Discharging, etc., garbage from vessels or keeping it thereon.
New Orleans City Code § 170-597
in effectSec. 170-597. - Discharging, etc., garbage from vessels or keeping it thereon.
For the purposes of protecting the public welfare, health and safety, the following acts are hereby prohibited and made unlawful:
(1) Throwing, emptying, discharging or depositing garbage from any vessel into the Mississippi River within the Port of New Orleans;
(2) Throwing, emptying, discharging, carrying or depositing garbage or causing, suffering or procuring garbage to be thrown, emptied, discharged, carried or deposited from any vessel onto land within the Port of New Orleans; and
(3) The retention or maintenance of garbage on vessels within the Port of New Orleans except in tightly closed containers and under such method or treatment and for such duration as may be prescribed by the department of health.
(Code 1956, § 28-23)
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_ARTIVGAVEPO_S170-597DIETGAVEKETHFetched: 10/28/2026