15-261. Railroads; railroad crossings; buses; safety regulations; installation of safety devices.
A city of the primary class may regulate railroad crossings, provide precautions, and prescribe rules for running railway engines or cars, and their speed, for prevention of accidents at crossings or on tracks or by fires from railway engines. A city of the primary class may regulate the running of buses and require heating and cleaning thereof. A city of the primary class may require reasonable lighting of railway crossings in such manner as the city council may prescribe. If the owner or operator fails to comply, the city may cause such requirement to be complied with and assess the expense of such requirements against such railway company to be collected as other taxes and to be a lien on the real estate belonging to such company, or may enforce compliance by action of mandamus. The city may enforce such regulations as are otherwise provided by law and may require railways to keep flagpersons at all railway street crossings where necessary to protect the public against injury to person or property, and require the installation, maintenance, and proper operation of gates, flashing signals, or other warning devices to ensure such safety. A city of the primary class may compel railways to conform tracks to grades at any time established, to keep tracks level with the street surface, and may compel railways to keep streets open, construct and keep in repair ditches, drains, sewers, and culverts along or under their right-of-way or tracks, and lay and maintain paving upon their whole right-of-way on paved streets.
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Selection and grading of streets by railway company for its track are subject to regulation and control of city. Omaha, L. & B. Ry. Co. v. City of Lincoln, 97 Neb. 122, 149 N.W. 319 (1914).
Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class
15-101 - Cities of the primary class, defined; population required.
15-102 - Declaration as city of the primary class; when.
15-103 - Declaration as city of the primary class; government pending reorganization.
15-104 - Corporate limits; extension; annexation of villages; powers of city council.
15-105 - Corporate limits; extension; contiguous territory, defined.
15-107 - Corporate name; service of process.
15-108 - Reorganization; rights and privileges preserved.
15-110 - Precincts; numbering; division.
15-111 - Cities and villages; consolidation; petition; election; ballot forms.
15-112 - Consolidation; approval at election; certification.
15-117 - Consolidated or annexed cities and villages; actions pending; claims; claimants' rights.
15-201 - General powers; how exercised; seal.
15-201.01 - Extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction or authority; exercise outside of county.
15-201.02 - Purchase of real or personal property; installment contracts authorized.
15-202 - Property and occupation taxes; power to levy; limitations.
15-203 - Occupation tax; power to levy; exemptions.
15-204 - Additional taxes; authorized.
15-205 - Safety regulations; sidewalk structures; powers.
15-207 - Traffic; regulations; vehicle tax; powers.
15-209 - Railroads, depots, warehouses; power to regulate.
15-210 - Parks, monuments, recreation centers; acquire; construct; maintain; donations.
15-211 - Lots; drainage; costs; special assessment.
15-212 - Peddlers and vendors; regulation.
15-215 - Theatres, churches, halls; licenses; safety regulations.
15-216 - Buildings; construction; safety devices; regulation.
15-217 - Auctions; licensing; regulation.
15-218 - Animals at large; regulation; penalty.
15-219 - Pounds; power to establish; operation.
15-220 - Dogs and other animals; licensing; regulation.
15-221 - Nuisances; prevention; abatement.
15-222 - Public utilities; franchises; power to grant; elections required, when.
15-223 - Water; rates; regulation.
15-224 - Watercourses; wells; reservoirs; regulation.
15-225 - Fire department; establishment; government.
15-228 - Water districts; water mains; enlarging; construction; assessments.
15-229 - Eminent domain; power to exercise; procedure; entry to make surveys and tests; damages.
15-229.01 - Acquisition of land, property, or interest; uneconomic remnants of land; acquire, when.
15-229.02 - Real property; acquisition.
15-230 - Public libraries; establishment.
15-231 - Hospital; establishment.
15-234 - Hospital; rules; management.
15-235 - Hospital; contracts to support; when authorized.
15-235.01 - Hospital; terms, defined.
15-235.02 - Hospital; sinking fund; levy.
15-235.03 - Hospital; income, revenue, profits; disbursement.
15-235.04 - Hospital; sinking fund; investment.
15-236 - Contagious diseases; control; board of health; hospitals.
15-237 - Health regulations; nuisances; abatement; slaughterhouses; stockyards; location.
15-238 - Health regulations; sewer connections; power to compel.
15-239 - Cemeteries; establishment.
15-240 - Cemeteries; improvement.
15-241 - Cemeteries; conveyance of lots.
15-242 - Cemeteries; ownership of lots; monuments.
15-243 - Cemeteries; regulation.
15-244 - Money; power to borrow; pledges to secure; issuance of bonds; purposes; conditions.
15-247 - Election districts; establishment.
15-249 - Officers; removal; vacancies; how filled.
15-250 - Officers; powers, duties; compensation; power to prescribe.
15-251 - Officers and employees; bonds or insurance.
15-252 - Officers; reports required.
15-254 - Ordinances; revision; publication.
15-255 - Public safety; measures to protect.
15-256 - Public safety; disturbing the peace; power to punish.
15-257 - Vagrancy; offenses against public morals; punishment.
15-258 - Billiard halls; disorderly houses; prohibition; exceptions.
15-259 - Jail facilities; establishment.
15-261 - Railroads; railroad crossings; buses; safety regulations; installation of safety devices.
15-262 - Census; city may take.
15-263 - General welfare; ordinances to insure; powers; enforcement; penalties; imposition.
15-264 - City; keeping prisoners; contract.
15-265 - Public grounds and highways; control.
15-266 - Streets; lights; telephone lines; regulation.
15-268 - Weeds; destruction and removal; procedure; special assessment.
15-268.01 - Garbage or refuse; constituting a nuisance; collection and removal; notice.
15-268.02 - Garbage or refuse; nuisance; removal by city; assess cost.
15-269 - Offstreet parking; legislative findings; necessity.
15-271 - Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; authorized.
15-272 - Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; agreements; terms.
15-273 - Offstreet parking; rules and regulations; security for bonds.
15-274 - Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; performance; action to compel.
15-275 - Offstreet parking; revenue from onstreet parking meters; use.
15-276 - Offstreet parking; sections; supplementary to existing law.
15-277 - Commission on the status of women; establish; fund.
15-278 - Commission on the status of women; purposes.
15-301 - Elections; when held.
15-307 - Elective officers; bond or insurance.
15-308 - Appointive officers; bond or insurance.
15-309 - Officers, employees; compensation.
15-309.01 - Officer; extra compensation prohibited; exception.
15-310 - Mayor; head of city government; powers and duties.
15-311 - Mayor; territorial jurisdiction.
15-314 - Mayor and chief of police; citizen aid in law enforcement; powers.
15-315 - Mayor; remission of fines; pardons.
15-316 - City clerk; duties; deputy.
15-317 - Treasurer; bond or insurance; deputy; duties; continuing education; requirements.
15-322 - City attorney; duties; deputy; assistants; appointment.
15-326 - Chief of police; powers and duties.
15-332 - City officers; removal; power of district court; procedure.
15-401 - City council; meetings; quorum; vote required to transact business.
15-402 - Ordinances, passage; publication; proof.
15-403 - Ordinances; form; publication; when operative.
15-404 - Ordinances; enactment; amendment; procedure.
15-406 - Mayor; recommendations to city council.
15-501 - Waterworks; construction; right of eminent domain; procedure.
15-502 - Waterworks; contract for water; option to buy plant.
15-603 - Transferred to section 15-309.01.
15-701.01 - Streets, sidewalks, public ways; establish grade; special assessment.
15-701.02 - Streets, sidewalks, public ways; hard surface; special assessments.
15-702.01 - Controlled-access facilities; designation; limitations on use.
15-702.02 - Controlled-access facilities; frontage roads.
15-702.03 - Streets; egress and ingress; rights to.
15-702.04 - Access ways; materials; standards; establish.
15-708 - Streets; improvements; public property, how assessed.
15-709 - Streets; improvements; utility service connections; duty of landowner; special assessment.
15-713 - Curbing gutter bonds; special assessment.
15-717 - Sewers and drains; construction; cost; assessment against property owners.
15-718 - Sewers and drains; construction; assessment of benefits; collection.
15-720 - Sewer district bonds.
15-724 - Public markets; establishment.
15-725 - Public improvements; special tax assessments.
15-726 - Special tax assessments; certificate; warrants.
15-727 - Special tax assessments; multiple owners; treatment.
15-728 - Public improvements; city engineer; inspection and acceptance.
15-729 - Street railway systems; powers of city.
15-735 - Special sidewalk assessments; collection.
15-752 - Joint city and county facilities; authorization; vote required.
15-753 - Ornamental lighting districts; bids; letting; special assessment.
15-754 - Public improvement districts; cost; special assessment.
15-801 - Biennial budget authorized.
15-807 - Board of equalization; procedure; quorum.
15-807.01 - Board of equalization for cities of primary class; delinquency.
15-808 - Board of equalization; hearings; duties.
15-809 - Board of equalization; special assessments; equalization.
15-810 - Board of equalization; power to compel testimony.
15-811 - Taxes; omitted property; assessment.
15-812 - Tax list; delivered to city treasurer; errors.
15-813 - Taxes; warrant of city clerk; form.
15-814 - Taxes; warrant of city clerk; authority of city treasurer.
15-816 - Delinquent taxes; collection.
15-817 - Ordinances to enforce collection of taxes; power.
15-818 - Taxes; payable in money, warrants, and coupons.
15-819 - Personal property tax; lien upon personal property.
15-821 - Special assessments; lien, when; collection; interest.
15-822 - Special assessments; reassessment; procedure.
15-823 - Taxes; revenue to pay bonds; investment.
15-824 - Taxes; irregularities; effect.
15-835 - Special funds; diversion of surplus.
15-840 - Claims; how submitted and allowed.
15-841 - Claims; allowance; disallowance; appeal.
15-842.01 - Claims; appeal and actions by city; bond not required.
15-844 - Property belonging to city; exempt from taxation; when.
15-845 - Deposit of city funds; conditions.
15-846 - Deposit of funds; bond required; conditions.
15-847 - Deposit of city funds; security in lieu of bond.
15-848 - Deposit of city funds; limitations; city treasurer liability.
15-849 - City funds; additional investments authorized.
15-850 - Municipal bidding procedure; waiver; when.
15-902 - Building regulations; zoning; powers; requirements; comprehensive plan; manufactured homes.
15-904 - Transferred to section 19-3101.
15-905 - Building regulations; zoning; powers granted.
15-1012 - Firemen; existing system; rights retained.
15-1017 - Pension funds; investment; report.
15-1026 - Fire and police pension fund; authorized; tax levy; authorized.
15-1027 - Pension or benefits; existing system; rights retained.
15-1101 - Planning department; commission; planning director; employees.
15-1102 - Comprehensive plan; requirements; contents.
15-1104 - Ordinance or resolution; submit to planning department; report.
15-1105 - Planning director; duties; commission; hearings.
15-1106 - Board of zoning appeals; powers; appeals; variances.
15-1202 - Appeal; procedure; fees; bond; indigent appellant.
15-1204 - Petition on appeal; time for filing; indigency.
15-1205 - District court; hearing; order; appeal.
15-1302 - Community development agency; powers.
15-1303 - Citizen participation.
15-1304 - Power to levy taxes and issue bonds and notes.