Sardis Lake country and hill ground
Sardis Lake is a Corps of Engineers lake on the Tallahatchie River, with the dam about 9 miles southeast of Sardis. The lake covers Lafayette, Panola and Marshall counties, and John W. Kyle State Park sits beside the Lower Lake below the dam. Charles Ray Nix WMA is also in Panola County. Private wooded ground around all of it gets used for hunting, cabins and homesites.
B&M cuts lanes and trails wide enough for a truck and trailer and clears tracts out of thick timber with the timber pushed into windrows. On slopes, select clearing often works better: we take out the brush and the trees you do not want and leave the good ones. When we grade a pad, drive or arena on a hill, we shape it so water moves where you want it and does not wash the site out.
Plants and lots in Batesville
GE opened a composites plant in Batesville in 2008 that makes carbon fiber parts for the GEnx jet engine. Plants like that need lines inside and out. Straight Line Services stripes warehouse floors with lane and bay lines on concrete, paints yellow safety lines along walkways, and stripes the parking lots outside. We also mark fire lanes and no-parking zones.
Batesville also has South Panola School District schools, North Delta School, churches and stores near the I-55 exits. We stripe new or sealed asphalt and draw up new traffic layouts. For ADA parking, a lot of 201 to 300 spaces needs at least 7 accessible spaces. Accessible stalls and aisles can slope no more than 1:48, which is worth checking on a hilly lot.
Permits in Batesville
Inside the City of Batesville, the city's code office on the Public Square handles building permits. If your project is inside city limits, start there. Outside town, check with Panola County. Because the county has two judicial districts, ask which courthouse, Batesville or Sardis, handles your land. Near the lake, Corps land has its own rules.
Mississippi law requires notifying 811 before excavation. Jobs that disturb 1 acre or more fall under MDEQ construction stormwater rules, with one permit for 1 to less than 5 acres and another for 5 acres or more. Hill ground erodes fast once it is bare, so plan for that. Before burning brush piles, check local ordinances, MDEQ guidelines and any burn ban.
