15-211 Lots; drainage. - Nebraska Statutes

15-211. Lots; drainage.A primary city shall have power, by ordinance, to require any and all lots or pieces of ground within the city to be drained or filled so as to prevent stagnant water or any other nuisance accumulating thereon. Upon the failure of the owners of such lots or pieces of ground to fill or drain the same when so required, the council may cause such lots or pieces of ground to be drained or filled, and the cost and expenses thereof shall be levied upon the property so filled or drained, and collected as any other special tax. SourceLaws 1901, c. 16, § 129, XII, p. 130; R.S.1913, § 4424; C.S.1922, § 3808; C.S.1929, § 15-211; R.S.1943, § 15-211.