Excavating, digging, and trenching prohibited; permit required.
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 7-251
in effectSec. 7-251. - Excavating, digging, and trenching prohibited; permit required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to open, excavate, cut, trench, bore, tunnel, undermine, or dig or cause to do so in, on, or under any public street, public place, or right-of-way for the installation, repair, or removal of any pipe, conduit, duct, tunnel, utility pole, or any other facility or installation or for any other purpose without having first obtained a permit from the city engineer or his or her designee in accordance with the provisions of this article and all work performed which relates to such activities shall be performed in compliance with the provisions hereof provided. Projects that involve the placement of multiple utility poles may be applied for in a single permit, provided that the applicant includes a detailed description of the number, location and installation schedule of each utility pole to be installed as part of the project. A permit shall not be required for the replacement of an existing pole or maintenance of an existing pole, but notification shall still be required as well as submission of proof of a current or existing franchise agreement with the city or legal equivalent thereof or proper right-of-way use or license agreement encompassing the facilities or infrastructure that exists or will exist within the city right-of-way or public way. The issuance of a permit under this Ordinance does not itself confer upon the applicant or recipient thereof or anyone else any right or authorization to engage in any commercial or business venture or enterprise in, on, under, or over any street, easement, right-of-way, or public way or property. Nothing that is located within, on, under, or over any street, easement, right-of-way, or public way or property shall be used as part of or in furtherance of any commercial or business purpose, enterprise, use, or venture unless the same is within the scope of a then existing, valid and current franchise agreement with the city or an "Agreement to Enter" pursuant to § 7-253, or which is expressly permitted by federal or state law.
(Ord. No. 2644, § 2-2, 9-22-09; Ord. No. 2666, § 3, 2-9-10; Ord. No. 2823, § 3, 2-3-15; Ord. No. 2895, § 2, 4-5-17)
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_ARTVISTTRRI-WMA_S7-251EXDITRPRPEREFetched: 11/1/2026