ZONING ORDINANCE OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Amended by the Hinds County Board of Supervisors Ordinance Adopted: _________________ PREPARED BY: JOSEPH A. LUSTECK & ASSOCIATES, INC. REAL ESTATE / PLANNING CONSULTANTS Post Office Box 1608 Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1608 Telephone: 601-957-9191 Fax: 601-957-9120 COUNTY OFFICIALS George S. Smith, President Douglas Doug Anderson Charels Barbour Ronnie Chappell Peggy Hobson L. Glynn Pepper, Chancery Clerk TABLE OF CONTENTS Preamble…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 ARTICLE I TITLE AND PURPOSE……………………………………………………….…………. 2 ARTICLE II INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS……………………………………………… 3 ARTICLE III ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS: PROVISION FOR OFFICIAL ZONING MAP………………………………... ………. 27 ARTICLE IV GENERAL REGULATIONS Section 400 Compliance Required………………………………………………………….. 29 Section 401 Permits Required……………………………………………………………….. 29 Section 402 Nonconformities Defined………………………………………………………. 29 Section 403 District Regulations Constitute Minimum Regulations………………………………………………………….. 29 Section 404 Uniformity within Districts……………………………………………………… 29 Section 405 Common Yards, Open Space and Off-Street Parking or Loading Space…………………………………………………….. 29 Section 406 Reduction of Yards and Lots Below Minimum Requirements Prohibited…………………………………………… 29 Section 407 Front Yards on Corner or Double Frontage Lots……………………………. 29 Section 408 Determination of Setbacks……………………………………………………. 30 Section 409 Street Frontage Required…………………………………………………….. 30 Section 410 Visibility at Intersections………………………………………………………. 30 Section 411 Fences, Walls and Hedges…………………………………………………… 30 Section 412 Accessory Buildings or Uses…………………………………………………. 30 Section 413 Exception to Height Regulations…………………………………………….. 30 Section 414 Public/Quasi-Public Facilities and Utilities………………………………….. 30 Section 415 Permitted Conditional Uses Constitute Conforming Uses………………… 31 Section 416 Home Occupations……………………………………………………………. 31 Section 417 Parking and Storage of Vehicles Requiring Licenses and State Inspection Stickers…………………………. 31 Section 418 Parking, Storage or Use of Major Recreational Equipment……………….. 31 Section 419 Only One Principal Structure Permitted in A, R-1 or R-2 Districts……….. 32 Section 420 Conformance with Subdivision Regulations………………………………… 32 Section 421 Prohibited Uses………………………………………………………………… 32 Section 422 Materials and Growth Constituting Public Health and/or Safety Hazards Prohibited…………….. 32 Section 423 Pending Applications for Building Permits…………………………………… 32 Section 424 Areas Becoming Part of Unincorporated Hinds County……………………. 32 Section 425 Required Dedication of Land for Improvement of Existing Narrow Streets…………………………………….. 32 Section 426 Required Improvement of Unpaved Streets…………………………………. 33 Section 427 Required Dedication of Land for New Streets Proposed on Transportation Plan Element and Construction of New Streets…………… 33 Section 428 Noise Setbacks and Attenuation Required for All Residential Uses And Required Setback for All Residential Uses Abutting Railroads………. 34 Section 429 Lot Area Requirement where Central Water and Sewer are Not Available………………………………….34 Section 430 Street and Road Numbers Required…………………………………………. 34 Section 431 Large Trucks Prohibited in Residential Districts…………………………….. 34 Section 432 Recorded Easements………………………………………………………….. 35 Section 433 Illegal Ingress and Egress…………………………………………………….. 35 Section 434 Development of Family Subdivision………………………………………….. 35 Section 435 Public Hearing Requirements…………………………………………………. 36 Section 436 Regulating the Placement, Use, Location, and Occupation of Manufactured Homes and Trailers in Residential Districts………………… 36 Section 437 Required Landscaping Along All Arterial Streets in All Zoning Districts….. 36 ARTICLE V AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A)………………………………………………………. 38 ARTICLE VI LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS…………………………………………. 41 I – ESTATE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (R-IA)………………………………. 41 II – LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (R-IB)……………………… 42 III – MODERATE DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-IC)……. 44 ARTICLE VII MEDIUM DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT (R-2)……………………………...46 ARTICLE VIII MEDIUM DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (R-3)……………..49 ARTICLE IX HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (R-4)……………………………………..52 ARTICLE X MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (R-5)……… 55 ARTICLE XI MANUFACTURED HOME PARK RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (R-6)……………….. 58 ARTICLE XII PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (PUD)…………………………………62 ARTICLE XIII RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C-1)………………………………………68 ARTICLE XIV GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C-2)…………………………………………. 70 ARTICLE XV MAJOR THOROUGHFARES COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C-3)…………………….72 ARTICLE XVI LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (I-1)……………………………………………….. 74 ARTICLE XVII HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (I-2)………………………………………………… 77 ARTICLE XVIII SPECIAL USE DISTRICT (SU)………………………………………………………… 80 ARTICLE XIX FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT (FP)………………………………………………………… 83 ARTICLE XX TABLE OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS………………………………………………. 85 ARTICLE XXI OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS……………. 86 ARTICLE XXII SIGN REGULATIONS…………………………………………………………………... 89 ARTICLE XXIII NONCONFORMITIES…………………………………………………………………… 94 ARTICLE XXIV ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT…………………………………………... 97 Section 2400 Purpose of this Article………………………………………………………….. 97 Section 2401 Permits and Certificates……………………………………………………….. 97 Section 2402 Duties, Powers, and Limitation of Powers of the Director of Permit And Zoning in the Administration and Enforcement of This Ordinance….. 99 Section 2403 Duties and Rules of Conduct of the Hinds County Planning Commission.. 100 Section 2404 Duties of the Board of Supervisors in the Administration and Enforcement of this Ordinance…………………………. 101 Section 2405 Dimensional Variances………………………………………………………… 101 Section 2406 Conditional Uses……………………………………………………………….. 102 Section 2407 Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance Text or the Official Zoning Map…. 102 Section 2408 Site Plan Review for the Same Zoning Designation or a More Restrictive Rezoning Designation…………………. 103 Section 2409 Specifications for All Required Site Plans…………………………………….104 Section 2410 Public Hearing Notices and Procedures……………………………………... 105 Section 2411 Fees……………………………………………………………………………… 106 Section 2412 Appeals………………………………………………………………………….. 107 Section 2413 Ordinance Enforcement……………………………………………………….. 107 ARTICLE XXV MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS……………………………………………………. 109 ARTICLE XXVI TELEVISION, RADIO, AND MICROWAVE TOWER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT SITING REGULATIONS………………. 111 ARTICLE XXVII ADULT ENTERTAINMENT……………………………………………………………..116 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REGULATIONS FOR HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND AMENDMENT THEREOF, AND FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. PREAMBLE WHEREAS, the Statutes of the State of Mississippi, Section 17-1-1 to 17-1-21, inclusive, of the Mississippi Code of 1972, annotated, as amended, empower Hinds County, Mississippi, to enact a Zoning Ordinance and to provide for its administration, enforcement and amendment; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors deem it necessary for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the County to enact such an ordinance, which, among other things, is designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Laws of the State of Mississippi, including Chapter 197 of the Laws of Mississippi of 1956, the Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi, acting independently of all municipalities in the county, has heretofore by resolution duly and legally adopted and entered upon its minutes as provided by law, created a Planning Commission to recommend the boundaries of the various Districts and appropriate regulations which cover and affect all of Hinds County, Mississippi. Less and except from the foregoing, all land within the municipal boundaries of the City of Jackson, the Town of Bolton, the City of Clinton, the Town of Edwards, the Town of Learned, the Town of Raymond, the Town of Terry, and the Town of Utica, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, based upon the recommendations of the Planning Commission, the Board of Supervisors have divided the County into districts and have prepared regulations pertaining to such Districts, and have given reasonable consideration among other reasonable consideration among other things, to the character of the Districts and their particular suitability for particular uses, with a view to conserving the value of property and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the County; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors have given due public notice of the hearing relating to Zoning Districts, regulations, and restrictions, and together with the Planning Commission, have held such a public hearing in accordance with the requirements of Section 17-1-15 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, annotated, as amended: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, ON THIS THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 2004, THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL GOVERN THE USE OF ALL LAND WITHIN THE AFORMENTIONED UNICORPORATED AREAS OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. ARTICLE I TITLE AND