Building Setbacks & Zoning in Louisiana (2026)

In the Rural (R) zoning district, which covers much of unincorporated Ascension Parish, Table B of the Unified Land…

New subdivision lots in unincorporated Bossier Parish carry a recorded setback covenant under Sec. 110-97: 25 feet…

Caddo Parish's Table 4-1 sets front setbacks of 20 to 30 feet, interior side setbacks of 5 to 15 feet, and rear…

The UDC sets minimum front, side, corner-side, and rear yards by zoning district in Chapter 11. Typical single-family…

Jefferson Parish's R-1A single-family district sets a 20-foot front yard, two side yards totaling at least 20 percent…

Lafayette ties yard setbacks to the zoning district under Code of Ordinances § 89-38(e)(3), but where parish land is…

Lafayette City-Parish sets yard setbacks per zoning district under the Development Code. RS-1 lots need a 20-foot…

Lake Charles zoning requires single-family homes in the Residential Dwelling District to sit back at least 30 feet from…

Required yards (setbacks) are set per zoning district in the CZO. In a Historic Urban Neighborhood two-family district…

In unincorporated Ouachita Parish subdivisions, no building may sit closer than 20 feet to the front lot line, 10 feet…

New subdivision lots in unincorporated Rapides Parish must keep a 40-foot front yard setback measured to the public…

Required front, interior side, corner side and rear setbacks in Shreveport come from Unified Development Code Table 4-1…

St. Tammany Parish sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Exhibit 400-2 of UDC Sec. 400-2.1, with…

Because unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish has no zoning districts, yard setbacks come straight from the parish's…

In the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish, an R-1 Single-Family Residential lot must keep a 20-foot front yard, 5-foot…

Table B of Ascension Parish's Unified Land Development Code caps building height at 35 feet in the Rural (R) district…

In the R-1 one-family residence district near Benton, Bossier Parish caps new houses and other structures at 2½ stories…

Caddo Parish caps most residential structures at 35 feet under Table 4-1 of the Unified Development Code, covering the…

UDC Chapter 11 caps structure height by zoning district. Single-family residential districts allow a maximum 35 feet…

No building in Jefferson Parish's R-1A single-family district may rise higher than 35 feet under Code Sec. 40-93, the…

Lafayette's "RS-1" and "RS-2" single-family districts don't carry a flat maximum-story number the way denser districts…

Lafayette's RS single-family districts skip a flat height cap; instead a bulk-plane stepback allows 3 stories within 50…

Lake Charles zoning caps single-family homes at 35 feet in the Residential Dwelling District and the Neighborhood…

Maximum building height is set per district in the CZO. In the Historic Urban Neighborhood Two-Family (HU-RD2)…

Every Shreveport residential zoning district caps building height at 35 feet, measured from grade to the highest point…

In unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, the Unified Development Code caps residential structures at 35 feet above natural…

Within the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish, a structure in an R-1 Single-Family Residential District cannot be erected…

Caddo Parish's Table 4-1 dimensional standards cap building coverage at 25% of the lot in the R-A district and up to…

The UDC controls buildable area through minimum lot area and required yards rather than a single coverage percentage…

In the Old Metairie Neighborhood Conservation District (OMNCD), no more than 40 percent of the front yard, and no more…

Lafayette's zoning code caps lot coverage at just 2% in the "A" Agricultural district: the only district with a hard…

Lake Charles caps building coverage at 40 percent of lot area in its Residential Dwelling District under Sec…

The CZO controls buildout through required open space and impervious-surface limits rather than a single lot-coverage…

Shreveport's Unified Development Code sets two separate caps on every lot: maximum building coverage and maximum…

St. Tammany Parish's Exhibit 400-2 zoning table caps lot coverage at 50 percent in the Estate, Rural, Two-Family, and…

Commercial and industrial developments in Terrebonne Parish that pave, build or otherwise cover more than 70 percent of…