Caddo Parish, LA Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

UDC § 7.3.T governs dumpster and container placement for every property in unincorporated Caddo Parish, not just single-family lots. Two placement bans apply first: dumpsters and recycling containers cannot go in the front or corner side yard, and none may be located on any public right-of-way (§ 7.3.T.1). Where a dumpster is used, it has to be screened by an enclosure that is fully solid on three sides, built as a fence, wall, or extension of the building's own wall, standing a minimum of six feet and a maximum of eight feet tall; the enclosure needs a gate, and the gate itself must be solid rather than open lattice or chain-link (§ 7.3.T.2).

That enclosure counts as construction requiring its own building permit before it goes up. The one carve-out is for refuse containers set in an alley, which do not need the three-sided enclosure at all (§ 7.3.T.2). Drainage matters too: a dumpster cannot be positioned so its disposal area drains toward a storm drain or off the site, and it has to stay covered rather than left open to drain freely onto the pavement (§ 7.3.T.3). Properties that already existed when the Code took effect, and whose dumpsters were not previously required to be enclosed, are exempt from the enclosure rule unless the site is later redeveloped or the existing building or parking lot expands (§ 7.3.T.5).