35-2-58
Section 35-2-58 Vacation and annulment of map or plat, etc., by circuit court - Jurisdiction; parties. The circuit courts of this state shall have jurisdiction and power to vacate and annul any map, plat, or survey of lands, or any streets, alleys, avenues, or roads, whether designated by any such maps, plats, or surveys or not, upon the filing of a civil action by any person or persons owning any of the lots, parcels, or tracts of land abutting such roads, streets, or alleys sought to be vacated or annulled. Unless the owners of all the lots or parcels of land so abutting upon the roads, streets, or alleys sought to be vacated join as plaintiffs, the owners and claimants of such other lots or parcels of land abutting upon the roads, streets, or alleys sought to be vacated shall be made parties defendant; and the municipality, town, or city, if the land is located within any municipality, town, or city, shall also be made a party defendant; and, if not located in such municipality,...
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23-4-2
Section 23-4-2 Procedure. (a) Whenever the governing body of a municipality or county proposes to vacate a public street, alley, or highway, or portion thereof, the governing body shall schedule a public hearing prior to taking final action and shall publish notice of the proposed hearing on the vacation in a newspaper of general circulation in the portion of the county where the street, alley, or highway lies once a week for four consecutive weeks in the county prior to deciding the issue at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body. A copy of the notice shall be posted on a bulletin board at the county courthouse and shall also be served by U.S. mail at least 30 days prior to the scheduled meeting on any abutting owner and on any entity known to have facilities or equipment such as utility lines, both aerial or buried, within the public right-of-way of the street, alley, or highway to be vacated. The notice shall describe the street, alley, highway, or portion thereof...
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23-4-20
Section 23-4-20 Vacation of street or alley. (a) Subject to the conditions set out in this subsection, any street or alley may be vacated, in whole or in part, by the owner or owners of the land abutting the street or alley or abutting that portion of the street or alley desired to be vacated by following the procedures set out herein. The owner or owners of the land abutting the street or alley to be vacated shall join in a written petition requesting that the street or alley be vacated and shall file the petition with the governing body with jurisdiction over the street or alley, or portion thereof, requesting the governing body's approval of the vacation. The governing body shall set the request for vacation for public hearing within 100 days from the date the petition is received. Notice of the hearing shall be provided as set out in Section 36-25A-3 for notice of meetings of the governing body and shall describe the street or alley, or portion thereof, requested to be vacated in...
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11-48-17
Section 11-48-17 Manner of assessment of costs of improvements generally - Improvements of intersections of streets, alleys, etc. Where the intersections of streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways are improved, the cost of improving any intersection or any part thereof may be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on each of the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways so intersecting for a half block in each direction therefrom; provided, that for the purpose of computing assessments under this section, no block shall be considered as extending more than 1,000 feet from any intersection so improved. (Code 1907, §1372; Code 1923, §2187; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §526.)...
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35-2-54
Section 35-2-54 Vacation of streets or alleys by abutting landowners. Any street or alley shown by any map, plat, or survey, whether such map or plat is executed and recorded as provided by law or not, may be vacated, in whole or in part, by the owner or owners of the lands abutting the street or alley (or that portion of the street or alley desired to be vacated), or their executors, administrators, or guardian, joining in a written instrument declaring the same to be vacated, such written instrument to be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in like manner as conveyances of land, which declaration being duly recorded shall operate to destroy the force and effect of the dedication by the map, plat, or survey and to divest all public rights, including any rights which may have been acquired by prescription, in that part of the street or alley so vacated. If any such street or alley is within the limits of any municipality, the assent of the mayor and aldermen or other governing body of...
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24-7-6
Section 24-7-6 Contract with government for loans and contributions; state to provide services, accept dedications, etc., on behalf of authority without charge. (a) The authority shall endeavor to secure a contract with the government for loans and annual contributions covering one or more projects comprising units of low-rent housing and to develop and administer such projects, each of which shall be located within the operating area of the Mowa Choctaw reservation. (b) During the period commencing with the date of acquisition of any part of the site or sites of any project and continuing so long as either such project is owned by a public body or governmental agency and is used for low-rent housing purposes, or any contract between the authority and the government for loans or annual contributions, or both, in connection with such projects remain unpaid, whichever period is the longest, the state without cost or charge to the authority or the tenants of such project shall: (1)...
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11-52-1
Section 11-52-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words or phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) MUNICIPALITY or MUNICIPAL. Cities or towns. (2) MAYOR. The chief executive of the municipality, whether the official designation of his office be mayor, city manager, or otherwise. (3) COUNCIL. The chief legislative body of the municipality. (4) COUNTY COMMISSION. The chief administrative or legislative body of the county. (5) STREETS. Streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, viaducts, and other ways. (6) SUBDIVISION. The division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites, or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, of lease, or of building development. The term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land or territory subdivided. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p....
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11-24-1
Section 11-24-1 Definitions; regulation of lots, streets, drainage, utilities, etc.; developer to reimburse utility for uneconomical placement. (a) When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY. A political subdivision of the state created by statute to aid in the administration of government. (2) COUNTY COMMISSION. The chief administrative or legislative body of the county. (3) STREETS. Streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, viaducts, and other roads. (4) SUBDIVISION. The development and division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites, or otherwise for the purpose of establishing or creating a subdivision through the sale, lease, or building development. Development includes, but is not limited to, the design work of lot layout, the construction of drainage structures, the construction of buildings or public use areas, the planning and construction of public streets and public roads, and the...
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11-48-5
Section 11-48-5 Adoption of ordinance or resolution describing proposed improvement, ordering preparation of plans, specifications, etc., thereof, etc. (a) When the council of any city or town shall determine to open, widen, extend, construct, or improve any street, alley, avenue, sidewalk, highway, or other public place or to make any other public improvements or undertake any work authorized by the provisions of this article, the cost of which or any part thereof it is proposed to assess against the property abutting on, served, illuminated, drained, elevated, reclaimed, protected, or otherwise specially benefited or increased in value by said improvements, it shall adopt an ordinance or resolution to that effect, describing the nature and extent of the work, the general character of the materials to be used and the location and terminal point thereof and the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways or parts thereof embraced therein, and it shall direct that full details,...
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11-52-30
Section 11-52-30 Territorial jurisdiction; approval of maps or plats; regulations; limits on exercise of powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the territorial jurisdiction of any municipal planning commission shall include all land located in the municipality and all land lying within five miles of the corporate limits of the municipality and not located in any other municipality; except that, in the case of any nonmunicipal land lying within five miles of more than one municipality having a municipal planning commission, the jurisdiction of each municipal planning commission shall terminate at a boundary line equidistant from the respective corporate limits of such municipalities. Any alterations of a municipal planning commission based upon annexation or deannexation of property within the corporate limits of a municipality shall occur once a year on the first day of January and shall take effect for any annexations which were finalized on or before the preceding first day...
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