HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-220AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTAB IS T AND MAINT7]Vi41CF OF A MUNICIPAL
PLANNING C01-1MISSION FOR THE CITY OF , ALABAMA, AND TO
PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND AUTHORITY. if
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of
Alabama, as follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Act No. 534, H. 992, approved September 14,
1935, (General Acts 1935, p. 1126, Alabama Code of 1940, Sectioll 786 et seq),
there is hereby cre:.ted a Planning Commission for the City of 9
AlabF.ma, to consist of nine members, to be appointed for the terms an n the
manner set forth in said Act.
SECTION 2. The said Commission is authoriz-,d and cmpow.:red to make
and adopt a master plan for the physical devolopment of the said. City of
GC'_, Alabama., including any areas outside it —b ounda.rics which, in
ossion's_judgment, bear relation to the ilanning of such municipality.
Such plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive matter,
shall show the Commission's recommendations for th^ development of said
territory, including among other things the general location, character, and
extent of streets, viaducts, subways, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, boulevards,
parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields, and other public ways,
grounds and open spaces, the general location of public buildings and other
public property, and the general location and extent of public utilities and
terminals, whether publicly or privately owned or operated, for water, light,
sanitation, transportation, communication, power, and other purposes; also the
removal, relocation, wid,�ning, narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change of use
or extension of any of the foregoing ways, grounds, open spaces, buildings,
property, utilities, or terminals; as well as a zoning plan for the control of
the height, area, bulk, location and use of the buildings and premises. As the
work of making the whole :Waster plan progresses, said Commissicn may from time
to time adopt and publish a part or parts thereof, any such part to cover one
or more major sections or divisions of the municipality, or one or more of the
aforesaid or other functional matters to be included in the said plan. The
said Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise all powers and
do all things authorized to such Commission by said Act 534 as it may deem
necessary for its work. The said Commission,is also authorized and empowered
to exercise all powers and to do all things authorized to such Commission by
the said Act, and to exercise such control as is authorized under the afore-
mentioned Act 534 with reference to subdivision of unimprov d property within
five miles of the corporate limits of the City of , Alabama.
S:ICTION 3. The Mayor and City Council of nj� ��, are
hereby authorized to make all appointments and exercise all aut rity as
authorized by the said Act.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the date
of its passage, but the same shall, nevertheless- be published as required by law.
Approved this day o4yoa:
Idcmber of Council
Member of Council
Member of Council
Member of Council
Member of Council
Member of Council