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AL Code § 45-44A-40.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 1 - Unsafe Buildings.|Section 45-44A-40.01 - Findings of Appropriate City Official; Notice.

Section 45-44A-40.01Findings of appropriate city official; notice. The term appropriate city official as used in this part shall mean any city official or city employee designated by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this part to the appropriate city official. Whenever the appropriate city official of the city shall find that any building, structure, part of building or structure, party wall or foundation, accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles or parts of inoperable motor vehicles, abandoned dwellings and mobile homes, and litter around property and vacant lots, including, but not limited to, abandoned cars and appliances, situated in the city is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, the official shall give the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes notice by personally serving upon the person, firm, association, or corporation a copy of the notice to remedy the unsafe or dangerous condition of the building or structure, or to demolish the same, accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles or parts of inoperable motor vehicles, abandoned dwellings and mobile homes, and litter around property and vacant lots, including, but not limited to, abandoned cars and appliances, or to remove the same, within a reasonable time set out in the notice, which time shall be not less than 30 days, or have the public nuisance demolished or removed by the city and the cost thereof assessed against the property. In the event that the personal service is returned not found after two attempts, the notice may be given by registered or certified mail. The mailing of the registered mail notice, properly addressed and postage prepaid, shall constitute notice as required by this part. Notice of the order, or a copy thereof, prior to the delivery or mailing of the notice as required by the immediately preceding sentence, shall also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure, provided that if there is no entrance the notice may be posted at any location upon the building or structure or the most appropriate site of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles or parts of inoperable motor vehicles, abandoned dwelling and mobile homes, and litter around property and vacant lots, including, but not limited to, abandoned cars and appliances.  (Act 79-31, p. 356, § 2; Act 2004-437, p. 746, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-44A-40.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 1 - Unsafe Buildings.|Section 45-44A-40.02 - Hearing; Appeal.

Section 45-44A-40.02Hearing; appeal. (a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 30 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, association, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure, accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles or parts of inoperable motor vehicles, abandoned dwellings and mobile homes, or litter around property and vacant lots, including, but not limited to, abandoned cars and appliances may file a written request for a hearing before the city governing body, together with his or her objections to the finding by the appropriate city official that due to safety there maybe a public nuisance. The filing of the request shall hold in abeyance any action on the finding of the city official until determination thereon is made by the governing body. Upon holding the hearing, which hearing shall be held not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the request, or in the event no hearing is timely requested, the governing body, after the expiration of 30 days from the date the notice is given, shall determine whether or not there is a public nuisance. Notice of the meeting of the governing body, and that the determination will be made thereat, shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, not less than 10 days prior thereto. In the event that it is determined by the governing body that there is a public nuisance, the governing body shall order the demolition or removal of the public nuisance. The demolition or removal may be accomplished by the city by the use of its own forces, or it may provide by contract for the demolition or removal. The city shall have authority to sell or otherwise dispose of salvaged materials resulting from the demolition or removal. (b) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the governing body at the hearing, within 15 days thereafter, may appeal to the Circuit Court of Macon County upon filing with the clerk of the court notice of the appeal and bond for security of costs in the form and amount to be approved by the circuit clerk. Upon filing of the notice of appeal and approval of the bond, the clerk of the court shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the city clerk and the appeal shall be docketed in the court, and shall be a preferred case therein. The city clerk upon receiving the notice, shall file with the circuit clerk a copy of the findings and determination of the governing body in the proceeding, and a trial shall be held without jury upon the determination of the governing body that there is a public nuisance.  (Act 79-231, p. 356, § 3; Act 2004-437, p. 746, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-44A-40.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 1 - Unsafe Buildings.|Section 45-44A-40.03 - Abatement of Nuisance.

Section 45-44A-40.03Abatement of nuisance. After final action has been taken by the governing body on the overruling of any protests or objections with respect to any described piece of property, or in case no protests or objections have been received, the City Council of the City of Tuskegee, by motion or resolution, shall order the abatement of the nuisance by having the building removed. All necessary employees of the City of Tuskegee, agents, or independent contractors of the city are expressly authorized to enter upon private property for that purpose. A property owner shall have the right to have the building removed at his or her own expense providing the removal of the building is done prior to the arrival of the employees, agents, or independent contractors of the City of Tuskegee to do the same.  (Act 79-231, p. 356, § 4; Act 93-871, p. 131, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-44A-40.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 1 - Unsafe Buildings.|Section 45-44A-40.04 - Accounting of Costs; Report.

Section 45-44A-40.04Accounting of costs; report. The City of Tuskegee shall post and maintain an account of the cost of abating the nuisance on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done by it or its agent, independent contractor, or employees, and shall render an itemized report in writing to the City Council for the City of Tuskegee showing the cost of removing the nuisance on each separate lot. Before the report is submitted to the city council, a copy of the report shall be posted for at least three days prior thereto on or near the door of the city hall, together with a notice of the time when the report shall be submitted to the city council for confirmation.  (Act 79-231, p. 356, § 5; Act 93-871, p. 131, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-44A-40.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 1 - Unsafe Buildings.|Section 45-44A-40.05 - Objections; Collection.

Section 45-44A-40.05Objections; collection. At the time fixed for receiving and considering the report, the city council shall hear the same, together with objections which may be raised by any property owners liable to be assessed for the work in abating the nuisance and thereupon make modifications in the report as they deem necessary, after which by motion or resolution the report shall be confirmed. The amounts of the cost for abating the nuisance on the various parcels of land mentioned in the report shall constitute a lien on the property. After confirmation of the report, a copy shall be provided to the appropriate officials or employees of the county who are charged with the collection of taxes or assessments, and it shall be the duty of the official or employee to add the amounts of the lien to the next assessment for ad valorem taxes levied against the land. Thereafter the amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedures as provided for delinquent ad valorem taxes.  (Act 79-231, p. 356, § 6; Act 93-871, p. 131, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-44A-40.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 1 - Unsafe Buildings.|Section 45-44A-40.06 - Construction of Part.

Section 45-44A-40.06Construction of part. This part shall be cumulative in its nature, and in addition to any and all power and authority which any such city may have under any other law.  (Act 79-231, p. 356, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-44A-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 2 - Weed Abatement.|Section 45-44A-41 - Declaration and Abatement of Nuisance.

Section 45-44A-41Declaration and abatement of nuisance. All weeds growing upon the streets or sidewalks or upon private property within the City of Tuskegee which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature or attain such a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous may be declared to be a public nuisance by the governing body of any such municipality, and thereafter abated as in this part provided.  (Act 79-229, p. 352, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-44A-41.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 2 - Weed Abatement.|Section 45-44A-41.01 - Resolution.

Section 45-44A-41.01Resolution. Whenever any such weeds are growing upon any streets or sidewalks or private property the governing body of the City of Tuskegee, by resolution, may declare the same to be a public nuisance. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under which it is commonly known, and describe the property upon which or in front of which the nuisance exists by giving a legal description thereof, and no other description of the property shall be required. Any number of streets, sidewalks, or parcels of private property, may be included in one and the same resolution.  (Act 79-229, p. 352, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-44A-41.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 2 - Weed Abatement.|Section 45-44A-41.02 - Notice to Destroy Weeds.

Section 45-44A-41.02Notice to destroy weeds. (a) After the passage of the resolution, the City of Tuskegee shall give the person last assessing the property for state taxes notice by personally serving upon such person a copy of the notice to remove such weeds within a reasonable time. In the event that such personal service is returned not found, such notice may be given by registered mail or certified mail. The mailing of such registered or certified mail notice, properly addressed and postage prepaid, shall constitute notice as required herein. Prior to the delivery or mailing of the notice as required by the immediate preceding sentence, the city shall cause to be conspicuously posted in front of the property on which such nuisance exists, at not more than one hundred feet in distance apart, but not less than two in all, notices headed, Notice to Destroy Weeds, such heading to be in words not less than one inch in height and substantially in the following form: NOTICE TO DESTROY WEEDS Notice is hereby given that on the ___ day of ______ 20__, the City of Tuskegee passed a resolution declaring that noxious or dangerous weeds were growing upon or in front of the property on _______street, in the ________, and more particularly described in the resolution, and that the same constitute a public nuisance which must be abated by the removal of noxious or dangerous weeds, otherwise they shall be removed and the nuisance shall be abated by the municipal authorities, in which case the cost of such removal shall be assessed upon the lots and lands from which or in front of which such weeds are removed, and such cost shall constitute a lien upon such lots or lands until paid. Reference is hereby made to the resolution for further particulars. All property owners having any objections to the proposed removal of such weeds are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the City Council of the City of Tuskegee to be held _______, when their objections shall be heard and given due consideration. Dated this _______ day of _________ 20__. CITY OF TUSKEGEE BY______________ City Clerk (b) The notices shall be posted at least 10 days prior to the time for hearing objections by the governing body of the municipality. (Act 79-229, p. 352, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-44A-41.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 2 - Weed Abatement.|Section 45-44A-41.03 - Hearing.

Section 45-44A-41.03Hearing. At the time stated in the notices, the governing body of the municipality shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the proposed removal of weeds, and may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of the hearing the governing body, by motion or resolution, shall allow or overrule any or all objections, and if the objections are overruled with respect to any piece of property described the governing body shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to proceed and perform the work of removal with respect to such piece of property, and the decision of the governing body on the matter shall be deemed final and conclusive.  (Act 79-229, p. 352, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-44A-41.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 2 - Weed Abatement.|Section 45-44A-41.04 - Abatement of Nuisance.

Section 45-44A-41.04Abatement of nuisance. After final action has been taken by the governing body on the overruling of any protests or objections with respect to any described piece of property, or in case no protests or objections have been received, the City Council of the City of Tuskegee, by motion or resolution, shall order the abatement of the nuisance by having the weeds referred to removed, and all necessary employees of the City of Tuskegee are hereby expressly authorized to enter upon private property for that purpose. Any property owner shall have the right to have any such weeds removed at his or her own expense providing the same is done prior to the arrival of the employees of the City of Tuskegee to do the same.  (Act 79-229, p. 352, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-44A-41.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 2 - Weed Abatement.|Section 45-44A-41.05 - Accounting of Costs; Report.

Section 45-44A-41.05Accounting of costs; report. The City of Tuskegee shall keep an account of the cost of abating such nuisance in front of or on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done by it or its employees, and shall render an itemized report in writing to the City Council of the City of Tuskegee showing the cost of removing such on each separate lot, or in front of thereof, or both; provided that before the report is submitted to the city council, copy of the same shall be posted for at least three days prior thereto on or near the door of city hall, together with a notice of the time when the report shall be submitted to the city council for confirmation.  (Act 79-229, p. 352, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-44A-41.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44A - Macon County Municipalities.|Article 4 - Tuskegee.|Part 2 - Weed Abatement.|Section 45-44A-41.06 - Objections; Collection.

Section 45-44A-41.06Objections; collection. At the time fixed for receiving and considering the report, the city council shall hear the same, together with any objections which may be raised by any property owners liable to be assessed for the work if abating the nuisance and thereupon make such notifications in the report as they deem necessary, after which by motion or resolution the report shall be confirmed. The amounts of the cost for abating the nuisance in front of or upon the various parcels of land mentioned in the report shall constitute special assessments against the respective parcel of land and as thus made and confirmed shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of such assessments, respectively. After confirmation of the report, a copy shall be turned over to the appropriate officials or employees of such county who are charged with the collection of taxes or assessments, whereupon it shall be the duty of the official or employee to add the amounts of the respective assessments to the next regular bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land for municipal purposes, and thereafter the amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedures under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary county taxes.  (Act 79-229, p. 352, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-45-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Part 1 - Disclaimer.|Section 45-45-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-45-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Madison County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Madison County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 45-45-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Part 2 - Compensation.|Section 45-45-11 - Compensation of Certain County Officers.

Section 45-45-11Compensation. (a) The Madison County Commission may provide compensation to election officials in addition to that now provided by law, in an amount not less than ten dollars ($10) per diem. (b) This additional compensation shall be appropriated from the county general fund.  (Act 79-660, p. 1142, §§ 1, 2; Act 88-646, p. 1031, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 2 - Alcoholic Beverages.|Part 1 - Regulation.|Section 45-45-20 - Licensing Requirements; Prohibited Activities.

Section 45-45-20Licensing requirements; prohibited activities. (a)(1) Pursuant to the authority granted in Article IV, Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 104 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, that allows local legislation to regulate or prohibit alcoholic beverage traffic, any public or private lounge, tavern, bar, club, nightclub, or restaurant, operating in an unincorporated area of Madison County outside of the police jurisdiction of a municipality, that features or otherwise permits topless females on its premises shall automatically forfeit any valid Alcoholic Beverage Control Board license which it has been granted. The term topless females, as used in this subsection, means persons of the female gender clothed or unclothed above the waist in such manner as to purport to nakedly reveal to patrons, members, or invitee viewers either the nipple or the pectoral form, or both, of at least one breast. (2) Any violation of subdivision (1) shall be prosecuted and punished under the general statutes of this state as if the violator were operating without a valid Alcoholic Beverage Control Board license. (3) It is the intent of this subsection to prohibit any topless female entertainment or other topless female activity from being carried on in conjunction with the legal sale of alcoholic beverages on the premises of any private or public establishment located in an unincorporated area of Madison County that is not subject to the police jurisdiction of an unincorporated municipality. (b)(1) In Madison County, any business in the unincorporated area which features topless dancing and permits customers to bring alcoholic beverages to the business for on-premises consumption fostered by the business either through sales of nonalcoholic beverages for use as mixers with alcoholic beverages or through charges for refrigeration of the alcoholic beverages, shall have an appropriate Alcoholic Beverage Control Board license to continue in the business of permitting on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages after May 19, 1993. (2) In Madison County, any business in the unincorporated area which features topless dancing and permits customers to bring alcoholic beverages to the business for on-premises consumption shall have an appropriate Alcoholic Beverage Control Board license to continue in the business of permitting on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages after May 19, 1993. (3) This subsection is supplemental to subsection (a), approved April 28, 1992, and any other laws regulating the liquor traffic in Madison County.  (Act 92-242, p. 590, §§ 1-3; Act 93-692, p. 1323, §§ 1, 2.)