How to Get a Building Permit in Louisiana?
Louisiana building permits are issued locally under the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code (the state-adopted IBC/IRC — the LSUCCC oversees; the parishes/municipalities enforce). New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and Lafayette have the major programs. Louisiana's differentiators: the hurricane (the Gulf's — the 150+ mph), the flood (the 2016's — the memory), and the expansive soils (the clay's).
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The statewide code
New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles: the departments (typically 3-8 weeks — the NOLA's — the historic). The LSUCCC (the uniform — the statewide; the parishes' — the enforced). Louisiana-licensed PE/architect stamps per the code's thresholds.
Hurricane, flood, and clay
The hurricane (the Gulf's — the 150+ mph; the surge's; the Katrina's — the memory), the flood (the 2016's — the 1000-year; the BFE's — the +2), the clay (the expansive — the prairies'; the foundations'), the wind-borne (the debris' — the coast's), and the termites (the Formosan's — the treated).
Process notes
NOLA's historic (the VCC's — the review; the HDLC's), Baton Rouge's (the professional), the elevation (the +2 — the freeboard's; the required), and the parishes' (the unincorporated's — the permitted). The Gulf's — the wind and the water designed.
The bottom line
Louisiana's uniform statewide code is locally enforced (3-8 weeks). Design for 150+ mph hurricane wind/surge, BFE+2 freeboard, and expansive prairie clays — NOLA historic needs VCC/HDLC review.
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