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AL Code § 45-44-260.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Section 45-44-260.09 - Zoning; Grant of Power.

Section 45-44-260.09Zoning; grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the county, the planning commission, with the approval of the county commission, is hereby empowered to divide the portion of the county within its zoning jurisdiction into districts. The districts shall be of such number, shape, and area as may be found best suited to carry out the purposes of this article. The planning commission, with the approval of the county commission, shall provide for standards within districts relating to the use of the land and the types and kinds of structures that may be erected in the districts, and all home remodeling or modification in such districts. Such provision shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the area involved and shall be designed to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue mixed use of land; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water supply, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. Such provision shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, of the character of the land and district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and with a view of promoting desirable living conditions, sustaining the stability of neighborhoods, protecting property against blight and depreciation, securing economy in governmental expenditures, conserving the value of buildings, and encouraging the most appropriate use of land and of buildings and structures throughout the jurisdiction of the planning commission. For the purpose of providing for the division of the territory into districts, consonant with the conditions provided in this section, the planning commission may make a single zoning plan for all the territory of the area which lies within its jurisdiction or may make and certify separate and successive zoning plans for parts of such territory which it deems suitable for urban or suburban development or which for other reasons it deems to have appropriate territorial unity for a zoning plan. Correspondingly, any zoning regulations enacted by the commission may cover and include the whole territory lying within its jurisdiction or such territory as the planning commission deems to be appropriate territorial unit for a zoning plan.  (Act 2001-562, p. 1133, § 10.)
AL Code § 45-44-260.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Section 45-44-260.10 - Proposed Change in Zoning Regulations.

Section 45-44-260.10Proposed change in zoning regulations. Once zoning regulations have become applicable to a beat as provided herein, those regulations shall not be changed until the proposed change has been published for three weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the county together with a notice stating the time and place that the change in regulations will be considered by the planning commission, and stating further that at such time and place all persons who desire shall have the opportunity to be heard in favor or in opposition to the proposed change in zoning regulations. The change must be approved by the planning commission and the county commission.  (Act 2001-562, p. 1133, § 11.)
AL Code § 45-44-260.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Section 45-44-260.11 - Zoning Regulations Not to Be Retroactive.

Section 45-44-260.11Zoning regulations not to be retroactive. No zoning regulation adopted by the planning commission and county commission shall change any use to which land is being made at the time the zoning regulations became applicable to any beat.  (Act 2001-562, p. 1133, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-44-260.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Section 45-44-260.12 - Remedies.

Section 45-44-260.12Remedies. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any subdivision is established, or land used in violation of this article or of any regulation made under the authority conferred by this article, the county attorney shall initiate any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or subdivision of the land or use of the land to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupancy of any such building, structure, subdivision of land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or misuse in or upon any premises regulated under the authority conferred by this article. If the county attorney is successful in any proceedings, all court costs and reasonable attorney fees for time spent by the county attorney shall be assessed against the losing violator.  (Act 2001-562, p. 1133, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-44-260.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Section 45-44-260.13 - Exceptions to Zoning Regulations.

Section 45-44-260.13Exceptions to zoning regulations. The planning commission, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, may make special exceptions to the terms of the zoning regulations in harmony with its general purposes and interests and in accordance with general or specific rules adopted by the planning commission. Anyone wishing to appeal from an existing zoning regulation may file a written petition stating the basis for their appeal whereupon the planning commission shall fix a date for a hearing on the appeal, giving notice as the planning commission deems appropriate. With regard to such hearings, the planning commission shall have the following powers: (1) To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the planning commission or official in the enforcement of this article or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto. (2) To hear and decide requests for special exceptions to the term or provisions of the regulation upon which the planning commission is required to pass. (3) To authorize upon appeal in special cases a variance from the yard, open space, land use, bulk, and height requirements of the regulation as will not be contrary to the public interest where, owing to special conditions of the building site or land, a literal enforcement of the regulation will result in unnecessary hardship, all in order that the spirit of the regulations shall be observed and substantial justice done.  (Act 2001-562, p. 1133, § 14.)
AL Code § 45-44-260.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 44 - Macon County.|Article 26 - Zoning and Planning.|Section 45-44-260.14 - Appeals.

Section 45-44-260.14Appeals. Any party aggrieved by any final judgment or decision of the planning commission, within 15 days, may request a review of the record by a five-member review board appointed by the Macon County Commission, one member being the county planning director, one the county public works director, two experts in related fields of planning, and one other member. This review board is empowered to require that the planning commission reconsider its earlier decision. If such reconsideration is ordered, the planning commission may reconsider the previous record and any additional material which the planning commission considers relevant. If upon reconsideration by the planning commission, any party remains aggrieved by the final judgment of the planning commission, within 30 days they may appeal to the circuit court as provided herein. If no review by the five-member review board is requested by any party aggrieved by any final judgment or decision of the commission, or reconsideration is not granted by the five-member review board, then the aggrieved party, within 30 days, may appeal to the circuit court. The appeal shall specify the judgment or decision from which the appeal is taken and shall rest upon the contention that such zoning regulations or subdivision regulations in question are unreasonable, discriminatory, unconstitutional, or otherwise invalid, and such appeal shall be filed with and addressed to the Circuit Court of Macon County. The planning commission shall cause a transcript of the proceedings in the case to be certified to the circuit court.  (Act 2001-562, p. 1133, § 15.)
AL Code § 45-45-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 5 - Constables.|Section 45-45-50 - Office Abolished.

Section 45-45-50Office abolished. In Madison County, the office of constable provided for in each election precinct pursuant to Chapter 23, Title 36, is abolished.  (Act 92-665, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 44, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-45-60 - Compensation.

Section 45-45-60Compensation. (a) The Coroner of Madison County shall be entitled to an expense allowance in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum, which shall be in addition to all other compensation or salary provided by law. This expense allowance shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. (b) Beginning with the expiration of the term of the incumbent coroner, the annual salary for the Coroner of Madison County shall be ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.  (Act 95-200, p. 311, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-45-120 - Group Health Insurance.

Section 45-45-120Group health insurance. In Madison County, any municipality is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to pay all or any part of the costs of group health insurance premiums for retired municipal employees. Any municipal governing body, by ordinance, may implement this section.  (Act 85-598, p. 927, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-120.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Section 45-45-120.01 - Historian.

Section 45-45-120.01Historian. (a) The Madison County Commission may appoint a county historian and appropriate county funds for the purpose of paying the designated county historian an honorarium, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). (b) The county historian shall maintain a chronological history of local government within Madison County.  (Act 89-759, p. 1538, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-180 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.|Section 45-45-180 - Authority to Provide Road-Related Services and Materials to Churches, Individuals, Firms, or Corporations.

Section 45-45-180Authority to provide road-related services and materials to churches, individuals, firms, or corporations. (a) The Madison County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, under the conditions and limitations set forth herein, within Madison County, to go upon private property and perform road related service, for a fee, for churches, individuals, firms, or corporations and to sell road construction materials to churches, individuals, firms, or corporations. (b) For the purposes of this article, the words road related services shall mean grading, scraping, packing, paving, tarring, graveling, cherting, or like services, and services to aid or improve drainage, grass mowing near public roads, and assistance or aid where equipment has been turned over or become stuck. (c) For the purposes of this article, the words road construction materials shall mean asphalt, gravel, chert, sand, dirt, tar, or like materials.  (Act 80-643, p. 1214, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-180.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.|Section 45-45-180.02 - Performance of Road-Related Services on Private Property; Compensation.

Section 45-45-180.02Performance of road-related services on private property; compensation. In no case may county personnel or equipment be permitted to perform road related services on private property where a present public need exists for the county equipment and personnel. Moreover, the personnel and equipment necessary to perform such work on private property shall not be permitted to do so unless the Madison County Commission is to be properly compensated for the road related services performed and for the road construction materials used or sold. In determining proper compensation for road related services performed and for road construction materials used or sold, all indirect costs including, but not limited to, overhead, management, and depreciation shall be included. All moneys derived from payments to the Madison County Commission for work or services performed and materials used or sold shall be expended for those purposes, and no other, set forth in Amendment 354 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, for moneys derived from the sources set out therein.  (Act 80-643, p. 1214, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-45-180.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.|Section 45-45-180.03 - Contract Requirements.

Section 45-45-180.03Contract requirements. Before any road related services are performed on private property or road construction material is sold to churches, individuals, firms, or corporations, a written contract shall be signed by the party for whom the service is to be performed or to whom the material is to be sold stating the work to be done or material sold, the amount to be paid for the road related service or road construction material, or the rate by which the amount to be paid for such work or material shall be computed. The road related services performed shall be paid for at the time it is completed and any road construction material is delivered shall be paid for at the time the material is delivered. All contracts shall be kept on file in the office of the Madison County Commission for a period of not less than four years and shall be public writings of this state, as such term is used in Article 3, commencing with Section 36-12-40, of Chapter 12, Title 36. The name of each church, individual, firm, or corporation for whom the road related services are performed or to whom material is delivered shall be entered upon the permanent minutes of the Madison County Commission at its next regular meeting following the completion of the work or the delivery of the material, along with a description of the work performed or road construction material delivered and a statement of the price paid to the county for the work performed or material sold.  (Act 80-643, p. 1214, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-45-180.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.|Section 45-45-180.04 - Limitations Within 12-Month Period.

Section 45-45-180.04Limitations within 12-month period. The Madison County Commission shall not perform work on private property or sell materials to any church, individual, firm, or corporation within any 12-month period in excess of a total amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000).  (Act 80-643, p. 1214, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-45-250 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-45-250 - Emergency Telephone Service.

Section 45-45-250Emergency Telephone Service. (a) The Madison County Commission shall enforce Sections 11-98-1 to 11-98-7, inclusive, as amended, relating to emergency telephone service and the procedures for rate setting or increases. (b) The Madison County Commission shall require the board of commissioners of the district to give details of the net dollars and cents increase per month per subscriber and for each service. No increase shall be valid in Madison County or in any municipality without such information. Any expenditure in providing such information made by the board of commissioners in an amount in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), must be approved by the county commission.  (Act 89-869, p. 1744, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-250.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 25 - Utilities.|Section 45-45-250.01 - Transfer of Water From Tennessee River Basin.

Section 45-45-250.01Transfer of water from Tennessee River Basin. (a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds the following: (1) It is in the best interest of the State of Alabama and the people of Madison County to protect the Tennessee River and its watershed to promote the beneficial purposes of maintaining a clean drinking water supply, hydroelectric power generation, navigation, industry, agriculture, environmental quality, and recreation. (2) The Tennessee River has been identified by the people of Alabama and the nation as a unique resource lying in seven states and by Congress through the establishment of a special authority known as the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the promotion of the best interests of the Tennessee Valley. (3) That it is in the best interest of the people of the State of Alabama and Madison County to protect and preserve the Tennessee River as set forth in this section in the absence of statewide legislation and that this section shall remain in effect until statewide legislation addressing interbasin transfers of water becomes effective. (b) This section shall be known as the Madison County Tennessee River Preservation Act. (c) For the purposes of this section, the term Tennessee River Basin means the entire topographic extent of the watershed of the Tennessee River and all of its tributaries. (d)(1) In Madison County, no water may be withdrawn from the Tennessee River Basin for transfer to any other river basin outside of the Tennessee River Basin in an amount greater than the amount being withdrawn on April 12, 2006. (2) For the purpose of this section, the amount of the existing transfer of water from the Tennessee River is 150 percent of the average daily amount calculated for the highest continuous 90–day period from January 1, 2000, until April 12, 2006.  (Act 2006-341, p. 912, §§ 1–5.)
AL Code § 45-45A-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45A - Madison County Municipalities.|Article 8 - Triana.|Section 45-45A-80 - Levy of Ad Valorem Tax.

Section 45-45A-80Levy of ad valorem tax. (a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the governing body of the City of Triana in Madison County may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of 9 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the city. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the governing body of the City of Triana to be used to augment the funding of the county schools which serve the City of Triana and for general education purposes of those schools. General education purposes for those schools may include support for library needs of the City of Triana to serve the students of those schools who live in Triana. (b) The increase in the rate of the tax as provided by this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the City of Triana who vote on the proposed increase at the next general, primary, constitutional, or special election held for that purpose.  (Act 93-563, p. 943, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45A-80.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45A - Madison County Municipalities.|Article 8 - Triana.|Section 45-45A-80.01 - Increase to Ad Valorem Tax.

Section 45-45A-80.01Increase to ad valorem tax.  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT NO 373. Amendment No. 373 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 217 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (2) TOWN. The Town of Triana, Alabama. (3) TOWN GENERAL AD VALOREM TAX. The tax authorized pursuant to the applicable provisions of the general laws of this state and the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to be levied by the town for general municipal purposes and without express limit as to time. (b) The town presently levies and collects the town general ad valorem tax. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Triana after a public hearing in accordance with Amendment No. 373, the Town of Triana proposes to increase the rate at which it may levy and collect the town general ad valorem tax by an additional 12 mills ($1.20 on each one hundred dollars) of assessed value. (c) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 and a resolution adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Triana after a public hearing, the town may increase the rate at which the town levies and collects the town general ad valorem tax by a maximum rate increase for any tax year equal to 12 mills ($1.20 on each one hundred dollars) of assessed value, to be used and expended exclusively for public educational purposes. (d) The increase in the rate at which the town general ad valorem tax may be levied and collected pursuant to this section is subject to approval by a majority of the qualified electors residing in the town who vote on the proposed increase at a special election called and held for that purpose pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373. (e) The increase in the rate of ad valorem tax authorized by this section upon approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the town shall be levied only if the City of Madison also approves a 12 mill increase in the rate of its ad valorem tax at a special election held contemporaneously with the special election held in the Town of Triana, the proceeds of which are to be used exclusively for public educational purposes. (f) The increase in the maximum level of ad valorem tax authorized pursuant to this section may be made effective beginning with the levy for the tax year beginning on October 1, 2019, for which tax year municipal ad valorem taxes will become due and payable on October 1, 2020. (Act 2019-51, §§2-7.)