Caddo Parish, LA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

UDC § 7.3.K treats EV charging equipment as an accessory use rather than a separate land use requiring its own approval. Commercial charging stations are allowed as an accessory use in any parking lot, parking structure, or gas station in every zoning district in unincorporated Caddo Parish (§ 7.3.K.1), and private charging equipment is permitted at any residence to serve the occupants of the dwellings on that property (§ 7.3.K.2). The equipment itself cannot block the public right-of-way (§ 7.3.K.3). Public charging spaces carry a posting requirement: each space needs a sign marking it for electric-vehicle charging only, and if the owner plans to enforce time limits or towing, the days and hours of operation have to be posted along with the voltage, amperage, or safety information for the station (§ 7.3.K.4).

Maintenance is mandatory rather than optional: the equipment has to stay in good, functional condition, and once a charging station is no longer in use, it must be removed immediately rather than left in place as dead equipment (§ 7.3.K.5). Because § 7.3.K sits inside the Code's general Accessory Structures and Uses article, the underlying accessory-structure permit rule in § 7.3.A.2 still applies: a building permit is required unless the specific standards for the structure say otherwise, and the EV charging section carries no such exemption.