Property Maintenance in Lafayette Parish, LA (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Lafayette Parish. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Property Blight

Lafayette code officials can placard, close, and lien vacant, unsafe buildings citywide and parish-wide, with liens, boarding, and vacate orders for hazards under the Property Maintenance Code.

Lafayette Blight & Dangerous Building Abatement

Significant Restrictions

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 26-258(d)

Where the building official determines that a building or structure is vacant and unfit for human habitation and occupancy, the building official is authorized to post a placard on the building...ordering the...premises closed up so as not to be an attractive nuisance. Upon failure of the owner to close up the building...within the time specified...the cost thereof shall be charged against the ...

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Vacant Lot Maintenance

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government bans weeds, grass or noxious growth over 12 inches on lots within occupied neighborhoods, or 24 inches on outlying tracts -- covering both the City of Lafayette and the unincorporated parish.

Lafayette Parish Weed & Vacant Lot Height Limit

Some Restrictions

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 97-28(a)

No tenant or occupant of any leased, occupied or unoccupied lot, place, property or area shall permit any noxious weeds, grass, or deleterious, unhealthy or noxious growths more than 12 inches in height to grow, stand or accumulate on any portion of any lot, place or area leased or occupied by the person, or on any abutting sidewalk or neutral ground; nor shall such person allow a lot, place or...

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Property Maintenance by City in Lafayette Parish

1 cities in Lafayette Parish have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

LafayettePop. 121,374

2 verified rules • Property Blight, Vacant Lot Maintenance

All Lafayette Parish ordinances

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