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45-18-90.01
Section 45-18-90.01 Conecuh County Reservoir Management Area Authority - Creation; board
of directors. (a) The Conecuh County Reservoir Management Area Authority is created, and may
incorporate under the general laws of this state as a public corporation and political subdivision
of the State of Alabama for the purpose of developing that part of Murder Creek and its tributaries
and watershed area located in Conecuh County and the area managed by the authority for purposes
of water conservation, flood management, industrial development, recreation, irrigation, and
related purposes. (b) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors which shall
consist of one member appointed by each of the county commission members, to serve at the
pleasure of the appointing members of the county commission. A board member is not required
to be a resident of Conecuh County. The board shall elect at its first meeting of each year
a chair to preside over meetings of the board. Meetings shall be...
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45-37-170.26
Section 45-37-170.26 Powers of authority. The authority shall have the following powers
together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of the powers
stated in this section: (1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit.
(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction
of the subject matter and of the parties. (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter
the same at its pleasure. (4) To receive and expend funds from federal, state, county, municipal,
and private sources for the purposes hereof. (5) To dig channels, build dikes, dams, and lakes
or ponds to contain flood waters as deemed useful by it to improve flood control, and whenever
practical to build any and all facilities which can contribute to the use of such flood control
channels for navigation. (6) To contract with municipalities and counties for the financing
and joint construction and operation of such facilities. (7) To...
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11-19-2
Section 11-19-2 Purpose of chapter. Because of the great financial and economic loss,
as well as human suffering, caused by floods and flooding in this state and despite plans
and programs directly or indirectly affecting the control of flood waters and the reduction
of flooding, there also exists a clear and definite public need for a program to provide flood
insurance coverage in flood-prone areas of this state. It is the declared purpose of this
chapter to provide in each county of this state a comprehensive land-use management plan by:
(1) Constricting the development of land which is exposed to flood damage in the flood-prone
areas; (2) Guiding the development of proposed construction away from locations which are
threatened by flood hazards; (3) Assisting in reducing damage caused by floods; and (4) Otherwise
improving the long-range management and use of flood-prone areas. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess.,
No. 119, p. 4346, ยง2.)...
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11-19-3
Section 11-19-3 Adoption of zoning ordinances and building codes for flood-prone areas
outside municipalities. The county commission in each county of this state is hereby authorized
and may adopt zoning ordinances and building codes for flood-prone areas which lie outside
the corporate limits of any municipality in the county. Each such county commission shall
have broad authority to: (1) Establish or cause to be established comprehensive land-use and
control measures which shall specifically include the control and development of subdivisions
in flood-prone areas; (2) Establish or cause to be established building codes and health regulations
incorporating such minimum standards as shall be necessary to reduce flood damage in flood-prone
areas; (3) Provide such standards of occupancy for the prudent use of flood-prone areas in
the county; (4) Provide for the preparation of maps clearly delineating flood-prone areas
and floodways in the county and to keep the same for public...
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11-52-31
Section 11-52-31 Adoption, publication, and certification of subdivision regulations;
contents of regulations; bond. (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 the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. The regulations
may provide for the proper arrangement of streets in relation to other existing or planned
streets and to the master plan, for adequate and convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities,
access of fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air and for the avoidance of congestion
of population, including minimum width and area of lots. The regulations may include provisions
as to the extent to which streets and other ways shall be graded and improved and to which
water and sewer and other utility mains, piping, or other...
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45-44-260.06
Section 45-44-260.06 Master plan and zoning regulations. (a) In the preparation of the
master plan and zoning regulations, the planning commission shall make careful and comprehensive
surveys and studies of the present conditions existing within the county. It shall give due
regard to existing agricultural uses to land by virtue of its fertility, proximity to water
supplies, and other geographical features particularly suited to agricultural uses. It shall
also give due consideration to neighboring municipalities, towns, and villages, to the growth
of subdivisions, to the general population growth of the county, and make adequate provision
for traffic, recreational areas and industry, and other public requirements. (b) The master
plan and zoning regulations should be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing
a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the county. The regulations shall be
made, in accordance with present and future needs, to best promote...
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45-41-260.06
Section 45-41-260.06 Purposes to be kept in view. In the preparation of the master plan
and zoning regulations, the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies
of the present conditions existing within the county with due regard to existing agricultural
uses, to land by virtue of its fertility, proximity to water supplies, and other geographical
features particularly suited to agricultural uses, to neighboring municipalities, towns, and
villages, to the growth of subdivisions, to the general population growth of the county, and
make adequate provision for traffic, recreational areas, and industry, and other public requirements.
The plan and zoning regulations should be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing
a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the county, which will, in accordance
with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity,
and general welfare, as well as efficiency and...
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45-44-260.05
Section 45-44-260.05 Powers and duties of planning commission. It shall be the function
and duty of the planning commission to make and maintain in an up-to-date manner a master
plan of various areas of the county as deemed necessary by the planning commission and to
adopt with the approval of the county commission appropriate zoning regulations for the physical
development of Macon County; provided, however, that the adoption of a master plan shall not
be deemed a prerequisite to the administration and enforcement of the zoning regulations.
The plan and regulations with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive material
shall show the planning commission's recommendations for the use and development of the territory
of the county. The zoning regulations shall also include a zoning plan for selected areas
for the control of the height, area, bulk, location, and use of buildings and land. As the
whole master plan and preparation of zoning regulations progresses, the planning...
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45-49-170
Section 45-49-170 Mobile County Litter Control Act. (a)(1) Recognizing the rapid growth
of the County of Mobile and the need for a healthful, clean, and beautiful environment; and
further recognizing that the proliferation and accumulation of litter discarded throughout
Mobile County impairs this need and constitutes a public health hazard; and further recognizing
the addition need of effective litter control, there is hereby enacted this Mobile County
Litter Control Act. (2) The purpose of this section is to accomplish litter control
throughout Mobile County and its municipalities. (b) As used in this section unless
the context indicates otherwise: (1) LITTER. Any bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrapmetal,
junk, paper, garbage, rubbish, or similar refuse discharged as no longer useful or useable.
(2) PERSON. An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. (3)
PUBLIC PLACE. Any area that is used or held out for use by the public whether owned or operated...
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9-7-10
Section 9-7-10 Definitions. The following terms, whenever used in this chapter shall
have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
COASTAL AREA. The coastal waters, including the lands therein and thereunder, and the adjacent
shorelands, including the waters therein and thereunder, strongly influenced by each and in
proximity to the shorelines of Alabama and including transitional and intertidal areas, salt
marshes, wetlands, and beaches. The area extends seaward to the outer limit of the United
States territorial sea and extends inland from the shorelines only to the extent necessary
to control shorelands, the uses of which have a direct and significant impact on the coastal
waters. (2) COASTAL WATERS. Those waters, adjacent to the shoreline, which contain a measurable
quantity or percentage of sea water, including but not limited to, sounds, bays, lagoons,
bayous, ponds and estuaries. (3) ESTUARY. That part of a river or stream or other...
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