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WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-103, the powers of the County as a body are <br /> exercised by the County Board; <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-187(g), a County may regulate by ordinance the <br /> subject of"violation of the public peace and good order of the county by disorderly conduct, lewd or <br /> lascivious behavior, or public nudity;" <br /> WHEREAS, under the direction of the County Board,the County Attorney, and its legal advisors, <br /> drafted an ordinance consistent with the above statutes; <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-188, notice was published in a newspaper of general <br /> circulation once per week for two weeks on August 31 and September 7, 2015 and such notice contained <br /> the entire language of the ordinance and the time and place of the first public hearing; <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-188, a first public hearing on the ordinance was <br /> held on September 22, 2015 at which time public comment regarding the proposed ordinance was <br /> permitted, and after which revisions to the proposed ordinance were made; <br /> WHEREAS, in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-192, the County Clerk provided a copy of <br /> the ordinance to the Clerk of each village and city within the county and responses were received which <br /> did not require revision of the proposed ordinance; <br /> WHEREAS,pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-188, notice was published in a newspaper of general <br /> circulation once per week for two weeks on October 7 and 14, 2015 and such notice contained the entire <br /> language of the ordinance as updated, and the time and place of the second public hearing; <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-188, a first reading by title and second public <br /> hearing on the ordinance as updated was conducted on October 20, 2015 at which time public comment <br /> regarding the proposed ordinance was permitted, and the matter was then tabled by affirmative majority <br /> vote of the County Board; <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-188, an additional notice of third and final public <br /> hearing on the adoption of the ordinance previously tabled was published in a newspaper of general <br /> circulation on October 29, 2015 containing the entire language of the ordinance as updated, and the time <br /> and place of such public hearing; <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-188, a third and final public bearing on the <br /> ordinance was held on November 3, 2015, at which time public comment regarding the proposed <br /> ordinance was permitted; <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-190,the County Board voted by a three-fourths vote <br /> on November 3, 2015 to suspend the requirement that the County ordinance be read by title two <br /> additional times on two different days; <br /> WHEREAS,the County Board desires to adopt an ordinance governing public nudity and lewd or <br /> lascivious behavior in the form of the attached; <br /> WHEREAS, a motion was made and seconded on November 3, 2015 to proceed to final adoption <br /> of the ordinance by adoption of this Resolution; and <br /> 22 <br />