CHAPTER 31: CITY POLICIES
Section
General Provisions
   31.01   Corporate existence
   31.02   Service of process
   31.03   Powers of city
   31.04   Codification of ordinances
Meetings
   31.15   Definitions
   31.16   Open to public; notice; agenda
   31.17   Closed sessions; chance meetings
   31.18   Emergency meetings
   31.19   Minutes
   31.20   Voting
   31.21   Notice to media
   31.22   Participation by public
   31.23   Meeting day and time; quorum; call to order
   31.24   Rules of conduct
   31.25   Expedited consent agenda
   31.26   Power to compel witnesses and testimony
Elections
   31.40   General provisions
   31.41   Representation at large; term
   31.42   Initiative and referendum
City Property
   31.55   Responsibility for maintenance and control
   31.56   Sale or conveyance; real property
   31.57   Removal of obstructions; permitted obstructions
   31.58   Overhanging branches
   31.59   Procedure for appraisal and acquisition of real property
   31.60   Public works construction; architect or professional engineer required; exceptions
 
   31.99   Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 31.01 CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
   The city is hereby found and declared to be a city of more than 5,000 persons. The city shall be governed by the laws of the state regulating cities of the first class.
(Prior Code, § 1-101)
Statutory reference:
   Authority, see Neb. RS 16-101
§ 31.02 SERVICE OF PROCESS.
   All process affecting the city may be served by personal, residence, or certified mail upon the Chief Executive Official or the Clerk.
(Neb. RS 25-510.02(2)) (Prior Code, § 1-102) (Ord. 1748, passed 10-1-1984)
Statutory reference:
   Similar state law provisions, see Neb. 16-115
§ 31.03 POWERS OF CITY.
   The city is a body corporate and politic. It shall have the power to sue and be sued; to purchase, lease, and lease with option to buy; to acquire property by gift or devise; to hold real and personal property within or without the limits of the city, and real estate sold to satisfy unpaid tax obligations for the use of the city in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed in the best interests of the city; to sell, exchange, or lease any personal or real property owned by the city, including park land, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed in the best interests of the city, provided that real estate owned by the city may be conveyed without consideration to the state or to the state Armory Board for state armory sites, or if acquired for state armory sites, shall be conveyed in the manner strictly as provided in Neb. RS 18-1001 through 18-1006; to make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the concerns of the city as may be necessary in the exercise of its corporate powers; and to exercise such other and further powers as may be conferred by law.
(Neb. RS 16-201) (Prior Code, § 1-103)
§ 31.04 CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES.
   The city shall have the power to revise the ordinances of the city from time to time and publish the same in book form. The revision shall be evidenced by a general codification ordinance which shall repeal all other ordinances in conflict and embrace as the governing law of the city all provisions therein. All ordinances in force at the time of the codification shall continue in force for the purpose of all rights acquired, fines, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities incurred.
(Prior Code, § 1-104)
Statutory reference:
   Similar state law provisions, see Neb. RS 16-247
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