Fence Regulations in Louisiana (2026)

In unincorporated Bossier Parish, the Police Jury caps fences and walls at four feet in any front yard and seven feet…

A fence in unincorporated Caddo Parish's front, corner side, or reverse corner side yard tops out at six feet if it's…

UDC 9.5.2(D)(3) requires fences and walls to sit at least 15 feet from the edge of any street (five feet along alleys)…

Jefferson Parish caps residential fences at eight feet along side and rear lot lines, rising to ten feet in the I-MU…

Rather than a blanket front/side/rear fence-height cap, Lafayette Consolidated Government regulates fence height where…

Lafayette City-Parish sets no general fence height cap, fences may sit anywhere in a setback with zero clearance, but…

Lake Charles caps fences citywide at ten feet under Zoning Ordinance Sec. 24-5-204(2)(b), with no separate…

New Orleans' Building Code sets structural and safety rules for every fence: posts spaced no more than eight feet apart…

Residential fence height in Shreveport depends on the yard and the fence type. Solid fences are capped at 3 feet in the…

Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish does not set one blanket fence-height number for every yard, but it regulates fence…

Tangipahoa Parish has no general zoning height table for backyard fences; instead its 'lawful fences' law fixes wire…

Within the zoned areas of Terrebonne Parish (the Houma area), Sec. 28-74(g) caps sight-obstructing fences and walls at…

Unincorporated Ascension Parish's UDC fence ordinance, Section 17-2082-B, does not set a blanket maximum fence height…

Every fence in Jefferson Parish needs a permit before it goes up, is altered, repaired, moved, or removed: the code…

Anyone building a fence or wall in unincorporated Ascension Parish needs a fence permit from the Building Department…

Baton Rouge generally requires permits for fences depending on height and materials. Masonry and block walls require…

Every fence in unincorporated Caddo Parish needs a building permit before it goes up, and that includes repairing an…

Yes. The City-Parish Department of Development requires a Fence and Wall Permit before construction. Applications are…

Ouachita Parish does not require a building permit to install a fence six feet or less in height under § 3½-123(b)(1)b…

Every fence in Shreveport, new construction or a repair to an existing one, needs a building permit under the UDC's…

In major subdivisions in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish, Sec. 12-35 requires a $20.00 nonrefundable permit from the…

Anyone erecting a fence along a public street in Terrebonne Parish, within the former City of Houma, must first file a…

Lafayette's development code lets a fence or gate sit anywhere inside a required setback with "no restriction" and a…

Lafayette City-Parish's code sets up no standalone fence permit process. Fences are exempt from setback lines under…

St. Tammany Parish exempts fences of 7 feet or less from the building permit requirement of UDC Sec. 300-2(B)(1)(b)…

Louisiana Civil Code Articles 685 through 688 establish statewide rules for boundary fences, party walls, and shared…

A retaining wall in East Baton Rouge Parish needs no building permit if it stands four feet or less from footing to…

Jefferson Parish requires a retaining wall wherever a lot sits high enough above its neighbor that a swale or…

Lafayette City-Parish's Development Code exempts retaining walls from setback requirements entirely, they can sit…

Orleans Parish treats retaining walls as structures requiring a building permit from the Department of Safety and…

Ouachita Parish does not require a building permit for a retaining wall four feet or less in height, measured from the…

A retaining wall in unincorporated Rapides Parish needs a building permit under Sec. 6½-3, and Sec. 24-14(3) waives a…

Shreveport treats retaining walls as miscellaneous construction requiring a building permit, and the engineering…

A retaining wall in Terrebonne Parish needs no building permit if it stands four feet or less, measured from the bottom…

Lafayette's setback-encroachment table lets a retaining wall sit anywhere inside a required yard. Code of Ordinances §…

Barbed wire, razor wire, and spiked-post fencing are off-limits on most residential lots in unincorporated Caddo…

Lake Charles bans barbed wire as fencing or a barrier under City Code Sec. 6-1, with one narrow exception: it may top a…

Terrebonne Parish flatly bans corrugated metal or tin fencing along public streets under Terrebonne Parish Code §…

UDC Section 17-2082-B(E) lists the fencing materials allowed in unincorporated Ascension Parish: natural stone, brick…

Wood, chain-link (except Downtown), and masonry are common permitted materials. UDC 9.5.2(D)(1) allows chain-link…

Jefferson Parish's building code bars two categories of fence material outright: anything fragile or readily flammable…

The CZO does not ban common fence materials citywide, but front-yard fences must be open fences and, in certain…

Shreveport permits wood, plastic, metal, wire mesh and masonry fences, but every fence, including repairs to an…

Tangipahoa Parish's own fence code does not ban barbed wire or electric fencing; instead Sec. 12-34 sets the material…