63-3-139 - Districts. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 63-3-139. Districts.
 

(a)  "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when 50 per cent or more of the frontage thereon for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business. 

(b)  "Residence district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district when the property on such highway for a distance of 300 feet or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8141; Laws,  1938, ch. 200.