Nebraska § 17-123 Public health; regulations; water; power to supply

Nebraska Statutes

§ 17-123 — Public health; regulations; water; power to supply

Nebraska § 17-123

Ch. 17Cities of the Second Class and Villages

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Bluebook

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-123 (2026).

Text

A city of the second class shall have the power to make regulations to secure the general health of the city, to prevent and remove nuisances within the city and within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, and to provide the city with water.

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Legislative History

Source: Laws 1879, § 39, IV, p. 201; Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 194; R.S.1913, § 5017; C.S.1922, § 4186; C.S.1929, § 17-125; R.S.1943, § 17-123; Laws 2015, LB266, § 8; Laws 2017, LB133, § 19. Annotations: City of second class may bring action to enjoin maintenance of a nuisance. City of Lyons v. Betts, 184 Neb. 746, 171 N.W.2d 792 (1969). It is not incumbent upon city to enact ordinance prohibiting a nuisance before it has a right to apply to a court of equity for relief. City of Syracuse v. Farmers Elevator, Inc., 182 Neb. 783, 157 N.W.2d 394 (1968). Village may bring action in equity to enjoin maintenance of public nuisance. Village of Kenesaw v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. Co., 91 Neb. 619, 136 N.W. 990 (1912).