Animal Ordinances in Lafayette Parish, LA (2026)

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 10-191

It shall be the duty of every person raising or keeping chickens, turkeys, geese, guineas, pigeons or other fowl ... to keep them in a pen, coop or enclosure. Such pen, coop or enclosure shall be constructed in such manner that the fowl shall be confined within such pen, coop or enclosure at all times. Such pen, coop or enclosure shall be at a distance of at least 25 feet from any and every bui...

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 10-121

(a) No dog shall be allowed to run at large, whether he is tagged or untagged or whether he is on private or public property, except where such private property is the private property of such owner or person in charge and such property precludes the escape or possible escape of such animal, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. ... (c) All cats may be at large.

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 10-122(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly bring into the City of Lafayette or the unincorporated areas of the Parish of Lafayette any animal infected with any contagious disease or any wild or exotic animal which may constitute a threat to the safety of citizens and whoever is convicted of this crime shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceedi...

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 10-235

The owner of an animal shall maintain the property on which such animal is kept, maintained or harbored in such a state so as not to attract flies, insects or other vermin and to assure that any odor therefrom cannot be detected on any adjacent or neighboring property nor interfere with the reasonable use and enjoyment of adjacent or neighboring property.

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 10-121(a), (c)

(a)Prohibited. No dog shall be allowed to run at large, whether he is tagged or untagged or whether he is on private or public property, except where such private property is the private property of such owner or person in charge and such property precludes the escape or possible escape of such animal, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. ... (c)All cats may be at large.

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 10-268(d)

The owner of any animal declared to be potentially dangerous or dangerous must have the animal sterilized (neutered or spayed as the case may be) by a licensed veterinarian at the owner's expense.

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 89-21(d)

Personal services: A business which provides a service to the general public. This includes, but is not limited to, barber shops, beauty shops/salons, laundries (including self-service), dry cleaners, tailors, seamstresses or dressmakers, taxidermist, pet groomers, photographers, wedding planning, wedding chapels, dating services, nail salons, massage establishments, tattoo parlors, and shoe sh...

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 89-21(d), Table 89-21-2 (definition of "Animal hospital (indoor)")

Any part of a building designed or used to care for or observe animals under medical treatment, supervised by a licensed veterinarian. The treatment of animals occurs entirely inside the principal building and not in ancillary or accessory buildings. This use does not include outside kennels.

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 10-75

(a) The area embraced within the corporate limits of the City of Lafayette, as those limits now stand or as may be amended in the future, is hereby designated as a bird sanctuary. (b) It shall be unlawful to hunt, trap, shoot or attempt to hunt, trap, shoot or molest in any manner any bird or wildfowl or to rob bird nests or wildfowl nests.