Bossier City, LA Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

Section 6.4 of the Unified Development Code requires "all structures... comply with the minimum and maximum yard requirements... contained in the following table," except as Section 15.4 provides. Reading the table's Lot Width, then Front, then Side setback columns in order: R-A Residence-Agriculture calls for a 100-foot lot width, 25-foot front setback and 10-foot side setback; R-E Residential Estate a 70-foot lot width, 40-foot front and 10-foot side; R-LD Low Density and R-MHS Manufactured Housing Subdivision a 60-foot lot width, 25-foot front and 5-foot side; R-MD Medium Density the same 60-foot width, 25-foot front and 5-foot side; and R-HD High Density again 60 feet, 25-foot front and 5-foot side.

Two footnotes widen the front figures in specific cases: front setbacks on major arterial streets are increased to 50 feet unless the Metropolitan Planning Commission Board approves a reduction, and lots fronting Barksdale Boulevard are allowed a 0-foot front setback but must then keep a 0-foot side yard setback unless the Board of Adjustment grants a variance under Section 3.6.1. Because the table also carries maximum-yard and landscape-surface columns for the same districts, a builder should confirm both minimums and maximums before finalizing a site plan.