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AL Code § 45-49-170.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-170.01 - Rulemaking Authority Relating to Certain Landscaping and Commercial Development.

Section 45-49-170.01Rulemaking authority relating to certain landscaping and commercial development. (a) The Mobile County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate and implement such rules and regulations relating to the landscaping and commercial development in or adjacent to approved residential subdivision developments as it deems feasible and necessary to protect the property owners in such subdivisions. (b) The Mobile County Attorney shall petition the Circuit Court of Mobile County for injunctive relief against any subdivision developer or landowner who fails to comply with any rule or regulation implemented under subsection (a).  (Act 85-489, p. 483, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-170.02 - Best Management Practices in Certain Agricultural and Forestry Operations.

Section 45-49-170.02Best management practices in certain agricultural and forestry operations. (a) In Mobile County, best management practices shall be required for forestry and agriculture on any land within the J.B. Converse Lake Watershed as designated by the U.S. Geological Survey. The best management practices required shall be the best management practices for forestry or any agricultural operation as approved by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management unless the department has not approved best management practices applicable to a particular type of forestry or agricultural operation. (b) Any alleged violation of the use of best management practices shall be reported to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (c) The provisions of this section are supplemental and shall not be interpreted to repeal or supersede any other laws in this state.  (Act 2004-701, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 83, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 45-49-170.03 - Leash Laws; Enforcement.

Section 45-49-170.03Leash laws; enforcement. The county commission shall be empowered to adopt and enforce a leash law in the unincorporated areas of the county and if it deems necessary it may enter into a contract with an incorporated municipality in the county for enforcement of such law.  (Act 84-480, p. 1101, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Dangerous or Nuisance Dogs.|Section 45-49-170.20 - Applicability.

Section 45-49-170.20Applicability. This subpart shall only apply in Mobile County in those areas of the county outside the corporate limits of any municipality.  (Act 2012-235, p. 437, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Dangerous or Nuisance Dogs.|Section 45-49-170.22 - Investigations; Impounding; Judicial Determination.

Section 45-49-170.22Investigations; impounding; judicial determination. (a) An animal control officer or law enforcement officer of Mobile County shall investigate any incidents involving any dog reported to be dangerous or a nuisance in the unincorporated areas of Mobile County. (b) If a dog, which is unowned and has been reported to be dangerous, bites a person, the dog may be quarantined and destroyed pursuant to subsection of Section 3-7A-9. For purposes of this subsection, bites means the same as has been exposed as defined in subdivision (5) of Section 3-7A-1. (c) If there is probable cause to believe that an owned dog is dangerous or a nuisance and has caused serious physical injury or has caused damage to real or personal property, the law enforcement officer or animal control officer shall impound the dog pending disposition of a petition to declare a dog to be dangerous or a nuisance. The county may impound the dog at the county pound as described in Section 3-7A-7, or may enter into an agreement with an animal shelter or licensed veterinarian to secure and impound dangerous or nuisance dogs pursuant to this section. The owner of the dog shall be liable to the county for the costs and expenses incurred in impounding, feeding, and providing veterinary care or treatment for the dog. (d) The district attorney shall be authorized to file a petition in the district court to declare the dog dangerous or a nuisance. The owner of the dog shall be served with a copy of the petition. (e) A dog that is the subject of a dangerous or nuisance dog investigation may not be relocated and ownership shall not be transferred pending the outcome of the investigation and hearing to determine whether to declare the dog to be dangerous or a nuisance. (f) The court hearing shall be held as soon as practicable. At the hearing, the district attorney shall present evidence that the dog is a dangerous dog or a nuisance dog as defined by this subpart. (1) If the court determines that the dog is dangerous or a nuisance and has caused serious physical injury or death to a human being, the court shall order the dog to be humanely euthanized by a licensed veterinarian or an authorized animal control official. (2) If the court determines that the dog is dangerous or a nuisance, but has not caused serious physical injury or death to a human being, the court shall issue orders authorized by this subpart. (g) The pleading and practice in all cases to petition the court to declare a dog to be dangerous or a nuisance under this subpart shall be in accordance with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. Any judicial determination of a district court that a dog is dangerous or a nuisance may be appealed to the circuit court pursuant to the requirements of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure.  (Act 2012-235, p. 437, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Dangerous or Nuisance Dogs.|Section 45-49-170.23 - Grounds Insufficient to Declare Dog Dangerous or a Nuisance.

Section 45-49-170.23Grounds insufficient to declare dog dangerous or a nuisance. (a) A dog may not be declared dangerous or a nuisance in any of the following circumstances: (1) When an injury or damage was sustained by a person who, at the time of injury or damage, was committing a willful trespass or other tort upon premises occupied by the owner or custodian of the dog with the intent to commit a crime or was committing a crime, or was teasing, tormenting, abusing, or assaulting the dog, or who can be shown to have repeatedly, in the past, provoked, tormented, abused, or assaulted the dog. (2) When the dog was protecting or defending a person within the immediate vicinity of the dog from an unjustified attack or assault. (3) When the dog was responding to pain or injury or protecting itself, its kennel, or its offspring. (4) When a person or domestic animal was disturbing the natural functions of the dog such as sleeping or eating. (b) Neither growling nor barking, or both, shall alone constitute grounds upon which to find a dog to be dangerous or a nuisance.  (Act 2012-235, p. 437, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Dangerous or Nuisance Dogs.|Section 45-49-170.25 - Removal of Designation That Dog Is Dangerous or a Nuisance.

Section 45-49-170.25Removal of designation that dog is dangerous or a nuisance. The owner of a dog which has been declared to be dangerous or a nuisance by a court may petition the district court to remove the dangerous or nuisance dog designation 18 months after the judicial declaration was issued. A copy of the petition shall be filed with the district attorney. The court may remove the dangerous or nuisance dog designation and eliminate any requirements of this subpart if the owner of the dog has not violated this subpart and any orders of the court, and if the court is satisfied from the evidence that the dog is no longer dangerous.  (Act 2012-235, p. 437, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Dangerous or Nuisance Dogs.|Section 45-49-170.26 - Violations.

Section 45-49-170.26Violations. (a) An owner of a dangerous dog who violates this subpart shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) for the first offense and not more than six hundred dollars ($600) for each subsequent offense. (b) If a dog that has previously been declared dangerous, when unprovoked, attacks, assaults, wounds, or causes severe physical injury, or kills a human being, the owner or keeper of the dog shall be guilty of a Class C felony punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment of not more than two years, or both. The dog control authority may confiscate and, after the expiration of 10 working days after the owner has been notified, destroy the dangerous dog. The 10-day time period shall allow the owner to request a due process hearing. The owner shall be responsible for payment of all boarding costs and other fees as may be required to humanely and safely keep the dog during any appeal procedure. (c) If a dog that has not been declared dangerous, attacks and causes severe injury to or death of any human, and the owner of the dog had prior knowledge of the dangerous propensities of the dog yet demonstrated a reckless disregard of the propensities under the circumstances, the owner of the dog shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) for the first offense and, for a second or subsequent offense, punishable by a fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600). In addition, the dog shall be immediately confiscated by an animal control authority, held for 10 business days after the owner is given written notification, and thereafter destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner. This 10-day period shall allow the owner to request a due process hearing. The owner shall be responsible for payment of all boarding costs and other fees as may be required to humanely and safely keep the dog during any appeal procedure. (d) This section shall not be construed to repeal other criminal laws. Whenever conduct prescribed by any provision of this subpart is also pre- scribed by any other provision of law, the provision which carries the more serious penalty shall be applied.  (Act 2012-235, p. 437, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Dangerous or Nuisance Dogs.|Section 45-49-170.27 - Penalties.

Section 45-49-170.27Penalties. An owner of a nuisance dog who violates this subpart shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) for the first offense and not more than six hundred dollars ($600) for each subsequent offense.  (Act 2012-235, p. 437, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 2 - Dangerous or Nuisance Dogs.|Section 45-49-170.28 - Enforcement of Subpart.

Section 45-49-170.28Enforcement of subpart. A law enforcement officer may enforce this subpart by immediately removing the dog to an appropriate facility, without requirement for a warrant or pending due process, or both, if in responding to an incident covered by this subpart, he or she determines that the dog poses a threat to the public safety, regardless of the actions, omissions, or intent of the owner. (Act 2012-235, p. 437, § 9.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 3 - Junkyards.|Section 45-49-170.50 - Legislative Findings.

Section 45-49-170.50Legislative findings. The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter within the unincorporated areas of Mobile County, and licensing the operation of junkyards within the unincorporated areas of Mobile County is hereby declared to be in the public interest and necessary to promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience, enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands and the environment, and to promote the conservation of natural mineral resources by encouraging recycling. The Legislature finds and declares that within the unincorporated areas of Mobile County the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter, and the operation of junkyards, any of which do not conform to the requirements of this subpart, are a public nuisance.  (Act 94-216, p. 302, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 3 - Junkyards.|Section 45-49-170.51 - Public Nuisance - Premises.

Section 45-49-170.51Public nuisance - Premises.  (a) It shall be unlawful and constitute a public nuisance for the owner or other person in charge or control of a building, lot, junkyard, or other premises, within the unincorporated territory of Mobile County to fail to keep the lot, junkyard, or premises clean and free from garbage, refuse, litter, junk, debris, salvaged materials, household furniture, trash, used motor vehicle tires, inoperable motor vehicles, kitchen and other household appliances, rags, paper, cardboard, and other nondecorative matter, including any materials within which water may accumulate or which may shelter or encourage the growth of insects or rodents, or materials which generate obnoxious odors, or which offend the esthetics of the community, and which thereby cause a substantial diminution in the value of other property nearby or which threaten the health and safety of any citizen. (b) This subpart shall not apply to any company, corporation, or business currently operating, whose primary purpose or business is to burn or incinerate wood materials, salvage materials, building refuse, waste products, timber stumps, trees, or brush and other debris that results from clearing land, cutting timber, or refurbishing or constructing buildings. This subpart shall not apply to farm buildings or farm equipment and farm materials stored around farm buildings on a farm or to any company, corporation, or business which currently has a program for the accumulation, handling, or disposal of its own waste wood products, scrap metal, or other waste materials including the sale of the materials to scrap dealers or recyclers when the material is stored on-site for not more than 60 days.  (Act 94-216, p. 302, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 3 - Junkyards.|Section 45-49-170.52 - Public Nuisance - Motor Vehicles.

Section 45-49-170.52Public nuisance - Motor vehicles. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful and constitutes a public nuisance for any person to park, leave, or store upon any place or premises in public view within the unincorporated territory of Mobile County more than one motor vehicle which is not currently and validly registered and tagged as required by state law. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a licensed business if the parking, leaving, or storing of the motor vehicle is reasonably necessary in the operation of the business, directly or indirectly.  (Act 94-216, p. 302, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 3 - Junkyards.|Section 45-49-170.53 - Licensing and Operation of Junkyards.

Section 45-49-170.53Licensing and operation of junkyards. (a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard containing any items listed in Section 45-49-170.50, but not limited to those items, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway, without obtaining a county license to do so from the county commission through the county license commissioner or other like official. No license shall be granted except for those junkyards which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the highway. The operation of an unlicensed junkyard required to be licensed pursuant to this section constitutes a public nuisance. (b) The county commission shall adopt regulations and requirements for issuing licenses for the operation of junkyards within the limits defined in this subpart, and may revoke the licenses at any time a junkyard fails to conform to the requirements of this subpart, and shall charge a license fee of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor less than five hundred dollars ($500) payable each fiscal year. This license fee shall be in addition to the license fee required under Section 23-1-244. All licenses issued under this subpart shall expire on September 30 following the date of issue. Licenses may be renewed from year to year upon payment of the fee. Proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.  (Act 94-216, p. 302, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 3 - Junkyards.|Section 45-49-170.54 - Enforcement.

Section 45-49-170.54Enforcement. (a) This subpart shall be enforced by the Mobile County Commission. (b) The Mobile County Commission may commence a civil action in the name of the Mobile County Commission in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any public nuisances declared by this subpart. In any action pursuant to this subsection, the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, is authorized to assess all costs of abating the public nuisance declared by this subpart, including attorney’s fees, court costs, and all other expenses of litigation, against the person creating or maintaining the public nuisance.  (Act 94-216, p. 302, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 3 - Junkyards.|Section 45-49-170.55 - Compliance.

Section 45-49-170.55Compliance. All junkyards, licensed pursuant to Section 11-80-10, located within the unincorporated areas of Mobile County shall comply with the following: (1) The junkyard shall maintain privacy fences of at least six feet in height around the perimeter of the junkyard. (2) The junkyard shall not stack more than four automobiles per stack.  (Act 2001-510, p. 917, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 4 - Unsafe Structures.|Section 45-49-170.70 - Authority to Move or Demolish Certain Buildings, Structures, Etc.

Section 45-49-170.70Authority to move or demolish certain buildings, structures, etc. The county commission may move or demolish buildings or structures, or parts of buildings or structures, including party walls and foundations, when found by the county commission to constitute a public nuisance from any cause.  (Act 2002-323, p. 890, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-49-170.71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 49 - Mobile County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Part 1 - Environment.|Division 4 - Unsafe Structures.|Section 45-49-170.71 - Findings of Appropriate County Official; Notice.

Section 45-49-170.71Findings of appropriate county official; notice.  The term appropriate county official or official as used in this subpart means any county building official or deputy and any other county official or county employee designated by the county commission as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this subpart. Whenever the appropriate county official finds that any building, structure, part of any building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in the county constitutes a public nuisance, the official shall give the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes and all mortgages of record notice to remedy or abate the nuisance condition of the building or structure, or to demolish it within a reasonable time set out in the notice, which shall not be more than 60 days after notice is given, or allow the building or structure to be demolished by the county and the cost thereof assessed against the property. The mailing of the certified or registered mail notice, properly addressed and postage prepaid, shall constitute the giving of notice as required by this section. Notice of the order, or a copy of the notice, shall, within three days of the date of mailing, also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure, unless there is no entrance, in which case the notice may be posted at any location upon such building or structure.  (Act 2002-323, p. 890, § 3.)