SB336 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul Sanford

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Planning and zoning subdivisions, jurisdictional limits revised, municipality's authority to override county's enforcement of regulation of subdivisions, revised, Sec. 11-52-30 am'd.

Summary

SB336 expands county planning and zoning authority to more counties and removes municipal override of county subdivision regulations.

What This Bill Does

It lowers the population threshold for counties to fall under the county planning and zoning commission from 600,000+ to 300,000+ people. It removes certain exceptions that let municipalities exercise zoning control or bypass the county’s subdivision rules. It also eliminates the process that allowed municipalities to override the county’s enforcement of subdivision regulations when an agreement could not be reached. Overall, the bill shifts more subdivision oversight to counties and restricts municipal overrides.

Who It Affects

• Residents in counties with 300,000+ population, who would experience more county-level regulation of subdivisions.
• Municipal governments in those counties, which would lose the ability to override county subdivision enforcement in certain cases.
• Subdivision developers and builders, who would be subject to county subdivision regulations even outside municipal boundaries.
• County planning commissions and county commissions, whose authority over subdivisions would be broadened and streamlined relative to municipalities.

Key Provisions

• Amends Section 11-52-30 to extend county planning and zoning authority to counties with 300,000+ population (instead of 600,000+).
• Eliminates exceptions that previously allowed municipalities to exercise zoning jurisdiction or to avoid county enforcement within certain areas.
• Abolishes the multi-step override mechanism that let municipal governing bodies and planning commissions override county subdivision enforcement when agreement could not be reached.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Planning and Zoning