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2020 Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.
Chapter 19 - Comprehensive Land-Use Management in Flood-Prone Areas.
Section 11-19-5 - Subdivision Regulations Generally.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 11-19-5 (2020)
Section 11-19-5
Subdivision regulations generally.
In addition to land-use restrictions commensurate with the degree of the flood hazards in various parts of the area, there shall be such subdivision regulations as may be necessary:
(1) To prevent the inappropriate development of flood-prone lands;
(2) To encourage the appropriate location and elevation of streets, sewers and water systems and the reservation of adequate and convenient open space for utilities;
(3) To provide for adequate drainage so as to minimize exposure to flood hazards and to prevent the aggravation of flood hazards; and
(4) To require such minimum elevation of all new developments as required.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 119, p. 4346, §5.)
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