AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND EXTRICT 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 SPAC
Philadelphia, Miss., Ordinance No. 711
in effectAN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND EXTRICT 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 REGUATIONS; 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 1: 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 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;
Lot 10, Block F, J.D. Land addition to the City of Philadelphia, MS, property address: 270 Davis Street, Philadelphia, MS 39350, Parcel No. 05225A-00D21.000, PPIN No. 4124.
From Zone R-1 to R-3.
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 Janice Payne voted AYE
Alderman Joe Tullos voted AYE
Alderman Roy White voted AYE
Alderman Ronnie Jenkins voted AYE
Alderwoman Cecil Nichols voted AYE
This Ordinance was declared adopted by the Mayor, James A. Young, on this the 20th day of July, 2010.
Approved:
James A. Young, Mayor
ATTEST:
James M. Johnson, City Clerk
Source: City of Philadelphia, MS — public-records request (photographed)URL: foia://philadelphia-msFetched: 7/10/2026