2017 Mississippi Code
Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities
Chapter 1 - Zoning, Planning and Subdivision Regulation
General Provisions
§ 17-1-21. When local regulations to govern
Except as otherwise provided in Article VII of the Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact described in Section 57-36-1, whenever the provisions of any other statute or local ordinance or regulation require a greater width or size of yards, courts or other open spaces, or require a lower height of building, or a less number of stories, or a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other standards higher than are required by the regulations made under the authority of Sections 17-1-1 through 17-1-27, inclusive, the provisions of such other statute, or local ordinance or regulation shall govern; otherwise the provisions of the regulations made under the authority of Sections 17-1-1 through 17-1-27, inclusive, shall be controlling.