BATON ROUGE HAS SEVERAL ORDINANCES PROHIBITING THIS BEHAVIOR
TITLE 12 (NUISANCES), SECTION 401 OF THE BATON ROUGE CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDES THAT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS IT IS A NUISANCE TO “IMPEDE OR OBSTRUCT THE PASSAGE FLOW OF WATER OF ANY STREET, GUTTER, DITCH OR DRAIN ON ANY PROPERTY EITHER OWNED BY THE CITY OR THE PARISH OR ON ANY SERVITUDE OR RIGHT-OF-WAY OF WHATEVER NATURE UNDER THE POSESSION OR CONTROL OF THE CITY OR PARISH” OR TO “ALLOW ANY MATERIALS TO REMAIN IN ANY PUBLIC STREET, GUTTER, DITCH OR DRAIN ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY WHERE SUCH PERSON RESIDES WHETHER THE MATERIAL BE LEAVES, BRANCHES OR OTHER DEBRIS.” VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF $100.00 PER OCCURANCE.
TITLE 6, PUBLIC HEALTH-ANTI-LITTER REGULATIONS THAT IT IS FORBIDDEN TO THROW, SWEEP OR DEPOSIT LITTER, INCLUDING YARD CLIPPINGS AND LEAVES, INTO ANY GUTTER, STREET, SIDEWALK, OR PUBLIC PLACE IN THE CITY PARISH EXCEPT IF THE LITTER IS IN RECEPTACLES TO PREVENT SCATTERING. VIOLATIONS OF ANY OF THE LITTER REGULATIONS ARE PUNISHABLE BY A SLIDING SCALE OF FINES AND/OR GARBAGE COLLECTION, RANGING FROM A $100.00 TO $400.00 FINE OR 16 TO 40 HOURS OF COLLECTION FOR A FIRST OFFENSE; $300.00 TO $500.00 FINE OR 40 TO 120 HOURS OF COLLECTION FOR A SECOND OFFENSE, AND $400.00 TO $500.00 FINE AND 120 TO 200 HOURS OF GARBAGE COLLECTION FOR A THIRD OFFENSE.
FINALLY, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, BATON ROUGE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 6, PUBLIC HEALTH-COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND OTHER WASTE MATTER, PROVIDES THAT “IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL AND A VIOLATION OF THIS PART, FOR ANY PERSON TO SCATTER, THROW, DEPOSIT, DROP, ALLOW, OR TO PERMIT OR ALLOW TO BE SCATTERED, SPILLED, THROWN DEPOSITED OR DROPPED, ANY GARBAGE, TRASH AND OTHER WASTE MATERIAL, DEAD ANIMALS OR FOWLS, INDUSTRIAL WASTE OR REFUSE FROM ERECTION, REPAIRING OR REMODELING BUILDINGS, OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANCES WHICH MAY BE UNSIGHTLY, OFFENSIVE TO SMELL OR INJURIOUS TO HEALTH IN ANY PRIVATE YARD, LOT, ROOM OR BUILDING, OR ON ANY SIDEWALK, STREET, ALLEY, WHARF, LEVEE, PUBLIC PARKWAY, PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, OR ANY OTHER PUBLIC PLACE, OR IN ANY GUTTER OR DRAIN WITHIN THE PARISH, OTHER THAN IN THE TYPE OF CONTAINER, IN THE MANNER, AND AT THE PLACES SPECIFIED IN (SECTIONS 6:406 OR 6:381 AND 382, WHICH SPECIFY GARBAGE RECEPTACLE TYPES AND SIZES).” (CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTIONS 6:376/CITY, 6:402/PARISH) VIOLATIONS ARE PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR, WITH A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $500.00, IMPRISONMENT OF NOT MORE THAN 180 DAYS, OR BOTH. (CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTIONS 6.395/CITY, 6:420/PARISH).