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

Section 86-138 targets specific categories of large and commercial vehicles rather than ordinary passenger cars. It prohibits parking, on 'a street in an area zoned residential (as designated in the zoning ordinance of the City of Lafayette) or on a street in front of a lot which contains a building which is used primarily as a residence,' four types of vehicles: any vehicle exceeding 22 feet in length; a motor vehicle with dual rear wheels displaying a commercial license plate; a wrecker of any size; and a trailer of any size.

The only exception is the 'contemporaneous and expeditious loading or unloading of such vehicle', a commercial truck or wrecker may stop briefly to load or unload in front of a residence, but may not sit parked there afterward. Because the section cross-references the city's zoning ordinance for what counts as 'residential,' the restriction tracks the zoning map rather than any separate parking-only boundary, and the rule reaches a residential-zoned street anywhere the consolidated government's zoning applies, not just inside the incorporated city. 00 for a section 86-138 violation, with the exact figure fixed by council resolution within that range and enforced through the civil parking-notice and administrative-hearing process in Article IX rather than as a criminal matter.