Right to Farm in Rankin County, MS (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Rankin County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Agricultural Zoning Protection
Rankin County's A-1 Agricultural General District exists to preserve unincorporated land for farming: livestock breeding is a permitted-outright use, subdivisions are largely barred, and barns face no height limit under the county's Zoning Ordinance.
Rankin County Agricultural District Protections
Few RestrictionsRankin County Zoning Ordinance, Art. IX, §§ 900, 901(H), 903.01
The purposes of this district is to preserve areas for non-intensive agricultural uses and to permit a wide variety of other uses in rural sections of the County. ...H. Breeding, raising, and feeding of grazing livestock including horses, cattle, sheep, goats, mules, etc., except for feedlots as defined by this Ordinance. ...903.01 Maximum Building Height: 35 feet. There shall be no height limi...
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