10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
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The City-Parish limits residential RV, boat and trailer parking. Larger trucks and semitrailers with more than two axles and payload over 3,500 pounds are barred from the drive, front yard or street-side yard in the A1–A4 residential districts under the Unified Development Code.
EBR UDC § 17.5.1(B)
Wreckers, buses (other than school buses used primarily for transporting school children), trucks and semitrailers with more than two axles and a payload capacity of more than 3,500 pounds are prohibited from parking on the drive, in the front yard, or adjacent to any lot in the A1, A2, A2.5, A3, or A4 zoning district.
Under the Unified Development Code, single-family driveways, accesses and parking areas must be paved with concrete or asphalt for proper drainage. Two-strip concrete driveways are allowed (each strip at least 18 inches wide, 20 feet long) with groundcover — gravel between strips is prohibited.
EBR UDC § 17.5.3(A)(1)
All driveways, accesses, and parking areas must be paved with durable all-weather materials, such as concrete or asphalt, and designed to maintain proper drainage. All single family detached dwellings shall be permitted to construct driveways that consist of two concrete wheel strips, each of which is at least 18 inches wide and at least 20 feet long. Gravel or loose rock between the strips sha...
No motor home, house trailer, or commercial vehicle rated 10,000 pounds GVWR or more may be parked on a subdivision street in the A1–A4 residential districts for 72 hours or more. The UDC also bars heavier multi-axle trucks from residential drives and front yards.
Baton Rouge Code § 11:425
No person shall park, or as registered owner permit to be parked, any motor home, house trailer, or commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more, on a subdivision street in the A1, A2, A2.5, A3 and A4 districts for a period of seventy-two (72) hours or more.
You may not park on the grass between a residence and the street, block a driveway, or park on the left-hand side of a two-way street. A vehicle may sit on a residential street only up to nine continuous hours, and no vehicle with two or more rear axles may
Baton Rouge Code of Ordinances, Title 11 (Traffic Code), Ch. 28
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in front of or blocking a public or private driveway; on the driver's left-hand side of any two-way street; on the grass in a yard between the residence and the street; upon a neutral ground, right-of-way, sidewalk, strip of land between a property line and street curb, or other public way.
There is no blanket overnight ban on passenger cars, but a vehicle may sit on a residential street only up to nine continuous hours. Motor homes, house trailers and heavy commercial vehicles may not stay parked on subdivision streets in the A1–A4 districts for 72 hours or more.
Baton Rouge Code § 11:425
No person shall park, or as registered owner permit to be parked, any motor home, house trailer, or commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more, on a subdivision street in the A1, A2, A2.5, A3 and A4 districts for a period of seventy-two (72) hours or more.
The Metro Council added an ordinance letting the City-Parish designate electric-vehicle parking spaces, enforced like handicap spaces, with a $50 fine for non-EV violators. Free public charging stations were installed downtown. The UDC (Ch. 17) sets no residential EV-charging mandate.
It's a nuisance to keep an abandoned or inoperative vehicle on private property. After written notice, the owner has 15 days to remove it or begin repairs (finished within 30 days), or the City-Parish may tow it. Louisiana's abandoned-vehicle law RS 32:471 et seq. also applies.
Baton Rouge Code, Title 12, Ch. 7 (Abandoned, Inoperative Motor Vehicles on Private Property)
Within the fifteen-day period after service of notice, the owner or occupant of the premises or the owner of the vehicle shall abate the nuisance by (1) removing the nuisance from the premises, or (2) commencing repairs to the vehicle which shall be completed within thirty (30) days.
The City-Parish sets no residential curb-painting ordinance authorizing property owners to paint curbs (e.g., house-number painting). Curb color markings and no-parking designations are official traffic-control devices installed by the City-Parish following the MUTCD; residents should not paint public curbs.
The Unified Development Code requires off-street loading areas for larger uses — for example, office buildings of 10,000–100,000 square feet need one loading area. Loading areas must be accessible from an adjacent alley, service drive, or open space on the same zoning lot.
EBR UDC Ch. 17 (Off-Street Loading; Table 17.G)
[Uses required to provide loading] shall provide adequate receiving facilities accessible by motor vehicle off any adjacent alley, service drive, or open space on the same zoning lot.
The Unified Development Code bars wreckers, buses, and trucks or semitrailers with more than two axles and payload over 3,500 pounds from parking on the drive, in the front yard, or adjacent to any lot in the A1–A4 residential districts — or between the street and a house in recognized
EBR UDC § 17.5.1(B)
Wreckers, buses (other than school buses used primarily for transporting school children), trucks and semitrailers with more than two axles and a payload capacity of more than 3,500 pounds are prohibited from parking on the drive, in the front yard, or adjacent to any lot in the A1, A2, A2.5, A3, or A4 zoning district or between the street and a house in recognized subdivisions in the R zoning ...
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