Caddo Parish, LA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

UDC § 8.9 splits commercial vehicles into two tiers for residential districts. The first tier covers standard-size passenger vehicles used commercially: vans, SUVs, standard-size livery vehicles, and pickup trucks. These are permitted to be stored or parked outdoors overnight on a residential lot even if owned and used commercially by a resident or guest, and they may carry the business's logo painted or applied to the vehicle, as long as they sit in a permitted parking area (§ 8.9.A). Everything larger is barred outright: semi-truck tractor units with or without trailers, commercial trailers, buses, tow trucks, construction vehicles, and oversized livery vehicles such as limousines cannot be stored or parked outside overnight on any residential lot, with no exception for company branding (§ 8.9.B).

The only carve-out for the larger tier is a vehicle actively engaged in loading, unloading, or work being performed at the adjacent property, which is not treated as being parked for purposes of the ban (§ 8.9.A). On non-residential lots, branded commercial vehicles such as delivery trucks or rental trucks can be stored on-site in the normal course of business, provided the vehicle is operable and its primary purpose is not to function as a sign; a vehicle parked purely to display advertising rather than for its ordinary transportation use is barred outright (§ 8.9.C).