Permit application.

Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 7-252

in effect

Sec. 7-252. - Permit application. (1) No permit shall be issued without a completed application on the form approved by the city engineer. The application shall be submitted to the permitting division of the city's department of urban development, who will then forward the application to the city engineer, and shall minimally include: (a) A detailed description of the size, type, nature, and extent of the work or construction to be done; (b) The exact location and approximate area where the anticipated work or construction is expected to occur, including the approximate length and width and, if the excavation or digging is in a street or alley, whether it is parallel or transverse to the direction of the travel lanes; (c) The name and residential or business address and telephone number for the permittee; (d) The name and residential or business address and telephone number for the project manager or person to oversee and/or manage the anticipated work or construction; (e) The dates of commencement and completion of the work; and (f) The purpose of the work or construction. No application authorized or imposed by this article shall be construed to affect or alter in any way any obligation of public and private utilities with facilities installed in any city street to relocate the facilities at no cost to the city, in the event that relocation is required by the city to accommodate the relocation of a public road. (2) Along with the application for a permit, an applicant must submit evidence acceptable to the city that the applicant or person to perform the work or construction has sufficient expertise and ability to timely repair the street, road, or right-of-way and shall execute an indemnification and hold harmless agreement to the city which indemnifies, protects, and holds harmless the city from the actions of the applicant or permittee and their agents and representatives in any way arising out of or stemming from their construction or work. As part of this, the applicant must provide the identity of all contractors and sub-contractors who will be performing work under the permit, to include names of points of contact and their current cell and office phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and business addresses. The city retains and reserves the right to deny the application based on contractors and/or sub-contractors who are selected by the applicant based on past performance and/or violations of city ordinances and construction standards. Applicant is required to submit for approval a "permission to sub-contract form". (3) For new construction, an applicant must submit one electronic set of project construction plans at the time of filing an application for a permit. Plans are not required for routine maintenance and service installations. Such plans shall include the location(s), width, and arrangement of the proposed work or construction; the distance between any existing entrances within one hundred (100) feet of the proposed work or construction; distance(s) from the centerline of the traveled way to any structures, gasoline pumps, or other obstructions within one hundred (100) feet of the proposed work or construction; property lines and easements within one hundred (100) feet of the proposed work or construction; the length, size and location of existing pipes, culverts, catch basins or manholes, conduit, curbing, curb and gutter, and/or sidewalks, and above and below ground utilities within one hundred (100) feet of the proposed work or construction; and the proposed location of new pipes, conduit, culverts, catch basins or manholes, curbing, work or construction sought to be completed. The construction plans will be promptly reviewed and a permit will be issued or denied within five (5) working days after the application has been properly submitted along with the plans. The applicant is responsible for the engineering and design of its project and construction and the integration of its maintenance and construction responsibilities. (4) The applicant is responsible for following Mississippi One Call Program (811) and all regulations and requirements associated therewith, as well as with locating all utilities within the area of the proposed work or construction and any damage to other utilities shall be at the sole cost and expense of the applicant or permittee, as the case may be. (5) In order to expedite the issuance of a permit, a permit may be issued with conditions on construction and work hours. (6) No permit shall be transferable. (7) Except for requirements subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of another regulatory agency or governing state or federal body or any valid agreement or franchise, the location, depth and other physical characteristics of any facilities or construction for which a permit is issued hereunder shall be subject to approval of the city engineer or his or her designee, such approval not to be reasonably withheld and to be based on, but not limited to, maintenance, operation, and oversight of the affected streets, alleys, sidewalks, rights-of-way and construction areas. (8) No permit shall be issued until the applicant has submitted proof of a current or existing franchise agreement with the city or legal equivalent thereof, a current and effective Agreement to Enter in accordance with § 7-253, or a proper right-of-way use or license agreement with the city authorizing or otherwise permitting use of the city right-of-way or public ways for such improvements or facilities or encompassing the facilities or infrastructure that exists or will exist within the city right-of-way or public ways, provided that such improvements, facilities, or infrastructure are not used for or in furtherance of any commercial or business purpose, enterprise, use, or venture. (9) The applicant shall state and affirm in the permit application whether or not the improvements, facilities, infrastructure, or other property or service to be located in, on, over, within, or under any public street, easement, property, right-of-way, or public way will be used for, as part of, or in furtherance of any commercial or business purpose, enterprise, use, or venture. No public street, easement, property, right-of-way, or public way shall be used for or in furtherance of any commercial or business purpose, enterprise, use, or venture unless such is expressly within the scope of a current and existing franchise agreement with the city or "Agreement to Enter" pursuant to § 7-253 or the applicant is expressly preempted from this ordinance by state or federal law. (10) The utility company that is the subject of the application will only be allowed to have three (3) large construction (over one hundred (100) linear feet of utility) permits open with the city at any given time. (Ord. No. 2644, § 2-3, 9-22-09; Ord. No. 2666, § 4, 2-9-10; Ord. No. 2823, § 4, 2-3-15; Ord. No. 2895, § 2, 4-5-17; Ord. No. 3189, § 2, 10-18-22)

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_CH7OFMIPR_ARTVISTTRRI-WMA_S7-252PEAPFetched: 11/1/2026