Leisure and recreation districts.

Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 5-229

in effect

Sec. 5-229. - Leisure and recreation districts. (a) Creation and establishment of district. Under the authority granted in Section 1 of House Bill 1223 (2016 Legislative Session), there are hereby established "Leisure and Recreation Districts" in the City of Gulfport within the geographic areas and within such boundaries as are set forth and designated herein and as represented on the geo-referenced Map which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and Exhibit "B" and fully incorporated herein. (b) (1) Name and boundaries of district. The "Leisure and Recreation District" established herein shall be known as the "Bayou Bernard Social District" and shall have the following as its boundaries: See Exhibit "C" attached hereto. (2) Name and boundaries of district. The "Leisure and Recreation District" established herein shall be known as the "Downtown North Social District" and shall have the following as its boundaries: See Exhibit "D" attached hereto. (3) Collectively, for purposes of this section, the Bayou Bernard Social District and the Downtown North Social District shall be known as the "districts" (c) Outside consumption of alcoholic beverages permitted; conditions. Any on premise retail alcoholic beverage permittee (hereinafter, "permittee") located within the districts shall comply with all laws, rules and regulations which govern its license type, except that a patron, guest or member of that licensee may remove an open container of alcoholic beverage and/or wine from the licensed premises and may possess and consume the alcoholic beverage and/or wine outside of the licensed premises anywhere within the boundaries of the district subject to the following regulations: (1) A person may not enter a licensed premise with an alcoholic beverage, whether acquired at that licensed premises or elsewhere. (2) A permittee located in the districts may allow alcoholic beverages, as defined in the ordinance creating the applicable leisure and recreation district, to be removed from the licensed premises only in a paper, styrofoam or plastic cup, not larger than 16 fluid ounces in size, or in a capped or lidded plastic, styrofoam or paper container, not larger than one gallon in size, and no such alcoholic beverages shall be removed from the licensed premises in a can, bottle, glass container or other container, except as otherwise allowed by law. (3) No permittee may allow a patron, guest or member to exit its licensed premises with more than one (1) open container of alcoholic beverages, and it shall be unlawful for any person to exit such licensed premises with more than one (1) such open container. (4) Permittees located in the districts shall post, at all points of egress from the licensed premises, a map of the boundaries of the districts in which it is located. The map shall be provided, either in electronic or paper form, to those permittees by the city upon request of the permittees. (5) Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to require a permittee located in the districts to allow its patrons to remove alcoholic beverages and/or wine, in open containers, from the licensed premises. (d) Light wine and beer. Within the boundaries of the districts, the removal of light wine and beer in glass containers or bottles from the licensed premises of a permittee is strictly prohibited. However, a permittee may allow light wine and beer to be removed from the licensed premises in a paper or plastic cup, not larger than sixteen (16) fluid ounces in size. (e) Public safety measures. Enforcement of the boundaries of the districts shall be the responsibility of the police department. In addition, the police and fire departments shall provide public safety services within the districts in the same manner it provides those services in the remainder of the city. (f) Definition of alcoholic beverages. For the purposes of this section, the term "alcoholic beverages" shall mean any alcoholic liquid, including wines of more than five (5) percent of alcohol by weight, capable of being consumed as a beverage by a human being, but shall not include light wine and beer, as defined in Section 67-3-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, but shall include native wines. (Ord. No. 3028, § 1, 4-7-20; Ord. No. 3029, §§ 1—6, 4-21-20)

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_ARTIXALBE_S5-229LEREDIFetched: 11/1/2026