Gretna, LA Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

Section 6-39 sits in the arcade-specific article of Chapter 6, which defines an 'amusement place' as any business whose primary purpose is offering coin- or token-operated games such as flipper machines, target machines and foosball tables (§ 6-35). The loitering duty falls on the business, not the loiterer: § 6-39 makes it unlawful for the proprietor, agent, manager or employee 'conducting or carrying on' the amusement place to permit persons to loiter in the parking area assigned to or used by that business. It sits alongside other arcade rules: § 6-36 requires an operating permit signed off by every owner and resident within a 500-foot radius with no objection, § 6-38 bars anyone under 13 from entering, and § 6-40 requires adult supervision on the premises at all times.

Under § 6-37, two violations of any provision in this article, including the loitering rule, within any 12-month period are grounds to summon the proprietor before the mayor and city council for a hearing on whether to revoke the permit, with notice given as required by § 2-1. Gretna's code does not contain a separate, citywide loitering ordinance outside this narrow amusement-arcade parking-lot rule.