St. Tammany Parish, LA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

Section 22-594(d) sets the escalation ladder for repeat violators: suspensions are reserved for minor or first-time violations and last 60 days, after which the operator can resume advertising and operating under the same permit. But a permit that accumulates three suspensions within one permitting term is automatically revoked, and the revocation clock does not start until the last suspension period has ended. Once revoked, no new short-term rental permit can be issued for that same rental for a minimum of one year and one day from the first day of the revocation, and revocations otherwise run for one year.

Section 22-594(a) lists the underlying grounds a suspension or revocation can be built on, including failure to meet the section 22-591 application and permit-approval requirements, failure to remedy building or zoning violations under a judicial order, criminal conduct by a guest on the property, and an owner's or operator's own drug, vice or felony conviction. All suspension and revocation actions go through a hearing before the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication under the notice and hearing procedures in section 2-562, and a revoked operator must surrender the physical permit to the department of planning and development immediately. Before any new permit reissues after a suspension or revocation, the department may inspect the rental to confirm compliance under section 22-594(e).