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Council Meeting
About Gulfport’s RV ordinance
“Gulfport is a very boat-friendly town, but it’s not a camper-friendly town.” –Jolene Weeks
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“I look around Gulfport and I see all kinds of boats. They’re in the front yard or the side yard. They’re not any more attractive than my camper. Actually, my camper looks pretty doggone good. … You pay the taxes on that property. People should be able to have their personal belongings there.” –Tommy Bixler
About short-term rentals
“I believe that a code enforcement officer was hired, and I believe that the software was purchased to address the short-term rental scenario. Does that then mean that we, the residents, don’t have to call and complain about illegal short-term rentals? Is it no longer going to be complaint-driven? Or do we still have to initiate something to get it going?” –Karen Love
“The short-term rental complaint would still need to be initiated by the resident, but at that point we can use the software and the enforcement tools we have. We will be implementing them Feb. 1, approximately. But it does have to be initiated by the resident.” –City Manager Jim O’Reilly
“Personally, I’d like for people to be able to have one thing in their front yard – a boat, a trailer, an RV. Whatever you want in your backyard, go for it. But in the front yard I’d like to see them have one thing. And it should be equal between boats and trailers and whatever.” –Thanos
“What we’ve provided you today is an ordinance that treats an RV just like a boat. There was no intent to take anything away; it was to loosen it up immensely. That was what is behind this proposed draft – that you would treat an RV exactly like a boat.” –City Manager Jim O’Reilly
“There is a wide gap between the ones that look like the brochure and the ones that are a nuisance. You might not be parked next to the pretty one … it might be the Randy Quaid one [from the film “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”] next to your property. There’s a wide range of what could end up being parked next to you.”
–Henderson
