Jackson, TN Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 13-204(1) sets the paving specification vehicle owners must meet on residential property: concrete at least four inches (4") thick, or, for an asphalt driveway, a bituminous mix over a four-inch (4") compacted crushed-stone base topped with a one-and-one-half-inch (1½") asphalt surface; nonresidential uses face a heavier standard, five inches (5") of concrete or a six-inch (6") crushed-stone base under a two-inch (2") asphalt surface. Section 13-204(2) exempts properties with an existing gravel driveway that was installed before the effective date of the official City of Jackson Zoning Ordinance, or installed before the property was annexed into the city, so long-standing gravel drives are not forced to repave.

The paving rule sits alongside the § 13-204(4) separate four-vehicle cap for anything parked outside a building for more than five (5) days, and the boat/camper/RV/storage-trailer carve-out in § 13-204(3), so a homeowner reading only the paving standard should check the neighboring subsections before assuming a driveway violation. Because § 13-204 falls in Title 13, Chapter 2, 'Parking and Storage of Vehicles,' a vehicle kept on an unpaved surface long-term can be swept into the wrecked/junked/abandoned enforcement chain that governs the rest of the chapter when it also becomes a public nuisance, though the paving requirement itself is a standing standard rather than a five-day grace period.