No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction, except at a street intersection. No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction at any intersection where an automatic signal is in operation, or where a sign is posted indicating that U-turns are prohibited.

(Neb. RS 60-680; 1999 Code, § 5-201)

(A)  Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with Neb. RS 60-6,185, the limits set forth in this section and Neb. RS 60-6,187, 60-6,188, 60-6,305, and 60-6,313 shall be the maximum lawful speeds unless reduced pursuant to division (B), and no person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of such maximum limits:

(1)   Twenty-five miles per hour in any residential district;

(2)   Twenty miles per hour in any business district;

(3)   Fifty miles per hour upon any highway that is gravel or not dustless surfaced;

(4)   Fifty-five miles per hour upon any dustless-surfaced highway not a part of the state highway system;

(5)   Sixty-five miles per hour upon any four-lane divided highway not a part of the state highway system;

(6)   Sixty-five miles per hour upon any part of the state highway system other than an expressway, a super-two highway, or a freeway.

(B)  The maximum speed limits established in division (A) may be reduced by the Department of Transportation or the City Council pursuant to Neb. RS 60-6,188.

(C)  The City Council may erect and maintain suitable signs along highways under its jurisdiction in such number and at such locations as it deems necessary to give adequate notice of the speed limits established pursuant to division (A) or (B) upon such highways.

(1999 Code, § 5-202; Neb. RS 60-6,186; Ord. 884)

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, when passing premises on which school buildings are located, and which are used for school purposes, during school recess, or while children are going to, or leaving school during the opening or closing hours to drive such vehicle at a rate of speed in excess of 15 mph past such premises, and such driver shall stop at all stop signs located at, or near, such school premises, and it shall be unlawful for such driver to make a U-turn at any intersection where such stop signs are located at, or near, such school premise.

(Neb. RS 60-6,190; 1999 Code, § 5-203)

The County Sheriff’s Department is hereby authorized, empowered and ordered to exercise all powers, and duties, with relation to the management of street traffic and to direct, control, stop, restrict, regulate and, when necessary, temporarily divert or exclude, in the interest of public safety, health and convenience the movement of pedestrian, animal and vehicular traffic of every kind in streets, parks and on bridges. The driver of any vehicle shall stop upon the signal of any police officer.

(Neb. RS 60-683; 1999 Code, § 5-205)

The governing body or the County Sheriff may at any time detail officers, to be known as “traffic officers”, at street intersections. All traffic officers shall be vested with the authority to regulate and control traffic at the intersections to which they are assigned. It shall be their duty to direct the movement of traffic and prevent congestion and accidents. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any order, or signal, of any such traffic officer notwithstanding the directive of a stop sign, or signal device, which may have been placed at any such intersection.

(Neb. RS 60-680, 60-683; 1999 Code, § 5-206)

The County Sheriff is hereby empowered to make and enforce temporary traffic regulations to cover emergencies.

(Neb. RS 81-2005; 1999 Code, § 5-207)

(A)  The County Sheriff’s Department upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of this title shall deposit a copy of the traffic citation with the County Attorney, unless the citation is just a warning.

(B)  Upon the deposit of the traffic citation with the Attorney, such citation may be disposed of only by trial in said court, or other official action by the judge of the court, including a forfeiture of bail, or by the deposit of sufficient bail with, or payment of a fine to the court by the person to whom such traffic citation has been issued.

(C)  It shall be unlawful for the County Sheriff’s Department to dispose of a traffic citation, or copies thereof, or of the record of the issuance of the same in a manner other than as required herein.

(Neb. RS 29-422, 29-424; 1999 Code, § 5-208)

(A)  The purpose of this section is to prohibit the excessive, loud, unusual or explosive use of engine and compressed air-braking devices within the city limits of the city.

(B)  For the purposes of this section, the terms “engine brake,” “compression brake,” and “jake brake” shall each mean any transmission brake or other engine retarding brake system that alters the normal compression of the engine and subsequently releases that compression.

(C)  It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to use or operate or cause to be used or operated upon any street, alley or public way in the city, any engine brake, compression brake, jake brake, or mechanical exhaust device designed to aid in the braking or deceleration of any vehicle that results in excessive, loud, unusual or explosive noise from such vehicle, unless such use is necessary to avoid eminent danger.

(D)  The prohibition set forth herein shall apply to the operation of vehicles on all streets, alleys, or other public areas within the city limits of the city. Signs identifying the prohibition of engine brakes, compression brakes, jake brakes or similar devices may be installed at locations deemed appropriate by the Mayor and City Council, to advise motorists of the prohibitions contained in this section. The provisions of this section shall be in full force and effect even if no signs are installed.

(E)   Emergency vehicles shall be exempt from the application of this section.

(Ord. 864)

(a)   Traffic traversing the Fourth Street bridge within the municipal limits of the City of Hebron shall be restricted to passenger vehicles only.

(b)   Passenger vehicle shall be defined as a motor vehicle designed and use to carry ten (10) passengers or less and not used for hire. Passenger vehicle may include a sport utility vehicle or a pickup truck without trailer.

(c)   Any person or any person’s agent, who violates the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of an offense and shall be fined $150.00 for each violation.

(Ord. 941)

(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)