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Lafayette (the consolidated Lafayette Consolidated Government for Lafayette Parish) permits STR broadly in residential and commercial zones via the standard business license + hotel-occupancy-tax registration. No STR-specific zoning ordinance has been adopted as of 2026. Cajun-Creole tourism + UL Lafayette football + oil industry business travel drive year-round demand. HOA covenants in master-planned subdivisions (River Ranch, La Neuville, Stoneleigh) can restrict — confirm separately.
Operators must hold a short-term rental permit before listing. See the official permit portal.
Lafayette requires a city/parish business license + Louisiana Department of Revenue hotel-occupancy-tax registration. Annual renewal. Operating without registration: state-level back-tax + Lafayette Parish assessments. Enforcement primarily complaint-driven (noise + parking).
Combined short-term lodging tax in Lafayette is approximately 14.450% of gross nightly revenue (state sales + state TRT + local TRT + applicable resort/city options).
Louisiana State sales 4.45% + Lafayette Parish sales 4% + Lafayette city sales 1% + Lafayette hotel occupancy tax 5% — combined ~14.45% on transient lodging
Verify the current combined rate via the Utah State Tax Commission before remitting — rates drift quarterly.
STR regulations vary by jurisdiction. Compare Lafayette against nearby markets.