Alabama § 11-52-2 - Adoption, Amendment, Execution, Etc., of Municipal Plan and Creation of Municipal Planning Commission Authorized; Designations of Planning Commissions.
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§ 11-52-2. Adoption, Amendment, Execution, Etc., of Municipal Plan and Creation of Municipal Planning Commission Authorized; Designations of Planning Commissions.
(a) Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to make, adopt, amend, extend, add to, or carry out a municipal plan as provided in this article and to create by ordinance a planning commission with the powers and duties herein set forth.
(b) The planning commission of a city shall be designated city planning commission and the planning commission of a town, town planning commission, as its council may specify.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-52-2 ("Adoption, Amendment, Execution, Etc., of Municipal Plan and Creation of Municipal Planning Commission Authorized; Designations of Planning Commissions.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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