Title 11

(a) The commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work, whose appointment, promotion, demotion, and removal shall be subject to the same provisions of law as govern other corresponding civil employees of the municipality. The commission may also contr…

(a) In general, the commission shall have such powers as may be necessary to enable it to fulfill its functions, promote municipal planning or carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) The commission shall have power to promote public interest in and understanding of the master…

The commission shall have all powers heretofore granted by law to the zoning commission of the municipality and, from and after the creation of a planning commission in such municipality, all powers and records of the zoning commission shall be transferred to the planning commiss…

(a) It shall be the function and duty of the commission to make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the municipality, including any areas outside of its boundaries which, in the commission’s judgment, bear relation to the planning of such municipality. (b) The…

In the preparation of such plans the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the municipality and with due regard to its relation to neighboring territory. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of gu…

(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the planning jurisdiction of any municipal planning commission shall include all land located in the corporate limits of the municipality and all land lying within the police jurisdiction of the municipality on January 1, 2021. (2) Notw…

(a) Except where the county commission is responsible for the regulation of subdivision regulations within the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal planning commission pursuant to Section 11-52-30, the municipal planning commission shall adopt subdivision regulations governing…

THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2012-297 IN THE 2012 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2012. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. (a) The planning commission shall approve or disapprove a plat within 30 days after the submission thereof to it; otherwis…

(a) Where the regulation of a subdivision development is the responsibility of the municipal planning commission, if the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision conveys, transfers, or sells any land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use of …

(a) Sections 11-52-1, 11-52-30, 11-52-31, 11-52-32, and 11-52-33 shall not affect any application for development or any subdivision filed prior to October 1, 2012. (b) Additionally, in the event the municipal planning commission lawfully assumes the authority to exercise control…

The municipality shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, curb, or light any street or lay or authorize water mains or sewers or connection to be laid in any street within any portion of territory for which the planning commission shall have adopted a major street p…

From and after the time when a planning commission shall have adopted a major street plan of the territory within its subdivision jurisdiction or part thereof, no building shall be erected on any lot within such territory or part nor shall a building permit be issued therefor unl…

Any municipal planning commission is empowered, after it shall have adopted a major street plan of the territory within its subdivision jurisdiction or of any major section or district thereof, to make or cause to be made, from time to time, surveys for the exact location of the …

In the resolution of adoption of a plat the council shall appoint a board of three appraisers and shall fix the time and place of meetings for hearings by said board upon the amounts of compensation to be paid for such reservations. Thereupon the clerk of the council shall publis…

The board of appraisers shall, within 90 days after the time fixed for the filing of claims, file its tentative report with the clerk of the council, setting forth its findings as to the amounts of compensation to be paid the respective owners of the lands included within the lin…

Within 20 days after the approval of any such report by the council, any person dissatisfied with the award of compensation therein contained may file with the clerk of the council notice of appeal to the court of the county in which the appellant’s land is located having jurisdi…

The reservation of a street location as provided in Section 11-52-50 shall not be deemed to prohibit or impair in any respect the use of the reserved land by the owner or occupant thereof for any lawful purpose, including the erection of buildings thereon, but no compensation oth…

Each municipal corporation in the State of Alabama may divide the territory within its corporate limits into business, industrial and residential zones or districts and may provide the kind, character and use of structures and improvements that may be erected or made within the s…

For any or all of said purposes the local legislative body may divide the municipality into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this article, and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, const…

Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to promote health and the general welfare, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding …

For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the community, the legislative body of incorporated cities and towns is hereby empowered to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentag…

For the promotion of the public peace, order, safety, or general welfare, such municipal corporations may, within residential districts established pursuant to this article, further regulate as to the housing or residence therein of the different classes of inhabitants, but such …

(a) It is the express intent of the Legislature to abolish and prohibit any zoning law, ordinance, or regulation which prevents or prohibits mentally retarded or mentally ill persons from living in a natural residential environment zoned “multi-family.” Zoning ordinances shall no…

The legislative body of such municipality shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established, and enforced and from time to time amended, supplemented, or changed and may adopt such ordinan…

No ordinance shall be passed by any municipal corporation under the authority of this article unless and until the municipal governing body has complied with the procedures set forth in either subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) of this section. (1) Prior to adoption, the proposed…

Such regulations, restrictions, and boundaries and ordinances passed under the authority of this article may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed. The provisions of Section 11-52-77 relative to public hearings and official notices shall apply…

In availing itself of the powers conferred by this article, the legislative body of any incorporated city or town may appoint a commission, to be known as the zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforc…

(a) In availing itself of the powers conferred by this article, the legislative body of any incorporated city or town may provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment and, in the regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to the authority of this article, may provide t…

(a) When used in this section, the words municipality, municipalities, and mayor shall have the meanings as provided for in Section 11-52-1. (b) The council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager or mayor commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any …

(a) Any party aggrieved by any final decision of a board of zoning adjustment may appeal the final decision of the board by filing an appeal in the circuit court in the county where the board convenes. The aggrieved party shall first file a written notice of appeal with the board…

Wherever the regulations made under authority of this article require a greater width or size of yards or courts or other open spaces or require a lower height of buildings or a lesser number of stories or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied or impose other …

In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this article or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred by this article, t…

Nothing contained in this article shall be held to repeal, modify, or change in any way any regulations, restrictions, boundaries, or ordinances now existing or in force in any incorporated city or town in this state, and this article shall not be held to repeal Sections 11-52-70…

(a) A municipality which exercises its authority to zone territory within its corporate limits may pre-zone territory proposed for annexation into the corporate limits of the municipality prior to the effective date of the annexation by complying with this article. If all the req…

Pursuant to the police power granted in this article, any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality in the State of Alabama that elects to have this article apply to the municipality may, after notice as provided in this article, move or demolish buildings or structures, or part…

Any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality may have this article apply to the municipality by adopting an ordinance creating a municipal housing code abatement board and designating that each member serving on the municipal governing body shall appoint one member from his or …

(a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 60 days from the date notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for a hearing before the city governing body, together with any object…

Upon demolition and removal of a building or structure, the board shall make a report to the governing body of the cost. The governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in the demolition and removal and assess the costs against…

(a) The city shall have the power to assess the costs authorized herein against any lot, lots, parcel, or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes. A subsequent redemption of the property by any person authorized to redeem, or a su…

This article shall be cumulative in its nature, and in addition to any and all power and authority which any such city may have under any other law. (Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §7.)

This article shall apply only to a Class 4 municipality which has adopted the form of government provided in Chapter 43B of Title 11. (Acts 1993, No. 93-307, p. 456, §1.)

The city shall have authority, after notice as provided herein, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when any of the above are found by the governing body of the city to be unsafe to the extent of being a…

(a) The term “appropriate city official” as used in this article shall mean any city employee designated by the mayor as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this article to the “appropriate city official.” (b) Whenever the appropriate city off…

(a) The notice shall require the owner to abate the nuisance within the time stated in the notice or to request a hearing before the administrative officer designated by the mayor or council to determine whether there has been a violation. The notice shall apprise the owner of th…

(a) If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with the notice to abate the nuisance, there shall be a public hearing before the city council. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the owner at least five days in advance by personal service or by first-class mail. (b) A…

Upon demolition of the building or structure, the appropriate city official shall make a report of the governing body of the costs thereof, and the governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in the demolition and assessing the…