Mississippi Zoning Enabling Act — Authority, Procedure, & Comprehensive-Plan Predicate (MS)
Tracked preemption from the Mississippi overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1972-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:MS
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Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
always true
Preempted fields
4 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
zoning_decision_procedure.requires_comprehensive_plan_predicate | override | True | §17-1-9: a municipality or county must adopt a comprehensive plan (long-range goals, land-use plan, transportation plan, community-facilities plan) before enacting/amending zoning; ordinance is vulnerable to ultra vires challenge absent a current plan |
zoning_decision_procedure.public_notice_min_days | floor_at | 15 | §17-1-7: 15-day published notice required before public hearing on adoption/amendment |
nonconforming_use.manufactured_home_park_protection | override | True | §17-1-39: manufactured/mobile-home parks lawfully existing before zoning adoption protected as nonconforming uses |
zoning_decision_procedure.uniform_within_district_requirement | override | True | §17-1-5: regulations within a district must be uniform |
Citation
Authority source
Miss. Code Ann. §§17-1-1 through 17-1-39 (Zoning Enabling Act; codified 1972 from 1926 Standard State Zoning Enabling Act)
§ §§17-1-1 et seq.; §17-1-9 (comprehensive plan); §17-1-7 (procedure); §17-1-39 (MH park nonconforming)
Research notes
Dillon's Rule state — MS municipalities have no inherent zoning power; authority flows exclusively from §17-1. Counties zone unincorporated territory under §17-1-17 in parallel to municipal authority. Comprehensive-plan predicate is the primary judicial-review hook — see Barnes v. Bd. of Supervisors of DeSoto Cnty., 553 So.2d 508 (Miss. 1989) and Edwards v. Harrison Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 22 So.3d 268 (Miss. 2009). No statewide density floor, ADU mandate, IZ ban, or design-preemption has been enacted as of 2026-05-18 (see preemptions.md for 2024RS–2026RS legislative re-scan).