Auburn, AL

Auburn bans parking recreational vehicles like travel trailers, camper trucks and motor homes on any public right-of-way, except for loading and unloading up to 24 hours, and wherever…

Auburn requires loading zones inside its parking meter district to be marked with lines painted or durably set on the curb or street surface, and reserves those marked spaces for…

Auburn bans parking or storing commercial vehicles, trailers or construction equipment wider than 7 feet or longer than 25 feet on any public street, alley or way, with narrow…

Auburn lists ten specific places where parking is always illegal: sidewalks, crosswalks, driveways without owner consent, intersections, within 15 feet of a hydrant, within 20 feet of…

Every off-street parking space in Auburn, including driveways and maneuvering areas, must be improved with a hard, permanent paved surface under Zoning Ordinance Section 513, so…

Auburn makes it unlawful to leave any vehicle on a public street or public way for more than 72 hours. The city manager can order a commercial tow at the owner's expense, capped at…

Auburn bars leaving any vehicle parked on a public street or public way for more than 72 hours straight. The city manager can order a vehicle towed once it overstays, and towing costs…

Alabama regulates the paperwork of a nonconsensual tow far more tightly than the price of one. Ala. Code § 32-13-2(d) lets a property owner or lessee have a car removed once it has…

Auburn bars noisy construction work before 7 a.m. near single-family neighborhoods (6 a.m. elsewhere) and after 7 p.m. everywhere, under Sec. 5-2. The city manager can permit urgent…

Auburn's Zoning Ordinance overlays an Airport Noise Impact Zone around Auburn University Regional Airport covering land within the 65-70 Ldn contour. Builders inside the zone must be…

Auburn bars owners from letting a dog 'habitually bark or yelp in such a loud and frequent manner as to annoy and disturb the public in the vicinity' under Sec. 4-19(a). The same…

Pruning or topping any tree on Auburn's public property, including street trees and park trees, must follow International Society of Arboriculture, National Arborist Association, and…

Auburn requires a permit before anyone removes, relocates, alters, or damages a tree on city-owned property or public right-of-way. City staff weigh the tree's health, hazard risk…

When Auburn's mayor declares a water shortage emergency, it becomes unlawful to sprinkle, water, or irrigate lawns, shrubs, and gardens from the public supply, or to wash vehicles…

Auburn caps weeds and uncultivated plant growth at 12 inches on any parcel under City Code § 5-174, the local amendment to Section 302.4 of the International Property Maintenance Code…

Auburn's accessory dwelling unit rule only works if the property owner lives on site: Zoning Ordinance Section 408.02(D)(4)(h) requires the principal dwelling unit to be owner-occupied…

Auburn's accessory dwelling unit rule doubles as a rental ban: Zoning Ordinance Section 408.02(D)(4)(h) states an ADU "shall not be rented or used as income producing property,"…

Auburn caps an accessory dwelling unit at 30 percent of the principal home's floor space or 1,000 square feet, whichever is smaller, limits it to two stories, and allows only one ADU…

A backyard shed in Auburn needs a zoning certificate, must sit at least 10 feet behind the front building line and 5 feet from the property line, and all accessory buildings together…

Alabama enforces statewide minimum building, energy, and manufactured-home standards through the Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission and the state-adopted residential code. Tiny…

Operating a short-term non-primary rental in Auburn requires a zoning certificate under Section 408.02(D)(6), valid only through December 31 of the year it's issued, capped at 240…

Auburn requires off-street parking for most home occupations, but homestays get an exception: on-street parking is allowed for guests only when off-street parking cannot be…

Auburn allows homeowners to share their residence with paying guests only through the "homestay" home occupation defined in Section 511.04, not as an unrestricted short-term rental. A…

Auburn regulates short-term homestays as home occupations, and Section 511.04.B.11 of the Zoning Ordinance bars any home occupation, including a homestay, from generating noise…

Auburn doesn't wait for a long enforcement history before pulling a short-term rental permit. Section 511.04(e) of the Zoning Ordinance lets the Planning Director revoke a homestay's…

Auburn's homestay rule ties directly to whether the owner is present. Section 511.04(b) of the Zoning Ordinance caps a homestay at 90 days per licensing year when the owner is not…

Auburn limits any whole-unit short-term rental that isn't the owner's residence to 240 days of operation per calendar year. Section 408.02.D.6.a of the Zoning Ordinance calls this use…

A homestay in Auburn can only operate if the owner actually lives there most of the year. Section 511.04(d) of the Zoning Ordinance requires the owner to occupy the dwelling as a…

Auburn taxes short-term rentals and homestays through Category 21 of its business license schedule: an annual license fee equal to one-fourth of one percent of gross receipts, with a…

A veterinary office with an indoor kennel in Auburn cannot keep outdoor pens or cages, must keep exercise yards at least 50 feet from residential property lines, and needs…

Auburn allows backyard chickens on single-family lots of at least 10,000 square feet with strict enclosure, spacing and hygiene conditions, while horses, cattle, sheep, goats and hogs…

Auburn's Zoning Ordinance limits any residential dwelling unit to three dogs six months or older, with the cap lifted only for homes in the Rural (R) District.

Auburn prohibits breeding or maintaining any wild animal or reptile that the Environmental Services Director judges to pose a threat to human safety, with exceptions only for zoos, pet…

Auburn requires dog owners to keep their dog under restraint at all times, and a dog off its owner's property, on someone else's property without permission, or on a public street must…

Lee County's Zoning Regulations do not treat beekeeping as its own use category; apiaries fall under "Commercial farm," which Section 8.4(1) expressly lists as including "bees and…

Alabama Department of Conservation regulations restrict baiting and feeding of deer and other game animals statewide during hunting seasons, with separate rules on bear feeding and…

Auburn lets a resident run a family child care home in their own house, but only after the Planning Director issues a zoning certificate. Caregivers may serve up to six non-resident…

Auburn caps a home business at 25 percent of a dwelling's floor area (max 500 square feet), limits it to one outside employee, and requires a zoning certificate with a fee before the…

Auburn bars home occupations from distributing merchandise to customers on site and from creating excessive traffic, on-street parking, noise or other nuisances beyond what is normal…

Auburn allows no signage at all for a home occupation. Section 511.04(B)(5) says signs shall not be permitted, and the same rule caps commercial vehicles parked at the home at two.

Alabama runs one of the plainer cottage food laws in the country. Ala. Code § 22-20-5.1(b) states that a cottage food production operation is not a food service establishment and is…

Alabama has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit. The words "microenterprise" and "home kitchen" return no sections at all in the Code of Alabama, and Ala. Admin. Code…

Auburn treats a residential swimming pool as an accessory structure, so no pool may be built until the Planning Director issues a zoning certificate confirming it meets the city's…

A fence in Auburn counts as an accessory structure under the Zoning Ordinance once it stands three feet or taller and isn't a bare wire fence, which means it needs a zoning certificate…

Auburn's residential building code amendment requires a protective guard atop any retaining wall taller than 6 feet, the same 30-inch/36-inch trigger it uses for stairs, ramps, decks…

Alabama's partition-fence law (Ala. Code § 35-7-1 et seq.) makes a boundary fence between improved lands a shared expense of adjoining owners, with § 35-7-3 apportioning costs. Alabama…

Auburn bans selling, giving away, or discharging firecrackers, skyrockets, Roman candles, or any other fireworks anywhere in the city. Only a licensed pyrotechnic company running a…

Auburn caps residential open-burn permits at 60 days and contractor burn permits at 30 days and a single site, under its Fire Code amendments in § 5-150.5. The rule bans burning heavy…

The Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board regulates the storage, handling, transportation, and installation of propane and LP-gas systems statewide under Title 9, Chapter 17, with…

Alabama's State Forestry Commission may declare a drought emergency by regulation under Ala. Code § 9-13-141, making all outdoor burning unlawful in the affected counties. Such…

Auburn's Historic Preservation Commission designates historic districts and properties under Sec. 2-120.1, and once designated, owners must obtain a certificate of appropriateness…

Auburn bans riding a skateboard, roller skates or roller blades on sidewalks in the downtown business district. Violators face a municipal fine under section 1-9, and any bicycle…

Auburn bans drinking or possessing alcohol in stadiums and at athletic events, and bars drinking in any public place unless the liquor is sold there under a city and state ABC license…

Auburn's smoke-free ordinance reaches outdoors too: Sec. 10-45 of the City Code bans smoking within a reasonable distance of 10 feet outside any enclosed area where smoking is already…

Lee County bans panhandling and charity solicitation along the right-of-way or at any four-way stop on a public road in the unincorporated county, backing the ban with a civil fine of…

Auburn requires every occupied premises to subscribe to city refuse service, and residential garbage is collected once per week citywide under the solid waste department's schedule…

Auburn residents in cart-service areas must place their 96-gallon roll-out cart at curbside by 6:00 a.m. on pickup day and pull it back in the same day rather than leaving it out…

Auburn requires residents to separate yard waste, leaves, grass clippings, straw and tree limbs, from metal and other debris, and to set it at curbside the evening before pickup when…

Auburn requires every dumpster serving an apartment, townhouse or condominium development to sit on a hard surface behind a six-foot screening enclosure that matches the main building…

Auburn's solid waste department removes oversized burnable and nonburnable waste from residential premises on an occasional basis, but construction and demolition debris, dirt, stumps…

Auburn requires recyclables to be set out for pickup exactly like trash: placed in front of the home behind the curb, within three feet of it, and collected once a week under City Code…

Auburn requires tenants, lessees and owners to keep a safe, clear path to garbage containers so solid waste crews can service them, and vicious animals must be confined or containers…

Auburn makes it unlawful to dump garbage anywhere other than a sanitary landfill, and the city's residential trash policy separately bans piling trash on medians, vacant lots…

Alabama imposes no mandatory recycling on residents or businesses. Under the Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act, every county and municipality must file an…

Auburn requires a parade permit from the chief of police before anyone may engage in, participate in, aid, form or start a parade on a city street. Applications go to the city clerk…

Auburn allows sidewalk sales and festival vendor displays only inside the entertainment district and only during city-council-approved events, like the Christmas parade, summer art…

Auburn requires any restaurant that wants to serve food or drinks on a public sidewalk to hold an outdoor cafe permit under § 12-254, keep at least five feet of paved space clear for…

Whoever damages a section of public sidewalk, curb or gutter in Auburn must replace it entirely and restore it to original or better condition, per Sec. 21-92, under plans approved by…

Before any furniture, divider, or fixture can be permanently installed, affixed, or attached to an Auburn sidewalk or other public right-of-way, the city council must approve it and…

Auburn grants developers of Planned Development Districts (PDD) a density bonus of 10% or 20% above the base zone density in exchange for public benefits like open space…

Auburn's Zoning Ordinance sets a dedicated design code for downtown, the Urban Core (UC) District, in Section 507.02's Table 5-3. It caps building height at 75 feet, requires an…

Auburn allows a contractor one inspection and one free re-inspection per phase of work; the third inspection costs $35 and every inspection after that costs $120, per Sec. 5-7. The…

Auburn enacted the 2021 International Building Code as 'part of the law of the city' under Sec. 5-42, and its own fee schedule in Sec. 5-7 doubles permit fees for any work started…

Auburn's amended International Building Code lets Group R apartment, condo and dormitory buildings use NFPA 13R sprinkler systems instead of full NFPA 13 coverage, but only where the…

Any Auburn building with an automatic fire alarm or sprinkler system must install a UL-listed key lock box (Knox box) at or near its main entrance, keyed to the Fire Division's master…

Auburn regulates plumbing installation, repair and permitting under the 2021 International Plumbing Code, adopted by City Code § 5-226 with several sections deleted or amended. Local…

Auburn requires carbon monoxide alarms in a dwelling any time a permitted alteration, repair or addition is made, not just in new construction. The amended IRC Section R315.2.2 says…

Auburn enforces the 2020 edition of the National Electrical Code as its local electrical code, adopted by reference in Code of Ordinances § 5-65. Anyone wiring, altering or installing…

Auburn draws a hard line at seven children: cross it and you are running a day care center, which needs the city manager's sign-off and a premises inspection for fire, safety, and…

Auburn requires every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer to obtain a license from the city manager and pay a $500 annual license tax before buying, trading, or taking in pawn any…

Auburn bars adult entertainment facilities, adult bookstores, escort agencies, and unlicensed massage parlors alike from operating within 500 feet of any residentially zoned area…

Auburn requires pawnbrokers, second-hand dealers and precious-metals buyers to hold a $500 annual business license approved by both the public safety director and the planning…

Auburn's Zoning Ordinance flatly prohibits running a vehicle repair operation out of a home: Section 511.04(B)(13) bars on-site repair of vehicles as a home occupation in every…

Auburn licenses wheel-locking and towing companies under City Code Article XIII, capping fees at $75 to wheel lock and $125 to tow from private property. Lots must post specific…

Alabama regulates the retail sale of vapor products and electronic nicotine devices through Code Section 28-11-13, requiring permits, age verification, and restricted youth marketing.

Auburn's Zoning Ordinance requires any building with a balcony in the Urban Core District to carry a recorded covenant banning debris, clothing, banners or other unsightly items…

Under the Alabama Homeowners' Association Act, an association has a lien on each lot for unpaid assessments, plus interest and costs the declaration allows. The lien is recorded in…

An Alabama homeowners' association governed by Ala. Code § 35-20-13 must hand over ten named categories of records to any member or potential purchaser who asks in writing, within a…

Alabama sets no maximum dollar figure for a homeowners' association fine. Ala. Code § 35-20-11 lets a board assess only "reasonable penalties," only to the extent the declaration and…

An Alabama homeowners' association governed by the Alabama Homeowners' Association Act cannot foreclose on its own. Ala. Code § 35-20-12 requires it to give the lot owner 30 days'…

Auburn's rental habitability rules require every landlord to supply heat from September 1 through May 1, keeping habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms at 68 degrees Fahrenheit…

Every owner who rents residential property in Auburn, whether a house, apartment, condo, room, dorm or mobile home, must hold a City of Auburn business license and pay a quarterly…

Under Ala. Code § 35-9A-421 an Alabama landlord must give 7 business days' written notice for unpaid rent (pay or quit) and 7 business days to cure a material lease violation. After…

Alabama's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Ala. Code Title 35, Chapter 9A) provides the exclusive statutory framework for residential evictions. The act sets uniform notice…

Under Ala. Code § 35-9A-303 an Alabama landlord must give the tenant at least two days' notice and enter only at reasonable times for legitimate purposes such as repairs, inspection…

Alabama's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets no maximum late fee and no mandatory grace period. Late fees are governed entirely by the lease; rent is late the day after…

Under Ala. Code § 35-9A-441 either party ends a month-to-month tenancy with 30 days' written notice and a week-to-week tenancy with 7 days' notice. Breaking a fixed lease early…

Rent control is illegal at the local level in Alabama. Ala. Code § 11-80-8.1 preempts the field, barring any county, city, town, or municipality from enacting, maintaining, or…

Alabama's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets no specific notice period or dollar limit for raising rent. A landlord generally cannot raise rent mid-lease, but for…

Alabama caps a residential security deposit at one month's rent under Ala. Code § 35-9A-201, with exceptions for pets, alterations, and added liability risk. Landlords must return the…

Alabama recognizes two adverse-possession paths: 20 years of open, continuous possession by prescription, or 10 years under Ala. Code § 6-5-200 with color of title recorded, annual tax…

Auburn caps residential structure height at 35 feet across every Neighborhood Conservation District tier, from the half-acre NC-150 lots down to the 8,000-square-foot NC-5 lots, per…

Auburn's Zoning Ordinance sets minimum street, side, and rear yard setbacks for single-family lots in conventional subdivisions on a sliding scale tied to lot size, from 60-70 foot…

Auburn caps how much of a conventional-subdivision lot can be covered by impervious surface through a sliding Maximum ISR in Table 5-1, running from 0.35 on typical lots under 20,000…

Auburn zones a dedicated Rural (R) district under Zoning Ordinance Section 304.12 to protect land that is presently rural or agricultural in character, backing that intent with a…

Alabama Code Section 6-5-127 protects established farms from nuisance lawsuits when surrounding non-agricultural land use changes, supporting long-term agricultural operations.

Auburn levies a 7 percent lodging tax on rooms rented to transients for stays under 180 consecutive days at hotels, motels, inns, apartments, condos and tourist camps, one-seventh of…

Auburn exempts temporary holiday decorations celebrating a single holiday or season from sign permits entirely under Section 603.09 of the Zoning Ordinance. The same exemption carves…

Auburn treats window signs as an exempt sign category needing no permit, but Section 603.18 requires the message to relate to the business, profession or activity on the premises…

Auburn allows one extra freestanding interstate sign beyond normal business signage for a nonresidential site near I-85, sized by distance from the overpass: up to 250 square feet and…

Auburn bans off-premise signs outright, which rules out standalone digital billboards, and separately prohibits any moving, rotating, flashing or animated sign under Section 604. The…

Auburn allows directional and advertising signs for an exempt yard or garage sale, but Section 511.04.D.2(f) of the Zoning Ordinance requires every one of those signs to come down…

Auburn bans political signs earlier than 30 days before an election and requires removal within 7 days after the election date, caps size at 32 square feet, and bans them entirely on…

Auburn's zoning ordinance requires all outdoor lighting for parking areas and building exteriors to be directed or shielded away from adjacent property, sidewalks and streets…

Auburn caps outdoor light spilling onto neighboring land at one foot-candle measured at any property line next to a residential development and five foot-candles at a line next to a…

Auburn bans dumping anything but stormwater into its municipal storm sewer system (MS4) under City Code § 7-105, part of the city's NPDES permit compliance program. Industrial…

Auburn requires the lowest floor of new construction and substantially improved buildings in mapped flood hazard areas to sit at least one foot above the base flood elevation, under…

Any development in Auburn's FEMA-designated special flood hazard areas needs a floodplain development permit before work begins, under City Code § 7-22. The rule covers new…

Anyone disturbing one acre or more of land in Auburn must obtain an NPDES stormwater permit under City Code § 7-73 before construction begins. Smaller sites get 'permit by rule' status…

Alabama's Coastal Area Management Program, administered by ADEM under Code §9-7, regulates development in Mobile and Baldwin counties' coastal zones, requiring permits for construction…

A solar array in Auburn is an accessory use and needs a zoning certificate before installation. Ground-mounted residential panels are capped at 17 square feet, one system per lot, and…

Auburn confines mobile food units to a specific list of commercial and mixed-use zoning districts, with narrow exceptions for LDD, PDD, and residential zones during approved events…

Auburn requires every mobile food unit operator to hold an annual permit from the City Manager, posted visibly on the truck, plus signed property-owner approval for each stop and…

A mobile pushcart in Auburn can only enter the public right-of-way with City Council approval, and only on sidewalks at least 10 feet wide in the UN, UC, and CEOD districts, leaving…

Auburn requires anyone soliciting at private residences to register with the city for $75, submit a criminal background check no older than 90 days, and wear a visible certificate…

Auburn lets residents block solicitors by posting a weatherproof "No Soliciting" placard between 16 and 94 square inches near the main entrance. Whole subdivisions can post one for the…

Auburn does not run a heritage-tree registry, but its Zoning Ordinance singles out large or historically significant trees as "specimen trees" and requires they be identified…

When Auburn approves removal of a public tree, the applicant must pay for and plant a replacement the city selects, and no new tree may be planted within 10 feet of utilities, curbs…

Auburn exempts yard and garage sales from its home occupation rules only if they stay small. Section 511.04.D.2 of the Zoning Ordinance caps a sale at two consecutive days, allows it…

Auburn treats grass or weeds over 12 inches tall as a public nuisance under state law adopted into its code. The city can order abatement after written notice, cut the growth itself if…

Auburn can order the demolition of any building found unsafe to the extent it is a public nuisance, using a state-law procedure adopted into its own code. Owners get at least 30 days'…

Auburn classifies every business for its license fee using the North American Industry Classification System, sorting businesses into 21 numbered categories under Sec. 12-17(b) that…

Auburn prohibits parking any vehicle in a bicycle lane along arterial and collector streets at any time, no exceptions. Drivers passing a cyclist on the roadway must also leave at…

Alabama has no general statute putting golf carts or low-speed vehicles on public roads. The only statewide scheme, Ala. Code §§ 11-73-1 to 11-73-7, applies by its own terms in Class 2…

When Auburn's code enforcement designates a property a public nuisance, such as overgrown weeds, City Code § 15-16 and Code of Ala. § 11-67-92 require written notice giving the owner…

Alabama medical cannabis dispensaries operate only under Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission licenses with statewide siting standards including 1,000-foot school buffers; cities may…

Alabama prohibits all home cultivation of cannabis statewide. Even patients enrolled in the medical cannabis program cannot grow plants at home; only licensed cultivators authorized by…

Alabama's Uniform Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act (Ala. Code § 25-7-40 et seq.) preempts cities and counties from setting a local minimum wage. Alabama has no state minimum wage, so…

Alabama allows permitless concealed carry of handguns for lawful adults, while still issuing optional permits for reciprocity, with state preemption blocking local restrictions.

Alabama law preempts most local firearm regulations, reserving authority over guns, ammunition, and accessories exclusively to the state legislature under Code Section 13A-11-61.3.

Alabama has no statewide charitable gaming law. Nonprofit bingo is legal only in the roughly 18 counties that adopted their own constitutional amendment authorizing it, Jefferson…

Alabama makes being a player in unlawful gambling a Class C misdemeanor, but Ala. Code § 13A-12-21(b) gives players a defense if they were in a "social game in a private place." The…

Alabama has no legalized sports betting. Wagering on the outcome of a sporting event is "gambling" under Ala. Code § 13A-12-20(4), and a bettor who knowingly advances or profits from…

The Alabama Legislature has never written a checkpoint statute. Searching the Code of Alabama on the Legislature's ALISON database returns zero sections containing roadblock…

Alabama never enacted an express right to record police, so the question is answered by the definitions in its eavesdropping article. Section 13A-11-30(1) defines eavesdropping as…

Alabama Code § 15-5-30 lets a named list of officers stop a person who is abroad in a public place on reasonable suspicion of a felony or other public offense and demand three things…

Alabama has no statute telling officers to ask for consent, to warn you that you may refuse, or to log the answer, and a full-text search of the Code returns nothing at all for the…

Alabama prohibits the sale of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products to anyone under 21 under Code Section 28-11-13, aligning with federal Tobacco 21 law.

Alabama counts auxiliary lamps one by one rather than leaving them to a general glare rule. Section 32-5-241(a) permits not more than one spot lamp, not more than two fog lamps mounted…

Alabama is one of the few states whose code says the words dash camera. Section 32-5A-350.1(g)(5), added by the 2023 hands-free act, exempts from the distracted-driving offense the use…

Lane splitting and lane filtering are illegal in Alabama with no exception for stopped or slow traffic. Ala. Code § 32-5A-242(c) says no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes…

Alabama has no statute that names license plate covers, tinted shields or frames. A full-text search of the Code of Alabama on the Legislature's own code database returns zero sections…

No section of the Code of Alabama mentions a radar detector. The ban that does apply to commercial drivers arrives indirectly: § 32-9A-2(a)(1) makes it an offense to operate a…

Alabama never sets a studded-tire season. Ala. Code § 32-5-210(b) instead bans every block, stud, flange, cleat or spike made of any material other than rubber that projects beyond the…

Alabama's tint chapter carries its own numbers, so nothing has to be looked up in an inspection regulation. Section 32-5C-2(a)(2) forbids operating a vehicle registered in this state…