ORDINANCE NO. 09-2026 thence South 88° 56’ West, along the South margin of said Jefferson Street, (e) emergency preparedness and civil defense services; 2,856 feet, more or less, to the intersection of the South margin of said Jefferson (f) maintenance of existing streets, rights of way and drainage structures and AN AMENDED ORDINANCE ENLARGING, EXTENDING, AND DEFIN- Street with the East margin of River (Griffin) Road as said River (Griffin) Road facilities; ING THE CORPORATE LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF now runs; (g) street lighting; PASCAGOULA, JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; SPECIFYING THE (h) administration of sanitation service; IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE IN THE ANNEXED TERRITORY AND thence due West a distance of 18,700 feet, more or less, to a point on the East (i) access to the City’s cultural facilities, services, and programs; THE MUNICIPAL OR PUBLIC SERVICES TO BE RENDERED THEREIN; bank of Bayou Chemeau; (j) access to the City’s parks and recreation facilities and programs; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES RELATED THERETO. (k) water and sewer utility services at in-city rates for those who are customers thence continue due West approximately 1,250 feet to the thread of the West of the City utility services; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Pascagoula River; (l) municipal planning and zoning services; PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI: (m) municipal code enforcement and building inspection services; thence Southerly following the thread of the West Pascagoula River approxi- (n) the right to fully participate in the affairs of the municipality through direct SECTION 1. It is hereby found and determined that the public convenience mately 4,500 feet to the point where such thread intersects the South margin of involvement and the right to exercise the ballot (vote) in municipal elections and necessity require that the corporate boundaries of the City of Pascagoula, the CSX Railroad right-of-way; upon registering and meeting all statutory and constitutional requirements; Mississippi, be and the same are hereby extended and enlarged so as to embrace and the adjacent and unincorporated land and territory in Jackson County, Mississippi, thence due South 21,500 feet; (o) the use and benefit of all other municipal services and facilities furnished to hereinafter described. all present citizens of the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi. thence due East approximately 18,500 feet to a point lying on a line which is the SECTION 6. The City of Pascagoula, Mississippi shall undertake the following SECTION 2. The unincorporated land and territory which is added to and included Southerly extension of the centerline of Market Street; redistricting, planning, and zoning activities following the effective date of the in the corporate limits of the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi, is situated in Jackson Amended Ordinance, to wit: County, Mississippi, and is more particularly described as follows: thence easterly to the intersection of the East line of the West half of Section 27, Township 8 South, Range 5 West, with the South Section Line of said Section (a) Within six (6) months of the effective date of this Amended Ordinance, the CITY OF PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI 27; City of Pascagoula will prepare and the City Council will adopt a Redistricting PROPOSED ANNEXATION AREA Plan for the City Council so as to include all territory and persons annexed into thence northerly along said East line of the West Half of Section 27 and along the City. The Redistricting Plan shall conform with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Commencing at a point on the existing corporate limits of the City of Pascagou- the East lines of the West Half of Sections 22, 15, 10, and 3 of said Township as amended. This Redistricting Plan will provide for proportional representation la, Mississippi, as recorded In the Matter of The Enlargement and Extension of 8 South, Range 5 West to the Township Line separating said Township 8 South of all persons annexed and will in all other ways conform with applicable Federal the Municipal Boundaries of the City of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Missis- and Township 7 South; regulations; sippi, Civil Action No. 99-1175-WM, on July 9, 1999, where the center thread of the West Pascagoula River intersects the South margin of the CSX Railroad thence easterly along said Township Line to its intersection with the East line of (b) The City of Pascagoula shall enlarge, update, revise, and amend its Compre- right-of-way; thence following said existing corporate limits, run due South the West half of Section 36, Township 7 South, Range 5 West; hensive Plan to include all territory annexed into the municipality and the City 21,500 feet; thence due East approximately 18,500 feet to a point lying on a line Council shall adopt such revisions fulfilling all legal requirements to do so in- which is a southerly extension of the centerline of Market Street, and being the thence northerly along said East line of the West half of said Section 36 and cluding public notice and a public hearing on enlargement, updating, revision, and POINT OF BEGINNING; along the East lines of the West Half of Sections 25, 24, and 13, Township 7 amendment of the Comprehensive Plan; and South, Range 5 West to the South margin of the CSX Railroad (formerly the thence leaving said existing corporate limits of the City of Pascagoula, run east- Louisville and Nashville Railroad); (c) Following modification of the Comprehensive Plan to include territories an- erly to the intersection of the East line of the West half of Section 27, Township nexed, the City of Pascagoula shall prepare and adopt an Official Zoning Map 8 South, Range 5 West, with the South Section Line of said Section 27; thence northeasterly along the South margin of the CSX Railroad (formerly and such Zoning Ordinance text amendments, as are warranted to implement the Louisville and Nashville Railroad) to its intersection with the Mississippi/ an adopted Comprehensive Plan. All territory annexed shall be included on the thence northerly along said East line of the West Half of Section 27 and along Alabama State Line; City’s Official Zoning Map and shall be classified thereon in conformance with the East lines of the West Half of Sections 22, 15, 10, and 3 of said Township the City’s adopted Comprehensive Plan. Adoption of Zoning Ordinance text 8 South, Range 5 West to the Township Line separating said Township 8 South thence northerly along said Mississippi/Alabama State Line to its intersection amendments to the City’s official Zoning Map by the City Council shall occur and Township 7 South; with the center thread of Franklin Creek; after proper notice and public hearing(s). thence Easterly along said Township Line to its intersection with the East line of thence following the meanderings of the center thread of Franklin Creek, run SECTION 7. This Amended Ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after the West half of Section 36, Township 7 South, Range 5 West; generally westerly through Sections 32 and 31, Township 6 South, Range 4 the date of the entry of decree of the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Missis- West, and Section 36, Township 6 South, Range 5 West to its intersection with sippi, approving, ratifying, and confirming the enlargement and extension of the thence northerly along said East line of the West half of said Section 36 and the center thread of the Escatawpa River; municipal boundaries of the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi as established by this along the East lines of the West Half of Sections 25, 24, and 13, Township 7 Amended Ordinance and the final judgment of the said Chancery Court or, in the South, Range 5 West to the South margin of the CSX Railroad (formerly the thence following the meanderings of the center thread of the Escatawpa River, event an appeal is taken therefrom, within ten (10) days from the final determina- Louisville and Nashville Railroad); run generally southerly and westerly through said Section 36 and Sections 1, 2, tion of such appeal. All other prior ordinances or enactments in conflict with this 11, 14, and 15, Township 7 South, Range 5 West to its intersection with the East Amended Ordinance are hereby repealed. thence northeasterly along the South margin of the CSX Railroad (formerly Section Line of Section 16, Township 7 South, Range 5 West, said point being the Louisville and Nashville Railroad) to its intersection with the Mississippi/ on the existing corporate limits of the City of Moss Point as described In the SECTION 8. The City of Pascagoula, Mississippi, through its City Attorney Mi- Alabama State Line; Matter of the Extension of the Boundaries of the City of Moss Point, Mississip- chael R. Moore and Special Counsel J. Chadwick Mask, shall file a petition in pi, Cause No. 49,583, April 27, 1989; the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, which petition shall pray for thence northerly along said Mississippi/Alabama State Line to its intersection the approval, ratification, and confirmation by said Court of the enlargement and with the center thread of Franklin Creek; thence following said corporate limits of the City of Moss Point, run southerly extension of the municipal boundaries and limits of the City of Pascagoula, Mis- along the East Section Line of said Section 16 to its Southeast corner; sissippi as herein fixed and determined. The petition shall have attached thereto thence following the meanderings of the center thread of Franklin Creek, run a certified copy of this Amended Ordinance and a plat showing the boundaries of generally westerly through Sections 32 and 31, Township 6 South, Range 4 West thence southerly along the East Section Line of Section 21, Township 7 South, the said City of Pascagoula, Mississippi, as they will exist in the event such en- and Section 36, Township 6 South, Range 5 West to its intersection with the Range 5 West to its Southeast corner; largement and extension becomes effective pursuant to this Amended Ordinance; center thread of the Escatawpa River; and that the attorneys for the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi and the governing thence southerly along the East Section Line of Section 28, Township 7 South, authorities are hereby authorized to file such other pleadings in the Chancery thence following the meanderings of the center thread of the Escatawpa River, Range 5 West to its intersection with the Northwest right-of-way of U.S. Route Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, and take all other necessary steps such run generally southerly and westerly through said Section 36 and Sections 1, 2, No. 90; that the expansion of the municipal boundaries authorized hereby be ratified, ap- 11, 14, and 15, Township 7 South, Range 5 West to its intersection with the East proved, and confirmed according to the laws of the State of Mississippi. Section Line of Section 16, Township 7 South, Range 5 West, said point being thence southwesterly along the Northwest right-of-way of U.S. Route No. 90 on the existing corporate limits of the City of Moss Point as described In the to its intersection with the South boundary of said City of Moss Point, said Matter of the Extension of the Boundaries of the City of Moss Point, Mississip- point also being on the North line of the existing corporate limits of the City of There came on for consideration AN AMENDED ORDINANCE ENLARG- pi, Cause No. 49,583, April 27, 1989; Pascagoula as described In the Matter of The Enlargement and Extension of the ING, EXTENDING, AND DEFINING THE CORPORATE LIMITS AND Municipal Boundaries of the City of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF PASCAGOULA, JACKSON COUNTY, MIS- thence following said corporate limits of the City of Moss Point, run southerly Civil Action No. 99-1175-WM, on July 9, 1999; SISSIPPI; SPECIFYING THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE IN THE AN- along the East Section Line of said Section 16 to its Southeast corner; NEXED TERRITORY AND THE MUNICIPAL OR PUBLIC SERVICES TO BE thence continuing along the South line of said existing corporate limits of the RENDERED THEREIN; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES RELATED THERETO; thence southerly along the East Section Line of Section 21, Township 7 South, City of Moss Point and also along the North line of said existing corporate limits having been introduced and considered (no member of the governing authority Range 5 West to its Southeast corner; of the City of Pascagoula, run West 3,117 feet, more or less, to the point where having requested a reading of the amended ordinance) on this 19th day of May, the South margin of said Jefferson Street intersects the West margin of Second 2026, at a regular meeting of the Pascagoula City Council and upon motion by thence southerly along the East Section Line of Section 28, Township 7 South, Street; Blythe and seconded by Fornett in favor of approving said Amended Ordinance, Range 5 West to its intersection with the Northwest right-of-way of U.S. Route the Amended Ordinance was approved by the following vote: No. 90; thence South 89° 54’ West, along the South margin of said Jefferson Street, 2,267 feet, more or less, to the East boundary of Belfair Subdivision as per plat Mayor Willis voted: Aye thence southwesterly along the Northwest right-of-way of U.S. Route No. 90 to thereof recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Chancery Court of Jackson Councilman Stallworth voted: Aye its intersection with said existing corporate limits of the City of Pascagoula; County, Mississippi, in Plat Book 6, Page 23; Councilman Fornett voted: Aye Councilwoman Young voted: Nay thence leaving said existing corporate limits of the City of Moss Point run thence South 0° 06’ East along the said East boundary of said Belfair Subdivi- Councilman Parker voted: Absent easterly, northeasterly, and southerly and continue along said existing corporate sion a distance of 680.6 feet; Councilman Blythe voted: Aye limits of the City of Pascagoula as recorded In the Matter of The Enlargement Councilwoman Brandenstein voted: Absent and Extension of the Municipal Boundaries of the City of Pascagoula, Jackson thence Westerly along the South boundary of Belfair Subdivision 1,291 feet, County, Mississippi, Civil Action No. 99-1175-WM, on July 9, 1999, to the more or less, to the point of beginning, all in Jackson County, Mississippi. The Mayor then declared the Amended Ordinance adopted on this the 19th day POINT OF BEGINNING. of May, 2026. SECTION 4. The City of Pascagoula, Mississippi shall make the following im- SECTION 3. After the addition of the lands and territory described in Section 2 provements in said annexed territory to be completed within a reasonable time, CITY OF PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI hereof, the corporate limits and boundaries of the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi, not to exceed five (5) years from the effective date of the Amended Ordinance, shall be and are described as follows: unless delayed by war or military preparedness: BY: /s/ Jay Willis Dr. Jay Willis, Mayor CITY OF PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI (a) Improve existing streets and drainage where necessary and economically RESULTANT ENLARGED CITY feasible and legally permissible; ATTEST: WITNESS my signature and official seal of this office on this, the 19th The entire boundary of the city is described as follows: The following described (b) Install water lines, water service, sewage disposal lines, sewage treatment day of property being located in Jackson County, Mississippi: facilities, and street lighting, where necessary and economically feasible and le- May, 2026. gally permissible; and Commencing at the point of intersection of the line dividing Township 7 South /s/ Karen Kennedy and Township 8 South with the line dividing Range 5 West and Range 6 West, (c) Said services shall be furnished in the same manner as such services are Pascagoula City Clerk/Deputy City Clerk Jackson County, Mississippi, run thence North 0° 06’ West along said line being furnished to the present citizens, businesses, and property owners of the dividing said Range 5 West and Range 6 West a distance of 1,320.00 feet to the municipality where necessary and economically feasible and legally permissible. I, Karen Kennedy, City Clerk, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and Point of Beginning: correct copy of the Amended Ordinance, adopted in the Regular Meeting of the SECTION 5. The City of Pascagoula, Mississippi shall furnish to the said an- Mayor and City Council of the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi, on the 19th day Continue thence North 0° 06’ West along said line dividing said Range 5 West nexed territory the following municipal and public services in the same manner of May, 2026. and said Range 6 West, a distance of 672.5 feet, more or less, to the South and to the same extent as such services are being furnished to the present citizens boundary of Jefferson Street as said street now runs; of the municipality, such services to begin on the effective date of this Amended Witness my signature and the official seal of said City on this, the 19th day May, Ordinance, to wit: 2026. thence run South 89° 54’ West along the South margin of said Jefferson Street a distance of 1,483.5 feet to a point on Mississippi Highway #63; (a) police protection; /s/ Karen Kennedy (b) municipal court services; Karen Kennedy, City Clerk thence North 0° 06’ West, on said Highway #63 a distance of 24.4 feet; (c) animal control services; (d) first response fire protection and fire prevention services; ************************************