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11-19-16
Section 11-19-16 Grant of zoning powers; scope of powers. For the purpose of promoting
the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the state
and counties, any county commission is hereby empowered to divide the portion of the county
within the flood-prone area of the county into districts of such number, shape, and area as
may be found best suited to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to provide within such
districts for standards relating to the location, bulk, height, minimum elevation, number
of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot which may be
occupied, the sizes of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density and distribution of
population, the uses of buildings and structures and of land for trade, residence, recreation,
agriculture, forestry, conservation, water supply, sanitation, floodways, public activities,
and other purposes. Such provisions shall be made in accordance with a...
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45-41-260.09
Section 45-41-260.09 Zoning; grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health,
safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the county, the commission,
with the approval of the county commission, may divide the portion of the county within its
zoning jurisdiction into districts of the number, shape, and area as may be found best suited
to carry out the purposes of this article, and to provide within the districts for standards
relating to the use of the land and the types and kinds of structures that may be erected
in the districts, and all home remodeling or modification in the districts. The provision
shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the area involved and shall be designed
to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic,
and other dangers; to provide for health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light
and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue mixed use of...
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33-15-6
Section 33-15-6 Powers, duties and functions generally. The general powers, duties and
functions of the authority shall be as follows: (1) GENERAL. The authority: a. Shall have
perpetual succession in its corporate name; b. May bring civil actions and have civil actions
brought against it in its corporate name; c. May adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal, which
shall be judicially noticed; d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with
federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments and with private individuals,
corporations, associations and other organizations, including the Bear Creek Watershed Association,
Inc., whether organized under the laws of Alabama or of another state, as the board may deem
necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this article, which authorization
shall include without limitation contracts and cooperative arrangements with any of the several
states and with counties and municipalities in...
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11-19-4
Section 11-19-4 Land-use and control measures. Land-use and control measures shall provide
land-use restrictions based on probable exposure to flooding. Measures specified in this section
shall: (1) Prohibit inappropriate new construction or substantial improvements in the flood-prone
areas; (2) Control land uses and elevations of all new construction within the flood-prone
area; (3) For coastal flood-prone areas prescribed land uses and minimum elevations of the
first floors of buildings and include consideration of the need for bulkheads, seawalls, and
pilings; (4) Be based on competent evaluation of the flood hazard as revealed by current authoritative
flood-prone information; (5) Be consistent with existing flood-prone management programs affecting
adjacent areas and applicable to appropriate state standards; and (6) Prescribe such additional
standards as may be necessary to comply with federal requirements for making flood insurance
coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act...
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11-99-2
Section 11-99-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) BLIGHTED OR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED
AREA: a. An area in which the structures, buildings, or improvements, by reason of dilapidation,
deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation,
or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions
which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors,
are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency,
or crime, and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or b. Any
area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated,
or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty
lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,...
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41-10-138
Section 41-10-138 Application for authority to incorporate; contents; review of application
and issuance of executive order by Governor. (a) In order to form a public corporation under
the provisions of this article, any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall
first file a written application with the Governor. Such application shall: (1) Contain a
statement that such public corporation proposes to undertake and carry out one or more or
all of the purposes defined in Section 41-10-137 with respect to public corporations
formed under this article; (2) Contain a description by county name or otherwise of the area
of operation in which the public corporation proposes to carry on its activities; (3) State
that land, buildings, houses or other structures, facilities or property located in the area
of operation of the public corporation and listed in the National Register of Historic Places
are in need of restoration, renovation, preservation, improvement, protection or...
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45-2-261.04
Section 45-2-261.04 Procedure for adoption and amendment of ordinances and regulations.
(a) The Baldwin County Commission may adopt ordinances and regulations as necessary to effect
the provisions of this subpart. The ordinances or regulations shall be made in accordance
with a master plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from
fire, panic, and other dangers, to promote health and general welfare, to provide adequate
light and air, to prevent overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population
and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks,
and other public requirements. The ordinances and regulations shall be made with reasonable
consideration, among other things, to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability
for particular uses and with the view of conserving the value of the buildings and encouraging
the most appropriate use of land throughout the district. For the purpose of...
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45-44-260.09
Section 45-44-260.09 Zoning; grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health,
safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the county, the planning
commission, with the approval of the county commission, is hereby empowered to divide the
portion of the county within its zoning jurisdiction into districts. The districts shall be
of such number, shape, and area as may be found best suited to carry out the purposes of this
article. The planning commission, with the approval of the county commission, shall provide
for standards within districts relating to the use of the land and the types and kinds of
structures that may be erected in the districts, and all home remodeling or modification in
such districts. Such provision shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the
area involved and shall be designed to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to prevent
the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue mixed use of land; to facilitate the...
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9-9-7
Section 9-9-7 Establishment of district - Filing of petition for organization of district;
appointment, etc., of engineer; report of engineer. (a) Whenever a petition praying for the
organization of a water management district and signed by a majority of the landowners owning
more than one third of the land in acreage in a proposed district or by at least one third
of the persons owning more than one half of the land in the proposed district shall be filed
with the court of probate of such county in which such lands are located or, if such lands
are composed of tracts or parcels situated in two or more counties, then in the office of
the court of probate of the county in which there is situated more of said lands than in any
other county, said petition setting forth the specific body or district of land in the county
or county and adjoining counties described in such a way as to convey an intelligent idea
as to location of such land and stating that the public benefit or utility or the...
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45-49-261.04
Section 45-49-261.04 Procedure for adoption and amendment of ordinances and regulations.
(a) The Mobile County Commission may adopt ordinances and regulations as necessary to effect
this part. The ordinances or regulations shall be made in accordance with a master plan and
designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic, and other
dangers, to promote health and general welfare, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent
overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, and to facilitate the adequate
provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements.
The ordinances and regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things,
to the character of the planning jurisdiction and its peculiar suitability for particular
uses and with the view of conserving the value of the buildings and encouraging the most appropriate
use of land throughout the planning jurisdiction. For the...
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