For the purpose of this ordinance, the City of Grenada is hereby divided into the types of zoning districts that are designated as follows:

A-1 General Agricultural District

R-1 Low Density Residential District

R-2 Medium Density Residential District

R-3 High Density Residential Restricted District

R-4 High Density Residential District

R-5 Manufactured Home Subdivision District

R-6 Manufactured Home Park District

B-1 Neighborhood Commercial District

B-2 General Commercial District

B-3 Heavy Commercial District

CBD Central Business District

I-1 Light Industrial District

I-2 Heavy Industrial District

The boundaries of the above districts are hereby established as shown on the zoning map of Grenada, Mississippi. Unless otherwise shown on said zoning map, the boundaries of districts are lot lines, the center lines of streets or alleys or such lines extended, railroad right-of-way lines or the corporate limit lines as they existed at the time of enactment of this ordinance. Questions concerning the exact location of district boundary lines shall be decided by the zoning board of adjustment.

Except as hereinafter provided:

I.

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.

II.

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. Nothing in this ordinance shall interfere with limitations on height of structures included in airport zoning regulations.

III.

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.

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 records 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 February 29, 1972, when the only structure (which with its permitted appurtenances) is located or to be located thereon faces or fronts upon a legally established public street.

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 and street frontage as originally platted or as re-platted 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 Districts R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4.

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 (2) 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.

IV.

No yard or other open space provided about 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.

V.

Every building hereafter erected shall be located on a lot as herein defined, and in no case shall there be more than one building with accessory building on one lot, except as hereinafter provided. (See section 8.2)

3.2.1. Uses.

A.

New uses: In each district, no use other than the types specified as "permitted on appeal" shall be allowed. (See Article IV, Specific District Regulations.) Uses specified as "permitted" shall be permitted upon application to the zoning administrator. Uses specified as "permitted on appeal" are special exceptions, and no permit shall be issued for such uses except with the written approval of the board of adjustment and subject to such conditions as said board may require to preserve and protect the character of the district.

B.

Use regulations applying to all districts:

(1)

Uses permitted:

(a)

Public utility lines (but not including power substations and pumping stations).

(b)

Public buildings of a governmental nature, including public schools and libraries.

(c)

Recreational facilities, including parks, playgrounds, stadiums, tot lots, mini parks, etc.

(d)

Accessory structures.

(2)

Uses permitted on appeal:

(a)

Public utilities not otherwise specified, including power substations, pumping stations and telephone exchanges.

(b)

Public buildings not otherwise specified.

(c)

General hospitals for humans.

(d)

Semi-public buildings and uses, including private schools and churches.

(e)

Microwave, radio, telecommunications, television, and other electronic transmission or receiving towers in excess of height limits may be allowed in any zone upon a finding by the city that the proposed tower or towers will not be unduly detrimental to surrounding property. Heights in excess of one hundred (100) feet shall be subject to the approval of the city council. Exceptions to standard height restrictions shall not be granted in cases where they would violate height restrictions of an aircraft approach and turning zone.

3.2.2. Lot area, yards and open space.

A.

Reductions in lot area prohibited: No lot shall be reduced in area so that yards and other open spaces total less than the minimum area required under this ordinance.

B.

Building lots and yards: In each district, each structure hereafter erected or altered shall be provided with the yards specified and shall be on a lot of the area and width specified in Article IV. No open space or lot required for a building or structure shall, during its life, be occupied by or counted as open space for another building or structure. Exceptions to the district requirements for building lots and yards follow:

(1)

Where the owner of a lot of official record at the time of adoption of this ordinance does not own sufficient adjacent land to enable him to conform to the yard and other requirements of this ordinance, the building and its accessory structures may be built, provided the yard spaces and other requirements conform as closely as possible, in the opinion of the board of adjustment, to the requirements of the district in which they are located. Where a side yard is proposed to be reduced to less than five (5) feet in width, a letter of approval shall be required from the adjacent lot owner.

(2)

No building needs to be set back more than the average of the setbacks of the existing structures within two hundred (200) feet each side thereof.

(3)

The space in any required yard shall be open and unobstructed except for the ordinary projections of window sills, belt courses, cornices, eaves and other architectural features, provided that such features shall not project more than two (2) feet into any required yard.

(4)

Front yards in business districts may contain pump islands of service stations, provided such pump islands are a minimum of twenty (20) feet from all front property lines, except that covers for such islands, whether attached or unattached to the main building, may not extend more than ten (10) feet from the center of the said pump island toward the front property line.

(5)

On corner lots, the side yard regulation shall be the same as for interior lots except in the case of reversed frontage where the corner lot abuts on the side of a lot facing the other intersecting street, in which case, there shall be a side yard on the corner lot of not less than fifty (50) per cent of the front yard required on the lot abutting the rear of the corner lot or separated only by an alley. (See appendix, Illustrations of Yards, following section 12.3 herein.)

C.

Corner visibility: In all districts, except in the B-3, and Central Business District, no fence, wall, shrubbery, sign, marquee or other obstruction to vision between the heights of two and one-half (2½) feet and fifteen (15) feet above street level shall be permitted within twenty (20) feet of the intersection of the right-of-way line of two (2) streets or railroads or of a street and a railroad right-of-way. A single nine (9) inch diameter post may be strategically placed in this triangle.

3.2.3. Structures.

A.

Main structures: It is the intent of this ordinance that there shall not be but one (1) main structure plus any permitted accessory structures on any lot used for residential purposes.

B.

Location of accessory structures: Accessory structures on any lot shall conform to the following regulations:

(1)

No accessory structure shall be erected in any required front or side yard. Accessory structures shall not exceed one (1) story in height except as provided in Article IV hereof and shall not cover more than thirty (30) percent of any required rear yard and shall be at least five (5) feet from any other structures on the same lot.

(2)

No accessory structure shall be built closer than five (5) feet to any lot line.

(3)

On any corner lot, detached residential accessory structures shall not be located closer to a street than the minimum building line of any front yard required for a dwelling on the adjoining lot.

(4)

Accessory structures shall not include living quarters.

3.2.4. Heights. In each district, each structure hereafter erected or altered shall not exceed the heights specified in the district requirements, Article IV. Height limitations shall not apply to church steeples, hospitals, sanitariums, barns, silos, farm structures, chimneys, flag-poles, public utility poles, cooling towers or water tanks, smokestacks and structural elements necessary to industrial process operations, provided these exempt structures and elements do not violate height restrictions of an aircraft approach and turning zone.

3.2.5. Future street lines. On any lot that, at the time of adoption of this ordinance or at the time this ordinance is changed by amendment hereafter, may be reduced in area by widening a public street to a future street line as indicated in the thoroughfare plan and accompanying map that is a part of the comprehensive plan of the City of Grenada adopted heretofore, or as the same may be hereafter amended, the minimum required yards, the minimum required lot width, the minimum required lot area and the maximum building area shall be measured by considering the future street lines as the lot line of such lot. When the zoning administrator is aware of such right-of-way requirements, he shall advise the developer of any future right-of-way lines.