A.
A person commits the offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight
container if he or she knowingly abandons, discards, or permits to
remain on premises under his or her control, in a place accessible
to children, any abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator, or other
airtight or semi-airtight container which has a capacity of one and
one-half (1 1/2) cubic feet or more and an opening of fifty (50)
square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with hinge,
latch or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid,
without rendering such equipment harmless to human life by removing
such hinges, latches or other hardware which may cause a person to
be confined therein.
B.
Subsection (A) of this Section does not apply to an icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semi-airtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouse operator or repair person.
D.
The offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight container
is an ordinance violation.
A person commits the offense of littering if he or she places,
deposits, or causes to be placed or deposited, any glass, glass bottles,
wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse, or rubbish
of any kind, nature or description on the right-of-way of any public
road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this City or
on the banks of any stream, or on any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission
thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal
Government or the City, or on any private real property owned by another
without the owner's consent.
A.
A person commits the offense of unlawful disposition of a dead animal
if he or she knowingly places or causes to be placed the carcass or
offal of any dead animal:
A.
A person
commits the offense of tampering with a water supply if he or she
purposely:
1.
Poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts the water of a well, spring,
brook or reservoir used for domestic or municipal purposes; or
2.
Diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and flow
any spring, brook or other water supply for domestic or municipal
purposes, after said water supply shall have once been taken for use
by any person or persons, corporation, town or city for his/her, their
or its use.
B.
The
offense of tampering with a water supply is an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2008 §215.150; CC 1988 §21-68]
It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of an unenclosed
lot of ground in this City having a cistern or well, or both, or any
other deep or dangerous excavation thereon, to cover or fence the
same with a close, secure and substantial cover or fence and to keep
and maintain the same so as to prevent persons or animals from falling
therein.
[R.O. 2008 §215.160; Code 1968 §19-25; CC 1988
§21-75]
No person shall wantonly or mischievously throw by hand or by
means of any device any rock, stone, brick, ball or other missile
upon or against any building or fence, or in or upon any lot not his/her
own, or at or towards any person, or the property of another.
[R.O. 2008 §205.150; Code 1968 §12-12; CC 1988
§11-3; Ord. No. 6337 §2, 12-1-1986; Ord.
No. 27-2021, 10-25-2021]
A.
Intent
And Purpose. No person shall conduct any type of open burning within
the City limits except tree limbs and vegetation originating on a
residential premises belonging to or controlled by that person; provided,
however, that such residential premises shall not have more than four
(4) dwelling units. Any burning shall be conducted in a safe. reasonable,
responsible manner, with due consideration for the safety and rights
of others in the Community.
B.
Supervision And Hours Of Permitted Burning. All fires permitted in Subsection (A) of this Section shall be guarded and supervised by some adult person and shall be burned between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. After the permitted hours of burning, fires must be extinguished or the owner of the property on which the burning occurs will be subject to fines as laid out in Subsection (E), below.
C.
Prohibited
Burning. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1.
Conduct, cause, permit or allow a salvage operation by open burning;
2.
Conduct, cause, permit or allow open burning of refuse;
3.
Conduct, cause, permit or allow the disposal of trade wastes by open
burning;
4.
Burn any type of material upon asphaltic streets within the City
limits; and
5.
Kindle or cause to be kindled any fire in any open barrel.
D.
Modification
Of Restrictions And Prohibitions. The Fire Chief shall have the power
to modify provisions of this Section upon application, in writing,
to him/her when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying
out the strict letter of the provisions of this Section provided that
the spirit of the Section shall be observed, that the public safety
shall be secured and that substantial justice shall be done. The particulars
of such modification when granted or allowed and the decision of the
Chief on the application shall be entered on the records of the City
and a signed copy shall be furnished to the applicant.
E.
Responsibility
For Open Burning On Property. Every person who engages in open burning
and any property owner on whose property open burning occurs is responsible
for controlling and containing the resulting fire and for any damage
it may do to any person, property, or thing.
F.
Penalty.
The punishment for allowing open burning of prohibited materials,
or the open burning of any materials outside of the allowed times,
shall be as follows during any rolling 12-month period:
G.
Division
of Fines. Of the fines, the first twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall
go to the Louisiana Police Department, and the rest shall go to the
Louisiana Fire Department.
[R.O. 2008 §205.160; Code 1968 §12-11; CC 1988
§11-4]
A.
Except as provided by and in accordance with Section F-2701.0 of the City's Fire Prevention Code and in Subsection (B) of this Section, it shall be unlawful for any person within the City to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, use, discharge or explode any blank cartridge, toy pistol, toy cannon or cane in which explosives are used, the type of balloon which requires fire underneath to propel the balloon, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, aerial salutes, bombs, electric sparklers, colored fires, colored fire torches or other fireworks of any kind whatsoever.
B.
Nothing contained in Subsection (A) of this Section shall prohibit the sale or use of fireworks for pyrotechnic displays given by any fair association, amusement park, chamber of commerce, or any civic organization or group of individuals having first obtained a permit from the Mayor for such display; or prohibit the sale or use of blank cartridges for theatrical purposes, signal purposes in athletic contests or sports events or for the use of militia, Police or military organizations; or prohibit any resident wholesaler, dealer or jobber from selling fireworks at wholesale provided the fireworks are shipped or delivered directly outside the limits of the City.
