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AL Code § 11-67-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 2 - Abatement of Weeds in Class 5 and Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-28 - Effect of Resolutions and Account Reports Confirmed Before Enactment of Article.

Section 11-67-28Effect of resolutions and account reports confirmed before enactment of article. All resolutions authorizing abatement or removal of nuisances enacted prior to the passage of this article under the authority of any other act are hereby given full force and effect and the city may proceed to have said nuisances removed or abated by either the city or by a duly authorized private contractor, company, enterprise, or individual. The procedure for confirming the account report shall be in accord with the provisions of this article. All account reports previously confirmed prior to the enactment of this article are hereby given full force and effect and the city may proceed to collect these special assessments in the same manner as provided by prior law. (Acts 1988, No. 88-333, p. 502, §9.)
AL Code § 11-67-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 3 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-40 - Article Applicable Only to Certain Class 4 Municipalities.

Section 11-67-40Article applicable only to certain Class 4 municipalities. The provisions of this article shall apply only to a Class 4 municipality which has adopted the form of government provided by Chapter 43B of Title 11. This article shall not apply to a Class 4 municipality which has adopted the form of government provided by Chapter 44B of Title 11. (Acts 1993, No. 93-306, p. 453, §1.)
AL Code § 11-67-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 3 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-41 - Grass or Weeds May Be Declared Public Nuisance and Abated.

Section 11-67-41Grass or weeds may be declared public nuisance and abated. An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within the city which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryness so as to constitute a serious fire threat or hazard; or bearing wingy or downy seeds, when mature, that cause the spread of weeds and, when breathed, irritation to the throat, lungs, and eyes of the public; or hiding debris, such as broken glass or metal, which could inflict injury on a person going upon the property; or being unsightly; or a growth of grass or weeds, other than ornamental plant growth, which exceeds 12 inches in height, may be declared to be a public nuisance and abated as provided in this article. (Acts 1993, No. 93-306, p. 453, §2.)
AL Code § 11-67-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 3 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-42 - Notice.

Section 11-67-42Notice. (a) Whenever in the opinion of the city official or any other city employee designated by the mayor, a nuisance exists, the official shall order the owner of the property on which the nuisance is located to abate the condition. (b) The enforcing official shall give the owner written notice in person or by first class mail. The notice shall require the owner to abate the condition within the time stated in the notice or to request a hearing before an administrative official of the city designated by the mayor or council to determine whether there has been a violation. The notice shall apprise the owner of the facts of the alleged nuisance and shall name the particular date, time, and place for the hearing if requested by the owner. (c) The notice shall be sent to that person shown by the records of the county to have been the last person assessed for payment of ad valorem tax on the property where the nuisance is situated. It shall be the responsibility of that person to promptly advise the enforcing official of a change of ownership or interest in the property. (d) The notice shall also be posted in a conspicuous place on the property. (e) The notice shall require the owner to complete abatement of the nuisance within 14 days from the date of notice, provided the enforcing official may stipulate additional time, but in no case more than 28 days. (f) A hearing before the administrative official shall be requested within five days of the date of the notice by the enforcing official. The enforcing official shall notify the owner by personal service or by first class mail of the determination of the administrative official. If the administrative official determines that a nuisance exists, the owner shall comply with the initial order to abate issued by the enforcing official, with modifications as may be made by the administrative official. (Acts 1993, No. 93-306, p. 453, §3.)
AL Code § 11-67-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 3 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-43 - Failure to Abate Condition; Assessing Cost of Abatement.

Section 11-67-43Failure to abate condition; assessing cost of abatement. (a) If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to abate the condition after notice to do so, the enforcing official shall cause the offending grass or weeds to be cut. (b) Upon completion of the abatement work performed by the city, including work by contractors employed by the city, the enforcing official shall compute the actual expenses, including, but not limited to, total wages paid, value of the use of equipment, advertising expenses, postage, and materials purchased, which were incurred by the city as a result of the work. An itemized statement of the expenses shall be given by first class mail to the last known address of the owner of the property. This notice shall be sent at least five days in advance of the time fixed by the city council to consider the assessment of the cost against property. (c) At the time fixed for receiving and considering the statement, the council shall hear the same, together with any objections which may be raised by the owner whose property is liable to be assessed for the work and thereupon make modifications in the statement as they deem necessary, after which a resolution may assess the cost. The cost stated in the resolution shall constitute a special assessment against the land and shall constitute a lien on the property. The city clerk shall charge the assessments against the respective lots and parcels of land for municipal purposes. Thereafter, the amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal assessments are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal assessments. (d) The city clerk shall cause a certified copy of the resolution assessing the cost of abatement to be filed for recording in the office of the judge of probate and shall forward a copy to the county tax collector. Upon a filing the tax collector shall add the amount of the lien to the ad valorem tax bill on the property and shall collect the amount as if it were a tax, using all methods available for collecting ad valorem tax, and remit the amount to the city. (Acts 1993, No. 93-306, p. 453, §4.)
AL Code § 11-67-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 3 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-44 - Authority to Assess Against Property Sold to State for Nonpayment of Taxes; Effect of Subsequent Redemption or Sale by State on Lien.

Section 11-67-44Authority to assess against property sold to state for nonpayment of taxes; effect of subsequent redemption or sale by state on lien. The city shall have the power to assess the costs authorized herein against any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, and where an assessment is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by a person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the city for the assessment, but a redemptioner or purchaser at a sale by the state of any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the assessment. (Acts 1993, No. 93-306, p. 453, §5.)
AL Code § 11-67-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 3 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-45 - Article Cumulative in Nature.

Section 11-67-45Article cumulative in nature. This article is cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which a city may have under any other law. (Acts 1993, No. 93-306, p. 453, §6.)
AL Code § 11-67-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 4 - Abatement of Weeds in Any Municipality.|Section 11-67-60 - Authority to Abate Public Nuisance.

Section 11-67-60Authority to abate public nuisance. An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within a municipality that is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryness that constitute a serious fire threat or hazard; or bearing wingy or downy seeds, when mature, that cause the spread of weeds and, when breathed, irritation to the throat, lungs, and eyes of the public; or hiding debris, such as broken glass or metal, that could inflict injury on a person going upon the property; or being unsightly; or a growth of grass or weeds, other than ornamental plant growth, that exceeds 12 inches in height, may be declared to be a public nuisance by the municipal governing body and abated as provided in this article. The term municipality as defined in this article does not include the police jurisdiction of said municipality. (Act 2000-774, p. 1771, §1.)
AL Code § 11-67-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 4 - Abatement of Weeds in Any Municipality.|Section 11-67-61 - Weeds May Be Declared Public Nuisance; Resolution to Abate.

Section 11-67-61Weeds may be declared public nuisance; resolution to abate. Whenever any weeds are growing upon any street, sidewalk, or private property, the governing body of any incorporated municipality may, by resolution, declare the weeds to be a public nuisance and order its abatement. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under which it is commonly known or describe the property upon which or in front of which the nuisance exists by giving a legal description of the property 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 resolution. This article shall not apply to any property that has been zoned agricultural property. (Act 2000-774, p. 1771, §2.)
AL Code § 11-67-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 4 - Abatement of Weeds in Any Municipality.|Section 11-67-63 - Hearing.

Section 11-67-63Hearing. If objections are filed, at the time stated in the notice, the governing body of the municipality shall hear and consider all evidence, objections, and protests regarding the proposed removal of weeds. The governing body of the municipality may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the governing body of the municipality, by resolution, shall decide whether a public nuisance exists and, if so, shall order it to be removed or abated with respect to any property or part thereof described. The governing body, by passage of the resolution, shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to proceed and either to perform or have performed the work of removal or abatement with respect to the property or part thereof. The decision of the governing body on the matter shall be deemed final and conclusive. (Act 2000-774, p. 1771, §4.)
AL Code § 11-67-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 4 - Abatement of Weeds in Any Municipality.|Section 11-67-64 - Abatement of Nuisance.

Section 11-67-64Abatement of nuisance. (a) After the governing body passes the resolution finding the conditions of the property to be a nuisance and ordering its abatement, all employees and duly authorized agents of the municipality may enter upon the private property to abate the nuisance. (b) The governing body may authorize private contractors, companies, enterprises, or individuals to abate and remove the nuisance. The governing body of the municipality, by resolution, shall designate the contractors, companies, enterprises, or individuals who may perform the work. Those persons so designated may enter upon private property for purposes of abating or removing the nuisance. For purposes of this article compliance with the competitive bid law is not required. (c) Any property owner shall have the right to have any weeds removed at his or her own expense providing the removal is done prior to the commencing of the work by the employees or agents of the municipality to do the removal. (Act 2000-774, p. 1771, §5.)
AL Code § 11-67-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 4 - Abatement of Weeds in Any Municipality.|Section 11-67-65 - Report of Costs.

Section 11-67-65Report of costs. Each municipality shall keep an account of the cost of abating or removing the nuisance in front of or on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done by its employees, or by a duly authorized private contractor, company, enterprise, or individual, and shall render an itemized report in writing to the governing body of the municipality showing the cost of removing the nuisance on each separate lot, or in front of the lot. Before the report is submitted to the governing body, a copy of the report shall be posted for at least five days prior thereto on or near the chamber door of the governing body, together with a notice of the time when the report shall be submitted to the governing body for confirmation. (Act 2000-774, p. 1771, §6.)
AL Code § 11-67-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 4 - Abatement of Weeds in Any Municipality.|Section 11-67-66 - Confirmation of Report; Weed Liens.

Section 11-67-66Confirmation of report; weed liens. At the time fixed for receiving and considering the report, the governing body shall hear the report, together with any objections which may be raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of abating the nuisance and thereupon make modifications in the report as deemed 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 hereinafter be referred to as "weed liens," and shall constitute a weed lien on the property for the amount of the weed liens, respectively. After confirmation of the reports, a copy shall be given to the tax collector or revenue commissioner of the county who, under the "Optional Method of Taxation," is charged with the collection of the municipal taxes pursuant to Article 1, Division 2, Chapter 51, of Title 11. It shall be the duty of the county tax collector or revenue commissioner to add the costs of the respective weed liens to the next regular bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land subject to a weed lien, and thereafter, the costs shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency; provided, however, that if the foreclosure and sale is the result of a delinquency caused by a weed lien, the municipality shall reimburse the county tax collector or revenue commissioner for all costs associated with the foreclosure and sale unless the costs are collected at the time of sale as part of the sale. (Act 2000-774, p. 1771, §7.)
AL Code § 11-67-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 4 - Abatement of Weeds in Any Municipality.|Section 11-67-67 - Article Cumulative.

Section 11-67-67Article cumulative. This article is cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which a municipality may have under any other law. (Act 2000-774, p. 1771, §8.)
AL Code § 11-67-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 4 - Abatement of Weeds in Any Municipality.|Section 11-67-68 - Alternate Abatement Procedures; Costs.

Section 11-67-68Alternate abatement procedures; costs.  (a) In the case of any property on which overgrown grass or weeds have been previously abated or on which abatement has been attempted through the process of posting notice on the property to be abated pursuant to Article 2 or this article, a municipality may adopt procedures different from the procedures provided in Article 2 or this article to abate overgrown grasses and weeds for subsequent abatement. (b) After the abatement of any overgrown grass or weeds pursuant to the procedures provided in the ordinance adopted pursuant to this section, the reasonable costs of abatement shall be assessed and collected as a weed lien in the same manner as provided in Section 11-67-66. The municipality may assess the reasonable costs authorized against any lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama or any purchaser at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, and where an assessment is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by a person authorized to redeem or the sale thereof by the state shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the municipality for the assessment. A person redeeming the property or purchaser at a sale by the state of any lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state or purchaser for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the assessment. (c) Any municipality that adopts or has adopted alternate procedures for the abatement of overgrown grasses or weeds pursuant to any other general or local law may follow those procedures or may follow the procedures provided in this section. (Act 2014-303, p. 1097, §1.)
AL Code § 11-67-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 5 - Abatement of Weeds in Class 7 Municipaities.|Section 11-67-80 - Abatement of Public Nuisance; Costs.

Section 11-67-80Abatement of public nuisance; costs. In any Class 7 municipality, in the case of any overgrown grass or weeds which may be abated pursuant to Article 4, commencing at Section 11-67-60, of this chapter, the city council may adopt procedures different from the procedures provided in Article 4 to declare overgrown grass or weeds to be a public nuisance and abated pursuant to the procedures provided in the ordinance. After the abatement of any overgrown grass or weeds pursuant to the procedures provided in the ordinance, the costs of abatement shall be assessed and collected as a weed lien in the same manner as provided in Section 11-67-66. The municipality may assess the costs authorized against any lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama or any purchaser at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, and where an assessment is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by a person authorized to redeem or the sale thereof by the state shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the municipality for the assessment. A person redeeming the property or purchaser at a sale by the state of any lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied, whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state or purchaser for the nonpayment of taxes, shall take the same subject to the assessment. (Act 2010-562, p. 1139, §1.)
AL Code § 11-67-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 67 - Abatement of Weeds.|Article 7 - Abatement of Grass and Weeds in Certain Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-67-140 - Article Applicable Only to Certain Class 5 Municipalities.

Section 11-67-140Article applicable only to certain Class 5 municipalities. This article shall only apply to a Class 5 municipality with a mayor/commission/city manager form of government. (Act 2021-138, §1.)