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AL Code § 45-49-261.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.06 - Procedures for Exercising Planning and Zoning Powers.

Section 45-49-261.06Procedures for exercising planning and zoning powers. The Mobile County Commission shall not exercise its planning and zoning powers established hereunder until the majority of the qualified electors in the proposed planning jurisdiction shall have voted their desire to come within the planning and zoning authority of the Mobile County Commission. The election shall be held if 10 percent of the qualified electors in the planning jurisdiction submit a written petition to the county commission expressing a desire to be subject to the planning and zoning jurisdiction of the Mobile County Commission under authority of this part or upon a resolution of the county commission. The county commission and the Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall certify or reject the accuracy of the petition no later than 45 days after receiving the petition, or in the case of an election to be held by resolution of the county commission, the county commission shall certify the adoption of its resolution to the judge of probate. Upon certification, the county commission shall then instruct the Judge of Probate of Mobile County to provide for an election within the proposed planning jurisdiction no later than 90 days after the certification. Notice of the election shall be published four times during the 30-day period immediately preceding the date of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in Mobile County. In addition, the county commission shall notify by U.S. mail each elector in the proposed planning jurisdiction of the election and the process to obtain additional information. The notification shall state the date of the election and the polling place or places for voting. The judge of probate shall conduct the election. All costs for the notification and election shall be paid from the General Fund of Mobile County. If a majority of the qualified electors in the proposed planning jurisdiction vote in the negative in the election, then the proposed planning jurisdiction shall not be subject to the zoning and planning jurisdiction of the Mobile County Commission, and the qualified electors in the proposed planning jurisdiction shall not be eligible to petition for another election until one year from the date of the last election. If a majority of the qualified electors vote in the affirmative, then the planning jurisdiction shall be subject to the zoning and planning jurisdiction of the Mobile County Commission. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §7.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.07 - Board of Adjustment.

Section 45-49-261.07Board of adjustment. The Mobile County Commission shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment and the regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to the authority of this part shall provide that the board of adjustment, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, may make special exceptions to the terms of the ordinances and regulations in harmony with their general purposes and interests and in accordance with general or specific rules therein contained. The board of adjustment shall be appointed by the Mobile County Commission. The board of adjustment shall consist of three members who shall be qualified electors of the planning jurisdiction. The board of adjustment shall reflect as nearly as practical the diversity of land use in the areas within the jurisdiction of the commission. No more than one of the members of the board of adjustment shall be directly engaged in real estate sales, development, or construction or any directly related field. Each regular member shall be appointed for a term of three years in such a manner to serve staggered terms. A regular member shall continue service until a successor is duly appointed. The members of the board of adjustment shall elect a chair. Members of the board of adjustment may be removed for cause by the Mobile County Commission upon written charges and after a public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant. The board of adjustment shall adopt bylaws in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance or regulation promulgated pursuant to this part. Meetings of the board of adjustment shall be held at the call of the chair of the board and at other times as the board may determine, provided that the board of adjustment shall meet not less than once every three months on a day to be determined by the board. The chair or, in his or her absence, the acting chair may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the board of adjustment shall be open to the public. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating that fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and of other official actions, all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §8.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.08 - Appeals to Board of Adjustment.

Section 45-49-261.08Appeals to board of adjustment. Appeals to the board of adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer or department of Mobile County affected by any decision of any administrative officer representing the county in an official capacity in the enforcement of this part or of any ordinance or regulation adopted pursuant to this part. Notwithstanding any provision herein, the board of adjustment shall have no jurisdiction to review any decision already determined by the Mobile County Commission. The appeal shall be taken within 30 days of the decision by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the board of adjustment a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall transmit forthwith to the board of adjustment all papers constituting the record upon which the action was taken. An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the board of adjustment after the notice of appeal shall have been filed with him or her that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would in his or her opinion cause imminent peril to life or property. The proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the board of adjustment or by a court of record on application and notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown. The board of adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for hearing the appeal, give public notice to the interested parties, and decide the appeal within a reasonable time. Any party may appear in person, by agent, or by an attorney. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §9.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.09 - Powers of Board of Adjustment.

Section 45-49-261.09Powers of board of adjustment. (a) The board of adjustment shall have all of the following powers: (1) To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of the zoning regulations adopted pursuant to this part. (2) To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the zoning regulations adopted pursuant to this part. (3) To authorize upon appeal in specific cases the variance from the terms of the zoning regulations as will not be contrary to the public interest where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the zoning regulations will result in unnecessary hardship and so that the spirit of the ordinance or regulations required shall be observed and substantial justice done. The foregoing provisions shall not authorize the board of adjustment to approve a use not permitted by the zoning regulations. (b) In exercising its authority, the board may, in conformity with this part, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and make the order, requirement, decision, or determination as should be made and, to that end, shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. The concurring vote of a majority of the members of a board of adjustment shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of any administrative official or decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to act or to approve a variance from the terms of the zoning regulations adopted pursuant to this part. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §10.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.10 - Appeal to Circuit Court.

Section 45-49-261.10Appeal to circuit court. Any party aggrieved by a final judgment or decision of the board of adjustment, within 15 days thereafter, may appeal therefrom to the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, by filing with the circuit court and the board of adjustment a written notice of appeal specifying the judgment or decision from which the appeal is taken. In case of an appeal, the board of adjustment shall cause a transcript of the proceedings and the action to be certified to the court to which the appeal is taken. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §11.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.11 - Permit and Application Fees.

Section 45-49-261.11Permit and application fees. The Mobile County Commission may levy permit and application fees deemed necessary to administer ordinances and zoning regulations promulgated hereunder. The fees shall cover the cost of administrative activities performed hereunder by the agencies of the county commission and the board of adjustment. The county commission may adopt the administrative rules and procedures as it deems necessary to carry out this part. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §12.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.12 - Remedies.

Section 45-49-261.12Remedies. If any building or structure is erected, constructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or if any land is used in violation of this part or any ordinance or regulation promulgated under the authority conferred by this part, the county attorney, or other appropriate administrative officer of Mobile County, shall institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent an unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use of the land or to restrain, correct, or abate the violation, or to prevent the occupancy of any building or structure, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or misuse in or upon any premises regulated under the authority conferred by this part. In addition to the foregoing, the Mobile County Commission may adopt ordinances or regulations providing for a penalty in the form of a fine for the violation of the provisions of any ordinance or regulation promulgated under this part. The fine shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) and cost of court for each offense. Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §13.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.13 - Limitations on Authority of Planning Commission.

Section 45-49-261.13Limitations on authority of planning commission. (a) The planning commission shall have no jurisdiction over the type of single-family housing or dwelling to be placed or constructed on private property. (b) The authority of the Mobile County Commission under this part shall not conflict with present or future regulations or policies of the Alabama Department of Public Health. No provision of this part shall infringe upon the existing authority of the county commission to regulate the development of subdivisions. No provision of this part shall affect any existing statute or regulation promulgated pursuant to any law creating historic or preservation districts within Mobile County; however, historic or preservation districts are subject to this part. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §14.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.14 - Zoning Ordinances and Regulations Not Retroactive.

Section 45-49-261.14Zoning ordinances and regulations not retroactive. No zoning ordinance or regulation promulgated by the Mobile County Commission under the authority of this part shall change any use to which land is being made at the time the zoning ordinance or regulation becomes applicable to any planning jurisdiction. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §15.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.15 - Appointments to Planning Commission.

Section 45-49-261.15Appointments to planning commission. The Mobile County Commission may appoint real estate agents or other persons in the real estate field to the planning commission. The appointed real estate agents or other persons in the real estate field appointed to the planning commission shall not exceed 25 percent of the composition of such commission. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §16.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.16 - Construction Setbacks.

Section 45-49-261.16Construction setbacks. (a) The Mobile County Commission, through the county planning and zoning commission, shall regulate the construction setback from the centerline of any state or county public road or highway located within the jurisdiction of the commission. (b) The provisions of this section do not apply to poles, facilities, structures, water, gas, sewer, electric, telephone, billboards, or utility lines or other facilities of public utilities. (c) The construction setback from any state or county public road or highway shall vary according to the highway functional classifications submitted by the Mobile County Commission and approved by the Federal Highway Administration for Mobile County. (d) The functional classifications and the construction setbacks required for each classification are established as follows: (1) Principal arterials require a 125 foot setback from the centerline of the right-of-way. (2) Minor arterials require a 100 foot setback from the centerline of the right-of-way. (3) Major collectors require a 75 foot setback from the centerline of the right-of-way. (4) Minor collectors require a 50 foot setback from the centerline of the right-of-way. (e) No permanent structure shall be erected or constructed within the designated construction setback. (f) Any landowner or other aggrieved party may appeal any decision made pursuant to this section by filing notice with the planning commission within a reasonable time after the decision. On appeal, the planning commission shall have authority to grant relief as it may deem appropriate to remedy a gross inequity or extreme economic hardship as may be occasioned by strict enforcement of this section or any determination made pursuant to it. From the decision of the planning commission, and within 30 days thereof, any party may appeal the decision to the Circuit Court of Mobile County for trial, de novo. (g) The county may institute an appropriate civil action to prevent an unlawful setback or to otherwise enforce this section. (h) The provisions of this section are supplemental to any laws or any rules, regulations, or ordinances, state or local, relating to the right-of-way and the construction setback along or near any county or state public road or highway outside the corporate limits of a municipality in Mobile County. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §17.)
AL Code § 45-49-261.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Part 2 - North Mobile County Planning and Zoning Commission.|Section 45-49-261.17 - Industrial Parks.

Section 45-49-261.17Industrial parks. This part shall not apply to any land designated as an industrial park pursuant to Chapter 23 of Title 11. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §18.)
AL Code § 45-49A-60.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 1 - Elected Officials.|Section 45-49A-60.01 - Disclosure of Campaign Contributions for Candidates of City Government.

Section 45-49A-60.01Disclosure of campaign contributions for candidates of city government. This section shall apply to the City of Mobile in Mobile County. Within 15 days after a municipal election and within 30 days after any runoff election, every candidate shall file a statement in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the candidate resides giving in itemized, detailed form, including names, items, and detailed amounts, covering all of the expenditures made directly or indirectly, and all obligations, debts, or liabilities assumed or incurred at the time of filing of the statement. Such statement shall include the names of all contributors of amounts in excess of ten dollars ($10), with amount given by each, and a list of all gifts, loans, or contributions made. Such statements shall itemize all money expended in sums over five dollars ($5), and shall give the names of the various persons to whom such money was paid, the specific nature of each item, by whom the service was performed and the purpose for which it was expended. There shall be attached to such statement an affidavit subscribed and sworn to by the candidate setting forth in substance that the statement thus made is in all respects true, and that the same is a full and detailed statement of all money, securities, or equivalents for money coming under the control or custody of the candidate and by him or her expended directly or indirectly. If any statement required herein shall have been postmarked at any United States post office not later than midnight of the last day on which such statement is required to be filed, the candidate mailing such statement shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of this section as to filing such statement not later than such date.  (Act 86-415, p. 611, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49A-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 3 - Health and Environment.|Section 45-49A-62 - Cost-of-Living Increase for Board of Health Retirees.

Section 45-49A-62Cost-of-living increase for board of health retirees. In Mobile County, any person who retired from the Board of Health of the City of Mobile prior to September 7, 1967, is hereby authorized to receive any cost-of-living increase granted other persons who have retired from employment by the city.  (Act 89-493, p. 1028, §1.)
AL Code § 45-49A-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 5 - Public Transit System.|Section 45-49A-64 - Purpose; Legislative Findings.

Section 45-49A-64Purpose; legislative findings. (a) The Legislature has found and determined and does hereby declare that in municipalities having a population of not less than 175,000 nor more than 250,000 the following conditions exist: (1) That the constant growth of private vehicular traffic in such counties is placing excessive burdens upon the road systems and parking facilities, especially in commercial and industrial districts and in areas of high population density. (2) That the continued economic growth of such municipalities and the general health and welfare of the citizens of such counties require the availability of public facilities for mass transportation. (3) That it is necessary and desirable and in the best interests of the citizens of such municipalities that provisions be made for the establishment in such counties of public corporations to provide public transportation service. (4) The Legislature does hereby further declare its intention, by the passage of this part, to promote public mass transportation in such municipalities through the authorization of public corporations, as agencies of the State of Alabama, with the powers conferred by this part.  (Acts 1975, 2nd Sp. Sess., No. 31, p. 141, §1.)
AL Code § 45-49A-64.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.|Article 6 - Mobile.|Part 5 - Public Transit System.|Section 45-49A-64.02 - Use of Phrases.

Section 45-49A-64.02Use of phrases. (a) The following provisions shall be applied wherever appropriate herein: Herein, hereby, hereunder, hereof, and other equivalent words refer to this part as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used. (b) The definitions set forth in Section 45-49A-64.01 shall be deemed to include both singular and plural and to cover all genders. (Acts 1975, 2nd Sp. Sess., No. 31, p. 141, §3.)