45-37A-56
Section 45-37A-56 Zoning board of adjustment. (a) The governing body of any city which may
now or hereafter have a population of 300,000 inhabitants or more, according to the last or
any subsequent federal census and which may now or hereafter have in force and effect a comprehensive
zoning ordinance shall provide for the appointment of a zoning board of adjustment and in
the zoning regulations and restrictions adopted by the city pursuant to the authority of the
laws of this state, provide that the zoning board of adjustment, in appropriate cases and
subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, shall make special exceptions to the terms
of the zoning ordinance of the city in harmony with its general purpose and intent, and in
accordance with general or specific rules therein contained. The zoning board of adjustment
shall consist of seven members, each to be appointed by the governing body of the city, and
each shall hold office for a term of seven years or until the time as his...
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11-50A-17
Section 11-50A-17 Contracts for use of projects; purchase of electric power; payment of charges;
indemnity; enforcement of performance. (a) Any municipality, if authorized by resolution or
ordinance of its governing body, may contract with the authority for the payment of any rates,
tolls, fees, and other charges prescribed in this section and Section 11-50A-18 by the authority
for the output, capacity, use or service by the municipality of any projects or other resources
of the authority or any of its facilities or undertakings. The obligations to pay the amounts
contracted to be paid by the municipality to the authority under the contract or contracts
entered into pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be treated as expenses of operating
the electric distribution system of the municipality for the payment of which the revenues
of the municipality derived from the operation of its electric distribution system (together
with any other revenues that may be lawfully pledged...
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11-51-188
Section 11-51-188 Due dates for licenses; discounts. (a) Except as provided in subsections
(b) and (c), each municipal business license shall be due on January 1st of each year and
shall be renewed annually on or before the 31st day of January, provided that a municipality
that imposed a delinquency date as of January 1, 2006, that was later than January 31 may
elect, by adoption of an ordinance, to impose a February 15 delinquency date. (b) If the due
date for payment of any business license hereunder falls on a weekend or a holiday recognized
by the municipality from time to time, the due date shall automatically be extended until
the next business day. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), insurance company licenses shall
be renewed annually on or before March 1, in accordance with Section 11-51-122. (d) Any municipality
may, in its discretion, grant a discount for payment of the applicable business license tax
prior to the due date prescribed above. The amount and terms of the...
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11-51-207
Section 11-51-207 Collection of taxes by Department of Revenue - Generally; municipal rental
tax levy. (a) The governing body of a municipality may pass an ordinance or resolution requiring
the Department of Revenue to administer and collect any taxes levied and assessed under the
provisions of this article, or any general, special, or local law relating to the levy or
administration of a municipal sales and use, rental, or lodgings tax. In all cases where the
governing body of a municipality provides by ordinance or resolution for the administration
and collection of any taxes levied under the provisions of this article, or any general, special,
or local law relating to the levy or administration of a municipal sales and use, rental,
or lodgings tax by the Department of Revenue, administration and collections shall be made
under the same provisions and procedures provided for by Sections 11-51-180 to 11-51-185,
inclusive. (b) Any municipal rental tax levy administered and collected by...
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11-52-83
Section 11-52-83 Remedies for construction, repair, use, etc., of buildings, lands, etc., in
violation of article or ordinance, regulation, etc., adopted under authority of article. 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,
the proper local authorities of the municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute
any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction,
alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation,
to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land or to prevent any illegal act,
conduct, business, or use in or about such premises. (Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940,
T. 37, §782.)...
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11-52-9
Section 11-52-9 Adoption, etc., of master plan for physical development of municipality by
commission - Conduct of surveys and studies; purpose of plan. 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 guiding and accomplishing a coordinated,
adjusted, and harmonious development of the municipality and its environs 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 economy in the process of development, including,
among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire and
other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient
distribution of population, the promotion...
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11-53A-2
Section 11-53A-2 Creation of housing code abatement board; notice to remedy unsafe condition;
assessment of costs of removal. 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 her district to serve on the board for the term of the municipal
appointing authority for two consecutive terms in office. The board shall perform the duties
delegated by this article. Whenever the board finds that any building, structure, part of
a building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in its jurisdiction is unsafe
to the extent that it creates a public nuisance from any cause, it shall give notice to the
person or persons, firm, association, or corporation last assessed for state ad valorem taxes
by personally serving a copy of the notice to remedy the unsafe or...
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11-54B-3
Section 11-54B-3 Development and maintenance of self-help business improvement districts. A
municipality may, through ordinance, provide for the creation and maintenance of one or more
self-help business improvement districts pursuant to this article. This article is intended
as the exclusive procedure through which a municipality may create and maintain a self-help
business improvement district. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, §3.)...
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11-54B-42
Section 11-54B-42 Development and maintenance of self-help business improvement districts.
A Class 2 municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the creation and maintenance of one
or more self-help business improvement districts pursuant to this article. This article is
intended as the exclusive procedure by which a Class 2 municipality may create and maintain
a self-help business improvement district. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §3.)...
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11-67-68
Section 11-67-68 Alternate abatement procedures; costs. (a) In the case of any property on
which overgrown grass or weeds have been previously abated or on which abatement has been
attempted through the process of posting notice on the property to be abated pursuant to Article
2 or this article, a municipality may adopt procedures different from the procedures provided
in Article 2 or this article to abate overgrown grasses and weeds for subsequent abatement.
(b) After the abatement of any overgrown grass or weeds pursuant to the procedures provided
in the ordinance adopted pursuant to this section, the reasonable costs of abatement shall
be assessed and collected as a weed lien in the same manner as provided in Section 11-67-66.
The municipality may assess the reasonable costs authorized against any lot or lots or parcel
or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama or any purchaser at any sale for the
nonpayment of taxes, and where an assessment is made against a lot or lots...
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