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AL Code § 11-52-79 (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 11-52-79 - Zoning Commission.

Section 11-52-79Zoning commission. In availing itself of the powers conferred by this article, the legislative body of any incorporated city or town may appoint a commission, to be known as the zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. Such commission shall make a preliminary report and hold a public hearing thereon before submitting its final report. In case of the appointment of such zoning commission, the municipal legislative body shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of such commission. Where a municipal planning commission already exists, it may be appointed as the "zoning commission." (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §780.)
AL Code § 11-52-80.1 (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 11-52-80.1 - Board of Adjustment - Definitions; Membership; Reversing, Affirming or Modifying Decisions, etc.; Terms of Planning Commission Members Terminated; Duties, Powers, Etc.

Section 11-52-80.1Board of Adjustment - Definitions; membership; reversing, affirming or modifying decisions, etc.; terms of planning commission members terminated; duties, powers, etc. (a) When used in this section, the words municipality, municipalities, and mayor shall have the meanings as provided for in Section 11-52-1. (b) The council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager or mayor commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any board of adjustment of the municipality created pursuant to Section 11-52-80, shall consist of seven members: six regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, to be determined by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor. (c) In exercising the powers in subsection (d) of Section 11-52-80, the board may reverse, affirm, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may enter the appropriate order, requirement, decision, or determination and, to that end, shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. The concurring vote of five members of the board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of an administrative official or to decide in favor of the applicant on a matter upon which the board is required to pass under any ordinance or to effect any variation in the ordinance. (d) Upon the adoption by the council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager or mayor commission form of government of an ordinance adopting an alternate board of adjustment structure pursuant to this section, the terms of the incumbent members of any existing planning commission shall be terminated. (e) Unless specified otherwise in this section, the duties, powers, responsibilities, and procedures of any planning commission appointed pursuant to this section shall be as provided for in this chapter. (Acts 1997, No. 97-673, p. 1297, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 11-52-81 (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 11-52-81 - Board of Adjustment - Appeals to Circuit Court From Final Decision of Board of Adjustment.

Section 11-52-81Board of adjustment - Appeals to circuit court from final decision of board of adjustment. Any party aggrieved by any final judgment or decision of such board of zoning adjustment may within 15 days thereafter appeal therefrom to the circuit court by filing with such board a written notice of appeal specifying the judgment or decision from which the appeal is taken. In case of such appeal such board shall cause a transcript of the proceedings in the action to be certified to the court to which the appeal is taken, and the action in such court shall be tried de novo. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §783.)
AL Code § 11-52-82 (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 11-52-82 - Regulations, Ordinances, etc., Imposing Higher Standards as to Height, etc., of Buildings, Sizes of Lots, etc., to Govern Where Conflict Between Regulations Authorized by Article and Other Statutes, Ordinances, or Regulations.

Section 11-52-82Regulations, ordinances, etc., imposing higher standards as to height, etc., of buildings, sizes of lots, etc., to govern where conflict between regulations authorized by article and other statutes, ordinances, or regulations. Wherever the regulations made under authority of this article require a greater width or size of yards or courts or other open spaces or require a lower height of buildings or a lesser number of stories or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied or impose other higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under authority of this article shall govern. Wherever the provisions of any other statute or local ordinance or regulation require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces or require a lower height of buildings or a lesser number of stories or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of this article, the provisions of such statute or local ordinance or regulation shall govern. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §784.)
AL Code § 11-52-83 (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 11-52-83 - Remedies for Construction, Repair, Use, etc., of Buildings, Lands, etc., in Violation of Article or Ordinance, Regulation, etc., Adopted Under Authority of Article.

Section 11-52-83Remedies for construction, repair, use, etc., of buildings, lands, etc., in violation of article or ordinance, regulation, etc., adopted under authority of article. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this article or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred by this article, the proper local authorities of the municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §782.)
AL Code § 11-52-84 (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 11-52-84 - Article Not to Repeal, Modify, etc., Existing Regulations, Restrictions, District Boundaries, or Ordinances.

Section 11-52-84Article not to repeal, modify, etc., existing regulations, restrictions, district boundaries, or ordinances. Nothing contained in this article shall be held to repeal, modify, or change in any way any regulations, restrictions, boundaries, or ordinances now existing or in force in any incorporated city or town in this state, and this article shall not be held to repeal Sections 11-52-70 and 11-52-74, but said sections shall remain in full force and effect. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §785.)
AL Code § 11-52-85 (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 11-52-85 - Pre-Zoning of Territory Proposed for Annexation by Municipality.

Section 11-52-85Pre-zoning of territory proposed for annexation by municipality.  (a) A municipality which exercises its authority to zone territory within its corporate limits may pre-zone territory proposed for annexation into the corporate limits of the municipality prior to the effective date of the annexation by complying with this article. If all the requirements, including all notice and public hearing requirements, of this article are met, the zoning shall become effective upon the date the territory is annexed into the corporate limits, or upon the date the zoning process is completed, whichever is later. (b) A municipality which exercises its authority to zone territory within its corporate limits shall pre-zone territory as provided in subsection (a) and issue a statement of zoning classification to an affected property owner if the individual property owner residing in the area to be annexed requests in writing that a zoning determination be made pursuant to this section prior to being annexed. (c) Any pre-zoning established by a municipality pursuant to this section for territory proposed for annexation shall be null and void as to any portion of the territory that is not annexed into the corporate limits within 180 days of the initiation of annexation proceedings as provided by law. (d) Nothing contained in this section shall allow a municipality to zone territory outside the corporate limits of the municipality that is not in the process of being annexed into the corporate limits of a municipality as provided by law. (e) Section 6-5-127 shall be applicable to any property pre-zoned pursuant to this section. (Act 2009-629, p. 1926, §1.)
AL Code § 11-53A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-1 - Removal of Unsafe Buildings or Structures.

Section 11-53A-1Removal of unsafe buildings or structures. Pursuant to the police power granted in this article, any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality in the State of Alabama that elects to have this article apply to the municipality may, after notice as provided in this article, move or demolish buildings or structures, or parts of buildings or structures, party walls, or foundations when found by a municipal housing code abatement board and by the governing body of the city, to be unsafe to the extent of creating a public nuisance from any cause. (Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)
AL Code § 11-53A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-2 - Creation of Housing Code Abatement Board; Notice to Remedy Unsafe Condition; Assessment of Costs of Removal.

Section 11-53A-2Creation of housing code abatement board; notice to remedy unsafe condition; assessment of costs of removal. Any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality may have this article apply to the municipality by adopting an ordinance creating a municipal housing code abatement board and designating that each member serving on the municipal governing body shall appoint one member from his or her district to serve on the board for the term of the municipal appointing authority for two consecutive terms in office. The board shall perform the duties delegated by this article. Whenever the board finds that any building, structure, part of a building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in its jurisdiction is unsafe to the extent that it creates a public nuisance from any cause, it shall give notice to the person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessed for state ad valorem taxes by personally serving a copy of the notice to remedy the unsafe or dangerous condition of the building or structure, or to demolish the building or structure, within a reasonable time set out in the notice to the person or legal entity to whom the property was assessed for ad valorem taxes, not more than 60 days following the notice. If the unsafe condition is not remedied within 60 days, the building or structure shall be demolished and removed by the city and the costs shall be assessed against the property. In the event that the personal service is returned "Not Found" after not less than two attempts, the notice may be given by registered or certified mail. The mailing of the notice by registered mail, properly addressed and postage prepaid to the address where the notice for ad valorem taxes for the last tax year was mailed, shall constitute notice as required by this article. Prior to the delivery or mailing, the notice or a copy of the notice shall also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure. If there is no entrance, the notice may be posted at any location upon the building or structure. (Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §2; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)
AL Code § 11-53A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-3 - Administrative Hearing; Order for Removal of Unsafe Building or Structure; Appeal of Order for Removal.

Section 11-53A-3Administrative hearing; order for removal of unsafe building or structure; appeal of order for removal. (a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 60 days from the date notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the city governing body, together with any objection to the finding by the board that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent of creating a public nuisance. The filing of the request shall delay any action on the finding of the board until a determination is made. A hearing shall be held not less than 10 nor more than 60 days after the request. At the hearing, or in the event no hearing is timely requested, after the expiration of 60 days from the date the notice is given, the governing body shall determine whether or not the building or structure is unsafe to the extent that it creates a public nuisance. Notice of the meeting of the governing body, and that a determination will be made at the meeting, shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, not less than 10 days prior thereto. If a building or structure is determined to be unsafe to the extent that it creates a public nuisance, the governing body shall order the building or structure to be demolished and removed 30 days following the determination. The city may actually perform, or contract for the performance of the demolition and removal of the building structure, and may sell or otherwise dispose of salvaged materials resulting from the demolition and removal. (b) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the governing body at the hearing may, within 30 days thereafter, appeal to the circuit court upon filing with the clerk of the court notice of the appeal and bond for security of costs in the form and amount approved by the circuit clerk. Upon filing the notice and bond, the clerk shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the city clerk. The appeal shall be docketed in the court as a preferred case. The city clerk shall, upon receiving the notice, file with the circuit clerk a copy of the findings and determination of the governing body. A trial shall then be held without a jury upon the determination of the governing body. (Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §3.)
AL Code § 11-53A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-4 - Adoption of Resolution Fixing Costs of Removal of Unsafe Building or Structure; Fixing of Costs to Constitute Special Assessment and Lien Against Property; Notice and Filing of Resolution.

Section 11-53A-4Adoption of resolution fixing costs of removal of unsafe building or structure; fixing of costs to constitute special assessment and lien against property; notice and filing of resolution. Upon demolition and removal of a building or structure, the board shall make a report to the governing body of the cost. The governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in the demolition and removal and assess the costs against the property. The proceeds of any monies received from the sale of salvaged materials from the building or structure shall be used or applied against the cost of the demolition and removal. Any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the property may be heard at the meeting concerning any objection he or she may have to the fixing of the costs. The city clerk shall give not less than 15 days' notice of the meeting at which the fixing of the costs are to be considered by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The fixing of costs by the governing body shall constitute a special assessment against the lot or lots, parcel, or parcels of land upon which the building or structure was located, and shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of the assessment. The lien shall be superior to all other liens on the property except prior recorded mortgages and other prior recorded security interests and liens for taxes, and shall continue in force until paid. The city clerk shall mail a certified copy of the resolution by registered or certified mail to the person last assessed for ad valorem taxes, and a certified copy of the resolution shall be published in the manner and as prescribed for the publication of municipal ordinances. A certified copy of the resolution shall also be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the city is situated. (Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §4.)
AL Code § 11-53A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-5 - Assessment of Costs Against Land Purchased by the State; Redemptioner or Purchaser to Take Property Subject to Assessment; Manner of Payment or Collection of Assessment.

Section 11-53A-5Assessment of costs against land purchased by the state; redemptioner or purchaser to take property subject to assessment; manner of payment or collection of assessment. (a) The city shall have the power to assess the costs authorized herein against any lot, lots, parcel, or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes. A subsequent redemption of the property by any person authorized to redeem, or a subsequent sale of the property by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the lien of the city for the assessment. Any redemptioner or purchaser shall take the property subject to the assessment. (b) Payment of the assessment, or if delinquent, the collection of the assessment, shall be made in the same manner as is provided for the payment and delinquent collection of municipal improvement assessments pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 11-48-1) of Chapter 2 of Title 11. (Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §§5, 6.)
AL Code § 11-53A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 1 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-6 - Article Cumulative in Nature.

Section 11-53A-6Article cumulative in nature. This article 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. (Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §7.)
AL Code § 11-53A-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-20 - Applicability.

Section 11-53A-20Applicability. This article shall apply only to a Class 4 municipality which has adopted the form of government provided in Chapter 43B of Title 11. (Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §1.)
AL Code § 11-53A-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-21 - Authority of Cities to Demolish Unsafe Buildings.

Section 11-53A-21Authority of cities to demolish unsafe buildings. The city shall have authority, after notice as provided herein, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when any of the above are found by the governing body of the city to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause. (Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §2.)
AL Code § 11-53A-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 53A - Demolition of Unsafe Structures.|Article 2 - Demolition of Unsafe Structures in Certain Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-53A-22 - Notice to Remedy Unsafe Condition or to Demolish Structure.

Section 11-53A-22Notice to remedy unsafe condition or to demolish structure. (a) The term "appropriate city official" as used in this article shall mean any city employee designated by the mayor as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this article to the "appropriate city official." (b) Whenever the appropriate city official finds that a building, structure, part of a building or structure, party wall, or foundation 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 assessed for state taxes and all mortgagees of record written notice to remedy the unsafe or dangerous condition of the building or structure or to demolish the building or structure within the time set out in this article, or that the building or structure may be demolished by the city and the cost thereof assessed against the property. A copy of the notice shall be served by first-class mail or by personal service. (c) Notice of the order, or a copy thereof, prior to the delivery or mailing of the order as required by this section shall also be posted at or within three feet of an entrance to the building or structure. If there is no entrance, the notice may be posted at any location upon the building or structure. (Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §3.)