The commission created by an ordinance enacted pursuant to this part shall be authorized to:

(1) Preserve and protect buildings, structures, and sites of historic and architectural value in the historic districts designated pursuant to that ordinance;

Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-17A-80.04

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(2) Prepare a survey of all property within the territorial jurisdiction of Tuscumbia;
(3) Recommend to Tuscumbia buildings, structures, sites, and districts for designation as historic properties of districts;
(4) Restore and preserve any historic properties acquired by Tuscumbia or acquired by the commission;
(5) Promote acquisition of facade and conservation easements by Tuscumbia or by the commission;
(6) Develop and conduct educational programs on historic projects and districts designated pursuant to the ordinance and on historic preservation subjects;
(7) Make such investigations and studies of matters relating to historic preservation as Tuscumbia or the commission deems necessary and appropriate for the purposes of this part;
(8) Apply for funds to carry out the purposes and responsibilities of the commission from municipal, county, state, federal, and private agencies and sources;
(9) Purchase, sell, contract to purchase, contract to sell, own, encumber, lease, mortgage, and insure real and personal property in carrying out the purposes and responsibilities of the commission;
(10) Investigate, survey, and process nominations of properties to the National Register of Historic Places;
(11) Investigate, survey, and process applications for certification of historic properties for tax credits for preservation expenditures;
(12) Contract with other municipal, county, state, federal, and private agencies and organizations to perform historic preservation-related functions;
(13) Exercise such further powers as the commission may deem reasonably necessary and proper to carry out the purposes, responsibilities, and powers of the commission.
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