reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.16. Planning commission as platting authority

RS 140.16 - Planning commission as platting authority  From and after the time when the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission of Caddo Parish shall have recommended, and the City Council and the Police Jury have adopted a master plan in whole or in part, no plat of a subdivision of land lying within the area covered by the said plan shall be filed or recorded until it shall have been submitted to and approved by the commission, and such approval entered in writing on the plat by the secretary of the commission. The Clerk of Court and Recorder shall not file or record a plat of a subdivision without the approval of the Planning Commission as required by this Sub-Part; the filing or recording of a plat of a subdivision without the approval of the Planning Commission as required by this Section shall be void. NOTE: §140.16 eff. Jan. 1, 2022. See Acts 2020, No. 294. RS 140.16 - Effect of plat approval on status of dedications  The approval of a plat by the planning commission shall not be deemed to constitute or affect any acceptance by the municipality or public body of the dedication of any street or other ground shown upon the plat.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §16; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.18 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.18. Procedure on subdivision plats; appeals

RS 140.18 - Procedure on subdivision plats; appeals  A.(1) The secretary of the commission or his deputy shall issue a receipt showing the date, time, and sufficient description to identify any plat submitted to it for approval.  (2) The commission shall approve or disapprove the plat within sixty days thereof, otherwise said plat shall be deemed to be approved and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the commission on demand; however, the applicant for commission approval may waive this requirement and consent to the extension of such period.  (3) The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated upon the records of the commission, with the recorded vote of each member included in said records.  (4) No plat shall be disapproved by the commission without affording a hearing thereon.  B. Any applicant or other person may appeal commission approval or disapproval of a subdivision plat to the city council or the police jury, as the case may be, under such procedures and provisions as shall be established in the subdivision regulations. NOTE: §140.18 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.18 - Acceptance of and improvements in unapproved streets  After the adoption of a master plan, in whole or in part, as provided in R.S. 33:140.13, the municipality or other public body shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, or light any street within the area covered by the adopted plan, which conflicts with the plan unless such street shall have been accepted or opened as, or shall have otherwise received the legal status of, a public street prior to such attachment of the commission's platting jurisdiction, or unless such street corresponds in its location and lines with a street shown on a subdivision plat approved by such commission or on a street plat made by and adopted by such commission; provided, however, that the city council may locate and construct or may accept any other street if the ordinance or other measure for such location and construction or for such acceptance be first submitted to such commission for its approval, and, if disapproved by the commission, be passed by not less than a majority of the entire membership of the city council; and a street approved by the commission upon such submission, or constructed or accepted by such majority vote after disapproval by the commission, shall have the status of an approved street as fully as though it has been originally shown on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or on a plat made and adopted by the commission.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §18; Acts 1984, No. 550, §1; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.19 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.19. Effect of plat approval on status of dedications

RS 140.19 - Effect of plat approval on status of dedications  The approval of a plat by the planning commission shall not be deemed to constitute or affect any acceptance by the municipality or parish or public body of the dedication of any street or other ground shown upon the plat. NOTE: §140.19 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.19 - Building permits  After the commission has recommended to the city council and the city council has adopted in whole or in part, a building permit plan, including both the full text of a building permit ordinance and the map or maps, showing the districts or zones in which building permits will be required, then and thereafter no building shall be erected in those areas without first having secured the required building permit.  Act 1962, No. 52, §19; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan.1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.20 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.20. Penalties for transferring lots in unapproved subdivisions

RS 140.20 - Penalties for transferring lots in unapproved subdivisions  Whoever, being the owner or the agent of the owner of any land located within the area covered by the adopted plan, transfers or sells or agrees to sell or negotiates to sell such land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use of a plat of subdivision of such land before such plat has been approved by such commission and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court and Recorder of Caddo Parish, shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each lot so transferred or sold or agreed or negotiated to be sold; and the description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from such penalties. The municipality or the parish, as appropriate, through its attorney or other designated official, may enjoin such transfer of sale or agreement by action for injunction or may recover the penalty by civil action. NOTE: §140.20 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.20 - Platting of street lines by planning commission  After the commission has recommended and the city council has adopted a master plan in whole or in part, which includes at least a major street plan, or shall have progressed in its master planning to the state of the making and recommending a major street plan, such commission shall have the power to make or cause to be made, from time to time, plats on which are indicated the locations of the lines recommended by the commission as the planned or mapped lines of future streets, street extensions, street widenings, or street narrowings. The making or certifying of a plat by the commission shall not in and of itself constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishment of any street or the taking or acceptance of any land for street purposes.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §20; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.21 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.21. Acceptance of and improvements in unapproved streets

RS 140.21 - Acceptance of and improvements in unapproved streets  From and after the time when the platting jurisdiction of the planning commission shall have attached by virtue of the adoption of a master plan, in whole or in part, as provided in R.S. 33:140.16, the municipality or parish or other public body shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, or light any street within the area covered by the adopted plan, which conflicts with the plan unless such street shall have been accepted or opened as, or shall have otherwise received the legal status of, a public street prior to such attachment of the commission's platting jurisdiction, or unless such street corresponds in its location and lines with a street shown on a subdivision plat approved by such commission or on a street plat made by and adopted by such commission; provided, however, that the City Council, or, in the case of a street outside of the municipality, the Police Jury may locate and construct or may accept any other street if the ordinance or other measure for such location and construction or for such acceptance be first submitted to such commission for its approval, and, if disapproved by the commission, be passed by not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the City Council or Police Jury, as appropriate; and a street approved by the commission upon such submission, or constructed or accepted by such two-thirds vote after disapproval by the commission, shall have the status of an approved street as fully as though it has been originally shown on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or on a plat made and adopted by the commission. NOTE: §140.21 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.21 - Establishment of official map  After the commission has recommended and the city council has adopted a master plan which includes at least a major street plan, or the commission has progressed in its master planning to the state of the making and recommending of a major street plan, and shall have certified a copy of such major street plan to the city council, then the city council may establish an official map of the municipality. The official map shall show the location of the streets theretofore existing and established by law as public streets. Such official map may also show the location of the lines of streets on plats of subdivisions which have been approved by the commission. The city council shall certify the fact of the establishment of the official map to the clerk of court of Caddo Parish.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §21; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.22. Building permits

RS 140.22 - Building permits  Whenever the planning commission has recommended to the City Council and the Police Jury, and the City Council or Police Jury has adopted in whole or in part, a building permit plan, including both the full text of a building permit ordinance and the map or maps, showing the districts or zones in which building permits will be required, then and thereafter no building shall be erected in those areas without first having secured the required building permit. NOTE: §140.22 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.22 - Official map; additions and changes  The city council may add to the official map by placing thereon, from time to time, the lines of streets in accordance with the plat of any subdivision which have been approved by the planning commission. The city council may make, from time to time, other additions to or modifications of the official map by placing thereon the lines of planned new streets or street extensions, widenings, narrowings, or vacations. The placing of any street or street line upon the official map shall not, in or of itself, constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishing of any street or the taking or accepting of any land for street purposes.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §22; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.23 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.23. Platting of street lines by planning commission

RS 140.23 - Platting of street lines by planning commission  From and after the time when the planning commission shall have recommended and the City Council and the Police Jury adopted a master plan in whole or in part, which includes at least a major street plan, or shall have progressed in its master planning to the state of the making and recommending a major street plan, such commission shall have the power to make or cause to be made, from time to time, plats on which are indicated the locations of the lines recommended by the commission as the planned or mapped lines of future streets, street extensions, street widenings, or street narrowings. The making or certifying of a plat by the commission shall not in and of itself constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishment of any street or the taking or acceptance of any land for street purposes. NOTE: §140.23 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.23 - Regulation of buildings in bed of mapped streets  A. For the purpose of preserving the integrity of the official map, the city council may provide by general ordinance or other legislative action that no permit shall be issued for any building or structure or part thereof on any land located between the mapped lines of any street as shown on the official map.  B. Any such ordinance or legislative act shall provide that the board of appeals, as provided for in this Subpart, shall have the power, upon an appeal filed with it by the owner of any such land, to authorize the grant of a permit for a building or structure or part thereof within any such mapped street location in any case in which such board finds, upon the evidence and arguments presented to it upon such appeal, that the property of the appellant of which such mapped street location forms a part will not yield a reasonable return to the owner unless such permit be granted, or that balancing the interest of the municipality in preserving the integrity of the official map and the interest of the owner in the use and benefits of his property, the grant of such permit is required by considerations of justice and equity.  C. Before taking any such action, the board of appeals shall hold a hearing thereon, at least ten days notice of the time and place of which shall be given to the appellant by mail at the address specified by the appellant in his appeal petition. In the event that the board of appeals decides to authorize a building permit, it shall have the power to specify the exact location, ground area, height, and other details and conditions of extent and character, and also the duration of the building, structure or part thereof to be permitted.  Acts 1962 No. 52, §23; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.24 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.24. Establishment of official map

RS 140.24 - Establishment of official map  When the City Council and the Police Jury have adopted a master plan which includes at least a major street plan, or the Planning Commission has progressed in its master planning to the state of the making and recommending of a major street plan, and shall have certified a copy of such major street plan to the City Council and one to the Police Jury, then the City Council and the Police Jury may establish an official map of the municipality, in the case of the City Council, and that part of Caddo Parish within the area included within the adopted plan but outside the City of Shreveport, in the case of the Police Jury. The official map shall show the location of the streets theretofore existing and established by law as public streets. Such official map may also show the location of the lines of streets on plats of subdivisions which shall have been approved by the planning commission. The City Council and the Police Jury shall certify the fact of the establishment of the official map to the Clerk of Court and Recorder of Caddo Parish. NOTE: §140.24 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.24 - Municipal improvements in streets; buildings not on mapped streets  A. Except in streets existing and established by law as public streets at the date of the establishment of the official map, no public water facilities, sewer, or other public utilities or improvements shall be constructed after such date in any street until such street is duly placed on the official map.  B. The city council may provide by ordinance that no permit for the erection of any building shall be issued unless a street giving access to such proposed building existed and was established by law as a public street at the time of the establishment of the official map or shall have been duly placed on the official map in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:140.21 and 140.22; provided, however, that such ordinance shall contain a provision whereby the applicant for such permit may appeal to the board of appeals, hearing upon which appeal and notice of the time and place of which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, and such board shall have the authority to authorize such a permit, subject to such conditions as the board may impose, where the circumstances of the case do not require the proposed building to be related to the existing streets or to streets as shown on the official map and where the permit would not tend to distort or increase the difficulty of carrying out the official map of the master plan of the municipality.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §24; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.25 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.25. Official map; additions and changes

RS 140.25 - Official map; additions and changes  The City Council and the Police Jury may add to the official map, each in its own jurisdiction, by placing thereon, from time to time, the lines of streets in accordance with the plat of any subdivision which shall have been approved by the planning commission. The City Council and the Police Jury may make, from time to time, other additions to or modifications of the official map by placing thereon the lines of planned new streets or street extensions, widenings, narrowings, or vacations. The placing of any street or street line upon the official map shall not, in or of itself, constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishing of any street or the taking or accepting of any land for street purposes. NOTE: §140.25 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.25 - Grant of power  For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and general welfare, the city council is hereby empowered, in accordance with the conditions and the procedures specified in this Subpart, to regulate the location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of the lot which may be occupied, the sizes of yards, courts or other open spaces, the density of population, and the uses of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic activities, and other purposes, within the municipality.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §25; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.27 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.27. Municipal improvements in streets; buildings not on mapped streets

RS 140.27 - Municipal improvements in streets; buildings not on mapped streets  Except in streets existing and established by law as public streets at the date of the establishment of the official map, no public water facilities, sewer, or other public utilities or improvements shall be constructed after such date in any street until such street is duly placed on the official map. The city council and the police jury may provide by ordinance that no permit for the erection of any building shall be issued unless a street giving access to such proposed building existed and was established by law as a public street at the time of the establishment of the official map or shall have been duly placed on the official map in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:140.24 and R.S. 33:140.25; provided, however, that such ordinance shall contain provision whereby the applicant for such permit may appeal to the board of appeals, hearing upon which appeal and notice of the time and place of which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and parish, and such board shall have the authority to authorize such a permit, subject to such conditions as the board may impose, where the circumstances of the case do not require the proposed building to be related to the existing streets or to streets as shown on the official map and where the permit would not tend to distort or increase the difficulty of carrying out the official map of the master plan of the municipality. NOTE: §140.27 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.27 - Method of procedure  Before enacting the zoning ordinance or any amendment thereto, the city council shall hold a public hearing thereon, at least ten days notice of the time and place of which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. The zoning ordinance, including the map or maps, may from time to time be amended; but no amendment shall become effective unless it be first submitted to and approved by the commission, or, if disapproved, shall receive the favorable vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the city council.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §27; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.28 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.28. Grant of power

RS 140.28 - Grant of power  For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and general welfare, the City Council of the City of Shreveport and the Police Jury of Caddo Parish are hereby empowered, in accordance with the conditions and the procedures specified in this Sub-Part, to regulate the location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of the lot which may be occupied, the sizes of yards, courts or other open spaces, the density of population, and the uses of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic activities, and other purposes, within the municipality, in the case of the City of Shreveport, and within that part of Caddo Parish within the metropolitan planning area but outside the City of Shreveport in the case of Caddo Parish. NOTE: §140.28 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. RS 140.28 - Nonconforming uses  A. The lawful use of a building or premises exactly as such use existed at the time of the enactment of any regulation affecting it may be continued although such use does not conform with the provisions of such regulation. The city council may provide for the termination of nonconforming uses either by specifying the period or periods within which they shall be required to cease or by providing a formula or formulas whereby the compulsory termination of a nonconforming use shall be so fixed as to allow a reasonable period for the recovery or amortization of the investment in the nonconformance or with adequate compensation by a court of competent jurisdiction.  B. The city council may in its discretion provide by ordinance for the resumption, restoration, reconstruction, extension, or substitution of nonconforming uses upon such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the ordinance.  Acts 1962, No. 52, §28; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.