Nonconforming uses.
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 5-341
in effectSec. 5-341. - Nonconforming uses.
(a) Any business lawfully operating on the effective date of this article that is in violation of the location or structural configuration requirements of this article shall be deemed a nonconforming use. Such nonconforming uses shall not be increased, enlarged, extended or altered except that the use may be changed to a conforming use. If two (2) or more adult entertainment businesses are within one thousand (1,000) feet of one another and otherwise in a permissible location, the adult entertainment business that was first established and continually operated at a particular location is the conforming use and the later-established business(es) is nonconforming.
(b) An adult entertainment business lawfully operating as a conforming use is not rendered a nonconforming use by the location, subsequent to the grant or renewal of the adult entertainment business license, of a church, synagogue, or regular place of religious worship, public or private elementary or secondary school, licensed day-care center, liquor store, freestanding lounge, night club, dance hall, park, or residential district within one thousand (1,000) feet of the adult entertainment business. This provision applies only to the renewal of a valid business license, and does not apply when an application for a business license is submitted after an operator's license has expired or has been revoked.
(Ord. No. 2679, § 2(Exh. A, art. III, § A), 6-22-10)
Source: City of Gulfport, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/gulfport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH5LIBURE_ARTXIVADENBU_DIV3ZORE_S5-341NOUSFetched: 11/1/2026