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Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-7 (2026)

Zones

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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 such number, shape and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of Sections 17-1-1 through 17-1-27, inclusive. Within the zones created, the governing authority of each municipality and county may, subject to the restrictions with respect to agricultural lands and farm buildings or structures as set out in Section 17-1-3, regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures or land. All regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each zone, but regulations in one zone may differ from those in other zones.

Codes, 1930, § 2475; 1942, § 3591; Laws, 1926, ch. 308; Laws, 1998, ch. 553, § 5, eff. 7/1/1998.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1998–2020 · leading case: Bd. of Sup'rs of Harrison v. Waste Mgmt. of Mississippi, Inc., 759 So. 2d 397 (Miss. 2000).
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Bd. of Sup'rs of Harrison v. Waste Mgmt. of Mississippi, Inc., 759 So. 2d 397 (Miss. 2000). “Miss.Code Ann. § 17-1-7 (Supp. 1999) provides that counties and municipalities have the authority to create zones to "regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures or land.”
Freelance Ent., LLC. v. Sanders, 280 F. Supp. 2d 533 (N.D. Miss. 2003). “Miss.Code Ann. § 17-1-7 (Supp.1999) states that counties and municipalities have the authority to set up zones to “regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures or land.”
Dennis Short & Sammye M. Short v. Bolivar Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, Eddie Andrew Williams III, Donny Whitten, Preston Billings, James McBride, & Larry L. King, Individually & in their Off. Capacity as Supervisors of Bolivar Cnty., Mississippi (Miss. Ct. App. 2020). “Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-7 (Rev. 2012) (emphasis added).”
Harrison Cnty., Mississippi v. Waste Mgmt. of Mississippi, Inc. (Miss. 1998). “Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-7 (Supp. 1999) provides that counties and municipalities have the authority to create zones to "regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures or land.”
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