Go to Previous Versions of this Statute
  1. 2025 Nebraska Rev. Stat. (here)
  2. 2024 Nebraska Rev. Stat.
  3. 2023 Nebraska Rev. Stat.
  4. View All Versions

2025 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class
16-620 - Improvement districts; objections of property owners; effect.

Universal Citation:
NE Code § 16-620 (2025)
Learn more This media-neutral citation is based on the American Association of Law Libraries Universal Citation Guide and is not necessarily the official citation.
Previous Next

16-620. Improvement districts; objections of property owners; effect.

After publication of a notice required by section 16-619, if the owners of the record title at the time of such publication representing more than fifty percent of the front footage of the property abutting, intersecting, or adjoining any continuous or extended street, cul de sac, or alley of an improvement district, or portion thereof which is closed at one end, shall file with the city clerk, within twenty days from the first publication of such notice, written objections to the creation of such district, such work shall not be done in such district under such ordinance, but such ordinance shall be repealed by the mayor and city council. If objections are not filed against any district in the time and manner provided in this section, the mayor and city council shall forthwith proceed to construct improvements.

Source

  • Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 254;
  • C.S.1922, § 4084;
  • Laws 1925, c. 50, § 1, p. 192;
  • C.S.1929, § 16-613;
  • Laws 1933, c. 27, § 1, p. 202;
  • C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-613;
  • R.S.1943, § 16-620;
  • Laws 1949, c. 20, § 1, p. 90;
  • Laws 1967, c. 67, § 4, p. 219;
  • Laws 1980, LB 654, § 2;
  • Laws 2016, LB704, § 87;
  • Laws 2025, LB90, § 5.
  • Effective Date: September 3, 2025

Annotations

  • In passing on sufficiency of paving petition, city council exercises a judicial function. Elliott v. City of Auburn, 172 Neb. 1, 108 N.W.2d 328 (1961).

  • Property owners are given right to object to kind of materials used in improving street. Danielson v. City of Bellevue, 167 Neb. 809, 95 N.W.2d 57 (1959).

  • Ordinance creating special improvement district may be repealed before additional steps have been taken. Brasier v. City of Lincoln, 159 Neb. 12, 65 N.W.2d 213 (1954).

Previous Next
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Nebraska may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.