Gretna, LA Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Sec. 50-12, added by Ordinance No. ' The section reaches every kind of public property, not just streets, so a vehicle left in a park, a public lot or a right-of-way is within its scope. Unlike many of the neighboring parking sections in Article II, § 50-12 does not set its own fine; it is an authorization to remove the vehicle rather than a penalty clause, so towing and storage charges are billed through whichever contractor performs the tow rather than fixed in the Code text itself.

00, with each continuing day treated as a new offense. The authority under § 50-12 is police-officer specific: the Code names 'Gretna City Police officers' as the actors, distinguishing this section from the Code Enforcement officer's authority under Chapter 24 over derelict conditions on private property. Because the section covers 'any vehicle' and not only disabled ones, an officer can tag and tow a validly operating vehicle parked unlawfully on public property under this same authority, not solely a junked or abandoned one.