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MS Code § 49-23-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 23 - Outdoor Advertising|§ 49-23-21. Injunctive relief

 In addition to the remedies provided in Sections 49-23-1 through 49-23-29, Mississippi Code of 1972, and which may otherwise exist under the laws of this state, the State Highway Commission is authorized to petition the chancery court of any county where any unlawful or unauthorized outdoor advertising sign, device or display may exist for injunctive or other appropriate relief. The owner or owners of each and every outdoor advertising sign, device or display shall be deemed to be doing business within this state in each and every county in which such owner or owners shall have erected, or cause to be erected, or maintained, and there shall continue to exist, an outdoor advertising sign, device or display. Once jurisdiction over the parties is obtained, such chancery court shall have such jurisdiction over the parties as is necessary in order to determine if any of said owner or owners' outdoor advertising is in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and to enforce the provisions of this chapter, as to each and every outdoor advertising sign, device or display of such owner or owners within this state, wheresoever located. However, any such action shall be res adjudicata only as to the outdoor advertising signs, devices or displays specifically made a part of such action; and the State Highway Commission shall be authorized and empowered to maintain any and all other actions as to other outdoor advertising of such owner or owners wheresoever located, but not specifically made a part of a previous action. The court may award costs of any action brought under this section, including court costs, expenses and reasonable attorney's fees, to the prevailing party.
MS Code § 49-23-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 23 - Outdoor Advertising|§ 49-23-23. Interpretation

 Nothing in Sections 49-23-1 through 49-23-29, shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of such sections.
MS Code § 49-23-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 23 - Outdoor Advertising|§ 49-23-25. Advertising in safety rest area

 In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to maintain maps and to permit informational directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas, and to establish information centers at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing such other information as may be considered desirable.
MS Code § 49-23-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 23 - Outdoor Advertising|§ 49-23-27. Agreements with the United States authorized

 The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Commerce as provided by Title 23, United States Code, relating to the control of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems, including the establishment of information centers at safety rest areas, and to take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms of such agreement, provided that the state highway commission shall not have power to enter into any agreement calling for more restrictive control of outdoor advertising than that provided for in Sections 49-23-1 through 49-23-29.
MS Code § 49-23-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 23 - Outdoor Advertising|§ 49-23-29. Apportionment of federal funds

 Federal funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of Sections 49-23-1 through 49-23-29 are to be apportioned to the commissioners' districts in the same manner as said federal funds are apportioned to the state, and matching state funds are to be apportioned to the commissioners' districts proportionately.
MS Code § 49-23-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 23 - Outdoor Advertising|§ 49-23-35. Name or logo of owner of outdoor advertising to be posted upon sign if owner is not the landowner

 There shall be posted upon every outdoor advertising sign, display or device erected or maintained adjacent to any highway constituting a part of the interstate or primary system of highways and restricted or regulated by Sections 49-23-1 through 49-23-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, except those signs, displays or devices as specified in subsections (1)(a), (b), (c) and (f), and (2)(a), (b) and (c) of Section 49-23-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, the name or logo of the owner of such sign, display or device if the owner of such outdoor advertising is separate and distinct from the owner of the real property upon which such outdoor advertising is located.   The name or logo of the owner shall be permanently written on each such outdoor advertising sign, display or device if it is the intention of the parties that ownership of such outdoor advertising is, and shall be, separate from the ownership of the real property upon which it is situated.   Each such outdoor advertising sign, display or device heretofore or hereafter erected or maintained without such notice of ownership being posted as aforesaid shall be construed to have attached to the real estate and to be owned by the owner of the real estate upon which the said outdoor advertising is located.
MS Code § 49-25-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-1. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the "Junkyard Control Law."
MS Code § 49-25-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-3. Purposes of chapter

 For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate and restrict the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems within this state. The legislature hereby finds and declares that junkyards which do not conform to the requirements of this chapter are public nuisances.
MS Code § 49-25-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-5. Definitions

 The term "junk" shall mean old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.   The term "automobile graveyard" shall mean any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.   The term "junkyard" shall mean an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills.   "Interstate system" means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the state highway commission, and approved by the secretary of commerce, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code, "Highway."   "Primary system" means that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the state highway commission, and approved by the secretary of commerce, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code, "Highways."
MS Code § 49-25-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-7. Prohibited operations; exceptions

 No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, except the following:   Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of the system, or otherwise removed from sight.   Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of law.   Those located within unzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations to be promulgated by the State Highway Commission.   Those which are not visible from the main-traveled way of the system.
MS Code § 49-25-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-9. Junkyards lawfully in existence

 Any junkyard lawfully in existence on June 16, 1966, which is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of any highway on the interstate or primary system shall be screened, if feasible, by the state highway commission at locations on the highway right-of-way or in areas acquired for such purposes outside the right-of-way so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of such highways.
MS Code § 49-25-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-11. Regulatory authority

 The State Highway Commission shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the location, planting, construction and maintenance, including the materials used in screening or fencing required by this chapter.
MS Code § 49-25-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-13. Authority to acquire interest in land in removal and screening of junkyards

 When the State Highway Commission determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highways will not permit adequate screening of junkyards, or the screening of such junkyards would not be economically feasible, the State Highway Commission shall have the authority to acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation such interests in lands as may be necessary to secure the removal or disposal of the junkyards, and to pay just compensation for the costs of relocation, removal or disposal thereof. When the state highway commission determines that it is in the best interest of the state, it may acquire such lands, or interest in lands, outside highway rights-of-way as may be necessary to provide adequate screening of such junkyards.
MS Code § 49-25-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-15. Nonconforming junkyards; limitation upon continued existence

 Any junkyard lawfully in existence on June 16, 1966, which does not conform to the exceptions contained in Section 49-25-7, or that cannot be made to so conform by screening as provided in this chapter, shall be required to be removed under Section 49-25-13 by July 1, 1970, or as soon thereafter as funds are available for that purpose. Any junkyard located along any highway made a part of the interstate or primary system after June 16, 1966, shall be considered to have been lawfully established for the purposes of this chapter; and in the event any such junkyard does not conform to the exceptions in Section 49-25-7, or cannot be made to so conform by screening as provided in this chapter, it shall be required to be removed under Section 49-25-13 by the end of the fourth year after it shall be determined that it is nonconforming or as soon thereafter as funds are available for that purpose.
MS Code § 49-25-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-17. Enforcement provision

 Any person, partnership or corporation that seeks to establish, or establishes, a junkyard within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest right-of-way line of any interstate or primary highway that does not come within one or more of the exceptions contained in Section 49-25-7, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for any such offense. Each day's presence of the junkyard within the prohibited distance shall be a separate offense for the purpose of the penalty provision. In addition thereto, the State Highway Commission may seek injunctive relief in the courts of the county in which said junkyard may be located to abate the said nuisance and to require the removal of all junk from the prohibited area.
MS Code § 49-25-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-19. Interpretation

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 49-25-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-21. Agreements with United States authorized

 The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Commerce as provided by Title 23, United States Code, relating to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems, and to take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms of such agreement.
MS Code § 49-25-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 25 - Junkyards|§ 49-25-23. Apportionment of federal funds

 Federal funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of this chapter are to be apportioned to the commissioners' districts in the same manner as such federal funds are apportioned to the state, and matching state funds are to be apportioned to the commissioners' districts proportionately.
MS Code § 49-26-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 26 - Channel Maintenance Act|§ 49-26-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Channel Maintenance Act."
MS Code § 49-26-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 26 - Channel Maintenance Act|§ 49-26-3. Legislative findings and declarations

 The Legislature finds that channel maintenance is necessary to preserve and enhance the economic stability and recreational potential of the coastal region. The Legislature declares it to be a governmental responsibility to provide for proper channel maintenance. The Legislature further declares that channel maintenance projects are in the public interest. Those projects should be funded to promote the use of cost-efficient strategies, encourage coordination among federal, state and local governments and the private sector, provide for long-term solutions and minimize the impact of the environment to the extent possible.
MS Code § 49-26-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 26 - Channel Maintenance Act|§ 49-26-5. Duties and Department of Marine Resources

  The Department of Marine Resources, referred to in this chapter as "department," shall serve as the primary state agency with regard to coordinating channel maintenance activities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.   The department shall develop a comprehensive long-range management plan for channel maintenance activities. The plan shall at a minimum:   Identify areas in which channels are in need of maintenance;   Assess the short-term and long-term economic costs and benefits of the state's channels;   Promote channel sand bypassing to replicate the natural flow of sand; and   Recommend channel maintenance projects to the Legislature for funding which ensures the geographic coordination and sequencing of prioritized projects.
MS Code § 49-26-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 26 - Channel Maintenance Act|§ 49-26-7. Identification and pursuit of federal funding alternatives

 The department shall identify federal funding mechanisms which could be used to fund projects regarding channel maintenance. The department shall coordinate with local governments and other interest groups to maximize the eligibility of projects for funding and to assist in the preparation of appropriate financial assistance documentation.
MS Code § 49-27-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 27 - Coastal Wetlands Protection Act|§ 49-27-1. Title and citation of chapter

 This chapter is to be known as the "Coastal Wetlands Protection Act" and may also be cited by its common or popular name of "Wetlands Act."
MS Code § 49-27-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 27 - Coastal Wetlands Protection Act|§ 49-27-3. Public policy declared

 It is declared to be the public policy of this state to favor the preservation of the natural state of the coastal wetlands and their ecosystems and to prevent the despoliation and destruction of them, except where a specific alteration of specific coastal wetlands would serve a higher public interest in compliance with the public purposes of the public trust in which coastal wetlands are held.
MS Code § 49-27-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 27 - Coastal Wetlands Protection Act|§ 49-27-6. Marinas; classification

 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:   "Marina" means a facility providing more than twelve (12) mooring spaces for boats that may provide supplies and services including electricity, fresh water, fuel or sewage collection facilities.   "Public marina" means a marina that offers mooring spaces and docking facilities for lease by the general public. Public marinas include recreational and commercial marinas, and they require a "C" for commercial or "I" for industrial use designation.   "Private single-family or multi-family pier" means a pier that is part of an adjacent single-family home subdivision or multi-family condominium or apartment development that provides mooring spaces and docking facilities restricted for use by only home owners or tenants of the adjacent development. Private single-family and multi-family piers with twelve (12) or fewer mooring spaces are compatible with a "G" for general use designation. Private single-family and multi-family piers with more than twelve (12) mooring spaces require a "C" for commercial use designation. Commercial vessels may not be moored in a multi-family pier.   "Yacht club marina" means a marina that restricts mooring spaces and docking facilities to members only of a private association organization. Yacht clubs require a "C" for commercial or "I" for industrial use designation.
MS Code § 49-27-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 27 - Coastal Wetlands Protection Act|§ 49-27-9. Permit required to conduct regulated activity; filing and form of application; fee

  No regulated activity shall affect any coastal wetlands without a permit unless excluded in Section 49-27-7. Any person proposing to conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity shall file an application for a permit with the commission in such form and with such information as the commission may prescribe. An application fee in an amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for residential type regulated activity and Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for commercial and industrial type related activity shall accompany each application and shall be payable to the commission. No permit shall be required for a regulated activity as defined in Section 49-27-5(c)(v) if such activity is an activity by a water dependent industry, nor shall a permit be required pursuant to Section 49-27-5(c)(v) of any individual who seeks to construct a home, fishing camp or similar structure on his own property.   If the commission determines that the activity, area or entity is exempt or requires no permit, and that the activity, area or entity complies with the notification requirement and the coastal wetland policy as required under Section 49-27-7, the commission may reduce the application fee by fifty percent (50%).
MS Code § 49-27-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 27 - Coastal Wetlands Protection Act|§ 49-27-13. Application; copy may be mailed to parties

 The commission may cause a copy of any application to be mailed immediately to the following parties:    The chief administrative officer in the municipality or municipalities where any part of the proposed activity will be located;   The president of the board of supervisors of any county where any part of the proposed activity will be located;   The Executive Director of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks;   The county attorney of any county in which any part of the proposed activity will be located or in any county which may be affected by such activity;   The district attorney of any judicial district in which any part of the proposed activity will be located or of any district which may be affected by such activity; and   The Director of the Gulf Regional Planning Commission.
MS Code § 49-27-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 27 - Coastal Wetlands Protection Act|§ 49-27-15. Application; notice of date for filing objections; hearing and notice of hearing; payment of publication fees and costs of providing notice to public

    The department may schedule a hearing on any application; however, the department shall schedule a hearing on each application if, during the time period in which written objections are required to be filed, (i) a written request for a hearing is submitted by the applicant, or (ii) a hearing is requested or written objections are submitted to the application by a political subdivision, an agency, or five (5) or more persons affected by the application. At such hearing, any person may present oral or written comments on the application. Not later than sixty (60) days from the receipt of a complete application, the commission shall publish notice of the time period in which written objections to any application must be filed.   The hearing must be held within twenty (20) days after the time period in which objections are required to be filed ends, unless a later date for the hearing is agreed to by all parties. Notice of the date on or before which objections must be filed shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the affected wetlands are located. The last publication of such notice shall be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. The published notice shall describe the site of the proposed activity and shall give a general description of the proposed regulated activity. Further, notice shall be given describing the date, time and place for the hearing by United States mail, postage prepaid, to each of the objectors and to the applicant at the address furnished to the commission by the parties, and by causing a copy of such notice to be published at least one time in one (1) newspaper having a general circulation in the county in which the affected wetlands are located.     An applicant shall pay the publication fees and the costs of providing notice to the public.