Enforcement.
Meridian Code of Ordinances § 7-253
in effectSec. 7-253. - Enforcement.
(a) When the building official finds violations of the provisions of this article, the building official shall document the building official's findings, notify in writing the person or persons responsible for such violations and request necessary corrective action within thirty (30) days. The building official shall request removal of nonconforming signs, nonconforming additions, alterations, or structural changes and discontinuance of any illegal work being done. The building official shall take any other action authorized by this article to ensure compliance with or to prevent violation of its provisions.
(b) If voluntary compliance, as described above, is not obtained, the building official shall file a sworn complaint in the municipal court seeking the imposition of fines and imprisonment, as provided elsewhere herein, and the abatement of the nuisance created by the offending sign or ground condition. If the court finds the person responsible for the violations guilty, it shall enter a conditional order of abatement authorizing the city to abate the offending conditions if the same shall not have been abated within fifteen (15) days by the person responsible therefor. If such conditions are not abated within that time, the same shall be abated by the city and the costs thereof, plus a penalty of twenty-five (25) percent shall be paid by the person responsible. If the costs and penalty are not promptly paid, the city council, after notice to the responsible party of the date, time and place of a public hearing thereon, shall assess the costs of abatement, plus the twenty-five (25) percent penalty against the land upon which the offending condition or sign is located, if the owner thereof is the person guilty of such violation, otherwise the costs plus penalty shall be collected through a civil suit.
(Ord. No. 3791, § 13, 10-20-87; Ord. No. 4036, § 13, 11-21-95)
Source: City of Meridian, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/meridian/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH7BUBURE_ARTIXSI_S7-253ENFetched: 11/1/2026