Terrebonne Parish, LA Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Terrebonne Parish Code section 28-47(a)(1) lists a nameplate not exceeding one square foot in area among the uses permitted by right in R-1 Single-Family Residential Districts, and specifies that the nameplate need not be enclosed within structure. The same one-square-foot cap and by-right listing repeats for R-2 Two-Family Districts under section 28-47(b)(1). Because the nameplate sits in the uses-by-right list rather than the home occupation planning-approval category, it does not require a zoning and land use commission site-plan hearing on its own, though the underlying home occupation still does.

The one-square-foot cap applies only within the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish, principally the former City of Houma limits regulated under Chapter 28; unzoned portions of the parish fall under Chapter 29 Land Use instead and are not bound by this district-specific sign table. A resident advertising a home-based business with anything larger than a one-square-foot nameplate, such as a standard commercial-style sign, steps outside the permitted-use list and needs separate approval, which the residential district tables here do not provide for. Code Enforcement handles compliance.