(A)  The words and phrases used in this title, pertaining to motor vehicles and traffic regulations, shall be construed as defined in Neb. RS Chapter 60, Article 6, as now existing or hereafter amended.

(B)  If not defined in the designated statutes, the word or phrase shall have its common meaning.

(Neb. RS 60-606 through 60-676; 1999 Code, § 5-101)

(A)  The governing body may, by resolution, designate certain streets in the municipality that trucks shall travel upon, and it shall be unlawful for persons operating such trucks to travel on other streets than those designated for trucks, unless to pick up or deliver goods, wares or merchandise, and in that event, the operator of such truck shall return to such truck routes as soon as possible in traveling through, or about the municipality.

(B)  The governing body shall cause notices to be posted, or shall erect signs indicating the streets so designated as truck routes.

(Neb. RS 60-681; 1999 Code, § 5-102)

The governing body may, by resolution, provide for one-way travel in any street, or alley located in the municipality and shall provide for appropriate signs and markings when said streets have been so designated by resolution.

(Neb. RS 60-680; 1999 Code, § 5-103)

The governing body may, by resolution, mark lanes for traffic on street pavements at such places as it may deem advisable.

(Neb. RS 60-680; 1999 Code, § 5-104)

The governing body may, by resolution, establish and maintain, by appropriate devices, markers or lines upon the street, crosswalks, at intersections where there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the street, and at such other places as they may deem necessary.

(Neb. RS 60-680; 1999 Code, § 5-105)

The governing body may, by resolution, provide for the placing of stop signs, or other signs, signals, standards or mechanical devices in any street or alley under the municipality’s jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, or prohibiting traffic thereon. Such resolution shall describe the portion of the street or alley wherein traffic is to be regulated or prohibited; the regulation or prohibition; the location where such sign, signal, standard or mechanical device shall be placed; and the hours when such regulation or prohibition shall be effective. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail, neglect or refuse to comply with such regulation, or prohibition.

(Neb. RS 60-6,119 through 60-6,121, 60-680; 1999 Code, § 5-106)

(A)  Designation.

(1)   Neb. RS 60-682.01 provides fines for operating a motor vehicle in violation of authorized speed limits and states that the fines are doubled if the violation occurs within a school crossing zone.

(2)   Neb. RS 60-6,134.01 RS Neb. makes it unlawful for a person operating a motor vehicle to overtake and pass another vehicle in a school crossing zone in which the roadway has only one lane of traffic in each direction and provides fines for violation of that prohibition.

(3)   The governing body may, by resolution, designate to the public any area of a roadway, other than a freeway, as a school crossing zone through the use of a sign or traffic control device as specified by the governing body in conformity with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Any school crossing zone so designated starts at the location of the first sign or traffic control device identifying the school crossing zone and continues until a sign or traffic control device indicates that the school crossing zone has ended.

(B)  Overtaking and passing. A person operating a motor vehicle may not overtake and pass another vehicle in any school crossing zone designated by the governing body in which the roadway has only one lane of traffic in each direction.

(Neb. RS 60-658.01, 60-6,134.01; 1999 Code, § 5-107:108)

(A)  The city may by ordinance or resolution prohibit the operation of vehicles upon any highway or impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles, for a total period not to exceed 180 days in any one calendar year, when operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of and for the maintenance of which the city is responsible whenever any such highway by reason of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climatic condition will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weight thereof reduced. The city shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating the provisions of the ordinance or resolution at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby, and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective until such signs are erected and maintained.

(B)  The city may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles or impose limitations as to the weight thereof on designated highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways.

(Ord. 874)

(A)  Any person, or any person’s agent or servant, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $500. A new violation shall be deemed to have been committed every 24 hours of failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter.

(B)  (1)  Whenever a nuisance exists as defined in this chapter, the municipality may proceed by a suit in equity to enjoin, abate and remove the same in the manner provided by law.

(2)   Whenever, in any action, it is established that a nuisance exists, the court may, together with the fine or penalty imposed, enter an order of abatement as a part of the judgment in the case.

(Neb. RS 17-505, 18-1720, 18-1722; 1999 Code, § 5-401; Ord. 744)