Jefferson Parish, LA Short-Term Rentals: Primary-Residence-Only Rule (2026)

Jefferson Parish bans short-term rental as a home occupation across its core residential and industrial districts, but Sec. reopens it in a defined list of mixed-use and commercial districts: Old Bucktown Mixed-Use Residential (OBM-1) and Commercial (OBM-2), Pedestrian-Core (FC-1), Residential Mixed-Use (FC-2), Commercial Mixed-Use (FC-3), Town Center Mixed Use (TCMU), the Medical Services districts (H-1, H-2), Neighborhood Commercial (C-1), the General Offices districts (GO-1, GO-2), the Business Core districts (BC-1, BC-2), Mixed-Use Corridor (MUCD), General Commercial (C-2), and the Unrestricted Suburban and Rural districts (U-1S, U-1R).

Operating there still comes with conditions, and the second one listed is the primary-residence rule: under Sec. 5's lodging-accommodations requirements, except in zoning districts that separately allow hotels and motels. holds the rental to the home occupation standards of Sec. bars any external evidence the unit is a rental at all. adds a 300-foot buffer from residential and industrial zoning. An operator who lists a second home, an investment condo, or any unit that is not their own primary residence in one of these allowed districts falls outside the ordinance's protection, unless that district is one where hotels or motels are separately permitted by right.