LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONTRACTORS

Gulfport Code of Ordinances ch. 5, art. VII

in effect

Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 5-176 Definitions.

Sec. 5-176. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Landscape irrigation contractor (herein referred to as contractor) means any person who directly or through others offers to undertake or purports the ability to undertake the construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, alteration, or designed deletion of any lawn sprinkler or any portion of a lawn sprinkler and/or irrigation system in accordance with and as contemplated by Section 1204.3.3 of the Standard Plumbing Code. This term includes subcontractors. A landscape irrigation contractor shall be classified as a specialty contractor and shall not perform any other professions, trades, and/or crafts which require licensing unless the contractor holds additional valid license for such practice. Landscape irrigation system means any assemblage of components, materials, and special equipment which is designed, constructed and installed for controlled dispersion of water from any safe and suitable source, including properly treated wastewater, for the express purposes of irrigation of any and all types of landscape vegetation or the control of dust and/or erosion or other environmental control on any and all landscaped areas, including integral control systems for manual, semiautomatic control of the operation of such system. (Code 1963, § 15½-1)

Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 5-177 License required; fee; examination; bond; compliance with plumbing code.

Sec. 5-177. - License required; fee; examination; bond; compliance with plumbing code. No person shall engage in the business of being a landscape irrigation contractor unless he first obtains a license therefor. The license fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). In order to obtain a license, the person must make application to the plumbing board for examination. The plumbing board shall devise a satisfactory examination for such applicants, giving due regard to the examination guidelines suggested by the irrigation association. The examination fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each applicant. Should the applicant satisfactorily pass the examination, he will be given a certificate showing that he has qualified as a landscape irrigation contractor. He must then pay for and secure a privilege license from the city clerk and make bond of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) indemnifying the city against loss or damage caused by the failure of such contractor or employee to comply with this chapter or with any other applicable law or ordinance of the city. No landscape irrigation contractor shall perform any work upon or in any manner related to or connected with a landscape irrigation system, except he do so in compliance with the Standard Plumbing Code, as amended, as adopted by the city. All such work shall be subject to the approval of the plumbing inspector. (Code 1963, § 15½-2; Ord. No. 2331, § 7, 9-12-02)

Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 5-178 License renewal.

Sec. 5-178. - License renewal. A license issued under the provisions of this article must be renewed on October 1 of each calendar year. Each licensed landscape irrigation contractor shall be entitled to the renewal of his license after the first of each calendar year upon payment of all state, county or city licenses or taxes. (Code 1963, § 15½-4)

Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 5-179 Lawn irrigation—Required permit fees.

Sec. 5-179. - Lawn irrigation—Required permit fees. The base permit fee for lawn irrigation shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) and two dollars ($2.00) per lawn sprinkler for each additional sprinkler head after five (5). (Ord. No. 2331, § 6, 9-12-02)

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_ARTVIILAIRCOFetched: 11/1/2026