Ordinance No. 733

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE, OR OTHER PURPOSES, THE HEIGHT, NUMBER OF STORIES AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, AND SIZE OF YARDS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING, AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATION; AND FOR SAID PURPOSES TO DIVIDE THE MUNICIPALITY INTO DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER, SHAPE, AND AREA AS MAY BE DEEMED BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT THESE REGULATIONS; TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ENFORCEMENT.”

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION I: That Ordinance Number 515, entitled “An Ordinance to regulate and restrict the location and use of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, or other purposes, the weight, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the size of yards and other open spaces, off-street parking and loading, and the density of population; and for said purposes to divide the municipality into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out these regulations; to prescribe penalties for the violation of its provisions and to provide for its enforcement,” passed and adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Philadelphia, on the 20th day of October, 1987, approved on the 20th day of October, 1987, and recorded on pages 410 through 410, all inclusive, of Ordinance Book 4 of the City of Philadelphia, Mississippi, be and the same is hereby amended by changing:

Begin at the NW corner of Block 2, Webb Addition to the City of Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi, and run South 385 feet” thence Easterly 150 feet” thence North 75 feet: thence Easterly 125 feet to the West of Lewis Avenue. Thence North along West side of Lewis Avenue 60 feet; thence West 96 feet; thence North to the North line of Block 2, Webb Addition; Thence West along the North side of said Block2, of Said Subdivision to the point of beginning.

Tract II:

Begin at the Northeast corner of Block 2, Webb Addition to the Town of Philadelphia, Mississippi, and run 214 feet to the point of beginning, thence run South 90 feet, thence run West 96 feet, thence run North 90 feet, thence run East 96 feet to the point of beginning, all in the Webb Addition to the City of Philadelphia, Mississippi. Being parcel Number 05225-00A-009.00 of the Tax maps and records for the Year 2006 in the Office of Chancery Clerk of Neshoba County, Mississippi.

From Zone R1 to C2.

SECTION II: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and due publication.

The above and foregoing Ordinance was first reduced to writing, read and considered by sections, and read and considered as a whole and adopted with the following Aldermen voting as follows:

Alderwoman James Tatum voted AYE Alderman Josh Gamblin voted Resigned Alderman Jim Fulton voted AYE Alderman Willie Jackson voted AYE Alderwoman Cecil Nichols voted AYE

This Ordinance was declared adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, on this the 5th day of April, 2016.

APPROVED: James A. Young – Mayor

ATTEST:

James M. Johnson, City Clerk