Purpose.
Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-4-2
in effectSec. 12-4-2. - Purpose.
The city council finds and declares that it is necessary for the protection of health, safety, comfort, and welfare of the general public and the inhabitants of the city that rules and regulations be established for the purpose of regulating public assemblages with large numbers of people in excess of those normally drawing upon health, sanitation, fire, police, transportation, utility, and other public services regularly provided in the city and for the purpose of regulation assemblages of large numbers of people in excess of those normally using the facilities of licensed business places or community buildings, so as to impact building capacity, ground capacity, parking area, or traffic flow. It is the intention of this article to establish reasonable limits to the demand for police, fire, and other city services, to minimize detrimental effects to surrounding properties, to recover a reasonable portion of the cost of such events to the city, and to provide a regulatory framework for permitting special events.
(Ord. No. 2532, § 1, 10-24-23)
Source: City of Biloxi, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances and Land Development Ordinance (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/biloxi/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH12LIBURE_ARTIVSPEVOR_S12-4-2PUFetched: 11/1/2026