Outdoor Cooking in Rapides Parish, LA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Rapides Parish. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Smoker Rules
Cooking fires are exempt outright from unincorporated Rapides Parish's outdoor-burning ban under Sec. 25-2(a)(2), covering grills, smokers and similar food-preparation fires with no attendance or setback condition attached. The exception still requires no public nuisance and no smoke crossing a public road under Sec. 25-3, and it can be suspended by a drought burn-ban declaration.
Rapides Parish Outdoor Cooking Fire Rules
Light RestrictionsRapides Parish Code §§ 25-2(a), 25-2(a)(2), 25-5(b)
(a)Outdoor burning of waste material or other combustible material may be conducted in the situations enumerated below if no public nuisance is or will be created and if the burning is not prohibited. ... (2)Outdoor burning in connection with the preparation of food. ... Restrictions placed pursuant to this section include, but are not limited to, outdoor burning activities and any other measur...
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