Section 45-44-260 Creation of planning commission. There is hereby created a planning commission for Macon County, Alabama, which shall be appointed as provided by this article and shall have responsibilities and duties as provided by this article. The planning commission shall be known as the Macon County Planning Commission. (Act 2001-562, p. 1133, § 1.)
Section 45-44-260.01 Composition of planning commission. The planning commission shall be composed of seven members, each of whom shall be a qualified elector in and an actual resident of Macon County. The Macon County Commission may appoint as one of the seven members a person engaged in the sale of real estate to serve on […]
Section 45-44-260.02 Jurisdiction of planning commission. The jurisdiction of the commission shall extend to all areas of the county outside the boundaries of municipal corporations, unless a municipality expressly requests by resolution to have the jurisdiction of the planning commission extend into its corporate area. (Act 2001-562, p. 1133, § 3.)
Section 45-44-260.03 Organization; recordkeeping. The commission shall elect its chair and create and fill such other offices as it may determine. The term of the chair shall be for one year, with eligibility for reelection. The commission shall normally hold at least one regular meeting each month. It shall adopt bylaws for the transaction of […]
Section 45-44-260.04 Staff and finances. The county commission may appoint, promote, demote, and remove employees of the planning commission as it deems necessary. The county commission may also contract with county or city planners, engineers, architects, and other consultants and with any local, state, or federal agency for such services as the planning commission may […]
Section 45-44-260.05 Powers and duties of planning commission. It shall be the function and duty of the planning commission to make and maintain in an up-to-date manner a master plan of various areas of the county as deemed necessary by the planning commission and to adopt with the approval of the county commission appropriate zoning […]
Section 45-44-260.06 Master plan and zoning regulations. (a) In the preparation of the master plan and zoning regulations, the planning commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of the present conditions existing within the county. It shall give due regard to existing agricultural uses to land by virtue of its fertility, proximity to […]
Section 45-44-260.07 Election for coverage. Except where jurisdiction has been obtained by the planning commission pursuant to Section 45-44-260.02, the master plan and zoning regulations provided by the planning commission shall not be applicable in any beat of Macon County until the majority of the qualified electors of the beat voting in a special election […]
Section 45-44-260.08 Subdivision regulations. The planning commission with the approval of the county commission shall adopt a code of regulations applicable to the subdivision of land and plats of subdivisions, after the adoption of such code of regulations, shall not be accepted for filing and recording in the office of the judge of probate until […]
Section 45-44-260.09 Zoning; grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the county, the planning commission, with the approval of the county commission, is hereby empowered to divide the portion of the county within its zoning jurisdiction into districts. The districts shall be of […]
Section 45-44-260.10 Proposed change in zoning regulations. Once zoning regulations have become applicable to a beat as provided herein, those regulations shall not be changed until the proposed change has been published for three weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the county together with a notice stating the time and place that the […]
Section 45-44-260.11 Zoning regulations not to be retroactive. No zoning regulation adopted by the planning commission and county commission shall change any use to which land is being made at the time the zoning regulations became applicable to any beat. (Act 2001-562, p. 1133, § 12.)
Section 45-44-260.12 Remedies. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any subdivision is established, or land used in violation of this article or of any regulation made under the authority conferred by this article, the county attorney shall initiate any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent […]
Section 45-44-260.13 Exceptions to zoning regulations. The planning commission, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, may make special exceptions to the terms of the zoning regulations in harmony with its general purposes and interests and in accordance with general or specific rules adopted by the planning commission. Anyone wishing to appeal […]
Section 45-44-260.14 Appeals. Any party aggrieved by any final judgment or decision of the planning commission, within 15 days, may request a review of the record by a five-member review board appointed by the Macon County Commission, one member being the county planning director, one the county public works director, two experts in related fields […]
