Code of Alabama - Title 45: Local Laws - Section 45-2-261.61 - Establishment of Fort Morgan Zoning District

Section 45-2-261.61 - Establishment of Fort Morgan Zoning District.

(a) The establishment of the Baldwin County Planning and Zoning District 25 as established by the Baldwin County Commission pursuant to Act 91-719 of the 1991 Regular Session (Acts 1991, p. 1389), as amended, hereinafter referred to as the Fort Morgan Zoning District, as that zoning district was adopted and in effect on July 1, 2014, is ratified and confirmed subject to the provisions of this section. This area is generally described as follows: Beginning at the Western most tip of Fort Morgan; thence meandering Eastwardly along the shoreline of Gulf of Mexico to the East section line of Section 28; run thence Northwardly to the Southern Shoreline of Bon Secour Bay; meandering Westwardly along the shoreline to the point of beginning. The Fort Morgan Zoning District shall include all property that was deannexed from the City of Gulf Shores as a result of the Alabama Supreme Court decision in Fort Morgan Civic Association, Inc., and Charles H. Browdy v. City of Gulf Shores (Ala. Supreme Court No. 1101440, February 28, 2014) and the property shall be zoned in the same manner as prior to annexation into the City of Gulf Shores as of April 1, 2003. In addition, any parts of the Baldwin County zoning map as of April 1, 2003, any zoning ordinances or regulations, and any existing exceptions or variances granted and approved pursuant to Act 91-719, adopted or applicable to the Fort Morgan Zoning District are ratified and confirmed and adopted by reference and expressly made applicable to Fort Morgan Zoning District.

(b) For the purposes of this subpart, the Fort Morgan Zoning District is adopted by reference as the Fort Morgan Planning and Zoning Advisory District.

(Act 2015-411, §2.)

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