Hinds County, MS Ordinances (2026)

Hinds County's Flood Plain District (FP) overlays FEMA-designated flood hazard areas identified through the National Flood Insurance Program. No structures are permitted in any mapped…

Hinds County requires a Storm Water Quality Management Permit before disturbing one acre or more of land in the unincorporated county, covering grading, erosion control and a…

Hinds County requires a Perimeter Control Plan and grading plan before any clearing or grading begins on a construction site. The Storm Water Quality Management Ordinance ties this to…

New construction and substantial improvements inside the Hinds County Flood Plain District must clear the base flood elevation. Section 1901 requires residential buildings to raise…

Hinds County's zoning ordinance defines a lawful 'fence' as a barrier that keeps at least half of its vertical surface open, a construction standard that rules out fully solid, opaque…

Hinds County's Zoning Ordinance does not set a general height cap for residential fences. Section 411 regulates fences only at street intersections: a fence, wall or hedge cannot block…

Outside a driveway, front, side and rear yards in unincorporated Hinds County's residential districts are off-limits to parked vehicles. Curb cuts must be at least 25 feet wide…

Hinds County requires every commercial or industrial use in the unincorporated county to provide dedicated off-street loading space, separate from customer parking, sized and scaled to…

A truck with a cargo box or bed longer than 20 feet, or a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating above 32,500 pounds, cannot travel on or park along local or collector streets in a residentially…

Boats, travel trailers, campers, motorized dwellings and similar major recreational equipment can only sit within the required yard setbacks on a residential lot in unincorporated…

In unincorporated Hinds County, unlicensed or uninspected vehicles and trailers cannot be left on public streets in areas zoned agricultural or residential. Hinds County Zoning…

No one may build, move, add to, or structurally alter a building or manufactured home in unincorporated Hinds County without a permit from the Director of Permit and Zoning. Section…

Before a manufactured home in a Hinds County manufactured home park (R-6 district) can be hooked up to water, sewer, or electricity, its owner or the park owner must obtain a building…

Running a home day care in unincorporated Hinds County requires a conditional use permit from the Board of Supervisors. Section 610.02(b) of the county's Zoning Ordinance lists 'day…

A home occupation is allowed in any Hinds County residential district once the owner gets a building or change-of-use permit, under Section 416 of the Zoning Ordinance. The business…

A home occupation in unincorporated Hinds County cannot generate more traffic than a typical residential street would normally see, under Section 416.03 of the Zoning Ordinance. The…

Run a home occupation in unincorporated Hinds County and the Zoning Ordinance allows exactly one sign to advertise it: a single unilluminated, non-reflectorized name plate per…

Hinds County confines adult entertainment businesses to I-2 Heavy Industrial districts under Zoning Ordinance Section 2703, and only on sites directly accessible from a state highway…

Hinds County's Zoning Ordinance does not license an auto repair business run from a home, and its home occupation rules effectively block one. Section 416.07 bars any equipment or…

Temporary window signs displayed in a show or display window on any property in unincorporated Hinds County cannot cover more than 20% of the window area. The cap sits in the zoning…

Unincorporated Hinds County protects farming through its Agricultural (A) zoning district, created to conserve farmland and head off conflicts between rural and urban land uses. The…

Keep more than two chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese or other fowl on agriculturally zoned land in unincorporated Hinds County and Zoning Ordinance § 501(c)(3) requires the birds be kept…

Most residential districts in unincorporated Hinds County cap a house at 35 feet or two and one-half stories, whichever is reached first. Section 610.03.01 sets that limit for the R-1A…

Every district in unincorporated Hinds County sets its own minimum yard setbacks, measured from the existing or proposed street right-of-way line under Section 408 of the Zoning…

Building a swimming pool in unincorporated Hinds County requires a structure permit from the Permit Department under Section 401 of the Zoning Ordinance. In the R-1A, R-1B and R-1C…

Build a swimming pool on a low-density residential lot in unincorporated Hinds County and it has to sit behind the front line of the house, stay 10 feet from every property line, and…

When a landscape-point-credited Significant Tree in Hinds County dies during or because of construction, the developer must plant a replacement tree or trees worth at least as many…

Hinds County's Zoning Ordinance does not set a maximum grass height. Instead, § 422 lets the Director of Permit and Zoning, the Fire Chief, or a health official order uncut weeds…

A shed or other accessory building in unincorporated Hinds County cannot sit in the required front or side yard of the main house, under Section 412 of the Zoning Ordinance. It may go…