Hinds County, MS Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Section 610.03.01 sets the height limit for the R-1A Estate Residential District at 35 feet or two and one-half stories, whichever is reached first. The same 35-foot, two-and-one-half-story cap repeats for the R-1B Low-Density Residential District under Section 620.03.01, and a flat 35-foot limit applies to the R-2 Medium Density Single-Family District (Section 703.01), the R-3 Medium Density Multi-Family District (Section 803.02) and the R-4 High Density Residential District (Section 903.01, unless the Board of Supervisors specifically approves a greater height). Manufactured home districts are held lower: Section 1005.03 caps the R-5 Manufactured Home Subdivision District at 20 feet, and Section 1105.03 caps buildings within Manufactured Home Parks (R-6) at the same 20 feet.

These district caps do not apply to spires, belfries, cupolas, antennas, water tanks, chimneys, masts and towers under Section 413, which exempts such appurtenances from the district height limit as long as they are not intended for human occupancy; once one of those features rises above 50 feet, however, the owner needs a conditional use permit under the procedure Section 413 cross-references. A homeowner who wants to exceed the district's flat cap for an ordinary structure, rather than an exempt appurtenance, has to seek relief from the Board of Supervisors.