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AL Code § 11-53A-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-23 - Notice to Require Owner to Abate Nuisance or to Request Hearing.

Section 11-53A-23Notice to require owner to abate nuisance or to request hearing. (a) The notice shall require the owner to abate the nuisance within the time stated in the notice or to request a hearing before the administrative officer designated by the mayor or council to determine whether there has been a violation. The notice shall apprise the owner of the facts of the alleged nuisance and shall name the particular date, time, and place for the hearing, if requested. The notice shall contain the names of all owners and lienholders of the property, a legal description of the property, and the nature of the proceeding. (b) The notice shall be sent to the person shown by the records of the county tax collector to have been the last person assessed for payment of ad valorem tax on the property where the nuisance is situated. It shall be the responsibility of the person to promptly advise the appropriate city official of any change of ownership or interest in the property. The appropriate city official shall cause a copy of each building nuisance notice to be recorded in the office of the judge of probate. (c) The notice shall require the owner to complete abatement of the nuisance within 120 days from the date of the notice, provided the appropriate city official may stipulate additional time, but in no case more than a total of 150 days. (d) The notice may also require the immediate vacation of a building or structure and prohibit its occupation until the required repairs and improvements have been completed, inspected, and approved by the appropriate city official. In these cases, the official shall post at each entrance to the building or structure a sign stating "THIS STRUCTURE IS UNSAFE. ITS USE OR OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN PROHIBITED BY THE CITY OF ________", or words of similar import, and shall be signed and dated. The sign shall remain until the required repairs and improvements have been made or the structure has been demolished and removed. The sign shall not be removed without permission of the official whose name is affixed thereon. No person shall enter the structure except for the purpose of making the required repairs or demolishing the structure. (e) A hearing before the administrative official may be requested within five days of the date of the notice of the appropriate city official. The appropriate city official shall notify the owner by personal service or by first-class mail of the determination of the administrative official. If the administrative official determines that a nuisance exists, the owner shall comply with the initial order to abate issued by the appropriate city official, with any modifications as may be made by the administrative official. (Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §4.)
AL Code § 11-53A-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-24 - Failure to Comply With Notice to Abate.

Section 11-53A-24Failure to comply with notice to abate. (a) If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with the notice to abate the nuisance, there shall be a public hearing before the city council. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the owner at least five days in advance by personal service or by first-class mail. (b) After the public hearing, the city council may by resolution order the appropriate city official to proceed with the work specified in the notice or may order that the nuisance be demolished or removed or may find that no nuisance exists. If the owner appears at the public hearing, no further notice of the order of the city council shall be required. If the owner fails to appear, notice of the order of the city council shall be mailed to the person's last known address and shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. Upon the expiration of seven days from the date of the resolution, the appropriate city official shall proceed to carry out the decision of the council. (Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §5.)
AL Code § 11-53A-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-25 - Fixing Costs of Demolition; City to Obtain Lien.

Section 11-53A-25Fixing costs of demolition; city to obtain lien. Upon demolition of the building or structure, the appropriate city official shall make a report of the governing body of the costs thereof, and the governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in the demolition and assessing the same against the property. The proceeds received from the sale of salvaged materials from the building or structure shall be used or applied against the cost of demolition. Any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the property may be heard at the meeting as to any objection he or she may have to the fixing of the cost or the amounts thereof. The city clerk shall give not less than five days' notice of the meeting at which the fixing of the costs are to be considered, by first-class mail to the last known address of the owner. The fixing of the costs by the governing body shall constitute a special assessment against the lot or lots, or the parcel or parcels of land upon which the building or structure was located, and shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of the assessment. The lien shall be superior to all other liens on the property except liens for taxes, and shall continue in force until paid. The city clerk shall mail a copy of the resolution to the person last assessing the property for taxes and all mortgagees of record, and a certified copy of the resolution shall also be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the city is situated. The city clerk shall forward a copy to the county tax collector. Upon the filing, the tax collector shall add the amount of the lien to the ad valorem tax bill on the property and shall collect the amount as if it were a tax, using all methods available for collecting ad valorem tax, and remit the amount to the city. (Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §6.)
AL Code § 11-53A-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-26 - Authority to Assess Against Property Sold to State for Nonpayment of Taxes; Effect of Subsequent Redemption or Sale by State on Lien.

Section 11-53A-26Authority to assess against property sold to state for nonpayment of taxes; effect of subsequent redemption or sale by state on lien. The city shall have the power to assess the costs authorized by this article against any lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes. When an assessment has been made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by any person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the city for assessment, but any redemptioner or purchaser at any sale by the state of any lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the assessment. (Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §7.)
AL Code § 11-54-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 1 - Acquisition and Development of Lands for Industrial Parks.|Section 11-54-1 - Definitions.

Section 11-54-1Definitions. The following words and phrases, wherever used in this article, shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in this section: (1) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama. (2) INDUSTRIAL PARK. Land: a. Determined by the governing body of a municipality to be suitable for use by two or more industrial enterprises for industrial purposes, and b. Acquired or proposed to be acquired by a municipality and held by it for the purpose of selling it to one or more persons for use for industrial purposes. (3) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation, including both public and private corporations, and any other entity, either public or private, that has the power to acquire title to land. (Acts 1969, No. 737, p. 1311, §1.)
AL Code § 11-54-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 1 - Acquisition and Development of Lands for Industrial Parks.|Section 11-54-2 - Authorized.

Section 11-54-2Authorized. Each municipality shall have the power to acquire and develop one or more parcels of land as the site or sites for an industrial park or industrial parks and shall have the power to expend money for such acquisition and development. The development of land as the site for an industrial park shall be deemed to include the provision of water, sewage, drainage, transportation, power, and communication facilities and other similar facilities which are incidental to use of the land as an industrial park, but shall not be deemed to include the provision of structures or buildings other than structures or buildings related to water, sewage, drainage, transportation, power, communication, or similar facilities. (Acts 1969, No. 737, p. 1311, §2.)
AL Code § 11-54-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 1 - Acquisition and Development of Lands for Industrial Parks.|Section 11-54-3 - Authorization and Procedure for Sale of Lands Comprising Industrial Parks.

Section 11-54-3Authorization and procedure for sale of lands comprising industrial parks. Each municipality shall have the power to sell to any person all or any part of any land held by it as the site of an industrial park; provided, however, that no such sale may be made for less than the total amounts expended by the municipality with respect to the property so sold or for less than the reasonable market value of the property so sold as such value shall be established by appraisals of at least two independent appraisers. Prior to making any sale of any property comprising all or part of an industrial park, the municipality making such sale shall cause appraisals of the market value of the property to be so sold to be made by at least two independent appraisers and shall cause a copy of each such appraisal to be filed in the permanent records of the municipality. Each such appraisal shall be dated not earlier than 60 days prior to the consummation of any such sale. In any case where each appraisal obtained pursuant to the provisions of this section sets forth a different value, the average of the market value stated in the separate appraisals shall be deemed to constitute the reasonable market value of property for the purposes of this section. (Acts 1969, No. 737, p. 1311, §3.)
AL Code § 11-54-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 2 - Acquisiton, etc., of Projects for Promotion of Industry, Trade, and Pollution Control Generally.|Section 11-54-21 - Legislative Intent; Construction of Article Generally.

Section 11-54-21Legislative intent; construction of article generally. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize municipalities to acquire, own, and lease and, in connection with any such acquisition, to enlarge, improve, and expand projects for the purpose of promoting industry and trade and controlling, abating, or preventing pollution (including preventing pollution which may be caused by the location, development, or expansion of industry or commerce) by inducing manufacturing, industrial, commercial, and research enterprises to locate in this state or to expand and enlarge existing enterprises or to utilize pollution control facilities in order to control, abate, or prevent pollution from present or proposed operations or by any combination of two or more thereof promoting the use of agricultural products and natural resources of this state and promoting a sound and proper balance in this state between agriculture, commerce, and industry. It is intended that each project be self-liquidating. It is not intended hereby to authorize any municipality itself to operate any manufacturing, industrial, or commercial enterprise. (b) This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent. (Acts 1951, No. 756, p. 1307, §2; Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 122, p. 310, §2; Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 163, p. 227, §3; Acts 1971, No. 1892, p. 3080, §3.)
AL Code § 11-54-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 2 - Acquisiton, etc., of Projects for Promotion of Industry, Trade, and Pollution Control Generally.|Section 11-54-22 - Powers of Municipalities Generally as to Acquisition, Leasing, etc., of Projects for Industry, Trade, and Pollution Control.

Section 11-54-22Powers of municipalities generally as to acquisition, leasing, etc., of projects for industry, trade, and pollution control. In addition to any other powers which it may now have, each municipality shall have the following powers: (1) To acquire and, in connection with such acquisition, to enlarge, improve, and expand, whether by construction, purchase, gift, or lease, one or more projects which shall be located within this state and may be located within or without the municipality or partially within or partially without the municipality, but which shall not be located more than 15 miles outside of the corporate limits of the municipality; (2) To lease to others any or all of its projects for such rentals and upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may deem advisable and as shall not conflict with the provisions of this article; and (3) To issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquisition by construction and purchase and, in connection with any such acquisition, to enlarge, improve, and expand or any thereof any project and to secure the payment of such bonds provided in this article. No municipality shall have the power to operate any project as a business or in any manner except as lessor thereof. (Acts 1951, No. 756, p. 1307, §3; Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 122, p. 310, §3.)
AL Code § 11-54-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 2 - Acquisiton, etc., of Projects for Promotion of Industry, Trade, and Pollution Control Generally.|Section 11-54-23 - Requirements as to Leasing of Projects.

Section 11-54-23Requirements as to leasing of projects. (a) Prior to the leasing of any project, the governing body must determine and find the following: (1) The amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance such project; (2) The amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds which the governing body may deem it advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and the maintenance of the project; and, (3) The estimated cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured, unless the terms under which the project is leased provide that the lessee shall maintain the project and carry all proper insurance with respect thereto. (b) The determinations and findings of the governing body required to be made by subsection (a) of this section shall be set forth in the proceedings under which the proposed bonds are to be issued; and, prior to the issuance of such bonds, the municipality shall lease the project to a lessee under an agreement conditioned upon completion of the project and providing for payment to the municipality of such rentals as upon the basis of such determinations and findings will be sufficient: (1) To pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project; (2) To build up and maintain any reserves deemed by the governing body to be advisable in connection therewith; and (3) To pay the cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured, unless the agreement of lease obligates the lessee to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the project. (Acts 1951, No. 756, p. 1307, §6.)
AL Code § 11-54-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 2 - Acquisiton, etc., of Projects for Promotion of Industry, Trade, and Pollution Control Generally.|Section 11-54-24 - Bonds - Form, Terms, Denominations, etc.; Execution, Sale, Delivery, Redemption, Etc.

Section 11-54-24Bonds - Form, terms, denominations, etc.; execution, sale, delivery, redemption, etc. All bonds issued by a municipality under authority of this article shall be limited obligations of the municipality, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the leasing of the project to finance which the bonds are issued. Bonds and interest coupons issued under authority of this article shall never constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation and shall never constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the municipality or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact shall be plainly stated in the face of each such bond. Such bonds may be executed and delivered at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denominations, may be of such tenor, may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or interest or both, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times, not exceeding 30 years from their date, may be payable at such place or places, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such place or places and evidenced in such manner and may contain such provisions not inconsistent with this article as shall be provided in the proceedings of the governing body whereunder the bonds shall be authorized to be issued. The bonds issued under this article shall be subject to the general provisions of law presently existing or that may hereafter be enacted respecting the execution and delivery of the bonds of a municipality and respecting the retaining of options of redemption in proceedings authorizing the issuance of municipal securities. Any bonds issued under the authority of this article may be sold at public or private sale in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the governing body to be most advantageous, and the municipality may pay all expenses, premiums, and commissions which the governing body may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale, and issuance thereof. All bonds issued under the authority of this article and all interest coupons applicable thereto shall be construed to be negotiable instruments despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source. (Acts 1951, No. 756, p. 1307, §4.)
AL Code § 11-54-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 54 - Promotion of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Pollution Control.|Article 2 - Acquisiton, etc., of Projects for Promotion of Industry, Trade, and Pollution Control Generally.|Section 11-54-25 - Bonds - Security for Payment of Principal and Interest; Remedies Upon Default.

Section 11-54-25Bonds - Security for payment of principal and interest; remedies upon default. The principal of and interest on any bonds issued under the authority of this article shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which such bonds shall be made payable, may be secured by a mortgage covering all or any part of the project from which the revenues so pledged may be derived and may be secured by a pledge of the lease of such project. The proceedings under which such bonds are authorized to be issued or any such mortgage may contain any agreements and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing bonds, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the fixing and collection of rents for any project covered by such proceedings or mortgage, the terms to be incorporated in the lease of such project, the maintenance and insurance of such project, the creation and maintenance of special funds from the revenues from such project and the rights and remedies available in event of default to the bondholders or to the trustee under a mortgage as the governing body shall deem advisable and as shall not be in conflict with the provisions of this article; provided, however, that in making any such agreements or provisions a municipality shall not have the power to obligate itself except with respect to the project and the application of the revenues therefrom and shall not have the power to incur a pecuniary liability or a charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers. The proceedings authorizing any bonds under this article and any mortgage securing such bonds may provide that, in the event of default in payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds or in the performance of any agreement contained in such proceedings or mortgage, such payment and performance may be enforced by mandamus or by the appointment of a receiver with power to charge and collect rents and to apply the revenues from the project in accordance with such proceedings or the provisions of such mortgage. Any such mortgage may provide also that, in the event of default in such payment or the violation of any agreement contained in the mortgage, the mortgage may be foreclosed either by sale at public outcry or by civil action and may provide that any trustee under such mortgage or the holder of any of the bonds secured thereby may become the purchaser at any foreclosure sale if the highest bidder therefor. No breach of any such agreement shall impose any pecuniary liability upon a municipality or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers. (Acts 1951, No. 756, p. 1307, §5.)