Kenner, LA

Kenner does not require every pet owner to sterilize their animal, but anyone other than an individual owner, licensed breeder, or pet shop who publicly offers a dog or cat for…

In the City of Kenner, dogs must be confined by a secure fence or enclosure on the owner's property, and off that property a dog may only go on a substantial chain or leash no longer…

Every cat over four months old in the City of Kenner must be registered and licensed through the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter at the time of its rabies vaccination, with a tag worn…

The City of Kenner bans keeping Class I wild or exotic land animals outright and requires a $100 permit for Class II animals, with poisonous or constrictor snakes barred entirely…

In the City of Kenner, no more than three chickens may be kept on a residential-subdivision lot under one acre, domestic fowl are barred entirely on lots of two acres or less, and any…

Kenner's code does not address feeding deer or geese, but it does bar feeding dogs or cats found running at large anywhere in the city, and separately requires pet owners to keep food…

The City of Kenner lets anyone keep up to six cats or dogs at one location freely, but keeping more than six requires a free annual permit from the department of code enforcement, and…

In the City of Kenner, no pet shop may open without a $50 annual permit from the Department of Code Enforcement, and Sec. 4-51 bars every pet shop from stocking wild or exotic Class I…

The City of Kenner does not require microchipping for pets generally, but Sec. 4-89(5) requires any animal declared dangerous or vicious to be permanently identified by tattoo or…

Any grooming shop operating in the City of Kenner needs a $50 annual permit from the Department of Code Enforcement, and Sec. 4-55 bars groomers from tranquilizing animals, expressing…

The City of Kenner has no breed-specific ban; instead Sec. 4-83 defines and Sec. 4-87 regulates fierce, dangerous and vicious animals by documented behavior, such as unprovoked biting…

Backyard beekeeping is allowed in the City of Kenner, but Sec. 4-98 bars an apiary in a residential zone unless it sits at least 100 feet from every property line, or the beekeeper…

In the City of Kenner, small-animal veterinary clinics are a permitted use by right in both the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial and C-2 General Commercial districts, but only if the clinic…

Jefferson Parish bans trapping, hunting, shooting or otherwise molesting any bird or wild fowl, or robbing their nests, parishwide. Inside the designated Lake Pontchartrain Causeway…

In the City of Kenner, any improved property with a house, slab or building on it cannot let grass or weeds grow past seven inches within 150 feet of the building or of any improved…

In Kenner's Mixed Use (MU) zoning district, a building can satisfy the UDC's sustainable roof design standard by installing a rainwater collection system or grey-water cistern covering…

Every landscape plan submitted in the City of Kenner must put at least 30 percent native trees and shrubs into its required plant materials under Unified Development Code Section…

The City of Kenner prohibits water waste from inefficient landscape irrigation under Unified Development Code Section 9.06(i), defining it as runoff from low head drainage, overspray…

The City of Kenner requires a tree removal permit before clearing land under Unified Development Code Section 9.08(a) whenever a commercial, office, industrial, or institutional site…

In the City of Kenner, trees overhanging a public sidewalk must be trimmed to a minimum clearance of six feet six inches above grade, and trees overhanging a street must be trimmed to…

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…

In the City of Kenner, keeping a junked, wrecked or inoperable 'abandoned motor vehicle' on private property longer than fifteen consecutive days is unlawful under Code of Ordinances §…

In the City of Kenner, Louisiana, it is unlawful under Kenner Code of Ordinances Section 15-52 to park any motor vehicle within twenty-five feet of any intersection, and Section…

The City of Kenner limits how long a vehicle can sit on any street under Kenner Code of Ordinances Section 15-54: it is unlawful to park, station, or abandon a motor vehicle…

In the City of Kenner, motor vehicle parking is prohibited in the required front yard except on paved driveways, a straightforward rule under the Unified Development Code's yard…

In the City of Kenner, any commercial, industrial or multi-family building that receives deliveries by truck must provide off-street loading spaces sized to its floor area under…

In the City of Kenner, no vehicle carrying a license plate rated over 10,000 pounds, a school bus plate, or a private bus plate can park on any lot in a residential district under…

In the City of Kenner, recreational vehicles and watercraft may sit on single-family, two-family, and three- or four-family home sites under Unified Development Code Section 7.11(b)…

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 Kenner limits construction, demolition, and excavation noise to 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekends and state holidays, treating work…

The City of Kenner treats radios, phonographs, and similar devices played between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. loud enough to be heard 50 feet away as automatic evidence of a noise…

In the City of Kenner it is unlawful to operate any source of musical sound, including sound amplifiers and loudspeakers, that exceeds a set decibel table by land-use category, ranging…

In the City of Kenner it is unlawful to run a vehicle exhaust without an effective muffler, to drive a vehicle so out of repair that it creates loud grating or rattling noise, or to…

The City of Kenner treats excessive, continuous or untimely barking, howling or yelping that disturbs a neighborhood's peace as a public nuisance under Sec. 4-84, making the animal's…

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…

Jefferson Parish caps sound at the property line by zone and time of day under Sec. 20-102(f) and Table 1: 60 dB(A) by day and 55 dB(A) overnight for residential and public-space…

The City of Kenner bans the possession, sale, manufacture, and discharge of fireworks and other pyrotechnics anywhere within city limits, with a narrow exception for a public display…

Kenner Code § 8-1 bans bonfires, leaf fires, rubbish fires, trash fires, and waste fires anywhere in the city. The Kenner Fire Department may issue a $35-per-day certificate of…

In the City of Kenner, every residential unit, rooming or boarding house, hospital, school, day care center or nursery must have Underwriters' Laboratory-approved smoke detectors under…

The Louisiana Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission regulates propane storage, installation, and dispensing statewide under RS 40:1846 et seq., requiring licensed installers, NFPA 58…

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 residential areas, Kenner fences under Sec. 5-6 may only be wood rails or stakes, wrought iron, solid plastic, chain-link, masonry or hedge vegetation, plus specified 24- or…

In the City of Kenner, back and side yard fences on residential lots run four to six feet high, measured to the top of the fence, and no fence goes in the required front yard. On…

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…

Every fence in Jefferson Parish needs a permit before it goes up, is altered, repaired, moved, or removed: the code requires an application to the Code Official along with a current…

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…

In the City of Kenner, a short-term rental's lodging accommodation license can be suspended or revoked after a hearing if the property racks up three or more drug or prostitution…

In the City of Kenner, every short-term rental license application must prove the owner or operator carries at least $500,000 in current general liability coverage, backed by an…

In the City of Kenner, a short-term rental must provide one off-street parking space for every room rented, stacked on top of the parking already required for the dwelling unit itself…

In the City of Kenner, every short-term rental must keep a brochure posted at all times disclosing neighborhood restrictions on noise, parking and trash, so the ordinance controls…

In the City of Kenner, no one may advertise or operate a short-term rental without first obtaining a lodging accommodation license from the Department of Inspections and Code…

Operating a short-term rental in the City of Kenner costs a nonrefundable $750 processing fee, paid annually with the license application to the Department of Inspections and Code…

Any booking platform that facilitates short-term rentals in the City of Kenner needs its own short-term rental platform permit, costing ten thousand dollars a year. Unified Development…

A short-term rental operator in the City of Kenner does not have to be physically present while guests are staying. Unified Development Code Section 12.16(b)(2) instead requires a…

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…

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…

In the City of Kenner, accessory buildings and sheds in required side or rear yards top out at thirteen feet tall, must sit at least three feet from the side or rear lot line, and…

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…

In the City of Kenner, a home-based daycare operates as a licensed home occupation and is capped at six children, counting any of the provider's own kids living there. Kenner's Unified…

In the City of Kenner, a home business qualifies as a 'home occupation' under Unified Development Code Section 12.14 and must stay secondary to the home's residential use. The operator…

A home business in the City of Kenner cannot change the exterior appearance of the house or lot in any way, with one exception: a sign. Unified Development Code Section 12.14(a)(6)…

In the City of Kenner, any home-based business that receives clients or customers must qualify and permit as a home occupation, not just an address of convenience, and home tutoring or…

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…

In the City of Kenner, every accessory swimming pool or open water feature must have a safety fence or barrier approved by the Director of Inspections and Code Enforcement, with a…

Above-ground pools in Jefferson Parish must control access. If the pool wall is the barrier, the ladder or steps must be lockable or removable. Prefabricated pools under 24 inches deep…

Staging or joining a parade in the City of Kenner without a permit is against the law, and organizers must file at least 180 days ahead. The Kenner Police and Fire Chiefs must approve…

Kenner treats a block party as a public gathering requiring a city council-approved permit, even when it would otherwise be too small or informal to count. Organizers must notify every…

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…

Anyone staging a fair, circus or festival with amusement rides or attractions in Jefferson Parish needs a permit from the Department of Citizens' Affairs, filed 30 to 90 days ahead…

City Code § 13-90 shuts every City of Kenner park and playground to the public overnight: 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights, and 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Friday…

In the City of Kenner, minors may not remain in any public place or business during curfew hours set by Code of Ordinances § 7-169: 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Monday through Thursday and…

The City of Kenner outlaws smoking inside any city-owned or city-operated building, within 25 feet of that building's entrances and exits, and across every city sports arena, stadium…

In the City of Kenner, carrying any alcoholic beverage onto a city recreational facility is prohibited outright, and consuming alcohol there is separately banned during scheduled youth…

In the City of Kenner, singing or playing music between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. that annoys or disturbs others is unlawful under Code of Ordinances § 7-166(17)a, and noise plainly…

In the City of Kenner it is a criminal offense to urinate in or upon any public building, private building, conveyance, or other property in public view. Kenner Code of Ordinances Sec…

The City of Kenner criminalizes two specific forms of loitering: drug-traffic loitering under Sec. 7-131, which targets soliciting drug transactions in public places, and gang…

Kenner Code of Ordinances § 7-191 makes it unlawful for anyone to knowingly or intentionally possess marijuana anywhere within the city, not just in public places. A conviction carries…

Jefferson Parish bans skateboarding entirely in Veterans Memorial Square, the neutral ground at the Causeway Boulevard and Veterans Boulevard interchange in Metairie. Anyone caught…

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…

In the City of Kenner, developers building anything larger than 10,000 square feet, or five acres or more of single-family housing, must control stormwater runoff on-site under City…

Kenner's floodplain chapter applies citywide to the FEMA special flood hazard areas mapped as zones AE and VE and to local flood hazard zones, under Code of Ordinances Sec. 5-160. The…

New residential construction in Kenner's flood hazard areas must meet the freeboard standard of Code of Ordinances Sec. 5-183: in zone AE, the lowest floor must sit at least two feet…

In the City of Kenner, any new development or redevelopment covering seven thousand square feet or more of impervious surface, or one acre or more of land, must submit a stormwater…

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…

Any sexually oriented business in the City of Kenner needs a city license before opening, on top of complying with the zoning code's locational rules. The Inspections and Code…

In the City of Kenner, every pawnbroker and every person or business lending money on pawned or pledged articles, wages or salaries must hold an annual occupational license carrying a…

In the City of Kenner, tattoo parlors are a recognized zoning use, defined and permitted by right in the General Commercial (C-2) district under the Unified Development Code, while a…

Under Kenner Code of Ordinances Section 15-77, a private property owner, lessee, or person in control of the property can have an unauthorized vehicle towed away at the vehicle owner's…

In the City of Kenner, running an auto repair or auto rebuilding business out of your home is not allowed. Unified Development Code Section 12.14(a)(12)d specifically excludes 'auto…

Every massage business, establishment or parlor in Jefferson Parish must hold a $50.00 massage establishment license from the department of code compliance and enforcement before doing…

Selling cigarettes, cigars, loose tobacco, or e-cigarette liquid anywhere in unincorporated Jefferson Parish requires an annual retail dealer permit from the sheriff's office as tax…

Jefferson Parish charges pawnbrokers and other secondhand money lenders a flat $1,000 annual occupational license, covering resale of pledged goods up to $100,000 in gross receipts…

Anyone selling goods door to door or from a stand, cart, or vehicle in the City of Kenner needs a permit from the department of code enforcement first. Scouts, school groups, and…

Door-to-door solicitors, peddlers, and canvassers in Jefferson Parish must get a permit from the sheriff's sales tax division before knocking on any door, and even permitted solicitors…

A student shooting a class project in the City of Kenner is not automatically off the hook just because the shoot is for school. Kenner's filming ordinance defines student films by…

Filming a movie, TV show, commercial, or paid still photography shoot anywhere in the City of Kenner requires a city permit before setup begins. The director of inspection and code…

A film crew that needs to close a Kenner street cannot just show up. The city's filming permit conditions require the production to give 48 hours' notice of any street closure and bar…

Property owners in the City of Kenner, not the city, are on the hook for the sidewalk along their own street frontage. If the department of public works decides a sidewalk needs work…

Kenner makes it unlawful to obstruct the free, normal use of any public sidewalk, street, alley, or passageway under Code of Ordinances Sec. 7-61. With no specific penalty listed, a…

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…

In the City of Kenner, every container used to accumulate household or business refuse must be emptied at least twice a week under Code of Ordinances Chapter 9½. The rule applies…

The City of Kenner funds its citywide curbside recycling program through a dedicated $1.90 per dwelling unit fee added to the monthly garbage bill. Households headed by someone 65 or…

In the City of Kenner it is a criminal offense to take a curbside recycling bin or its contents once it has been set out for the city's recycling program, unless you are authorized by…

In the City of Kenner, dumping trash, scrap building materials, appliances or vehicle parts on public or private property is 'littering' under Code of Ordinances § 7-171(a), punishable…

Kenner Code § 9½-4(a) requires every garbage container on public or private property to be tightly covered, strong, watertight, rodent-proof, and insect-proof; open accumulation of…

Kenner Code § 9½-4(e) requires every container used to accumulate refuse in the city to be emptied at least twice weekly. Refuse cannot be left to sit long enough to create a nuisance…

Kenner Code § 9½-4(g) bars commercial waste haulers from placing any dumpster in the city unless the customer has applied for, or can show, a building permit approving the dumpster's…

Leaves and grass clippings must go in a container in Jefferson Parish, but tree limbs and shrubbery can be bundled loose at the curb if they meet the parish's size limits. Bundles…

Large household items like furniture and appliances get picked up curbside from Jefferson Parish residences, but only within strict size and weight limits. Items that fit in a…

In the City of Kenner, running an internal combustion engine, including a portable or standby generator, without a muffler sufficient to deaden its noise violates Code of Ordinances §…

In the City of Kenner, sounding a vehicle horn or signaling device, including a car alarm, for an unreasonable period or with unreasonably loud or harsh sound is unlawful under Code of…

In the City of Kenner, creating loud or excessive noise while loading or unloading a vehicle, or while opening and breaking down bales, boxes, crates and containers, violates the…

In the City of Kenner, no motor vehicle operator or passenger may run a sound amplification system audible outside the vehicle from twelve feet or more while driving on a street or…

Bars, nightclubs and holding bars inside the Fat City Mixed-Use district (FC-1, FC-2, FC-3) near Metairie's Lakeside Shopping Center must soundproof so noise never exceeds 60 decibels…

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…

In the City of Kenner, owners of unsubdivided vacant parcels without installed public streets must keep grass and weeds under fifteen inches and clear a 300-foot-wide strip around the…

Kenner declares any building unsafe, unsanitary, unfit for habitation, a fire hazard, or dangerous through dilapidation, obsolescence or abandonment to be a public nuisance under Sec…

The City of Kenner issues only one occupational license per business location, based on whichever tax schedule covers the major portion of that location's gross receipts. When a…

The City of Kenner does not levy a percentage room tax on hotels; instead it charges every hotel, motel, rooming house, boarding house and short-term rental a flat annual occupational…

Kenner Code § 8-2(C)(6) sets fire-safety construction standards for elevators in every high-rise building, defined as any structure over 35 feet tall. Elevator lobbies must sit behind…

Kenner Code § 8-2(A) makes automatic sprinkler systems, along with early warning smoke detection and alarms, mandatory in every high-rise building in the city, defined as any structure…

In the City of Kenner, all plumbing work must comply with the Louisiana State Plumbing Code, 2000 Edition, which the City Council adopted by reference under Ord. No. 9425, § 2 as part…

In residential districts, a child or adult day care center in Kenner is only a conditional use requiring City Council approval, not a by-right use. The Unified Development Code sets a…

Kenner's housing inspection authority runs through the Division of Housing Improvement: Sec. 5-66 lets its administrator enter any dwelling during reasonable hours to inspect for code…

In the City of Kenner, no one may commence building or construction, or the work of a licensed trade, without the required permit; Sec. 5-80 makes doing so a misdemeanor enforced by…

Jefferson Parish adopts the National Electrical Code for every electrical installation, alteration, repair or replacement in the unincorporated parish, and no one may do that 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 flood hazard areas across Kenner, new construction and substantial improvements must meet the elevation standards of Code of Ordinances Sec. 5-182: mechanical, electrical, and HVAC…

The City of Kenner amended the 2006 International Residential Code's wind design-criteria section, R301.2.1, to require residential construction to follow high-wind-area guides from…

In the City of Kenner, the Division of Housing Improvement inspects a rental dwelling on its own initiative or after receiving a written, signed tenant complaint under Code of…

Kenner's housing code requires every dwelling, yard, and accessory structure to stay free of vermin and rodent infestation, with all structures ratproofed, under Code of Ordinances…

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…

Kenner's Minimum Housing Standards Code, Sec. 5-61, sets the legal baseline for habitability in the City: the standards in Article II determine whether a dwelling or dwelling unit is…

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…

Kenner's problematic rental properties article, Code of Ordinances Sec. 5-212, defines prohibited conduct as a specific list of about three dozen violations, from noise and littering…

Jefferson Parish's Bureau of Administrative Adjudication takes code complaints from residents, but a violation notice issues only after the enforcement department receives an affidavit…

In the City of Kenner, transportation network company drivers cannot pick up passengers at Louis Armstrong International Airport unless the TNC is specifically authorized by both the…

Jefferson Parish's automated red-light camera program fines the registered owner between $75 and $175 per violation, with 30 days to pay or contest. There is no companion school-zone…

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…

The City of Kenner will not enforce homeowners' association covenants or other private restrictive agreements under Unified Development Code Appendix A, Section 3.02(e): where the UDC…

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 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…

In the City of Kenner, single-family lots in the R-1, R-1A and RR-1 districts must keep a front yard of at least 20 feet, side yards totaling at least 20 percent of lot width (minimum…

In the City of Kenner's R-1, R-1A and RR-1 single-family districts, no building may exceed 35 feet in height under UDC Section 6.05(f)(1). Two-family (R-2) and three-and-four-family…

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…

Kenner does not license individual roadside food trucks; a Food Truck Park, defined as a business hosting multiple trucks on one site, needs a conditional use permit under UDC Section…

A Food Truck Park can only be sited in Kenner's C-2 General Commercial district, and even there it needs a conditional use permit under UDC Section 6.10(b)(3)(j) plus a site of at…

Jefferson Parish bars selling anything, food included, from a truck, cart, stand or table on any public right-of-way: streets, boulevards, roadways, emergency lanes, neutral grounds…

New construction, alterations, and even repainting in Kenner's Rivertown Historic District, the city's historic downtown along Williams Boulevard, must go through the Historic District…

In the City of Kenner, an illuminated sign placed inside a window and within 5 feet of it counts toward a building's total sign area and is capped at 10 percent of that window's total…

In the City of Kenner, electronic variable message (EVM) signs are permitted only in the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial district and less restrictive districts, limited to one per…

In the City of Kenner, temporary residential garage and yard sale signs are exempt from sign permits in every district but cannot exceed nine square feet each under Section 11.05(c) of…

In the City of Kenner, political and non-commercial message signs are permitted in every zoning district and exempt from sign permits, but each sign is capped at thirty-two square feet…

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…

In the City of Kenner, the light source of every outdoor fixture must be concealed and invisible from the street or an adjacent lot, and all fixtures must be cutoff type to keep light…

In the City of Kenner, the Unified Development Code's exterior lighting article exists specifically to curb light trespass and caps illumination at the property line at two…

In the City of Kenner, beacons, search lights, and any sign with flashing, blinking, or fluttering lights that change intensity, brightness, or color are outright prohibited signs…

In the City of Kenner, a tree removal permit under the Unified Development Code is required before clearing land zoned commercial, office, industrial or institutional if the site holds…

In the City of Kenner, property owners and their agents may trim trees and other vegetation growing on the public right-of-way between their property line and the street without a…

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 requires food vendors cooking outdoors during Carnival Parade Season to get a Fire Department permit and follow strict fire-safety rules for their cooking equipment. A…

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 bans camping, sleeping overnight, or storing belongings in any public area or on someone else's private property without written consent. Before removing a campsite…

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…

Jefferson Parish caps garage, rummage, yard, craft, and boutique sales at two per residential address in any 12-month period, and each sale can run no more than two consecutive days…

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 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…