4 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
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Lafayette's City Council adopted short-term rental regulations on September 5, 2023, taking effect January 1, 2024. Each STR must obtain a Short-Term Rental license and a Sales and Use Tax license, with licenses valid for two years. The property must be the operator's primary residence. STRs are barred from single-family residential zones and from Industrial, Development Resource, and Public districts. State sales tax authority is La. R.S. 47:301 et seq.
Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) Code Chapter 73 requires every short-term rental in the City of Lafayette to obtain an STR license and a Sales and Use Tax license, valid two years. The annual STR license fee is $100. STR stays under 30 days are subject to Louisiana state sales tax (4.45%) and state hotel-occupancy tax (4%), Lafayette Parish local sales tax (parish portion 3% as of Oct 2025), plus city sales and city lodging taxes administered by the Lafayette Parish School System Sales Tax Office, (337) 521-7353. Confirm current combined rate with that office.
Under Lafayette Consolidated Government Code Chapter 73, short-term rental guest parking must be on-site. A maximum of two vehicles may park off-site (on-street) only when no on-site parking is available. The ordinance does not set a fixed number of off-street spaces per bedroom; on-site capacity is what the existing residential driveway, garage, or off-street pad provides under the Unified Development Code (Chapter 89) parking standards for the underlying dwelling. Confirm site-specific parking with LCG Development & Planning at (337) 291-8461.
Under Lafayette Consolidated Government Code Chapter 73, the maximum number of overnight guests in a short-term rental is two persons per bedroom plus two additional persons. A two-bedroom STR therefore tops out at 6 guests; a three-bedroom at 8. Bed-and-breakfast-style STRs are limited to a maximum of four guest rooms with two persons per guest room. STRs must be the operator's primary residence and may not be located in Residential Single-Family (RS) districts. Confirm current rule with LCG Development & Planning at (337) 291-8461.
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