Hinds County, MS Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 431 of the Hinds County Zoning Ordinance defines a 'large truck' using two measurements: a cargo box or bed exceeding 20 feet, or a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating over 32,500 pounds. Either measurement alone is enough to trigger the ban. A truck meeting that definition cannot travel upon or park on local or collector streets running through residentially zoned property, which covers both moving through the neighborhood and parking curbside there. The Ordinance carves out one exception that mirrors § 418's recreational-equipment rule: the truck can be parked anywhere on residential premises, setbacks or not, for up to 24 hours while it is being loaded or unloaded.

Section 431 also draws a geographic line: the restriction is not meant to apply to arterial streets that run through or border residential areas, so a large truck traveling on an arterial is not violating this section even where that arterial cuts through a residential district. The rule is aimed at keeping oversized commercial and construction trucks off the smaller residential streets in unincorporated subdivisions while still letting through traffic use the county's arterial road network. Because the definition turns on either length or weight rating, a shorter truck that still exceeds 32,500 pounds GVWR is covered just as much as a longer, lighter one.