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(A) Whenever a nuisance exists as defined in this chapter, the city may proceed by a suit in equity to enjoin and abate the nuisance, in the manner provided by law.
(B) Whenever, in any action, it is established that a nuisance exists, the court may, together with the fine or penalty imposed, enter an order of abatement as a part of the judgment in the case.
(Prior Code, § 52-6)
Whenever a street or alley or a part thereof is to be put under contract for paving or repaving, the City Clerk shall notify the owners in fee simple of real estate abutting such street or alley, and their tenants or lessees, and also all gas and telephone companies and all sewer service patrons and water consumers, by publication or otherwise, of the purpose of the city to pave, and that all gas, water, sewer and underground connections must be made prior to the paving or repaving of the street or alley at the owner’s expense, and that the city will make the underground water and sewer connections required and assess the cost thereof as a special assessment against the property served by the underground connection according to benefits when the paving district cost is equalized and assessed. The notice shall be published 1 time in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in the city at least 20 days prior to the beginning of the operation by the party having the work under construction.
(Prior Code, § 52-7)
(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:
(2) A public service provider who employs a design professional performing professional services for itself;
(3) The practice of any other certified trade or legally recognized profession;
(4) 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
(5) 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)
Any person who violates any of the prohibitions or provisions of any chapter or section of this title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Unless otherwise specified in the particular chapter or section which the person stands convicted of violating, the penalty for the violation shall be in accordance with § 10.99.
(Prior Code, § 52-5)