TECHNICAL INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT (TIP)
Jackson Zoning Ordinance § 802.03
in effectThe purpose of the Technical Industrial Park (TIP) District is to provide areas adjacent
to major transportation arteries and thoroughfares where light industrial, technological and
professional firms can locate with the assurance of a high permanent level of design
quality, extensive site amenity, open space, and environmental protection. The operation
and development standards of the TIP District are intended to provide for the protection
and compatibility of abutting residential and non-industrial parcels and the
compatibility and amenity among the firms located in the TIP District, by the application
of stringent site planning and aesthetically desirable design.
802.03.1 Uses Permitted:
1.
All uses permitted in a C-3 (General) Commercial District, except for new or
used car lots, wrecker services, truck, mobile home or boat sales, the sale of heavy
construction equipment, and off-premise signs
2.
Research and laboratory facilities
3.
Warehousing and wholesale establishments, but not truck terminals
4.
Light manufacturing, compounding, processing, fabricating, assembling, or
packaging facilities
5.
Colleges, vocational-technical schools and trade schools
6. All uses permitted shall be limited to those which are free of emissions consisting
of odor, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, fumes, noise, vibration, refuse matter, water-
carried waste, or other emissions.
802.03.1(a) Uses Which May be Permitted as Use Permits:
1. Child Care Center/Commercial, as an accessory use.
2. Commercial Communication Towers.
802.03.2 Regulations:
1. Minimum lot area – none
2. Minimum lot width – none
3. Minimum setback for front yards or yards abutting streets - thirty (30) feet. No
parking will be permitted in the first fifteen (15) feet, as measured from the street
right-of-way, but access across this area with walks, bikeways, trails, and drives
and the installation of identification signs will be permitted.
4. Minimum side yard width - ten (10) feet, except where it adjoins residentially
zoned property or a Special Use District (excluding Highway Transportation
Corridor and Communications) in which case it shall be increased to fifty (50)
feet. No building of any kind and no parking will be permitted in this setback
area but access across this area with walks, bikeways, trails, and drives will be
permitted. (See maximum building height)
5. Minimum rear yard depth - twenty (20) feet, except where it adjoins
residentially zoned property or a Special Use District (excluding Highway
Transportation Corridor and Communications) in which case it shall be
increased to fifty (50) feet. (See maximum building height) No building of any
kind and no parking will be permitted in this setback area, but access across this
area with walks, bikeways, trails, and drives will be permitted. However, when
a parcel adjoins residentially zoned property or a Special Use District
(excluding Highway Transportation Corridor and Communications) if the
principal building is less than 10,000 square feet of gross floor area and has no
dock high loading space in the rear, parking will only be prohibited in the first
twenty-five (25) feet as measured from the abutting residentially zoned
property or Special Use District.
6. Maximum building height - seventy-five (75) feet, except where the parcel
adjoins low or moderate density residentially zoned property, in which case
there shall be added one (1) foot of yard setback for each foot of building height
over forty-five (45) feet. No building of any kind and no parking nearer than
fifty (50) feet from the abutting residentially zoned property will be permitted
in this setback area, but access across this area with walks, bikeways, trails, and
drives will be permitted.
7. Maximum lot coverage - fifty percent (50%), except for a building over forty-
five (45) feet, the maximum lot coverage shall be thirty percent (30%)
including all buildings and accessory structures.
8. All principal uses must be housed in fully enclosed buildings.
9. All storage areas and refuse collection areas shall be located at the rear of the
site and shall be totally encircled or screened by a fence, planting, or other
suitable visual barrier. On corner parcels, storage and refuse areas must be
located on the opposite corner of the parcel from the street corner.
10. All loading and unloading space shall be located to the rear of the principal
buildings. On corner parcels, or on through parcels, if there is only one
principal building, one side of the principal building may be used for loading and
unloading. Side loading is also permitted if the loading space is screened from
abutting properties and the view from the street. Front loading space may be
permitted under the following conditions:
A. The loading space shall be recessed a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet into
the front building elevation.
B. All vehicle maneuverability shall be on-site.
C. The loading space shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the front
building elevation.
11. No structure of a temporary character of any kind shall be permitted except
during the construction period.
12. 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
