Right to Farm in St. Tammany Parish, LA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of St. Tammany Parish. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Agricultural Zoning Protection
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 face none of the yard setbacks that apply to houses, and agricultural support businesses are permitted alongside single-family homes, while new nonfarm development is held to a one-acre minimum lot and density.
St. Tammany Parish Rural Overlay Farm Protections
Light RestrictionsSt. Tammany Parish Code of Ordinances § 400-7.F
F.RO Rural Overlay District.1.Purpose. The RO Rural Overlay is established to permit agriculture uses, to encourage the maintenance of the rural countryside, to preserve forests and other undeveloped lands away from areas of population growth, and to allow residents to retain their traditional ways of life. The preferred land use in the district is agricultural, either active in the form of cro...
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