10 rules for unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Verified from official government sources
The parish zoning code lets residents keep RVs and boats on their lot, but they must sit behind the front building line (or 60 feet back) and, if over seven feet tall, be set back five feet and screened from neighbors and the street.
Jefferson Parish Code Sec. 40-661(g)(2)(a)
Recreational vehicles and recreational watercraft not parked or stored inside of a fully enclosed garage shall be parked or stored completely behind the front building line of the principal structure or not less than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line, whichever is closest to the front lot line.
It is unlawful to park or store a vehicle on the unpaved front-yard area of any home or business, or on servitudes, levees and neutral grounds. Off-street parking areas must have an approved all-weather hard surface.
In residential zoning districts, heavy commercial vehicles are barred, but one commercial van or trailer may be kept if it meets the same setback and screening rules that apply to RVs.
You may not leave a vehicle parked on any parish street, shoulder or curb for more than 48 consecutive hours, and parking on medians and neutral grounds is prohibited unless signs allow it.
Jefferson Parish sets no blanket overnight ban, but no vehicle may stay parked on any street, shoulder or curb for more than 48 consecutive hours, so multi-night street storage is prohibited.
Jefferson Parish has no dedicated residential EV-charging ordinance. Home chargers are regulated as ordinary electrical work through the parish building and electrical permit process, not by a separate parking rule.
The parish tags and tows junked, wrecked, derelict or abandoned vehicles from public and private property. Once tagged, the owner has 72 hours to remove it before it is impounded and sold or destroyed.
Residents may not paint or mark parish curbs themselves. No-parking curb markings and signs are established only by the parish's Department of Public Works traffic-engineering division; unauthorized curb markings are prohibited.
Commercial and larger buildings must provide off-street loading space rather than blocking the street. The zoning code requires at least one loading space per 7,500 square feet of gross floor area.
Jefferson Parish Code Sec. 40-663(a)
At least one (1) permanently-maintained off-street loading space for each seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof.
Recreational vehicles, watercraft, commercial vans and trailers over seven feet tall must be set back five feet from side and rear lot lines and screened from neighbors and the street by a six-foot fence.
Jefferson Parish Code Sec. 40-661(g)(2)(d)
Recreational vehicles and recreational watercraft over seven (7) feet in height shall be located no less than five (5) feet from a side or rear lot line and shall be screened from view of the abutting property and the abutting street right-of-way in accordance with subsection (7).
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