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, YARDS, AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATIO
Philadelphia, Miss., Ordinance No. 734
in effectAN 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, YARDS, AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATION SPACES; OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING; AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF OPEN SPACES; AND SUCH SAID PURPOSES TO DIVIDE THE MUNICIPALITY INTO DISTRICTS OF FOR 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.”
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 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:
Commence at the NW corner of Lot 3, Block-X-47, A.J. Yates Addition, City of Philadelphia, Mississippi; thence run South 100 feet; thence run South 84 degrees 30 minutes East 80 feet; thence run North 107 feet to South line of Myrtle Street, thence West 80 feet along South line of Myrtle Street to point of beginning; being in lot 3 and 4, Block X-47, A.J. Yates Addition, City of Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi.
From Zone R1 to R3.
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 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
Alderwoman 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
Source: City of Philadelphia, MS — public-records request (photographed)URL: foia://philadelphia-msFetched: 7/10/2026