Title 17, Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities

Zoning regulations, restrictions and boundaries may, from time to time, be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed upon at least fifteen (15) days’ notice of a hearing on such amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal, said notice to be given in an offici…

In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure, or land, is used in violation of the zoning law or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred hereby, the pro…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section and in Article VII of the Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact described in Section 57-36-1, whenever the provisions of any other statute or local ordinance or regulation require a greater width or size of…

(1) When new subdivisions are laid out, the governing authority of each municipality or county may, before allowing dedication, impose such terms as may be deemed necessary to make the provisions of Sections 17-1-1 through 17-1-27, inclusive, effective, and such governing authori…

The governing authorities of each municipality or county of the state, in their discretion, may accept in the name of such municipality or county, for maintenance, any road or roads, or street or streets, as shall be completed to acceptable specifications established by such gove…

Any person, firm or corporation who shall knowingly and willfully violate the terms, conditions or provisions of a zoning ordinance adopted under the authority of Sections 17-1-1 through 17-1-25, inclusive, for violation of which no other administrative, civil or criminal penalty…

Any two or more counties and municipalities are hereby authorized and empowered to create and to establish a regional planning commission to be composed of representatives appointed thereto by each county board of supervisors and municipal legislative body desiring representation…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 17-1-21(2) and in Article VII of the Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact described in Section 57-36-1, for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals, or the general welfare of the community, the governing authority of any…

The term of office for the members appointed by the county board of supervisors shall be for a period of four years, and the term of office of the members appointed by the municipalities shall be for a term of three years. The method of filling vacancies shall be determined by th…

The regional planning commission shall act in an advisory capacity to local municipalities and counties in interstate, regional, metropolitan, county and municipal planning matters involving the identification, discussion coordination and recommending solutions or a course of act…

(a) Any regional planning commission created hereunder shall be authorized and empowered as follows:(a) To adopt rules or procedure for the regulations of its affairs, set forth policies and procedures for the conduct of its business, and to appoint, from among its members, a cha…

(1) The governing authorities of each municipality and county may set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund to finance the provisions of Sections 17-1-1 through 17-1-27, inclusive. (2) The governing authorities of each municipality and county may set aside, a…

(1) For purposes of this section, the term “factory manufactured movable home” is defined as provided in Section 75-49-3, Mississippi Code of 1972. (2) Any municipality or county of this state may adopt and enforce zoning or other land use regulations or ordinances relating to fa…

Except as otherwise provided in Article VII of the Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact described in Section 57-36-1, in the exercise and enforcement of the powers conferred by Sections 17-1-1 through 17-1-27, inclusive, each county and each municipality within the county…

(1) No county, board of supervisors of a county, municipality or governing authority of a municipality is authorized to establish a mandatory, minimum living wage rate, minimum number of vacation or sick days, whether paid or unpaid, that would regulate how a private employer pay…

The provisions of Sections 17-1-51 through 17-1-55 shall not impede or supersede a municipality’s authority granted under Sections 17-21-1, 17-21-5 and 17-21-7.

Sections 17-1-51 through 17-1-55 shall not be construed to limit the authority of counties and municipalities to grant tax exemptions authorized by state law.

Except as otherwise provided in Article VII of the Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact described in Section 57-36-1, for the purposes set forth in Section 17-1-3, the governing authority of each municipality and county may divide the municipality or county into zones of …

(a) Subject to Section 17-1-75, a local unit of government shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance that does any of the following:(a) Regulates the use, disposition or sale of auxiliary containers.(b) Prohibits or restricts auxiliary containers.(c) Imposes a fee, charge or tax on…

(1) Section 17-1-73 shall not be construed to prohibit or restrict any of the following:(a) A curbside recycling program.(b) A designated residential or commercial recycling location.(c) A commercial recycling program. (a) A curbside recycling program. (b) A designated residentia…

Zoning regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan, and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of…

(1) The counties of Jackson, Harrison, Hancock, Stone and Pearl River, including all municipalities therein, shall enforce, on an emergency basis, all the wind and flood mitigation requirements prescribed by the 2003 International Residential Code and the 2003 International Build…

(1) The state and any county board of supervisors or municipal governing authority may not prohibit or otherwise limit in a building code applicable to commercial or residential buildings or construction a refrigerant designated as acceptable for use pursuant to and in accordance…

(1) There is hereby created the Mississippi Building Codes Council. Each member of the council shall be appointed by the executive director of his respective professional association unless otherwise stated herein. Each member shall serve for a term of three (3) years and until a…

(1) Except as provided in Section 17-2-1(1) and subsection (3) of this section, a county board of supervisors or municipal governing authority shall adopt and amend as minimum codes one (1) of the following as the State Uniform Construction Code:(a) One (1) of the last three (3) …

(1) Any county board of supervisors or municipal governing authority that adopts building codes after July 1, 2008, shall adopt as minimum codes any codes established and promulgated by the Mississippi Building Codes Council. (2) Any county board of supervisors or municipal gover…

(1) For purposes of this section, “farm structure” means a structure that is constructed on a farm, other than a residence or a structure attached to it, for use on the farm, including, but not limited to, barns, sheds and poultry houses, but not public livestock areas. For purpo…

(1) The governing authority of any county or municipality shall not enforce any portion of any building codes established and/or imposed under Sections 17-2-1 through 17-2-5 that regulates the construction or improvement of industrial facilities that are engaged in activities des…

The board of supervisors of any county in Mississippi, and the mayor and board of aldermen or board of commissioners of any municipality in the State of Mississippi, may in their discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys, not to exceed one mill of their respective valu…

(1) Every municipality is authorized to acquire by any available funds lands, either within or without municipal corporate limits, in fee or a lesser estate for the purpose of establishing thereon a convention center. Any lands previously acquired by a municipality and not needed…

Any municipality undertaking to avail itself of the power and authority conferred by Sections 17-3-9 through 17-3-19 may sue and be sued; may, as hereinabove provided, defray the cost of the exercise of the power and authority conferred hereby with funds available to it as herein…

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered as it deems proper for the efficient and effective exercise of the powers authorized under Sections 17-3-9 through 17-3-19, to borrow money and to issue revenue bonds therefor solely for the purposes specified in Sections 17-3-9…

Any municipality is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse, and expend federal and state monies and other monies, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of Sections 17-3-9 through 17-3-19. …

Unless otherwise provided therein, any action taken by any municipality under Sections 17-3-9 through 17-3-19 shall be taken by the governing body of that municipality in the manner otherwise provided by law for an act taken by that municipality.

Any county or municipality or any group composed of a county or counties and a municipality or municipalities located in a county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, may by resolution spread upon the minutes of each participating governing body establish a convention bureau for the …

In the event a convention bureau or bureaus are established hereunder, there shall be a convention bureau board which shall consist of three (3) members appointed by the governing authorities of each participating county or municipality. All of the members of said boards shall se…

Before entering on the duties of the office, each appointed member of a convention bureau board shall enter into and give bond to be approved by the Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi in an amount not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) conditioned on the sa…

When a convention bureau has been established and the members of the board have been appointed and qualified as set forth herein, they shall, not more than thirty (30) days thereafter, hold an organizational meeting after giving not less than ten (10) days’ notice of the time and…

(1) A convention bureau established hereunder shall have the authority to promote tourism and convention business. In this regard, the commission is empowered:(1) To own, lease or contract for any equipment useful and necessary in the promotion of tourism and convention business;…

Advertising pursuant to Section 17-3-1 shall include newspaper and magazine advertising and literature, publicity, expositions, public entertainment or other form of advertising or publicity, which in the judgment of such board or boards will be helpful toward advancing the moral…

Each participating governing body may annually levy a special tax, not to exceed one-quarter (¼) mill ad valorem tax, upon all taxable property located within its respective jurisdiction; the avails of such special levy to be used exclusively for the operations and activities of …

Any convention bureau, local tourism commission or similar entity established under this chapter or any other law of the State of Mississippi, including any local and private law of the State of Mississippi, which receives funds from any special tax or levy imposed for the suppor…

In the expenditure of funds as provided, in Section 17-3-1, the said board or boards may cooperate with any statewide movement or any state organization in putting over a statewide campaign or program.

All municipalities, regardless of the form of government under which they operate, or any board of supervisors, shall have the power to appropriate money, not exceeding Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2500.00), annually, to aid in the payment of premiums and awards made and given b…

(a) As used in Sections 17-3-9 through 17-3-19, unless the text otherwise requires:(a) “Municipality” means any county within the State of Mississippi which borders upon the Mississippi Gulf Coast and any city, town, supervisor’s district, or other political entity created by the…

(1) The board of supervisors of any county of the state and the governing authorities of any municipality within such county may enter into a contract for the joint construction, expansion, remodeling and/or maintenance and equipping of a jail in such municipality, or within one …