The provisions of this ordinance are adopted pursuant to the authority set forth in section 17-1 and following of the Mississippi Code of 1972 as amended.

This ordinance shall be known as the Official Zoning and Development Code of Greenwood, Mississippi, and may be so cited.

In interpreting and applying this ordinance, its provisions shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public safety, health, convenience, and general welfare.

(a)

Except as hereinafter provided:

(1)

No building shall be erected, reconstructed, altered or enlarged nor shall any building or land be used for any purpose other than is permitted in the district in which such building or land is located.

(2)

No building shall be erected, reconstructed, altered, or enlarged to exceed the height or bulk limit herein established for the district in which such building is located.

(3)

No lot area shall be so reduced or diminished that the yards or other open spaces shall be smaller than prescribed by this ordinance, nor shall the density of population be increased in any manner except in conformity with the area regulations herein established.

(4)

No building permit shall be issued by the city for the construction or placing of, and no person shall construct or place any dwelling, structure, or edifice, designed or usable as a dwelling place, on any lot, tract, or parcel of land unless the lot, tract or parcel of land upon which each such structure is to be located, or is located, has been defined, delineated, or described by a map or plat filed for record in the deed record of the county; provided, that this ordinance shall not prohibit the issuance of a building permit for the construction or placing of any single structure, designed or usable as a dwelling, located on any tract of land set apart, delineated or defined by a metes and bounds description and recorded in the deed records of the county as of January 3, 1973, when the only structure (with its permitted appurtenances) is located, or to be located thereon, faces or fronts upon a legally established public thoroughfare.

(5)

No building permit shall be issued by the city for the erection or placing of any dwelling on a lot, the width or street frontage of which has been decreased from the width or street frontage as originally platted or as replatted and recorded in the deed records of the county, nor shall a building permit be issued for the erection or placing of any dwelling on the rear yard of any corner lot situated in a residential district.

(6)

A building permit may be issued by the city through its proper agent for the construction or placing of a dwelling on a lot or tract of land composed of portions of two or more lots as recorded in the deed records of the county, only when such resulting lot or tract has a street frontage of not less than the street frontage of any lot in the same block provided that such frontage meets the requirements of the city subdivision ordinance.

(7)

Every dwelling hereafter erected shall be located on a lot as herein defined and in no case shall there be more than one (1) dwelling structure on one (1) lot, except as allowed by the zoning ordinance or permitted by the planning commission.

(8)

No yard or other open space provided above any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of these regulations shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building; provided further that no yard or open space on an adjoining property shall be considered as providing a yard or open space on a lot whereon a building is to be erected.

(9)

Every dwelling hereafter erected shall be located on a lot and in no case shall there be more than one single family dwelling structure on one lot.

If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance should be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.