Police Department

1. What is the speed limit on county roads?
Any county-maintained paved road in an unincorporated area of the state has a speed limit of 45 miles per hour unless a different maximum speed is established under authority granted.  If a different maximum speed is granted that speed will be posted.

2. What is Summerdale’s dog complaint ordinance?
Under #152-96, Section 3-3, Running at Large, “No person owning or having charge or custody of any dog shall permit the same to go at large nor shall such dog be permitted upon the streets or public ways. Every person owning or having charge or custody of any dog shall at all times keep such dog confined to the premises of such owner or keeper and shall keep such premises in a clean and sanitary manner to meet the approval of the town, county, and state health departments. Nothing in this section shall prevent the owner of any dog, or other person having such dog in his charge or custody, from allowing such dog to accompany such owner or other person,elsewhere than on the premises on which such dog is regularly kept,provided such dog is on leash or under complete and effective control. Section 3-4, Impounding of Dogs Running at Large, “Any dog allowed to run at large (not being on a leash or subject to full control by owner or keeper) may be taken up and delivered to the Baldwin County Animal Shelter Section 1-7, (a), Noise, It shall be unlawful for the owner or other person in charge of any dog to suffer or permit the loud and frequent or continued barking, howling, or yelping of such dog, as to annoy and disturb any person or neighborhood.  (b), No person shall keep any other animal or fowl which shall disturb the comfort or rest of any person in the vicinity with frequent or long-continued noises. This ordinance also covers other animals that: Section 2-1, (a), Prohibited, “It shall be unlawful for any hog, sheep, goat, bull, horse, calf, cow or other domestic animal, exclusive of cats, of like kind to run at large. (b), It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any fowl, chickens, guineas, turkeys, homing pigeons, rea, ostrich, or peacocks to run at large. For more on this ordinance, contact Town Hall at (251) 989-6202 or the Police Department at (251) 989-7777.

3. What is Summerdale’s Junk Car Ordinance?
It shall be unlawful to keep, store, deposit, or place in the open, public or private property a dismantled, unserviceable, junked, or abandoned vehicle.  If an officer puts an orange sticker on an out of compliance vehicle, the vehicle will need to be moved within 30 days or owner will be summonsed to court and could be fined. For more on this ordinance, contact Town Hall at (251) 989-6202 or the Police Department at (251) 989-7777.

4. What is Summerdale’s Tall Grass or Weeds Ordinance?
Section 2, “Every person owning or having in charge any premises in the City of Summerdale, or its police jurisdiction, shall keep the same free of any growth of weeds favorable to the harboring of mosquitoes or other insects of like kind, and every such growth of weeds is hereby declared to be a nuisance. Section 3, Any growth of weeds more than one foot in height shall be deemed favorable to the harboring of mosquitoes or insects of like kind. For more on this ordinance, contact Town Hall at (251) 989-6202 or the Police Department at (251) 989-7777.