17-556 Public safety; firearms; explosives; riots; regulation.
17-556. Public safety;firearms; explosives; riots; regulation.Cities of the second class andvillages shall have power to prevent and restrain riots, routs, noises, disturbances, or disorderly assemblages;to regulate, prevent, restrain, orremove nuisances in residential parts of municipalities and to designate whatshall be considered a nuisance; to regulate, punish, and prevent the dischargeof firearms, rockets, powder, fireworks, orany other dangerous combustible material in the streets, lots, grounds, alleys, or about or in the vicinityof any buildings; to regulate, prevent, andpunish the carrying of concealed weapons,except the carrying of a concealed handgun in compliance with the ConcealedHandgun Permit Act; and to arrest, regulate, punish, fine, or set at work on the streets or elsewhere all vagrants and persons found without meansof support or some legitimate business. SourceLaws 1879, § 69, XXV, p. 216; Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XXV, p. 184; Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XXV, p. 175; Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XXV, p. 303; R.S.1913, § 5130; C.S.1922, § 4305; C.S.1929, § 17-454; R.S.1943, § 17-556; Laws 2009, LB430, § 4. Cross ReferencesConcealed Handgun Permit Act, see section 69-2427. AnnotationsCited but not discussed. City of Syracuse v. Farmers Elevator, Inc., 182 Neb. 783, 157 N.W.2d 394 (1968).Power to "designate" what may be a public nuisance does not give a municipality the right to prohibit house-to-house solicitation of sales of merchandise. Jewel Tea Company v. City of Geneva, 137 Neb. 768, 291 N.W. 664 (1940).