Any person, firm or corporation who shall knowingly and wilfully violate the terms, conditions or provisions of a zoning ordinance adopted under the authority of Sections 17-1-1 through 17-1-25, inclusive, for violation of which no other criminal penalty is prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and in case of continuing violations without reasonable effort on the part of the defendant to correct same, each day the violation continues thereafter shall be a separate offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-27
Penalties for violations
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 822 So. 2d 306 - Madison v. Desoto County (2002)
Most recently applied in 822 So. 2d 306 - Madison v. Desoto County (February 2002)
Codes, 1930, § 2480; 1942, § 3596; Laws, 1926, ch. 308; Laws, 1962, ch. 554, eff from and after July 1, 1962.
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