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AL Code § 11-48-83 (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 2 - Street and Sewer Improvements Outside Corporate Limits of Certain Cities.|Section 11-48-83 - Issuance of Bonds Payable Solely Out of Proceeds From Assessments to Pay Cost of Improvements.

Section 11-48-83Issuance of bonds payable solely out of proceeds from assessments to pay cost of improvements. Each such city shall also have the power to finance the construction of public improvements in the police jurisdiction of such city by the issuance of its bonds payable solely out of the proceeds from assessments then made or to be thereafter made against the properties specially benefited by such improvements. Any such bonds shall not be general obligations of such city, and such city shall not be in any way liable to the holders of such bonds in the event of the failure to collect any of the assessments out of the proceeds from which such securities may be payable. Any such bonds shall pledge, convey and transfer to the holders thereof all of the issuing city's right, title and interest in and to such assessments and the city's liens securing such assessments, together with the right to enforce the collection of such assessments by foreclosure of such liens in any court of competent jurisdiction. If the holder of any bond issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall institute a foreclosure action in any court against any property subject to a lien securing any such assessment, such holder shall be entitled to have the proceeds of said action applied pro rata to the payment of the bond or bonds of such holder and all other bonds issued under this section and payable from the proceeds of the same assessments to the end that not more than one foreclosure action shall be brought against any one lot or parcel of land. The costs of any such foreclosure action including a reasonable attorney's fee in any case where the bondholder bringing such action is represented therein by an attorney shall be ascertained by the court and deducted from the proceeds derived from said action before such proceeds are prorated as provided for in this section. Any bonds issued under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 11-81-110 through 11-81-123, and to all other provisions of law now existing or hereafter enacted with respect to the sale and issuance by such cities of general obligation bonds for the purpose of financing public improvements within the city, the cost of which is to be assessed wholly or in part against the properties specially benefited thereby; provided, that any bonds issued under the provisions of this section shall not constitute general obligations of the issuing city but shall be payable solely from the proceeds of assessments as provided in this section. (Acts 1955, No. 492, p. 1112, §4.)
AL Code § 11-48-100 (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 3 - Assessments for Public Improvements Against Property Owned by Tenants in Common.|Section 11-48-100 - Apportionment of Assessment Against Property for Public Improvement Among Joint Owners Thereof Authorized; Discharge of Portion of Assessment Lien Upon Payment of Portion of Assessment.

Section 11-48-100Apportionment of assessment against property for public improvement among joint owners thereof authorized; discharge of portion of assessment lien upon payment of portion of assessment. When an assessment for public improvements is levied against a tract of land owned by tenants in common, the governing body of any municipality may, upon petition of an owner or owners of said tract of land, split or divide the original assessment against the same and may apportion the cost of the improvements among the several portions or divisions of said tract of land and shall, upon the payment of the amount so charged or assessed against any separate portion or division, discharge said portion or division from the lien for improvements against the same. (Acts 1919, No. 61, p. 65; Code 1923, §2248; Code 1940, T. 37, §578.)
AL Code § 11-48-101 (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 3 - Assessments for Public Improvements Against Property Owned by Tenants in Common.|Section 11-48-101 - Petition of Tenant in Common for Division of Assessment Among Joint Owners of Property.

Section 11-48-101Petition of tenant in common for division of assessment among joint owners of property. When assessments are made for public improvements against property owned by tenants in common and one or more of the tenants in common to the property assessed desires that said assessments be paid, he may file a petition with the governing body of such municipality praying that such assessment may be split or divided among the tenants in common to said property. (Acts 1919, No. 61, p. 65; Code 1923, §2245; Code 1940, T. 37, §575.)
AL Code § 11-48-102 (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 3 - Assessments for Public Improvements Against Property Owned by Tenants in Common.|Section 11-48-102 - Division of Assessment Among Tenants in Common and Acceptance of Payment of and Discharge of Lien Upon Proportionate Shares of Assessment.

Section 11-48-102Division of assessment among tenants in common and acceptance of payment of and discharge of lien upon proportionate shares of assessment. The governing body of any municipality may divide such assessment proportionately among the tenants in common and allow any tenant in common to pay and discharge his proportionate share of such assessment, and the lien on his undivided interest shall be discharged upon payment in full, and this may be done before appeal, pending appeal or after final disposition, etc., and also after division, and the governing body of such municipality may adjust the cost of the proceedings with the petitioner and the action may proceed against the other tenants in common. (Acts 1919, No. 61, p. 65; Code 1923, §2246; Code 1940, T. 37, §576.)
AL Code § 11-48-103 (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 3 - Assessments for Public Improvements Against Property Owned by Tenants in Common.|Section 11-48-103 - Notice to Property Owners of Division of Assessment.

Section 11-48-103Notice to property owners of division of assessment. In all cases where assessments may be split or divided as authorized in this article, notice to owners of the property covered by such assessments or to their agents shall be given, either in person or by mail, where such owners or agents and their addresses are known or by publication in a newspaper published in the municipality once a week for two consecutive weeks, where such owners or agents and their addresses are unknown, before any final action shall be taken as provided in this article. (Acts 1919, No. 61, p. 65; Code 1923, §2250; Code 1940, T. 37, §580.)
AL Code § 11-48-104 (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 3 - Assessments for Public Improvements Against Property Owned by Tenants in Common.|Section 11-48-104 - Appeals From Division of Assessment.

Section 11-48-104Appeals from division of assessment. The owner of any portion of said tract of land may, after said tract and the original assessments have been divided, appeal from the resolution, judgment or order of the governing body levying said assessment in the same manner and under the same conditions as appeals are taken from original assessments; except, that said appeal must be taken within five days after said judgment, resolution, or order. (Acts 1919, No. 61, p. 65; Code 1923, §2251; Code 1940, T. 37, §581.)
AL Code § 11-48-105 (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 3 - Assessments for Public Improvements Against Property Owned by Tenants in Common.|Section 11-48-105 - Correction of Description of Ownership of Property; Reduction of Assessment.

Section 11-48-105Correction of description of ownership of property; reduction of assessment. The governing body of a municipality may, at any time before judgment entered in the circuit court, correct errors in the description of ownership of property against which an assessment has been made for public improvements and may, whenever in its judgment the assessment is in excess of the special benefits derived from such improvement, reduce the assessment pending appeal. (Acts 1919, No. 61, p. 65; Code 1923, §2247; Code 1940, T. 37, §577.)
AL Code § 11-48-106 (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 3 - Assessments for Public Improvements Against Property Owned by Tenants in Common.|Section 11-48-106 - Effect of Reduction of Assessment, etc., Upon Assessment Lien.

Section 11-48-106Effect of reduction of assessment, etc., upon assessment lien. When any assessment is split or divided or errors corrected in the description of ownerships or assessments reduced, settled, or compromised or any adjustment made or act done as authorized by this article, no lien on the property affected by the assessment under existing laws shall be discharged or impaired but shall be retained in full force and effect on the several parts or portions of the property which may be thereby affected. (Acts 1919, No. 61, p. 65; Code 1923, §2249; Code 1940, T. 37, §579.)
AL Code § 11-49-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-49-2 - Regulation of Cellar Openings, Stairways, Signs, etc., on Sidewalks; Regulation, Construction, etc., of Sidewalk Repairs.

Section 11-49-2Regulation of cellar openings, stairways, signs, etc., on sidewalks; regulation, construction, etc., of sidewalk repairs. Cities and towns may prohibit openings being made on the sidewalks for cellar entrances and may close the same and may prescribe plans and specifications to be followed for such openings, if allowed. They may prohibit stationary or movable stands from being placed on the sidewalks and do any and all things necessary to secure free and ample passageway thereon, including the removal of stairways. They may prohibit the erection of awnings and verandas and signs hanging over the streets and sidewalks and may prescribe plans and specifications therefor, if allowed. They shall require the sidewalks to be kept in repair and, if not repaired by the owners of property abutting thereon, upon reasonable notice, to be determined by the council in the manner to be provided by ordinance, they may be repaired by the municipality at the owner's expense, and the amount expended therefor shall be a lien upon the property, which, with interest, may be collected as taxes or assessments are collected. (Code 1907, §1266; Code 1923, §2014; Code 1940, T. 37, §647.)
AL Code § 11-49-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-49-3 - Railroads and Public Utilities Using Streets to Be Required to Keep Streets in Repair, Etc.

Section 11-49-3Railroads and public utilities using streets to be required to keep streets in repair, etc. Street and other railroad companies shall be required to keep their tracks in repair, using such rails as may be prescribed, and shall maintain and keep in repair the streets between their rails and for 18 inches on each side in such manner as the council or other governing body may prescribe. Any public utility using the streets of the city or town shall at all times, in a manner prescribed by the council or other governing body, render the use of such streets safe to vehicles and to persons, and all tracks on such street shall, when required by the council or other governing body, be placed at any fixed grade and changed, free of expense to the municipality, when found necessary. (Code 1907, §1269; Code 1923, §2017; Code 1940, T. 37, §648.)
AL Code § 11-49-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-49-4 - Establishment of Speed Limits, etc., Within Corporate Limits.

Section 11-49-4Establishment of speed limits, etc., within corporate limits. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the several cities and towns in this state shall fix by ordinance the speed at which motor vehicles may be operated within their respective corporate limits and shall fix the punishment for any violation of such ordinance within the limits of fine and imprisonment or either as now authorized or required by law. (Acts 1920, No. 9, p. 7; Code 1923, §2057; Code 1940, T. 37, §649.)
AL Code § 11-49-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-49-5 - Posting of Sign Boards as to Municipal Speed Limits.

Section 11-49-5Posting of sign boards as to municipal speed limits. Any city or town passing any such ordinance shall immediately post on each public highway leading into such city or town where the same enters such corporate limits a sign board on which shall be plainly and legibly written or printed the speed limit adopted. (Acts 1920, No. 9, p. 7; Code 1923, §2058; Code 1940, T. 37, §650.)
AL Code § 11-49-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-49-6 - Vacation of Right-of-Way Fee.

Section 11-49-6Vacation of right-of-way fee. Prior to the exercise of the power of a municipality incorporated in this state to vacate the public right-of-way for a road, street, alley, or other dedicated public way, open or unopen, as a condition of exercise of such power to vacate, the governing body may require abutting landowners who will directly benefit from such vacation to pay to such municipality a vacation of right-of-way fee equal to the fair market value of the land which will be added to the holdings of such abutting landowners. Such fair market value shall be determined by the governing body of the municipality after a public hearing, notice of which shall be published in a daily newspaper of general circulation at least five days prior thereto and mailed to such address or addresses as may be set forth in the application by abutting owners for the vacation of right-of-way unless a waiver of such notice to abutting landowners is filed by such abutting landowners with the clerk of the municipality and noted in the minutes of the municipal governing body at the time of adoption of the resolution vacating such right-of-way, or unless the abutting landowners paying such fee appear, personally or by counsel, at such public hearing. In no event shall the said vacation of right-of-way fee exceed the assessed value per square foot of all subdivision lots or tracts abutting the right-of-way to be vacated applied to square foot area of the real property to be added to holdings of each abutting landowner paying such fee; provided, however, the determination of such a fee in a lesser amount by the governing body of the municipality shall be conclusive as to its amount. (Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-785, p. 288.)
AL Code § 11-49-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 2 - Establishment and Operation of Ferries on Rivers Between Two Counties.|Section 11-49-20 - Exclusive Rights of Municipalities as to Establishment, Regulation, etc., of Ferries.

Section 11-49-20Exclusive rights of municipalities as to establishment, regulation, etc., of ferries. (a) The mayor and council or other governing bodies of incorporated municipalities in this state have the exclusive power and authority to establish or authorize the establishment of ferries on rivers which in whole or in part constitute the dividing line between two counties in this state at points touching such incorporated municipalities and to regulate the same. (b) In all cases where the river is the dividing line between two counties and where the boundaries of any incorporated municipality border upon such river and at a public road crossing, the power and authority to establish a ferry across said river at such public road crossing is hereby vested exclusively in such municipality. (Acts 1923, No. 541, p. 721; Code 1923, §2409; Code 1940, T. 37, §372.)
AL Code § 11-49-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 2 - Establishment and Operation of Ferries on Rivers Between Two Counties.|Section 11-49-21 - Applications for and Granting of Licenses for Establishment of Ferries - Procedure Generally.

Section 11-49-21Applications for and granting of licenses for establishment of ferries - Procedure generally. On application for a license for establishment of a ferry, where the banks on each side belong to the same person, such person is entitled to the prior right of establishing a ferry; when the banks belong to different persons, the municipal authorities may grant the license at their election to either of such owners making the application. Should any person not the owner of the land on either bank of the river where it is proposed to establish a ferry make application for a license, he shall be required to produce before the municipal authorities a statement in writing from the owner thereof saying that he is not an applicant, and such written statement must appear of record. (Acts 1923, No. 541, p. 721; Code 1923, §2410; Code 1940, T. 37, §373.)
AL Code § 11-49-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 2 - Establishment and Operation of Ferries on Rivers Between Two Counties.|Section 11-49-22 - Applications for and Granting of Licenses for Establishment of Ferries - Publication, Posting, etc., of Notice of Application.

Section 11-49-22Applications for and granting of licenses for establishment of ferries - Publication, posting, etc., of notice of application. No license for a ferry shall be granted until 20 days' notice of the intended application shall have been given by notice published in a newspaper and posted at the city hall of such municipality and at the courthouse door of the county in which such municipality is situated and at three other public places in the county, two of which shall be in the immediate vicinity where it is proposed to establish such ferry, and three other notices shall be posted in three public places in the adjoining county where said ferry touches, and personal notice shall be given to the owner of the land if he is not an applicant. (Acts 1923, No. 541, p. 721; Code 1923, §2411; Code 1940, T. 37, §374.)
AL Code § 11-49-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 2 - Establishment and Operation of Ferries on Rivers Between Two Counties.|Section 11-49-23 - Licenses to Be Granted for Establishment of Ferries at Public Road Crossings Only; Annulment of Nonconforming Licenses.

Section 11-49-23Licenses to be granted for establishment of ferries at public road crossings only; annulment of nonconforming licenses. Such license for a ferry shall be granted only at the crossing of a river at a point where a public highway has been established. All licenses granted at points governed by this article and not in conformity with the provisions of the same are hereby annulled. (Acts 1923, No. 541, p. 721; Code 1923, §2412; Code 1940, T. 37, §375.)
AL Code § 11-49-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 3 - Requirement of Construction and Maintenance by Railroads of Bridges, Tunnels, etc., Within Limits of Certain Cities.|Section 11-49-40 - Authorized.

Section 11-49-40Authorized. The city council or other governing body of each city in the State of Alabama having according to the most recent federal census a population of more than 35,000 inhabitants shall have full power and authority to require railroad companies to construct and maintain within the city limits viaducts, bridges, and tunnels or parts of viaducts, bridges, and tunnels and their approaches over, along, or under the tracks at their own expense, such bridges and their approaches, tunnels or other conveniences at public crossings and such viaducts and their approaches over their tracks where the same cross or extend along public highways or streets. (Code 1907, §1296; Code 1923, §2070; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 37, §651.)
AL Code § 11-49-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 49 - Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.|Article 3 - Requirement of Construction and Maintenance by Railroads of Bridges, Tunnels, etc., Within Limits of Certain Cities.|Section 11-49-41 - Vacation of Street Where Bridge, Tunnel, etc., to Be Constructed to Be Provided For.

Section 11-49-41Vacation of street where bridge, tunnel, etc., to be constructed to be provided for. No viaduct, bridge, or tunnel shall be constructed under this article unless said governing body shall have provided for a vacation of the street upon completion of said viaduct, bridge, or tunnel throughout that portion thereof over, along, or under which the said public improvement is proposed to be constructed. The fee of the street, nevertheless, shall remain in the city. (Code 1907, §1297; Code 1923, §2071; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 37, §652.)