Holmes County herald., 1960-02-11

THE SURROUNDING TERRI
TORY.
BE it ordained by the Mayor
| and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Durant. Mississippi,
| that:
SECTION 1. That Section 2
of the Zoning ordinance of the
City of Durant, Mississippi, ad-
opted on November 18, 1859, of
record in Ordinance Book 2 at
page 180 of said City, be and
the same is hereby amended so
as to read as follows:
SECTION 2, USE DIST
Riots. That in order to regulate
and restrict the location of
trades, industries. residences,
and buildings designed for
specific use, the City of Durant
is hereby divided into use
District" of which there shall
be three classes, known as:
"A" Residential Districts
"B" Commercial Districts
&C" Industrial Districts
The limits and boundaries of
such districts are shown upon
the Use District Map now on
file in the office of the City
Clerk at the City Hall, which
said map together with all no
tations, references, and other
facts shown thereon is hereby
adopted as the official Use Dis
trict Map of the City of Durant
and made a part of this or
dinance to the same extent as
if the said map, together with
all notations, references and
other facts shown thereon, be
copied and set forth in detail
herein.
However, the property in said
City lying east of the main line
of the Illinois Central Railroad
and north of Mississippi High
way No. II is hereby changed
from industrial to residential,
and the Use District Map shall
be changed accordingly"
SECTION 2. That Section 3 of
the said Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Durant be and the
same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
SECTION 8, RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICTS:
That the "A" residential dis
trlcts shall be used only in the
manner and for the uses here
matter set forth, to-wit:
That in the A districts. or
residential districts, no build
ing shall hereafter be erected
or structurally altered, and no
building or land in said district
shall hereafter be used, unless
otherwise provided in this or
dlnance, for any other use or
purpose than:
/. One-family dwellings
2 Two-family dwellings.
3. Accessory Buildings.
A Home Occupations.
| 5. Schools.
6. Libraries.
Z. Churches.
8. Public Buildings.
9. Provided however, that ir
the case of dwellings, the main
building shall be set back from
the property line on the street
on which said building fronts tc
the average line of existing
buildings, and where no line has
been established, at least q
minimum of twenty-five (25)
feet. Accessory buildings, wher
detached from the main build.
ing, shall be set back at least
minimum of sixty (60> feet
from said street line and il
on corner lots on the opposite
corner of the lot from a side
street, and all main buildings
must clear the side lines of the
| lots a minimum of at least fiv,
| 60 feet; provided further, nj
| building shall exceed a heigh
of thirty-five (35) feet above
| grade of 21a stories and no mail
building shall occupy more thar
twenty-five (25> per cent of th'
total area of the lot on whici
the same is located; and pro
vided further, that no one
family or two family dwelling
shall be constructed on an,
lot which does not conform 3
the provisions of the ordinanc
regulating subdivisions, unles
such lot was heretofore so pla'