General Provisions
Jackson Zoning Ordinance § 701-A
in effectGeneral Provisions
The purpose of the Mixed-Use Districts is to allow for the development of a mix of
residential, institutional and commercial uses within the same district. These districts are
used to establish development centers throughout the city at the neighborhood, community
and regional scale, as discussed in the Future Land Use of the Comprehensive Plan.
Mixed-Use Districts implement the following goals and objectives of the Comprehensive
Plan:
1. Quality physical growth and development: “Promote compact and contiguous
development.”
2. Strong neighborhoods: “Establish a…framework of neighborhoods as villages with
viable residential, institutional and commercial components that support the daily lives
of residents.”
3. Reliable, cost-effective…infrastructure: “…a pedestrian environment, landscaped
trees, sidewalks, off-street parking and transit.”
4. Quality physical growth and development: “Diversify downtown Jackson using a
mixed-use neighborhood approach…”
5. Quality physical growth and development: “…modify land use and development
implementation tools…to ensure consistency with the Comprehensive 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