NolaCity council bans Tents, tarps, bbq grills, & private portable toilets from Mardi Gras

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viewing platforms

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Good luck with enforcing that.

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Yet there are homeless people living in tents all over the damn city.

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"Tents, tarps and all enclosures, plus sofas, scaffolding and viewing platforms are now banned. So are charcoal barbecue grills, gas grills and electric generators. Portable toilets of any kind are prohibited.

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So you're fricked if it rains. Or if its 90. You basically can't cook anything.

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The sidewalks and neutral grounds along parade routes may be less crowded and contentious during future Carnivals. That’s the goal of a list of new rules adopted by the City Council on Thursday.

Council member JP Morrell said the code modifications were meant to push back against the “Krewe of Chad,” a term for territorial parade-goers who stake out private areas in the public spaces surrounding the parades to the exclusion of others.

Tents, tarps and all enclosures, plus sofas, scaffolding and viewing platforms are now banned. So are charcoal barbecue grills, gas grills and electric generators. Portable toilets of any kind are prohibited. Individuals and organizations that place tented toilets on the route may be fined $250 per day.

Such objects may be removed and disposed of by the city, according to the code.

Six-foot ladders and chairs are allowed but must be set back at least 6 feet from the curb. Ladders may not be strapped together.

By reducing the Carnival camping structures, Morrell said he hopes to eliminate the “mini Taj Mahals” erected among the “peasants.”

Anti-Chad ordinances weren’t the only additions to the Mardi Gras rules.

All confetti cannons were banned and beads must not include symbols other than symbols of the krewe.

Marching bands composed of musicians from schools or non-profit organizations must be composed of 30 participants. No definition of participants is specified in the code. Military bands are exempt.

Krewes must provide NOPD and other city agencies with a copy of their parade lineups – a list of the floats, bands and other parade features. Krewes must also agree that no floats will appear in more than two parades without being redecorated.

Horses participating in a Carnival parade must be marked with a hip tag that proves they’ve been properly vaccinated. Horses not participating in the parade – not counting police horses – and all reptiles are prohibited within two foorball fields (200 yards) of the parade route.

The council did not specifically discuss the enforcement of the new rules.

This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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