OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — The city of Ocean Springs has a new bed-and-breakfast ordinance that requires neighbor approval. The city Planning Department had recommended 50 percent of a property’s neighbors be fine with the commercial business in their neighborhood before a permit is issued. Alderman Matt McDonnell upped that to 60 percent. Scott Walker, who has threatened to sue the city over his home’s rejection under the old ordinance and who has appealed his rejection in circuit court, said he sees the new ordinance as a way of keeping such businesses out of the city. (Source: Sun Herald, 03/21/17)
