11-46-24
Section 11-46-24 Designating and equipping voting places; election officials; canvass returns.
(a) The municipal governing body may, when it orders an election, designate at least one place
of voting in each ward and if the ward has been divided into voting districts then at least
one place of voting in each district or the municipal governing body may establish and designate
one central place (location) within the municipality as the place of voting for all wards.
The number of voting boxes or voting machines as prescribed, shall be placed in a central
place of voting for use by the electors. The municipal governing body shall provide at least
one machine or at least one box for the voters of each ward, provided that this requirement
shall not apply to any municipality which uses electronic vote counters or tabulators or other
devices that are regulated by the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee established in Chapter
24 of Title 17 that are capable of counting the ballots from all...
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11-52-8
Section 11-52-8 Adoption, etc., of master plan for physical development of municipality by
commission - Authorization and procedure generally; contents of plan. (a) It shall be the
function and duty of the commission to make and adopt a master plan for the physical development
of the municipality, including any areas outside of its boundaries which, in the commission's
judgment, bear relation to the planning of such municipality. (b) The plan, with the accompanying
maps, plats, charts, and descriptive matter shall show the commission's recommendations for
the development of said territory, including, among other things, the general location, character
and extent of streets, viaducts, subways, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, boulevards, parkways,
playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields and other public ways, grounds and open spaces,
the general location of public buildings and other public property, the general location and
extent of public utilities and terminals, whether...
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11-67-61
Section 11-67-61 Weeds may be declared public nuisance; resolution to abate. Whenever any weeds
are growing upon any street, sidewalk, or private property, the governing body of any incorporated
municipality may, by resolution, declare the weeds to be a public nuisance and order its abatement.
The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under which it is commonly known or describe
the property upon which or in front of which the nuisance exists by giving a legal description
of the property and no other description of the property shall be required. Any number of
streets, sidewalks, or parcels of private property may be included in one resolution. This
article shall not apply to any property that has been zoned agricultural property. (Act 2000-774,
p. 1771, §2.)...
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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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11-99B-4
Section 11-99B-4 Filing of certificate of incorporation and copies of resolutions of governing
bodies with judge of probate; contents and execution of certificate of incorporation; notification
of Secretary of State of recordation of certificate of incorporation by judge of probate.
(a) Following the adoption of an authorizing resolution by that governing body that was the
last to adopt an authorizing resolution, but if and only if each other governing body with
whom such application was filed has theretofore adopted an authorizing resolution, the applicants
shall proceed to incorporate a district by filing for record in the office of the judge of
probate of the county in which the principal office of the district is to be located, as specified
in the certificate of incorporation provided for in this section, a certificate of incorporation
which shall comply with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and
executed in the manner provided in this section. (b) The...
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24-1-103
Section 24-1-103 Area of operation. The area of operation or boundaries of a regional housing
authority shall include, except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this article, all of the
counties for which such regional housing authority is created and established; provided, that
a regional housing authority shall not undertake any housing project or projects within the
boundaries of any municipality or housing authority unless a resolution shall have been adopted
by the governing body of such municipality and also by any housing authority which shall have
been previously established and authorized to exercise its powers in such municipality, declaring
that there is a need for the regional housing authority to exercise its powers within such
municipality. (Acts 1943, No. 541, p. 512, §2.)...
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24-1-104
Section 24-1-104 Procedure for increase of area of operation. The area of operation or boundaries
of a regional housing authority shall be increased from time to time to include one or more
additional contiguous counties not already within a regional housing authority, if the governing
body of each of the counties then included in the area of operation of such regional housing
authority, the commissioners of the regional housing authority and the governing body of each
such additional county or counties each adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need
for the inclusion of such additional county or counties in the area of operation of such regional
housing authority. Upon the adoption of such resolutions, any county housing authority created
for any such additional county shall cease to exist, except for the purpose of winding up
its affairs and executing a deed to the regional housing authority as provided in this section;
provided, however, that such resolution shall not be...
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39-7-1
Section 39-7-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. A corporation
created pursuant to this chapter. (2) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or town incorporated under the
laws of the State of Alabama and the inhabitants of an area containing not less than 250 qualified
electors outside of an unincorporated city or town who shall become incorporated pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter. (3) TERRITORY. The geographical area coterminous with the
boundaries of a municipality. (4) GOVERNING BODY. The body or board, by whatsoever name it
may be known, having charge of the finances of a municipality. (5) SERVICES. Any one or more
or all of the following: water, sewerage, telephone, gas or electric heat, light, or power
services, commodities or facilities. (6) ENTERPRISE. The business, undertaking or enterprise
of furnishing services. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code...
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45-37-140.02
Section 45-37-140.02 Establishment of districts. Any area situated entirely within the county
may be established as a district for fighting fires, or a district for garbage disposal, or
a district for fighting fires and garbage disposal, or a district for medical rescue systems,
or a district for parks and recreational facilities, in the manner hereinafter provided for.
No land lying within the boundaries of a municipality at the time a district is formed shall
be included in the district. (Acts 1966, No. 79, p. 106, §3; Acts 1977, No. 678, p. 1173,
§3.)...
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45-37A-53
Section 45-37A-53 Abatement of weeds. (a) All weeds growing upon private property within municipalities
of the state having a population of 300,000 inhabitants or more, according to the last or
any subsequent federal census, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature or attain such
a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous,
may be declared to be a public nuisance by the governing body of any such municipality, and
thereafter abated as in this section provided. (b) Whenever any such weeds are growing upon
any private property, the governing body of any such municipality may, by resolution, declare
the same to be a public nuisance. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under
which it is commonly known, and describe the property upon which the nuisance exists by giving
a legal description thereof; and no other description of the property shall be required. Any
number of parcels of private property may be included in one...
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