Title 11

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…

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 apporti…

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 …

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…

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 publi…

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 f…

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 …

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 sh…

(a) No person, firm, association, or corporation may use the streets, avenues, alleys, and other public places of cities or towns for the construction or operation of any public utility or private enterprise without first obtaining the consent of the proper authorities of the cit…

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 sidewalk…

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 …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, each municipality shall fix by ordinance the speed at which motor vehicles may be operated within its corporate limits and shall fix the punishment for any violation of the ordinance in accordance with state law. (b) Notwithstanding …

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…

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 …

(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 …

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 th…

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 …

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…

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 cit…

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 improve…

Whenever any such governing body shall deem any such improvement necessary, it shall pass an ordinance requiring the construction of such improvement, describing the character and location of such proposed improvement with reasonable certainty, stating the estimated cost thereof …

Any such governing body may penalize the failure of any such railroad company or of such railroad companies to construct within a reasonable time or to maintain any such viaduct, bridge, or tunnel ordered by a proper ordinance, such penalties to be prescribed as provided in the c…

Such governing body may also, by complaint filed in the circuit court in the county in which the city is situated, compel compliance with any or all proper ordinances ordering the construction or maintenance of viaducts, bridges, or tunnels passed under the authority of this arti…

Any railroad companies so ordered by ordinance of such governing bodies to construct and maintain viaducts, bridges, and tunnels shall have the right to appeal to any circuit court in the county in which the city is situated from the ordinances of such governing bodies and from a…

Whenever the United States, the State of Alabama, or any county within the State of Alabama or either of them shall establish, construct, or reconstruct, improve or reimprove a public highway, street, or avenue, which said street, highway, or avenue is within or partly within any…

Such cities and towns shall have a lien on the lots or parcels of land so assessed as provided in Section 11-49-60, which lien may be enforced as provided by the general laws covering assessment liens for public improvements, and property owners shall have the right to pay such a…

Any city or town proceeding under Section 11-49-60 may issue bonds of the city or town for the improvements mentioned in said section to pay the cost of such public improvements agreed to be paid by said city or town, and may contract with the United States, the State of Alabama,…

The proceeding under this article shall be held and governed by the general laws of the State of Alabama relating to assessments against property for public improvements insofar as said laws are applicable. (Acts 1919, No. 760, p. 1122; Code 1923, §2255; Code 1940, T. 37, §660.)

(a) For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY-MAINTAINED STREET. A public street, road, or bridge that the county commission has the authority or responsibility to control, manage, supervise, regulate, repair, maintain, or…

Such resolution shall designate the sum or sums ascertained to be the reasonable charge to be paid by such county for being relieved of the burden of the control, management, supervision, repair, maintenance and improvement of such street or streets or part thereof designated in …

Whenever in the judgment of the council or other governing body of any town or city it is to the interest of the public convenience that a portion of any street in the limits of such city or town be vacated and discontinued as a highway and that such vacated portion should be use…

No ordinance vacating a portion of a street as provided by Section 11-49-100 shall be adopted until after the expiration of 30 days after its first introduction, and after it has been introduced it shall be published in some newspaper published in the city or town for two success…

The state, county, or municipality or the railroad or street railroad company or corporation for whose use as a site in whole or in part for a public building or a railroad station or depot or street railroad station or depot the vacation is proposed to be made shall pay the cost…

Any ordinance for the vacation of a part of a street and erection of buildings thereon as is provided for in Section 11-49-100 shall be adopted only by a two-thirds vote of the council or other governing body. (Acts 1909, No. 67, p. 102; Code 1923, §2240; Code 1940, T. 37, §665.)

A sufficiently ample portion of the highway or thoroughfare which such street in whole or in part constitutes shall remain open to accommodate the travel and traffic of the owners of abutting property and of the general public, and not more than one half of the width of such high…

The fee of such vacated portion of a street shall remain in the city or town, but the council or other governing body may grant the right to maintain thereon a state, county, or municipal public building or a railroad station or depot or street railroad station or depot so long a…

The party for whom the street may be vacated under this article shall be liable to the owners of property adjacent thereto in any civil action for any special damages suffered by them. (Acts 1909, No. 67, p. 102; Code 1923, §2244; Code 1940, T. 37, §669.)

The legislature has found and determined and does hereby declare that in Class 3 municipalities the following conditions exist: (Acts 1979, No. 79-777, p. 1380, §1.)

All bonds issued by the authority shall be signed by the chairman of its board or other chief executive officer and attested by its secretary, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto, and any interest coupons applicable to the bonds of the authority shall be signed…

As security for payment of the principal of and the interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and main…

Any resolution of the board or trust indenture under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may contain provisions creating a statutory mortgage lien, in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto, on the transi…

All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include but shall not be limited to: (1) The fiscal,…

For the purpose of securing public transportation or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, acquisition, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of transit systems, any county, municipality or other political sub…

The property and income of the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The authority s…

This chapter is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. Except as in this chapter expressly otherwise provided, no proceeding, notice…

Each authority is hereby authorized to use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the governing body of said county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal conse…