Code of Alabama
Article 5
Section 11-40-81 - Division of Territory Within Police Jurisdiction; Municipal Zoning Authority.

(a) Any municipality in this state incorporated after 1990, which is located in a county in which another municipality in that county has zoning authority in its police jurisdiction, may divide the territory within its police jurisdiction into business, industrial, and residential zones or districts and, at its option, may provide the kind, character, and use of structures and improvements that may be erected or made within the several zones or districts established and, from time to time, may rearrange or alter the boundaries of the zones or districts and may also adopt ordinances as are necessary to implement and administer this article. It is the intent of this article to grant any municipality to which this article applies full zoning authority within its police jurisdiction to the same extent as the municipality exercises that authority within its corporate limits.
(b) This article shall not affect the right of the owner or owners of property located within the police jurisdiction of a municipality to which this article applies to continue to use the property as it is being used on the date of the enactment of any zoning ordinance applicable to the property until the owner or owners of the property seek to change the use of the property.

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