Louisiana, not Jefferson Parish, sets the main rules for in-home child care. Caring for six or fewer children is a family child care provider needing no state license; seven or more children for 12.5+ hours weekly requires a Louisiana Department of Education license.
Louisiana's Department of Education (LDOE) licenses child care. A provider caring for up to six children in the provider's home is a 'family child care provider' and is not state-licensed, though providers receiving Child Care Assistance or food-program funds must register and meet space, nutrition, and training requirements. A facility caring for 'seven or more children on a regular basis for at least 12.5 hours a week' must hold an LDOE license and pass Office of State Fire Marshal inspections. Jefferson Parish zoning treats a small in-home daycare as a home occupation subject to Chapter 40 limits; a larger licensed daycare center may require a different zoning classification. Cities within the parish apply their own zoning.
Operating a facility for seven or more children without an LDOE license is a state violation subject to enforcement by the Department of Education and Fire Marshal. Exceeding home-occupation zoning limits is a parish violation.
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Weeds are enforced under the same eight-inch limit as grass. Vacant and abandoned lots are handled by the Weed Control Section, and occupied properties by th...
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