(-MU) Mixed-Use Subdistrict
Jackson Zoning Ordinance § 706.10-B
in effectThe purposes of this subdistrict area as follows:
1. To allow a diversity of uses in close proximity in the district, including residential,
retail, office, entertainment, and open space.
2. To encourage a mix of uses in which non-residential development generate
revenues for the City and creates jobs, shopping and entertainment opportunities
for residents, while residential development generates hour vitality in support of
the commercial uses.
3. To provide opportunities for a mixture of uses in the same building.
4.
To provide through a planned development process, standards for site design,
architecture, landscaping and circulation that segregate vehicular and pedestrian
traffic, encourage walking and bicycling for recreation and daily errands, and
buffer adjacent and internal residential uses from non-residential use impacts.
706.10.1-B Permitted Uses: The following uses are permitted outright in C80-MU
subdistrict subject to the regulations prescribed herein:
1. All uses allowed outright in C80-C1 subdistrict, subject to other requirements of
this Ordinance.
2. Single-family dwellings.
3. Two-family dwellings.
4. Multifamily dwellings.
5. Dwellings in mixed use buildings.
6. All uses allowed outright in C80-C2 subdistrict
7. Bowling Centers
8. Theaters
9. Shopping Centers
10. Health Clubs/Fitness Centers
11. Ice & Roller Skating Rinks
12. Colleges
13. Brewpub
14. Restaurants, drive in and fast food
15. Restaurant, General
16. Specialty Retail
17. Hotels
18. Mobile Food Vendor (In accordance with the City of Jackson Mobile Food
Vending Ordinance)
19. Vendor Park
Section 706.10.1(a)-B Uses Which May Be Permitted as Use Permits: The following
Use Permits are permitted provided they are established in accordance with the procedures
and provisions of this Ordinance:
1. Community Recreational Center
2. Nightclubs, and bars, as defined by this Ordinance. In accordance with the 67-1-51
Mississippi Code, 1972 Annotated, as amended, no bar selling intoxicating liquor as
defined by the Mississippi Code shall be located not less than five hundred (500) feet
from any church, school, kindergarten or funeral home, provided, however, that within
an area zoned commercial, mixed use or industrial, such minimum distance shall not
be less than 100 feet.
3. Outdoor seating areas for serving food and beverages such as plazas, courtyards, patios
and decks when such areas are owned and maintained by the restaurant, bar or other
establishment providing food or drink to patrons in these outdoor areas. Outdoor seating
areas may be permitted on public sidewalks subject to approval by the Site Plan Review
committee.
4. Tattoo Parlors
a. No person shall control, operate, conduct or manage any tattoo parlor or body
piercing business, without first obtaining approval from the MS State
Department of Health in accordance with the regulations governing the
registration of individuals performing body piercings and tattooing.
b. Evidence of such approval shall be provided to and kept on file by the City of
Jackson Zoning Division.
c. Annual renewal of Use Permit:
d. Non- operation hours shall be between 11:00 pm – 9:00 am
e. Cannot be located within five hundred (500) feet of a kindergarten -12th grade
school, church; and
f. Cannot be located within one thousand (1000) feet of another tattoo parlor
5. Liquor Store when located in a neighborhood shopping center and not in
combination with a convenience type grocery store or service station. In
accordance with the 67-1-51 (3) (Permits; distance regulations) Mississippi Code,
1972 Annotated, as amended, no bar selling intoxicating liquor as defined by the
Mississippi Code shall be located not less than five hundred (500) feet from any
church, school, kindergarten or funeral home.
6. Vendor Park
706.10.2 -B Dimensional Regulations:
1. Minimum Size of Development – No minimum.
2. Maximum Height for All Uses – The height limitations for this district shall be
determined in accordance with the latest edition of the International Building Code
adopted by the City.
3. Maximum Multi-Family Residential Density – To be determined through Site Plan
Review.
4. All Commercial Uses – Dimensional requirements for commercial portions or public/
quasi-public uses in a C80-MU development shall be determined by approval of a
development plan submitted in accordance with 1002.09.3-B, below and the site plans
required by Article XII-A.
706.10.3 -B Development Plan Approval Required
Any person desiring to create a development within the Corridor 80 Mixed Use subdistrict
shall first prepare and submit a "development plan" to the Zoning Administrator. All
development plans for proposed C80-MU uses shall be reviewed by the City’s Site Plan
Review Committee. A development plan is a drawing or set of drawings depicting the
ultimate layout and proposed land uses for a large tract of land, usually involving different
proposed land uses. Following approval of the development plan, said development plan
shall be become the zoning requirements for the development unless amended in
accordance with 1002.09.4-B, below of this Ordinance.
706.10.4-B Changes in Development Plans:
A development plan may include different land uses keyed to various areas of a proposed
development. If the development plan meets the requirements of the Subdivision
Regulations for preliminary plats, the provisions of this shall apply to previously approved
preliminary plats. If a developer proposes changes from the development plan approved
by the City’s Site Plan Review Committee, the proposed changes must be approved by the
Site Plan Review Committee. No construction that would involve proposed changes in the
development plan previously approved by the Site Plan Review Committee shall be
initiated by the developer prior to approval of the revised development plan.
Source: City of Jackson Zoning Ordinance (jacksonms.gov PDF)URL: https://jacksonms.gov/government/city-departments/planning-and-development/office-of-city-planning/zoning/zoning-ordinances-and-code/Fetched: 7/25/2026