Jefferson Parish, LA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Section 29-6 declares the parish's rights-of-way reserved for pedestrian and vehicular passage and for utilities like police, fire, EMS, sewer, water, and drainage, and makes it unlawful to place any obstruction in or near one without qualifying for a listed exception. A curbside mailbox must sit at least 25 feet from an intersection and 15 feet from a driveway, with its bottom 42 inches above the top of curb, mounted on a breakaway post no larger than a 4-inch-by-4-inch wood post. Decorative piping is capped at 4 feet tall and 3 inches in diameter, spaced at least 10 feet apart and never set in concrete, and is barred entirely along interstates, major and minor arterials, and collector streets absent a written exception from public works.

5 feet and 7 feet above the roadway surface so they do not block a driver's or pedestrian's view, and none may be planted along an interstate, arterial, or collector street without parish council approval. A non-residential property owner who wants extra right-of-way parking beyond the zoning code's requirement must lease the space from the parish through the parish attorney's office, screen it with a 2-foot landscape barrier, and get council approval by resolution. Anything placed in violation is deemed abandoned and can be removed by the department of public works at the owner's expense, without compensation, though the department gives at least 10 days' notice before removing an object placed under a permitted exception, except in an emergency.