Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Louisiana (2026)

Baton Rouge City-Parish Code Sec. 2:171 puts sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner, not the city-parish…

Routine sidewalk upkeep in Gretna is the city's job, assigned to the director of public works under Sec. 2-123, but…

Owners of property abutting a Jefferson Parish street must build, pave, and keep the adjoining sidewalk in repair at…

Property owners in the City of Kenner, not the city, are on the hook for the sidewalk along their own street frontage…

New Orleans property owners aren't automatically on the hook for every sidewalk defect, but under § 146-190 the…

Sec. 38-272 makes it unlawful to willfully obstruct the free, normal use of any public sidewalk, street, alley, road…

Jefferson Parish bars placing almost anything in its road rights-of-way, the strip between the paved street and the…

Lafayette bars obstructing any sidewalk, right-of-way, alley, or building entrance, and lets an enforcement officer…

Lafayette City-Parish law bans obstructing sidewalks, rights-of-way, alleys, and building entrances, including…

Baton Rouge City-Parish Code § 2:50 bars any structure, wall, fence, steps, posts or other obstruction on a street…

In the City of Gretna it is unlawful to willfully obstruct a public sidewalk, alley, road or other passageway, or the…

Kenner makes it unlawful to obstruct the free, normal use of any public sidewalk, street, alley, or passageway under…

Lake Charles prohibits building or leaving any obstruction on a paved city street, a category the Code's own…

City Code § 146-494 bars obstructing any sidewalk, linear street or public alley, and lets police order a crowd…

Ouachita Parish makes it unlawful to obstruct, change, or close any parish road, including the roadside right-of-way…

Shreveport bans two specific ways of blocking or defacing its sidewalks: painting, chalking or imprinting any letter…

St. Tammany Parish's solid waste code bars anyone in the unincorporated parish from storing or abandoning junk, wrecked…

Terrebonne Parish Code § 22-11 makes it unlawful to place, erect or maintain any obstruction on a street, sidewalk…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Vermilion Parish Code § 30-3 makes it unlawful to obstruct parish roadside ditches…

Homeowners associations and developers who want to gate a publicly dedicated residential street in Bossier City must…

An HOA, developer or resident who wants to gate or restrict vehicular access on a public residential street in…

Caddo Parish requires an ordinance-approved encroachment permit, a 100% owner petition, and $1-2 million in insurance…

In Lafayette's Downtown "D" zoning district, nobody may sell food, goods or wares -- or set up a pushcart, parklet or…

In downtown Lafayette's "D" zoning district, pushcarts, outdoor dining, merchandise displays and parklets on public…

Section 146-532 requires a sidewalk use permit for any private extension of a licensed business onto a sidewalk or…

Anyone wanting to build, place or extend something over, under or into a Shreveport street, alley, sidewalk or public…

Placing landscaping, signs, recreational structures, drainage or utilities in a St. Tammany Parish right-of-way, or…

In unincorporated Vermilion Parish, Vermilion Parish Code § 30-8 requires a written permit from the Police Jury before…

A canopy, awning, or shelter that projects over a sidewalk and into the street right-of-way needs a special permit from…

No one may remove, curb, or install a driveway connecting to a Jefferson Parish street without a permit from the…

Any private cut, excavation, crossing, or facility installed in a parish road right-of-way in Ouachita Parish needs a…

In unincorporated Rapides Parish, the Police Jury issues permits before anyone installs pipes, cables, wires, or…

Constructing more than one double driveway across a public sidewalk in Terrebonne Parish requires a permit under…