11-47-170
Section 11-47-170 Acquisition of lands, easements, etc., by municipality; limitations on condemnation. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), whenever in the judgment of the council, commission, or other governing body of a city or town it may be necessary or expedient for the carrying out and full exercise of any power granted by the applicable provisions of this title or any other applicable provision of law, the town or city shall have full power and authority to acquire by purchase the necessary lands or rights, easements, or interests therein, thereunder, or thereover or, for the purposes for which private property may be acquired by condemnation, may proceed to condemn the same in the manner provided by this article, or by the general laws of this state governing the taking of lands or the acquiring of interests therein for the uses for which private property may be taken, and such proceedings shall be governed in every respect by the general laws of this state...
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11-50-143
Section 11-50-143 Ordering of special election for authorization of sale, lease, etc. After the passage of said resolution, the said board of aldermen or other governing body shall order a special election to be held at which all the voters in said city or town, who are qualified voters under the laws of this state may vote on the proposition of whether such sale, lease or other disposition of such electric plant, gas plant, or waterworks plant shall be authorized. (Acts 1909, No. 212, p. 253; Code 1923, §2061; Code 1940, T. 37, §378.)...
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11-50-54
Section 11-50-54 Regulation, installation, etc., of drainage, plumbing, sewer connections, etc. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to prescribe the location and manner in which drainage from private premises may be disposed of and to prescribe the manner in which plumbing shall be constructed and to forbid the use of the same while out of order or defective and may discontinue or forbid the use of sinks, pits, cesspools, dry wells, and surface closets and may regulate and compel the connection of private or public premises with the sewer system of the town or city, and the council or other governing body shall have the power to punish the owner of any property who shall fail to make such connection, after 10 days' notice to do so, and shall also have the power to prevent the lease, rental, or use of any property after notice that such connections have been required until the same shall have been made. If such owner fails or refuses, after 10 days' notice, to make...
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11-53B-5
Section 11-53B-5 Fixing of costs. Upon demolition or repair of the building or structure, the appropriate city official shall make a report to the governing body of the cost thereof, and the governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the costs which it finds were reasonably incurred in the demolition or repair and assessing the same against the property; provided, however, the proceeds of any moneys received from the sale of salvaged materials from the building or structure shall be used or applied against the cost of the demolition; and provided further, that any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in the property may be heard at the meeting as to any objection he or she may have to the fixing of such costs or the amounts thereof. The clerk of the municipality shall give notice of the meeting at which the fixing of the costs is to be considered by first-class mail to all entities having an interest in the property whose address and interest is determined from the tax...
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11-54A-2
Section 11-54A-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, shall be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any city in accordance with Section 11-54A-4. (2) AUTHORITY. Any redevelopment authority organized pursuant to this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the governing body of any city in accordance with Section 11-54A-4, that authorizes the corporation of the authority. (4) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority. (5) BONDS. Shall include bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money. (6) CITY. Any incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama with respect to which a redevelopment authority may be organized. (7) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of the authority. (8) DEVELOPMENT AREA....
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11-80-15
Section 11-80-15 Regulation of fertilizer. (a) A county commission or municipal governing body may not adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, or resolution regulating the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, distribution, transportation, storage, or application of fertilizers. The entire subject matter of the foregoing shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. (b) For purposes of this section, the term fertilizer means any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrients which is used for its plant nutrient content and which is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone, wood ashes, boiler ashes produced by the pulp and paper or the electric utility industry, and similar products exempted by regulation of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (c) This section shall not affect, supersede, or override any zoning...
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45-17A-70
Section 45-17A-70 Abatement of weeds. (a) All weeds growing upon streets or sidewalks or upon private property within the city limits of Sheffield, in Colbert County, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature or attain such large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous, and any accumulation of trash, rubbish, junk or debris, or any unsightly or dangerous walls, or any abandoned construction of any kind or nature, or motor vehicles not in usable condition, or any debris of a burned building, or any abandoned or unused swimming pool, or any abandoned wells or cisterns, may be declared to be a public nuisance by the city governing body, and thereafter abated as provided in this section. (b) Whenever any officer or employee of the City of Sheffield charged with the responsibility reports to the city governing body the existence of any condition enumerated in subsection (a), the city governing body may, by resolution, if the proof is...
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45-17A-81
Section 45-17A-81 Abatement of weeds. (a) All weeds growing upon streets or sidewalks or upon private property within the city limits of Tuscumbia which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature or attain such large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous, and any accumulation of trash, rubbish, junk, or debris, or any unsightly or dangerous walls, or any abandoned construction of any kind or nature, or motor vehicles not in usable condition, or any debris of a burned building, or any abandoned or unused swimming pool, or any abandoned wells or cisterns, may be declared to be a public nuisance by the city governing body, and thereafter abated as provided in this section. (b) Whenever any officer or employee of the City of Tuscumbia charged with the responsibility shall report to the city governing body the existence of any condition enumerated in subsection (a), the city governing body may, by resolution, if the proof be satisfactory, declare...
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45-39-221
Section 45-39-221 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this part, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, shall be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. The resolution adopted by the governing body of the City of Florence or the county, in accordance with this part, that authorizes the organization of the tourism board. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the tourism board. (3) CODE. This code and all amendments thereto and, with respect to any particular title, chapter, article, division, section, or other portion thereof, any act of the Legislature or other code preceding such portion of this code or subsequently replacing the same. (4) COUNTY. Lauderdale County, Alabama. (5) COUNTY LODGING TAX. That certain tax levied pursuant to Part 5, commencing with Section 45-39-244, of Article 24 of this chapter. (6) DIRECTOR. A member of the board. (7)...
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11-43B-29
Section 11-43B-29 Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect; references to city commission, etc., deemed to refer to city council. All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. Whenever, in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council form of government, reference is made to a member of the governing body (by whatever name), the same shall be construed to refer to the mayor. Whenever in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council form of government, reference is made to the city commission, board of commissioners, the governing body, or like term, the same shall be construed to refer to the city council. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §29.)...
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