St. Tammany Parish, LA Ordinances (2026)

No one may operate a short-term rental in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish without a permit from the department of planning and development. The permit is separate from a business…

St. Tammany Parish automatically revokes a short-term rental permit that racks up three suspensions in a single permitting term. A revocation then blocks any new permit for that rental…

St. Tammany Parish will not approve a short-term rental permit unless the operator proves at least $500,000 in general liability coverage that specifically extends to short-term or…

St. Tammany Parish requires short-term rental applicants to submit a scaled site and floor plan showing at least one off-street parking space for every bedroom being rented, as part of…

St. Tammany Parish does not require the host to live on site, but every short-term rental must have a designated local responsible party available around the clock while guests are…

St. Tammany Parish levies a $750 annual permit fee on every short-term rental operating in the unincorporated parish. The fee is due with the permit application by February 1 each…

John Davis Park, Henry Keller Field and the Main Street Boat Launch in Recreation District No. 4 close at 8:00 p.m. from March through October and at 6:00 p.m. from November through…

Unaccompanied minors under 17 cannot be in public places in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, or after 12:01 a.m. on Saturday…

Article III of the parish nuisance code declares blighted, derelict, dangerous, or long-vacant structures a public nuisance and lets an administrative hearing officer order them…

St. Tammany Parish bans letting rubbish, junk appliances, scrap metal, or lumber pile up on any vacant lot, right-of-way, or drainageway in the unincorporated parish. Code enforcement…

St. Tammany Parish declares excessive or untimely barking, howling or yelping a public nuisance whenever it is unreasonably loud and disturbing enough to interfere with a neighbor's…

Construction work in St. Tammany Parish is exempt from the daytime decibel limits in the noise ordinance, but the nighttime maximum still applies at all times, meaning loud…

St. Tammany Parish treats amplified music and sound equipment as a factor in its general noise nuisance ordinance. Sec. 26-111 tells the enforcing agency to weigh amplification when…

St. Tammany Parish bans motor vehicles from emitting unreasonably loud noise, whether from an oversized stereo or "boom box" or from a missing or broken muffler, under Sec. 24-38. A…

St. Tammany Parish caps outdoor sound at set decibel levels that shift by zoning district and time of day under Code of Ordinances Sec. 26-113. Residential districts allow 65 dB(A) by…

St. Tammany Parish taxes pawnbrokers under its occupational license tax article, basing the fee on gross retail sales plus the total amount of loans made, with a $300.00 minimum…

Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish treats massage establishments as a regulated land use under the Unified Development Code rather than a separate parish license. Section 400-8(AA)…

St. Tammany Parish keeps adult uses at least 1,000 feet from residential districts, dwellings, schools, churches, parks, libraries, museums, and community centers under UDC Sec…

Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish will not let you run an auto repair business out of your house. Sec. 600-6.2(4)(l)(iii) places engine repairs, including auto and auto body repair…

A tattoo parlor cannot operate as a home business in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish. Sec. 600-6.2(4)(l)(ii) places tattoo parlors on the same prohibited-uses list as massage…

St. Tammany Parish levies a 3 percent tax on the rental charged for hotel rooms, motel rooms and overnight camping facilities across both the incorporated and unincorporated parish…

Feeding an alligator within 500 feet of a residence is a misdemeanor in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish under Code of Ordinances Sec. 10-693, punishable by a $300.00 to $500.00 fine…

St. Tammany Parish Code Sec. 10-671 bars owning, keeping or harboring an intact cat or dog anywhere in the parish unless the department of animal services has issued a no-fee waiver…

St. Tammany Parish has designated four residential subdivisions as bird and wildlife sanctuaries: Lake Village, Magnolia Forest, The Woods, and Brier Lake. Inside those boundaries…

Any grooming shop operating in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish needs an animal establishment permit from the parish department of animal services before it can bathe, clip or pluck a…

Owning, keeping or exhibiting a wild or exotic animal anywhere in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish requires a permit from the parish department of animal services under Code of…

Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish allows chickens, other poultry and livestock as a "Household Agriculture" accessory use in every residential zoning district under UDC Sec. 100-5 and…

St. Tammany Parish doesn't require microchips for every household pet, but it does mandate them for specific categories: licensed animal establishments like pet shops, kennels and…

St. Tammany Parish bans letting any animal run loose, free or at large on a street, sidewalk or unenclosed land, or trespass onto someone else's property, unless it is under a…

St. Tammany Parish doesn't restrict pets by breed; instead it declares an individual animal "dangerous," "potentially dangerous," or "vicious" based on documented bite or attack…

St. Tammany Parish exempts community cats from licensing and at-large enforcement under Code of Ordinances Sec. 10-670, but only after a veterinarian confirms the cat is sterilized…

St. Tammany Parish bars leaving a vehicle parked or abandoned on any public street, highway or roadway in the unincorporated parish for more than 48 consecutive hours. Overstaying…

In unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, Sec. 24-29 makes it unlawful to park or abandon any vehicle on a public street, highway or roadway for more than 48 consecutive hours. Once that…

Article II of the nuisance chapter bans abandoned vehicles left on public property more than three days and junk or wrecked vehicles kept on private property unless secured or exempt…

St. Tammany Parish sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Exhibit 400-2 of UDC Sec. 400-2.1, with the front yard running from 25 feet in the S-2, TF, and…

In unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, the Unified Development Code caps residential structures at 35 feet above natural grade in every single-family zoning district, from the 7-acre E…

St. Tammany Parish's Exhibit 400-2 zoning table caps lot coverage at 50 percent in the Estate, Rural, Two-Family, and Multi-Family residential districts, and allows more, 60 percent…

St. Tammany Parish accepts a written complaint from any person to start a code enforcement case under Code of Ordinances Sec. 2-541. The complaint goes to the parish's designated…

After a St. Tammany Parish inspector posts a code violation, Section 2-541(c) gives the property owner five working days to correct it before the case escalates. If the violation and…

Chapter 26 of the parish code defines a broad list of conditions that constitute a reportable nuisance in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, from noxious weeds and junk to dilapidated…

To host an event on the Tammany Trace, organizers rent parish facilities by the day: the Map 24 Mobile Stage Trailer runs $500 per event, the full 31-mile trail costs $450 a day, and a…

St. Tammany Parish requires prior approval before parish roads or streets can be used for a parade or other organized activity, administered through the department of public works…

St. Tammany Parish limits residential trash and recycling collection in the unincorporated parish to the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily, and bars commercial dumpster pickup…

St. Tammany Parish bans dumping solid waste anywhere except a licensed subtitle D landfill or a facility authorized by the Department of Environmental Services or the state DEQ…

Once recyclable material is placed in a Garbage District No. 1 bin at a designated collection site, it becomes the contractor's property, and only the authorized recycling contractor…

St. Tammany Parish allows yard waste to go out in a single-use container instead of a standard bin, as long as the container is moisture-resistant, closed against water, weighs no more…

St. Tammany Parish requires every residential property owner in the unincorporated parish to keep adequate solid waste containers, place oversized items beside the service area rather…

Garbage District No. 1 picks up manual bulky waste once a week and boom-truck bulky waste once a week, limited to four feet long, two feet in diameter and 75 pounds per bundle for…

Storage areas with three or more refuse containers or one or more dumpsters must be screened on every side with a minimum seven-foot-high opaque fence of wood or masonry, and such…

St. Tammany Parish requires every property owner in the unincorporated parish to have solid waste removed frequently enough to avoid a nuisance, and bars storing solid waste on public…

St. Tammany Parish's solid waste code bars anyone in the unincorporated parish from storing or abandoning junk, wrecked vehicles or discarded machinery on neutral grounds, alleys…

Placing landscaping, signs, recreational structures, drainage or utilities in a St. Tammany Parish right-of-way, or opening an access point onto a parish road, requires prior approval…

St. Tammany Parish requires a Floodplain Development Permit for any construction, alteration or land-use change in a mapped special flood hazard area, and new or substantially improved…

St. Tammany Parish requires new and substantially improved residential and nonresidential structures in special flood hazard areas to set the lowest floor, including any basement, at…

St. Tammany Parish requires every construction site in the unincorporated parish, from single-family lots to subdivisions, to install and maintain Best Management Practices controlling…

Boat houses, piers and docks accessory to a home in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish answer to Sec. 600-6.2(1). A boat house cannot be lived in, tops out at 20 feet in height and…

St. Tammany Parish bans illicit discharges into its Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) and drainage infrastructure under UDC Section 900-6.9. Construction sites of one acre or…

St. Tammany Parish lets a homeowner in the unincorporated parish keep a yard waste compost site up to 300 cubic feet without any permit or license, as long as it uses only grass…

Weeds, grass, or other growth over 15 inches tall are unlawful on any lot within a subdivision, or within 100 feet of a home, business, or state or parish road, under section 26-10…

In unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, clearing land or removing trees ahead of construction requires a land clearing permit under UDC Section 600-3.2, but only above certain…

Section 26-2(3) declares any condition that provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes, or other vermin a public nuisance in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish. Code enforcement can…

St. Tammany Parish bans skateboards, bicycles and other wheeled conveyances on the parish fishing pier, the converted span of the old I-10 bridge over Lake Pontchartrain. The rule sits…

St. Tammany Parish bans smoking outdoors at North Shore Beach Park on Debbie Drive in Slidell. Section 30-1 lists it among the park's core conduct rules, alongside bans on glass…

St. Tammany Parish makes it a misdemeanor to willfully urinate or defecate in a public place, in a spot not meant for that purpose, or anywhere open to public view, under two…

St. Tammany Parish makes it a crime to carry an open, unsealed alcoholic drink off the premises of any parish-licensed retail alcohol outlet, and separately bans possessing an open…

St. Tammany Parish's loitering ordinance is narrow: it does not criminalize loitering in general but specifically bars remaining in a public place while soliciting or enticing someone…

Anyone peddling door-to-door in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish must first obtain a parish permit under Chapter 32. Applicants are fingerprinted by the sheriff, investigated for…

A posted 'No Peddlers Allowed' or 'No Solicitations Allowed' sign legally bars peddlers from a St. Tammany Parish property, and peddling is unlawful parish-wide between a half hour…

Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish requires every short-term rental permitted under Chapter 22 to have an operable, hardwired carbon monoxide detector in each guest room or the adjacent…

St. Tammany Parish's Department of Permits and Inspections requires a sequence of inspections before, during, and after construction under UDC Sec. 300-5.1 through 300-5.3. Work must…

St. Tammany Parish requires a permit from the director before anyone builds, enlarges, alters, moves, or demolishes a structure, or installs a regulated electrical, mechanical…

St. Tammany Parish requires a permit before anyone installs, alters, or replaces an electrical system in the unincorporated parish under UDC Section 300-2. Electrical permit fees run…

St. Tammany Parish requires a permit before anyone installs, alters, or replaces a plumbing system in the unincorporated parish under UDC Section 300-2. Plumbing permit fees run two…

Businesses in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish do not need a sign permit for a temporary window sign, but Sec. 600-4.2(B)(1)(b) of the Unified Development Code limits how much glass…

St. Tammany Parish requires a temporary sign permit from the department of planning and development before anyone distributes or displays political signs in the unincorporated parish…

St. Tammany Parish caps electronic variable message (EVM) signs at one per development site and bans them outright in residential districts under UDC Sec. 600-4.3(E). Permitted EVMs…

Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish requires full cutoff, shielded fixtures for most outdoor lighting and caps footcandle spillover at property lines under UDC Section 600-2.1. The…

St. Tammany Parish's outdoor lighting standard exists specifically to minimize light trespass, and UDC Section 600-2.1 backs that purpose with an aiming rule: any spot or flood…

A home office or home occupation in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish cannot draw more traffic than a house normally sees. Sec. 600-6.2(4) caps on-site vehicles tied to the business at…

Running a business from home in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish requires development plan review under Sec. 600-6.2(4), and the home office cannot take over the house: it is capped…

Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish caps a home daycare at eight children under UDC Sec. 100-5's "Day Care Home" definition, counting the operator's own kids under 16 toward that limit…

Converting garage space into living quarters in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish falls under the parish's garage-apartment rule. Sec. 600-6.2(2) caps a garage apartment or guest house…

Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish allows one garage apartment or guest house per lot in every residential zoning district under UDC Sec. 600-6.2, capped at 1,000 square feet of…

Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish caps accessory buildings and sheds at 20 feet in height and 7.5 percent of the lot, or 2,500 square feet, under UDC Sec. 600-6.1. Standard setbacks…

Ground-mounted solar systems bigger than small-scale in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish need a dedicated development-plan permit under UDC Sec. 400-8(OO), with a…

Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish does not set one blanket fence-height number for every yard, but it regulates fence height where sight lines matter most: within a corner or driveway…

St. Tammany Parish exempts fences of 7 feet or less from the building permit requirement of UDC Sec. 300-2(B)(1)(b), but any fence taller than 7 feet falls under the general permit…

St. Tammany Parish's RO Rural Overlay District, UDC Sec. 400-7.F, makes agriculture the parish's stated preferred use across its rural countryside. Farms, forestry, and pasture land…

St. Tammany Parish's mobile food truck standard, UDC Sec. 400-8.BB, keeps every food truck, ice cream truck, and snowball stand off the sidewalk and public right-of-way. Sec…

St. Tammany Parish allows mobile food trucks as a permitted temporary use in its commercial zoning districts, not by right, but only after development plan review by the Department of…

St. Tammany Parish requires a director-of-development license before anyone sells fireworks at retail, and it bans fireworks sales outright in the unincorporated portions of Ward 4 and…

St. Tammany Parish bars burning solid waste to dispose of it anywhere in the parish without every required federal, state and local permit, under Code of Ordinances Sec. 38-300. During…

St. Tammany Parish sets minimum floor elevations by FEMA flood zone under UDC Sec. 300-5.3.I. Homes in Zone X or D must sit at least 12 inches above the street centerline or curb…

St. Tammany Parish defines a 'Heritage Tree' as a hardwood 18 inches DBH or greater graded B or better, excluding pines, and rewards developers who preserve them: every 108 caliper…

St. Tammany Parish singles out live oak trees for protection parish-wide: cutting, trimming, removing or damaging a live oak 18 inches or more in circumference on parish property or…

St. Tammany Parish classifies a business by whichever tax basis schedule produces the major portion of its gross receipts, fees or commissions, then applies that schedule's rate to ALL…

St. Tammany Parish limits data centers and data warehousing to its AML Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics District under UDC Sec. 400-5.1.H. The use is listed by right in Exhibit…