Ouachita Parish, LA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Truck size threshold
- over 30 feet body length
- Restricted roads
- 7 named unincorporated roads
- Example road
- Country Club Boulevard
- Exemptions
- fire, road-construction, farm, local-delivery vehicles
- Penalty
- $100 to $500 fine
- Adopting/amending ordinances
- No. 8883 (2008); No. 8968 (2010)
Summary
Sec. 14-5 bars tractor-trailers and commercial trucks over 30 feet in body length from seven named unincorporated parish roads, including Tanglewood, Dellwood and Charmingdale Drives and Country Club Boulevard. Fire apparatus, road-construction vehicles, farm implements and local-delivery trucks are exempt. Violation is punishable by a $100 to $500 fine.
(a)No person shall operate a tractor trailer or a commercial truck having a body length in excess of thirty (30) feet on the following roads in the unincorporated areas of Ouachita Parish:
Tanglewood Drive Dellwood Drive Charmingdale Drive North Charmingdale Drive Merrydale Drive Country Club Boulevard Ticheli Road
(b)The provisions of this section shall not apply to:(1)Fire apparatus;(2)Vehicles and machinery used solely in road construction while actually engaged in work upon a roadway;(3)Implements of husbandry, including farm tractors temporarily moved upon a highway; or(4)A vehicle making a local delivery or call that requires it to use any road identified in subsection (a) above.(c)Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Full Breakdown
Section 14-5(a) prohibits operating a tractor trailer or a commercial truck with a body length over 30 feet on seven specifically named roads in the unincorporated areas of Ouachita Parish: Tanglewood Drive, Dellwood Drive, Charmingdale Drive, North Charmingdale Drive, Merrydale Drive, Country Club Boulevard, and Ticheli Road. These are residential-area streets, and the ordinance's purpose is to keep large through-trucks off them rather than to regulate parking generally. Subsection (b) carves out four exemptions: fire apparatus; vehicles and machinery used solely in road construction while actually working on the roadway; implements of husbandry, including farm tractors temporarily on the highway; and any vehicle making a local delivery or call that requires it to use one of the named roads, which lets trucks serving businesses or residences on those streets pass through despite the general ban.
The section was adopted by Ord. No. 8883 on March 17, 2008, and amended by Ord. No. 8968 on September 20, 2010. It is a narrower, road-specific companion to the parish's broader weight-restriction rules found later in Chapter 14, which separately set load and axle-weight limits on parish roads and bridges, including the Hadley Street Bridge over Young's Bayou.
Violations & Fines
Section 14-5(c) makes violation of the truck-traffic prohibition punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500. Each trip by an oversized commercial truck on a listed road without qualifying for the fire-apparatus, road-construction, farm-implement or local-delivery exemption supports a separate citation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which roads ban large commercial trucks in Ouachita Parish?
Can a delivery truck ever use one of the banned roads?
Are farm trucks or construction equipment covered by the ban?
What is the fine for driving an oversized truck on a banned road?
Sources & Official References
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