Whereas, the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Newton, Newton County, Mississippi, having been authorized by the Laws of Mississippi, including, among others, Chapter 197 of the Laws of Mississippi of 1956 as amended by Chapter 402 of the Laws of Mississippi of 1960, to provide for the preparation, adoption, amendment, extension and carrying out of a comprehensive plan in whole or in part for the purpose of bringing about coordinated physical development in accordance with present and future needs and to create a planning commission whose authority will include the preparation and recommendation of plans which will implement these needs;

Whereas, the planning commission of the City of Newton has made recommendations to the mayor and board of aldermen for a comprehensive city plan including a proposed zoning ordinance and official zoning map; and

Whereas, the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Newton, after study and review of this zoning ordinance, consider the regulations contained herein to be in the best interests for the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Newton, Mississippi;

Now it shall be so ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen, City of Newton, Mississippi:

This ordinance shall hereby be entitled the Newton Zoning Ordinance and shall hereafter be referred to and known under such title.

This ordinance has been prepared in accordance with a comprehensive city plan and is enacted to preserve and promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Newton and of the public generally, and to encourage and facilitate the orderly growth and expansion of the municipality. Specifically, this ordinance is designed:

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To lessen congestion in the streets;

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To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;

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To promote health and the general welfare;

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To provide adequate light and air;

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To prevent the overcrowding of land and mixing of land uses;

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To avoid undue concentration of population;

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To facilitate the provisions of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements.

These regulations have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the zone and its suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the city.

In interpreting and applying the provisions of this ordinance, the said provisions shall be held to be the minimum requirements for promotion of public safety, health and general welfare, and where this ordinance imposes greater restrictive standards than are required by other ordinances or statutes, the provisions of this ordinance shall govern, and where other ordinances or statutes impose greater restrictive regulations than this ordinance, they shall govern.

All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed.

If, for any reason, one or more sections, headings, clauses or parts of this ordinance are held invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions of this ordinance, but shall be confined to the specific sections, headings, clauses or parts of the ordinance held invalid, and the invalidity of any section, heading, clause or part of this ordinance in any one or more instances shall not affect or prejudice in any way the validity of this ordinance in any other instance.