This Court takes the offense of littering very seriously and recognizes the efforts of the West Baton Rouge Parish Council , Keep West Baton Rouge Beautiful, the Ward Four Constable's office and the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Department in controlling the amount of litter on our highways and streets in this parish.  As such, we have joined together in promoting the need for stronger litter and other ordinance violations through community outreach to defeat the litter in our parish.  If you or someone you know is interested in this fight, please contact the West Baton Rouge Parish Council at (225)383-4755, the Constable's office at (225)278-9295 or this court at (225)975-2534.  If you have witnessed the act of littering we ask that you please fill out a Litter Form  and email, fax or mail back to this court.  Only with the help of all residents can the problem of litter be controlled.

 PLEASE HELP CLEAN UP WBR!!!!!

Frustrated by litter thrown or blown from cars and trucks? What about businesses and homeowners who let their trash pile up in violation of local laws? In addition to police officers, justices of the peace and constables can cite violators with fines and can require little violators to clean up the litter and do community service work. What can you do? REPORT LITTER VIOLATORS.

WHAT IS ILLEGAL?

Basically every form of littering is prohibited by parish and state ordinances. Here is a summary of what the ordinances cover:

1. Throwing, dumping or placing any waste item or material on public property, the right of way or private property without the owner’s permission.

1. Allowing anything to escape from a vehicle.

All trash and other material transported in a commercial or privately owned vehicle must be completely enclosed, covered by a tarp or otherwise secured.

1. Trash on commercial or private property must be kept in a sealed container. There is nothing in the building code that exempts construction and demolition sites from these laws.

 

 MAKING A REPORT

 

 When you see littering occur, all you need to do is record the information in the form and give it to a police officer, justice of the peace or constable. If you would rather report the information by mail, phone, fax please see the Contact Information at the bottom of the form located in the forms section of this website. If you would like to email your information without filling out a form click info@westbatonrougejp4.com.  Once again, please be as specific as you can concerning the incident. The more information that you can provide the more likelihood that the litter will be cleaned up.

For information please call (225)975-2534 or email at info@westbatonrougejp4.com

For other Ordinance violations please fill out a Statement of Claim and mail, email, or fax to the court.