TITLE AND PURPOSE

SECTION 100 - TITLE

The Ordinance shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance of Hinds County, Mississippi", and may so be cited, and further reference elsewhere as "Zoning Ordinance", and herein as "the Ordinance" or "this Ordinance" shall imply the same wording and meaning as the full title.

SECTION 101 - PURPOSE

The purpose of this Ordinance is to preserve and promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the inhabitants of Hinds County and of the public generally through the regulation of: the location, height, number of stories, size of buildings and other structures; the density and distribution of population, size of yards and other open spaces; and the use of buildings, structures, and land for commercial, industrial, residential and other purposes.