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 SPA
Philadelphia, Miss., Ordinance No. 728
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, 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:
Beginning 10 yards East of the Northwest corner of the NW ¼ of NE ¼ OF Section 25, Township 11 North, Range 11 East and run 91 2/3 yards South for starting point; thence on due South 55 feet; thence East 105 feet; thence North 55 feet; thence West 105 feet to the point of beginning in Section 25, Township 11 North, Range 11 East, and in NW ¼ of NE ¼ hereof.
From Zone R1 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 Josh Gamblin voted AYE
Alderman Willie Jackson voted AYE
Alderman Cecil Nichols voted AYE
Alderman James Tatum voted AYE
Alderwoman Jim Fulton voted AYE
This Ordinance was declared adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, on this the 2nd day of December, 2014.
APPROVED: James A. Young – Mayor
ATTEST:
James M. Johnson, City Clerk
NO.729
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:
To remove the following described property, to-wit:
Beginning at the intersection of Rea Street and Fox Avenue and running South along the East side Fox Avenue, a distance of 125 feet for a point of beginning (point of beginning being the same as the Southwest corner of a lot owned by Mrs. Ivon McNair); thence South along the East side of Fox Avenue a distance of 100 feet; thence East a distance of 175 fee; thence North a distance of 100 feet; thence West a distance of 175 feet to the point of the beginning; all in Block 194 of the Stribling Addition of the City of Philadelphia.
From R-1 to R-2.
Section II: This Ordinance shall take effect and bi in force from and after its passage and due publication. The above and foregoing Ordinance was first reduced to writing, read and considerations, by sections, and read and considered as a whole and adopted with the following Aldermen voting as follows:
Alderman Willie Jackson aye
Alderman Cecil Nichols aye
Alderman Jim Fulton aye
Alderman James Tatum aye
Alderman Josh Gamblin aye
This Ordinance was declared and adopted by the Mayor, James A. Young, on this the 7th day of April, 2015.
APPROVED:
James A. Young, Mayor
Attest:
James M. Johnson, City Clerk
NO.730
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:
To remove the following described property, to-wit:
East 20 feet of Lots 3 and 4, and West 60 feet of Lots 1 and 2 or Block X-47 of the A. J. Yates Addition to the City of Philadelphia, County of Neshoba, Mississippi, according to the map now on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Neshoba County.
The East 40 feet of Lots 1 and 2 of Block X-47, and the West 40 feet of Lots 3 and 4, of Block X-50 of the A. J. Yates Addition to the City of Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi, according to the plat now filed in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of the County and State aforesaid.
From R-1 to C-2.
Section II: This Ordinance shall take effect and bi in force from and after its passage and due publication. The above and foregoing Ordinance was first reduced to writing, read and considerations, by sections, and read and considered as a whole and adopted with the following Aldermen voting as follows:
Alderman Willie Jackson aye
Alderman Cecil Nichols aye
Alderman Jim Fulton aye
Alderman James Tatum aye
Alderman Josh Gamblin aye
This Ordinance was declared and adopted by the Mayor, James A. Young, on this the 7th day of April, 2015.
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