The municipality, upon review of the self-help business improvement district plan submitted, after public hearing, may adopt an ordinance to designate, establish, and maintain the area described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district. The ordinance shall provide for an effective date which is 60 days from the date of adoption of the ordinance by the municipality and shall provide that, if the owners of real property which represent one-half or more (by number) of all parcels of real property located within the geographical area of the district file written objections to the establishment of the district with the clerk of the municipality, the provisions of such ordinance shall be void and no district shall be created. The ordinance shall designate the district management corporation provided for in the plan as the district management corporation authorized to provide administrative and other services to the district and authorize the execution of a contract between the municipality and such district management corporation setting out the services to be provided by the district and the municipality. The contract shall provide that the municipality shall continue the same level of services in the district as provided prior to the creation thereof.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 54B - Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-54B-1 - Legislative Findings.
Section 11-54B-2 - Definitions.
Section 11-54B-3 - Development and Maintenance of Self-Help Business Improvement Districts.
Section 11-54B-5 - Requirements of Request for Creation of Self-Help Business Improvement District.
Section 11-54B-6 - Mailing of Proposed Ordinance and Notice of Hearing.
Section 11-54B-7 - Review of Self-Help Business Improvement District Plan and Adoption of Ordinance.
Section 11-54B-8 - Costs of Supplemental Services; Assessment of Classes; Exemptions.
Section 11-54B-10 - Amendment of Self-Help Business Improvement District Ordinance.
Section 11-54B-11 - District Management Corporation Limits, Powers, and Duties.
Section 11-54B-12 - Annual Budget of District Management Corporation.
Section 11-54B-13 - Retention of Municipal Police Powers.
Section 11-54B-14 - Eminent Domain Utilization.
Section 11-54B-15 - Furniture, Structure of Facility Not Deemed Nuisance.
Section 11-54B-16 - District Management Corporation Contracts.
Section 11-54B-17 - Operation in Other Designated Project Areas.
Section 11-54B-18 - Annual Reports and Audits.
Section 11-54B-19 - Continuation, Modification, or Termination of District.
Section 11-54B-20 - Tax Exemption.
Section 11-54B-22 - Merger of Business Improvement Districts.