§ 6:420. Penalty for violation of provisions.(Parish)

Any person, owner or occupant or their agents, servants or employees, violating the provisions of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the jail for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, or both, at the discretion of the judge, for each and every violation hereof.

(1)

Prohibiting the scavenging of recyclable materials from residential, commercial, business and governmental areas within the corporate limits.

(a)

No person or persons, other than the current resident and/or owner of the property on which the items are placed, or an authorized carrier, shall remove, pick up or transfer recyclable materials left at curbside in any residential subdivision, or at curbside at any single-family residence, business, commercial or governmental operation located within the parish. Materials left at curbside in either specifically marked recovery containers or any other type of container are to be picked up by a designated carrier for the purpose of removal of recyclable materials. Materials referred to and to be left at curbside in specifically marked containers will include but not be limited to glass, plastic and aluminum.

(b)

Each unauthorized removal of an item or items from a residential subdivision residence location or a single-family residence, business, commercial or governmental location shall constitute a separate violation of this subsection. Unauthorized persons removing materials or bins other than those persons designated above shall be fined as follows:

1.

Upon first conviction of violation of this subsection, the person shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each such violation.

2.

Upon second conviction of violation of this subsection, the person shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for each such violation.

3.

Upon third and subsequent convictions of violation of this subsection, the person shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each such violation.

(Parish Code 1962, Title 6, § 420; Ord. No. 7556, § 2, 6-13-84; Ord. No. 8473, § 1, 8-26-87; Ord. No. 9084, § 2, 5-9-90)