Alabama Code 11-40-83. Zoning authority in overlapping police jurisdictions – Zoning disputes between municipalities
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-40-83
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Notwithstanding Section 11-40-82, in the overlapping areas of the police jurisdiction of the municipalities, each municipality may object to a zoning decision of the other municipality in the overlapping areas. In that case, the objecting municipality shall notify the other municipality of its objection and the zoning dispute shall be resolved by a panel consisting of the mayors of the two municipalities and the chair of the county commission of the county where the property involved in the zoning dispute is located.