The UDC controls buildable area through minimum lot area and required yards rather than a single coverage percentage. Accessory structures on a residential lot may not exceed 30 percent of the rear yard or 1,000 square feet.
East Baton Rouge Parish does not set a blanket lot-coverage percentage in Chapter 11; instead it fixes minimum lot area, minimum yards, and maximum height by district (for example, the A2 district requires 7,500 square feet of lot area). What is left after the required front, side, corner-side, and rear yards defines the buildable footprint. For accessory buildings, UDC 9.5.1(C) provides that, other than in the REA and Rural districts, no accessory structure on a residentially used property may occupy more than 30 percent of the rear yard or exceed 1,000 square feet in area. Impervious-surface runoff is separately regulated under the parish stormwater and drainage provisions (Chapter 15).
Accessory structures over the 30 percent rear-yard or 1,000-square-foot limit are denied permits or ordered reduced; drainage impacts are reviewed under stormwater rules.
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