Severe weather and hurricane plan.
Gulfport Code of Ordinances § 2-109.9
in effectSec. 2-109.9. - Severe weather and hurricane plan.
Because severe weather may occur at any time, marina tenants must ensure their vessel is always appropriately prepared and secured to handle the potential onslaught of high winds, high tides, heavy rains, or all three (3) at once. In the event of an approaching tropical system, marina tenants are reminded to monitor the National Weather Service and make prudent decisions regarding the evacuation of their boat from the marina. In the event a tropical system is forecast to raise the seawater level in the marina by at least four (4) feet, and/or based on other advice from Harrison County Emergency Operation Center, the harbormaster may order that all marina tenants evacuate the marina and seek safer dockage for their vessels. This order shall be prominently posted and updated on the city's web page at www.gulfport-ms.gov and the marina's web page at www.gulfportmarina.com. Marina tenants who fail to abide by any duly issued order to remove their vessel from the marina will assume any and all liability and responsibility for said vessel and any damage it receives or any damage it may cause to city property or other vessels as a result of the storm's impact on the marina, and may be denied any future dockage privileges in the marina. Further, marina tenants who fail to abide by any order to remove their vessel from the marina (i.e., a mandatory evacuation of the marina), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Each day or part thereof that a vessel remains at the marina after the evacuation deadline established in the evacuation order and before the order is lifted shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. No. 2857, § 2(Exh. A), 6-7-16; Ord. No. 2924, § 2, 11-7-17)
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_CH2BODOWABE_ARTIIIBEJOYABAGE_S2-109.9SEWEHUPLFetched: 11/1/2026