Jackson, MS Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit fee
- $20.00 per year
- Passenger zone limit
- 3 minutes
- Freight zone limit
- 30 minutes maximum
- Permit term
- Expires after one year
Summary
Jackson charges $20.00 a year for a permit to establish a private curb loading zone, then caps use of any passenger loading zone at three minutes and any freight loading zone at 30 minutes. The traffic engineer designates all zones and posts them with signs.
Sec. 118-336. The city traffic engineer shall not designate or sign any curb loading zone upon special request of any person unless such person makes application for a permit for such zone and for two signs to indicate the ends of each such zone... shall collect from the applicant and deposit in the city treasury a service fee of $20.00 per year, or fraction thereof... Every such permit shall expire at the end of one year. Sec. 118-337. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger curb loading zone during hours when the regulations applicable to such curb loading zone are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 55).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 118-335 authorizes the city traffic engineer to determine the location of passenger zones and freight loading zones and to post signs stating the hours the rules apply. Sec. 00 per year service fee (or fraction thereof) deposited into the city treasury, and every permit expires at the end of one year. Sec. 118-337, 'Standing in passenger curb loading zone,' forbids stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than expeditiously loading or unloading passengers during the zone's effective hours, and even then caps the stop at three minutes.
Sec. 118-338, 'Standing in freight curb loading zone,' allows only the time necessary for expeditious loading, unloading, delivery or pickup of materials, and sets an outer limit of 30 minutes regardless of circumstances. Sec. 27-236 through 27-239, and sit in Division 1 - Generally of Article VI alongside the general no-parking and painted-curb rules, meaning a loading zone is the one place a painted curb (Sec. 118-326) does not automatically bar standing, provided the loading is happening within the posted time window.
Violations & Fines
Standing beyond three minutes in a passenger loading zone, or beyond the time necessary (capped at 30 minutes) in a freight loading zone, is a citable parking violation; vehicles using a zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading are also in violation regardless of time elapsed, and citations are billed to the owner identified by the license tag.
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