45-49-151.40
Section 45-49-151.40 Limitations on construction or operation of racetrack in county. (a) The
Mobile County Commission shall not license the construction or operation of any racetrack,
for any purpose, in an area of the county that has five or more residences within 1,000 yards
of the location for the racetrack. (b) No person shall construct or operate a racetrack, for
any purpose, in any area of the county within 1,000 yards of the location of the residence.
Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a public nuisance. (c)(1) This section
shall be enforced by the Mobile County Commission. (2) The Mobile County Commission may commence
a civil action in the name of the Mobile County Commission in the Circuit Court of Mobile
County, Alabama, to abate or enjoin any violation of this section. In any action pursuant
to this subdivision, the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, is authorized to assess
all costs of abating a public nuisance declared by this section, including...
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45-49-151.41
Section 45-49-151.41 Limitation on construction or operation of racetrack outside Prichard
and Saraland. (a) This section relates only to Mobile County and only to lands located outside
of the municipalities of Prichard and Saraland. (b) The Mobile County Commission shall not
license the construction or operation of any racetrack, for any purpose, on lands located
outside of the municipalities of Prichard and Saraland that has five or more residences within
1,000 yards of the location for the race track. (c) No person shall construct or operate a
racetrack, for any purpose, on lands located outside of the municipalities of Prichard and
Saraland that has five or more residences within 1,000 yards of the location for the racetrack.
Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a public nuisance. (d) This section
shall be enforced by the Mobile County Commission. (e) The Mobile County Commission may commence
a civil action in the name of the Mobile County Commission in the...
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45-42A-24.02
Section 45-42A-24.02 Notice ordering abatement; hearing; appeal. (a) For purposes of this part,
the enforcing official shall mean either the mayor or such other city official or employee
as the mayor from time to time may designate. Whenever, in the opinion of the enforcing official,
a public nuisance exists as described in Section 45-42A-24.01, the enforcing official may
serve written notice upon the owner of the property on which the nuisance is located ordering
the abatement of the nuisance. (b) The notice shall require the owner to complete abatement
of the nuisance within 14 days from the date of the notice, provided that the enforcing official
may allow for additional time when it is reasonably required due to the difficulty of the
abatement or other unusual factors tending to necessitate additional time, but in no case
more than 28 days from the date of the notice. (c) The written notice shall require the owner
to abate the condition within the time stated in the notice or to...
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45-37A-251.22
Section 45-37A-251.22 Notice to owner; contents; posting of signs. After the passage of a resolution,
the appropriate city official shall send notice of the action to the last person or persons,
firm, association, or corporation last assessing the property for state taxes, by certified
or registered mail to the address on file in the office of the tax assessor to abate the nuisance
within a reasonable time set out in the notice, not to exceed 14 days, or suffer the nuisance
be abated by the city and the cost thereof assessed against the property. The mailing of the
certified or registered notice, properly addressed and postage prepaid, shall constitute notice
as required in this section. The city shall also place a sign conspicuously on the property
indicating that the city governing body has found the property to be a public nuisance or
containing a public nuisance. (Act 95-574, p. 1204, Art. II, §3.)...
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45-45A-41.21
Section 45-45A-41.21 Notice; hearing; appeal. (a) For purposes of this subpart, the enforcing
official shall mean either the mayor or such other city official or employee as the mayor
from time to time may designate. Whenever, in the opinion of the enforcing official, a public
nuisance exists as described in Section 45-45A-41.20, the enforcing official may serve written
notice upon the owner of the property on which the nuisance is located ordering the abatement
of the nuisance. (b) The notice shall require the owner to complete abatement of the nuisance
within 14 days from the date of the notice, provided that the enforcing official may allow
for additional time when it is reasonably required due to the difficulty of the abatement
or other unusual factors tending to necessitate additional time, but in no case more than
28 days from the date of the notice. (c) The written notice shall require the owner to abate
the condition within the time stated in the notice or to request a hearing...
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6-5-156.4
Section 6-5-156.4 Violation of court order; additional orders necessary to abatement; suspension
or cancellation of order. (a) A violation of any court order issued pursuant to this division
is punishable as a contempt of court by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500)
nor more than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), or by imprisonment for not more than
one year, or both. Evidence concerning the duration and repetitive nature of the violations
shall be considered by the court in determining the penalty for contempt. (b) Upon finding
that a defendant has willfully violated an order issued pursuant to this division, the court
may issue any additional orders necessary to abate the drug-related nuisance or to carry out
the punishment for contempt. (c) The court may suspend the effectiveness of an order of abatement
for no more than 90 days if the owner of the property establishes that he or she had no knowledge
of the drug-related nuisance, and could not reasonably be...
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6-5-160.4
Section 6-5-160.4 Violation, suspension, cancellation of abatement order. (a) A violation of
any court order issued pursuant to this division is punishable as a contempt of court by a
fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000),
or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. At least one-half of all fines collected
as punishment for contempt shall be paid into the general fund of the county if the action
against the defendant was commenced by the county governing body or a county government agency.
Evidence concerning the duration and repetitive nature of the violations shall be considered
by the court in determining the penalty for contempt. (b) Upon finding that a defendant has
willfully violated an order issued pursuant to this division, the court may issue any additional
orders necessary to abate the nuisance or to carry out the punishment for contempt. (c) The
court may suspend the effectiveness of an order of...
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6-5-155.3
Section 6-5-155.3 Contents of complaint; supporting affidavits. (a) The complaint or an affidavit
attached thereto shall describe the adverse impact associated with the drug-related nuisance
upon the surrounding neighborhood. Adverse impact includes, without limitation, the presence
of any one or more of the following conditions: (1) Diminished property value. (2) Increased
fear of residents to walk through or in public areas, including sidewalks, streets, alleys,
and parks. (3) Increased volume of vehicular and pedestrian traffic to and from the property.
(4) An increase in the number of ambulance or police calls to the property which are related
to the use of drugs, or to violence stemming from drug-related activity. (5) Bothersome solicitors
or approaches by strangers wishing to sell drugs, or the aggressive solicitation of alms,
on or near the property. (6) The display of dangerous weapons on or near the property. (7)
Investigative purchases of drugs by law enforcement officers on...
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45-2-180.01
Section 45-2-180.01 Regulation of billboards in unincorporated areas; enforcement; variances;
appeals. (a) This section shall apply only within the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County.
(b)(1) In the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County, the county commission may regulate and
shall have exclusive zoning authority to regulate billboards, including, but not limited to,
the size and location of any billboards. Within the planning jurisdiction of a municipality
that regulates billboards, the county commission shall regulate and shall have exclusive authority
to regulate billboards which regulation and enforcement shall be no less stringent than the
regulation of billboards by municipal ordinance within the corporate limits of the municipality.
The regulations shall be adopted by resolution or ordinance of the county commission at a
regularly scheduled meeting of the commission. Any resolution or ordinance adopted pursuant
to this section shall have standards as to distance between...
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45-44-170.05
Section 45-44-170.05 Enforcement; fines. (a) The operation of an unlicensed junkyard that is
required to be licensed pursuant to this section constitutes a public nuisance. (b) The Macon
County Commission shall adopt regulations and requirements for issuing licenses for the operation
of junkyards within the limits defined in this article and may revoke the licenses at any
time the junkyard fails to conform to the requirements of this article, and shall charge a
license fee of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and not less than one hundred dollars
($100) payable each fiscal year. All licenses issued under this article shall expire on September
30th following the date of issuance. Licenses shall be renewed from year to year upon payment
of the fee. Proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the county. (c)
The Macon County Compliance Officer may commence a court action in the name of the Macon County
Commission in the District Court of Macon County, Alabama,...
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