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

Section 38-9 governs solid waste containers at manufactured home parks, apartment complexes, condominiums and recreational camping grounds in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish. Unless the property provides individual garbage pickup to each unit, the park or housing facility owner must supply an adequate commercial dumpster located no closer than 50 feet from any public servitude. The code defines adequate to mean a container with substantial holding capacity that serves only the bona fide residents of that park or facility, serviced and emptied on a schedule that keeps the container from overfilling or spilling, by a hauler that meets the collector standards in section 38-72.

If a dumpster reaches capacity, it becomes unlawful for anyone to allow waste to be dropped, spilled or littered around it, and the property owner is solely responsible for cleaning up any spillover, whether it results from overfilling or intentional dumping by others. Non-residents are separately barred from knowingly using a dumpster reserved for a specific park or facility. Section 38-9(d) ties enforcement to the general penalty provision at section 1-13, so a park owner who fails to provide an adequate dumpster, places it too close to a public servitude, or lets it overflow unaddressed is subject to whatever fine or penalty section 1-13 authorizes for that class of violation, the same general penalty clause used across the parish code for offenses without a specific fine listed in their own section.