9-8-26
Section 9-8-26 Land-use regulations - Procedure for adoption; amendment, repeal, etc.; contents;
publication, etc. (a) The supervisors of any district shall have authority to formulate regulations
governing the use of lands within the district in the interest of conserving soil and soil
resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion. The supervisors may conduct such public
meetings and public hearings upon tentative regulations as may be necessary to assist them
in this work. The supervisors shall not have authority to enact such land-use regulations
into law until after they shall have caused due notice to be given of their intention to conduct
a referendum for submission of such regulations to the owners of lands lying within the boundaries
of the district for their indication of approval or disapproval of such proposed regulations
and until after the supervisors have considered the result of such referendum. The proposed
regulations shall be embodied in a proposed ordinance....
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9-8-28
Section 9-8-28 Land-use regulations - Enforcement. Where the supervisors of any district shall
find that any of the provisions of land-use regulations prescribed in an ordinance adopted
in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-8-26 are not being observed on particular lands
and that such nonobservance tends to increase erosion on such lands and is interfering with
the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the district, the supervisors may
present to the circuit court of the county in which the land of the defendant may lie, a complaint,
duly verified, setting forth the adoption of the ordinance prescribing land-use regulations,
the failure of the defendant landowner to observe such regulations and to perform particular
work, operations or avoidances as required thereby and that such nonobservance tends to increase
erosion on such lands and is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other
lands within the district and requesting the court to...
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9-8-27
Section 9-8-27 Land-use regulations - Access to lands for investigation as to observance; damage
remedy for violations. The supervisors shall have authority to go upon any lands within the
district to determine whether land-use regulations adopted under the provisions of Section
9-8-26 are being observed. The supervisors are further authorized to provide by ordinance
that any landowner who shall sustain damages from any violation of such regulations by any
other landowner may recover damages at law from such other landowner for such violation. (Acts
1939, No. 147, p. 202, § 9; Code 1940, T. 2, §665.)...
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9-8-23
Section 9-8-23 Creation and incorporation of districts; increase or decrease in boundaries;
reorganization; change of name. (a) Any 25 owners of land lying within the limits of the territory
proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to
function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth: (1) The
proposed name of said district; (2) That there is need in the interest of the public health,
safety and welfare for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory
described in the petition; (3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as
a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by
legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and (4) A request
that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries...
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9-8-57
Section 9-8-57 Referendum upon creation of district - Contents of ballot; qualifications of
voters; voting procedure. The question to be voted on shall be submitted by ballots upon which
appear the words: "For creation of _____ Watershed Conservancy District" "Against
creation of _____ Watershed Conservancy District" A square shall follow each proposition.
The ballot shall also contain a direction to insert an "X" mark in the square following
one or the other of the propositions as the voter may favor or oppose creation of the district.
The ballot shall set forth the boundaries of the proposed district as determined by the board
of supervisors. Only owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the territory, as determined
by the board, shall be eligible to vote in the referendum. Qualified voters may vote by absentee
ballot in such referendum under rules and regulations prescribed by the board of supervisors.
(Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §7.)...
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11-54B-11
Section 11-54B-11 District management corporation limits, powers, and duties. (a) District
management corporations shall be incorporated under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act
(Chapter 3A of Title 10) and shall exercise their powers in a manner consistent with such
act. (b) To qualify for designation by ordinance to manage a self-help business improvement
district, the articles of incorporation of a proposed district management corporation must
provide the following: (1) That the property, business, and affairs of the corporation shall
be managed by a board of directors. (2) The names and addresses of the initial members of
the board of directors. (3) That the initial members of the board shall be divided into three
groups which are as equal in number as is possible, that such groups will serve for initial
terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years respectively, and that all directors thereafter
elected by the board of directors shall serve for a term of three (3) years. (4)...
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11-54B-50
Section 11-54B-50 District management corporation limits, powers, and duties. (a) District
management corporations provided for in this article shall be incorporated under the Alabama
Nonprofit Corporation Act, Chapter 3 of Title 10A, and shall exercise their powers in a manner
consistent with that law. (b) To qualify for designation by ordinance to manage a self-help
business improvement district, the articles of incorporation of a proposed district management
corporation shall provide all of the following: (1) That a board of directors shall manage
the property, business, and affairs of the corporation. (2) The names and addresses of the
initial members of the board of directors. (3) That the initial members of the board shall
be divided into three groups which are as equal in number as is possible, that those groups
will serve for initial terms of one, two, and three years respectively, and that all directors
thereafter elected by the board of directors shall serve for a term of...
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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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45-49-261.04
Section 45-49-261.04 Procedure for adoption and amendment of ordinances and regulations. (a)
The Mobile County Commission may adopt ordinances and regulations as necessary to effect this
part. 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 planning jurisdiction 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 planning jurisdiction. For the...
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11-50A-8
Section 11-50A-8 Powers of the authority. In addition to other powers granted the authority
by this chapter, it shall have all powers consistent with the purposes of the authority as
set forth in Section 11-50A-3, which are necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate
the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, but without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the following enumerated powers, which shall be exercised by the authority
consistently with the provisions of Section 11-50A-3: (1) To sue and be sued and to prosecute
and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto;
(2) To adopt and alter a corporate seal; (3) To make and alter at pleasure all needful bylaws,
rules, and regulations for the transaction of its business and the control of its property
and affairs; (4) To have the same right of eminent domain through condemnation conferred by
Section 10-5-1, or any subsequent statute of similar import; provided...
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