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Ala. Code § 11-52-79 (2026)

Zoning Commission.

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In availing itself of the powers conferred by this article, the legislative body of any incorporated city or town may appoint a commission, to be known as the zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. Such commission shall make a preliminary report and hold a public hearing thereon before submitting its final report. In case of the appointment of such zoning commission, the municipal legislative body shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of such commission. Where a municipal planning commission already exists, it may be appointed as the “zoning commission.”

(Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §780.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1982–2016 · leading case: Ex parte Chesnut, 208 So. 3d 624 (Ala. 2016).
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Ex parte Chesnut, 208 So. 3d 624 (Ala. 2016). “” Section 11-52-79, Ala.Code 1975, provides that the local legislative body may appoint a zoning commission “to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein.”
Greenbriar, Ltd. v. City of Alabaster, 881 F.2d 1570 (11th Cir. 1989). “Code § 11-52-76 (1985) ("The legislative body of such municipality shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established and enforced and from time to time amended, supplemented or changed.”
Nasser v. City of Homewood, 671 F.2d 432 (11th Cir. 1982). “Ala. Code §§ 11-52-79 , 11-52-80 (1975). We therefore perceive no state interest in uniformity which would be disrupted by federal review of zoning ordinances.”
Shades Mountain Plaza, L.L.C. v. City of Hoover, 886 So. 2d 829 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “1982) (citing §§ 11-52-79 and 11-52-80, Ala. Code 1975).”
Bedingfield v. Mooresville Town Council, 782 So. 2d 290 (Ala. 2000). “On March 20, 1990, after proper notice and public debate, the Town Council of the Town of Mooresville adopted an ordinance to establish a zoning commission as authorized by § 11-52-79, Ala.Code 1975. Pursuant to the new ordinance, the Town Council appointed the zoning commission…”
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