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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:111. Scope of control of subdivision

RS 33:111 - Scope of control of subdivision
Whenever a planning commission has adopted a major street or road plan of the territory unincorporated, in the case of a parish planning commission, within its jurisdiction or part thereof and has filed certified copies of such plan with the local legislative body and with the clerk of court of the parish, it shall be incumbent upon any individual or corporation prior to filing or recording such plat to first obtain approval by such planning commission and the approval entered in writing on the plat by the chairman or secretary of the commission and failure to so do shall constitute the right of the governing authority wherein said land is located not to accept same as a duly accepted and dedicated subdivision. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the respective clerks of court and recorder of records of the various parishes from recording surveys and/or plats of land presented to them for recording or filing as a public record.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 646, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:113. Procedure; legal effect of approval of plat

RS 33:113 - Procedure; legal effect of approval of plat
A planning commission shall approve or disapprove a plat within sixty days after the submission thereof to it; otherwise such plat shall be deemed to have been approved, and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by such commission on demand. The applicant for a commission's approval may, however, waive this requirement and consent to an extension of such period. The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated upon the records of such commission. Any plat submitted to such commission shall contain the name and address of a person to whom notice of a hearing shall be sent; and no plat shall be acted on by such commission without affording a hearing thereon. Notice shall be sent to the said address by certified mail of the time and place of such hearing not less than five days before the date fixed therefor. A planning commission shall give notice of such hearings, including the purpose, time, and place, by at least one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area surrounding the proposed subdivision, not less than five days prior to the hearing date; provided, however, that in parishes or municipalities with a population in excess of one hundred fifty thousand, the public hearing may be waived by the planning commission or planning authority for subdivisions creating five or less lots not involving the creation of any new streets, and provided further that the provisions in such waivers shall be clearly set forth in the official subdivision regulations. Every plat approved by a planning commission shall, by virtue of such approval, be deemed to be an amendment of or an addition to or a detail of the official plan and a part thereof. Approval of a plat shall not be deemed to constitute or effect an acceptance by the public of any street or other open space shown upon the plat. A planning commission may, from time to time, recommend to the local legislative body amendments to the zoning ordinance or map or additions thereto to conform to such commission's recommendations for the zoning regulation of the territory comprised within approved subdivisions.
In the case of a parish planning commission, such requirements or restrictions shall be stated upon the plat prior to the approval and recording thereof and shall have the same force of law and be enforceable in the same manner and with the same sanctions and penalties and subject to the same power of amendment or repeal as though set out as a part of a zoning ordinance or map.
Amended by Acts 1966, No. 498, §1; Acts 1975, No. 556, §1; Acts 1977, No. 108, §1; Acts 1981, No. 379, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:113.1. Administrative procedure

RS 33:113.1 - Administrative procedure
A. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Subpart or other law to the contrary, the governing authority may adopt an ordinance establishing administrative procedures for approving or certifying certain plats involving minor modifications of existing parcels of land. The categories of such modifications qualifying for such administrative approval or certification are:
(1) The realignment or shifting of lot boundary lines, including removal, addition, alignment, or shifting of interior lot boundary lines, or the redesignation of lot numbers provided the application meets the following requirements:
(a) Does not involve the creation of any new street or other public improvement except as otherwise provided in this Section.
(b) Does not involve more than two acres of land or ten lots of record.
(c) Does not reduce a lot size below the minimum area or frontage requirements established by ordinance.
(d) Otherwise meets all the requirements of the subdivision regulations and zoning ordinances.
(2) Parcels of land where a portion has been expropriated or has been dedicated, sold, or otherwise transferred to the parish or municipality, thereby leaving a severed portion of the original property which requires a redesignation of lot number and establishment of new lot boundary lines.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of this Section, such administrative procedures may provide for the dedication, acceptance, relocation, or deletion of public utility servitudes, other than streets, or the deletion of gas, electric, or telephone utility servitudes acquired by private act or pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 19:1 et seq. on the property being resubdivided.
C. All plats approved or certified by an administrative procedure provided for herein shall designate such fact on the plat and the plats shall be recorded in the conveyance records of the parish. Any plat so approved shall have the same force and effect and legal status of a subdivision application approved by the established legislative process.
Acts 1990, No. 699, §1, eff. July 20, 1990; Acts 1999, No. 144, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 2006, No. 185, §1, eff. June 2, 2006.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:114. Transfer of lots in unapproved subdivisions

RS 33:114 - Transfer of lots in unapproved subdivisions
A. Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision, transfers or sells or agrees to transfer or sell any land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use of a plat of a subdivision, before such plat has been approved by a planning commission and recorded or filed in the office of the clerk of court of the parish, shall make the instrument of transfer subject to compliance with laws, ordinances, and regulations relative to the development of subdivisions.
B.(1) Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision, transfers or sells or agrees to sell any land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use of a plat of a subdivision, before such plat has been approved by a planning commission and recorded or filed in the office of the clerk of court of the parish, without making the instrument of transfer subject to compliance with laws, ordinances, and regulations relative to the development of subdivisions, shall pay a penalty of five hundred dollars for each lot or parcel so transferred or sold or agreed or negotiated to be sold.
(2) The description of such lot or parcel 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 or from the remedies herein provided.
(3) The parish or municipality, as the case may be, may enjoin such transfer or sale or agreement by suit for injunction brought in any court of competent jurisdiction or may recover the penalty by a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Acts 1983, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 141, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:115. Improvements in unapproved streets

RS 33:115 - Improvements in unapproved streets
The parish or municipality, as the case may be, shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, curb, or light any street, or lay or authorize water mains or sewers or connections to be laid in any street, within any portion of territory for which a planning commission has adopted a major street plan, unless the street has been accepted or opened as or has otherwise received the legal status of a public street prior to the adoption of such plan, or unless the street corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by a planning commission or with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by a commission, copies of which plat have been duly filed as provided in R.S. 33:108. The local legislative body may, however, accept any street not shown on or not corresponding with a street on the official master plan or on an approved subdivision plat or an approved street plat, if the ordinance or other measure accepting such street is first submitted to the planning commission for its approval and, if approved by the commission, is enacted or passed by not less than a majority of the entire membership of the local legislative body or, if disapproved by the commission, is enacted or passed by not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the local legislative body. A street approved by a planning commission upon submission by the local legislative body, or a street accepted by a two-thirds vote after disapproval by the planning commission, shall thereupon have the status of an approved street as fully as though it had been originally shown on the official master plan or on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or had been originally platted by the commission.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:116. Erection of structures

RS 33:116 - Erection of structures
When a planning commission has adopted a major street plan, no structure shall be erected on any lot within the affected area, nor shall a building permit be issued therefor unless the street giving access to the lot upon which such structure is proposed to be placed has been accepted or opened as or has otherwise received the legal status of a public street prior to that time, or unless such street corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by the planning commission or with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by the commission or with a street accepted by the local legislative body, after submission to the planning commission, by a favorable vote required in R.S. 33:115.
Where a municipality has a planning commission, any structure erected in violation of this Section shall be deemed an unlawful structure, and the municipality may bring suit for a mandatory injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel its removal. Where a parish has a planning commission, any structure erected in violation of this Section shall be deemed an unlawful structure, and the legislative body can bring an action to remove.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:117. Status of existing platting statutes

RS 33:117 - Status of existing platting statutes
When a planning commission has control over subdivisions as provided in R.S. 33:111, the jurisdiction of the planning commission over plats shall be exclusive within the territory under its jurisdiction, and all statutory control over plats or subdivisions of land granted by other laws shall, in so far as in harmony with the provisions of this Sub-part, be deemed transferred to the planning commission of the parish or municipality, as the case may be.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:118. Designation of parish planning commission as municipal commission

RS 33:118 - Designation of parish planning commission as municipal commission
In any municipality located in a parish which has a parish planning commission, the legislative body of the municipality may designate the parish commission as the municipal planning commission. Upon such designation the planning commission shall have all the powers and functions relating to making, adopting, amending, and adding to the master plan of the municipality or part thereof, or relating to the planning of the municipality as provided or granted by this Sub-part or by other laws to the municipal planning commission of the municipality; and the master plan, its parts, amendments, and additions made and adopted by the designated commission for the municipality shall have the same force and effect in the municipality as though made and adopted by a municipal planning commission appointed by the municipality. In acting as the planning commission of the municipality, the designated parish commission shall follow the procedure specified by the provisions of this Sub-part and other laws relating to municipal planning commissions. Any municipality so designating a parish planning commission as its planning commission shall pay to the designated commission that portion of the expenses of the designated commission which is properly chargeable to the planning service rendered to the municipality.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:119. Coordination with parish planning

RS 33:119 - Coordination with parish planning
In any parish where there exist separate parish and municipal planning commissions, every municipal planning commission shall consult and co-operate with the parish planning commission for the purpose of guiding and accomplishing a co-ordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the parish, of zoning districts and of public improvements and utilities and of subdivisions which do not begin and terminate within the boundaries of any single municipality.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:120. Zoning of heavily populated areas from hunting and shooting of firearms

RS 33:120 - Zoning of heavily populated areas from hunting and shooting of firearms
A. The governing authorities of the parishes of this state are authorized to zone in order to prohibit, restrict, or regulate hunting and the shooting of firearms in heavily populated areas of the unincorporated area of the parish, as determined by the governing authorities, within their parishes subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, and to set penalties for violation thereof.
B. As used in this Section, "heavily populated area" shall not include any of the following:
(1) Any parcel or tract of land that is in excess of five acres and that includes no more than one single-family residence on the parcel or tract.
(2) A dedicated residential subdivision that is recorded as provided in R.S. 33:5051 and in which each residential lot or unit of the subdivision is in excess of five acres.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 552, §1; Acts 2015, No. 259, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:120.1. Civil actions

RS 33:120.1 - Civil actions
Nothing contained in any subdivision regulation shall relieve, lessen, or otherwise diminish the responsibility, liability, or duty of any person engaged in the design or development of a subdivision for damage to property or injury to another caused by or resulting from any defects of any nature in any work performed or acts done by said person.
Acts 1990, No. 699, §1, eff. July 20, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:120.5. Police jury of Calcasieu Parish; planning and zoning

RS 33:120.5 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:120.6. Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board, creation

RS 33:120.6 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:120.7. Membership; qualification requirements; term; meetings; vote

RS 33:120.7 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:120.8. Compensation

RS 33:120.8 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:120.9. Powers; duties; functions

RS 33:120.9 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:120.11. Violation; remedy; penalties

RS 33:120.11 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:120.12. Governing provisions

RS 33:120.12 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:120.13. Planning and zoning board serving as planning commission

RS 33:120.13 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:121. Creation of parish development board

RS 33:121 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:122. Appointment of members; chairman; vacancies

RS 33:122 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:123. Ex-officio members

RS 33:123 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:124. Removal of appointive members

RS 33:124 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:127. Plan for development of parish resources and facilities

RS 33:127 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:128. Assistance by department of public works

RS 33:128 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.11. Designation of industrial areas; feasibility; assistance by state agencies

RS 33:130.11 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.12. Territory included within industrial area

RS 33:130.12 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.13. Procedure of parish governing authority; designation of industrial area

RS 33:130.13 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.14. Legal status of industrial area

RS 33:130.14 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.16. Inclusion of industrial area within certain newly created special service districts prohibited

RS 33:130.16 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.17. Abolishment of industrial area or portion thereof; procedure

RS 33:130.17 - Abolishment of industrial area or portion thereof; procedure
The governing authority of a parish may abolish an industrial area or remove a portion of the territory from an industrial area only if the industry or industries located therein fail to furnish at the expense of said industry or industries any of the services listed in R.S. 51:1202 for an extended period of time and only if there is a definite need for such services in the portion of the industrial area involved. The parish governing authority may abolish an industrial area or remove a portion of the territory from an industrial area only by resolution adopted after not less than one public hearing on the question. The resolution of a parish governing authority to abolish an industrial area or remove a portion of the territory from an industrial area shall be effective thirty days after the resolution is adopted by the governing authority, provided that no resort to the courts is taken challenging such action prior to the expiration of such thirty days by a property owner within the area affected. If such action is taken by a property owner, the resolution of the parish governing authority shall be effective only when a judgment adverse to the property owner has been rendered and is final, executory, and definitive. In any suit by a property owner questioning the legality of action by the parish governing authority abolishing an industrial area or removing a portion of the territory from an industrial area, the burden of proof shall be on the parish to establish that certain of the services listed in R.S. 51:1202 have not been properly furnished by the industry or industries involved and that there is a definite need for such services in the area involved. The results of any final action taken under this Section which in any way alters the boundaries of an industrial area shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in accordance with the applicable provisions of R.S. 33:130.13.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1; Acts 2008, No. 644, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.18. Increase of certain taxation in industrial areas prohibited; exceptions

RS 33:130.18 - Increase of certain taxation in industrial areas prohibited; exceptions
When an industrial area shall be created including territory which is a part of a preexisting special service district which furnishes any of the services enumerated in R.S. 51:1202, such territory shall continue to be subject to taxes of the special service district which had previously been levied. No new tax levied by any such special service district shall apply to any territory within an industrial area unless such tax is a renewal or extension of a previously existing tax, the proceeds of which are to be used to continue an existing service. No increase of an existing tax levied by any such special service district shall apply to any territory within an industrial area unless, because of increased maintenance or other costs, such increase is necessary to continue to provide an existing service.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1; Acts 2008, No. 644, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.31. Resolution or ordinance; contents; access to district; police protection

RS 33:130.31 - Resolution or ordinance; contents; access to district; police protection
The governing authority of any parish acting pursuant to power granted in R.S. 39:551.2 may by the adoption of an appropriate resolution, or ordinance if required by home rule charter, create one or more industrial districts. Such resolution or ordinance shall define the boundaries of each such district, shall give the district an appropriate name, and shall prescribe such powers, duties, and liabilities therefor not inconsistent with R.S. 39:551.2 as may be deemed suitable by said governing authority. All industrial districts so created hereafter shall require or include provisions for access by public road to any and all entrances to the premises of each and every plant in the area employed for industrial purposes, for use by employees of such industry, or for use by employees of independent contractors working on such premises, or for delivery of materials or supplies, other than by rail or water transportation, to such premises. Where under any plan approved by the governing authority of the parish individual plants provide police protection, this protection shall be confined to the premises of each individual plant located therein.
Added by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 30, §1; Acts 2014, No. 158, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.51. Definitions

RS 33:130.51 - Definitions
For the purposes of this Subpart, unless the context clearly otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply and shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of any of the defined terms:
(1) "Developer" means any person having an interest in real property located in a local governmental subdivision. As used in the preceding sentence, "person" means any person or entity whatsoever, including but not limited to, any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, co-operative, estate, trust, business trust, or syndicate.
(2) "Financing agreement" means any agreement relating to an industrial park project between a local governmental subdivision and a developer authorized pursuant to this Subpart.
(3) "Governing authority" means the body which exercises the legislative functions of the local governmental subdivision.
(4) "Industrial park" when used in conjunction with industrial park project means a tract or tracts of land suitable primarily for use as building sites by a group of enterprises engaged in industrial, manufacturing, processing, assembling, distribution, or wholesale businesses.
(5) "Industrial park project" means a project for the acquisition and development of land as a site for an industrial park, including the provision of water, sewer, drainage, streets or similar facilities, or of transportation, power or communication facilities, and any other facilities which are incidental to the use of the site as an industrial park.
(6) "Local governmental subdivision" means any parish, municipality, industrial district, or port, harbor and industrial district.
(7) "Municipality" means an incorporated city, town, or village.
(8) "Project costs" means all costs necessary for the planning, development, acquisition, construction, or improvement of an industrial park project, including site acquisition; construction and installation of water, sewer, drainage, streets, or similar facilities, or of transportation, power, or communication facilities; and any other facilities incidental or necessary to the use of such project; architectural, engineering, supervising, accounting, inspection, legal, and financing fees and costs; and other costs, fees, and expenses incidental to the issuance of the revenue bonds; costs and expenses in connection with the preparation of feasibility studies and reports; interest on revenue bonds and notes during construction and for a reasonable period thereafter; establishment of reserves to secure the bonds and notes; and other expenditures incidental and necessary therefor.
(9) "Revenue bonds" means any revenue bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 277, §1, eff. July 13, 1981.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.52. Development of industrial parks

RS 33:130.52 - Development of industrial parks
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary and as a grant of power in addition to any authority contained elsewhere in the laws of Louisiana, a local governmental subdivision is empowered and authorized to create, develop, and finance, or assist in the creation, development, and financing of industrial park projects, as more specifically hereinafter provided, in order to promote industrial development in such local governmental subdivision.
B. To carry out and implement the authority granted by Subsection A of this Section, a local governmental subdivision is authorized to enter into financing agreements with developers, pursuant to which developers agree to develop, within the local governmental subdivision, land for industrial parks and to provide water, sewer, drainage, street, and similar facilities, and transportation, power, and underground cable communication facilities and other facilities incidental to the use of such land as industrial sites, or any one or more of the foregoing, and the local governmental subdivision in consideration thereof undertakes to issue revenue bonds as hereinafter provided payable solely from payments to be made by such developers and to make the proceeds of such bonds available to reimburse the developers for the project costs. The financing agreements shall contain such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision to carry out the purposes contemplated by this Subpart. If, pursuant to a financing agreement, a developer agrees to construct, or cause to be constructed, water, sewerage, drainage, street and similar facilities, or transportation, power or underground cable communication facilities or any other functionally related facilities, or any one or more of the foregoing, and to use to pay the costs thereof his own resources or funds and/or the proceeds of revenue bonds to be made available to the developer, the payment of the principal of and interest on which he is obligated to pay pursuant to the financing agreement or a separate guaranty agreement, then the provisions of Part II of Chapter 10 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall not be applicable.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 277, §1, eff. July 13, 1981.