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AL Code § 11-52-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 2 - Control of Subdivisions Generally.|Section 11-52-34 - Municipality Not to Improve, Grade, etc., Streets in Territory for Which Major Street Plan Adopted by Planning Commission Until Street Accepted, Etc.

Section 11-52-34Municipality not to improve, grade, etc., streets in territory for which major street plan adopted by planning commission until street accepted, etc. The municipality shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, curb, or light any street or lay or authorize water mains or sewers or connection to be laid in any street within any portion of territory for which the planning commission shall have adopted a major street plan unless such street shall have been accepted or opened as or shall otherwise have received the legal status of a public street prior to the adoption of such plan or unless such street corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by the planning commission or with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by the commission. The council may, however, accept any street not shown on or not corresponding with a street on the official master plan or on an approved subdivision plat or an approved street plat; provided, that the ordinance or other measure accepting such street shall be first submitted to the municipal planning commission for its approval and, if approved by the commission, shall be enacted or passed by not less than a majority of the entire membership of the council or, if disapproved by the commission, shall be enacted or passed by not less than two thirds of the entire membership of the council. A street approved by the planning commission upon submission by the council or a street accepted by a two-thirds vote of the council after disapproval by the planning commission shall thereupon have the status of an approved street as fully as though it had been originally shown on the official master plan or on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or had been originally platted by the commission. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §801.)
AL Code § 11-52-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 2 - Control of Subdivisions Generally.|Section 11-52-35 - Buildings Not to Be Erected or Building Permits Issued in Territory for Which Major Street Plan Adopted Until Street Providing Access to Proposed Building Accepted, Etc.

Section 11-52-35Buildings not to be erected or building permits issued in territory for which major street plan adopted until street providing access to proposed building accepted, etc. From and after the time when a planning commission shall have adopted a major street plan of the territory within its subdivision jurisdiction or part thereof, no building shall be erected on any lot within such territory or part nor shall a building permit be issued therefor unless the street giving access to the lot upon which such building is proposed to be placed shall have been accepted or opened as or shall otherwise have received the legal status of a public street prior to that time or unless such street corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by the planning commission or with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by the commission or with a street accepted by council after submission to the planning commission by the favorable vote required in Section 11-52-34. Any building erected in violation of this section shall be deemed an unlawful structure, and the building inspector or other appropriate official may cause it to be vacated and have it removed. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §802.)
AL Code § 11-52-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 2 - Control of Subdivisions Generally.|Section 11-52-36 - Jurisdiction of Planning Commission as to Subdivision Plats in Territory Controlled Under Section 11-52-31 Exclusive; Status of Other Existing Platting or Subdivision Statutes.

Section 11-52-36Jurisdiction of planning commission as to subdivision plats in territory controlled under Section 11-52-31 exclusive; status of other existing platting or subdivision statutes. Repealed by Act 2012-297, §4, effective October 1, 2012. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §803.)
AL Code § 11-52-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 3 - Reservation of Lands in Subdivisions for Future Acquisition for Public Streets.|Section 11-52-51 - Appointment of Board of Appraisers, etc.; Notice of and Conduct of Hearing Upon Claims for Compensation for Reservations; Establishment of Amount of Compensation by Board of Appraisers; Liability of Municipality to Property Owners for Expenses Upon Abandonment of Reservation.

Section 11-52-51Appointment of board of appraisers, etc.; notice of and conduct of hearing upon claims for compensation for reservations; establishment of amount of compensation by board of appraisers; liability of municipality to property owners for expenses upon abandonment of reservation. In the resolution of adoption of a plat the council shall appoint a board of three appraisers and shall fix the time and place of meetings for hearings by said board upon the amounts of compensation to be paid for such reservations. Thereupon the clerk of the council shall publish in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the municipality once a week for four consecutive weeks a notice which shall contain a general description of the land thus reserved as shown on the plat, the provisions of the resolutions of the council, including the period of time for which such reservations are made, the time within which claims for compensation may be filed, which shall be not less than three months nor more than six months from the date of the notice, and the time and place of hearings by the board of appraisers. The first hearing shall not be set earlier than 30 days after the date of the first of such publications. Such notice shall also be posted in at least three public places in the neighborhood of or along the line of the location of the reservation. The board of appraisers shall fix the amounts of compensation to be paid, respectively, to the owners of the lands reserved for the period of time as shown on the plat and in the resolution adopted by council. Whenever the clerk of the council receives, within the period fixed for the same, any claim for such compensation, he shall transmit it to the board of appraisers. At the time and place fixed for such hearings the board of appraisers shall hear and consider all claims presented to it in writing or in person, including all evidence which may be presented by the claimants or other persons. The board of appraisers shall have the right on its own initiative to investigate and ascertain data or evidence relevant to the question of such compensation. In case of the abandonment of a reservation prior to the time fixed for payment of compensation, the municipality shall be liable to the owner of the land included within the abandoned reservation for the expenses, if any, incurred by such owner by reason of such reservation. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §805.)
AL Code § 11-52-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 3 - Reservation of Lands in Subdivisions for Future Acquisition for Public Streets.|Section 11-52-53 - Appeals From Compensation Awards.

Section 11-52-53Appeals from compensation awards. Within 20 days after the approval of any such report by the council, any person dissatisfied with the award of compensation therein contained may file with the clerk of the council notice of appeal to the court of the county in which the appellant's land is located having jurisdiction of actions by municipalities to assess compensation for property taken or appropriated for public use for streets. Thereupon, and within 10 days of such notice, the clerk of the council shall file with the clerk of said court the report of the board of appraisers approved by the council, together with certified copies of the resolution of the council and of the notice of appeal. Within five days thereafter the appellant shall give and file with the clerk of said court an appeal bond, running to the municipality, for such amount as may be fixed by the court, to secure the municipality against the costs of the appeal in the event that appellant fails to obtain an award of compensation greater than that fixed in the said report. Thereupon said appeal shall be deemed to be filed and pending as a civil action brought by the municipality to appropriate and assess the compensation to be paid for the reservation of the land of the appellant as shown on the approved plat for the period fixed in the resolution of the council, and the procedure shall be in accordance with the procedure specified by law in the proceedings for the taking or appropriation of property for public use for streets, and the municipality shall pay the appellant the amount fixed in said civil action or, in the event it abandons the reservations, the amount of costs and expenses incurred by the appellant in said civil action. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §807.)
AL Code § 11-52-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 3 - Reservation of Lands in Subdivisions for Future Acquisition for Public Streets.|Section 11-52-54 - Reservation Not to Impair Use of Reserved Lands by Owner, etc., Thereof; Compensation Not to Be Paid or Recovered for Taking of or Injury to Buildings, etc., Erected on Lands During Reservation Period.

Section 11-52-54Reservation not to impair use of reserved lands by owner, etc., thereof; compensation not to be paid or recovered for taking of or injury to buildings, etc., erected on lands during reservation period. The reservation of a street location as provided in Section 11-52-50 shall not be deemed to prohibit or impair in any respect the use of the reserved land by the owner or occupant thereof for any lawful purpose, including the erection of buildings thereon, but no compensation other than the compensation awarded in the final report of said board of appraisers as approved by the council as provided in Section 11-52-52 or, in the case of an appeal, as awarded on such appeal as provided in Section 11-52-53 shall at any time be paid by the municipality or public to or recovered from the municipality or public by any person for the taking of or injury to any building or structure built or erected within the period fixed in the resolution of council upon any such reserved location. No compensation or damages for any such reservation shall be paid or recovered except as provided in Sections 11-52-51 through 11-52-53. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §808.)
AL Code § 11-52-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 4 - Zoning.|Section 11-52-70 - Establishment, etc., of Business, Industrial and Residential Districts and Provision as to Type, Use, etc., of Structures and Improvements to Be Erected Therein, etc., Authorized Generally.

Section 11-52-70Establishment, etc., of business, industrial and residential districts and provision as to type, use, etc., of structures and improvements to be erected therein, etc., authorized generally. Each municipal corporation in the State of Alabama may divide the territory within its corporate limits into business, industrial and residential zones or districts and may provide the kind, character and use of structures and improvements that may be erected or made within the several zones or districts established and may, from time to time, rearrange or alter the boundaries of such zones or districts and may also adopt such ordinances as necessary to carry into effect and make effective the provisions of this article. (Acts 1923, No. 443, p. 590; Code 1923, §1878; Code 1940, T. 37, §772.)
AL Code § 11-52-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 4 - Zoning.|Section 11-52-71 - Number, Shape, and Area of Districts; Uniformity of Regulations.

Section 11-52-71Number, shape, and area of districts; uniformity of regulations. For any or all of said purposes the local legislative body may divide the municipality into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this article, and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings, structures, or land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in any one district may differ from those in other districts. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §776.)
AL Code § 11-52-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 4 - Zoning.|Section 11-52-72 - Purposes of Zoning Regulations Generally; Considerations in Establishment Thereof Generally.

Section 11-52-72Purposes of zoning regulations generally; considerations in establishment thereof generally. Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to promote health and the general welfare, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout such municipality. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §777.)
AL Code § 11-52-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 4 - Zoning.|Section 11-52-73 - Regulation and Restriction of Height, etc., of Buildings, etc., Sizes of Lots, Density of Population, etc., Authorized.

Section 11-52-73Regulation and restriction of height, etc., of buildings, etc., sizes of lots, density of population, etc., authorized. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the community, the legislative body of incorporated cities and towns is hereby empowered to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population and the location and use of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residences, or other purposes. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §774.)
AL Code § 11-52-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 4 - Zoning.|Section 11-52-75 - Regulation as to Housing of Different Classes of Inhabitants in Residential Districts.

Section 11-52-75Regulation as to housing of different classes of inhabitants in residential districts. For the promotion of the public peace, order, safety, or general welfare, such municipal corporations may, within residential districts established pursuant to this article, further regulate as to the housing or residence therein of the different classes of inhabitants, but such regulations are not hereby authorized as will discriminate in favor of or against any class of inhabitants. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §775.)
AL Code § 11-52-75.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 4 - Zoning.|Section 11-52-75.1 - Regulation as to Housing of Mentally Retarded or Mentally Ill Persons in Multi-Family Zone.

Section 11-52-75.1Regulation as to housing of mentally retarded or mentally ill persons in multi-family zone. (a) It is the express intent of the Legislature to abolish and prohibit any zoning law, ordinance, or regulation which prevents or prohibits mentally retarded or mentally ill persons from living in a natural residential environment zoned "multi-family." Zoning ordinances shall not exclude a group home from a "multi-family" residential area solely because the persons residing in the group home are not blood related, and no such group home shall be located within 1,000 feet of another group home as measured between lot lines. The group home shall be required to meet all other zoning and licensing requirements of local and state governmental agencies. (b) For the purpose of any zoning law, ordinance, or regulation in force in the State of Alabama and its political subdivisions, the classification of "multi-family" shall not exclude a group home in which 10 or less unrelated persons who are mentally retarded or mentally ill may reside, and said home may, in addition thereto, include two additional persons who need not be related by blood or marriage to each other or to any of the mentally retarded or mentally ill persons living in the home. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any such group home previously established and existing on the date of the enactment of this section. (Acts 1986, No. 86-430, p. 797.)
AL Code § 11-52-76 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 4 - Zoning.|Section 11-52-76 - Municipal Legislative Body to Provide for Manner of Establishment, Enforcement, Amendment, etc., of Regulations, Restrictions and District Boundaries Generally; Adoption of Ordinances for Implementation of Article Generally.

Section 11-52-76Municipal legislative body to provide for manner of establishment, enforcement, amendment, etc., of regulations, restrictions and district boundaries generally; adoption of ordinances for implementation of article generally. The legislative body of such municipality shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established, and enforced and from time to time amended, supplemented, or changed and may adopt such ordinances as may be necessary to carry into effect and make effective the provisions of this article. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §778; Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 252, p. 348, §2.)
AL Code § 11-52-77 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 4 - Zoning.|Section 11-52-77 - Procedure for Adoption of Ordinances Authorized by Article.

Section 11-52-77Procedure for adoption of ordinances authorized by article. No ordinance shall be passed by any municipal corporation under the authority of this article unless and until the municipal governing body has complied with the procedures set forth in either subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) of this section. (1) Prior to adoption, the proposed ordinance shall be published in full for one insertion and an additional insertion of a synopsis of the proposed ordinance, one week after the first insertion, which synopsis shall refer to the date and name of the newspaper in which the proposed ordinance was first published; both such insertions shall be at least 15 days in advance of its passage and in a newspaper of general circulation published within the municipality, or, if there is no such newspaper, then by posting the proposed ordinance in four conspicuous places within the municipality, together with a notice stating the time and place that the ordinance is to be considered by the municipal legislative authorities and stating further that at such time and place all persons who desire shall have an opportunity of being heard in opposition to or in favor of such ordinance. (2) Prior to adoption, notice that an ordinance will be considered shall be published for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice shall include the following information: a. A provision that an ordinance proposing to zone or rezone property will be considered by the municipal governing body pursuant to this section and that a copy of the proposed ordinance is available for public inspection at the city or town hall; b. The location of the city or town hall; c. A map showing the location of the property; d. A general description of the property proposed to be zoned or rezoned including the common name by which the property is known; and e. The time and place where all persons may be heard in opposition to or in favor of the ordinance. The notice required by this subdivision shall be published in the legal section of the publication in standard form. In addition, the same notice shall also be published one time in the regular section of the newspaper which notice shall be in the form of at least a one-quarter page advertisement. (3) No such ordinance shall become effective until after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §778; Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 252, p. 348, §2; Acts 1981, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 81-1191, p. 524, §2; Acts 1995, No. 95-395, p. 806, §1.)
AL Code § 11-52-78 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 52 - Planning, Zoning and Subdivisions.|Article 4 - Zoning.|Section 11-52-78 - Amendment, Repeal, etc., of Regulations, Restrictions, District Boundaries and Ordinances.

Section 11-52-78Amendment, repeal, etc., of regulations, restrictions, district boundaries and ordinances. Such regulations, restrictions, and boundaries and ordinances passed under the authority of this article may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed. The provisions of Section 11-52-77 relative to public hearings and official notices shall apply equally to all changes and amendments. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §779.)