Bill Text: MS HB1350 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Zoning; owner of agricultural property not required to obtain county approval to sell.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB1350 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-HB1350-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: County Affairs; Municipalities
By: Representative Guice
House Bill 1350
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PREVENT THE COUNTY FROM REQUIRING PERMITS FROM AN OWNER OF LAND USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES WHEN THE OWNER SELLS HIS OR HER PROPERTY FOR CONTINUED AGRICULTURAL USE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 17-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
17-1-3. (1) Except as otherwise provided 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 municipality, and, with respect to the unincorporated part of any county, the governing authority of any county, in its discretion, are empowered to regulate the height, number of stories and size of building and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of the yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes, but no permits shall be required with reference to land used for agricultural purposes, including forestry activities as defined in Section 95-3-29(2)(c), or for the erection, maintenance, repair or extension of farm buildings or farm structures, including forestry buildings and structures, outside the corporate limits of municipalities. Nor shall permits be required when an owner sells or divides such agricultural land for continued agricultural purposes. The governing authority of each county and municipality may create playgrounds and public parks, and for these purposes, each of such governing authorities shall possess the power, where requisite, of eminent domain and the right to apply public money thereto, and may issue bonds therefor as otherwise permitted by law.
(2) Local land use regulation ordinances involving the placement, screening, or height of amateur radio antenna structures must reasonably accommodate amateur communications and must constitute the minimum practicable regulation to accomplish local authorities' legitimate purposes of addressing health, safety, welfare and aesthetic considerations. Judgments as to the types of reasonable accommodation to be made and the minimum practicable regulation necessary to address these purposes will be determined by local governing authorities within the parameters of the law. This legislation supports the amateur radio service in preparing for and providing emergency communications for the State of Mississippi and local emergency management agencies.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
