Jackson County, MS Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

The Jackson County Zoning Ordinance regulates massage establishments as a land-use category rather than through a separate licensing chapter. 11, covering the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District, lists "Massage therapy" in its J. Uses Permitted schedule alongside offices, professional and service uses, quick lube shops, and roadside stands. 12 for the C-2 Community Commercial District closes its own use list by adding "Any use permitted in C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District"). Before opening, an operator needs a zoning compliance permit from the Jackson County Planning Department, located at 2915 Canty Street in Pascagoula, confirming the parcel carries C-1 or C-2 zoning and that the specific structure meets the district's dimensional standards under Table 5-1.

01 of the ordinance for any change of use or new commercial occupancy, and it precedes any Mississippi State Department of Health massage therapist licensing that individual practitioners separately need under state law. There is no standalone massage-parlor ordinance on file for the unincorporated county; the zoning schedule is the operative local control, and it works by district, not by a business-specific permit process layered on top.