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§ 152.35 REQUIREMENT TO KEEP CLEAN.
   (A)   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.
   (B)   Unless the Board of Trustees has provided otherwise, 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 9:00 a.m. the following day, and sidewalks within the residential areas of the village shall be cleaned within 24 hours after the cessation of the storm.
Penalty, see § 152.99
§ 152.36 REPAIR.
   The municipal official in charge of sidewalks may require sidewalks of the municipality to be repaired. Notice to the owners of property upon which such sidewalks in disrepair are located shall require within 48 hours from issuance of notice said owners to make arrangements to have the sidewalk repaired. Said repairs shall be completed within 21 days after issuance of said notice. No special assessment shall be levied against the property unless said owner shall neglect or refuse to repair within the time prescribed, and in the event that such owner fails to repair, the municipality shall cause the repairs to be made and assess the property owner the expense of such repairs. In the event the property owner is a nonresident of the county in which the property lies, the municipality shall, before levying any special assessment against that property, send a copy of any notice required by law to be published by means of certified mail, return receipt requested to the last known address of the nonresident property owner. The last known address shall be that address listed on the current tax rolls at the time such required notice was first published.
(Prior Code, § 8-203)
§ 152.37 CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR AT VILLAGE DIRECTION.
   (A)   (1)   The Board of Trustees may construct and repair sidewalks or cause the construction and repair of sidewalks in such manner as the Board of Trustees deems necessary and assess the expense of such construction or repairs on the property in front of which such construction or repairs are made, after having given notice:
         (a)   By publication in one issue of a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the village; and
         (b)   By either causing a written notice to be served upon the occupant in possession of the property involved or to be posted upon such premises ten days prior to the commencement of such construction or repair.
      (2)   The powers conferred under this section are in addition to those provided in Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 17-509 through 17-521 and may be exercised without creating an improvement district.
      (3)   If the owner of any property abutting any street or avenue or part thereof fails to construct or repair any sidewalk in front of the owner’s property within the time and in the manner as directed and requested by the Board of Trustees, after having received due notice to do so, the Board of Trustees may cause the sidewalk to be constructed or repaired and may assess the cost of such construction or repairs against the property.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-522)
   (B)   All sidewalks shall be constructed and repaired in conformity with such plans and specifications as may be approved by the Board of Trustees.
   (C)   Assessments made under the provisions of this section shall be made and assessed in the following manner:
      (1)   Such assessment shall be made by the Board of Trustees at a special meeting, by a resolution, taking into account the benefits derived or injuries sustained in consequence of such improvements, and the amount charged against the same, which, with the vote, shall be recorded in the minutes. Notice of the time of holding such meeting and the purpose for which it is to be held shall be published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the village at least four weeks before the same shall be held or, in lieu thereof, personal service may be made upon persons owning or occupying property to be assessed; and
      (2)   All such assessments shall be known as special assessments for improvements and shall be levied and collected as a separate tax, in addition to the taxes for general revenue purposes, and shall be placed on the tax roll for collection, subject to the same penalties and collected in like manner as other village taxes.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-524)
Statutory reference:
    Authority to improve through sidewalk district, see Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 19-2417 through 19-2419
STREETS AND ALLEYS
§ 152.50 IMPROVING; VACATING; ABUTTING PROPERTY; HOW TREATED.
   (A)   The village shall have power to open, widen, or otherwise improve or vacate any street, avenue, alley, or lane within the limits of the village and also to create, open, and improve any new street, avenue, alley, or lane. All damages sustained by the citizens of the village, or by the owners of the property therein, shall be ascertained in such manner as shall be provided by ordinance.
   (B)   Whenever any street, avenue, alley, or lane is vacated, such street, avenue, alley, or lane shall revert to the owners of the abutting real estate, one-half on each side thereof, and become a part of such property, unless the village reserves title in the ordinance vacating such street or alley. If title is retained by the village, such property may be sold, conveyed, exchanged, or leased upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed in the best interests of the village.
   (C)   When a portion of a street, avenue, alley, or lane is vacated only on one side of the center thereof, the title to such land shall vest in the owner of the abutting property and become a part of such property unless the village reserves title in the ordinance vacating a portion of such street, avenue, alley, or lane. If title is retained by the village, such property may be sold, conveyed, exchanged, or leased upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed in the best interests of the village.
   (D)   When the village vacates all or any portion of a street, avenue, alley, or lane, the village shall, within 30 days after the effective date of the vacation, file a certified copy of the vacating ordinance or resolution with the register of deeds for the county in which the vacated property is located to be indexed against all affected lots.
   (E)   The title to property vacated pursuant to this section shall be subject to the following:
      (1)   There is reserved to the village the right to maintain, operate, repair, and renew public utilities existing at the time title to the property is vacated there; and
      (2)   There is reserved to the village, any public utilities, and any cable television systems the right to maintain, repair, renew, and operate water mains, gas mains, pole lines, conduits, electrical transmission lines, sound and signal transmission lines, and other similar services and equipment and appurtenances, including lateral connections or branch lines, above, on, or below the surface of the ground that are existing as valid easements at the time title to the property is vacated for the purposes of serving the general public or the abutting properties and to enter upon the premises to accomplish such purposes at any and all reasonable times.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-558)
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