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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-52-1 - Definitions. - When used in this chapter, the following words or phrases...
Section 11-52-2 - Adoption, Amendment, Execution, etc., of Municipal Plan and Creation of Municipal Planning Commission Authorized; Designations of Planning Commissions. - (a) Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to make,...
Section 11-52-3 - Municipal Planning Commission - Composition; Qualifications, Appointment, Terms of Office, Compensation, and Removal of Members; Vacancies. - (a) The commission shall consist of nine members: The mayor,...
Section 11-52-3.1 - Municipal Planning Commission - Membership in Class 2 Municipalities. - In a Class 2 municipality, two additional members of the...
Section 11-52-4 - Municipal Planning Commission - Chairman and Other Officers; Meetings; Adoption of Rules of Procedure; Maintenance of Record of Resolutions, Transactions, Etc. - The commission shall elect its chairman from among the appointed...
Section 11-52-5 - Municipal Planning Commission - Appointment, etc., of Employees; Contracts With Consultants, etc.; Expenditure of Funds. - (a) The commission may appoint such employees as it may...
Section 11-52-6 - Municipal Planning Commission - Powers and Duties Generally. - (a) In general, the commission shall have such powers as...
Section 11-52-7 - Municipal Planning Commission - Powers as to Zoning. - The commission shall have all powers heretofore granted by law...
Section 11-52-8 - Adoption, etc., of Master Plan for Physical Development of Municipality by Commission - Authorization and Procedure Generally; Contents of Plan. - (a) It shall be the function and duty of the...
Section 11-52-9 - Adoption, etc., of Master Plan for Physical Development of Municipality by Commission - Conduct of Surveys and Studies; Purpose of Plan. - In the preparation of such plans the commission shall make...
Section 11-52-10 - Adoption, etc., of Master Plan for Physical Development of Municipality by Commission - Procedure for Adoption, Etc. - The commission may adopt the plan as a whole by...
Section 11-52-11 - Proposed Construction of Streets, Public Buildings, Utilities, etc., to Be Submitted for Approval of Commission After Adoption of Master Plan; Overruling of Commission. - Whenever the commission shall have adopted the master plan of...
Section 11-52-12 - Alternate Structure for Class 3 Municipality Planning Commission Created Pursuant to Section 11-52-3. - (a) The governing body of any Class 3 municipality may...
Section 11-52-13 - Alternate Structure for Class 5 Municipality Planning Commission. - (a) The governing body of any Class 5 municipality may...
Section 11-52-14 - Alternate Structure of Planning Commission in Class 5 Municipality Having City Manager, Mayor Commission Form of Government. - (a) When used in this section, the words municipality, municipalities,...
Section 11-52-15 - Municipal Planning Commission. - A Class 6 municipality with a council-manager form of government...
Section 11-52-16 - Alternative Structure for Class 6 Municipality Planning Commission. - (a) The governing body of any Class 6 municipality may...
Article 2 - Control of Subdivisions Generally.
Section 11-52-30 - Planning Jurisdiction; Subdivision Regulations; Approval of Amps or Plats; Limits on Exercise of Powers. - (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the planning jurisdiction of...
Section 11-52-31 - Adoption, Publication, and Certification of Subdivision Regulations; Contents of Regulations; Bond. - (a) Except where the county commission is responsible for the...
Section 11-52-32 - Approval or Disapproval of Plat Generally; Legal Effect of Approval; Powers of Planning Commission as to Subdivision Zoning; Approval or Disapproval of Plat in Certain Cities. - (a) Except where the development of a subdivision within the...
Section 11-52-33 - Remedies and Penalty for Transfer, Sale, etc., of Lands in Subdivision Prior to Approval of Plat. - (a) Where the regulation of a subdivision development is the...
Section 11-52-33.1 - Applicability and Regulatory Authority. - (a) Sections 11-52-1, 11-52-30, 11-52-31, 11-52-32, and 11-52-33 shall not...
Section 11-52-34 - Municipality Not to Improve, Grade, etc., Streets in Territory for Which Major Street Plan Adopted by Planning Commission Until Street Accepted, Etc. - The municipality shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade,...
Section 11-52-35 - Buildings Not to Be Erected or Building Permits Issued in Territory for Which Major Street Plan Adopted Until Street Providing Access to Proposed Building Accepted, Etc. - From and after the time when a planning commission shall...
Section 11-52-36 - Jurisdiction of Planning Commission as to Subdivision Plats in Territory Controlled Under Section 11-52-31 Exclusive; Status of Other Existing Platting or Subdivision Statutes. - Repealed by Act 2012-297, ยง4, effective October 1, 2012.
Article 3 - Reservation of Lands in Subdivisions for Future Acquisition for Public Streets.
Section 11-52-50 - Authorized; Adoption, Approval, etc., of Plat Therefor; Agreements Between Planning Commission and Landowners as to Releases of Claims for Damages or Compensation for Reservations; Abandonment of Reservations. - Any municipal planning commission is empowered, after it shall have...
Section 11-52-51 - Appointment of Board of Appraisers, etc.; Notice of and Conduct of Hearing Upon Claims for Compensation for Reservations; Establishment of Amount of Compensation by Board of Appraisers; Liability of Municipality to Property Owners... - In the resolution of adoption of a plat the council...
Section 11-52-52 - Filing of Tentative Report of Board of Appraisers; Notice of Filing of Report and of Period for Filing Objections Thereto; Meeting of Board of Appraisers as to Objections and Transmittal of Report to Council; Approval or Disapprova... - The board of appraisers shall, within 90 days after the...
Section 11-52-53 - Appeals From Compensation Awards. - Within 20 days after the approval of any such report...
Section 11-52-54 - Reservation Not to Impair Use of Reserved Lands by Owner, etc., Thereof; Compensation Not to Be Paid or Recovered for Taking of or Injury to Buildings, etc., Erected on Lands During Reservation Period. - The reservation of a street location as provided in Section...
Article 4 - Zoning.
Section 11-52-70 - Establishment, etc., of Business, Industrial and Residential Districts and Provision as to Type, Use, etc., of Structures and Improvements to Be Erected Therein, etc., Authorized Generally. - Each municipal corporation in the State of Alabama may divide...
Section 11-52-71 - Number, Shape, and Area of Districts; Uniformity of Regulations. - For any or all of said purposes the local legislative...
Section 11-52-72 - Purposes of Zoning Regulations Generally; Considerations in Establishment Thereof Generally. - Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive...
Section 11-52-73 - Regulation and Restriction of Height, etc., of Buildings, etc., Sizes of Lots, Density of Population, etc., Authorized. - For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, or...
Section 11-52-75 - Regulation as to Housing of Different Classes of Inhabitants in Residential Districts. - For the promotion of the public peace, order, safety, or...
Section 11-52-75.1 - Regulation as to Housing of Mentally Retarded or Mentally Ill Persons in Multi-Family Zone. - (a) It is the express intent of the Legislature to...
Section 11-52-76 - Municipal Legislative Body to Provide for Manner of Establishment, Enforcement, Amendment, etc., of Regulations, Restrictions and District Boundaries Generally; Adoption of Ordinances for Implementation of Article Generally. - The legislative body of such municipality shall provide for the...
Section 11-52-77 - Procedure for Adoption of Ordinances Authorized by Article. - No ordinance shall be passed by any municipal corporation under...
Section 11-52-78 - Amendment, Repeal, etc., of Regulations, Restrictions, District Boundaries and Ordinances. - Such regulations, restrictions, and boundaries and ordinances passed under the...
Section 11-52-79 - Zoning Commission. - In availing itself of the powers conferred by this article,...
Section 11-52-80 - Board of Adjustment - Creation; Composition; Qualifications, Appointment, Terms of Office and Removal of Members; Vacancies; Adoption of Rules of Procedure; Meetings; Record of Proceedings; Procedure for Appeals to Board From Decis... - (a) In availing itself of the powers conferred by this...
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. - (a) When used in this section, the words municipality, municipalities,...
Section 11-52-81 - Board of Adjustment - Appeals to Circuit Court From Final Decision of Board of Adjustment. - Any party aggrieved by any final judgment or decision of...
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. - Wherever the regulations made under authority of this article require...
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. - In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed,...
Section 11-52-84 - Article Not to Repeal, Modify, etc., Existing Regulations, Restrictions, District Boundaries, or Ordinances. - Nothing contained in this article shall be held to repeal,...
Section 11-52-85 - Pre-Zoning of Territory Proposed for Annexation by Municipality. - (a) A municipality which exercises its authority to zone territory...