§ 43-35-201. Municipal parking facilities; delegation of power, duties, and responsibilities.
The governing authorities of any municipality of one hundred thousand (100,000) population or more, and the governing authorities of any municipality of twenty-five thousand (25,000) population or more located in any county adjacent to a county in which a municipality of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more is located, and the governing authorities of any municipality having a population of more than eleven thousand (11,000) but less than eleven thousand two hundred (11,200) according to the 1980 decennial census located in any county adjacent to a county having a municipality of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more, and the governing authorities of any municipality in any county having a population in excess of one hundred thirty thousand (130,000) according to the 1970 decennial census, and the governing authorities of any municipality in any county having a population in excess of twenty-seven thousand (27,000) according to the 1970 decennial census and bordering on the State of Tennessee wherein United States Highways 45 and 72 intersect, and the governing authorities of any municipality in any county having a population in excess of thirty-eight thousand (38,000) according to the 1980 decennial census and bordering on the Mississippi River wherein United States Highways 61 and 84 intersect shall have, and may, within their discretion, by resolution duly adopted, delegate to its urban renewal agency or redevelopment authority created pursuant to Section 43-35-33, any or all of the following additional powers, duties and responsibilities, as specified in the resolution of the governing authorities of the municipality.
(a) The power and authority to establish and construct municipal parking facilities for motor vehicles belonging to members of the general public, and to rent, lease, purchase or acquire by the power of eminent domain, in any manner now authorized by law for the acquisition of land and property for public purposes, the necessary lands and property for the establishment and construction of such parking facilities and related structures; the power and authority to prescribe rules, regulations and rates for the use and operation of such parking facility; to employ, fix and pay the compensation of necessary operating personnel; to rent, sell, convey, transfer, let or lease said facility and related structures or any portion thereof, or any space therein, on such terms and conditions as shall be reasonable; to lease or sell air rights over and adjacent to such facilities. Commercial enterprise activities other than parking of motor vehicles may be authorized on leased property comprising any part of such parking facilities and related structures, but only upon an express finding, by resolution of the governing authorities of the municipality as hereinafter provided, that such commercial enterprise activities are essential to the economic feasibility of the proposed parking facilities. Before proceeding to exercise or delegate the powers and authority provided in this paragraph (a), the governing authorities of such municipality shall adopt and publish an ordinance and conduct the hearing as provided in Section 21-37-25 and any citizens may appeal as therein provided.
(b) To plan, establish, construct, build, maintain and operate inland ports, and to this end to negotiate, receive, contract for and expend funds from any source, including but not limited to, city, county, state and federal funds and private donations.
(c) To cooperate with and act jointly with other political subdivisions and agencies of the State of Mississippi and other commissions, departments and instrumentalities of the municipality, and with the federal government and agencies thereof.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 3374-201; Laws, 1970, ch. 499, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 399, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 473, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 430, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 23, 1988).
§ 43-35-201. Municipal parking facilities; delegation of power, duties, and responsibilities.
The governing authorities of any municipality of one hundred thousand (100,000) population or more, and the governing authorities of any municipality of twenty-five thousand (25,000) population or more located in any county adjacent to a county in which a municipality of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more is located, and the governing authorities of any municipality having a population of more than eleven thousand (11,000) but less than eleven thousand two hundred (11,200) according to the 1980 decennial census located in any county adjacent to a county having a municipality of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more, and the governing authorities of any municipality in any county having a population in excess of one hundred thirty thousand (130,000) according to the 1970 decennial census, and the governing authorities of any municipality in any county having a population in excess of twenty-seven thousand (27,000) according to the 1970 decennial census and bordering on the State of Tennessee wherein United States Highways 45 and 72 intersect, and the governing authorities of any municipality in any county having a population in excess of thirty-eight thousand (38,000) according to the 1980 decennial census and bordering on the Mississippi River wherein United States Highways 61 and 84 intersect shall have, and may, within their discretion, by resolution duly adopted, delegate to its urban renewal agency or redevelopment authority created pursuant to Section 43-35-33, any or all of the following additional powers, duties and responsibilities, as specified in the resolution of the governing authorities of the municipality.
(a) The power and authority to establish and construct municipal parking facilities for motor vehicles belonging to members of the general public, and to rent, lease, purchase or acquire by the power of eminent domain, in any manner now authorized by law for the acquisition of land and property for public purposes, the necessary lands and property for the establishment and construction of such parking facilities and related structures; the power and authority to prescribe rules, regulations and rates for the use and operation of such parking facility; to employ, fix and pay the compensation of necessary operating personnel; to rent, sell, convey, transfer, let or lease said facility and related structures or any portion thereof, or any space therein, on such terms and conditions as shall be reasonable; to lease or sell air rights over and adjacent to such facilities. Commercial enterprise activities other than parking of motor vehicles may be authorized on leased property comprising any part of such parking facilities and related structures, but only upon an express finding, by resolution of the governing authorities of the municipality as hereinafter provided, that such commercial enterprise activities are essential to the economic feasibility of the proposed parking facilities. Before proceeding to exercise or delegate the powers and authority provided in this paragraph (a), the governing authorities of such municipality shall adopt and publish an ordinance and conduct the hearing as provided in Section 21-37-25 and any citizens may appeal as therein provided.
(b) To plan, establish, construct, build, maintain and operate inland ports, and to this end to negotiate, receive, contract for and expend funds from any source, including but not limited to, city, county, state and federal funds and private donations.
(c) To cooperate with and act jointly with other political subdivisions and agencies of the State of Mississippi and other commissions, departments and instrumentalities of the municipality, and with the federal government and agencies thereof.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 3374-201; Laws, 1970, ch. 499, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 399, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 473, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 430, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 23, 1988).
§ 43-35-201. Municipal parking facilities; delegation of power, duties, and responsibilities.
The governing authorities of any municipality of one hundred thousand (100,000) population or more, and the governing authorities of any municipality of twenty-five thousand (25,000) population or more located in any county adjacent to a county in which a municipality of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more is located, and the governing authorities of any municipality having a population of more than eleven thousand (11,000) but less than eleven thousand two hundred (11,200) according to the 1980 decennial census located in any county adjacent to a county having a municipality of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more, and the governing authorities of any municipality in any county having a population in excess of one hundred thirty thousand (130,000) according to the 1970 decennial census, and the governing authorities of any municipality in any county having a population in excess of twenty-seven thousand (27,000) according to the 1970 decennial census and bordering on the State of Tennessee wherein United States Highways 45 and 72 intersect, and the governing authorities of any municipality in any county having a population in excess of thirty-eight thousand (38,000) according to the 1980 decennial census and bordering on the Mississippi River wherein United States Highways 61 and 84 intersect shall have, and may, within their discretion, by resolution duly adopted, delegate to its urban renewal agency or redevelopment authority created pursuant to Section 43-35-33, any or all of the following additional powers, duties and responsibilities, as specified in the resolution of the governing authorities of the municipality.
(a) The power and authority to establish and construct municipal parking facilities for motor vehicles belonging to members of the general public, and to rent, lease, purchase or acquire by the power of eminent domain, in any manner now authorized by law for the acquisition of land and property for public purposes, the necessary lands and property for the establishment and construction of such parking facilities and related structures; the power and authority to prescribe rules, regulations and rates for the use and operation of such parking facility; to employ, fix and pay the compensation of necessary operating personnel; to rent, sell, convey, transfer, let or lease said facility and related structures or any portion thereof, or any space therein, on such terms and conditions as shall be reasonable; to lease or sell air rights over and adjacent to such facilities. Commercial enterprise activities other than parking of motor vehicles may be authorized on leased property comprising any part of such parking facilities and related structures, but only upon an express finding, by resolution of the governing authorities of the municipality as hereinafter provided, that such commercial enterprise activities are essential to the economic feasibility of the proposed parking facilities. Before proceeding to exercise or delegate the powers and authority provided in this paragraph (a), the governing authorities of such municipality shall adopt and publish an ordinance and conduct the hearing as provided in Section 21-37-25 and any citizens may appeal as therein provided.
(b) To plan, establish, construct, build, maintain and operate inland ports, and to this end to negotiate, receive, contract for and expend funds from any source, including but not limited to, city, county, state and federal funds and private donations.
(c) To cooperate with and act jointly with other political subdivisions and agencies of the State of Mississippi and other commissions, departments and instrumentalities of the municipality, and with the federal government and agencies thereof.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 3374-201; Laws, 1970, ch. 499, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 399, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 473, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 430, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 23, 1988).
