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Philadelphia, Mississippi Municipal Code
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Philadelphia MS ordinances
44 published ordinances from the Code of Ordinances, City of Philadelphia, Mississippi. View the full index →
- Ordinance No. 575 — ENTITLED "TO REGULATE THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CIT
- Ordinance No. 704 — TO AMEND AN ORDINACE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE
- Ordinance No. 705 — TO AMEND AN ORDINACE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE
- Ordinance No. 708 — AMENDING SECTION 4:(b) OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 445 ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RULES AN
- Ordinance No. 709 — TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE
- Ordinance No. 710 — GRANTING A NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE RENEWAL TO METROCAST COMMUNICATIONS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC,
- Ordinance No. 711 — TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND EXTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE
- Ordinance No. 712 — TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE
- Ordinance No. 714 — ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING HOURSE OF SALES FOR DOOR TO DOOR TRANSIENT VENDORS IN TH
- Ordinance No. 715 — TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE
- Ordinance No. 716 — ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THAT CERTAIN ACTS ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE INDECENT EXPOSURE LAWS
- Ordinance No. 717 — TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE
- Ordinance No. 718 — ORDINANCE DESIGNATING ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT FOR PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI
- Ordinance No. 719 — TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE
- Ordinance No. 720 — ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND CONTROL DISTRIBUTION OF UNSOLICITED AND UN-SUBSCRIBE
- Ordinance No. 721 — ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION ON THE SALE OF LIQUOR AND WINES IN THE CITY OF PH
- Ordinance No. 722 — ADOPTING A RESOLUTION AND PETITION TO EXTEND LEGAL HOURS FOR THE SALE OF LIQUOR AND WINE C
- Ordinance No. 723 — AMENDING ORDINANCE 690 AND ORDINANCE 706.1
- Ordinance No. 724 — PERMITTING DEVELOPMENT IN FLOODWAY
- Ordinance No. 725 — TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE
City of Philadelphia, Mississippi
City of Philadelphia put a $1,675 price on its own public records. Corpus photographed them instead — and published the municipal code free, searchable, and permanent.
The Record
Every step, dated from primary sources.
- Records request filed
Public-records request emailed to the City Clerk's office.
- Fee demanded
City Clerk Nikki Walton answered with a $1,675.00 cost estimate and attached the city's Public Records Policy.
- 250 days of silenceAwaiting response
Corpus declined the fee and asked instead to inspect the books in person at no cost, as the city's own policy allows. No reply followed.
Records request filedA second official records request was filed after 208 days without a response.
City respondedThe city responded — 250 days after the inspection request went unanswered. Its own Public Records Policy sets a seven-business-day standard (Rule 4(2)).
- Code harvested
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The City's Response
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Source & provenance
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