Bill Text: MS SB2424 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Natchez Trace Parkway; exempt building that are not visible from the parkway from height restrictions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-04-01 - Died In Conference [SB2424 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-SB2424-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation
By: Senator(s) Horhn
Senate Bill 2424
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 55-13-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES ADJACENT TO THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE THAT IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE PARKWAY DUE TO TOPOGRAPHY OR BECAUSE IT IS OBSTRUCTED BY VEGETATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 55-13-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
55-13-35. (1) It shall be unlawful to construct or erect a building, advertising structure or other structure, of more than three (3) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height, whichever is lesser, within one thousand (1,000) feet of the outside boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Such restrictions on buildings and structures shall apply notwithstanding that such area is located inside or outside a municipality and notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary.
(2) It is the legislative intent of this section, in part, that possession of a building permit on July 1, 1988, shall not allow any construction after July 1, 1988, based on that permit. This section shall not apply to any building in existence on July 1, 1988.
(3) The following buildings or structures are exempt from the application of this section if they were constructed or under construction prior to July 1, 2002:
(a) Silos, buildings and structures designed for agricultural use;
(b) Churches; * * *
(c) Any building or
structure on property that is owned by a public school district and used
for educational purposes * * *.; and
(d) Any building or structure that is not visible from the parkway due to topography or because it is obstructed by vegetation is exempt from the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
