Terrebonne Parish, LA Ordinances (2026)

Terrebonne Parish residents can block door-to-door sales pitches by posting a 'No Solicitors' sign at least three by four inches, with letters at least two-thirds of an inch tall, near…

Anyone going door to door in Terrebonne Parish to sell goods, take orders or solicit donations must first file a registration statement with the parish government, pay a $20…

Terrebonne Parish bans smoking within 10 feet of any public building or public-place entrance, in any service line, and within 25 feet of ball fields, bleachers, concession stands and…

Terrebonne Parish Code Sec. 19-10 bans skateboarding and roller blading inside or right around public buildings, on the Terrebonne Bayou Walk and Downtown Marina, and on sidewalks in a…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 19-223 makes it a misdemeanor to urinate on public property, in a public road or right-of-way, or in any place open to public view near a fair, festival…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 19-244 bars carrying or using open glass or glass-like containers to drink alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverages on public streets, sidewalks, alleys, wharves…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 19-251 makes it unlawful to remain or loiter on a public street or sidewalk after a law enforcement officer orders you to move, if doing so blocks the free…

Terrebonne Parish has no ordinance singling out 'aggressive' panhandling, but its vagrancy law at § 19-238 makes it a misdemeanor for an able-bodied person to beg or solicit alms…

Terrebonne Parish limits street trees to small species topping out at 20 feet tall and 10 feet wide, set at least 2 feet from curb and sidewalk and 30 feet apart. Trees must sit 35…

Terrebonne Parish requires a construction tree guard at least 4 feet high around any street or park tree whose canopy falls within a construction or excavation zone, and a written…

Terrebonne Parish requires owners to prune any tree overhanging a street or right-of-way so branches leave 8 feet of clearance above the street or sidewalk and do not block…

No one may remove or disturb a street tree or park tree in Terrebonne Parish without first getting a permit from the department of planning and zoning. Applications must be filed at…

Terrebonne Parish caps weeds and plant growth on every improved lot at 12 inches. Parish Code § 6-110(b), amending Property Maintenance Code § 302.4, makes the Regulatory Division of…

Terrebonne Parish has designated the entire former City of Houma corporate limits, plus four named subdivisions, as bird sanctuaries where trapping, hunting, shooting or molesting any…

Terrebonne Parish exempts community cats from licensing, stray and at-large rules and applies no stray-hold period so they can be trapped, neutered and returned. Ear-tipped cats are…

Terrebonne Parish caps commercial dog breeders and sellers at 20 unspayed/unneutered dogs over six months old at any time, and requires a kennel license once anyone keeps five or more…

Terrebonne Parish does not ban dogs by breed; instead it declares a dog dangerous or vicious case by case based on behavior. Parish Code §§ 5-30 and 5-45 require a dangerous dog to be…

In Terrebonne Parish, every dog, cat and other domestic animal must stay under restraint at all times, on a leash, in a carrier or in a vehicle whenever off the owner's property…

Terrebonne Parish bars anyone from owning, possessing, selling or keeping an exotic or wild animal unless a parish ordinance, or federal or state law, expressly permits it. Parish Code…

Terrebonne Parish requires every owned dog and cat over three months old to carry an implanted microchip. Parish Code § 5-25 makes registering the chip number with animal control and…

Terrebonne Parish does not require every pet to be altered, but an impounded dog or cat that is not already spayed or neutered must be fixed before redemption under Parish Code §…

Terrebonne Parish bans letting a horse, mule, hog, pig, sheep, goat, ox, cow or other livestock run loose anywhere in the parish. Parish Code § 5-76 makes the owner or keeper…

Terrebonne Parish classifies small-animal veterinary clinics as 'animal sales and services (limited),' a use permitted by right in C-2 General Commercial Districts. Veterinary care for…

Terrebonne Parish caps sound from a vehicle's radio, TV, loudspeakers or music system at a level audible beyond 25 feet or exceeding 70 decibels, whether the noise comes from inside or…

In Terrebonne Parish, sound from a commercial building or motor vehicle that is audible more than 25 feet away or exceeds 70 decibels is a nuisance under Terrebonne Parish Code Sec…

Terrebonne Parish caps commercial and vehicle sound at 70 decibels or audible beyond 25 feet, bans amplified noise from a residence heard outside it entirely, and lets only the parish…

Terrebonne Parish Code Sec. 19-7 bars camping in any public area not designated as a campground, covering streets, sidewalks, parks and rights-of-way. Before a first citation, police…

Terrebonne Parish Code Sec. 19-15 bars placing or keeping a solid waste bin or dumpster on a sidewalk, street, servitude of public passage, roadway right-of-way, or any other public…

Every residential unit in Terrebonne Parish must use the parish's solid waste collection system; disposing of household garbage any other way is unlawful under Sec. 11-22. Waste that…

Terrebonne Parish collects vegetative debris, yard trimmings, leaves, branches, and similar material, from residential units up to thirty cubic yards per calendar month under Sec…

Terrebonne Parish sets physical standards for trash containers, parish-issued carts, resident-owned metal or plastic bins from ten to thirty-two gallons, or heavy-duty disposable bags…

Terrebonne Parish requires residential and small commercial customers to place solid waste at the public point of collection using containers authorized under Code section 11-26…

Terrebonne Parish Code section 11-31(a) makes it unlawful to throw, dump or dispose of solid waste on any public or private premises in the parish outside the methods this article…

Terrebonne Parish collects nonputrescible bulky waste from residential units under section 11-26(a)(3) and picks up vegetative debris up to thirty cubic yards per month, but anything…

Terrebonne Parish limits its recycling receptacles to their intended use: section 11-101(f) reserves curbside bins for the subscribed household only, and section 11-102(c) treats…

Terrebonne Parish offers curbside recycling as a voluntary, fee-based subscription service under section 11-101, not a mandatory program. Subscribers get one eighteen-gallon…

Terrebonne Parish Code Sec. 19-77 requires anyone staging a float parade to apply for a police or sheriff's department permit at least 30 days ahead, listing the route, times and…

Anyone hosting an event or using Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government property such as Courthouse Square, Rotary Centennial Plaza, Downtown Memorial Park, the Downtown Marina, the…

Terrebonne Parish bans tall grass and accumulated trash or junk on undeveloped residential lots and on the outer 30 feet of industrial, commercial and agricultural tracts. Code…

Terrebonne Parish Code Section 14-156 declares any dilapidated and dangerous structure a nuisance subject to condemnation. Planning and zoning inspects, issues a nuisance warning with…

Terrebonne Parish requires any floodlight, thin-line or gooseneck reflector used to light a billboard to aim at the sign face and be shielded so no beam spills onto the road. Parish…

Terrebonne Parish Code Sec. 28-71(c) requires that lighting used for signs, parking areas or other purposes within the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish (the Houma area) be arranged so…

Terrebonne Parish Code Section 14-186 declares junked, abandoned or inoperative vehicles a nuisance parishwide. They cannot sit on public property over 24 hours, or on private property…

Terrebonne Parish designates freight zones on specific Houma-area streets for loading and unloading commercial vehicles. Drivers may stop there only after paying the posted fee, and…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 18-202 bars parking or leaving standing any truck tractor, semitrailer, boat, dump truck, tow truck, utility or house trailer, or motor home on a parish…

Terrebonne Parish limits how long and where a vehicle can sit on a public street: no more than 24 consecutive hours in one spot, parked parallel and headed with traffic within a foot…

Within the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish (the Houma area), off-street parking for a dwelling generally cannot sit in the required front yard; only R-1 and R-2 lots may use the…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 18-248 bars parking any vehicle over three tons or longer than twenty feet on a street within the former Houma city limits between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., an…

After a Terrebonne Parish code complaint, the department issues a nuisance warning giving no more than five days to fix most violations, 15 days for dangerous structures, and 10 days…

Terrebonne Parish's Planning and Zoning Department investigates nuisance complaints from any resident under Sec. 14-303, conducting an on-site inspection and written report with…

Terrebonne Parish's occupational license tax follows Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 47 business classifications, with parish-set flat fees for specific business types, including $100…

Terrebonne Parish requires every mobile food unit to register annually for $100 with the Regulatory Division, plus a free location permit for each site it operates from. Registration…

Mobile food vendors may operate in commercial, medical services or industrial zones and in unzoned parts of Terrebonne Parish, but the Downtown Historic District is off-limits except…

Terrebonne Parish allows electronic billboards to display static time, date and temperature information, but Parish Code § 6-126 bans any flashing, revolving or rotating light on an…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 14-26 defines political campaign signs posted on parish-owned property or within public road rights-of-way as litter, and § 14-46 lets planning and zoning…

Terrebonne Parish's Consolidated Building Code lets an owner-occupied lodging house with five or fewer guestrooms be built to the lighter one- and two-family residential code, instead…

Anyone who wants to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a building, or install, alter or replace its electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing…

Terrebonne Parish requires construction to stay accessible for inspection until the Building Official approves it, and Section 110.3 lists ten required inspection stages, from footing…

Anyone in Terrebonne Parish who wants to erect, install, enlarge, repair, remove, convert or replace an electrical system regulated by the parish's Consolidated Building Code must…

A retaining wall in Terrebonne Parish needs no building permit if it stands four feet or less, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall, and does not hold back a…

Terrebonne Parish flatly bans corrugated metal or tin fencing along public streets under Terrebonne Parish Code § 22-30(e). The prohibition sits inside the parish's broader fence…

Anyone erecting a fence along a public street in Terrebonne Parish, within the former City of Houma, must first file a written application with the parish council clerk under…

Within the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish (the Houma area), Sec. 28-74(g) caps sight-obstructing fences and walls at four feet in a required front yard and eight feet in a required…

A private swimming pool built in Terrebonne Parish requires a building permit, and the parish charges a flat $200 fee that includes required trade permits, under Table 109.2.2(3) of…

Terrebonne Parish bans discharging fireworks except during three windows: dusk to 10 p.m. on January 1 and July 4, and dusk on December 31 to 1 a.m. on January 1, under Parish Code §…

Terrebonne Parish Code Sec. 9-32(d) requires a smoke detector or fire alarm to be installed in any residential unit before permanent occupancy is granted after new construction, a…

Terrebonne Parish Code section 11-31(b) bars anyone from kindling or setting fire to combustible material on public or private property to get rid of solid waste, except as another law…

New construction and substantial improvements to residential structures in Terrebonne Parish's special flood hazard areas must have the lowest floor, including any basement, elevated…

Terrebonne Parish Code Chapter 9 governs every area of special flood hazard across the parish and the former City of Houma. A flood control/utility permit from the floodplain…

Terrebonne Parish doesn't have a separate boat-dock ordinance; instead, section 12-6 requires a Coastal Impact Certificate before building bulkheads or any other structure, including a…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 22-354 requires erosion and sediment control measures on every land-disturbing site in the parish, from silt fencing to stabilized construction entrances…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 22-353 bans discharging anything but stormwater into the parish's storm drain system (MS4), covering everyone from construction sites to commercial facilities…

Commercial and industrial developments in Terrebonne Parish that pave, build or otherwise cover more than 70 percent of a lot, or more than 10,000 square feet of it, cannot get a…

Within the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish, a structure in an R-1 Single-Family Residential District cannot be erected or altered to exceed thirty-five feet, per Terrebonne Parish…

In the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish, an R-1 Single-Family Residential lot must keep a 20-foot front yard, 5-foot side yards, and a 25-foot rear yard under Terrebonne Parish Code §…

In Terrebonne Parish's coastal high hazard zones (V1-30, VE, V), the Gulf-exposed areas most at risk from hurricane storm surge and wave wash, new construction and substantial…

When the parish president signs an emergency declaration, Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government can skip the standard five-business-day notice and go straight to removing bulky…

Terrebonne Parish caps tow charges at $55 and storage at $1 per day for vehicles it impounds, and requires anyone operating an auto wrecker in the city to hold a $25 annual permit…

Terrebonne Parish confines sexually oriented businesses to C-2 General Commercial Districts within the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish (the Houma area) and imposes a 1,000-foot buffer…

Terrebonne Parish's zoning code confines 'automotive and equipment repair' to commercial and industrial districts like C-1 and I-1. The exhaustive R-1 use list never includes it, and…

Terrebonne Parish bars anyone under 17 from being out in public places between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on weeknights and 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. on weekends, unless accompanied by a parent…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 21-1 closes every parish and city park and playground between 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. central standard time, or 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. during daylight saving…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 20-117 charges the Houma Historic Preservation District Commission with preserving 'buildings, sites, monuments, and structures of historic interest or…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 22-11 makes it unlawful to place, erect or maintain any obstruction on a street, sidewalk, public right-of-way or watercourse anywhere in the parish if it…

Constructing more than one double driveway across a public sidewalk in Terrebonne Parish requires a permit under Terrebonne Parish Code § 22-29, filed with a plan showing the proposed…

Terrebonne Parish Code allows one accessory dwelling unit per single-family lot within the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish (the Houma area), covering garage apartments, guesthouses…

Within the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish (the Houma area), Sec. 28-74(e) keeps sheds and other accessory structures at least five feet from side and rear lot lines, bars them from…

Terrebonne Parish's Open Land (O-L) zoning district, created by Sec. 28-50 of the parish code, protects large open, agricultural and forestry tracts within the zoned areas of…

Terrebonne Parish lets residents run a home occupation from a dwelling only if it stays incidental to the residence, occurs inside the main dwelling, and sits in a residential…

A home occupation in a Terrebonne Parish R-1 Single-Family District may display only a nameplate of one square foot or less. The nameplate is listed as a use permitted by right and…