Lafayette, LA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Sec. 73-16(b)(9), Lafayette Code of Ordinances
- Requirement
- Disclose number/location of legal parking spaces
- Numeric minimum
- None set in Chapter 73
- Change reporting
- Report changes within 10 days
- Cross-referenced rule
- Ch. 86, Art. IX parking regulations
Summary
Lafayette doesn't set a minimum parking count for short-term rentals: instead Sec. 73-16(b)(9) requires every license application to state the number and location of parking spaces legally available on the property for STR use, information the director can weigh in deciding whether to grant or deny the license.
(9)The number and location of parking spaces legally available on the property upon which the short-term rental is located to be used for its operation;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 65).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 73 of the Lafayette City-Parish Code of Ordinances has a single parking-specific requirement: Sec. ' The section sets no numeric floor, it doesn't require one space per guest room or bedroom, but the disclosure becomes part of the application record the director reviews under Sec. 73-15, which states an operator 'is not entitled to and has no automatic right to a license' and lets the director weigh 'any records and/or operational history, of any nature whatsoever' in deciding whether to issue or deny it.
Sec. 73-8 separately incorporates Chapter 86, Article IX, 'Stopping, Standing, and Parking Regulations,' by reference, so an STR's guests remain subject to the citywide street-parking rules even though Chapter 73 itself imposes no STR-specific minimum. If the disclosed parking changes, for instance, spaces are lost to a later site change, Sec. 73-16(d) requires the licensee to report that change to the director in writing within ten days.
Violations & Fines
There's no standalone parking penalty in Chapter 73; misreporting the parking disclosure required by Sec. 73-16(b)(9), or failing to report a later change under Sec. 73-16(d), is treated as an application or licensee non-compliance under Sec. 73-27, exposing the operator to a fine or to conditioning, suspension, or revocation of the license after the standard 14-day-notice hearing process.
Frequently Asked Questions
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