Gretna, LA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Set-out time
- Not before 4 p.m. day prior
- Pickup/removal
- Off curb by 9 a.m. next day
- Placement
- Curbside on accessible public road
- Dumpster fence height
- At least seven feet, opaque
- Fence open window
- 4 p.m. day before to 5 p.m. collection day
Summary
In the City of Gretna, trash and recycling containers must sit curbside on an accessible public road right next to the property they serve, and nothing can go out before 4:00 p.m. the day before collection under § 48-7(d)-(e). Any dumpster on a property must sit inside a seven-foot opaque fence per § 48-13.
(d)Containers and other materials authorized for collection shall be placed immediately adjacent to the property owned or occupied by the person placing the material for collection, at curbside on an accessible public road, readily accessible to the collectors. ... Material authorized to be collected shall not be set out at curbside prior to 4:00 p.m. of the day preceding the regular collection day. ... (a)A fence of at least seven feet in height shall enclose all dumpsters located within the city. This fence shall be made of an opaque material such as wood, earth berm, and opaque hedge or any combination thereof. If the barrier consists totally or in part of plant materials, such materials shall be planted in a strip of not less than five feet in width.(b)The fence surrounding a dumpster shall remain closed at all times except for entering and exiting the dumpster area and from 4:00 p.m. on the day proceeding a garbage collection day until 5:00 p.m. on collection day or whenever the garbage is collected.
Full Breakdown
Section 48-7(d) of the Gretna Code of Ordinances sets the placement rule for household and business collection: containers and other materials authorized for pickup must be placed immediately adjacent to the property whose occupant is setting them out, at curbside on an accessible public road, so the city's collectors can reach them without entering private property. the day after collection. For dumpsters and other bulk containers used with private mechanical collection, § 48-13 layers on a screening requirement that curbside carts do not carry: a fence at least seven feet high, built of an opaque material such as wood, an earth berm, an opaque hedge, or a combination, must enclose the dumpster, and if the barrier uses plant material it must be planted in a strip at least five feet wide.
on collection day, or until the garbage is actually collected, whichever comes first. Section 48-6(a)(5) separately bars any permanent above-ground bin or stand between the sidewalk or property line and the roadway curb.
Violations & Fines
Setting containers out before 4:00 p.m. the day before collection, leaving them at the curb past 9:00 a.m. the day after pickup, or operating a dumpster without the required seven-foot opaque enclosure is a Code of Ordinances violation, punished under the general penalty in § 1-8: a fine of up to $500.00, with each continuing day a separate offense.
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