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11-99A-2
Section 11-99A-2 Definitions. In this chapter the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) APPOINTING GOVERNMENT. The municipality or county that approves the creation
of a district and appoints members to the board. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of a district.
(3) CONTIGUOUS. Two tracts of land if touching for a continuous distance of not less than
200 feet. The term includes tracts of land divided by bodies of water, streets, railroad,
or utility rights-of-way, or by land owned by any public person. In determining whether land
is contiguous with a municipality, (i) land separated by bodies of water, streets, or railroad,
or utility rights-of-way is contiguous even though the bodies of water, streets, or rights-of-way
are within the city limits of another municipality and (ii) land separated by land owned by
a public person is not contiguous if the land owned by the public person is within the city
limits of another municipality. (4) COUNCIL. The governing body of a...
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11-52-72
Section 11-52-72 Purposes of zoning regulations generally; considerations in establishment
thereof generally. 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 of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, and to facilitate
the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public
requirements. Such 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
a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land
throughout such municipality. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, ยง777.)...
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26-16-6
Section 26-16-6 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board - Duties and functions of board and
department. (a) The state board shall do all of the following: (1) Meet not less than twice
annually at the times prescribed in Section 26-16-5(a). (2) Transmit to the Governor a list
of individuals recommended to fill the position of director. (b) The department, with the
approval of the state board, shall do all of the following: (1) Annually develop a state plan
for the distribution of funds from the trust fund. The plan shall assure that an equal opportunity
exists for establishment of prevention programs and receipt of trust fund money among all
geographic areas in this state. The plan shall be transmitted to the Speaker of the House,
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, to the Governor, and to the Government Finance and
Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, or its successor, and the Committee
on Finance and Taxation General Fund of the Senate, or its successor. (2)...
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9-16-85
Section 9-16-85 Permits - Approval or denial by authority; filing of violation schedule; issuance
to mine on prime farm land. (a) Upon the basis of a complete mining application and reclamation
plan or a revision or renewal thereof, as required by this article, following public notification
and opportunity for a public hearing as required by Section 9-16-88, the regulatory authority
shall grant, require modification of, or deny the permit within 30 days and notify the applicant
in writing of its action. The applicant for a permit, or revision of a permit, shall have
the burden of establishing that his application is in compliance with all the requirements
of this article. Within 10 days after the granting of a permit, the regulatory authority shall
notify the local governmental officials in the local political subdivision in which the area
of land to be affected is located that a permit has been issued and shall describe the location
of the land. (b) No permit or revision application...
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11-85-1
Section 11-85-1 Establishment of region and creation of regional planning commission. The planning
commission of any municipality or the county commission of any county or any 100 citizens
by signed petition may apply to the Governor for the establishment of a region for planning
purposes and the appointment of a regional planning commission for such region. The Governor
shall hold at least one public hearing upon any such application or petition, the time and
place of which he shall officially proclaim. If the Governor finds that by reason of urban
growth and development not corresponding to existing municipal boundary lines or by reason
of other developments or trends in the growth and distribution of population, commerce and
industry or by reason of topographic or other conditions two or more separate municipalities
or the territory of one or more municipalities and neighboring nonmunicipal territory have
overlapping and interrelated or common problems of such nature as not to be...
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22-27-10
Section 22-27-10 Control of unauthorized dumping; open burning; construction with other rights
and remedies. (a) Solid waste shall be collected, transported, disposed, managed, or any combination
thereof, according to the requirements of this article, and the rules of the department or
the health department, as authorized by this article, and if disposed of in this state, shall
be disposed in a permitted landfill or permitted incineration, or reduced in volume through
composting, materials recovery, or other existing or future means approved by and according
to the requirements of the department, under authorities granted by this article. (b) The
creation, contribution to, or operation of an unauthorized dump is declared to be a public
nuisance per se, a menace to public health, and a violation of this article. In addition to
other remedies which are available, an unauthorized dump may be enjoined through an action
in the circuit court having jurisdiction over the property in which the...
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23-1-358
Section 23-1-358 Director - Powers and duties generally. In addition to all other responsibilities
prescribed for the department by this article, the director shall have the following powers
and duties with respect to aeronautics activities within this state: (1) Cooperate with the
United States government and any agency or department thereof in the acquisition, construction,
improvement, maintenance, and operation of airports and other air navigation facilities in
this state. (2) Comply with the provisions of the laws of the United States and any rules
or regulations made thereunder for the expenditure of federal monies upon airports and air
navigation facilities. (3) Enter or authorize the entering of land for the purpose of making
surveys, inspections, and examinations relative to the establishment, construction, expansion,
improvement, operation, and general safety of airports, restricted landing areas, and other
air navigation facilities. (4) Acquire easements through or other...
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24-3-2
Section 24-3-2 Authority to plan and undertake urban renewal projects; limitations on eminent
domain. (a) In addition to its authority under this title, any housing authority created under
this title is hereby authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects. (b) The governing
body of any incorporated city or town is likewise hereby authorized to plan and undertake
urban renewal projects and shall have and possess the same powers and authority granted to
or conferred on any housing authority. (c) As used in this chapter, an urban renewal project
may include undertakings and activities for the elimination and for the prevention of the
spread of blighted property as defined in subsection (c) of Section 24-2-2 and may involve
any work or undertaking for such purpose constituting a redevelopment project authorized by
Chapter 2 of this title, or any rehabilitation or conservation work or any combination of
such undertaking or work. For this purpose, "rehabilitation or conservation...
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9-16-91
Section 9-16-91 Surface effects of underground coal mining; requirements; remedies. (a) The
regulatory authority shall promulgate rules and regulations directed toward the surface effects
of underground coal mining operations, and embodying the following requirements. In adopting
any rules and regulations, the regulatory authority shall consider all distinct differences
between surface coal mining and underground coal mining. (b) Each permit issued pursuant to
this article and relating to underground coal mining shall require the operator to: (1) Adopt
measures consistent with available technology in order to prevent subsidence causing material
damage to the extent technologically and economically feasible, maximize mine stability, and
maintain the value and reasonably foreseeable use of such surface lands, except in those instances
where the mining methods used requires planned subsidence in a predictable and controlled
manner. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit...
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11-52-50
Section 11-52-50 Authorized; adoption, approval, etc., of plat therefor; agreements between
planning commission and landowners as to releases of claims for damages or compensation for
reservations; abandonment of reservations. 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 lines of a street or streets in any portion of such
territory and to make a plat of the area or district thus surveyed, showing the land which
it recommends be reserved for future acquisition for public streets. The commission, before
adopting any such plat, shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of the time and place
of which, with the general description of the district or area covered by the plat, shall
be given not less than 10 days previous to the time fixed therefor by one...
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