Smoking prohibited in certain outdoor areas.
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 7-189
in effectSec. 7-189. - Smoking prohibited in certain outdoor areas.
Smoking is prohibited from the following outdoor areas or public places within the city and it shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any such area or place:
(a) Within twenty (20) feet of outside entrances and exits that are used for ingress and egress by patrons, guests, or customers as well as operable windows and ventilation systems that are a part of or otherwise service enclosed areas where smoking is prohibited.
(b) In outdoor seating or serving areas of restaurants that can not reasonably accommodate seating for at least twenty (20) patrons or customers inside the restaurant or within an enclosed area at the establishment. "Outdoor seating or serving area" herein means an area that is attached to, contiguous with, or otherwise part of a restaurant and which has no more than one solid wall or partition.
(c) Covered and/or partially covered outdoor areas of public places and places of employment that fifty (50) percent or more of the perimeter of the outside area or place is walled or otherwise closed to the outside.
(d) Sports or recreation arenas or venues, including, but not limited to, seating or viewing areas of outdoor amphitheaters, stages, and venues such as grandstands and bleachers, concession areas, restrooms, and hallways, as well as the sidewalks connected thereto or contiguous therewith.
(e) All public outdoor properties and facilities controlled or leased by the city, including, but not limited to, all parks, sports fields, tennis courts, walkways or trails, wharfs, piers, and public transit stations and platforms.
(f) Any and all grounds of a school or educational facility used for a pre-school, elementary, middle, junior high, and/or high school serving any level of education from preschool through 12th grade, whether denominational, private, sectarian, or public, any and all grounds of a childcare facility and child day care facility, business, or establishment, as well as any and all grounds utilized as or part of a summer camp or day camp for minors, as such term is statutorily defined in this state.
(Ord. No. 2579, § 5, 3-18-08)
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_ARTVSMEEAI_S7-189SMPRCEOUARFetched: 11/1/2026