Permissible operations.
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 6-577
in effectSec. 6-577. - Permissible operations.
(a) Low-speed vehicles and golf carts may only be operated on city streets and roads where the posted speed limit is twenty-five (25) miles per hour or below. Low-speed vehicles and golf carts may not be operated on any other streets or roads, except as provided herein. Low-speed vehicles and golf carts may only be operated in the outside lane of multilane streets and roads, where applicable.
(b) Any person operating a low-speed vehicle or golf cart on city roads and streets must have in his or her possession a valid driver's license or temporary driver's permit and proof of financial responsibility as required under MCA 1972, § 63-15-1 et seq.
(c) Low-speed vehicles and golf carts may not be operated on, over, or across interstate highways. Low-speed vehicles and golf carts may not be operated on, over, or across state highways, except as otherwise provided herein. When crossing state highways other than US Highway 90, low-speed vehicles and golf carts shall use the shortest traveling distance.
(d) Low-speed vehicles and golf carts are not permitted to cross US Highway 90 except at 20th Avenue (at traffic light). Operation of low-speed vehicles and golf carts, except by personnel of relevant governing authorities, south of Highway 90 is limited to the area between 20th Avenue and 27th Avenue/East Pier Road, inclusive of the said rights-of-way.
(e) Low-speed vehicles and golf carts are permitted to cross streets that exceed the twenty-five (25) miles per hour speed limit, but only for the purpose of crossing these streets, in which case the shortest traveling distance to do so shall be required at an intersection signalized by a traffic light.
(f) Operation of low-speed vehicles and golf carts is subject to all other applicable laws of the State of Mississippi and the City of Gulfport.
(g) The Gulfport Police Department shall monitor the permissible operations and regulations of all low-speed vehicles and golf carts and shall enforce this article.
(h) Low-speed vehicles and golf carts are not permitted on any city streets or roads in the geographic area described, as follows:
Beginning at the Northwest corner of Section 32, Township 7 South, Range 11 West, said point being on the Western municipal limits of the City of Gulfport; thence run East along the North line of Sections 32 and 33, Township 7 South, Range 11 West to the point of intersection with the centerline of the Illinois Central Railroad line right-of-way, said point lying approximately two thousand three hundred forty (2,340) feet East of the Northwest corner of said Section 33; thence run South along the centerline of said railroad line right-of-way a distance of approximately ten thousand seven hundred (10,700) feet to its point of intersection with the centerline of the CSX Railroad main line right-of-way; thence run Northeasterly along the centerline of said CSX Railroad to the centerline of Kelly Avenue; thence run North along the centerline of Kelly Avenue to the centerline of 22nd Street; thence run West along the centerline of 22nd Street to the centerline of 13th Avenue; thence run North along the centerline of 13th Avenue to the centerline of Pass Road; thence run Northeasterly along the centerline of Pass Road to the centerline of 28th Street; thence run East along the centerline of 28th Street to the centerline of Gulf Avenue; thence run South along the centerline of Gulf Avenue to the centerline of the CSX Railroad; thence run Northeasterly along the centerline of the CSX Railroad main line right-of-way to the centerline of Courthouse Road; thence run North along the centerline of Courthouse Road to the centerline of Pass Road; thence run Southwesterly along the centerline of Pass Road to the centerline of Hewes Avenue; thence run Northerly along the centerline of Hewes Avenue to the centerline of 41st Street; thence run South 45 degrees West for six hundred ten (610) feet to a point; thence run North 45 degrees West for five hundred fifty-five (555) feet to a point; thence run North for three thousand six hundred (3,600) feet to a point; thence run North 45 degrees East for two thousand four hundred fifty (2,450) feet, more or less, to the intersection of the centerlines of Washington Avenue and South Vista Drive; thence run Northwesterly along the centerline of Washington Avenue to the centerline of Cuandet Road; thence run North along a Northerly extension of the centerline of Cuandet Road to the centerline of the Bernard Bayou; thence run Northwesterly along the centerline of Bernard Bayou to the centerline of Three Rivers Road; thence run Northeasterly along the centerline of Three Rivers Road to the centerline of Interstate Highway 10; thence run Westerly along the centerline of Interstate Highway 10 to the intersection with the Western municipal limits of the City of Gulfport; thence run Southerly along the meandering of said municipal limits to the South side of Turkey Creek; thence run Southwest along the South side of Turkey Creek and along said municipal limits to the intersection with the West line of Section 29, Township 7 South, Range 11 West; thence run South along the West line of said Section 29 and said municipal limits to the Northwest corner of Section 32, Township 7 South, Range 11 West and the POINT OF BEGINNING.
(Ord. No. 3477, § 2, 1-7-25)
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_CH6MOVETR_ARTXXIIIOPLEEVE_S6-577PEOPFetched: 11/1/2026