Violation Types



  1. LITTERING (Illegal Signs)

    • Littering shall also be defined to include the posting, erecting or displaying of signs, notices and structures including, but not limited to, political campaign signs on property owned by Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government or within public rights-of-ways of all state and parish roads, highways and streets.

  2. VEGETATION, TRASH & JUNK

    • Tall grass means grass or weeds and other vegetation more than twelve (12) inches in height when measured perpendicular from the ground. This term does not include ornamental vegetation, landscaping or agricultural plants to the extent these plantings do not create a threat to the safety and welfare of citizens or do not materially interfere with another in the peaceful possession of his property.

    • Junk means any trash, refuse, garbage, debris, printed paper flyers, handbills, mobile homes, and/or trailers, rubbish, old or scrap rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, shopping carts, discarded refrigerators, freezers, stoves, and other major appliances; discarded mattresses, glass, wood, and tires; rubber, copper, brass, iron, steel and other old or scrapped ferrous and nonferrous material; and, any other refuse, trash, or discarded material.

  3. JUNKYARDS

    • Junkyard means a business established for the purpose of selling used or scrap automobiles, trucks, and/or trailers; old or scrap rope, rags, batteries, paper, rubber, copper, brass, aluminum, iron, steel and other old or scrapped ferrous or nonferrous materials; discarded refrigerators, freezers, stoves, and other appliances, provided that said business is authorized by and is in compliance with Chapter 16 of the TPCG Code and other regulatory ordinances of TPCG; discarded mattresses, glass, wood and tires; and, any other junk or discarded materials. The term also includes salvage yards and recycling centers.

  4. VESSELS

    • Vessel means any tug, towboat, barge, watercraft, ship vessel, equipment, machinery, or any object of any kind or description, whether foreign or domestic, in a sunken or partially sunken state; the term "vessel" is also a junk vessel on property.

  5. CONDEMNATIONS

    • Dilapidated and dangerous structure means any building, structure or portion thereof which has been deemed dangerous and dilapidated and endangers the public welfare due to the following nonexclusive factors: creates a hazard to life because inadequacies in the area of proper exits; lack of foundation and structural integrity; poses as a fire hazard; is unsuitable for human habitation or use to which the structure was generally intended; is or may be becoming a place of rodent or insect infestation; is littered with trash and debris; or otherwise constitutes a hazard to health, welfare and safety because of inadequate maintenance, sanitation, obsolescence, or abandonment.

  6. BLIGHTED OR ABANDONED PROPERTY

    • Blighted or abandoned property means commercial or residential property, including lots which are uninhabitable, are considered hazardous to persons or property because of their physical condition, vacant or not lawfully occupied. The terms "vacant" or "not lawfully occupied" shall include, but shall not be limited to, any property which is not actually occupied by its owner, lessee or other invitee or if occupied, without utilities and which has been left unsecured or inadequately secured from unauthorized entry to the extent that the property could be entered and utilized by vagrants or other uninvited persons, as a place of harborage for stray animals, rodents, insects, and vermin infestation issues; a property with inadequate streets or access for emergency vehicles and utility and parish service vehicles; a property with conditions conducive to juvenile delinquency, loitering and crime which includes locations upon which drug selling and/or use, prostitution, crimes of violence and other offenses; a property with junked or obsolete vessels or other marine debris; property by which reason of dilapidation, deterioration, state of disrepair, has been condemned, or other such status is otherwise detrimental to or endangers the public safety, health or welfare.

  7. JUNKED, ABANDONED & INOPERATIVE VEHICLE

    • Abandoned vehicle means any vehicle which is located on public or private property. Including, but not limited to, motor vehicles, cars, trucks, trailers, recreational vehicles, boats, vessels, and mobile homes, which meet any of the following criteria:

      • Wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, inoperative, abandoned, discarded, the condition of the vehicle being such that it is considered to be a total loss. The term “total loss” shall have the same meaning as La. R.S. 33:4876: that the cost to repair a damaged or dismantled vehicle exceeds the junk value of said vehicle, as determined by any recognized national appraisal book; or

      • Is operable or inoperative and is left unattended on public property for more than twenty-four (24) hours, or

      • Is inoperative and left unattended on the shoulder or right-of-way of an interstate, four-lane highway, or roadway for more than twenty-four (24) hours, or

      • Has remained illegally on public property for a period of more than twenty-four (24) hours, or

      • That has remained operable or inoperative on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property for more than three (3) days