Caddo Parish, LA Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)

Article 2, Section 2.3 of the Caddo Parish Unified Development Code defines "Attention Getting Device" as sails, pennants, banners and similar devices or ornamentations designed to attract attention, then carves out exclusions: flags of nations, states and cities; fraternal, religious and civic flags; permanent commercial flags; and temporary holiday decorations. That last exclusion means holiday lighting, wreaths, inflatables and similar seasonal decor are not attention-getting devices under this Code at all. The distinction matters because UDC Section 9.7.C limits true attention-getting devices to tight display windows: a freestanding device tied to a specific event may go up seven days before the event and must come down two days after, a device not tied to an event is capped at 15 days on display, and no site may run more than four display periods a year with at least 30 days between them.

Attention-getting devices also require a sign permit in the commercial, downtown and industrial districts listed in Table 9-2, plus size caps (24 square feet freestanding, up to 64 square feet wall-mounted) and a five-foot setback from lot lines. Because temporary holiday decorations sit outside the "attention getting device" definition, none of those day counts, permit steps, size limits or setbacks reach them under Article 9. A homeowner or business in unincorporated Caddo Parish can put up Christmas lights, a lit yard display or a seasonal wreath without a sign permit and without a parish-imposed removal date.

The exemption covers only the sign article; it does not excuse a decoration from separate parish rules on electrical safety or obstruction of sight lines at intersections and driveways.