2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 15-268 — Weeds; destruction and removal.

Section 15-268
Weeds; destruction and removal.

A primary city may provide for the destruction and removal of weeds and worthless vegetation growing upon any lot or lots or lands within the corporate limits of such city or upon the streets and alleys abutting upon any lot or lots or lands, and such city may require the owner or owners of such lot or lots or lands to destroy and remove the same therefrom and from the streets and alleys abutting thereon. If the owner or owners fail, neglect, or refuse, after five days' notice by publication or by certified United States mail, to destroy or remove the same, the city, through its proper officers, shall destroy and remove the same or cause the same to be destroyed or removed from the lot or lots or lands and streets and alleys abutting thereon and shall assess the cost thereof against such lot or lots or lands, as provided by ordinance.

Source:

Laws 1915, c. 215, § 1, p. 484

C.S.1922, § 3863

C.S.1929, § 15-266

R.S.1943, § 15-268

Laws 1988, LB 973, § 1

Annotations:

This section provides local governing bodies with adequate limitations and standards for carrying out the statute's duties. Thus, the statute does not violate constitutional standards regarding delegations of legislative powers. Howard v. City of Lincoln, 243 Neb. 5, 497 N.W.2d 53 (1993).

It is the duty of city to destroy weeds if owner does not. Greenwood v. City of Lincoln, 156 Neb. 142, 55 N.W.2d 343 (1952).

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska