This ordinance shall hereby be entitled the "Vicksburg 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 Vicksburg and of the public generally, and to encourage and facilitate the orderly growth and expansion of the municipality. Specifically, this ordinance is designed:

(1)

To lessen congestion in the streets;

(2)

To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;

(3)

To promote health and the general welfare;

(4)

To provide adequate light and air;

(5)

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

(6)

To avoid undue concentration of population;

(7)

To facilitate the provision 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 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.

The following ordinances and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed:

(104.1) The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, being sections 1 through 31, inclusive, of Ordinance of 7-9-46, [as] amended.

(104.2) The Vicksburg Off-Street Parking Ordinance being sections 1 through 10, inclusive, of Ordinance Number 67-2, 2-6-67, as amended.

If, for any reason, one (1) 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 (1) or more instances shall not affect or prejudice in any way the validity of this ordinance in any other instance.