St. Martin Parish, LA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Chapter 22 of the St. Martin Parish Code, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, handles on-street parking through short rules that each point to an ordinance designating the actual locations. Section 22-8 bars intentionally parking a motor vehicle in a designated place in which parking is prohibited. Section 22-9 bars intentionally parking on any road area designated by ordinance as a school zone, where parking is prohibited during specific days and times. Section 22-10 makes it unlawful to park for a period exceeding 30 minutes at any area in which the ordinance prohibits it. Section 22-11 covers parish roadways described in an ordinance and reaches beyond cars: no person can park or leave unattended any automobile, truck tractor, trailer, motorbike, bicycle, or other vehicle on them.

Section 22-14 is the rule with a fixed distance. No parking, standing, or placing of any cars, trucks, trailers, apparatus, vehicles, portable buildings, or any item the fire inspector deems an obstruction is allowed within 50 feet of any exits, entrances, sprinkler systems, or fire department connections or buildings. Fire lanes are designated by the parish fire department's inspector, and the same ban applies inside each designated lane. A car, truck, trailer, vehicle, or portable building found in a designated fire lane is towed and impounded by any police officer, fire inspector, or authorized representative, and the owner pays all costs of impounding and storing it before release. In a prosecution, proof that the defendant was the registered owner of the vehicle named on the violation ticket is a prima facie presumption that the owner was the person who parked it.

Direction of travel comes from ordinance too. Section 22-4 provides that one-way streets are as established from time to time by ordinance, and Section 22-3 does the same for through streets. The text of Sections 22-8 through 22-11 does not list the affected roads itself, so a specific street depends on the ordinance that designates it. Section 22-12 separately addresses obstructing driveway entrances.