Gretna, LA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Section 48-6(a) of the Gretna Code of Ordinances is the city's core rodent- and insect-control rule for solid waste. Subsection (a)(1) states the standard directly: storage of all solid waste must be practiced so as to prevent the attraction, harborage or breeding of insects and/or rodents, and to eliminate conditions harmful to public health or that create safety hazards, odors, unsightliness and public nuisances. Subsection (a)(2) assigns the duty to whoever controls the premises, owner or lessor, agent, or occupant whether owner or lessee, and requires a sufficient number of proper containers on site to hold everything generated between the regular twice-weekly collections described in § 48-7.

Subsection (a)(3) backs the standard with a maintenance rule: containers must be kept in a condition that does not create a nuisance or menace to public health, safety or welfare, including unsightly litter on the premises or in public, and any broken or otherwise noncompliant container must be replaced immediately rather than patched. Subsection (a)(4) adds that garbage mixed with nonputrescible refuse must be stored to the stricter garbage-container standard, drained of free liquids, and wrapped before it goes in the container, since wet or loose garbage is what draws rodents fastest.

Subsection (a)(5) bars keeping any permanent above-ground bin, receptacle or stand between the sidewalk or property line and the roadway edge or curb. Together these rules give code enforcement a direct basis to cite a property where trash piles up, containers stay broken, or garbage sits loose long enough to draw vermin.