ADU Pass
Scotlandville
ADU Pass helps homeowners in Scotlandville — a USPS locale inside Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — navigate the permit paperwork for building an accessory dwelling unit. This locale covers 3 ZIP codes.
Baton Rouge — city ADU rules and incentives
ADU legality: unclear
Louisiana leaves ADU regulation to local municipalities under home-rule or Dillon-rule authority. Baton Rouge permits ADUs subject to local conditions per its zoning ordinance.
City cost envelope
$112,050 all-in for a 525 sqft ADU (permit + build). Midpoint scenario.
Permit fee bundle: $1,800.
City viability (selected uses)
East Baton Rouge Parish (consolidated City-Parish of Baton Rouge) — county ADU rules and overlays
County ADU ordinance
East Baton Rouge Parish operates as the consolidated City-Parish of Baton Rouge under the Plan of Government (1949) and Louisiana Const. Art. VI § 4 (~456,000 residents — Louisiana's most populous parish; the state-capital parish; encompassing Baton Rouge, Baker, Central, Zachary, and unincorporated parts of the parish). Louisiana uses 'parishes' rather than counties; the Catholic Church's parish system was preserved as the civil subdivision when Louisiana became a state in 1812. The City-Parish of Baton Rouge regulates land use through the Unified Development Code (UDC, City-Parish Code Title 11), administered by the City-Parish Department of Development. Louisiana has no statewide ADU preemption — Louisiana's stateAduLaw is netEffect 'no-statewide-law'. The UDC permits 'accessory residential dwelling units' in Rural (R) and large-lot residential (A1, A2, A3) districts by right on parcels meeting size minimums; smaller residential districts treat ADUs as conditional uses. Baker, Central, and Zachary are independent municipalities within the parish that operate their own zoning ordinances; the City-Parish UDC governs the rest.
County regulatory overlays
Louisiana state — ADU law and programs
State financing programs
Louisiana does not operate an ADU-specific statewide loan, grant, or forgivable-loan program. The Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC) is the state housing finance agency and administers down-payment-assistance programs (Mortgage Revenue Bond Assisted, MRB Home, MRB Home Assisted), the LHC Preferred Conventional Program, the HOME Program (for development), the Rental Restoration and Development Program (RRDP), Weatherization Assistance, and HUD-funded affordable housing development. None target ADU construction directly. ADU costs may be financed through standard renovation or construction-loan products under LHC programs when the ADU is part of a qualifying primary-residence transaction.
Federal (United States) — ADU-relevant rules and programs
Federal ADU law
The United States has no federal statute that directly regulates accessory dwelling unit entitlement or design. Land-use authority over ADUs resides with states and local governments under the traditional police power. Federal engagement is limited to financing (Fannie/Freddie/FHA/VA/USDA), flood insurance (FEMA/NFIP), and discretionary housing programs (HUD), which are recorded in sibling sections of this file.
Federal financing programs
Federal housing-finance agencies and GSEs set nationwide underwriting rules that govern whether an ADU can be financed, appraised, and counted toward mortgage qualifying income. The relevant actors are Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA (HUD), VA, and USDA Rural Development.
Federal tax credits
There is no ADU-specific federal tax credit. ADUs may incidentally qualify for existing federal energy-efficiency and clean-energy tax credits when the ADU construction includes qualifying measures.
Federal housing programs
HUD administers several discretionary programs that can fund ADU-related activity at the grantee's election, but none is an ADU-specific program.
ZIP Codes
- 70807
- 70811
- 70818
Post Office
- 7980 Plank Rd, 70811