Opinion ID: 864366
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Heading: standard of review

Text: ¶8. Circuit court review here is restricted. The “[d]ecisions or orders of municipality are to be upheld unless the order was unsupported by substantial evidence; [ ]arbitrary or capricious; [ ]beyond the municipality's scope or powers; or violated the constitutional or statutory rights of the aggrieved party.” Falco Lime, Inc. v. Mayor & Aldermen of City of Vicksburg, 836 So.2d 711, 721 (Miss. 2002); Fondren North Renaissance v. Mayor & City Council of City of Jackson, 749 So.2d 974, 97980 (Miss. 1999) (“A decision by a local governing board is presumed valid, and the burden is upon the person seeking to set it aside....”). Likewise, so long as the governing body's decision is fairly debatable, 3 we are without authority to supplant the municipality's legislative action. McWaters v. City of Biloxi, 591 So.2d 824, 827 (Miss. 1991); Mathis v. City of Greenville, 724 So.2d 1109, 1112 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998). See also Barnes v. Bd. of Supervisors DeSoto County, 553 So.2d 508, 510-11 (Miss. 1989) (noting the distinctive treatment accorded to legislative acts as opposed to adjudicative acts).