Business Licensing & Operations in St. Tammany Parish, LA (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
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Adult Entertainment
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. 400-8.A. Two adult uses must also sit 1,000 feet apart from each other, and every facility must hold the required state and parish alcohol and business licenses.
St. Tammany Parish Adult Use Spacing Rules
Significant RestrictionsSt. Tammany Parish Code of Ordinances § 400-8.A
A.Adult Uses.1.The distance between any adult use and any residential district or dwelling shall be a minimum of 1,000 feet measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the nearest point of the property line of the residential district or dwelling to the nearest point of the property line of the adult use or the property on which it is situated, if it is one of se...
Massage Establishments
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) requires every massage business to hold current licensing under Louisiana's Massage Therapists and Massage Establishments Act, R.S. 37:3551 et seq., or operate under a licensed physician's direct supervision, and folds in all of that Act's state regulations by reference.
St. Tammany Parish Massage Establishment Rules
Some RestrictionsSt. Tammany Parish Code of Ordinances § 400-8(AA)
AA.Massage Establishment.1.Applicability. This section applies to massage establishments or any other place of business that offers the practice of massage therapy and where the practice of massage therapy is conducted on the premises of the business. A place of business includes any office, clinic, facility, or other location where a person or persons engage in the practice of massage therapy....
Tattoo & Body Modification
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 parlors, fortunetellers and faith healers, so the parish's accessory home-occupation rules do not permit the use at a residence no matter how it is scaled down.
St. Tammany Parish bars home-based tattoo parlors
Heavy RestrictionsSt. Tammany Parish Code of Ordinances § 600-6.2(4)(l)(ii)
l.Prohibited uses:i.No home professional office shall permit the bulk storage, assembly, or manufacturing of alcohol, flammable liquids or chemical agents, firearms, fireworks or other similar uses.ii.Massage parlors, tattoo parlors, fortunetellers, faith healers and other activities of like character.iii.Engine repairs including, but not limited to auto and auto body repairs, boat repairs, equ...
Pawnbrokers
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 license tax regardless of volume.
St. Tammany Parish Pawnbroker License Tax
Some RestrictionsSt. Tammany Parish Code of Ordinances § 22-41(c)
For every pawnbroker, or person keeping a loan office and engaged in lending money on articles pawned or pledged and for each and every money broker, money lender or person lending money on, or purchasing time, wages or salaries of laborers, clerks or other wage earners or other persons, whether the same be earned or unearned, and whether the business is conducted in an office or otherwise, the...
Auto Repair on Residential Property
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, boat repair and equipment repair, on the home occupation's list of flatly prohibited uses, so the work has to move to a properly zoned commercial or industrial site.
St. Tammany Parish bars home auto repair shops
Heavy RestrictionsSt. Tammany Parish Code of Ordinances § 600-6.2(4)(l)(iii)
l.Prohibited uses:i.No home professional office shall permit the bulk storage, assembly, or manufacturing of alcohol, flammable liquids or chemical agents, firearms, fireworks or other similar uses.ii.Massage parlors, tattoo parlors, fortunetellers, faith healers and other activities of like character.iii.Engine repairs including, but not limited to auto and auto body repairs, boat repairs, equ...
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