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Gulfport council orders cleanups, residents press city over vacant-lot debris and event noise
Summary
At a June meeting, the Gulfport City Council opened a code-enforcement hearing that produced orders to clean and secure at least one property and heard multiple residents complain that the city does not collect debris from vacant lots and that neighborhood events and a longshoremen hall generate persistent noise.
The Gulfport City Council opened a code-enforcement hearing and issued orders to remove debris and secure properties while residents urged the city to do more to address trash on vacant lots and noise from nearby events and a longshoremen hall.
Residents and council members said the issue matters because vacant properties can become neighborhood nuisances and the current service rules mean many lot owners are ineligible for city pickup.
At the hearing the council identified parcel 191440 Fourth Avenue and ordered that it be cut, cleaned and boarded up. A man who said he is in the process of repossessing the property told the council his attorney advised him to wait; he said, “I had financed it for the fellow.” Mayor Billy Hughes told the man he should follow his attorney’s…
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