Shreveport
Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission
In short
Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission issues 4 permits we publish for Shreveport, last verified 2026-09-08. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sign Permit | Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission | $35–$500 by sign type — wall/awning/banner $35 to $110 by size, A-frame or projecting sign $60, free-standing/monument $200, marquee or roof sign $150, electronic message sign $200, new billboard $500; a sign installed without a permit is charged double | one-time, per sign | 2026-09-08 |
| Special Use Permit or Administrative Exceptiononly if it applies to you | Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission | $750 a Special Use Permit; an Administrative Exception or Special Exception Use is $350; add $650 for Site Plan Review if applicable | one-time, per application | 2026-09-08 |
| Zoning Verification Letteronly if it applies to you | Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission | $75 flat; a Zoning Interpretation is $125 | one-time, per request | 2026-09-08 |
| Certificate of Occupancy | Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission | $125 commercial; a home-based or temporary certificate is $75; occupying a space without a valid certificate is a $250 penalty | one-time, per issuance | 2026-09-08 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Sign Permit
No effective date is printed on the fee worksheet itself; confirm with the MPC (318-673-6480) that it is the current version before relying on it for an unusual sign type.
Special Use Permit or Administrative Exception
Only triggered where the zoning district does not already permit the intended use as of right. Shreveport's Unified Development Code makes that determination district-by-district and use-by-use rather than in a single table this record can cite for all nine industries at once, so this fee is recorded for the process generally rather than as a claim that any particular industry always needs it. Confirm with the MPC (318-673-6480) for a specific address and use.
Zoning Verification Letter
A home-based business goes through MPC zoning review even where no construction is involved.
Certificate of Occupancy
For a business inside Shreveport city limits, the Certificate of Occupancy is now issued by the MPC rather than the Division of Permits and Inspections. An older city page states $100 commercial/$50 residential instead of this record's $125/$75 — the MPC's own more recent fee worksheet, tied to its now-confirmed role in issuing the certificate, is treated here as current, but confirm with the Permit Center (318-673-6442) given the unresolved conflict between the two documents.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Shreveport
- Phone
- (318) 673-6480
- Website
- www.shreveportcaddompc.com/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Shreveport-Caddo MPC — Fee Worksheet, Exhibit A (signs, certificates of occupancy, zoning and conditional use fees)Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-08
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