Top Ten Current Code Enforcement Priorities
Subject to revision & update
- Signs or Banners displayed or erected must have a permit.
- Abandoned or derelict vehicles on private and public property, including vehicles parked on or across sidewalks & servitudes, are illegal.
- Placement of any message or sign on utility poles, servitudes, neutral ground (median) or public property is illegal.
- Business permits & licenses must be current and displayed for public viewing.
- Operation of a business in a residential area requires an occupational permit.
- Litter, junk, overgrown grass and derelict housing ordinances will be enforced.
- Mobile homes must meet zoning and permitting requirements. All structures must meet the 2006 ICC building codes per state law.
- Building permits (shed, renovations, fences, roofs, etc.) are required on all structures.
- Address markings (contrast color and appropriate size) are required on all structures.
- Basketball goals must be 15 foot from servitude.
Definition - Servitude: a right by which something (as a piece of land) owned by one person is subject to a specified use or enjoyment by another. A servitude is reserved for public utilities, drainage, and other purposes, but you, the homeowner, own this strip of ground. To make sure, check your approved plot plan or act of sale or contact the Parish Planning Office.