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Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
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Title11 COUNTIES AND MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. |
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Title2 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ONLY. |
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Chapter52. PLANNING, ZONING AND SUBDIVISIONS. |
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Article2. Control of Subdivisions Generally. |
§11-52-31. Adoption, publication, and certification of subdivision regulations; contents of regulations; bond.
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Except where the county commission is responsible for the regulation of subdivision regulations within the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal planning commission pursuant to Section 11-52-30, the municipal planning commission shall adopt subdivision regulations governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. The regulations may provide for the proper arrangement of streets in relation to other existing or planned streets and to the master plan, for adequate and convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air and for the avoidance of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of lots. The regulations may include provisions as to the extent to which streets and other ways shall be graded and improved and to which water and sewer and other utility mains, piping, or other facilities shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of the plat. The regulations or practice of the municipal planning commission may provide for a tentative approval of the plat previous to the installation, but any tentative approval shall be revocable and shall not be entered on the plat. In lieu of the completion of the improvements and utilities prior to the final approval of the plat, the municipal planning commission may accept a bond with surety to secure to the municipality the actual construction and installation of the improvements or utilities at a time and according to specifications fixed by or in accordance with the regulations of the municipal planning commission. The municipality is hereby granted the power to enforce the bond by all appropriate legal and equitable remedies.
All regulations shall be published as provided by law for the publication of ordinances, and before adoption a public hearing shall be held thereon. A copy thereof shall be certified by the municipal planning commission to the probate judge of the county in which the municipality and territory are located.