New Orleans, LA Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

Section 66-312 sits in Chapter 66's nuisance article, Division 3, a separate enforcement track from the Minimum Property Maintenance Code's own weeds section. It puts an affirmative mowing duty -- not just a height cap -- on 'every owner(s) of real estate within the city,' and for commercial property, on the owner, occupant or lessee, to 'at all times cut and mow the grass, weeds, or other deleterious or unhealthful growths on their respective property and in the space between the property line and the curbline in front, rear and alongside thereof, so that neither grass nor weeds shall rise above the height of ten inches,' and to remove the cuttings once mowed.

' The same division folds in related nuisance duties: removing trash, debris and refuse from the property and the curbline strip, destroying poison oak, poison ivy, poison sumac and similar noxious plants, and removing graffiti. Enforcement runs through the administrative office, not code enforcement directly: § 66-313 sets a fine schedule of $75 for the initial violation, rising to $150 after 30 days and $200 after 60 days, and § 66-314 requires a written correction notice giving the owner five days, including weekends and holidays, to complete the mowing or abatement before the city acts.