Signs in R-B and R-O districts.
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 9-90
in effectSec. 9-90. - Signs in R-B and R-O districts.
(a) Permitted signs: The following signs are permitted in R-B (Residence-business) and R-O (Residence-office) districts:
(1) Freestanding;
(2) Home-occupation;
(3) Subdivision identification;
(4) Wall;
(5) Nameplate;
(6) Real estate;
(7) Construction;
(8) Political;
(9) Canopy;
(10) Projecting.
(b) Applicable regulations: Any structure or site that is being used as a residence in an R-B or R-O district shall be governed by the regulations as set forth in section 9-89.
(c) Freestanding ground signs: One (1) freestanding ground sign for each developed parcel or premises having frontage on a public right-of-way, not to exceed one (1) square foot of sign area for each lineal foot of street frontage abutting the portion of the parcel or premises with a maximum of sixty (60) square feet.
(d) Wall, facia signs: One (1) wall or facia sign for each occupancy within a developed parcel, not to exceed a total copy area of one and one-half (1) square feet for each lineal foot of building occupancy. If such occupancy is on a corner, one (1) wall or facia sign will be permitted for each frontage. If the building includes a canopy, each occupancy will be permitted one (1) under-canopy sign.
(e) Real estate signs. One (1) real estate sign shall be permitted on each parcel of land abutting a public or private street subject to the following requirements:
(1) One (1) square foot of sign area shall be permitted for each five (5) feet of street frontage on the abutting street. However, the minimum sign area need not be less than ten (10) square feet nor shall it exceed fifty (50) square feet.
(2) The width to the height or the height to the width of the sign shall not exceed a ratio of two (2) to one (1).
(f) Outdoor advertising signs. Outdoor advertising signs shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) After the effective date of the ordinance revising this provision, no new outdoor advertising sign structure shall be permitted closer than two thousand (2,000) feet from any other outdoor advertising sign structure on the same side of the street, federal aid primary or interstate highway. (See Diagram A). Such distance is to be measured from the center of the sign structure on a line parallel to the street or highway on which the sign is facing.
(2) All billboards erected pursuant to section 1-122 shall be set back from those zoning districts where such signs are not permitted in that zoning district as follows:
a. No part of said sign shall be located within any of the following:
1. An area extending three hundred (300) feet along the street (chord distance) from any point at which a zoning district prohibiting off-premises signs touches the street right-of-way on the same side of the street as the sign (See Diagram C). Such distance to be measured from the center of the sign structure.
2. A radial buffer equal to three hundred (300) feet from any zoning district prohibiting off-premises signs when said district abuts the street, road or thoroughfare directly opposite the side of the street, road, or thoroughfare on which the sign structure is to be erected or converted. (See Diagram D). Such distance to be measured from the center of the sign structure; and
3. A circle seventy-five (75) feet in radius from any zoning district prohibiting off-premises signs. (See Diagram C or D). Such distance to be measured from the center of the sign structure.
(3) Shall have a minimum clearance of ten (10) feet above ground level.
(4) The collective copy area of all faces (on all sides) shall not exceed six hundred (600) square feet of copy area and billboards shall have not more than three hundred (300) square feet of copy area on any one (1) area/face of the sign structure and shall consist of only one (1) sign per facing.
(5) Heights shall conform to the district height requirements as stated in the comprehensive zoning ordinance. All measurements are to be from grade to the top of the sign. All signs forty (40) feet in height and above, with or without the use of a crane, shall be submitted to the Gulfport-Biloxi Airport Authority for review and comments.
(6) After the effective date of the ordinance revising this provision, no new outdoor advertising sign shall be erected on or adjacent to (meaning within three hundred (300) feet) Highway 605, U.S. Highway 90, State Route 601 (Canal Road—Port Connector).
(7) Signs located along any federal aid primary or interstate highway shall conform to the provisions of the state highway department's regulations for the control of outdoor advertising or this article, whichever is most restrictive.
(8) In addition to the requirements set forth in this section, all outdoor advertising signs constructed and/or modified under this chapter shall comply with the provisions of section 9-122.
(h) Illumination. Signs permitted in this subsection may be indirectly or directly illuminated.
(g) Setbacks: Setbacks on all signs within this section, except expressly stated otherwise, are as follows:
Setbacks
(1) Street frontage .....10
(2) Side (interior) .....5
(3) Rear .....5
(Ord. No. 1764, § 4.2, 3-17-87; Ord. No. 2566, § 5, 11-6-07; Ord. No. 2686, § 8, 7-6-10)
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_CH9PLDE_ARTIVSI_S9-90SIDIFetched: 11/1/2026