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AL Code § 11-47-236 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-236 - Application of Alabama Administrative Procedure Act to Rules Adopted by Authorities.

Section 11-47-236Application of Alabama Administrative Procedure Act to rules adopted by authorities. The Alabama Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to rules adopted by authorities created pursuant to this article. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §18.)
AL Code § 11-47-237 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-237 - Application of State Ethics Act to Members of Authorities.

Section 11-47-237Application of State Ethics Act to members of authorities. The State Ethics Act shall apply to members of authorities created pursuant to this article. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §19.)
AL Code § 11-47-238 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-238 - Relationship of Article to Other Laws.

Section 11-47-238Relationship of article to other laws. The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §20.)
AL Code § 11-47-239 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 9 - Parks, Playgrounds, and Other Recreational and Athletic Areas and Facilities.|Section 11-47-239 - Construction of Article to Effect Its Purpose.

Section 11-47-239Construction of article to effect its purpose. The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §21.)
AL Code § 11-47-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 10 - Off-Street Parking Facilities.|Section 11-47-240 - Definitions.

Section 11-47-240Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them: (1) THE CITY. A city subject to this article. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The body in which the general legislative power of the city is vested. (3) PARKING FACILITY. Any building, structure, land, right-of-way, equipment, or facility used or useful in connection with the construction, enlargement, development, maintenance, or operation of any area or building for off-street parking of motor vehicles. (Acts 1977, No. 300, p. 401, §2.)
AL Code § 11-47-241 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 10 - Off-Street Parking Facilities.|Section 11-47-241 - Powers of Certain Cities as to Planning, Establishment, Operation, etc., of Parking Facilities.

Section 11-47-241Powers of certain cities as to planning, establishment, operation, etc., of parking facilities. Any city in this state having a population of 34,000 or more according to the last federal decennial or any subsequent federal census is hereby authorized: (1) To plan, establish, develop, acquire, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and protect parking facilities; (2) To finance the cost of parking facilities in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness; (3) To pledge to the payment thereof its full faith and credit and any taxes, licenses, or revenues which the city may then be authorized to pledge to the payment of bonded or other indebtedness; (4) To lease or let parking facilities or any one or more of them to such tenant or tenants, for such period and such compensation or rental and on such conditions as the governing body may prescribe; (5) To fix, establish, collect, and alter parking fees, tolls, rents, and other charges for the use of any parking facility; (6) To make and enforce rules and regulations governing the use of any parking facility owned or controlled by the city; and (7) To execute such contracts and other instruments and to take such other action as may be necessary or convenient in connection with parking facilities. (Acts 1977, No. 300, p. 401, §3.)
AL Code § 11-47-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 10 - Off-Street Parking Facilities.|Section 11-47-242 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 11-47-242Applicability of provisions of article. This article shall apply to each city of the State of Alabama having a population of 34,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census and to no other city. (Acts 1977, No. 300, p. 401, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-243 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 10 - Off-Street Parking Facilities.|Section 11-47-243 - Construction of Article.

Section 11-47-243Construction of article. The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with the provisions of this article. (Acts 1977, No. 300, p. 401, §4.)
AL Code § 11-47-250 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 11 - Beach Projects of Coastal Municipalities.|Section 11-47-250 - Definitions.

Section 11-47-250Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BEACH. A sandy shoreline area abutting to the Gulf of Mexico, characterized by low relief, generally of gentle slope, and some vegetation, extending into the abutting waters to a distance 1,000 feet seaward of the mean high tide line. (2) BEACH PROJECT. The placement and maintenance of sand and associated sand stabilization structures, vegetation, vegetation irrigation systems, and access structures on a coastal beach for the purposes of maintaining or restoring the beach and providing storm protection for upland properties. (3) COASTAL BEACH. Any beach that is located wholly or partially within the corporate limits of a coastal municipality and that abuts the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. (4) COASTAL MUNICIPALITY. A municipal corporation whose corporate limits include or abut the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. (5) GOVERNING BODY. The body in which the general legislative power of a coastal municipality is vested. (Act 2000-676, p. 1365, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-251 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 11 - Beach Projects of Coastal Municipalities.|Section 11-47-251 - Powers of Coastal Municipalities.

Section 11-47-251Powers of coastal municipalities. (a) Any coastal municipality may do any of the following: (1) Plan, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, regulate, and protect beach projects, including, without limitation, joint beach projects with one or more other coastal municipalities. (2) Finance the cost of beach projects in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds, warrants, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness. (3) Pledge to the payment thereof its full faith and credit and any taxes, licenses, or revenues which the coastal municipality may then be authorized to pledge to the payment of bonded or other indebtedness. (4) Make and enforce rules and regulations governing the use of and activities upon the areas included within any beach project established by the coastal municipality with the concurrence of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting through the Lands Division of the department. (5) Acquire or condemn lands or rights, easements, or interests therein for use in the establishment and maintenance of beach projects in accordance with Article 7 of this chapter or Chapter 1A of Title 18. (6) Execute contracts and other instruments and take such other action as may be necessary or convenient in connection with beach projects. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or repeal the powers and authority otherwise granted to a municipal corporation under Chapter 48 of this title. (Act 2000-676, p. 1365, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-252 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 11 - Beach Projects of Coastal Municipalities.|Section 11-47-252 - Requirements for Construction of Beach Project.

Section 11-47-252Requirements for construction of beach project. A coastal municipality may not begin construction of a beach project until each of the following requirements have been satisfied: (1) The governing body of the coastal municipality, after a public hearing held on not less than 30 days' public notice, has identified the following by adoption of a survey, map, metes and bounds description, or plane coordinate references. a. The location of the mean high tide line for the area in which the beach project is proposed to be located. b. The location of the limits of the landward and seaward extensions of the proposed beach project relative to both the mean high tide line and the construction control line, if any, then established under the regulations of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, the ordinances of the coastal municipality, or both. (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting through the Lands Division of the department, has issued a permit ratifying and confirming the location of the mean high tide line and authorizing the construction and maintenance of the proposed beach project pursuant to Section 9-15-56. (3) To the extent that the proposed beach project is to be located landward of the mean high tide line, the coastal municipality has obtained by conveyance or exercise of powers of eminent domain any necessary rights to utilize the land lying between the mean high tide line and the limits of the landward extension of the beach project. (4) The governing body of the coastal municipality has caused to be recorded with the office of the judge of probate in the county or counties within which the beach project is to be located a certified copy of the survey, plat, map, metes and bounds description, or plane coordinate references identifying the location of the mean high tide line within the area of the beach project as ratified and confirmed by the commissioner. (Act 2000-676, p. 1365, §1.)
AL Code § 11-48-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-1 - Short Title.

Section 11-48-1Short title. This article may be referred to and designated as "The Municipal Public Improvement Act." (Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753, §2.)
AL Code § 11-48-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-2 - Definitions.

Section 11-48-2Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COUNCIL. The council, mayor and aldermen, or other governing body. (2) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or town now or hereafter created, except where clearly restricted. (Code 1907, §1360; Code 1923, §2175; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753, §§1, 4; Code 1940, T. 37, §§512, 514.)
AL Code § 11-48-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-3 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 11-48-3Applicability of provisions of article. The provisions of this article shall apply to all municipalities of this state. (Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753, §1; Code 1940, T. 37, §512.)
AL Code § 11-48-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-6 - Filing of Plans, Specifications, etc., of Improvements in Office of Engineer for Public Inspection; Establishment of Date for Hearing of Objections as to Improvements.

Section 11-48-6Filing of plans, specifications, etc., of improvements in office of engineer for public inspection; establishment of date for hearing of objections as to improvements. Such details, drawings, plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates shall, when completed, be placed on file not later than two weeks prior to the date of the meeting provided for in this section and Section 11-48-8 in the office of the city or town engineer or other officer designated in such ordinance or resolution, where property owners who may be affected by such improvement may see and examine the same, and the said ordinance or resolution shall appoint a time when the council will meet, which shall be not less than two weeks after the date of the first publication of said ordinance or resolution, to hear any objections or remonstrances that may be made to said improvement, the manner of making the same or the character of the material or materials to be used. (Code 1907, §1362; Code 1923, §2177; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §516.)
AL Code § 11-48-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-7 - Publication of Ordinance or Resolution; Notice to Certain Property Owners of Ordinance or Resolution.

Section 11-48-7Publication of ordinance or resolution; notice to certain property owners of ordinance or resolution. Said ordinance or resolution must be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in said city or town, and, if no newspaper is published therein, it may be published either in a newspaper of general circulation in said municipality or by posting for two weeks in three public places in such city or town. A copy of said ordinance or resolution shall also be sent, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the persons last assessed for city or town taxation, the property of whom may be assessed for said improvements at their last known addresses, said notices to be so mailed not less than 10 days before the meeting of the city council provided for in Section 11-48-8. The failure of any official charged with the duty of sending such notice to send the same or the failure of any owner of property to receive such notice, if sent by registered or certified mail as provided in this section, shall not invalidate or in anywise affect any assessment made under the provisions of this article. (Code 1907, §1363; Code 1923, §2178; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §517; Acts 1967, No. 742, p. 1595.)
AL Code § 11-48-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-9 - Costs of Proposed Improvements Specified; Payment of Portion Thereof by Council.

Section 11-48-9Costs of proposed improvements specified; payment of portion thereof by council. The council may pay out of the general funds of the city or town or any special fund that may be provided for the purpose such portion of the cost of the proposed improvement as it may deem proper. The cost of any improvement contemplated by this article shall include the expense of the preliminary and other surveys, the inspection and superintendence of the work, the preparation, publication, and mailing of the notices, resolutions, and ordinances required by this article, the cost of construction, the printing of bonds, the interest on money borrowed during construction, or on bonds when bonds have been issued in anticipation of the collection of assessments, the preparation of proceedings authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds under the provisions of this article, and the rendition of the approving opinions with respect thereto and any other expenses necessary for the completion of such improvement. (Code 1907, §1365; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §2180; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §519; Acts 1953, No. 849, p. 1141.)
AL Code § 11-48-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-10 - When Council to Establish Grade of Street, Alley, Sidewalk, etc., to Be Improved.

Section 11-48-10When council to establish grade of street, alley, sidewalk, etc., to be improved. Before the passage of the final resolution or ordinance to make any improvement on any street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk, the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed to the abutting property, if the grade of such street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk has not been established or if said improvement necessitates a change of grade, the council shall, by ordinance, fix and establish the grade of such street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk about to be improved and also the grade of the curb on each side thereof. (Code 1907, §1366; Code 1923, §2181; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §520.)
AL Code § 11-48-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-11 - Notice, Advertisement and Letting of Contract for Improvements.

Section 11-48-11Notice, advertisement and letting of contract for improvements. (a) If the council shall finally order the making of the proposed improvement or improvements, notice shall be given asking for bids for such work, which notice shall describe in a general way the character and approximate quantities of such work and the types of materials, including alternates, if any, to be employed and shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city or town or, if there is no newspaper published in said city or town, in a newspaper of general circulation therein. The date for receiving bids as set out in said notice shall be not earlier than two weeks after the date of first publication of said notice. The said municipal authorities must let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, that if the lowest responsible bidder has not bid a satisfactory price, the council may reject all bids and readvertise for bids in the same manner as hereinabove provided. The said municipal authorities may, by order, impose further conditions upon bidders with regard to bonds and surety for the faithful completion of such work according to contract or for any other purpose mentioned in the specifications. Surety bond for the faithful completion of said work shall be required, where same or any part thereof is let out by contract, in an amount not less than 50 percent of the estimated total of each contract. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the city or town may elect (1) To construct the said improvements or furnish labor or material or both for the same without asking for bids; or (2) To contract with the State of Alabama or any of its departments or agencies for construction of the said improvements or the furnishing of labor, materials, and services or any thereof for all or part of the said improvements. In the event that the city or town makes any such election, then the provisions of subsection (a) of this section requiring the city or town to ask for bids from contractors and to publish a notice with respect thereto shall not be applicable to any work of construction to be performed by the city or town or to any labor and material or either to be furnished by the city or town or to any work of construction, labor, materials, or services that are to be supplied by the state pursuant to any contract between the city or town and the state or any of its departments or agencies. (Code 1907, §1367; Code 1923, §2182; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §521; Acts 1965, No. 883, p. 1662.)
AL Code § 11-48-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-12 - City or Town Engineer, etc., to Supervise Work, Appointment of Engineer, Etc.

Section 11-48-12City or town engineer, etc., to supervise work, appointment of engineer, etc. All work done or improvements made under the provisions of this article shall be done under the supervision of the city or town engineer or other superintendent appointed for that purpose by the council of such city or town; provided, that the city or town engineer or other superintendent so appointed shall not be related by blood or by marriage to any contractor to whom work is awarded under the terms of Section 11-48-11 or, if said contractor is a corporation, to any stockholder thereof. Said city or town engineer or other superintendent so appointed shall not be interested in or have any share in the proceeds of any construction contract or any contract for the sale of materials to be employed in said work nor be a stockholder in the company selling said materials, nor shall said engineer or other superintendent so appointed be employed, directly or indirectly, by any parties having an interest in the proceeds of any such construction or sale of contract. (Code 1907, §1368; Code 1923, §2183; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §522.)
AL Code § 11-48-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-13 - Council to Accept or Reject Work, etc., for Municipality.

Section 11-48-13Council to accept or reject work, etc., for municipality. In case of any controversy or dispute, the council shall be invested with sole and exclusive power to determine whether any improvement constructed under the provision of this article has been completed in accordance with the terms of the contract therefor and to accept or reject such work on the part of the municipality. (Code 1907, §1369; Code 1923, §2184; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §523.)