45-49-91.16
Section 45-49-91.16 Certificate of compliance for land use. Whenever the board has adopted
a master plan for the district, no street, square, park, or other public way ground or open
space, public building or structure, or public utility, whether privately or publicly owned,
shall be constructed or authorized in the district until the location, character, and extent
thereof has been submitted to and approved by the board. The board may require an application
fee be paid by any person, business, or other entity submitting plans to the board for approval.
However, any fee required may not exceed the actual costs of processing the application, including
review by the board and county commission, or both, and provided that the proceeds from any
fee be earmarked only for the administration of this part. The board shall issue a certificate
of compliance to any applicant whose proposed land use is acceptable under the master plan
and land use ordinances of the district. The board shall reject...
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45-49-91.13
Section 45-49-91.13 Surveys and studies; purpose and effect of master plan. The board shall
make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of the present conditions and future growth
existing within the district and with due regard to neighboring territory, applying the same
standards and responsibilities applicable to a municipal planning commission pursuant to Chapter
52 of Title 11. The district master plan shall be a public record, but its purpose and effect
shall be to aid the board in the performance of its duties, including making recommendations
to the county governing body and assisting and cooperating with other federal, state, and
local agencies to achieve coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development. (Act 2005-75,
p. 111, § 14.)...
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11-19-19
Section 11-19-19 County board of adjustment. In availing itself of the powers conferred by
this chapter, the county commission shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment
and may provide that the said board of adjustment shall, in appropriate cases and subject
to appropriate conditions and safeguards, make special exceptions to the terms of the zoning
ordinance or regulations in harmony with its general purposes and interests and in accordance
with general or specific rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The board of adjustment shall
consist of five members who shall be appointed from among the residents of the county by the
county commission to serve for a term of three years; provided, that in establishing the board
of adjustment, the county commission may designate the terms of the members first appointed
on such basis that the term of one member will expire each year thereafter. Such members shall
be removable for cause by the county commission upon written...
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9-16-90
Section 9-16-90 Environmental protection performance standards. (a) Any permit issued pursuant
to this article to conduct surface mining operations shall require that such surface coal
mining operations will meet all applicable performance standards of this article, and such
other requirements as the regulatory authority shall promulgate. (b) General performance standards
shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations and shall require
the operation as a minimum to: (1) Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to maximize
the utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that reaffecting
the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized; (2) Restore the land
affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting
prior to any mining, or higher or better uses of which there is reasonable likelihood, so
long as such use or uses do not present any actual or probable hazard to...
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45-49-91.18
Section 45-49-91.18 Appeals to Mobile County Commission. (a) Appeals to the Mobile County Commission
may be taken by any aggrieved person. The appeal shall be taken as provided by the rules of
the board and within the time period prescribed by its rules, by filing notice of appeal specifying
the grounds thereof with the board from whom the appeal is taken and with the Mobile County
Commission. The board shall transmit to the Mobile County Commission with the notice of appeal
all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. An appeal
shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the board certifies
to the Mobile County Commission, after receiving notice of the appeal, that by reason of facts
stated in the certificate, a stay would cause imminent peril to life or property. The Mobile
County Commission shall have all of the following powers: (1) To hear and decide appeals where
it is alleged there is error in any order,...
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45-2-261.04
Section 45-2-261.04 Procedure for adoption and amendment of ordinances and regulations. (a)
The Baldwin County Commission may adopt ordinances and regulations as necessary to effect
the provisions of this subpart. The ordinances or regulations shall be made in accordance
with a master plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from
fire, panic, and other dangers, to promote health and general welfare, to provide adequate
light and air, to prevent overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population
and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks,
and other public requirements. The ordinances and regulations shall be made with reasonable
consideration, among other things, to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability
for particular uses and with the view of conserving the value of the buildings and encouraging
the most appropriate use of land throughout the district. For the purpose of...
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9-8A-11
Section 9-8A-11 Agreement to maintain conservation practices; sale of land with respect to
which agreement is in effect. As a condition for receipt of a cost-share grant of allocated
funds for soil and water conservation practices, the eligible person receiving the benefit
of such grant shall agree to maintain those practices for the expected life of the practice
as established by the commission and outlined in the applicable conservation plan. Agreement
to maintain practices for which allocated funds are being paid shall be accomplished by completing
and signing a maintenance agreement. Specific conditions of the maintenance agreement shall
be detailed on a form specified by the commission, and may include provisions for repayment
of cost-share grants. Completion of the form and signature of the eligible person is required
prior to transfer of the payment from the district to the recipient. Agreements to perform
soil and water conservation practices for which allocated funds are being...
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11-85-56
Section 11-85-56 Powers and duties generally. A regional planning and development commission
established pursuant to this article may perform the following: (1) Carry on continuous, comprehensive
planning for the region, assessing needs, resources, and development opportunities and formulating
goals, objectives, policies, and standards to guide physical, economic, and human resource
development. (2) Prepare a regional plan consistent with state comprehensive planning and
reflecting plans and programs of the participating governmental units which shall set forth
policies for the development of the region in accordance with present and future needs and
resources including policies for patterns of urbanization, for the use of land and resources
for commerce, industry, recreation, transportation, forestry, and agriculture, for the development
of human resources and for administrative measures in support thereof. (3) Prepare an annual
regional development program to implement the policies...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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11-3A-2
Section 11-3A-2 Powers for public welfare, health, and safety; authorization; scope. (a) Except
where otherwise specifically prohibited or provided for either heretofore or hereafter by
general law or the constitution of this state and subject to the procedures and limitations
set out in this chapter, the county commission of a county may provide for its property and
affairs; and for the public welfare, health, and safety of the citizens throughout the unincorporated
areas of the county by exercising certain powers for the protection of the county and public
property under its control. The powers granted herein to provide for the public welfare, health,
and safety of its citizens shall only include the following: (1) Abatement of weeds as a public
nuisance as defined in Section 11-67-60. (2) Subject to the provisions of Section 6-5-127,
control of animals and animal nuisances. (3) Control of litter as defined in subsection (b)
of Section 13A-7-29, or rubbish as defined in subdivision...
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