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LA Rev Stat § 33:4724 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4724. Public hearing authorized; prohibited rezoning

RS 4724 - Public hearing authorized; prohibited rezoning  A. The legislative body of a municipality which has provided for a comprehensive zoning plan shall provide for the manner in which the regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of the districts shall be determined, established, and enforced and from time to time amended. B. 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 legislative body of a municipality which has provided for a comprehensive zoning plan. In such a case, notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published at least three times in the official journal of the municipality or, if there be none, in a paper of general circulation therein. At least ten days shall elapse between the first publication and the date of the hearing. C. In municipalities with a population of less than four hundred seventy-five thousand, in addition to notice by publication as provided in Subsection B of this Section, and at least ten days prior to the hearing, a good faith attempt to notify the owner or owners of record of the properties to be zoned or rezoned in municipal zoning shall be made by the sending of an official notice by regular mail of the time and place of the hearing and subject matter of the regulations and restrictions. D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection C of this Section, when more than ten parcels are to be zoned or rezoned by enactment of a zoning ordinance, the advertisement in the official journal or a paper of general circulation as required by Subsection B of this Section shall be considered adequate notice to the property owners. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 175, §1; Acts 1991, No. 289, §10; Acts 2012, No. 49, §1, eff. May 11, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4725 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4725. Amendment of regulations

RS 4725 - Amendment of regulations  The regulations, restrictions, and boundaries may, from time to time, be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed. In case, however, of a protest against a change duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent or more, either of the areas of land (exclusive of streets and alleys) included in a proposed change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and two hundred feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, the amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of a majority of the members of the legislative body of the municipality who are present and voting. The provisions of R.S. 33:4724 relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments. Provided that no ordinance shall require a procedure or criteria for amendment any greater than that initially used upon the formation of regulations, restrictions and/or penalties. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 306, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4725.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4725.1. Zoning of annexed property

RS 4725.1 - Zoning of annexed property A. Except as provided by Subsection B of this Section, if after August 15, 1999, a municipality annexes property the use of which is governed by a parish zoning ordinance at the time of annexation, and the annexation causes a change in the zoning classification, the parish zoning classification shall remain in effect until the owner of the property has applied for rezoning with the appropriate municipal governing authority, board or commission or for a period of six months, whichever occurs first. The municipality shall notify, by certified mail, the owner of the property of the change in zoning classification within thirty days of the date of the annexation. B. The owner of property subject to Subsection A of this Section may waive the provisions of Subsection A with respect to his property. Any such waiver shall be in writing and shall be filed in the parish conveyance records. A municipal governing authority may prescribe the form for any such waiver or may authorize a municipal officer, agency, or employee to prescribe such form for the filing of such waivers. A municipal governing authority may adopt additional requirements for the filing of such waivers. Acts 1999, No. 929, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4726 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4726. Zoning commission; recommendations; public hearing

RS 4726 - Zoning commission; recommendations; public hearing  A. In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by R.S. 33:4721 through 4729, the legislative body of the municipality shall appoint a zoning commission whose function it shall be 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. Before making any recommendation to the legislative body of the municipality, the zoning commission 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 municipality, 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 zoning commission, it shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislative body of the municipality. The legislative body shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of the zoning commission. B. Notwithstanding the provisions in Subsection A, the governing authority of the city of Lafayette may empower the zoning commission to determine the boundaries of the districts as well as the restrictions and regulations to be enforced therein, and any supplements, changes, and modifications thereof. In such case, public hearing and notification requirements shall be the same as those for zoning commissions operating solely as a recommending board. The zoning commission shall promptly notify the municipal governing authority of any action taken pursuant to such authority as may be granted to it as provided in this Subsection. Any action of the zoning commission may be appealed to the municipal governing authority in accordance with procedures established by such governing authority. Nothing in this Subsection shall prohibit the municipal governing authority from enacting ordinances relating to those matters which it empowers the zoning commission to determine. C. Where a municipal planning commission exists it shall be the zoning commission. Acts 1992, No. 476, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4727.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4727.1. City of Mandeville; board of adjustment

RS 4727.1 - City of Mandeville; board of adjustment  In addition to all other powers authorized by the provisions of this Subpart, the board of aldermen of the city of Mandeville may authorize the zoning commission of the city of Mandeville to exercise any or all powers, duties, and responsibilities which may be exercised under the provisions of R.S. 33:4727 by a board of adjustment. Acts 1985, No. 277, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4727.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4727.2. City of Sulphur; zoning commission; powers of board of adjustment

RS 4727.2 - City of Sulphur; zoning commission; powers of board of adjustment In addition to all other powers authorized by the provisions of this Subpart, the governing authority of the city of Sulphur may authorize the zoning commission of the city of Sulphur to exercise any or all powers, duties, and responsibilities which may be exercised by a board of adjustment pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 33:4727. Acts 2014, No. 78, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4728 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4728. Enforcement of building and zoning regulations; penalty for violations

RS 4728 - Enforcement of building and zoning regulations; penalty for violations  In case any building or structure is erected, structurally altered, or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of R.S. 33:4721 through R.S. 33:4729 or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred thereby, the proper local authorities of the municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, structural alteration, maintenance, or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of the building, structure, or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises. The regulations shall be enforced by the city architect or other officer authorized to issue building permits, who is empowered to cause any building, structure, place or premises to be inspected and examined, to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist therein in violation of any provision of the regulations made under authority of R.S. 33:4721 through R.S. 33:4729. The owner or general agent of a building or premises where a violation of any regulation has been committed or exists, or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where the violation has been committed or exists, or the owner, general agent, lessee or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which the violation has been committed or exists, or the general agent, architect, builder, contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part in, or who assists in any violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any violation exists shall be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each day that the violation continues.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4729 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4729. Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply

RS 4729 - Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply  Wherever the regulations made under authority of R.S. 33:4721 through R.S. 33:4729 require a greater width or size of side yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of building or less number of stories, or 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 authority of R.S. 33:4721 through R.S. 33:4729 shall govern. Wherever the provisions of any other statute, local ordinance, or regulation require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of building or a less number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of R.S. 33:4721 through R.S. 33:4729 the provisions of such statute, local ordinance, or regulation shall govern.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4730 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4730. Ordinances adopted for authorized purposes; validity

RS 4730 - Ordinances adopted for authorized purposes; validity  Whenever any municipality pursuant to an act of the legislature has adopted an ordinance for any of the purposes covered in R.S. 33:4721 through R.S. 33:4729, the ordinance shall be deemed to have been adopted under R.S. 33:4721 through R.S. 33:4729, and it shall not be necessary in such cases for the local legislative body to appoint a zoning commission as herein provided. All such ordinances shall remain in effect, except so far as they are inconsistent with R.S. 33:4721 through R.S. 33:4729, until they shall have been amended, altered or repealed by the legislative body.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4731 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4731. Regulating building construction and limiting business areas in municipalities of over 50,000

RS 4731 - Regulating building construction and limiting business areas in municipalities of over 50,000  The governing authority of municipalities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants may by ordinance define and regulate the kind, style, and manner of construction of buildings and other edifices which may be erected on certain designated streets and thoroughfares and may permit or prohibit the establishment and operation of businesses and trades within designated limits.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4732 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4732. Authority to enforce regulations

RS 4732 - Authority to enforce regulations  Municipalities may enforce the ordinances adopted under R.S. 33:4731 by fine or imprisonment, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4734 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4734. Notification to military installations

RS 4734 - Notification to military installations A.(1)(a) The local governing authority considering any action to be taken on an application for a zoning request affecting property within three thousand feet of the boundary of a military installation shall notify the commander of the installation at least ninety days in advance of taking such action. (b) The local governing authority shall publish notice of its intention to take action on an application for a zoning request pursuant to this Paragraph in the official journal of the local governing authority at least ninety days prior to taking such action. (2) The local governing authority considering any action to be taken on an application for a variance affecting property within three thousand feet of the boundary of a military installation shall notify the commander of the installation at least thirty days in advance of taking such action. B. As used in this Section, "military installation" shall include any base, military airport, camp, post, station, yard, center, home port facility for a ship, or any other military activity center that is under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Defense. Acts 2004, No. 787, §1; Acts 2008, No. 777, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4741 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4741. Fire limits authorized

RS 4741 - Fire limits authorized  All municipalities exceeding five hundred population, the City of New Orleans excepted, may provide for the prevention of fires by establishing fire limits and by prohibiting the construction or relocation or removal of frame buildings within such limits, or the construction of frame additions to buildings therein.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4742 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4742. Thickness of walls of buildings

RS 4742 - Thickness of walls of buildings  Such municipalities may regulate, to such extent as to safeguard against the spread of conflagration, the thickness of the outside or fire walls of all buildings to be constructed within fire limits, and may reasonably regulate partition walls in buildings, where the regulation is proper to prevent the spread of fire.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4743 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4743. Repairing buildings

RS 4743 - Repairing buildings  Such municipalities may prohibit material repairs to frame buildings within the fire limits, and reasonably regulate repairs on other than frame buildings therein. "Material repairs," as above used, shall mean not only those repairs that increase the fire risk, but also those that appreciably tend to perpetuate it.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4744 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4744. Building permits

RS 4744 - Building permits  Such municipalities may require building permits and permits for repairs, which permits shall be granted according to uniform rules, and shall never be refused when the application setting forth the character of the building to be constructed, or the natures of the repairs, conforms to the requirements of the ordinances of the municipality passed in pursuance of this Subpart. All applications shall be passed upon by the governing body of the municipality, or the committee designated by it, within ten days after their filing.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4745 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4745. Sub-fire limits

RS 4745 - Sub-fire limits  Such municipalities may establish sub-fire limits adjacent to and outside of fire limits proper, and make reasonable regulations to govern the sub-fire limits.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4746 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4746. Enforcement of ordinances

RS 4746 - Enforcement of ordinances  Such municipalities may punish the infringement of ordinances passed hereunder within the limits prescribed by their respective charters, and in addition thereto, may remove, at the expense of the owner, the buildings, repairs, or additions built or made contrary to the specifications of the ordinances.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4751 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4751. Construction and repair of buildings and walls

RS 4751 - Construction and repair of buildings and walls  The governing body of any municipality of one hundred thousand or more inhabitants may adopt ordinances relating to the construction, equipment, alteration, and repair of buildings, structures, walls, and party walls, and provide in the ordinances penalties for their violation. Such ordinances shall supersede any laws existing prior to 1910.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4753.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4753.1. Noxious growths; community service; city of New Orleans

RS 4753.1 - Noxious growths; community service; city of New Orleans A. The governing authority of the city of New Orleans may enact ordinances which require that community services be performed by persons who allow weeds, grass, or other noxious growths to accumulate on their property thereby allowing the property to degrade to a deplorable condition which endangers the health and safety of humans and pets. B. City law enforcement authorities shall have the authority to enforce such ordinances, including the authority to issue summons for violations of such ordinances. The municipal court for the city of New Orleans shall have jurisdiction to hear cases relative to such violations and to impose penalties for such violations in accordance with applicable ordinances. C. The offender shall be cited for the offense by means of summons as provided by ordinance. D. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall: (1) Upon first conviction be sentenced to serve ten hours of community service on his property. (2) Upon second conviction be sentenced to serve twenty hours of community service on his property. (3) Upon third or subsequent conviction be sentenced to serve fifty hours of community service on his property, or in a work detail as approved by the court, or any combination of the aforementioned penalties. E. The court may require an individual convicted of a violation of this Section to remove the weeds, grass, or other noxious growths which have accumulated on his property in disregard of the health and safety of others in lieu of or in addition to the penalties prescribed in this Section. Acts 1997, No. 1100, §2, eff. July 14, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4755 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4755. Statement of purpose

RS 4755 - Statement of purpose  It is hereby found and declared that the city of New Orleans contains a great number of vacant substandard buildings which have become unsightly, unsafe, and a liability to the community. Such structures give rise to the spread of disease and crime, impair the economic value of property upon which they are situated, and necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures for crime prevention, public health, welfare and safety programs, fire and accident protection, and other services. It is further found that the present system utilized by the city of New Orleans to address this problem of vacant substandard structures in the city is inadequate and that some alternative mechanism is needed to enforce the ordinances and regulations of the city applicable to such properties, including but not limited to the city's building, fire, and zoning codes. Acts 1984, No. 920, §1, eff. July 20, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4755.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4755.1. Creation; purpose

RS 4755.1 - Creation; purpose  A. The New Orleans Housing Commission is hereby created as an administrative agency of the city of New Orleans. However, the New Orleans Housing Commission, hereinafter referred to as "the commission," shall not exercise any of the powers conferred upon it by this Subpart until and unless the governing authority of the city of New Orleans has by resolution authorized the commission to exercise such powers as further provided herein. B.(1)(a) No later than ninety days after the effective date of this Subpart, the governing authority of the city of New Orleans, hereinafter referred to as "the city governing authority," shall by resolution call a public hearing on the activation of the commission. (b) Notice of the hearing shall be published at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing in the official journal of the city, and a full opportunity to be heard shall be given to all interested residents of the city at the hearing. (c) If the city governing authority finds it to be in the public interest to activate the commission, the city governing authority shall adopt a resolution so finding and declaring and shall transmit notice of the resolution to the mayor of the city. (2) Upon receipt of the notice of the resolution, the mayor shall appoint, with the approval of the city governing authority, members of the commission as further provided herein. A certificate stating that the city governing authority made the finding and declaration and that the mayor has appointed the initial members of the commission shall be signed by the mayor and the initial members and shall be filed with the secretary of state. Upon such filing, the commission shall be authorized to exercise all powers conferred by this Subpart. C. The purpose of the commission shall be to enforce those ordinances and regulations of the city applicable to vacant substandard structures, including but not limited to the Building Code of the city of New Orleans, Ordinance No. 17525 C.C.S., as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the city of New Orleans, Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended, Chapters 28, 30, 37, 48, and 54 of the City Code of the city of New Orleans, and the Fire Code of the city of New Orleans, Ordinance No. 4912 M.C.S. It is the intent of this Subpart not to preempt any other mechanism of enforcement of such ordinances and regulations presently utilized by the city but to provide through the commission an alternative method of such enforcement. Acts 1984, No. 920, §1, eff. July 20, 1984.