17-1001. Suburban development; zoning ordinances; building regulations; public utility codes; extension; notice to county board. (1) Except as provided in section 13-327 and subsection (2) of this section, the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of a city of the second class or village shall consist of the unincorporated area one mile beyond and adjacent to its corporate […]
17-1002. Designation of jurisdiction; suburban development; subdivision; platting; consent required; review; when required. (1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, any city of the second class or village may designate by ordinance the portion of the territory located within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction outside of any other organized city or village within […]
17-1003. Suburban development; powers of city council or village board of trustees; dedication of avenues, streets, and alleys. The city council of a city of the second class or village board of trustees shall have power, by ordinance, to provide the manner, plan, or method by which the real property within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction […]
17-1004. Designation of jurisdiction; how described. An ordinance of a city of the second class or village designating its jurisdiction over territory outside of the corporate limits of the city or village under section 17-1001 or 17-1002 shall describe such territory by metes and bounds or by reference to an official map. Source Laws 1993, […]
17-101. City of the second class, defined; population; exception. Each municipality containing more than eight hundred and not more than five thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census shall be a city of the second class […]
17-102. Wards; number; how determined. Unless the city elects council members at large as provided in section 32-554, each city of the second class shall be divided into not less than two nor more than six wards, as provided by ordinance of the city council. Each ward shall contain, as nearly as practicable, an equal […]
17-103. City council; members; number; qualifications. The city council of a city of the second class shall consist of not less than four nor more than twelve residents of the city who are registered voters. Source Laws 1879, § 3, p. 194; R.S.1913, § 4995; C.S.1922, § 4164; C.S.1929, § 17-103; R.S.1943, § 17-103; Laws […]
17-104. City council members; election; term; qualifications. Unless the city elects city council members at large as provided in section 32-554, each ward of each city of the second class shall have at least two city council members elected in the manner provided in the Election Act. The term of office shall begin on the […]
17-105. City council; meetings; quorum. Regular meetings of the city council of a city of the second class shall be held at such times as the city council may provide by ordinance. A majority of all the members elected to the city council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, but a […]
17-106. City council; special meetings. The mayor or any three city council members of a city of the second class shall have power to call special meetings of the city council, the object of which shall be submitted to the city council in writing; and the call and object, as well as the disposition thereof, […]
17-107. Mayor; qualifications; election; officers; appointment; removal; terms of office; police officers; appointment; removal, demotion, or suspension; procedure. (1) A mayor of a city of the second class shall be elected in the manner provided in the Election Act. The mayor shall take office on the date of the first regular meeting of the city […]
17-108. Officers and employees; salaries. The officers and employees of a city of the second class shall receive such compensation as the mayor and city council shall fix by ordinance. Source Laws 1879, § 7, p. 195; Laws 1881, c. 23, § 2, p. 168; Laws 1911, c. 16, § 1, p. 133; R.S.1913, § […]
17-108.02. Officers and employees; merger of offices or employment; salaries. (1) All officers and employees of a city of the second class shall receive such compensation as the mayor and city council may fix at the time of their appointment or employment subject to the limitations set forth in this section. (2) The city council […]
17-110. Mayor; general duties and powers. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the city council of a city of the second class. The mayor may vote when his or her vote would provide the additional vote required to attain the number of votes equal to a majority of the number of members elected […]
17-111. Mayor; ordinances; veto power; passage over veto. The mayor in any city of the second class shall have power to veto or sign any ordinance passed by the city council and to approve or veto any order, bylaw, resolution, award of or vote to enter into any contract, or the allowance of any claim. […]
17-112. Mayor; recommendations to city council. The mayor in any city of the second class shall, from time to time, communicate to the city council such information and recommend such measures as, in his or her opinion, may tend to the improvement of the finances, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort, and general prosperity of […]
17-113. Mayor; reports of officers; power to require. The mayor in any city of the second class shall have the power, when he or she deems it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his or her accounts or other papers, and to make reports to the city council, in writing, touching […]
17-114. Mayor; territorial jurisdiction. The mayor in any city of the second class shall have such jurisdiction as may be vested in him or her by ordinance, over all places within five miles of the corporate limits of the city, for the enforcement of any health or quarantine ordinance and regulation thereof, and shall have […]
17-117. Mayor; remission of fines; pardons; powers. The mayor of a city of the second class shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures and to grant reprieves and pardons for all offenses arising under the ordinances of the city. Source Laws 1879, § 18, p. 196; R.S.1913, § 5009; C.S.1922, § 4178; C.S.1929, § […]
17-118. Police; arrest; power. The police officers of a city of the second class shall have the power to arrest all offenders against the laws of the state or of the city, by day or by night, in the same manner as the county sheriff and to keep such offenders in the city prison, county […]
