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

Bossier Parish Code § 110-97 requires that a covenant running with the land be written into every sale of a lot within a platted subdivision, fixing the minimum building setback according to what the lot fronts. Lots fronting an ordinary street must keep buildings back at least 25 feet. Lots fronting a boulevard or avenue need a 35-foot setback, and lots fronting a major thoroughfare need a 50-foot setback; for both of those categories, the ordinance separately states that no part of any building may encroach on the setback area along the street, avenue, boulevard or thoroughfare.

The rule sits in Chapter 110, Subdivisions, Division 2, alongside the parish's street-width, drainage and construction standards for new development, so it governs lots created through the subdivision process. The current text was amended three times after the 1975 code, by Ordinance No. 3900 in 2003, Ordinance No. 4163 in 2007, and Ordinance No. 4646 in 2017, each adjusting the setback framework to its present 25/35/50-foot structure. Because the covenant must be incorporated into every lot sale, the setback line becomes a private deed restriction as well as a parish requirement, and the Bossier City-Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission reviews subdivision plats for compliance before the police jury accepts the plat.