Parish guide · Louisiana
Metal buildings in Caddo Parish, LA.
We supply barns, shops, equipment sheds and more across Caddo Parish. Our work reaches from the farmland around Keithville and Greenwood to the lake country near Mooringsport and Oil City, and anywhere else you’re building.
Maximum height
18 ft
Agricultural structures
Exempt from height cap
Guest house
Up to 1,800 sq ft
Farm structures
Outside the state code
From the Caddo Parish Unified Development Code, Articles 6 and 7, and Louisiana R.S. 40:1730.30, for unincorporated Caddo Parish.
What people build in Caddo Parish
Timber, cattle and hayfields in Louisiana’s northwest corner.
Barns
Hay and cattle barns, free of the 18-foot cap on farm lots.
Equipment sheds
Open-sided cover for tractors and trailers.
Shops
Work and storage space up to 18 feet on residential lots.
Barndominiums & guest houses
Living space in steel.
We work in tubular steel, cold-formed steel, steel truss and red iron. See what a steel building costs.
Permitting metal buildings in Caddo Parish
The parish sets the rules for unincorporated land under its Unified Development Code, and state law decides which buildings fall outside the construction code.
Height & coverage
- Detached accessory structures can be up to 18 feet tall.
- Agricultural structures on a lot in farm use are exempt from that limit.
- Accessory structures count toward the lot’s building and impervious coverage limits.
Guest houses
- One accessory dwelling unit is allowed per lot, no taller than the house.
- It’s capped at 60% of the house’s floor area or 1,800 sq ft, whichever is less, and goes in the rear yard, 10 feet from lot lines and the house.
State exemptions
- State law bars parishes from enforcing the state construction code on farm structures and on hunting or fishing camps.
- Residential accessory buildings up to 500 sq ft are exempt too, where design wind speeds fall below the statute’s limits.
In Caddo Parish, a working barn gets room to grow. Farm buildings escape the 18-foot cap and the state building code. We still engineer every barn for the wind and load it will see, because exempt doesn’t mean unbuilt.
Inside Shreveport city limits, see our Shreveport guide. See all of Louisiana.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Caddo Parish project.
Tell us what you’re planning and where you’re building. We’ll help you work out the next steps.
- Tell us what and whereSend us the size, how you’ll use the building and the address.
- We check the siteWe confirm who permits the address and which code and loads apply.
- You get a clear recommendationWe recommend the frame that fits and price it against the alternatives.
Or call
417-218-8348