The parish zoning code lets residents keep RVs and boats on their lot, but they must sit behind the front building line (or 60 feet back) and, if over seven feet tall, be set back five feet and screened from neighbors and the street.
Under the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Sec. 40-661(g)), a recreational vehicle or watercraft not inside a fully enclosed garage must be parked completely behind the front building line of the home, or at least 60 feet from the front lot line, whichever is closer to the street. Units taller than seven feet must be at least five feet from a side or rear lot line and screened by a six-foot living, wood, brick, vinyl or masonry fence. Detached and incorporated cities (Kenner, Gretna, Harahan, Westwego) set their own rules.
Zoning violations are handled through the Department of Inspection and Code Enforcement and the administrative-adjudication hearing officer, with corrective orders and fines.
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Jefferson Parish has no ordinance banning home composting. Residents may compost yard and food waste in a backyard pile or bin, provided it does not create o...
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Jefferson Parish has no ordinance specifically permitting or banning artificial turf on private residential lawns. Front-yard and setback landscaping in new ...
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Jefferson Parish does not require native plants or ban ornamental lawns for private homes. Landscaping choices are up to the owner, subject only to the eight...
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Collecting rainwater is legal in Louisiana and encouraged for outdoor uses. Jefferson Parish sets no permit for residential rain barrels or cisterns. Only co...
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Jefferson Parish, in wet, riparian-rights south Louisiana, has no standing drought or day-of-week lawn-irrigation restrictions. There is no parish rule limit...
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Weeds are enforced under the same eight-inch limit as grass. Vacant and abandoned lots are handled by the Weed Control Section, and occupied properties by th...
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