Additional regulations for adult motels.
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 5-415
in effectSec. 5-415. - Additional regulations for adult motels.
(a) Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or a similar commercial enterprise has been rented and vacated two (2) or more times in a period of time that is less than ten (10) hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the enterprise is an adult motel as that term is defined in this article.
(b) It is unlawful if a person, as the person in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial enterprise that does not have an adult entertainment business license, rents or subrents a sleeping room to a person and, within ten (10) hours from the time the room is rented, he rents or subrents the same sleeping room again.
(c) For purposes of subsection (b), the terms "rent" or "subrent" mean the act of permitting a room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
(d) Violation of subsection (b) shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(Ord. No. 2679, § 2(Exh. A, art. VI, § 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_DIV6ADRESPCETYADENBU_S5-415ADREADMOFetched: 11/1/2026