Shreveport, LA Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)

Section 90-371 establishes five downtown permit parking zones covering specific blocks of streets like Texas Avenue, Louisiana Avenue, Crockett, Cotton, McNeil, Marshall, Fannin, Commerce, Travis and Edwards. In an ordinary permit zone, a vehicle displaying a valid permit is exempt from meter charges, but the director of the downtown development authority can also designate a block as "permit parking only," where a permit is the sole acceptable form of payment and every vehicle in that stretch must display one regardless of the meter. 00 reduced rates.

Section 90-372 opens Zones 1 through 4 to any applicant on a space-available basis, issuing permits for three- or six-month terms, but reserves Zone 5, the only zone marked "Residential," to people who submit proof of residency there. Section 90-373 makes it unlawful to hold a permit and skip the monthly fee, or to park in the zone after missing a past month's payment, and Section 90-375 bars using a permit on any vehicle other than the one it was issued for. A violation of the division is treated as an ordinary parking infraction under Section 90-376, subject to the same citation process as any other parking violation in the chapter.