It is the intent and desire of the City of McComb City to provide citizens an opportunity to bring matters to the attention of the City Planning Commission by placing the subject matter on the official agenda for Planning Commission Meetings.

6.101 Policy.

This policy and procedure is authorized pursuant to McComb City Ordinance, which allows the City Planning Commission to make its own rules of procedure. This procedure was adopted by the City Planning Commission on January 14, 1985.

It is the desire of the City to provide an orderly method of receiving and organizing material pertaining to the business affairs of the City Planning Commission so that an official agenda can be prepared for each regular meeting of the City Planning Commission.

Any person, including the members of the City Planning Commission, making a request to appear or have matters discussed before the Planning Commission shall comply with the following procedures. The form prescribed for requesting to place an item on the agenda of the City Planning Commission Meeting shall be available in the office of Inspections and Zoning and the Director of Administration's Office.

6.102 General Requirements.

A.

Requests to Place an Item on the Agenda.

1.

A request must be made in writing on the proper form on or before 5:00 p.m. the Tuesday prior to the next regular Commission Meeting. Forms will be provided by the City upon request. Requests received after the above deadline shall appear on the next agenda for a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Planning Commission[, which] meets on the third Monday of each month.

2.

A request made in person shall be made during normal daytime business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) in the Director of Inspections and Zoning's Office located in City Hall. A request may be also made by mail. Each request shall be clear and concise and shall include only one (1) subject matter.

3.

The date of the request shall be the date the request is received by the Planning Commission's Secretary. The Planning Commission's Secretary shall see that each request bears the date and time of its receipt in a prominent place.

4.

The requestor shall provide copies of any attachments or written material with each request submitted to the Planning Commission's Secretary no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday before the next regular Commission Meeting.

5.

The Planning Commission Secretary shall advise each requestor the date the item will be placed on the agenda of the Planning Commission or respond in writing within three (3) working days if the request is denied. The reasons for any such denial shall be given and a copy of the denial shall be kept and maintained as a part of the records of the City Planning Commission for a period of one (1) year.

6.103 Public access to agendas of meetings of the commission.

A.

The Planning Commission Secretary shall make the agenda of meetings of the Commission available to the public on Friday at 8:00 a.m., prior to the regular meeting of the Commission.

B.

The Planning Commission secretary shall insure that sufficient copies of the agenda are available to the public.

6.104 Exceptions.

A.

No matters other than those listed on the agenda will be discussed or acted on by the City Planning Commission unless there is a motion passed by a majority of the Planning Commission members allowing such discussions and actions.

6.201 Building permit and certificate of occupancy.

This ordinance shall be enforced by a [code] inspector appointed by the governing body of the City of McComb City, Mississippi. No land or structure shall be changed in use and no structure shall be erected, altered, or moved until the building permit certifying that the plans and intended use of land, buildings and structures are in conformity with this ordinance. No land or structure hereafter erected, moved, or altered in its use shall be used until the [code] inspector shall have issued a certificate of occupancy as required by Section 6.202. Applications for permits under the provisions of this section shall be accompanied by a plan drawn to scale showing actual dimensions of the lot to be built on; the size, shape, and location of the building to be erected; the estimated cost thereof; and such other information as may be required by the [code] inspector insuring proper enforcement of this ordinance.

6.202 Certificate of occupancy for change in use.

Subsequent to the effective date of this ordinance no change of use or occupancy in an existing building shall be made, nor shall any new building be occupied until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the [code] inspector. Every certificate of occupancy shall state that the new occupancy complied with all provisions of this ordinance. No permit for the erection of alteration of any building shall be issued before the application for a certificate of occupancy has been approved. No building or premises shall be occupied until such certificate and permit is issued.

Any person, corporation, partnership or association of persons violating any provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of [a] misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or be confined for not more than ninety (90) days in jail for each offense. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered or repaired in violation of this ordinance or in violation of the plan showing the proposed lot and building to be erected thereon, the [code] inspector, in addition to any other remedies, may institute appropriate action or proceedings in the name of the City of McComb City to prevent and prohibit such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration or repairs. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.