Outdoor Lighting in Gulfport, MS (2026)
2 verified outdoor lighting rules for Gulfport, Mississippi, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Dark Sky Rules
In its T3 SmartCode zones, Gulfport caps unshielded outdoor luminaires at 60 watts incandescent or 15 watts non-incandescent and requires streetlights to be Fully or Nearly Fully Shielded. Higher-density T4 through T6 zones carry the same shielding rule with tighter, 40 and 10 watt caps.
Gulfport SmartCode Outdoor Lighting Shielding
Some RestrictionsGulfport Code of Ordinances, Appendix D (SmartCode) § 5.3.9(b), (d)
Permanent Outdoor Luminaires other than those which are located under cover of an opaque Canopy or which are Fully Shielded shall be so equipped as not to exceed a total lamp power of 60 Watts per Luminaire for Incandescent Lamps, or of 15 Watts per Luminaire for non-Incandescent Lamps. ... Streetlights shall be Fully Shielded or Nearly Fully Shielded and of a general type illustrated in Table 5.
Light Trespass & Shielding
In SmartCode zones, Gulfport ties an outdoor light fixture's mounting height to how close it sits to a property line: a pole light is capped at the lesser of one-third of its distance to the line or 25 feet in T3 zones, cutting the reach of glare onto a neighbor's yard.
Gulfport SmartCode Light Fixture Height Limit
Some RestrictionsGulfport Code of Ordinances, Appendix D (SmartCode) § 5.3.9(c)
The mounting height of a permanent outdoor Luminaire which is attached directly to the Facade or Elevation of a building shall not exceed 12 feet, where mounting height is measured from the top-most point of the Luminaire. For a permanent outdoor Luminaire supported by any other means, mounting height shall be limited to the lesser of one-third the distance from the Luminaire to any property li...
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