[Businesses located on the City Square.]
Batesville Code of Ordinances § 8-4
in effectSec. 8-4. - [Businesses located on the City Square.]
(a) The hours of operation of business establishments located on the City Square or sharing a common wall with a building located on the City Square, shall be between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight. No such business shall be open or operate between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a business holding a valid license for the sale of liquor for on-premises consumption.
(c) [Compliance.] The owner, tenant, licensee, licensee of owner, and occupant of the building housing such business, shall be responsible for compliance with the ordinance from which this section derives. Any such owner, tenant, licensee, licensee of owner, and occupant of the building housing such business who shall violate or allow a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, plea of guilty, or plea of nolo contendere, shall be fined as follows:
(1) Five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the first offense; seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for the second offense; and one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the third offense and subsequent offenses. Each calendar day that any violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Any person convicted of such a violation or in a plea of guilty or nolo contendere shall pay all court costs.
(2) In addition to the penalties provided for in this section, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of this section shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be abated by the city as provided by law and each calendar day that such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.
(Ord. No. 2010-01-732, §§ 1, 2, 1-19-10)
Source: City of Batesville, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/batesville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH8LIBURE_ARTIINGE_S8-4BULOSQFetched: 10/31/2026