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LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.27 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.27. Municipal improvements in streets; buildings not on mapped streets

RS 140.50.27 - 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 town 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. 33:140.50.24 and 140.50.25; provided, however, that such ordinance shall contain provision whereby the applicant for such permit may appeal to the board of adjustment, 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.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.28 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.28. Grant of power

RS 140.50.28 - Grant of power  For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare, the town council and the police jury are 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, in the case of the municipality, and within that part of the parish within the metropolitan planning area but outside the municipality in the case of the parish.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.29 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.29. Zoning plan

RS 140.50.29 - Zoning plan  A. If the commission recommends to the town council and to the police jury a zoning plan, including both the full text of a zoning ordinance and the map or maps, representing the recommendations of the commission for the regulation by districts or zones of the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures; the percentage of the lot which may be occupied; the size of yards, courts, and 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, then the town council and the police jury may exercise the powers granted for the purpose mentioned in R.S. 33:140.50.28 and may divide the municipality or that part of the parish within the metropolitan planning area outside the municipality, as the case may be, into districts or zones of such number, shape, and area as it may determine, and, for such purposes, may regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land.  B. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of building throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.30 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.30. Method of procedure

RS 140.50.30 - Method of procedure  Before enacting the zoning ordinance or any amendment thereto, the town council or the police jury, as the case may be, 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 parish. 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 two-thirds of the entire membership of the town council or the police jury, as the case may be.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.31 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.31. Non-conforming uses

RS 140.50.31 - Non-conforming 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 town council or the police jury, as appropriate, may provide for the termination of non-conforming 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 non-conforming use shall be so fixed as to allow a reasonable period for the recovery or amortization of the investment in the non-conformance or with adequate compensation by a court of competent jurisdiction.  B. The town council or the police jury, as appropriate, may in its discretion provide by ordinance for the resumption, restoration, reconstruction, extension, or substitution of non-conforming uses upon such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the ordinance.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.33. Enforcement and remedies

RS 140.50.33 - Enforcement and remedies  The town council and the police jury may provide for the enforcement of any ordinance enacted under this Subpart. A violation of any such ordinance is hereby declared a misdemeanor. In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, or maintained, or any building structure, or land is or is proposed to be used in violation of any ordinance enacted pursuant to this Subpart, the building inspector, permit and zoning clerk, municipal or parish counsel, or other appropriate authority of the municipality or of the parish, or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specifically damaged by such violation, may, in addition to other remedies, institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or use, or to correct or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.34 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.34. Conflict with other laws

RS 140.50.34 - Conflict with other laws  A. If regulations made pursuant to the authority of this Subpart require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces; or require a lower height of buildings or fewer 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 provision of state law, the regulations made pursuant to the authority of this Subpart shall govern.  B. If any other provision of state law requires a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces; or requires a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied; or imposes other higher standards than are required by the regulations made pursuant to the authority of this Subpart, the provisions of any such law shall govern.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.35 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.35. Existing zoning ordinances

RS 140.50.35 - Existing zoning ordinances  Zoning ordinances of the town shall continue in effect until amended or repealed by ordinances enacted pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.36 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.36. Grant of power

RS 140.50.36 - Grant of power  For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare, the town council and the police jury are hereby empowered, in accordance with the conditions and procedures specified in this Subpart, to adopt housing codes prescribing minimum standards for the area, volume, light, air, ventilation, illumination, occupancy and density of occupancy, and sanitation of dwellings and dwelling places; to adopt building codes, plumbing codes, electrical codes, and related measures to regulate the construction, reconstruction, alteration, extension, conversion, or maintenance of buildings; to regulate by building and housing codes or other measures or ordinances conditions of sanitation, including requirements for water supply and sewerage disposal and drainage; and to adopt such other ordinances, regulations, and plans as, in their judgment, are necessary to effect the rehabilitation of substandard dwellings and blighted areas within the municipality, in the case of the municipality, and within that part of the parish within the metropolitan planning area but outside the municipality, in the case of the parish; provided, however, that such codes, ordinances, plans, or other measures may be adopted with respect only to such portion of the metropolitan planning area outside the municipality as, in the judgment of the police jury, is deemed necessary.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.37 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.37. Commission recommendations

RS 140.50.37 - Commission recommendations  The commission may prepare and recommend to the town council and the police jury for adoption such codes, ordinances, plans, or other measures as, in its judgment, may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this Subpart.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.38 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.38. Method of procedure

RS 140.50.38 - Method of procedure  Before adopting any code, ordinance, plan, or other measure pursuant to this Subpart, the town council or the police jury, as the case may be, 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 or in the parish, as the case may be.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.50.39 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.50.39. Enforcement and remedies

RS 140.50.39 - Enforcement and remedies  The town council and the police jury may provide, in their respective jurisdictions, for the enforcement of any code, ordinance, or other measure enacted under this Subpart. A violation of any such code, ordinance, or other measure is hereby declared a misdemeanor. In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be constructed, reconstructed, altered, extended, converted, or maintained in violation of any code or ordinance enacted under this Subpart, the building inspector, permit or zoning clerk, municipal or parish counsel, or other appropriate authority of the municipality or of the parish, or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specifically damaged by such violation, may, in addition to other remedies, institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful construction, reconstruction, alteration, extension, conversion, maintenance, or use, or to correct or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupancy of such building.  Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.51 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.51. Regulation of size and use of buildings

RS 140.51 - Regulation of size and use of buildings For purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals or the general welfare of the parish of St. Bernard, the police jury of said parish is hereby authorized to 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 buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes within the parish. Acts 1962, No. 123, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.52 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.52. Creation of districts; uniform regulations throughout district

RS 140.52 - Creation of districts; uniform regulations throughout district For any or all said purposes, the police jury may divide the parish into districts of such number, shape and areas as it may deem best suited to carry out the purposes of this Sub-part, and 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. Acts 1962, No. 123, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.53 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.53. Purpose of regulations

RS 140.53 - Purpose of regulations Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and shall be designed to lessen congestion in the public streets; secure safety from fires; promote health and the general welfare; provide adequate light and air; 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 of conserving the values of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the parish. Acts 1962, No. 123, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.54 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.54. Public hearing

RS 140.54 - Public hearing The police jury of the parish 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. No regulation or restriction shall become effective until after a public hearing at which parties in interest have an opportunity to be heard. A public hearing in regard to the regulations may be held by the governing authority of the parish. In such case notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published at least once a week during 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 publication and the date of the hearing. Acts 1962, No. 123, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.55 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.55. Changes or amendments

RS 140.55 - Changes or amendments The regulations, restrictions and boundaries may, from time to time, be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed. However, in case 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 the 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 unless at least three-fifths of all the members of the governing authority of the parish shall vote in favor thereof. The provisions of R.S. 33:140.54 relating to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments. Acts 1962, No. 123, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.56 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.56. Zoning commission; recommendations; public hearing

RS 140.56 - Zoning commission; recommendations; public hearing The parish planning commission created and established by the provisions of sub-part A of part IV of Chapter I of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be the zoning commission for the parish of St. Bernard and shall exercise all powers, duties and functions herein provided. It shall be the duty of said zoning commission 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 police jury, the zoning commission shall hold a public hearing. Notice of time and place of each such hearing shall be published at least three times in the official journal of the parish, or if there be none, then in a paper of general circulation in the parish, 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 police jury and the police jury shall not hold its public hearings or take any action until it has received the final report of the zoning commission. Acts 1962, No. 123, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.58 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.58. Enforcement of regulation; penalty

RS 140.58 - Enforcement of regulation; penalty In case any building or structure is erected, structurally altered or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this Sub-Part or of any ordinance or regulation made under authority conferred hereby, the proper authorities of the parish, in addition to other remedies, may substitute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, structural alteration, maintenance or use, to restrain, correct or abate such violation in order to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about such premises. The regulations shall be enforced by the officer authorized to issue building permits, who is empowered to cause any building, structure, place or premises to be inspected and examined, and to 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 Sub-part. 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 any 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, building contractor or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in any violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any violation exists shall, upon conviction thereof, 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. Acts 1962, No. 123, §8.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.59 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.59. Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply

RS 140.59 - Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply Wherever the regulations made under the authority of this Sub-part require a greater width or size of side yards, courts or other open spaces, or require a lower height of buildings or lesser 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 the authority of this Sub-part shall govern. Whenever the provisions of any other statute, local ordinance or regulation require a greater width or size yards, courts or other open spaces, or require a greater percentage of lot be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under the authority of this Sub-part, the provisions of such statute, local ordinance or regulation shall govern. Acts 1962, No. 123, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 33:140.61 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§140.61. Purpose

RS 140.61 - Purpose The legislature finds that problems of growth and development in urban and rural regions of the state so transcend the boundary lines of local government units that no single unit can plan for their solution without affecting other units in the region; that various multi-parish planning activities conducted under various laws of the United States are being conducted in an uncoordinated manner; that intergovernmental cooperation on a regional basis is an effective means of pooling the resources of local government to approach common problems; and that the assistance of the state is needed to make the most effective use of local, state, federal, and private programs in serving the citizens of such urban and rural regions. It is the purpose of this Subpart to facilitate intergovernmental cooperation and to insure the orderly and harmonious coordination of state, federal, and local comprehensive planning and development programs for the solutions and resolution of economic, social, physical, and governmental problems of the state and its citizens by providing for the creation and recognition of regional planning and development commissions. Added by Acts 1977, No. 472, §1.