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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall
execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and
the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast
Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly
agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry,
and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and
northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain
railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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45-8-90
Section 45-8-90 Economic Development Council - Creation; composition; powers and duties. (a)(1)
For the purposes of promoting industry and trade and economic development and to assist Calhoun
County and the municipalities located therein in their pursuits therefor and to provide for
the exercise by the county and the municipalities of certain powers and authority proposed
to be granted to them by an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, the act proposing such
amendment being adopted at the same session of the Legislature at which the act adding this
section was adopted, there is hereby created an economic development council for Calhoun County,
which council shall constitute a public corporation under the name Calhoun County Economic
Development Council. (2) This section shall be liberally construed in conformity with the
purposes. (b)(1) The powers and authorities of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council
shall be vested in and performed by a board of directors. (2) The...
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45-49-261.06
Section 45-49-261.06 Procedures for exercising planning and zoning powers. The Mobile County
Commission shall not exercise its planning and zoning powers established hereunder until the
majority of the qualified electors in the proposed planning jurisdiction shall have voted
their desire to come within the planning and zoning authority of the Mobile County Commission.
The election shall be held if 10 percent of the qualified electors in the planning jurisdiction
submit a written petition to the county commission expressing a desire to be subject to the
planning and zoning jurisdiction of the Mobile County Commission under authority of this part
or upon a resolution of the county commission. The county commission and the Judge of Probate
of Mobile County shall certify or reject the accuracy of the petition no later than 45 days
after receiving the petition, or in the case of an election to be held by resolution of the
county commission, the county commission shall certify the adoption...
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45-49-261.16
Section 45-49-261.16 Construction setbacks. (a) The Mobile County Commission, through the county
planning and zoning commission, shall regulate the construction setback from the centerline
of any state or county public road or highway located within the jurisdiction of the commission.
(b) The provisions of this section do not apply to poles, facilities, structures, water, gas,
sewer, electric, telephone, billboards, or utility lines or other facilities of public utilities.
(c) The construction setback from any state or county public road or highway shall vary according
to the highway functional classifications submitted by the Mobile County Commission and approved
by the Federal Highway Administration for Mobile County. (d) The functional classifications
and the construction setbacks required for each classification are established as follows:
(1) Principal arterials require a 125 foot setback from the centerline of the right-of-way.
(2) Minor arterials require a 100 foot setback from...
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11-52-32
Section 11-52-32 Approval or disapproval of plat generally; legal effect of approval; powers
of planning commission as to subdivision zoning; approval or disapproval of plat in certain
cities. (a) Except where the development of a subdivision within the territorial jurisdiction
of a municipal planning commission is regulated by the county commission pursuant to Section
11-52-30, the municipal planning commission shall approve or disapprove a plat within 30 days
after the submission thereof to it; otherwise, the plat shall be deemed to have been approved,
and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the municipal planning commission on demand;
provided, however, that the applicant for the municipal planning commission's approval may
waive this requirement and consent to an extension of such period. The ground of disapproval
of any plat shall be stated upon the records of the municipal planning commission. Any plat
submitted to the municipal planning commission shall contain the...
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45-44-260.09
Section 45-44-260.09 Zoning; grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the county, the planning commission,
with the approval of the county commission, is hereby empowered to divide the portion of the
county within its zoning jurisdiction into districts. The districts shall be of such number,
shape, and area as may be found best suited to carry out the purposes of this article. The
planning commission, with the approval of the county commission, shall provide for standards
within districts relating to the use of the land and the types and kinds of structures that
may be erected in the districts, and all home remodeling or modification in such districts.
Such provision shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the area involved
and shall be designed to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to prevent the overcrowding
of land; to avoid undue mixed use of land; to facilitate the...
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45-49-91.21
Section 45-49-91.21 Land use control fee. The Mobile County Commission shall levy upon owners
of any real property located within the district which has elected to come under the jurisdiction
of the board, a uniform land use control fee that shall be equal to 1/10 mill of the appraised
value of the parcel as determined by the Mobile County Revenue Commissioner. However, in no
case shall this fee be less than three dollars ($3) per parcel. Property exempt from fees
and taxes under Act 41 and Act 91 are exempt from the land use control fee provided for under
this section. The Mobile County Revenue Commissioner shall assess the land use control fee
on the real property subject to the land use control fee within the district. The fee shall
be assessed and collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes due
on the property. The board may bring civil action for the collection of the fee, and collection
costs, upon the failure of a property owner to pay the fee as...
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45-2-261.08
Section 45-2-261.08 Appointment of advisory committees. In each district wherein the qualified
electors vote to become subject to the planning and zoning authority of the Baldwin County
Commission as provided in Section 45-2-261.07, the Baldwin County Commission shall appoint
an advisory committee from that district to work with and assist the planning commission in
formulating and developing regulations, ordinances, and zoning measures for the district.
Each advisory committee shall consist of five members who shall be qualified electors of the
district and who shall reflect as nearly as practical the diversity of land use in a district.
The members of each district advisory committee shall elect a chair. Upon the adoption of
zoning ordinances and regulations for the district by the Baldwin County Commission pursuant
to the terms of this subpart, the services of the district advisory committee shall terminate
and the committee shall be abolished. In any district which is contiguous to...
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11-19-3
Section 11-19-3 Adoption of zoning ordinances and building codes for flood-prone areas outside
municipalities. The county commission in each county of this state is hereby authorized and
may adopt zoning ordinances and building codes for flood-prone areas which lie outside the
corporate limits of any municipality in the county. Each such county commission shall have
broad authority to: (1) Establish or cause to be established comprehensive land-use and control
measures which shall specifically include the control and development of subdivisions in flood-prone
areas; (2) Establish or cause to be established building codes and health regulations incorporating
such minimum standards as shall be necessary to reduce flood damage in flood-prone areas;
(3) Provide such standards of occupancy for the prudent use of flood-prone areas in the county;
(4) Provide for the preparation of maps clearly delineating flood-prone areas and floodways
in the county and to keep the same for public...
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11-52-31
Section 11-52-31 Adoption, publication, and certification of subdivision regulations; contents
of regulations; bond. (a) Except where the county commission is responsible for the regulation
of subdivision regulations within the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal planning commission
pursuant to Section 11-52-30, the municipal planning commission shall adopt subdivision regulations
governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. The regulations may provide for
the proper arrangement of streets in relation to other existing or planned streets and to
the master plan, for adequate and convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of
fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air and for the avoidance of congestion of
population, including minimum width and area of lots. The regulations may include provisions
as to the extent to which streets and other ways shall be graded and improved and to which
water and sewer and other utility mains, piping, or other...
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