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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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11-19-1
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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34-14A-12
Section 34-14A-12 Standards of practice; building laws and codes. (a) The board may establish
or adopt residential building codes and standards of practice for residential home builders
within the state. A residential building code or standard of practice adopted or established
by the board does not supersede or otherwise exempt residential home builders from a local
building law or code adopted by the governing body of a county or municipality or from a local
or general law. (b) The county commissions of the several counties may adopt building laws
and codes by ordinance which shall apply in the unincorporated areas of the county. The building
laws and codes of the county commission shall not apply within any municipal police jurisdiction,
in which that municipality is exercising its building laws or codes, without the express consent
of the governing body of that municipality. The building laws and codes of the county commission
may apply within the corporate limits of any...
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11-52-30
Section 11-52-30 Territorial jurisdiction; approval of maps or plats; regulations; limits on
exercise of powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the territorial jurisdiction
of any municipal planning commission shall include all land located in the municipality and
all land lying within five miles of the corporate limits of the municipality and not located
in any other municipality; except that, in the case of any nonmunicipal land lying within
five miles of more than one municipality having a municipal planning commission, the jurisdiction
of each municipal planning commission shall terminate at a boundary line equidistant from
the respective corporate limits of such municipalities. Any alterations of a municipal planning
commission based upon annexation or deannexation of property within the corporate limits of
a municipality shall occur once a year on the first day of January and shall take effect for
any annexations which were finalized on or before the preceding first day...
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11-19-7
Section 11-19-7 Submission of plans and specifications for construction and development in
flood-prone areas; issuance of permits and fees therefor; disposition of fees. The county
commission desiring to participate in this program shall require every person, firm, corporation,
or agency to submit plans and specifications for all proposed construction and development
in flood-prone areas lying outside the corporate limits of municipalities of the county prior
to commencing operations. If such plans and specifications conform in every respect with the
applicable specifications, rules, and regulations adopted by the county commission, said county
commission shall issue a permit therefor and shall charge such issuance fee as the governing
body shall agree is just and reasonable. All such fees shall be deposited in a special fund
in the county treasury and shall be used to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and no
permits shall be issued for any construction or development for which...
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45-2-262
Section 45-2-262 Regulation of wind generated energy production facilities or equipment in
unincorporated areas. (a) This section shall apply within all unincorporated areas of Baldwin
County. (b) The county commission shall have zoning authority and the power to establish and
adopt ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, and procedures to regulate the permitting,
construction, placement, and operation of wind turbines, windmills, wind farms, and any other
wind-generated energy production facilities or equipment operated, in whole or in part, by
wind, sometimes referred to collectively as "wind-generated energy production facilities,"
also including, but not limited to, regulations regarding the size, location, and noise generated
by wind-generated energy production facilities. The regulations shall be adopted by ordinance
or resolution of the county commission at a regularly scheduled meeting of the commission.
(c) The county commission shall have zoning authority and the power...
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41-9-166
Section 41-9-166 Adoption, etc., of building codes by municipalities and counties. Any municipality
in the State of Alabama may adopt any model building code published by the Southern Building
Code Congress International and the National Electrical Code published by the National Fire
Protection Association as a municipal ordinance, enlarging the applicability thereof to include
private buildings and structures other than private schoolhouses, hotels, public and private
hospitals, and moving picture houses as it deems necessary and to prescribe penalties for
violations thereof in the same manner in which other ordinances and related penalty provisions
are adopted and prescribed. Any county commission similarly may adopt and enlarge the applicability
of any model building code published by the Southern Building Code Congress International
and the National Electrical Code published by the National Fire Protection Association for
the county, prescribing penalties for violations thereof, by...
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45-2-261.06
Section 45-2-261.06 Purposes and view. In preparation of the proposed master plan and planning
and zoning ordinances and regulations, the planning commission shall make careful and comprehensive
studies and surveys of the present conditions existing within unincorporated areas with due
regard to existing agricultural uses, to land by virtue of its availability, proximity to
water supplies, and other geographical features as particularly suited to agricultural uses,
to neighboring municipalities, towns and villages, to growth of subdivisions, to the general
population, to growth of the resort areas in the county, and make adequate provisions for
traffic, recreational areas, and industries and other public requirements. The comprehensive
plan, development and zoning ordinances, and regulations shall be made with the general purpose
of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the county
which will in accordance with present and future needs best...
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45-49-261.05
Section 45-49-261.05 Purposes and view. In preparation of the proposed master plan and planning
and zoning ordinances and regulations, the planning commission shall make careful and comprehensive
studies and surveys of the present conditions existing within unincorporated areas with due
regard to existing agricultural uses, to land by virtue of its availability, proximity to
water supplies, and other geographical features as particularly suited to agricultural uses,
to neighboring municipalities, towns, and villages, to growth of subdivisions, to the general
population, to growth of the resort areas in the county, and make adequate provisions for
traffic, recreational areas, and industries and other public requirements. The comprehensive
plan, development and zoning ordinances, and regulations shall be made with the general purpose
of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the county
which will in accordance with present and future needs best...
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22-27-5
Section 22-27-5 Authority of localities to establish charges, fees, etc., and enter into mutual
agreements or contracts; approval of department; licensing of private or corporate agencies;
permits and bonds; nonpayment of fees, etc. (a) Fees, etc.; mutual agreements or contracts.
The county commission or municipality undertaking the responsibility for providing services
to the public under this article may establish fees, charges and rates and may collect and
disburse funds within cooperating areas or districts, inside or outside the corporate limits
of municipalities or inside or outside of county boundaries, for the specific purpose of administering
this article and providing and operating a solid waste program. Also, said county commission
or public authority may enter into mutual agreements or contracts with the government bodies
of other counties, municipalities, corporations or individuals, where deemed to be mutually
economical and feasible, to jointly or individually collect,...
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