Bill Text: MS SB2517 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natchez Trace Parkway; exempt buildings that are not visible from the parkway from height restrictions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [SB2517 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2517-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2014 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) Horhn

Senate Bill 2517

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 A CERTAIN SENIOR LIVING FACILITY SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY; 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; and

          (c)  Any building or structure on property that is owned by a public school district and used for educational purposes.

     (4)  A senior living facility to be located south of the 101 mile marker on the Natchez Trace Parkway at the southwestern intersection of Highland Colony Parkway and Old Agency Parkway and bordered to the west by Brame Road may be exempted from the application of this section if the exemption is approved by the Superintendent of the Natchez Trace Parkway.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.

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