Gretna, LA

Gretna Code § 16-119 bars operating a vehicle-mounted sound amplification system that is audible more than 25 feet away and exceeds 85 decibels on a public street, highway, or park. A…

Gretna caps sound levels by land use category under section 24-132: 60 dB(A) daytime and 55 dB(A) nighttime for residential and public space, 50/45 dB(A) for multifamily dwellings…

Gretna bars noisy construction and demolition equipment within 200 feet of any residential or noise-sensitive area between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, and…

Gretna bars loudspeakers, sound amplifiers and similar devices from running between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and between 10:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on weekends and holidays…

In the City of Gretna, an animal that barks, bays, cries or howls continuously for ten or more consecutive minutes, or intermittently for thirty or more minutes, so as to disturb the…

Jefferson Parish requires every motor vehicle and motorcycle to run a working muffler in constant operation, and bars removing or disabling one except for repair. Radios, stereos and…

Run your leaf blower or lawn mower in Jefferson Parish between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, or 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Sundays and holidays, and the noise ordinance leaves…

In the City of Gretna, open fires for recreational purposes, such as campfires, are allowed outdoors as long as no nuisance is created, under Gretna Code of Ordinances § 24-24(2). The…

In the City of Gretna, burning refuse or kindling an open fire in any public or private place outside a building is unlawful under Gretna Code of Ordinances § 24-25. The code…

Gretna adopts the storage limits in Chapter 66 of NFPA 1 for flammable liquids and restricts bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas under section 24-250, and separately prohibits the…

In the City of Gretna, only 25 fireworks retailer permits/licenses exist under Code of Ordinances § 12-3, reserved for the 25 locations that held a license in 2015. Retailers apply…

Louisiana law, not a Jefferson Parish ordinance, sets the state's smoke and carbon monoxide detector floor: any one- or two-family home sold or leased anywhere in the parish must have…

Louisiana authorizes and promotes prescribed burning to reduce wildfire fuel loads. Under La. R.S. 3:17, a burn conducted with a certified prescribed burn manager present on site earns…

In the City of Gretna, grass or weeds within 150 feet of an existing building cannot exceed 12 inches, and any other deleterious or unhealthful vegetation is also banned, under Gretna…

Only the City of Gretna may cut or remove a tree on city-controlled property; residents must submit a written removal request to the mayor's office, and the tree commission reviews it…

Trees growing on Jefferson Parish public property, including the grassy strip between the sidewalk and the street, cannot be pruned, trimmed, or removed without a permit from the…

Backyard composting in Jefferson Parish does not trigger the zoning and licensing rules that apply to a commercial composting operation. The parish's Unified Development Code defines…

Jefferson Parish's low impact development standards let site plans meet part of their stormwater and landscaping obligations by choosing native plants over conventional shrubs and…

Gretna caps residential driveways at 16 feet wide for a single driveway and 28 feet for a double driveway, and requires the property owner to file a written notice at city hall before…

Gretna Code § 52-214 prohibits stopping or parking in front of, or within three feet of, the curb return of any public or private driveway, wheelchair ramp or bicycle ramp. Trucks…

Section 50-12 of the Gretna Code of Ordinances gives Gretna City Police officers direct authority to tag and tow any inoperable, junked, derelict or abandoned vehicle, or any other…

Gretna Code § 52-227 bans parking commercial vehicles inside Gretna City Park, with a carve-out for vehicles on official city business. A violator faces towing plus a $100.00 fine on…

Gretna Code § 52-208 reserves signed loading/freight zones for the expeditious loading or unloading of merchandise and caps a delivery vehicle's stay at 45 minutes. Any vehicle not…

Gretna Code § 52-213 lets the city's parking administrator paint lines or marks on the curb or street to designate paid parking spaces, and requires every vehicle to park within those…

Gretna Code § 52-223 creates residential parking permit zones where curbside parking on public streets is capped at two consecutive hours unless the vehicle is registered to a zone…

Gretna Code § 52-226 prohibits parking school buses, watercraft, trailers, vehicles with more than two axles, and recreational vehicles alongside any public city street. The code…

Jefferson Parish has no nightly parking curfew; a vehicle can sit on a public street overnight or even all weekend. The limit is duration, not the clock: Sec. 36-88 bans parking any…

A tow company may not haul a car out of a Louisiana parking area unless a law enforcement agency authorized the tow, the vehicle was tagged for removal with a dated sticker naming the…

The City of Gretna does not name backyard chickens directly, but it does restrict farm animals: Gretna Code of Ordinances § 8-3 bans keeping a goat, cow, horse or other livestock…

The City of Gretna has designated the Old Garden Park, New Garden Park and Third District areas as bird and wildlife sanctuaries. Gretna Code of Ordinances § 8-4 makes it unlawful to…

Feeding coyotes is against the law in the City of Gretna. Gretna Code of Ordinances § 8-6 bars knowingly or intentionally feeding wild coyotes, and the ban reaches even pet food left…

In the City of Gretna, every dog or cat owner must register the animal with the Jefferson Parish health unit by buying a numbered license tag showing the current calendar year, under…

Gretna's code does not require pet owners to microchip their animals generally. The only mention of microchipping is a discretionary remedy: under Code section 8-53(i)(3), a Mayor's…

In the City of Gretna, pit bull dogs must stay inside a code-compliant chain-link kennel whenever they are not on a leash with their owner, under Code section 8-36. The kennel must be…

In the City of Gretna, a dog or cat must stay confined to its owner's yard or enclosure, and if it leaves that enclosure it must be on a leash and accompanied by its owner or keeper…

Gretna's code sets no blanket spay-or-neuter mandate for pet owners. The only reference is discretionary: under Code section 8-53(i)(2), a Mayor's Court hearing officer may order an…

Jefferson Parish's animal code sets no fixed limit on the number of dogs or cats a household may own. Instead, all dogs, cats, and ferrets over four months old must be licensed and…

Jefferson Parish flatly bans keeping the most dangerous wild or exotic species (Class 1, such as big cats, bears, primates, venomous snakes, and wolves). Class 2 species require a $150…

Anyone operating a grooming shop in Jefferson Parish needs an annual $100 permit from the Jefferson Protection and Animal Welfare Services, renewed every year by December 31. Groomers…

Jefferson Parish requires every veterinary clinic and animal hospital to keep animals indoors: Sec. 33-5.3.5.2 bans exterior runs, yards, or pens, caps boarding at 25% of floor area…

Every beekeeper in Louisiana must register every colony and apiary with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry on or before October 1 each year, or before bringing bees into the…

In the City of Gretna, residential fences and walls must be built of wood, metal, masonry, or a rigid manmade composite that imitates one of those materials under Gretna Code of…

Gretna's fee schedule, § 10-37, lists a fence as a distinct permit-fee line item valued at "contract price" rather than a flat per-square-foot rate, then runs that valuation through…

In the City of Gretna, a residential back or side yard fence or wall can rise to eight feet, while a front yard fence or wall is capped at four feet and cannot block sightlines to the…

Jefferson Parish requires a retaining wall wherever a lot sits high enough above its neighbor that a swale or sub-surface drain cannot handle the run-off, and the Code Official decides…

Louisiana Civil Code Articles 685 through 688 establish statewide rules for boundary fences, party walls, and shared fence costs between adjacent landowners. These civil code…

Gretna charges a $100.00 electrical application filing fee for a permanently installed residential swimming pool under § 10-41(a), plus a $30.00 fee for a wading pool, spa, or hot tub…

In the City of Gretna, a swimming pool within 500 feet of residential property that is not enclosed on all sides by a fence or barrier is declared a public nuisance under Code of…

Gretna's building permit fee schedule, § 10-37, values a storage shed at $10.00 per square foot of construction for permit purposes, then runs that valuation through the city's…

Jefferson Parish's Unified Development Code lists a secondary or accessory dwelling unit, LBCS use code 1121, as permitted by right only in the Unrestricted Suburban (U-1S) and…

Jefferson Parish zoning (Chapter 40) permits home occupations in residential districts. Section 40-3 defines a home occupation as an occupation carried out by a resident that is…

Jefferson Parish limits how many customers a home-based business can see at once: computer training is capped at one student, diet and exercise services at one client, and music, art…

A Jefferson Parish resident can run a licensed home daycare for up to six children as a home occupation, but the outdoor play area has to total at least 75 square feet per child using…

A home-based business anywhere in Jefferson Parish can display exactly one sign: a non-illuminated nameplate no larger than 2 square feet, mounted flush against the dwelling's wall…

Louisiana does not issue a cottage food permit. La. R.S. 40:4.9(A)(1)(a) instead switches off the state Sanitary Code and any other law or regulation requiring particular equipment…

Louisiana issues no microenterprise home kitchen permit. LAC 51:XXIII.501(A) forbids operating a food establishment of any type without a valid permit to operate from the state health…

Jefferson Parish does not require a host or owner to sleep at a short-term rental during a guest's stay. Sec. 17.5-3(b)(2) lets the operator be absent as long as a designated local…

Jefferson Parish revokes short-term rental licenses on a strike system built on repeat incidents. Sec. 17.5-8 lets the parish pull a license after three drug or prostitution arrests on…

Jefferson Parish does not set a separate decibel limit for short-term rentals. Instead, Sec. 17.5-2(9) forces every licensed short-term rental to post a brochure, in a conspicuous spot…

Renting a home in Jefferson Parish for 30 or more consecutive days is not a short-term rental under the parish's zoning code, so operators skip the district bans, primary-residence…

Every Jefferson Parish short-term rental license application must include proof of at least $500,000.00 in general liability coverage. Sec. 17.5-6(a)(2)d.6 requires a current insurance…

Short-term rental hosts in Jefferson Parish pay a nonrefundable $750.00 annual processing fee for the lodging accommodation license required under Code of Ordinances Sec. 17.5-6…

Where Jefferson Parish allows short-term rental at all, the operator has to live there. Sec. 33-5.3.2.5(7)b.2. requires the dwelling unit to be the primary residence of the operator…

Operating a short-term rental anywhere in unincorporated Jefferson Parish first requires a lodging accommodation license from the department of code compliance and enforcement, not…

In the City of Gretna it is unlawful to willfully obstruct a public sidewalk, alley, road or other passageway, or the entrance to a public building, by impeding or hindering passage…

Routine sidewalk upkeep in Gretna is the city's job, assigned to the director of public works under Sec. 2-123, but anyone who breaks a sidewalk's surface (utility cuts, driveway work)…

No one may remove, curb, or install a driveway connecting to a Jefferson Parish street without a permit from the director of public works. The permit process sets maximum driveway…

Urinating in a public place or place open to public view is charged as disturbing the peace under Gretna Code § 16-114(a)(7), alongside fighting, unlawful assembly and appearing…

Gretna Code § 16-124 bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on the city's streets, sidewalks, or neutral grounds, except during the carnival season dates the mayor and council adopt each…

In the City of Gretna, operators of coin-operated amusement arcades cannot let people loiter in their parking areas. Gretna Code of Ordinances § 6-39 makes it unlawful for the owner…

The City of Gretna bans smoking in public buildings, schools, and enclosed places of employment under Sec. 30-26, but the ban does not reach every outdoor space. Outdoor patios are…

Gretna's Code of Ordinances bans skateboards, bicycles, scooters and similar wheeled conveyances from every city sidewalk and any surface outside a marked bicycle pathway. Gretna…

Jefferson Parish bans pedestrians and bicyclists, even someone walking a bike, from crossing three of its busiest elevated crossings on foot: the Lapalco Boulevard bridge over the…

Gretna requires a police-issued permit before operating an escort agency, nude model studio or sexual encounter center, with fingerprinting, character and residency qualifications, a…

Gretna requires massage parlors and massage services to hold an occupational license or business permit, bars alcohol sales at those businesses, and revokes the license immediately for…

In the City of Gretna, retailers, distributors and vending machine operators cannot sell tobacco, alternative nicotine or vapor products to anyone under 18. Point-of-sale signage in…

Gretna bans non-routine motor vehicle repair, work like engine or transmission replacement and paint jobs, in the front yards of R-1, R-1MH, R-2, R-3 and R-1TH residential zones under…

Tattooing is flatly outlawed within the City of Gretna. Sec. 30-1 states in full that the practice of tattooing is prohibited in the city, a rule that traces to the 1979 Code and has…

Pawnshops cannot legally operate in the City of Gretna. Sec. 46-19 bars the city from issuing any pawnshop permit or license and separately makes it unlawful for any person to operate…

Anyone doing business as a secondhand dealer in Gretna needs a license under Sec. 46-37, backed by a $2,500.00 bond and a signed application from three city taxpayers vouching for good…

Jefferson Parish lets a private property owner tow or boot an unauthorized vehicle at the driver's expense, but only if warning signs are posted first. The parish licenses booting…

In the City of Gretna, minors under 17 may not remain in any public place or on the premises of a business between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, or 12:01 a.m. to…

City parks and recreation facilities in Gretna close at dusk under Sec. 42-29, with one exception: a park or facility with proper lighting that is running an approved organized…

The City of Gretna levies an annual occupational license tax on every person conducting a business, trade, calling, profession or vocation within the city, with the tax amount set by…

Gretna makes it a misdemeanor nuisance for uninvited solicitors, peddlers, hawkers and transient vendors to go onto private residences between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. to sell or peddle…

Gretna requires a code-enforcement permit before anyone solicits door to door, with a 30-day advance application, per-worker background checks, a $35.00 fee per solicitor, and an…

Gretna bars anyone from selling food, food products or other merchandise from a truck, cart, stand or table on any public right-of-way, including streets, neutral grounds, sidewalks…

Gretna allows mobile food and merchandise vending only when the sale is conducted from privately owned property under a permit; the same activity on public rights-of-way is barred…

Gretna mobile food vendors must apply to the tax collector for a permit with a property lease, a parish health unit permit, and proof of zoning compliance, pay a $20.00 annual fee, and…

In the City of Gretna, camping in any public area, including streets, parks, underpasses and rights-of-way, is unlawful, and camping on someone else's private property without written…

In the City of Gretna, if weeds, grass or vegetation on a vacant lot are not cleared within five days of a violation notice, the building official can cut and remove the growth…

In the City of Gretna, a building, yard or open area maintained with noxious odors, unhealthful conditions, or structural neglect that leads to demolition or deterioration is declared…

Gretna treats a motor vehicle alarm as an 'alarm' under section 24-128 and bars anyone from intentionally sounding one between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. except in a genuine emergency…

Gretna bars loading or unloading a delivery truck at any shopping center between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under section 24-134, and separately bars operating a truck's refrigeration…

In the City of Gretna, a bar or nightclub's live-entertainment permit can be revoked if the city council finds, after a public hearing, that the venue's operation created a public…

Jefferson Parish exempts generator noise from its normal decibel table under Sec. 20-102(g)(9) whenever the generator runs during a power outage in the area, or for routine testing and…

Jefferson Parish zoning sets exact placement rules for air conditioning units, generators and other mechanical equipment on single- and two- to four-family lots. The equipment cannot…

Anyone wanting to stage a parade on Gretna's public streets outside Carnival season must apply to the chief of police at least 90 days ahead under section 26-149, and the chief issues…

Hosting a Gretna block party that closes a public street takes a permit under Gretna Code of Ordinances § 6-8: apply at least 45 days ahead, get a majority of affected owners or…

Anyone planning a fair, festival, circus or carnival in the City of Gretna must get a permit from the city license officer at least 30 days before opening, per Gretna Code of…

Reserving a shelter or other facility in a Gretna city park runs through Sec. 42-32: apply at least five working days ahead, and the reservation holds only until 10:00 a.m. the day of…

Restaurants and other businesses inside the Commercial Parkway Pedestrian (CPZ-Ped) overlay district can put outdoor seating, plazas, or courtyards between the building and the…

Gretna runs curbside recycling through an authorized contractor under a joint local services agreement with Jefferson Parish; once material is set out in a bin it becomes city…

In the City of Gretna, commercial dumpsters and roll-off bulk containers need a city permit before placement, cannot sit on streets or public rights-of-way, and must be enclosed by a…

Gretna bans dumping cut grass, weeds, tree limbs and other yard debris into drainage ditches, streets or rights-of-way, whether by hand, rake, broom or leaf blower, unless it is…

Dumping garbage, refuse, trash or other waste on any premises in the City of Gretna, public or private, outside the ways the Code of Ordinances allows is banned under §§ 48-3 and 48-4…

The City of Gretna collects garbage and trash from every private household and business twice a week, using municipal forces or a contractor, under Gretna Code of Ordinances §…

Once recyclable material goes into a city recycling bin in the City of Gretna, it becomes city property under Gretna Code of Ordinances §§ 48-37 through 48-39. Only the authorized…

In the City of Gretna, trash and recycling containers must sit curbside on an accessible public road right next to the property they serve, and nothing can go out before 4:00 p.m. the…

Bulky waste in the City of Gretna that is not in a can or bag must be bundled: neatly stacked or tied bundles cannot exceed four feet in length, two feet in width, or 75 pounds, under…

Not everything gets picked up curbside for free in the City of Gretna: § 48-8 of the Gretna Code of Ordinances makes households and businesses pay their own way for waste beyond the…

Planting a tree or shrub anywhere on city property in Gretna, including streets, sidewalks, rights-of-way and parks, requires a mayor's-office permit reviewed against utility maps and…

Jefferson Parish protects mature trees through the Metairie Ridge Tree Preservation District overlay and parish-wide protected-tree standards. Oaks, elms, magnolias, sycamores and any…

Jefferson Parish's tree preservation ordinance protects specific species once they reach a set trunk size, regardless of what zoning district or neighborhood conservation area they sit…

The City of Gretna lets residents trigger a code case themselves: under Gretna Code of Ordinances § 2-186(f), any member of the public can start a violation notice by filing an…

Anyone filming, recording or photographing for television, film or internet distribution on a Gretna public street, sidewalk or public property must get a location permit from the city…

Jefferson Parish exempts student filming from its film permit requirement. Sec. 26-69(e) waives the Office of Film Jefferson permit for productions a student makes to satisfy a class…

In the City of Gretna, open fires outdoors are banned by default, but Sec. 24-24 carves out an exception: fires used for cooking food, recreational campfires, and wood-burning…

The City of Gretna adopted the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code in full under Gretna Code of Ordinances § 10-14, making it the local habitability standard for rental and…

Louisiana eviction begins with a written notice to vacate giving the lessee 'not less than five days' under La. C.C.P. art. 4701. If the lessee does not leave, the lessor files a rule…

Louisiana requires no just cause to evict. Under Code of Civil Procedure art. 4701, a landlord may end a lease and recover possession by expiration of term, nonpayment, landlord…

A fixed-term Louisiana lease ends automatically at its term with no notice. For an indeterminate (month-to-month) lease, La. Civ. Code art. 2728 requires 10 calendar days' notice for…

Louisiana has no statewide rent control and no statute capping rent or rent increases. No Louisiana city or parish operates a rent-control program. La. R.S. 9:3258 declares that a…

Louisiana sets no statutory cap on a residential security deposit. Under La. R.S. 9:3251, the landlord must return the deposit, with an itemized statement of any amounts kept, within…

Louisiana uses acquisitive prescription, not adverse possession. Under La. Civ. Code art. 3486, ownership of immovables may be acquired by 30 years' possession with no title or good…

Gretna residents may hold no more than two garage, yard, estate or rummage sales in any 12-month period under Sec. 46-71(a). Each sale needs a $25.00 permit from the code enforcement…

Gretna Code of Ordinances § 10-15 requires an acceptable floor elevation before any superstructure is erected and requires new construction to be raised to grade with approved sanitary…

Gretna Code of Ordinances § 10-15 makes the property owner responsible for maintaining approved drainage arrangements, whether a retaining wall, sub-surface drainage, or a swale, and…

Jefferson Parish sets its own floor-height floor on top of FEMA's base flood elevation: every new residential slab must sit at or above the BFE and never less than eighteen inches…

Jefferson Parish requires erosion and sediment controls on every development its stormwater rules cover, not just a single high-risk category. Section 33-7.4.2(2) of the Unified…

Before filling, grading, or building anything in a special or local flood hazard area of unincorporated Jefferson Parish, you need a floodplain development permit from the Department…

The State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act of 1978 (La. R.S. 49:214.21 et seq.) requires Coastal Use Permits for development within the Louisiana Coastal Zone. The Department…

In the City of Gretna, the building official inspects every stage of construction under Code of Ordinances § 10-45, from a pre-permit review through the final inspection required…

In the City of Gretna, anyone installing, repairing, or altering wiring carrying more than 32 volts open-circuit potential has to file an application for a permit with the electrical…

In the City of Gretna, anyone doing new plumbing construction, additions, or alterations has to be a properly licensed plumber and file a written application for inspection with the…

In the City of Gretna, any building with a passenger or freight elevator has to have every elevator car, hoist way, and its equipment inspected annually by a certified elevator…

A licensed day care center in Jefferson Parish must fence its outdoor play area at least four feet high, on top of whatever the state requires. Sec. 33-5.3.9.2 lets that play area sit…

Jefferson Parish requires a building permit before anyone constructs, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves, demolishes or changes the occupancy of a building. A specific list of minor work…

Every bed and breakfast and short-term rental in Jefferson Parish must have a hardwired carbon monoxide detector, not just a battery-powered plug-in unit, in each guest room or an…

In the City of Gretna, a garage, yard, estate or rummage sale in a residential zone needs a permit from the code enforcement office at city hall for a $25.00 fee, limited to two sales…

Jefferson Parish treats signs near its interstates differently in both directions: off-premises billboards are barred within 500 feet of any interstate highway, while on-premises signs…

Storefronts inside Jefferson Parish's Fat City Mixed-Use districts (FC-1, FC-2, FC-3) cannot cover more than 25 percent of a window with a sign. The cap sits inside the same sign…

Off-premises digital billboards using electronic variable message technology in Jefferson Parish must sit at least 1,000 feet from another EVM billboard, 500 feet from any older static…

Jefferson Parish exempts temporary political signs from its sign permit process entirely, but caps each one at 32 square feet, the same exemption list that clears real estate…

The City of Gretna requires solid waste on any property to be stored so it does not attract, harbor or breed insects or rodents. Gretna Code of Ordinances § 48-6(a) puts that duty on…

Diabetics, allergy patients, and anyone else using needles at home must seal used sharps in a lidded container before they go out with the trash. Jefferson Parish Code Sec. 16-106…

In the City of Gretna, transportation network company drivers cannot pick up or discharge passengers in any designated taxicab stand, cannot accept street hails, and can only carry…

The City of Gretna enforces red-light violations with automated cameras under Gretna Code of Ordinances § 52-333: a civil penalty of $120.00 for a first violation, $180.00 for a repeat…

Louisiana runs golf carts and low-speed vehicles on two separate statutory tracks. La. R.S. 32:299.4(B) prohibits golf carts on public roads outright and then reopens two doors: a…

Jefferson Parish bans mercury-vapor fixtures outright on covered sites and caps outdoor lighting height by zoning district. Sec. 33-6.9.3.2(c) prohibits the installation of any…

Jefferson Parish bars covered commercial, industrial, multi-family, and civic sites from aiming outdoor light at residential property. Sec. 33-6.9.3.2(b) prohibits any luminaire aimed…

Jefferson Parish caps electronic variable message billboards and other EVM signs at 323 candelas per square meter between sunset and sunrise, or 0.3 foot-candle above ambient light…

Jefferson Parish's use table classifies a conventional data center as "data processing, hosting and related services," LBCS code 4244, and permits it by right in the I-MU, I-L, I-H…

Jefferson Parish defines a blockchain cryptocurrency mining facility as a "data mining center," LBCS code 4245, and its use table permits one only as a special permitted use in the I-H…

Jefferson Parish's Unified Development Code keeps invasive exotic species out of every landscaping and tree-preservation plan the parish approves. Developers must draw required trees…

Jefferson Parish stacks multiple one-percent hotel occupancy taxes: a parish-wide tax on hotels with ten or more guest rooms under Sec. 35-200, a second one-percent East Bank tax on…

In the Old Metairie Neighborhood Conservation District (OMNCD), no more than 40 percent of the front yard, and no more than 40 percent of the corner side yard, figured separately, can…

No building in Jefferson Parish's R-1A single-family district may rise higher than 35 feet under Code Sec. 40-93, the same ceiling the parish sets for the S-1 suburban district next…

Jefferson Parish's R-1A single-family district sets a 20-foot front yard, two side yards totaling at least 20 percent of lot width with a 5-foot floor on each, and a rear yard equal to…

Jefferson Parish's Old Metairie Neighborhood Conservation District has its own path to landmark status for parcels of particular historic, architectural, or cultural significance. The…

Under La. R.S. 40:1046, only nine licensed marijuana pharmacies may dispense therapeutic cannabis statewide, one per Louisiana Board of Pharmacy region. Local governments cannot…

Louisiana prohibits all home cultivation of marijuana for personal use under La. R.S. 40:966. Therapeutic cannabis is grown only by two licensed agricultural centers. No municipality…

Commercial drone use in Louisiana requires an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. La. R.S. 14:283.3 and 14:337 add statewide criminal penalties for surveillance over critical…

Recreational drone flight in Louisiana is governed by FAA Part 107 and the Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST). State law (La. R.S. 14:283.3 and 14:337) adds privacy and surveillance…

Louisiana defaults to the federal minimum wage and bars political subdivisions from setting local minimum wages, employment benefits, or vacation requirements for private employers.

Louisiana permits concealed handgun carry through state-issued permits and, since July 2024, allows permitless concealed carry for adults 18 and older meeting eligibility requirements.

Louisiana law preempts local firearm regulation, reserving authority over firearms, ammunition, and components to the state legislature with very narrow exceptions.

Louisiana generally permits open carry of firearms by law-abiding adults without a license, subject to location-based restrictions and local discharge ordinances.

Louisiana authorizes casino gambling only on a short list of named rivers and lakes under La. R.S. 27:43 -- the Mississippi, Red outside Rapides Parish, Calcasieu, Mermentau, and…

Louisiana leaves charitable raffles, bingo, and keno to local option: each municipal and parish governing authority decides under La. R.S. 4:706 whether to permit the games at all. A…

Louisiana lets each parish's police jury ban card gambling under La. R.S. 33:4852, but that same statute exempts any private card game held in a private home among family and any…

Louisiana sports wagering is legal only in the 55 of 64 parishes that approved it in the November 3, 2020 statewide referendum. Under La. R.S. 27:608(A), a player placing a wager with…

Louisiana associations collect unpaid dues through a statutory "privilege" (the civil-law lien). Under La. R.S. 9:1145, a privilege arises on a lot or unit for any assessment or fine…

Until 2025 Louisiana had no statewide open meeting rule for homeowners associations. Acts 2024, No. 158 created one. Under R.S. 9:1141.26(B) the meetings of a planned community board…

Louisiana treats recorded covenants as "building restrictions" - real obligations governed by La. Civ. Code arts. 775-783. They are enforced by injunction under art. 779 (mandatory or…

Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:1114, added by Acts 2025, No. 224, makes it illegal for a planned community, a condominium association, or a landlord to adopt or enforce any provision…

Louisiana sets no dollar limit on homeowners association fines and requires no hearing before one is imposed. R.S. 9:1141.20(A)(2)(l) of the Louisiana Planned Community Act simply…

Before a Louisiana association can put a privilege on a lot, La. R.S. 9:1146(A) requires a written demand delivered by one of five listed methods, and R.S. 9:1146(B)(1) gives the owner…

Louisiana does not cap how many lots in a subdivision may be leased and it does not ban rental restrictions. Instead, R.S. 9:1141.14(C) of the Louisiana Planned Community Act makes…

Louisiana permits traffic checkpoints, but the Legislature has never written a sobriety checkpoint statute. The word sobriety appears in exactly one section of the entire Revised…

Louisiana never enacted a statute that bans filming police, and its wiretap law is one-party consent, so a bystander who is part of the exchange may record audio as well as video. What…

Louisiana has no stand-alone stop-and-identify statute. The duty is buried in the resisting an officer offence: R.S. 14:108(B)(1)(c) treats refusal by an arrested or detained party to…

Louisiana has no cannabis legalisation act and therefore none of the "lawful possession is not grounds for a search" language that some states put in one. What it has instead is three…

Louisiana's Right to Farm Law (La. R.S. 3:3603) bars local zoning from declaring a lawful, established agricultural operation a nuisance. Parishes retain general zoning authority under…

Louisiana's Right to Farm Law shields established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when they predate complaining neighbors and follow generally accepted agricultural…

Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:1255 says no person or entity shall unreasonably restrict the right of a property owner to install or use a solar collector, and it defines a solar…

Louisiana adopts the National Electrical Code via the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code, setting consistent permit and inspection standards for solar PV installations. Local…

Louisiana prohibits the sale, purchase, and possession of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products by anyone under 21, conforming state law to federal Tobacco 21 standards.

Louisiana does not prohibit flavored tobacco or vapor products statewide, but limits sales to registry-approved electronic nicotine devices and bars youth-targeted marketing.

Louisiana allows a car no more than two fog lamps mounted 12 to 30 inches off the ground, no more than two auxiliary passing lamps at 24 to 42 inches, and no more than two auxiliary…

Louisiana never bans dash cameras; it bans putting things on the windshield. R.S. 32:361.1(B) forbids any object or material affixed to the front windshield or front side windows that…

Louisiana carries the prohibition and the allowance in the same section. La. R.S. 32:191.1(C) says no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent…

La. R.S. 32:53(A)(3) makes it unlawful to apply a covering or any substance to a Louisiana license plate, or to use an electronic device or electrochromatic film, that obscures the…

A radar detector is legal in a private vehicle in Louisiana. The word radar appears in only three sections of the entire Revised Statutes, and every one of them is about equipment used…

Louisiana is not a seasonal-window state. It has no statute that authorizes metal tire studs during any part of the year, and no Louisiana Revised Statute uses the word "studded" at…

Louisiana lets you tint a passenger car to 25 percent light transmission on the front side windows, 25 percent on the side windows behind the driver and 12 percent on the rearmost…