Vermilion Parish, LA Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, the Police Jury requires a Drainage Impact Analysis for every subdivision and development, sized to a 5-year storm for residential work and a…

Chapter 22 of the Vermilion Parish Code applies to all areas of special flood hazard in unincorporated Vermilion Parish, adopts the FEMA Flood Insurance Study and FIRMs dated January…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, new and substantially improved residential buildings must have the lowest floor, including any basement, elevated to or above the base flood…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Vermilion Parish Code § 30-3 makes it unlawful to obstruct parish roadside ditches or rights-of-way by backfilling, depositing material or plowing…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Vermilion Parish Code § 30-8 requires a written permit from the Police Jury before anyone places a structure in a parish road right-of-way. The…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Vermilion Parish Code § 30-6 makes it unlawful for a landowner, tenant or lessee to allow vegetation to grow where it obstructs a motorist's view of…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, tall grass means weeds or other vegetation more than 12 inches high. Owners of property in formally dedicated subdivisions, and of buffer zone land…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Vermilion Parish Code § 32-2 sets a $13.00 per yard fee for trash and debris delivered to the Solid Waste Facility within 72 hours of a declared…

In the coastal high hazard zones of unincorporated Vermilion Parish, where the code cites tidal surges and hurricane wave wash, new construction must sit landward of mean high tide on…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, a developer needs a Police Jury permit before building or expanding a solar farm of at least 50 kilowatts dc. The application goes to the parish…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, an exterior burglar or fire alarm on a building or motor vehicle must be wired to shut off within five minutes if it sounds without interruption and…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, a commercial truck cannot run its refrigeration unit within 250 feet of any residential property between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays or…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, amplified bass is measured inside the complainant's home with a C-weighted meter. Table II allows 3 dB(C) above ambient on week nights and weekend…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, residential heating, ventilating or air conditioning units cannot exceed 55 dB(A) at night. A steady whine, hum or buzz from any mechanical device…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, generator noise is exempt from the Police Jury's noise standards only during a power outage in the area or during routine testing or maintenance of…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Vermilion Parish Code § 32-47 makes it unlawful to maintain an unpermitted dump or to dump garbage, trash or refuse on anyone's property without the…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Vermilion Parish Code § 32-27 makes the Police Jury the legal entity that runs solid waste collection while the current solid waste tax exists. The…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Vermilion Parish Code § 32-32 requires trash containers to be kept out of public view and set on the road shoulder no more than 24 hours before…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, furniture, old carpets, branches and small tree trunks cannot go in the trash container. You ask the Police Jury for collection, then place them at…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, tree trimmings, hedge cuttings and shrubbery go at the back of the road right-of-way, with no piece longer than six feet or wider than 18 inches…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment cannot run on residential property between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and every motorized…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, a commercial truck with a refrigeration unit cannot run within 250 feet of residential property from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays or 10:00…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, amplified sound cannot be plainly audible 50 feet from the property line, cannot be unreasonably loud, raucous or jarring, and cannot disturb the…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, noise generated by aircraft operations is exempt from the Police Jury's noise control code. Section 26-67(6) lists it among eleven excepted sources…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, construction and demolition cannot be performed from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or from 10:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on weekends and federal…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, an owner or keeper of a dog or cat cannot permit it to disturb the peace and quiet of any person by barking, whining, howling or making…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Sec. 40-3 bars riding bicycles, wearing roller skates or rollerblades, or using a skateboard on public building porches, ramps, railings, benches…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Sec. 40-4(b) prohibits all vehicles from parking on parish roads and parish road rights-of-way, including in recognized subdivisions. Exemptions…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, the Police Jury can demolish or remove a blighted housing property once a qualified professional states it cannot be rehabilitated in a…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, it is unlawful to take off or land a drone within a 2-mile radius of any designated event. The Police Jury enacted the ban in 2025 for large public…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, a Part 107 certified drone pilot can apply to the Sheriff's Office for written authorization to take off or land inside an event restricted zone…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, anyone sponsoring an event on public streets, public property or parish-owned facilities needs a special event permit from the Police Jury…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, an itinerant or door-to-door vendor needs a Police Jury permit before selling or taking orders for goods without an invitation from the…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, no sexually oriented business can be built or run without a Police Jury permit. The applicant must file proof that 75 percent of…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, construction and other development needs a floodplain development permit from the Police Jury's floodplain administrator, who is the…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, recording video or audio inside a building or facility owned by the Police Jury requires prior consent from the Police Jury or the…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, the one height trigger in the Code is Sec. 8-3: anyone building a structure taller than 40 feet must first obtain a certification from…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, a permitted food truck may not obstruct traffic or parking and may not operate on public roads or road rights-of-way. The Code defines…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, the Police Jury grants food truck access to parish property, parking lots and premises only on a strictly non-exclusive basis. The Code…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, no one can run a food truck without an annual Police Jury permit that expires each December 31. The Code charges a $50.00 initial permit…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, owning or possessing an exotic animal is unlawful without a permit from the Police Jury. An applicant must show $1,000,000.00 per…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, the Police Jury bans owning, keeping or possessing a vicious dog and requires owners of dangerous dogs to confine them, post warning…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, letting a dog roam at large is unlawful, and a dog found at large raises a presumption that the owner or keeper broke the rule. A leash…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, every cat three months or older must be registered with Vermilion Parish Animal and Rabies Control, backed by a Louisiana-licensed…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, the Police Jury sets no fixed number of dogs or cats per household. Section 6-87 bars keeping more pet animals than can be properly…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, the Police Jury's livestock article defines livestock to include chickens, turkeys and other poultry, and bars owners from letting…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, an election sign on private property cannot be illuminated, and a freestanding sign cannot exceed eight feet in height or eight feet in width. Every…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, anyone can report a violation of the drinking water protection article by verbal or written complaint under Sec. 20-34. The parish investigates…