HB392 Summary

• Creates the Military Land Use Planning Act by adding Chapter 106 to Title 11 of the Alabama Code to establish procedures for local government coordination with military installations over 500 acres.

• Requires local governments within two miles of a military installation to timely notify the commanding officer of proposed zoning changes and amendments to comprehensive master plans or land development regulations that would significantly affect land use intensity, density, or use.

• Grants military installations 30 calendar days to review proposed changes and submit comments addressing compatibility with airfield safety and noise standards, environmental noise management programs, joint land use studies, and potential mission impacts.

• Mandates local governments review military installation comments when considering zoning changes and plan amendments, but preserves local government authority to make final land use decisions without obligation to follow military recommendations.

• Amends Section 11-52-8 to include military installations in municipal master plan recommendations and establishes that existing joint land use study agreements between local governments and military installations supersede the new act's requirements.