Kenner, LA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

Kenner folds illegal dumping into its littering ordinance, § 7-171, rather than a separate 'dumping' statute. Subsection (a) defines littering broadly as the dumping, throwing, storing, or scattering of trash, used or scrap building materials, or any objects such as washing machines, shopping baskets or carts, abandoned refrigerators, parts of machinery, including automobiles, so discarding an appliance, construction debris or car parts on a lot or right-of-way counts the same as dropping loose trash. Subsection (b) bans disposing of litter on public property, private property one does not own, or in the water, with narrow exceptions for designated disposal sites and secured litter receptacles.

Subsection (c) creates an evidentiary presumption for dumping from a vehicle: proof the litter came from a motor vehicle is prima facie evidence the driver did it, and proof a specific person possessed the material immediately before it was dumped creates a rebuttable presumption that person dumped it. Subsection (g) separately makes it unlawful for a property owner, lessee, agent or employee to knowingly permit dumping on land they control, with an exception for fill material dumped under a valid Department of Regulatory Inspections fill permit.

Penalties escalate under subsection (h): a first conviction draws a fine of not less than $200 or up to thirty days in jail, or both; a second conviction draws a fine of not less than $500; and a third or subsequent conviction draws a fine of not less than $500 or up to sixty days in jail, or both, with each day of violation a separate offense. A judge may also order litter removal in lieu of or added to the fine, and dumping from a boat draws its own $100 minimum fine under subsection (h)(2).