Ouachita Parish, LA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- parish roads outside municipalities
- Curb parking distance
- within 18 inches of curb
- Required clear sight distance
- 200 feet
- Disabled vehicle rule
- warning lights required sunset to sunrise
- Penalty
- up to $100 fine or 30 days jail
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. No. 7179 (1-12-1965)
Summary
Sec. 14-2 governs stopping, standing and parking on parish roads outside incorporated municipalities: vehicles must clear the traveled roadway when practicable, leave a 200-foot clear sight line, and park within 18 inches of the curb where curbs exist. Violations bring a fine up to $100 or 30 days in jail.
(1)Upon any highway outside a business or residential district no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the said highway or road when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off such portion of said highway or road, but in every event an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of two hundred (200) feet in each direction upon such highway or road. ... (3)... every vehicle standing, stopped or parked on a highway or road where there are adjacent curbs shall be so standing or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within eighteen (18) inches of the right-hand curb. ... (b)Penalty. Upon conviction of any person for violation of any of the above listed regulations, such person shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty (30) day, or both.
Full Breakdown
Section 14-2(a)(1) bars stopping, parking or leaving a vehicle standing on the paved or main traveled part of a parish highway or road outside a business or residential district whenever it is practicable to move off that portion of the road, and it requires that an unobstructed width remain for other vehicles plus a clear sight line of 200 feet in each direction around any standing vehicle. Subsection (a)(2) lets the parish police jury or highway department post official no-stopping or no-parking signs anywhere they judge stopping or standing to be dangerous or an undue interference with traffic, and it is unlawful to park in violation of a posted sign.
Subsection (a)(3) requires that, where curbs exist, a parked vehicle's right-hand wheels sit parallel to and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb. Subsection (a)(4) exempts a vehicle that becomes disabled on the traveled roadway; the driver must move it as soon as possible, is responsible for protecting traffic in the meantime, and must display warning signal lights on the disabled vehicle if it is left standing between sunset and sunrise. The section, adopted by Ord. No. 7179 on January 12, 1965, applies to parish roads outside incorporated municipalities; parking within Monroe or West Monroe is governed by those cities' own traffic codes rather than by this parish section.
Violations & Fines
Under Sec. 14-2(b), a conviction for violating any of the section's stopping, standing or parking regulations is punishable by a fine of not more than $100, imprisonment of not more than 30 days, or both, at the court's discretion.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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