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LA Rev Stat § 33:120.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§120.5. Police jury of Calcasieu Parish; planning and zoning

RS 120.5 - Police jury of Calcasieu Parish; planning and zoning A. For the purposes of promoting health, safety, morality, or the general welfare of the parish, the police jury of the parish of Calcasieu may regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of the building, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, or other purposes in the parish. B. For any or all of said purposes, the police jury may divide the parish into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this Subpart. Within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, alteration, or use of buildings, structures, or land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations of one district may differ from those in other districts. C. Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the public streets; to secure safety from fires; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to avoid undue concentration of population; and to facilitate adequate transportation, water supply, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. The regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and with a view to conserving the values of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the parish. D. The police jury shall provide for the manner in which the regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of the districts shall be determined, established, enforced, and from time to time amended. No regulations or restrictions shall become effective until after a public hearing at which parties in interest have an opportunity to be heard. A public hearing in relation to the regulations may be held by the police jury. In such case, notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published once a week in three different weeks in the official journal of the parish or, if there be none, in a paper of general circulation therein. At least fifteen days shall elapse between the first publication and the date of the hearing. E. The regulations, restrictions, and boundaries may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed. No amendment shall become effective except by the favorable vote of a majority of the quorum of the police jury. The provisions of Subsection D of this Section relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments. Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
LA Rev Stat § 33:120.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§120.6. Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board, creation

RS 120.6 - Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board, creation The police jury may combine the Calcasieu Parish Planning Commission and the Calcasieu Parish Board of Adjustment into one board. The new board shall be called the "Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board" and in this Subpart shall be referred to as the "planning and zoning board". Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
LA Rev Stat § 33:120.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§120.7. Membership; qualification requirements; term; meetings; vote

RS 120.7 - Membership; qualification requirements; term; meetings; vote A. The planning and zoning board shall consist of eleven members, all of whom shall be residents and electors of the parish. Current members of the Calcasieu Parish Planning Commission shall serve as members of the planning and zoning board and shall serve until expiration of the terms they are currently serving. The two additional members shall be appointed from among members currently serving on the Calcasieu Parish Board of Adjustment and shall serve until expiration of the terms they are currently serving. Thereafter, members shall be appointed by the police jury for terms of four years each. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant. All members shall be removable for cause by the police jury, upon written charges and after public hearing. B. The planning and zoning board shall elect its own chairman, who shall serve for one year. The planning and zoning board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Subpart. C. Meetings of the planning and zoning board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the planning and zoning board may determine. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The chairman or, in his absence, the acting chairman may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the planning and zoning board shall be open to the public. The planning and zoning board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating that fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be filed immediately in the office of the planning and zoning board and shall be public records. All testimony, objections thereto, and rulings thereon shall be taken down by a recorder employed by the planning and zoning board for the purpose. D. A simple majority of a quorum is adequate to authorize variances, exceptions, and appeals by the planning and zoning board. Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
LA Rev Stat § 33:120.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§120.8. Compensation

RS 120.8 - Compensation The police jury may pay members of the planning and zoning board a per diem not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars for attending meetings of the planning and zoning board for a maximum of thirteen meetings per year. Such expenses shall be paid from funds of the Calcasieu Parish Office of Planning and Development. Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 247, §1; Acts 2003, No. 437, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 33:120.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§120.9. Powers; duties; functions

RS 120.9 - Powers; duties; functions The planning and zoning board shall have the following powers: (1) To hear and decide appeals when it is alleged that there is an error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of any ordinance adopted pursuant thereto. (2) To hear and decide all matters referred to it or upon which it is required to pass under the ordinance. (3)(a) In passing upon appeals when there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships which would prevent carrying out the strict letter of the ordinance, to vary or modify the application of any of the regulations or provisions of the ordinance relating to the use, construction, or alteration of buildings or structures or the use of lands so that the spirit of the ordinance shall be observed, public safety and welfare secured, and substantial justice done. (b) In exercising the abovementioned power, to reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and to make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made, and to that end to have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. The concurring vote of a majority of a quorum shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of any administrative official, to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under any ordinance, or to effect any variation in the ordinance. (4) To recommend the boundaries of the various original districts as well as the restrictions and regulations to be enforced therein and any supplements, changes, or modifications thereof to the police jury. Before making any recommendation to the police jury, the planning and zoning board shall hold a public hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published at least three times in the official journal of the parish or, if there be none, in a paper of general circulation therein, and at least ten days shall elapse between the first publication and date of the hearing. After the hearing has been held by the planning and zoning board, it shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the police jury. The police jury shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of the planning and zoning board. Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
LA Rev Stat § 33:120.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§120.11. Violation; remedy; penalties

RS 120.11 - Violation; remedy; penalties A. If any building or structure is erected, structurally altered, or maintained or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of any ordinance or regulation made under the authority conferred by this Subpart, the proper authorities of the parish, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings: (1) To prevent such unlawful erection, structural alteration, maintenance, or use. (2) To restrain, correct, or abate such violation. (3) To prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premise. B. The regulations shall be enforced by the director of planning and development of Calcasieu Parish who may issue permits and cause any building, structure, place, or premises to be inspected and examined and who may order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist therein in violation of any provision of the regulations made under the authority of this Subpart. C. The owner or general agent of a building or premise where a violation of any regulation has been committed or exists; or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premise where the violation has been committed or exists; or the owner, general agent, lessee, or tenant of any part of the building or premise in which the violation has been committed or exists; or the general agent, architect, building contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part in, or assists in any violation or maintains any building or premise in which any violation exists shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each day that the violation continues. Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
LA Rev Stat § 33:120.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§120.12. Governing provisions

RS 120.12 - Governing provisions A. Wherever the regulations made pursuant to the authority of this Subpart require a greater width or size of side yards, courts, or other open spaces; require a lower height of building or less number of stories; require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied; or impose other higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under the authority of this Subpart shall govern. B. Whenever the provisions of any other statute, local ordinance, or regulation require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces; require a lower height of a building or a less number of stories; require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied; or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under the authority of this Subpart, the provisions of such statute, local ordinance, or regulation shall govern. Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
LA Rev Stat § 33:120.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§120.13. Planning and zoning board serving as planning commission

RS 120.13 - Planning and zoning board serving as planning commission The planning and zoning board shall operate in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:101 through R.S. 33:120.1 except where there is conflict with the provisions of this Subpart. If a conflict exists, the provisions of this Subpart shall govern. Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
LA Rev Stat § 33:121 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§121. Creation of parish development board

RS 121 - Creation of parish development board A police jury may create and organize a parish development board in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart. Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 33:122 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§122. Appointment of members; chairman; vacancies

RS 122 - Appointment of members; chairman; vacancies A parish development board shall consist of not less than five nor more than thirteen members, exclusive of ex-officio members, of which one member shall be chairman. The police jury may create a parish development board by ordinance and appoint the members thereof. The police jury shall designate one of the appointed members to be the chairman of the board. The terms of office of the chairman and the members of the board shall coincide with the terms of office of the members of the police jury appointing them. The police jury may fill the vacancies which occur by the expiration of the terms of office. Vacancies in the membership of the board which occur for any other cause shall be filled by the chairman of the board. No member appointed by the chairman shall hold his office under that appointment beyond the expiration of the terms of office of the members of the police jury. All vacancies in the office of chairman shall be filled by the police jury.
LA Rev Stat § 33:123 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§123. Ex-officio members

RS 123 - Ex-officio members The mayors of incorporated municipalities in the parish, the president of the parish school board, and the chairman of the police jury finance committee, or the equivalent thereof, shall be ex-officio members of a parish development board. The ex-officio members shall be in addition to the members appointed by the police jury.
LA Rev Stat § 33:124 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§124. Removal of appointive members

RS 124 - Removal of appointive members The appointive members of a parish development board may be removed by the appointing authority, after adoption of a proper resolution for that purpose, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, and for any other cause that may, in the discretion of the police jury, be sufficient to justify the removal. The police jury may not remove a member of the board without first incorporating in its minutes a statement containing the reasons for the removal.
LA Rev Stat § 33:125 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§125. Service without compensation; expenses

RS 125 - Service without compensation; expenses All members of a parish development board shall serve without compensation. Any member required to incur expense in the performance of his duty as a member of the board may be reimbursed his actual expenses by the police jury of the parish.
LA Rev Stat § 33:126 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§126. Meetings

RS 126 - Meetings The chairman of a parish development board shall preside at all meetings of the board. Every board shall hold at least one regular monthly meeting and in addition may meet on call of the chairman as often as necessary to transact its business.
LA Rev Stat § 33:127 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§127. Plan for development of parish resources and facilities

RS 127 - Plan for development of parish resources and facilities Every parish development board shall immediately upon its creation undertake to secure, organize, and interpret as much information as may be available with regard to the resources and facilities of the parish and shall prepare in writing a plan and report for the development of the resources and facilities according to the best interests of the parish concerned. The plan and report may contain information showing the location and condition of the streets, highways, bridges, waterways, parks, aviation facilities, commercial airlines, pipe lines, railroads, electric power lines, mines, factories, forests, other natural resources, public utilities, and other pertinent and appropriate information. The plan and report shall include definite recommendations by the board for the utilization and correlation for better economic use and distribution of the resources of the parish. The board may adopt one or more parts of the plan from time to time as it is compiled or may adopt the plan in full when completed; but immediately upon the adoption of any part or the whole of the plan, the same shall be immediately reported in writing to the police jury which created the board. The completed plans and reports shall be presented in printed form for public distribution.
LA Rev Stat § 33:128 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§128. Assistance by department of public works

RS 128 - Assistance by department of public works A parish development board shall maintain and effect close co-operation with the department of public works of the state. The department of public works shall aid the board in the organization, preparation, and presentation of the information, data, plans, and recommendations which the board is required to prepare and submit.
LA Rev Stat § 33:129 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§129. Appropriation of funds

RS 129 - Appropriation of funds A police jury may appropriate, from funds available for that purpose, the necessary funds to finance the operation of a parish development board created pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart.
LA Rev Stat § 33:130 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§130. Planning commission and development board mutually exclusive

RS 130 - Planning commission and development board mutually exclusive No parish may create or maintain in existence at the same time both a planning commission and a development board. The maintenance and existence of one shall exclude the creation and maintenance of the other.
LA Rev Stat § 33:130.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§130.11. Designation of industrial areas; feasibility; assistance by state agencies

RS 130.11 - Designation of industrial areas; feasibility; assistance by state agencies Subject to the written approval of fifty-one percent in interest of the landowners of the proposed industrial area, parish governing authorities may establish industrial areas composed of territory wholly within the parish boundaries and without the boundaries of any municipality. Such areas may be designated only after the feasibility therefor has been established by land use studies conducted by parish planning commissions, parish development boards or other similar recognized authorities. Cooperation and assistance in the preparation and evaluation of such studies may be rendered by state agencies equipped to conduct such studies when requested to do so by any parish governing authority provided that where municipal boundaries are co-extensive with parish boundaries, the municipal governing authorities may establish industrial areas within the municipal boundaries. Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:130.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§130.12. Territory included within industrial area

RS 130.12 - Territory included within industrial area Subject to the limitation contained in R.S. 33:130.11, an industrial area may include any compact body of land which is used exclusively for industrial purposes or which is primarily suited for industrial development. Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:130.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§130.13. Procedure of parish governing authority; designation of industrial area

RS 130.13 - Procedure of parish governing authority; designation of industrial area Before any designation is made of an industrial area or any change is made of the boundaries of an existing one, the parish governing authority shall hold not less than one public hearing thereon. The parish governing authority shall give notice of the purpose, time and place of the public hearing by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation throughout the parish not less than ten days prior to the date set for the hearing. The designation of an industrial area or any change of the boundaries of an existing one shall be by resolution of the parish governing authority. The resolution shall refer expressly to the map or maps and descriptive and other matter related to the industrial area, and the action taken by the parish governing authority shall be recorded on the map or maps and descriptive and other matter by the identifying signature of the presiding officer of the parish governing authority. Certified copies of the map or maps and descriptive and other matter shall be filed with the parish governing authority and with the clerk of court of the parish. Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:130.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§130.14. Legal status of industrial area

RS 130.14 - Legal status of industrial area Whenever a parish governing authority has designated an industrial area or has made a change of the boundaries of an existing one and has filed certified copies thereof as provided in R.S. 33:130.13, no facilities shall be thereafter located therein that are not industrial in character or reasonably related thereto; provided, however, no construction or installation permits shall be required but the parish governing authority may resort to judicial process to enforce such industrial requirements. Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 505, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:130.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§130.15. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 194, §2, eff. June 14, 1995.

RS 130.15 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 194, §2, eff. June 14, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 33:130.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§130.16. Inclusion of industrial area within certain newly created special service districts prohibited

RS 130.16 - Inclusion of industrial area within certain newly created special service districts prohibited No portion of an industrial area that provides any of the services enumerated in R.S. 51:1202 shall be included within any newly created special service district. Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1; Acts 2008, No. 644, §1.