IN GENERAL

New Orleans City Code ch. 170, art. I

in effect

New Orleans City Code § 170-1 Pollution of waters prohibited.

Sec. 170-1. - Pollution of waters prohibited. The dumping, pumping or discharging of waste and/or fuel oils into the Mississippi River or any other river or bayou situated within the parish or flowing through or adjoining the parish boundaries and the dumping, pumping or discharging of waste and fuel oils into Lake Pontchartrain or any other lake situated within or adjoining the boundaries of the parish is hereby strictly prohibited. (Code 1956, § 66-1)

New Orleans City Code § 170-2 Responsibility of officers in charge of vessels.

Sec. 170-2. - Responsibility of officers in charge of vessels. The captain or other person in command of a vessel from which fuel oil or waste is dumped, pumped or discharged into the Mississippi River or any other river or bayou situated in the parish or flowing through or adjoining the parish boundaries or into Lake Pontchartrain or any other lake situated within or adjoining the boundaries of the parish shall be responsible for such dumping, pumping or discharging of waste or fuel oil and shall be guilty of violating the provisions of section 170-1. (Code 1956, § 66-2)

New Orleans City Code § 170-3 Structures not to be erected, etc., in or on Bayou St. John.

Sec. 170-3. - Structures not to be erected, etc., in or on Bayou St. John. No building permit shall be issued for the construction, structural alteration, reconstruction or repair of any building or structure designed for or used for any purposes, residential or otherwise, which shall be located in the bed of or on the banks of Bayou St. John or designed to float in the waters of the Bayou from its head at Hagan Avenue to its mouth at Lake Pontchartrain, except for structures granted conditional uses in an OS-R District as provided in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. (Code 1956, § 66-4; M.C.S., Ord. No. 30431, § 1, 8-21-25)

New Orleans City Code § 170-4 Enforcement; penalty.

Sec. 170-4. - Enforcement; penalty. In case any building, structure or house boat of a permanent residential character is erected, structurally altered, reconstructed, repaired, maintained or used in violation of the terms of section 170-3, the proper city official, in addition to other remedies, may institute appropriate proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, alteration, repair, maintenance or use and to restrain, correct or abate such violation or to prevent any other unlawful act prohibited by such section. The director of the department of safety and permits. shall enforce the regulations of section 170-3. (Code 1956, § 66-5)

Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH170WA_ARTIINGEFetched: 10/28/2026