Shreveport, LA Outdoor Cooking: BBQ & Propane Rules (2026)

Section 38-15, part of Article II, Division 1 of the Property Standards Code, states flatly that cooking devices using propane shall be prohibited for use inside any dwelling or dwelling unit located within the corporate limits of the city. That single sentence covers propane grills, camp stoves and portable burners alike, whether in a single-family house or an apartment unit; the rule doesn't distinguish by building type, so it reaches tenants in multifamily buildings using a propane grill on an enclosed balcony or inside a unit just as much as a homeowner cooking indoors.

The only carve-out written into the section is for residential food trays or salvers heated by a candle or alcohol lamp, and only if those devices already hold whatever approvals the law otherwise requires. Section 38-16 gives the director of property standards the authority to issue a citation to a tenant, owner, or party-in-interest for any violation of the division, served under section 38-84's notice procedures: a written notice describing the violation, the applicable section, and a deadline to correct it. Because section 38-15 sits inside chapter 38's general Property Standards Code, a citation that goes uncorrected is punished under the chapter's misdemeanor provision, section 38-115, rather than a stand-alone fire-code penalty.

There is no separate outdoor placement rule limiting how close a legally used propane grill can sit to a structure or property line under this chapter; the only operative restriction is the indoor-use ban itself.