Title 45

Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 14 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or corporation, may file a written request for a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with objections to the finding by the city governing bo…

If the nuisance on the property has not been abated within 14 days after the city governing body’s resolution, the mayor of the city shall order the nuisance to be abated. The abatement may be accomplished, at the option of the city, by its own forces or by contract. For purposes…

The appropriate city official shall give an itemized written report to the city governing body regarding the cost of abating the nuisance. The cost of abatement shall be the actual cost the city incurs in the abatement, including administrative costs. Should the city contract for…

The confirmed cost of abatement shall hereinafter be referred to as a public nuisance lien and thus made and confirmed shall constitute a public nuisance lien on the property for the amount of the lien. After confirmation of the reports, a copy shall be turned over to the Tax Col…

This subpart shall be cumulative in its nature, and in addition to any and all power and authority which the city may have under any other law. (Act 95-574, p. 1204, Art. II, §8.)

The city shall have authority, after notice as provided in this subpart, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, foundations, abandoned or unused swimming pools, or abandoned wells or cisterns when they have been found by t…

Whenever the appropriate city official of the city shall find that any building, structure, part of building or structure, party wall, foundation, abandoned or unused swimming pools, or abandoned wells or cisterns situated in the city is unsafe to the extent that it is a public n…

(a) Within the time specified in the notice, but not more than 30 days from the date the 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 governing body of the city, together with…

Upon demolition of the building or structure, the appropriate city official shall make an itemized written report to the governing body of the cost thereof. The cost of the demolition shall be the actual cost the city incurs in the demolition should the city use its own forces, i…

The city shall have the power to assess the costs authorized in this subpart against any lot or lots, parcel, or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for nonpayment of taxes, and where any assessment is made against the lot or lots, parcel, or parcels of …

Payment of any assessment, or if delinquent, the collection of the assessment, shall be made in the manner and as provided for the payment of municipal improvement assessments as provided for the payment of and delinquent collection of municipal improvement assessments pursuant t…

This subpart shall be cumulative in its nature, and in addition to any and all power and authority which the city may have under any other law. (Act 95-574, p. 1204, Art. III, §7.)

In Jefferson County, any county planning commission established under Act No. 344, H. 775, 1947 Regular Session (General Acts of 1947, p. 217) or Act No. 581, H. 1012, 1947 Regular Session (General Acts of 1947, p. 404) shall consist of 15 members; three designated and 12 appoint…

(a) This section shall apply only to Jefferson County. (b) Regulations adopted by the Jefferson County Planning Commission or regulations adopted pursuant to Section 11-52-31, by a municipal planning commission governing the subdivision of land within Jefferson County or any muni…

(a) The governing body of any county may provide for the enforcement of county zoning resolution or order and regulations by means of the withholding of building, use or occupancy permits and, for that purpose, may establish and fill a position of county building commissioner, an…

(a)(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Municipal Court of the City of Irondale in Jefferson County may assess a prisoner transport fee against a defendant for expenses incurred in transporting the defendant on an Irondale Municipal Court misdemeanor warrant from anot…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the City of Irondale may establish a pretrial diversion program for any defendant within the jurisdiction of the municipal court. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by a common law and provided by statutes and acts of this stat…

For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICATION FEE. A one-time administrative fee imposed by the City of Irondale as a condition precedent to participation in a pretrial diversion program. (2) CITY PROSECUTOR. The person o…

An offender may apply to the city for admittance into the pretrial diversion program. (Act 2013-429, p. 1707, §3.)

(a) Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the sole discretion of the municipal court judge upon application approved by the city prosecutor. An offender deemed by the city prosecutor to be a threat to the safety or well-being of the community shall not be eligible …

(a) The city prosecutor may consider an offender for the pretrial diversion program based on any of the following circumstances: (1) There is a probability justice will be served if the offender is placed in the program. (2) It is determined the needs of the state, city, and of t…

(a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the pretrial diversion program, and prior to admission thereto and as a part of the evaluation process of the city prosecutor, the city prosecutor may require the offender to furnish information concerning past criminal histo…

(a) Following the decision of the city prosecutor to recommend the offender into the pretrial diversion program, but prior to entry, the city prosecutor and the offender shall enter into a written agreement stating the conditions of the participation of the offender in the progra…

(a) An offender may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee when the offender is approved for the pretrial diversion program. The amount of the assessment for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs, fees, and assessments for the Crime Victim’s Co…

Application fees required by this subpart shall be collected by the Director of the Municipal Court for the City of Irondale. The fees shall be disbursed to each entity or department as allocated by Section 45-37A-270.27. (Act 2013-429, p. 1707, §9.)

(a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion program by the city prosecutor, the city prosecutor and the offender shall submit the written application of the offender, the acceptance of the offender by the city prosecutor, and the agreement between the city pros…

(a) After any violation of any program terms or conditions or upon any breach of any program agreement by the offender, the city prosecutor may do any of the following: (1) Continue the agreement with or without modification. (2) Terminate the offender from the pretrial diversion…

In no event shall the city prosecutor or any other agency or service provider have any liability, criminal or civil, for the conduct of any offender while participating in the pretrial diversion program or for acceptance of an offender into the program, unless the event was fores…

Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Leeds Water Works Board may collect voluntary donations on behalf of the Leeds Board of Education. The collection of the voluntary donations may include the collection of donations in the form of payments to the Leeds Water Works Board…

(a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 217 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the city governing body of the City of Midfield in Jefferson County may levy, in …

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) 2021 TAX YEAR. The tax year commencing on October 1, 2021, for which year district ad valorem taxes are due and payable on October 1, 2022. (2) AMENDMENT 3. Amendment 3 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901,…

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) 2021 TAX YEAR. The tax year commencing on October 1, 2021, for which year district ad valorem taxes are due and payable on October 1, 2022. (2) AMENDMENT 3. Amendment 3 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901,…

(a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the Midfield Red Light Safety Act. (b) The City of Midfield, Alabama, may, by ordinance adopt the procedures set out in this part. (Act 2011-569, p. 1153, §1.)

The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Accident data establishes that vehicles running red lights have been and are a dangerous problem in Midfield, Alabama. (2) Studies have found that automated traffic camera enforcement in a municipal area is a highly accurate m…

As used in this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CITY. The City of Midfield, Alabama. (2) CIVIL FINE. The monetary amount assessed by the city pursuant to this part for an adjudication of civil liability for a traffic signal violation, including mu…

(a) The city is authorized to utilize an automated photographic traffic signal enforcement system to detect and record traffic signal violations, to issue notices of civil violations by mail, and to prosecute civil violations for the recorded traffic signal violations which may o…

(a) Prior to imposing a civil penalty under this part, the city shall first mail a notice of violation by first class United State mail to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system while committing a traffic signal viol…

(a) The municipal court is vested with the power and jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate the civil violations provided for in this part, and to issue orders imposing the civil fines and costs set out in this part. (b) A person who receives a notice of violation may contest the im…

(a) Following an adjudicative hearing, the municipal court judge shall issue an order stating: (1) Whether the person charged with the civil violation is liable for the violation; and, if so (2) The amount of the civil fine assessed against the person, along with the fees and cos…

(a) The circuit court hearing an appeal shall use the procedures that apply to criminal convictions in municipal court with the following qualifications: (1) The proceedings shall retain their civil nature on appeal with the circuit court applying the preponderance of the evidenc…

In the event the evidence produced by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably establis…

The city may provide by ordinance that a late fee not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) shall attach to untimely paid civil fines that are authorized in this part. No person may be arrested or incarcerated for nonpayment of a civil fine or late fee. No record of an adjudication…

The city shall adopt the procedures authorized by this part, shall keep statistical data regarding the effectiveness of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems in reducing traffic control device violations and intersectional collisions, and shall communicate the data on a…

The placement of control devices and timing of yellow lights and red light clearance intervals, adopted by the city, shall conform to the most recent edition of the Traffic Engineering Handbook. It shall be presumed that the city is in compliance with this section unless the cont…

No civil penalty may be imposed and no adjudication of liability for a civil violation may be made under this part if the operator of the vehicle was arrested or was issued a citation and notice to appear by a sworn police officer for a criminal violation of any portion of Articl…

Any person against whom an adjudication of liability for a civil violation is made under this part, or the ordinance passed pursuant hereto, and who actually pays the civil fine imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been operatin…