Rights of public and adjoining landowners.
Biloxi Code of Ordinances § 12-6-2
in effectSec. 12-6-2. - Rights of public and adjoining landowners.
(a) The members of the general public have the reasonable and lawful right of use of the property described in this article as a sand beach, for passage to and from the beach, sunbathing, recreation and other uses appropriate to a public sand beach, subject to any exceptions and restrictions set forth in this article.
(b) The record owners and their successors in title of the property adjoining and abutting the sand beach are the owners of riparian and littoral rights, both common law and statutory, including access to the water for swimming, boating, bathing, fishing and other aquatic pursuits and rights of air, light and view, and nothing shall be erected, constructed or maintained on the surface of the beach to impair any such owner's rights without his consent. Such rights, however, shall never be exercised in such a manner as to deny access of the general public to or its use of the sand beach, or in such a manner as to adversely affect the right of the county board of supervisors to maintain and replenish the beach.
(Code 1959, § 11A-7-2)
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_ARTVIBISABE_S12-6-2RIPUADLAFetched: 11/1/2026