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11-19-1
Section 11-19-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
unless otherwise clearly indicated shall have the following meanings: (1) COUNTY GOVERNING
BODY. The county commission of each county in this state. (2) FLOOD or FLOODING. The general
and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas: a. From
the overflow of streams, rivers, and other inland waters, or b. From tidal surges, abnormally
high tidal waters, tidal waves, or rising coastal waters resulting from tsunamis, hurricanes,
or other severe storms. (3) FLOOD-PRONE AREA. Any area with a frequency of inundation of once
in 100 years as defined by qualified hydrologists or engineers using methods that are generally
accepted by persons engaged in the field of hydrology and engineering. (4) LAND-USE AND CONTROL
MEASURES. Zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations,
and other applications and extensions of the normal police...
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45-11-140
Section 45-11-140 Forest fire protection. (a) The County Commission of Chilton County is authorized,
when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Chilton County by participating
in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified.
(b)(1) After the Chilton County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Chilton
County, the county commission may, in the manner hereinafter specified, provide for a financial
charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Chilton County for the use
of the land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of
such fire protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($.10) per acre, provided such
financial charge or tax is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest lands due
to the availability of such fire protection. (2) "Forest lands" as used in this
section, shall mean any land which supports a forest growth, or...
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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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24-9-8
Section 24-9-8 Quiet title and foreclosure action. (a) The authority may initiate a quiet title
action under this section to quiet title to real property held by the authority or interests
in tax delinquent property held by the authority by recording with the office of the judge
of probate in the county in which the property subject to quiet title action is located a
notice of pending quiet title action. The notice shall include the name of the taxpayer whose
interest was affected by the tax sale; the name of any other party as revealed by a search
and examination of the title to the property who may claim an interest in the property; a
legal description of the property; the street address of the property if available; the name,
address, and telephone number of the authority; a statement that the property is subject to
the quiet title proceedings under Act 2013-249; and a statement that any legal interests in
the property may be extinguished by a circuit court order vesting title to...
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8-30-1
Section 8-30-1 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BURIAL
MERCHANDISE. Any merchandise normally offered or sold by a cemetery for use in connection
with the interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains. This includes, but is not limited
to, subterranean crypts, mausoleums, markers, and monuments, whether bronze or otherwise,
bronze plaques and vases, mausoleum spaces to be constructed, cemetery spaces to be developed,
and vaults, and also includes foundations or footings of any type. (2) BURIAL RIGHT. The right
to use a grave space, mausoleum, or columbarium for the interment, entombment, or inurnment
of human remains. (3) BURIAL SERVICE. Any service offered by a cemetery in connection with
the interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains as described in subdivision (1) of
this section. (4) CEMETERY. Any land or structure in this state dedicated to and used, or
intended to be used, for interment of human remains. It may be either a...
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11-89-7
Section 11-89-7 Powers of district generally; power of district to acquire, operate, etc.,
systems, etc., outside service area; provisions in schedules of rates and charges generally.
(a) The district shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto
or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate
name for the duration of time (which may be perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section
11-89-17) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own
name in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and to defend civil actions
against it; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business;
(5) To acquire, receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to
hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether...
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11-99-2
Section 11-99-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) BLIGHTED OR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED
AREA: a. An area in which the structures, buildings, or improvements, by reason of dilapidation,
deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation,
or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions
which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors,
are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency,
or crime, and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or b. Any
area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated,
or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty
lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,...
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11-52-1
Section 11-52-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words or phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) MUNICIPALITY or MUNICIPAL. Cities or towns. (2) MAYOR. The chief executive of the municipality,
whether the official designation of his office be mayor, city manager, or otherwise. (3) COUNCIL.
The chief legislative body of the municipality. (4) COUNTY COMMISSION. The chief administrative
or legislative body of the county. (5) STREETS. Streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes,
alleys, viaducts, and other ways. (6) SUBDIVISION. The division of a lot, tract, or parcel
of land into two or more lots, plats, sites, or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of sale, of lease, or of building development. The term includes resubdivision
and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land
or territory subdivided. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p....
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11-40-33
Section 11-40-33 Costs of demolition. Upon demolition of the building or structure, the appropriate
municipal 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 and assessing the costs against the property. 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 demolition. Any person, firm, or corporation having an interest
in the property may be heard at the meeting as to any objection to the fixing of the costs
or the amounts thereof. The municipal 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 collector's
or revenue commissioner's records on the property or is...
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