I-1 Light Industrial District
Jackson Zoning Ordinance § 802.01
in effectThe purpose of this district is to provide for the development of commercial and light
manufacturing industries which do not have large space requirements and do not generate odors,
smoke, fumes, or excessive noise and also for warehousing and storage, provided the particular
uses have not been declared a nuisance in any court of record.
802.01.1 Uses Permitted:
1. Light manufacturing industries
2. Uses as permitted in Commercial "C" Districts, including trade and driving schools
but excluding public, private, and parochial, elementary, and secondary schools,
hospitals, convalescent homes and all residential uses and retail stands which are
listed separately in the relevant commercial zoning districts.
3. Truck terminals, warehouses, and storage buildings
4. Wholesale and supply houses, including building material suppliers requiring
outdoor storage
5. Bulk storage and wholesale dispensing of products and materials with the exception
of those products and materials that by their nature are considered explosive or
otherwise hazardous to other industrial uses as determined by the Zoning
Administrator
6. Recycling centers
7. Correctional facilities
8. Adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult cabarets, adult entertainment establishments,
adult motels, and adult motion picture theaters
9. Amusement parks
10. Bingo parlors
11. Body Piercing Business
12. Check Cashing Business
13. Emergency shelter/mission
14. Golf driving ranges and pitch-n-putt
15. Liquor Stores
16. Medical Cannabis Disposal Entity
17. Pawn shops
18. Retail Stand
19. Small Cell Wireless Facility (ies)
20. Single-room occupancy hotels (SRO)
21. Title Pledge Office - Any such uses lawfully operating prior to March 11, 1998,
shall be treated as non-conforming uses under this Ordinance, and shall be subject
to the requirements of Article XIII-A of this Ordinance, entitled "Non-
conforming Use of Lands and/or Structures."
22. Tobacco Paraphernalia Retail Business
23. Automobile Sales–Used
24. Used Tire Sales
25. Billboards
26. Bail Bonding business
27. Mobile/Manufactured Home Sales
28. Tattoo Parlors
29. Transient Vendors – Sales from vehicles will be allowed only in the absence of a
permanent building. Outdoor display of goods is permitted.
1(a) Uses Which May Be Permitted as Use Permits
1. Adult and Child Care Center/Commercial, as an accessory use.
2. Animal Shelters
3. Commercial Communication Towers
4. Distillery
5. Microbrewery
6. Solar Energy Production Facility
7. Wrecker Services
802.01.2 Regulations:
1. Regulations shall be the same as in the C-3 General Commercial District.
2. 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. Evidence of such approval shall be provided to and kept
on file by the City of Jackson Zoning Division.
3. No correctional facility, adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult cabaret, adult
entertainment establishment, adult motel, or adult motion picture theater, animal
shelter, small craft brewery or tobacco paraphernalia retail business as defined in this
Ordinance, shall be located within two hundred fifty (250) feet of any other such use,
or located within one thousand (1,000) feet of any residentially zoned property with
an existing residential structure, church, school, park, playground, or public library.
However, within areas that are residentially zoned and undeveloped or zoned
industrial such uses shall be located no less than four hundred (400) feet from a church,
school, park, playground, or public library. No separation is required for adult
entertainment establishments under a common roof with single proprietorship and a
single entrance.
4. No bingo parlor, pawnshop, or secondhand store shall be located within two hundred
fifty (250) feet of any other such use, or located within four hundred (400) feet of any
residentially zoned property, church, school, park, playground, or public library.
5. No pawnshop, secondhand store or tobacco paraphernalia retail business shall be
constructed or altered to permit business to be transacted via a drive-through or a walk-
up window.
6. Outdoor storage shall be at the sides or rear of the site, and shall be totally encircled
or screened by a fence, planting, or other suitable visual barrier.
7. Commercial Communication Towers: See 1104-A
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
