Caddo Parish, LA Ordinances (2026)

Caddo Parish bans any non-stormwater discharge into its storm drainage system across unincorporated areas, with the Department of Public Works enforcing through inspections, stop-work…

Caddo Parish requires every construction site in the unincorporated parish to stabilize exposed soil within 14 days of work stopping, and major developments of one acre or more must…

Caddo Parish requires a development permit before any construction, fill, grading, or other development in an area of special flood hazard shown on the parish's May 19, 2014 Flood…

New or substantially improved residential structures in a Caddo Parish special flood hazard area must have their lowest floor, including any basement, built at least one foot above the…

Caddo Parish does not mandate curbside recycling. Sec. 42-21 only encourages separation of recyclables at the parish's household waste collection sites, where recycling containers are…

Grass, weeds, pine straw, twigs, and tree trimmings cannot go into the containers at Caddo Parish's solid waste collection sites under § 42-23. Residents can instead burn attended yard…

In unincorporated Caddo Parish, individual rolling trash and recycling carts cannot sit out on display: the Unified Development Code requires them stored along the interior side or…

Commercial dumpsters and recycling containers in unincorporated Caddo Parish cannot sit in a front or corner side yard or on the right-of-way, and the Unified Development Code requires…

Caddo Parish runs no curbside pickup route in the unincorporated parish. Residents haul household garbage and trash themselves to parish-operated solid waste collection sites, capped…

Caddo Parish bans dumping trash, brush or waste onto public streets, ditches, waterways or another person's property under Code of Ordinances § 42-102. A first conviction draws a $300…

Caddo Parish's Unified Development Code excludes temporary holiday decorations from its definition of "attention getting device," the sign category that carries strict display-period…

Window signs need no permit in Caddo Parish, but Unified Development Code Section 9.6.C.11 caps coverage at 30% of each window's surface for both temporary and permanent signs, and…

A residential garage or yard sale in Caddo Parish gets one extra temporary sign under Unified Development Code Section 9.6.C.2, capped at six square feet, put up no more than 48 hours…

New billboards, static or electronic, are banned parish-wide except in specific commercial and industrial districts under Unified Development Code Section 9.8. Electronic billboards…

Caddo Parish requires a permit before anyone builds, alters, moves, demolishes, or changes the occupancy of a building or structure, or installs an electrical, gas, mechanical, or…

Caddo Parish adopts the Louisiana State Plumbing Code, Part XIV of the State Sanitary Code, for unincorporated areas, and requires a permit from the director of public works before any…

Caddo Parish adopts the 2005 National Electrical Code for unincorporated areas and requires a permit from the director of public works before any electrical system is installed…

Food truck vendors operating on private or Parish-owned property, or in the right-of-way, need a Caddo Parish food truck vendor's license plus a temporary use permit. Applications go…

Caddo Parish food trucks may operate on private property or Parish-owned property, but only on an improved surface, only with the property owner's written permission, and never inside…

Caddo Parish caps outdoor dogs at four per dwelling, with a litter of pups under five months old excluded from the count. Owners who need more can apply to Animal Services for a…

Caddo Parish requires every dog and cat to be spayed or neutered unless the owner qualifies for a listed exemption, such as a young puppy, a show-registered animal, or an annual intact…

Caddo Parish bans keeping tigers, wolves, primates, poisonous snakes, alligators, raccoons, foxes and dozens of other listed species as pets or for display. Owners who acquired one…

Caddo Parish allows accessory apiaries only in the rear yard, at least 10 feet from any lot line and the house, and requires a six-foot flyway barrier if hives sit within 25 feet of a…

Caddo Parish classifies dogs as dangerous or vicious based on individual conduct, not breed, and section 8-2 expressly states no dog shall be deemed vicious simply by its breed…

Unincorporated Caddo Parish allows up to eight hens, but no roosters, only in the R-A, R-E, R-1-12, R-1-10, and R-1-7 zoning districts, with the coop confined to the rear yard. Larger…

Caddo Parish forbids letting a dog run at large on unenclosed land or trespass on another's property, and requires most dogs to be confined or leashed. Violators face impoundment, and…

Caddo Parish requires a permit from the director of parks and recreation before anyone stages a parade, race, contest, performance or speech in a parish park or on a park street, filed…

Caddo Parish requires a permit from the director of parks and recreation to exclusively reserve ball diamonds, fields, courts, field houses, gyms or recreation centers, filed at least…

Caddo Parish subdivision residents can close subdivision streets for a neighborhood block party only with a permit issued by the sheriff, under Code of Ordinances § 40-12; closing…

Outdoor dining counts as a separate principal use under the Caddo Parish Unified Development Code and can only be added alongside a bar or restaurant. Seating must stay on private…

Caddo Parish closes ten named parish parks between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. to everyone but parish employees, law enforcement, night fishers, and those with written authorization, under…

Anyone under 18 in unincorporated Caddo Parish must be off public property and out of public businesses between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday, and between midnight and…

Outdoor lighting in Caddo Parish cannot exceed one footcandle measured at any lot line, and no glare may spill onto neighboring properties, under UDC Sec. 7.2.B, unless the Parish…

Caddo Parish caps cutoff-type outdoor light fixtures at 25 feet total height and requires a 75-degree or sharper cutoff angle that fully shields the light source from a person standing…

Caddo Parish treats excessive barking as an animal nuisance under section 8-38. Most nuisance violations get a 24-hour cure window after notice, but barking is carved out for immediate…

Caddo Parish bars construction and demolition noise on weeknights and weekend/holiday mornings unless the work meets the parish's Table 1 sound-level limits, under Code of Ordinances §…

Caddo Parish caps outdoor sound at a regulated property line by receiver type and time of day under § 32-163's Table 1: as low as 45 dBA at night near noise-sensitive receivers, up to…

Caddo Parish bars running a noise-creating blower, power fan or similar gas-powered device in a residential or noise-sensitive area between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if it can be heard…

Caddo Parish requires every motor vehicle and motorcycle on parish roads to run a working muffler or sound-dissipative device under Code of Ordinances § 32-164, bans personal vehicle…

Caddo Parish's Table 1 sound-level chart under Code of Ordinances § 32-163 sets lower decibel ceilings for every receiving property between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. than during the day.

Caddo Parish applies a plainly audible test to car stereos and portable speakers. Vehicle music cannot be plainly audible at a residential property line from 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m…

Caddo Parish's nuisance code makes it unlawful to let weeds, grass or deleterious growth exceed 18 inches on improved lots in the unincorporated parish's approved subdivisions. Owners…

Caddo Parish requires a tree removal permit to take down any tree 30 inches or larger in caliper on a street right-of-way or other public grounds under Unified Development Code Section…

Caddo Parish bans topping or cutting back a tree's crown to stubs on street rights-of-way and other public grounds under Unified Development Code Section 10.5.D, and Section 10.5.F…

Anyone going door to door in unincorporated Caddo Parish to sell goods, take orders or seek donations must first get a parish solicitation license from the Finance Department under…

Under Code of Ordinances § 32-50(m), any Caddo Parish resident can post a placard or sign at their door telling solicitors they are not welcome, and no licensed solicitor or canvasser…

It is unlawful in Caddo Parish to drink alcoholic beverages inside any public building controlled by the parish government or on parish-owned or leased recreational property, under…

Caddo Parish bans solicitation that accosts a person or forces company on them, plus begging from drivers in traffic, within 15 feet of a bus stop, taxi stand, or building entrance, or…

Caddo Parish bans smoking or possessing a lit tobacco product inside any parish-owned or leased building, and, in the unincorporated area, inside any business, building or public…

Caddo Parish caps driveway RV and boat storage at three days under Unified Development Code Section 8.10. A recreational vehicle sitting in a front or corner side yard driveway past…

Semi-tractors, buses, tow trucks, and other large commercial vehicles cannot be stored or parked outdoors overnight on a residential lot anywhere in unincorporated Caddo Parish. Pickup…

Leaving a wrecked, damaged, or mechanically inoperative vehicle, or any junk from one, on a road right-of-way or neutral ground in unincorporated Caddo Parish is unlawful once it sits…

Businesses that receive deliveries by truck in unincorporated Caddo Parish must provide off-street loading spaces under the Unified Development Code: none in the front yard, none…

Single-family, two-family, and townhouse lots in unincorporated Caddo Parish can only park vehicles in the driveway itself: the Unified Development Code bars any additional outdoor…

Caddo Parish's Unified Development Code permits electric-vehicle charging stations as an accessory use in every zoning district: commercial chargers in any parking lot, structure, or…

Caddo Parish's Unified Development Code permits Day Care Homes by right in nearly every residential zoning district, from R-A through R-MHS, so long as the operator holds a state child…

A home occupation in unincorporated Caddo Parish needs a certificate of occupancy, has to be run by a resident of the dwelling, and cannot use any employee who doesn't live there. The…

A home-based business in unincorporated Caddo Parish can host no more than four clients, patients, pupils, or customers at any one time, and every visit has to be scheduled by…

Caddo Parish caps home-based business signage at one identification sign no larger than two square feet under the Unified Development Code. Nothing else on the exterior, no display…

Caddo Parish caps accessory dwelling units at one per lot under Unified Development Code Section 6.1.L, limiting a detached ADU to 60% of the principal home's floor area or 1,800…

Sheds in unincorporated Caddo Parish top out at 18 feet under the Unified Development Code's accessory structure standards, and Table 7-1 requires a shed to sit at least five feet from…

A fence in unincorporated Caddo Parish's front, corner side, or reverse corner side yard tops out at six feet if it's open, or three feet for any solid fence, wall, or hedge; interior…

Every fence in unincorporated Caddo Parish needs a building permit before it goes up, and that includes repairing an existing fence, not just building a new one. The Unified…

Barbed wire, razor wire, and spiked-post fencing are off-limits on most residential lots in unincorporated Caddo Parish; the Unified Development Code confines them to utility lots and…

Fixing or servicing vehicles or heavy machinery from home is banned outright as a home-based business in unincorporated Caddo Parish. The Unified Development Code's home occupation…

Caddo Parish requires a permit from the parish administrator before anyone opens a sexually oriented business, and Sec. 12-250 bars operating one within 2,500 feet of a public park…

Caddo Parish's Unified Development Code lets tattoo and body-piercing shops open by right across its commercial and downtown zoning districts under the Body Modification Establishment…

Caddo Parish's temporary outdoor sales category, which covers rummage sales along with flea markets and consignment auctions, is capped at three events per calendar year and seven days…

Caddo Parish requires every transient vacation rental to be licensed by the Parish Administrator under Section 5.3 of the Unified Development Code, and Table 5-1 marks the use as a…

Any swimming pool built in unincorporated Caddo Parish must sit inside a fence or wall at least four feet tall, made of masonry, wood, or chain-link, fitted with a self-closing gate…

Caddo Parish zones its unincorporated farmland R-A Rural Agricultural, a district built to let single-family homes exist there only if they stay compatible with surrounding farm…

Solar panels in unincorporated Caddo Parish need a building permit like any other accessory structure, and the Unified Development Code caps roof-mounted panel height at 18 inches on…

Open burning of any matter outside a building is banned across unincorporated Caddo Parish under § 32-90, with narrow exceptions for attended yard-waste burning, agricultural…

In Caddo Parish's unincorporated area, the property standards board (the full parish commission) can condemn a building that has become a public-health, safety or welfare threat…

Caddo Parish caps most residential structures at 35 feet under Table 4-1 of the Unified Development Code, covering the R-A, R-E, R-1-12, R-1-10, R-1-7, R-1-5, R-UC, R-HU, R-TH and…

Caddo Parish's Table 4-1 dimensional standards cap building coverage at 25% of the lot in the R-A district and up to 55% in R-1-5 and R-2, with impervious surface limits running from…

Caddo Parish sets residential setbacks in Table 4-1 of Unified Development Code § 4.2.C.1. In R-A and R-E the front setback is 30 feet, the interior side 15 feet and the rear 20 feet…

Caddo Parish requires an ordinance-approved encroachment permit, a 100% owner petition, and $1-2 million in insurance before anyone builds an access gate or similar improvement on a…