Hearings on zoning matters—Conduct generally.
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-427
in effectSec. 2-427. - Hearings on zoning matters—Conduct generally.
Hearings on zoning matters within the city shall be heard before the city planning board, and the proceedings before the board shall be taken down either in shorthand or by mechanical or tape recording, which cannot be altered, and all witnesses before the board shall be sworn by an officer qualified to administer oaths under the laws of the state. Before the city planning board shall hold any official hearing, there shall have been two advertisements of such meeting setting forth the time and place of such hearing, a description of the property involved, and the existing zoning and purported changes and modifications therein. Such publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation within the city, the first publication to be at least 15 days before such hearing.
(Code 1971, § 2-179)
Source: City of Jackson, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/jackson/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD_ARTVBOCOCO_DIV3PLBO_S2-427HEZOMAONGEFetched: 11/1/2026
