Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-139 (2026)
Districts
✓ current as of July 2026
- (a) "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when fifty percent (50%) or more of the frontage thereon for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business.
- (b) "Residence district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district when the property on such highway for a distance of 300 feet or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
Codes, 1942, § 8141; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1984–1984 · leading case: Stong v. Freeman Truck Line, Inc., 456 So. 2d 698 (Miss. 1984).
Stong v. Freeman Truck Line, Inc., 456 So. 2d 698 (Miss. 1984). “Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-139 (a) (1972) provides: "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when 50 per cent or more of the frontage thereon for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business.”
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