Gretna, LA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Gretna Code of Ordinances § 52-227
- Where banned
- Gretna City Park only
- Exception
- Vehicles on city business
- Fine
- $100.00 plus towing costs
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 3525, April 12, 2005
Summary
Gretna Code § 52-227 bans parking commercial vehicles inside Gretna City Park, with a carve-out for vehicles on official city business. A violator faces towing plus a $100.00 fine on top of the towing cost, one of the few Code sections that fixes its own dollar penalty instead of defaulting to the general fine.
(1)It shall be prohibited to park commercial vehicles in Gretna City Park.(2)The above shall not apply to commercial vehicles in the course and scope of city business.(3)Violators will be towed and subject to a $100.00 fine plus towing costs.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 52-227, adopted by Ordinance No. 3525 in 2005 and renumbered under Ordinance No. 4564 in 2014, is narrow by design: it reaches only Gretna City Park, not residential streets or driveways generally. ' The second clause exempts commercial vehicles that are in the city's own course and scope of business, so a public-works truck or a contractor's vehicle performing city work in the park is not swept into the ban. 00 fine plus towing costs,' a specific dollar figure the Code writes directly into this section rather than leaving to the general penalty at § 1-8.
00 charge is on top of, not instead of, whatever the towing company bills for the tow itself. The section does not define 'commercial vehicle,' so that term takes its ordinary meaning, a vehicle used in commerce, rather than the more detailed 'vehicles with more than two axles' definition the Code supplies separately at § 52-226 for the street-parking ban.
Violations & Fines
Parking a commercial vehicle inside Gretna City Park, other than one in the course and scope of city business, violates § 52-227. The Code fixes the penalty itself: the vehicle is towed and the owner owes a $100.00 fine in addition to the towing costs, rather than the $500.00 general penalty that applies elsewhere in the Code.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a contractor park a commercial truck in Gretna City Park?
What's the fine for parking a commercial vehicle in Gretna City Park?
Does the commercial-vehicle parking ban apply anywhere besides the city park?
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