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Parking Rules in Ouachita Parish, LA (2026)

3 rules for unincorporated Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

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

Commercial & Oversized Vehicles

Sec. 14-5 bars tractor-trailers and commercial trucks over 30 feet in body length from seven named unincorporated parish roads, including Tanglewood, Dellwood and Charmingdale Drives and Country Club Boulevard. Fire apparatus, road-construction vehicles, farm implements and local-delivery trucks are exempt. Violation is punishable by a $100 to $500 fine.

Ouachita Parish Commercial Truck Road Ban

Significant Restrictions

Ouachita Parish Code of Ordinances § 14-5

(a)No person shall operate a tractor trailer or a commercial truck having a body length in excess of thirty (30) feet on the following roads in the unincorporated areas of Ouachita Parish: Tanglewood Drive Dellwood Drive Charmingdale Drive North Charmingdale Drive Merrydale Drive Country Club Boulevard Ticheli Road (b)The provisions of this section shall not apply to:(1)Fire apparatus;(2)Vehic...

Street Parking Limits

Sec. 14-2 governs stopping, standing and parking on parish roads outside incorporated municipalities: vehicles must clear the traveled roadway when practicable, leave a 200-foot clear sight line, and park within 18 inches of the curb where curbs exist. Violations bring a fine up to $100 or 30 days in jail.

Ouachita Parish On-Street Parking Rules

Some Restrictions

Ouachita Parish Code of Ordinances § 14-2

(1)Upon any highway outside a business or residential district no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the said highway or road when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off such portion of said highway or road, but in every event an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing...

Abandoned Vehicles

Storing or abandoning a junked, wrecked, or inoperable vehicle on any property in unincorporated Ouachita Parish violates Code of Ordinances Sec. 8-3. The police jury office posts a 15-day removal notice; if the owner does not remove the vehicle or request a hearing, the parish declares it public property, tows it, and bills removal costs up to $500.

Ouachita Parish Junked Vehicle Removal

Heavy Restrictions

Ouachita Parish Code of Ordinances § 8-3

(b)It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation or association or their agent, either as owner, lessee, tenant or occupant, to store or abandon any junked, wrecked or used automobiles or motor vehicles or any part or parts thereof on any property within unincorporated areas of this parish. ... The notice shall require that the vehicle be removed within fifteen (15) days from th...

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