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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45-28A-42.74
Section 45-28A-42.74 Appeals from decisions of board. Within 10 days after any final decision
of the board of trustees, any contributing member including the governing body of such city,
feeling aggrieved at the decision of the board of trustees may appeal from any such decision
to the circuit court of the county in which such city is located and such appeal shall be
heard by a judge sitting without a jury. Upon the filing of any such appeal, notice thereof
shall be served upon any member of the board of trustees by the appellant. Such appeal shall
be heard by the court at the earliest possible date, and it shall not be necessary on any
such appeal to enter exceptions to the rulings of the board of trustees and no bond shall
be required for such an appeal and such an appeal shall be effected by filing a notice and
request therefor by the appellant with the clerk of the court. An appeal may be taken from
any decision of such court to the court of appeals or the supreme court as now...
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45-37-121.19
Section 45-37-121.19 Dismissals, demotions, suspensions, and appeals. (a) An appointing authority
may dismiss or demote an employee holding permanent status for just cause whenever he or she
considers the good of the service will be served thereby, for reason stated in writing, served
on the affected employee, and a copy furnished to the director, which action shall become
a public record. The dismissed or demoted employee may within 10 days after notice, appeal
from the action of the appointing authority by filing with the board and the appointing authority
a written answer to the charges. The board shall order a public hearing of such charges. The
hearing shall be before a panel of three attorneys randomly selected by the presiding Judge
of Probate of Jefferson County from a list of attorneys who are licensed to practice law in
this state and who are otherwise qualified in the opinion of the judge of probate to hear
the appeal. The panel shall hear testimony offered in support and...
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45-37A-251.50
Section 45-37A-251.50 Demolition of unsafe structures by the City of Hueytown. The city shall
have authority, after notice as provided in this subpart, to move or demolish buildings and
structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, foundations, abandoned or unused
swimming pools, or abandoned wells or cisterns when they have been found by the governing
body of the city to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause. (Act
95-574, p. 1204, Art. III, §1.)...
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45-44-260.13
Section 45-44-260.13 Exceptions to zoning regulations. The planning commission, in appropriate
cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, may make special exceptions to
the terms of the zoning regulations in harmony with its general purposes and interests and
in accordance with general or specific rules adopted by the planning commission. Anyone wishing
to appeal from an existing zoning regulation may file a written petition stating the basis
for their appeal whereupon the planning commission shall fix a date for a hearing on the appeal,
giving notice as the planning commission deems appropriate. With regard to such hearings,
the planning commission shall have the following powers: (1) To hear and decide appeals where
it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by
the planning commission or official in the enforcement of this article or any regulation adopted
pursuant thereto. (2) To hear and decide requests for special...
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45-8A-22.126
Section 45-8A-22.126 Claims review procedure. Within 30 days after any final decision of the
retirement board, any party, including the governing body of the City of Anniston, aggrieved
at the decision of the retirement board may appeal from such decision to the Circuit Court
of Calhoun County. Such appeal shall be de novo and shall be heard by a judge sitting without
a jury. Upon the taking of such appeal, the appellant shall serve notice thereof upon the
secretary-treasurer. Such appeal shall be heard by the circuit court at the earliest possible
date. No bond shall be required for such an appeal. Such an appeal shall be perfected by the
appellant filing a notice thereof with the clerk of the circuit court. An appeal may be taken
from any decision of the circuit court to the Court of Civil Appeals in the manner provided
by law or rule, or both, for taking appeals in other cases. (Act 2012-484, p. 1349, §27.)...

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45-35A-57
Section 45-35A-57 Ad valorem taxation on property. (a)(1) Pursuant to Section 216 of the Constitution
of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the City of Dothan currently levies ad valorem taxes on property
situated therein at the rate of one-half of one percent (5 mills) of the assessed value of
such property, which tax revenues are authorized to be used for general municipal purposes.
(2) Pursuant to Amendment 373(f) of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as
Section 217(f) of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended,
the governing body of the City of Dothan has duly proposed, after a public hearing on such
proposal, that the City Council of Dothan be authorized to increase the rate at which the
City of Dothan's municipal ad valorem taxes are levied on property situated therein by up
to an additional one and one-half percent (15 mills) of the assessed value of such property,
and has further proposed that such additional net ad valorem tax...
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11-52-10
Section 11-52-10 Adoption, etc., of master plan for physical development of municipality by
commission - Procedure for adoption, etc. The commission may adopt the plan as a whole by
a single resolution or may by successive resolutions adopt successive parts of the plan, said
parts corresponding with major geographical sections or divisions of the municipality or with
functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan and may adopt any amendment or extension
thereof or addition thereto. Before the adoption of the plan or any such part, amendment,
extension or addition, the commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, notice
of the time and place of which shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general
circulation in the municipality and in the official gazette, if any, of the municipality;
provided, that the planning commission may dispense with such public hearing prior to the
approval or disapproval of a plan when the municipal governing body to whom...
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11-53A-1
Section 11-53A-1 Removal of unsafe buildings or structures. Pursuant to the police power granted
in this article, any Class 5 or Class 6 or Class 8 municipality in the State of Alabama that
elects to have this article apply to the municipality may, after notice as provided in this
article, move or demolish buildings or structures, or parts of buildings or structures, party
walls, or foundations when found by a municipal housing code abatement board and by the governing
body of the city, to be unsafe to the extent of creating a public nuisance from any cause.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-572, p. 1182, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-252, p. 421, §1.)...
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45-35A-51.20
Section 45-35A-51.20 Discharges. (a) The appointing authority may discharge an employee in
the classified service, whenever he or she considers the good of the service and the welfare
of the city will be best served thereby, by making and filing in his or her office an order
to that effect together with the reasons assigned for the discharge, however, the power to
discharge shall not be capriciously or arbitrarily exercised in any case; a copy of such order
and the reasons assigned shall be served upon each the employee and the director before the
effective date thereof; and a copy served upon the director shall be filed and retained in
the office as a public record. The discharged employee, within 10 days after receipt of the
discharge notice, may appeal the action of the appointing authority to the board, by filing
a written answer to the chair with a demand for a hearing. It shall be the duty of the board
to fix a time and place for hearing on the appeal, and to give notice thereof...
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