100 local rules on file · Pop. 1,014 · Jefferson Parish
Showing ordinances that apply to Lafitte, LA
Lafitte is an unincorporated community with a population of approximately 1,014 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Because Lafitte is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal government or city code. Instead, Jefferson Parish ordinances apply directly to residential and commercial properties here. The rules below are the county-level regulations that govern your area. Nearby incorporated cities in Jefferson Parish may have different rules.
A carport is treated as an accessory structure under Jefferson Parish zoning Chapter 40. It must meet the same accessory-building setback and height limits in Sec. 40-743 and any…
Jefferson Parish's zoning ordinance has no modern by-right ADU program. Detached accessory buildings in residential districts are regulated as accessory structures (Sec. 40-743) and…
Jefferson Parish has no dedicated tiny-home ordinance. A tiny house on a permanent foundation is regulated as a dwelling under Chapter 40 zoning and the adopted building code; a tiny…
Converting a garage in unincorporated Jefferson Parish is a zoning and building matter under Chapter 40. Turning an accessory garage into separate living quarters requires the district…
Under Jefferson Parish zoning Sec. 40-743, an accessory building such as a shed may sit in a required rear or side yard but must not exceed 13 feet in height and must stay at least 3…
Fences in the unincorporated parish must be set back at least one foot from sidewalks and cannot block clear-vision (sight) areas at intersections. Section 40-665 requires clear vision…
In the unincorporated parish (including Metairie), the zoning ordinance allows a fence up to eight (8) feet along side and rear lot lines. Front-yard fences are more restricted. Height…
In unincorporated Jefferson Parish, the height of a chain, retaining, or low masonry wall is counted as part of the fence height when a fence sits on top of it. Fence height is…
In unincorporated Jefferson Parish, fences along street rights-of-way must be built with the finished side facing out: nondecorative posts, horizontal rails, cross-members, and similar…
Fences in unincorporated Jefferson Parish must comply with zoning Section 40-743.5 and the clear-vision rules at intersections. A building permit for a nonresidential or multifamily…
Louisiana is a civil-law state, so boundary-fence rights come from the Louisiana Civil Code, not common-law line-fence statutes. A fence on the boundary is presumed common (owned…
Jefferson Parish zoning does not ban common fence materials outright, but it dictates orientation (finished side out), caps column size at 18 inches, and requires opaque wood, brick…
Jefferson Parish licenses cats like dogs and regulates outdoor feeding of feral or community cats. On residentially zoned property, food left out for feral cats may not stay accessible…
In Jefferson Parish, no dog may be on any street, alleyway, highway, common, or public square unless under the immediate control of a competent person and restrained by a substantial…
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 prohibits intentionally feeding waterfowl (ducks, geese, and other amphibious birds) by making food available on private property or within 20 feet of a public street…
Jefferson Parish's animal code (Chapter 7) contains no beekeeping ordinance; the former beekeeping article is reserved. Hive keeping is governed by the Chapter 40 zoning ordinance and…
Jefferson Parish's animal code sets no fixed limit on backyard chickens or other fowl kept on private property, but fowl and poultry may not run at large, and where they roam onto…
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…
Jefferson Parish's animal code is breed-neutral: it does not ban pit bulls or any specific breed. Instead, any dog can be declared a dangerous or vicious animal based on its behavior…
In unincorporated Jefferson Parish, keeping more than two (2) hogs, pigs, or swine for more than 24 hours is deemed livestock and must follow the Chapter 40 zoning ordinance. Cattle…
Jefferson Parish does not have a standalone hoarding ordinance, but keeping more animals than you can properly care for is enforced through its cruelty and neglect provisions. Owners…
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…
Louisiana RS 40:4.9 lets residents prepare low-risk foods at home for sale without a license, as long as gross annual sales stay under $30,000. Each product must be labeled that it was…
Jefferson Parish does not require a separate discretionary home-occupation zoning permit for a compliant home business, but operators must hold a parish occupational license (collected…
Jefferson Parish home occupations may not advertise with exterior commercial signs. The zoning standards allow only a small nameplate of not more than two square feet, with no other…
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…
Jefferson Parish has no dedicated leaf-blower ordinance. Leaf blowers are treated as domestic power tools under the noise ordinance (Sec. 20-102), exempt when muffled and used within…
Jefferson Parish prohibits car sound systems that create a noise disturbance plainly audible 50 feet from the vehicle on any public right-of-way or public space. Fines start at $50 and…
Jefferson Parish exempts domestic power tools, lawnmowers, and similar equipment from the noise limits when properly muffled and used roughly 7 a.m.–9 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays…
Industrial and commercial noise is capped by Sec. 20-102(f) Table 1, which sets higher permissible decibel levels for those land-use categories than for residential, measured at the…
Jefferson Parish's noise ordinance (Sec. 20-102) governs the unincorporated parish, including Metairie. It caps sound in residential areas near 60 dBA in daytime and 55 dBA at night…
Persistent barking or animal noise is handled as a noise nuisance under Sec. 20-102 and through the parish animal-control code (Chapter 7). There is no separate fixed decibel limit for…
Under Sec. 20-102, operating a radio, stereo, instrument, or amplifier so that it is plainly audible at 50 feet between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. is prima facie evidence of a noise violation…
Sec. 20-102(f) sets maximum permissible sound levels by receiving land-use category in Table 1, measured at the property boundary. Residential limits are reported at about 60 dBA by…
Outdoor and live amplified music is governed by the same Sec. 20-102 limits: it must stay within Table 1 decibel levels by day and cannot be plainly audible at 50 feet during the 11…
Jefferson Parish does not set aircraft noise limits—aviation noise is preempted by federal law (FAA). The parish noise ordinance (Sec. 20-102) exempts aircraft in flight; noise…
Jefferson Parish's permit page does not list a specific number of off-street parking spaces for short-term rentals. Parking requirements, where they apply, are part of the STR zoning…
Yes. To obtain the zoning clearance for a short-term rental, applicants must document that the unit is their primary residence, typically with homestead exemption documentation.
Yes. Before operating a short-term rental (a rental under 45 days) in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, you must obtain a Short Term Rental Lodging Accommodation License and comply with…
Jefferson Parish does not publish a separate STR-only noise rule on its permit page. Guests and hosts must comply with the parish's general noise and nuisance ordinance (Chapter 19)…
Yes. The STR license application requires proof of valid general liability insurance with coverage of $500,000 or more, submitted along with the $750 fee, proof of ownership, and…
The STR lodging license must be renewed every year on or before November 1 for the following year. Renewal requires the $750 processing fee plus proof of ownership, insurance, and…
Jefferson Parish does not require the host to be physically present during stays, but a designated local responsible party must be authorized by affidavit to respond to issues, and the…
Jefferson Parish does not publish a maximum number of rental nights per year for licensed short-term rentals. The core limits are zoning-based (mixed-use/commercial only) plus the…
STR guests pay Jefferson Parish local sales tax on room rentals of 3.75% plus Louisiana state accommodation tax (3% where the operator has 10+ rooms, otherwise 5%), plus applicable…
Jefferson Parish does not publish a simple guests-per-bedroom cap on its permit page. Any maximum-occupancy limits for short-term rentals are set within the zoning standards at JPCO…
Jefferson Parish has no wildfire-hazard zones or wildland-urban-interface fire designations. It is a low-lying, largely developed and marsh/coastal parish where flooding, hurricanes…
Open burning of yard waste is effectively banned in Jefferson Parish. Louisiana's open-burning rule (LAC 33:III.1109) only lets homeowners burn leaves and branches in parishes of…
The private use, sale, and discharge of fireworks is prohibited in the unincorporated areas of Jefferson Parish, including Metairie, Marrero, Harvey, Terrytown and River Ridge. Only…
Backyard fire pits and chimineas are treated as recreational fires under the Louisiana-adopted International Fire Code. A recreational fire must stay at least 25 feet from any…
Louisiana law requires every one- or two-family dwelling to have a working smoke detector at sale or lease, and since 2023 a carbon monoxide detector too. Jefferson Parish enforces…
Jefferson Parish is flat, low-lying coastal Louisiana and does not impose a defensible-space or brush-clearance requirement like wildfire-prone western counties. Overgrown lots are…
Propane (LP-gas) storage in Jefferson Parish follows Louisiana's adopted Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, NFPA 58, enforced by the State Fire Marshal and the Louisiana LP Gas Commission…
Small backyard fires for cooking or recreation are allowed if they follow the state-adopted fire code: kept a safe distance from structures, constantly attended, and limited to clean…
It is unlawful to park or store a vehicle on the unpaved front-yard area of any home or business, or on servitudes, levees and neutral grounds. Off-street parking areas must have an…
The parish zoning code lets residents keep RVs and boats on their lot, but they must sit behind the front building line (or 60 feet back) and, if over seven feet tall, be set back five…
You may not leave a vehicle parked on any parish street, shoulder or curb for more than 48 consecutive hours, and parking on medians and neutral grounds is prohibited unless signs…
In residential zoning districts, heavy commercial vehicles are barred, but one commercial van or trailer may be kept if it meets the same setback and screening rules that apply to RVs.
The parish tags and tows junked, wrecked, derelict or abandoned vehicles from public and private property. Once tagged, the owner has 72 hours to remove it before it is impounded and…
Jefferson Parish sets no blanket overnight ban, but no vehicle may stay parked on any street, shoulder or curb for more than 48 consecutive hours, so multi-night street storage is…
Recreational vehicles, watercraft, commercial vans and trailers over seven feet tall must be set back five feet from side and rear lot lines and screened from neighbors and the street…
Commercial and larger buildings must provide off-street loading space rather than blocking the street. The zoning code requires at least one loading space per 7,500 square feet of…
Jefferson Parish has no dedicated residential EV-charging ordinance. Home chargers are regulated as ordinary electrical work through the parish building and electrical permit process…
Residents may not paint or mark parish curbs themselves. No-parking curb markings and signs are established only by the parish's Department of Public Works traffic-engineering…
The Parkways Department controls trees on parish rights-of-way and trims hazardous, dead, diseased or low limbs. If the parish cannot do the work promptly, a property owner may get a…
Jefferson Parish does not require a permit to remove a tree on your own private property. Only trees on the parish right-of-way and public property are protected, and Parkways reserves…
Jefferson Parish has no ordinance specifically permitting or banning artificial turf on private residential lawns. Front-yard and setback landscaping in new development is governed by…
Collecting rainwater is legal in Louisiana and encouraged for outdoor uses. Jefferson Parish sets no permit for residential rain barrels or cisterns. Only commercial systems need a…
Jefferson Parish, in wet, riparian-rights south Louisiana, has no standing drought or day-of-week lawn-irrigation restrictions. There is no parish rule limiting when you may water your…
Jefferson Parish does not require native plants or ban ornamental lawns for private homes. Landscaping choices are up to the owner, subject only to the eight-inch height limit and, for…
Jefferson Parish requires grass and weeds on all property to be kept below eight (8) inches. In June the Parish Council cut the limit from 12 inches to 8. It applies to both occupied…
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 the Property Maintenance…
Jefferson Parish has no ordinance banning home composting. Residents may compost yard and food waste in a backyard pile or bin, provided it does not create odors, attract rodents or…
Jefferson Parish requires a building permit to construct a swimming pool. Only small prefabricated pools less than 24 inches deep accessory to a home are exempt. Fencing and…
Louisiana's adopted swimming pool code (ISPSC Sec. 305) governs Jefferson Parish residential pools. The barrier top must be at least 48 inches above grade, with no more than a 2-inch…
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…
Where a dwelling wall serves as part of the pool barrier, Louisiana's adopted pool code requires added protection: a door alarm audible when opened, a self-closing/self-latching door…
Under Louisiana's adopted pool and spa code, spas and hot tubs are treated like pools for barrier purposes. Glazing next to a spa within 60 inches of a walking surface must be safety…
Backyard barbecue and propane grilling is allowed at single-family and two-family homes in Jefferson Parish, subject to the state-adopted fire code and NFPA 58. Grills should be used…
Wood, charcoal, and pellet smokers are permitted at Jefferson Parish homes as outdoor cooking, not open burning, so long as they are used outdoors, attended, and kept clear of…
Maximum building height in unincorporated Jefferson Parish depends on the zoning district. In the R-1A Single-Family Residential District the maximum building height is 35 feet. Taller…
Yard (setback) requirements in unincorporated Jefferson Parish depend on your zoning district. In the R-1A Single-Family Residential District the code sets a front yard of 35 feet…
Jefferson Parish limits how much of a lot may be built on through district-specific yard requirements and, in some districts, explicit lot-coverage and open-space standards. Required…
Jefferson Parish's Dangerous Building Abatement and Code Compliance programs cite blighted, boarded, or collapse-prone structures in the unincorporated parish (including Metairie)…
Jefferson Parish makes it unlawful to let grass or obnoxious weeds exceed eight (8) inches in height on private property, occupied or not. The Zoning Section handles occupied lots and…
In unincorporated Jefferson Parish, garage and rummage sales are regulated under Chapter 30 (Sales). Residents obtain a garage-sale permit through the Citizens' Affairs office or the…
In unincorporated Jefferson Parish, all household garbage must be bagged inside the parish-provided 95-gallon tipper cart. Carts may not go out before 4 p.m. the day before collection…
Jefferson Parish's Weed Control Section cites vacant and abandoned properties for grass over eight inches, trash and debris, and junked or abandoned vehicles. If the owner doesn't…
Jefferson Parish asks residents to recycle magazines, newspapers, and corrugated cardboard, containerized or bundled. Bundles may not exceed four feet long, two feet in diameter, and…
Roll your tipper cart to the curb no sooner than 4 p.m. the day before collection, and bring it back in by noon the day after. Carts left out between pickups are a code violation in…
Jefferson Parish collects bulky/large items once per week. Each item must be under six feet long and 400 pounds, and the set-out must not exceed six cubic yards. White goods and tires…
Dumping litter or trash on public places or on property you don't own is prohibited in Jefferson Parish (Chapter 16, § 16-9) and under Louisiana's littering statute, RS 30:2531. Simple…
Unincorporated Jefferson Parish collects household garbage twice a week and recycling curbside; look up your days at the parish's Find My Pick-Up Days tool. On New Year's, Independence…
Jefferson Parish has no dark-sky ordinance. Its zoning code addresses outdoor lighting through a glare-control standard: lighted off-street parking facilities must aim and shield…
Jefferson Parish's zoning code requires lighting on off-street parking facilities to be shielded and aimed to keep light and glare off adjacent residential districts. Broader light…
Garage-sale signs may be placed on private property with permission but not on any public property or right-of-way. Under Chapter 32, signs illegally placed on public property are…
In the unincorporated parish, political signs may be placed on private property with the owner's consent but are prohibited on any public right-of-way. Signs illegally placed in the…
These unincorporated areas are also governed by Jefferson Parish ordinances.