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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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