Shreveport's code contains no rainwater-harvesting ordinance, no permit and no cistern rules. Rain barrels are lawful. The binding constraint is the Property Standards Code's stagnant-water and mosquito-breeding provisions, which reach any open or uncovered container of standing water.
Shreveport sits in a humid subtropical climate with heavy annual rainfall, and neither the Municipal Code nor the Unified Development Code regulates capturing roof runoff. Louisiana imposes no state restriction on collecting rainwater on your own property. What does apply is Chapter 38, Division 6, Stagnant Water and Unsanitary Conditions: Section 38-51(c) empowers the city's administrative hearing officer to order the removal of stagnant water that could breed mosquitoes. Chapter 38's nuisance definition separately lists standing water in any receptacle. Keep barrels screened, sealed and drained. Plumbing a cistern into household fixtures triggers the Louisiana State Plumbing Code and city permitting under Chapter 22.
An uncovered barrel breeding mosquitoes draws a Property Standards notice of violation under Chapter 38, Division 6, with an order to eliminate the standing water and possible city abatement.
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