Public Conduct in Gretna, LA (2026)
5 verified public conduct rules for Gretna, Louisiana, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Public Urination
Urinating in a public place or place open to public view is charged as disturbing the peace under Gretna Code § 16-114(a)(7), alongside fighting, unlawful assembly and appearing intoxicated in public. Gretna Police cite offenders to Mayor's Court, where the penalty runs under the chapter's § 16-8 fine-and-jail schedule.
Public Urination Rules in Gretna
Some RestrictionsGretna Code of Ordinances § 16-114(a)(7), (c)
Sec. 16-114. - Disturbing the peace. (a)Disturbing the peace is the doing of any of the following, in such manner as would foreseeably disturb or alarm the public: ... (7)Urinating in any public place or place open to ... public view; or ... (c)Whoever commits the crime of disturbing the peace shall be punished as provided in section 16-8.
Skateboarding Rules
Gretna's Code of Ordinances bans skateboards, bicycles, scooters and similar wheeled conveyances from every city sidewalk and any surface outside a marked bicycle pathway. Gretna Plaza, the pedestrian core bounded by Fourth Street and running between Huey P. Long Avenue and First Street, carries a specific, standalone ban on the same wheeled conveyances. Violations fall under the Code's general penalty section, Gretna Code of Ordinances § 1-8.
Gretna Bans Skateboards on City Sidewalks
Significant RestrictionsGretna Code of Ordinances § 50-11
The operation of bicycles, skateboards, scooters, and other similar means and conveyance shall be prohibited on city sidewalks and any area outside of designated bicycle pathways. ... The operation of bicycles, skateboards, scooters, and other similar means and conveyance shall be specifically prohibited in Gretna Plaza, which is defined herein as that area bounded by Fourth Street, northbound ...
Loitering Rules
In the City of Gretna, operators of coin-operated amusement arcades cannot let people loiter in their parking areas. Gretna Code of Ordinances § 6-39 makes it unlawful for the owner, agent, manager or employee of an amusement place to permit loitering in the lot the business uses, and repeat violations can cost the arcade its permit.
Loitering Ban at Gretna Amusement Arcades
Light RestrictionsGretna Code of Ordinances § 6-39
It shall be unlawful for any person, whether as proprietor, agent, manager, employee or otherwise, conducting or carrying on any place, business or establishment which is an amusement place for pay or otherwise to permit persons to loiter in the parking area assigned or used by the amusement place.
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
The City of Gretna bans smoking in public buildings, schools, and enclosed places of employment under Sec. 30-26, but the ban does not reach every outdoor space. Outdoor patios are exempt regardless of whether food is served, and outdoor employment areas stay open to smoking unless the property owner posts signs making that area smoke-free.
Gretna Outdoor Public Smoking Rules
Significant RestrictionsGretna Code of Ordinances § 30-26
(a)Except as permitted by this section, no person shall:(1)Smoke in any public building.(2)Smoke in any school.(3)Smoke in any public place and in any enclosed area within a place of employment.(4)As an employer, knowingly permit smoking in any enclosed area within a place of employment. (b)Nothing in this article shall prohibit smoking in any of the following places: ... (6)The outdoor area of...
Public Alcohol Use
Gretna Code § 16-124 bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on the city's streets, sidewalks, or neutral grounds, except during the carnival season dates the mayor and council adopt each year. Section 16-124.1 separately bars consuming alcohol on any private parking lot in the city, with no carnival exception.
Open Container / Public Drinking Rules in Gretna
Significant RestrictionsGretna Code of Ordinances §§ 16-124, 16-124.1
Sec. 16-124. - Public consumption of alcoholic beverages prohibited. (a)On streets, etc. No drink with an alcoholic content may be consumed on the streets, sidewalks or neutral grounds of the city.(b)Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall be suspended during the carnival season of the city on the dates adopted each year by the mayor and city council. ... ... Sec. 16-124.1. - Consumpti...
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