Gulfport, MS Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Code of Ordinances § 6-324
- Restricted hours
- 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- Time limit
- 30 minutes maximum
- Applies to streets
- Narrower than 20 feet wide
- Exception
- Physicians on emergency calls
- Penalty section
- Code of Ordinances § 6-332
Summary
On any Gulfport street narrower than 20 feet, a vehicle cannot sit parked for more than 30 minutes between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. Section 6-324 exempts only physicians on emergency calls, and violators face a misdemeanor parking fine.
No person shall park a vehicle on any street less than twenty (20) feet in width for a period of time longer than thirty (30) minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. of any day, except physicians on emergency calls.
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
, every day, with a single named exception for physicians on emergency calls. The rule sits in Article XI of Chapter 6 alongside a companion section, 6-325, that lets the city traffic engineering superintendent post outright no-parking signs on narrow streets (20 feet or less citywide, or one side of a street up to 30 feet), which is enforced separately once signage goes up. Because 6-324's overnight limit applies without needing a posted sign, it reaches every qualifying narrow street in the city by the text of the ordinance itself, not just ones the city has gotten around to signing.
Enforcement runs through Section 6-332, the article's general parking penalty section, which caps fines at the state maximum under Miss. § 63-9-11 and lets the city set lower flat fines by policy from time to time, with the municipal court and police assessing amounts consistent with that schedule. window and the 30-minute allowance are not a new rule; they have been part of the narrow-streets scheme since the code's original codification.
Violations & Fines
Violating the 30-minute overnight limit on a narrow street is a misdemeanor under Section 6-332, punishable by a fine up to the maximum set by Miss. Code Ann. § 63-9-11, though Gulfport's municipal court and police department may assess a lower fixed fine amount the city has established for routine parking citations rather than the statutory ceiling.
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Sources & Official References
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