Sign Regulations in Jefferson Parish, LA (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Verified from official government sources
Political Signs
Jefferson Parish exempts temporary political signs from its sign permit process entirely, but caps each one at 32 square feet, the same exemption list that clears real estate, construction and holiday signs from needing a building-permits-department review. The sign still has to meet the structural and safety requirements of the parish Building Code even without a permit.
Temporary Political Sign Rules in Jefferson Parish
Light RestrictionsJefferson Parish Code of Ordinances §§ 40-686(7), 40-863
The following signs are exempt from the provisions of this chapter and may be erected or constructed without a permit when in accordance with the structural and safety requirements of the Building Code: ... (7) Temporary political signs, maximum thirty-two (32) square feet. ... The owners, agent or person in charge of building or premises where a violation of any provisions of this chapter has ...
Garage Sale Signs
Garage, rummage, yard, craft and boutique sale signs cannot go on any public property in Jefferson Parish, including utility poles, curbs, medians and street rights-of-way. Sec. 32-1 of the parish code treats any sign posted there as abandoned property subject to immediate removal, and the parish specifically warns garage sale permittees of this on their permit paperwork.
Garage-Sale Sign Rules in Jefferson Parish
Significant RestrictionsJefferson Parish Code of Ordinances Sec. 32-1(a), (b)(3)
Prohibition. Except as otherwise provided by law or under an exception of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to paste, post, paint, print, nail or otherwise erect or maintain upon any curb, gutter, ... telephone pole, public utility pole, ... or other such item or structure in any right-of-way, servitude, street, roadway, emergency lane, median, neutral ground, shoulder of a road...
Digital Billboards
Off-premises digital billboards using electronic variable message technology in Jefferson Parish must sit at least 1,000 feet from another EVM billboard, 500 feet from any older static billboard, and 300 feet from any residential district, measured radially. The parish council can't waive that residential buffer for any project, and the signs are only allowed in a handful of commercial and industrial zoning districts to begin with.
Digital Billboard Spacing Rules in Jefferson Parish
Significant RestrictionsJefferson Parish Code of Ordinances § 40-684(h)(2)
(2) Off-premises electronic variable message signs. The use of electronic variable message (EVM) technology in off-premises signs shall be permitted subject to the following additional criteria: a. Sign spacing. 1. The minimum distance between off-premises EVM signs shall be one thousand (1,000) feet. 2. The minimum distance between an off-premises EVM sign and an existing non-EVM off-premises ...
Window Signs
Storefronts inside Jefferson Parish's Fat City Mixed-Use districts (FC-1, FC-2, FC-3) cannot cover more than 25 percent of a window with a sign. The cap sits inside the same sign article that limits awning signs to 20 square feet and building directory signs to 6 square feet, so a Fat City tenant has to balance all three sign types against the district's overall attached-sign allowance.
Window Sign Limit in Fat City, Jefferson Parish
Some RestrictionsJefferson Parish Code of Ordinances Sec. 33-3.53.7(c)(2)
c.Awning.1.Awning sign area shall not exceed twenty (20) square feet per awning; or2.In the FC-3 district, where an awning sign is used instead of a flat or projecting sign, the awning sign area shall not exceed the lesser of the allowable flat or projecting sign area or forty (40) percent of the area of the awning on which the sign is located.(2)Window. Window signs shall occupy no more than t...
Freeway-Facing Signs
Jefferson Parish treats signs near its interstates differently in both directions: off-premises billboards are barred within 500 feet of any interstate highway, while on-premises signs within 100 feet of Interstate 10 get a height and area bonus if a sound wall has been built there. Roof signs also get extra height along the West Bank Expressway.
Freeway-Adjacent Sign Rules in Jefferson Parish
Some RestrictionsJefferson Parish Code of Ordinances §§ 40-684(a)(2)(b), 40-683(c)-(e)(3)
(2) No off-premises sign shall be permitted within: ... b. Five hundred (500) feet of an interstate highway as measured radially from the farthest projection of the sign nearest the adjacent interstate right-of-way. ... (c) Height. On-premises signs within one hundred (100) feet of Interstate Highway 10 (I-10) where a sound wall has been erected shall be permitted an additional fifteen (15) fee...
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