15-268 Weeds; destruction and removal; procedure. - Nebraska Statutes

15-268. Weeds; destructionand removal; procedure.A city of the primary class may providefor the destruction and removal of weeds and worthless vegetation growingupon any lot or lots or lands within the corporate limits of such city orupon the streets and alleys abutting upon any lot or lots or lands, and suchcity may require the owner or owners of such lot or lots or lands to destroyand remove the same therefrom and from the streets and alleys abutting thereon.If, after five days' notice by publication, bycertified United States mail, orby the conspicuous posting of the notice on the lot or land upon which thenuisance exists, the owner or owners fail, neglect, or refuse todestroy or remove the nuisance, the city, throughits proper officers, shall destroy and remove the nuisance, orcause the nuisance to be destroyed orremoved, from thelot or lots or lands and streets and alleys abutting thereon and shall assessthe cost thereof against such lot or lots or lands, as provided by ordinance. SourceLaws 1915, c. 215, § 1, p. 484; C.S.1922, § 3863; C.S.1929, § 15-266; R.S.1943, § 15-268; Laws 1988, LB 973, § 1; Laws 2009, LB495, § 2.AnnotationsThis section provides local governing bodies with adequate limitations and standards for carrying out the statute's duties. Thus, the statute does not violate constitutional standards regarding delegations of legislative powers. Howard v. City of Lincoln, 243 Neb. 5, 497 N.W.2d 53 (1993).It is the duty of city to destroy weeds if owner does not. Greenwood v. City of Lincoln, 156 Neb. 142, 55 N.W.2d 343 (1952).