Gulfport, MS Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- Gulfport Code of Ordinances §§ 6-346-6-349
- Passenger zone limit
- 3 minutes maximum
- Freight zone limit
- 30 minutes maximum
- Zone designation
- By traffic engineering superintendent, signed
- Zone permit term
- 1 year, then must be renewed
Summary
Gulfport curb loading zones cap a passenger stop at 3 minutes and a freight stop at 30 minutes under Code §§ 6-346 through 6-349. The city traffic engineering superintendent designates every zone and its hours by sign, and a business wanting its own zone must apply for a one-year permit.
Sec. 6-348. - Stopping, standing, parking in passenger curb loading zones. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger curb loading zone during hours when the regulations applicable to such curb loading zone are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed three (3) minutes. ... Sec. 6-349. - Stopping, standing, parking in freight curb loading zones. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pick-up and loading of materials in any place marked as a freight curb loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed thirty (30) minutes.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
Article XIV of the traffic chapter, sections 6-346 through 6-349, gives Gulfport's city traffic engineering superintendent the authority to 'determine the location of passenger and freight curb loading zones' and to post signs stating the hours the zone is in effect, under section 6-346. A business or property owner who wants a curb loading zone created at a specific address does not get one automatically: section 6-347 requires a written application for a permit and for the two signs marking the ends of the zone, and every such permit 'shall expire at the end of one (1) year,' meaning a zone has to be renewed annually or it lapses.
Once a zone is marked, the time limits are strict and different for passengers and freight. ' Both limits apply only 'during hours when the regulations applicable to such curb loading zone are effective,' so a zone posted for weekday business hours reverts to ordinary parking rules at night and on weekends. Parking for any other purpose, or beyond the posted time limit, in either type of zone is treated as an ordinary stopping-and-parking violation under the traffic chapter.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the 3-minute passenger limit or the 30-minute freight limit in a marked curb loading zone, or using the zone for anything other than loading or unloading, is enforced as a stopping-and-parking violation under the traffic chapter. Section 6-332 sets the parking-article penalty up to the maximum fine allowed by Miss. Code Ann. § 63-9-11, with the city setting lower scheduled fines for routine citations.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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