Mobile County sets no yard setbacks. Alabama counties have no zoning power over unincorporated land. The county controls property only through subdivision platting under Ala. Code Title 11, Chapter 24, and inside recorded subdivisions HOA deed restrictions fix the front, side, and rear yards.
Alabama is a Dillon's Rule state, so Mobile County cannot zone unincorporated land and imposes no minimum front, side, or rear setbacks near Semmes, Grand Bay, or Theodore. The county's only land-use control is subdivision regulation under Ala. Code Chapter 11-24, which governs how a tract is platted and divided, not where a house sits on a lot. Yard setbacks come from recorded subdivision plats and HOA deed restrictions. Floodplain management adds building limits near Mobile Bay, Dog River, and the Mobile River delta. Inside Mobile, Saraland, or Prichard, that city's zoning setbacks apply instead.
The county cannot cite a setback violation in unincorporated areas because none exist. HOAs enforce deed-restriction setbacks through civil action, fines, and liens, not county code enforcement.
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