SB336 Alabama 2016 Session

Under existing law, in all counties having a population of 600,000 or more inhabitants, the county planning and zoning commission has certain powers and duties, including certain territorial jurisdiction limitations and the county commission of the county may establish minimum specifications and regulations governing the lay-out, grading, and paving of all streets, avenues, and alleys and the construction or installation of all water, sewer, or drainage pipes or lines in any subdivision

This bill would reduce the population threshold to 300,000 or more inhabitants and would remove certain exceptions relating to the exercise of certain zoning jurisdiction and control by municipalities

This bill would also remove certain provisions allowing the governing body of a municipality and the municipal planning commission to override the county's enforcement of the regulation of subdivisions within the planning jurisdiction under certain conditions

Relating to planning and zoning; to amend Section 11-52-30, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2015-361, 2015 Regular Session, to revise the jurisdictional limits of county planning and zoning commissions; to remove certain exceptions relating to the exercise of certain zoning jurisdiction and control by municipalities; and to remove certain provisions allowing the governing body of a municipality and the municipal planning commission to override the county's enforcement of the regulation of subdivisions within the planning jurisdiction under certain conditions.