Jackson County, MS Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Jackson County treats mobile food vending as both a zoning-district question and an operating-standards question. 12 (C-2 Community Commercial) both list "Mobile Food Vendor" as a permitted use, so a vendor parked in one of these commercial districts does not need a variance to sell there. 1 sets out standalone conditions that apply wherever a unit locates. Vendors on private property must keep written permission on file from the property owner, and that permission must include customer access to restrooms and parking. Any unit drawing outside power or water must pass inspection and approval from the Planning and Building Department as a temporary installation, with connections completed so they cannot harm operators, customers, or the public.

When not operating, a unit may stay on private property if secured, but a unit on public property must be removed entirely when not in use; no more than one unit may be stored on residential property, and it must sit inside a privacy-fenced area or garage. Units cannot be locked or chained to trees, garbage receptacles, or street furniture, cannot block sightlines to traffic signals or signs, and cannot sit within 10 feet of any fire hydrant. Vendors bear full responsibility for collecting and disposing of their own waste.

1(h) carves out county-park special events and vendor permits, which are handled separately from this section. 13, the broader outdoor-sales provision immediately preceding it, otherwise bars selling goods from trucks, vans, shacks, or cars outside a building code or setback compliant structure, except for mobile farm produce or seafood sales in agricultural, commercial, or industrial districts that must be removed daily after normal working hours.