1104.04

Application and Definitions 1104.04.1 Area Designation The High Street Overlay District shall include all land one tax parcel deep being situated in an area on the north and south of High Street between Interstate 55 on the east and North State Street on the west as shown on page 167. 1104.04.2 Construction of Other Ordinances To the extent this ordinance conflicts with the Zoning Ordinance, Sign Ordinance, Landscape Ordinance, or any other ordinance of the City of Jackson, the more stringent shall control. 1104.04.3 Rules for Words and Phrases For the purpose of this Ordinance, words used in the present tense include the future tense; words in the singular number include the plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number; the word “shall” is mandatory; the word “may” is permissive; the word “used” includes “designed” and “intended” or arranged to be used or occupied; and the word “person” includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, foundation, company or corporation as well as an individual. 1104.04.4 Definitions For the purpose of this Ordinance certain words, phrases and terms used herein shall be interpreted as stated in this 1104.03.4. Any word, phrase or term not defined herein shall be defined by the Zoning Administrator, the interpretation shall be based on its common and ordinary usage. For the purpose of this Ordinance, all definitions defined herein are in addition to all definitions in the City of Jackson Zoning Ordinance. Alteration: Any change to a resource because of construction, repair, maintenance, or other means. Applicant: The owner of record of a resource; the lessee thereof with the approval of the owner of record in notarized form; or a person holding a bona fide contract to purchase a resource. Appurtenance: A feature related to a parcel of land or to a building, structure, object, site, or a related group thereof. The term includes, but is not limited to, buildings, structures, objects, sites, landscaping features, walls, fences, light fixtures, steps, paving, sidewalks, shutters, awnings, solar panes, satellite dishes, and signs. Construction: The addition or placement of any improvement onto a resource. Demolition: The complete or partial removal of buildings, structures, objects, or sites, including appurtenances. Demolition by Neglect: Improper maintenance or lack of maintenance of any resource which results in substantial deterioration of the resource and threatens its continued preservation. Overlay District: The one tax parcel deep of High Street, also referred to as the District or the High Street Overlay District, for which the regulations governing the use of buildings and premises are uniform. The district is designated by the City of Jackson and approved by the City through an ordinance, which contains a geographically definable area, urban or rural, possessing significant concentration of sites, buildings, structures, or objects associated by past events or by plan or physical development. Exterior Features: Exterior features of resources shall include, but not be limited to, the color, kind, and texture of the building material and the type and style of all windows, doors, and appurtenances. Improvement: An appurtenance developed by human design, including, but not limited to, buildings, structures, objects, landscape features, and manufactured units, like mobile homes, boats, docks, carports, and storage buildings. Landscape Feature: Any improvement, natural formation, or vegetation including, but not limited to: shrubbery, trees, plantings, outbuildings, walls, courtyards, fences, swimming pools, planters, gates, street furniture, exterior lighting, and site improvements, including, but not limited to, subsurface alterations, fill depositing, and paving. Owner of Record: The owner of a parcel of land, improved or unimproved, reflected on the city tax roll and in county deed records. Relocation: Any changes in the location of a building, object, or structure in its present setting or to another setting. Resource: A landmark, landmark site, and all land within the High Street Overlay District, together with the appurtenances and improvements, if any. The term resource includes, but is not limited to, buildings, structures, sites, objects, landscape features, and related groups thereof. Site Plan Review Committee: Committee established by Article XII-A, 1202-A of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Jackson, Mississippi to ensure compliance with City zoning and other ordinances.