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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.70. Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply

RS 33:4780.70 - Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply
A. Whenever the regulations made pursuant to authority of this Subpart impose higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to authority of this Subpart shall govern.
B. Whenever the provisions of any other statute, local ordinance, or regulation impose higher standards than are required by the regulations made pursuant to authority of this Subpart, the provisions of such statute, local ordinance, or regulation shall govern.
Acts 2007, No. 186, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.81. Regulation authorized; Rapides Parish Police Jury District D

RS 33:4780.81 - Regulation authorized; Rapides Parish Police Jury District D
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:4780.40, for the purposes of promoting health, safety, morality, or the general welfare of Rapides Parish Police Jury District D, referred to in this Subpart as the "district", the governing authority of the parish of Rapides may regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of structures; the percentage of lots that may be occupied; courts and other open spaces; the density of population; and the location and use of the buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, or other purposes in the district.
B. Zoning ordinances enacted by the governing authority of the parish and the acts of its zoning commission, board of adjustment, or zoning administrator shall be subject to judicial review on the grounds of abuse of discretion, unreasonable exercise of police powers, excessive use of the power as granted by this Subpart, or the denial of the right of due process.
C. The right of judicial review of a zoning ordinance shall not be limited by the provisions of this Subpart.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.82. Uniform regulations within district

RS 33:4780.82 - Uniform regulations within district
A. Within the district, the governing authority of the parish may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, alteration, or use of buildings, structures, or land.
B. All regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of land and structure throughout the district.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.83. Purpose of regulations

RS 33:4780.83 - Purpose of regulations
A. Regulations adopted pursuant to this Subpart shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the public streets, secure safety from fire, promote health and the general welfare, provide adequate light and air, avoid undue concentration of population, facilitate adequate transportation, water supply, sewerage, schools, and parks, and meet other public requirements.
B. Such 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 district.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.84. Public hearing authorized; prohibited rezoning

RS 33:4780.84 - Public hearing authorized; prohibited rezoning
A. The governing authority of the parish shall, in accordance with the comprehensive plan required by R.S. 33:4780.83, provide for the manner in which the regulations and restrictions shall be determined, established, enforced, and, from time to time, amended.
B. No regulations or restrictions shall become effective until after a public hearing held by the governing authority of the parish at which parties in interest have had an opportunity to be heard. The governing authority of the parish shall provide for notice of the hearing and notice to property owners in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:4780.43.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.85. Amendment of regulations

RS 33:4780.85 - Amendment of regulations
A. Regulations and restrictions, established pursuant to this Subpart may, from time to time, be amended, modified, or repealed. The governing authority of the parish shall follow the procedures set forth is R.S. 33:4780.44 regarding a protest made against a change in any such regulation and restriction.
B. The provisions of R.S. 33:4780.43 relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments; however, no ordinance shall require a procedure or criterion for amendment any greater than that initially used in establishing such regulations, restrictions, or penalties.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.86. Zoning commission; recommendations; public hearing

RS 33:4780.86 - Zoning commission; recommendations; public hearing
A. The governing authority of the parish may appoint a zoning commission whose function it shall be to recommend the restrictions and regulations to be enforced within the district, and any supplements, changes, or modifications thereof.
B. Before making any recommendation to the governing authority of the parish, the zoning commission shall hold a public hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be made in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:4780.45.
C. After the hearing has been held by the zoning commission, it shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the governing authority of the parish.
D. If a zoning commission is appointed, the governing authority of the parish shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of the zoning commission.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.87. Board of adjustment; membership; powers and procedures; appeals from decisions

RS 33:4780.87 - Board of adjustment; membership; powers and procedures; appeals from decisions
A. The governing authority of the parish may provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment and, in the regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to this Subpart, may provide that the board may determine and vary the application of such regulations and restrictions in harmony with their general purpose and intent and in accordance with general or specific rules contained therein.
B. The board of adjustment shall consist of such members and shall have such powers and duties as provided in R.S. 33:4780.46.
C. Appeals to the board of adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the parish affected by any decision of the administrative officer. The procedures for appeals shall be as provided in R.S. 33:4780.46.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.88. Judicial review

RS 33:4780.88 - Judicial review
Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision by the board of adjustment relative to any officer, department, board, or bureau of the parish may present a petition to the district court of the parish or municipality in which the property affected is located. The procedures for judicial review shall be as provided in R.S. 33:4780.47.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.89. Enforcement of building and zoning regulations; penalty for violations

RS 33:4780.89 - Enforcement of building and zoning regulations; penalty for violations
A. In case any building or structure is erected, structurally altered, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this Subpart or of any ordinance or other regulation made pursuant to authority conferred by this Subpart, the proper local authorities of the parish, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, structural alteration, maintenance, or use; to restrain, correct, or abate such violation; to prevent the occupancy of the building, structure, or land; or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises.
B. 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 pursuant to authority of this Subpart.
C. The owner or general agent of a building or premises where a violation of any regulation has been committed or exists; the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where the violation has been committed or exists; the owner, general agent, lessee, or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which the violation has been committed or exists; the general agent, architect, builder, contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part in, or who assists in any violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any violation exists shall be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each day that the violation continues.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.90. Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply

RS 33:4780.90 - Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply
A. Whenever the regulations made pursuant to authority of this Subpart impose higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to authority of this Subpart shall govern.
B. Whenever the provisions of any other statute, local ordinance, or regulation impose higher standards than are required by the regulations made pursuant to authority of this Subpart, the provisions of such statute, local ordinance, or regulation shall govern.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4780.91. Applicability

RS 33:4780.91 - Applicability
The provisions of this Subpart are intended to authorize the governing authority of the parish of Rapides to provide zoning regulations and restrictions in the district. The governing authority shall have no additional authority to provide zoning regulations or restrictions in any other area of the parish.
Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4781. Regulation of tourist camps; suppression by injunction

RS 33:4781 - Regulation of tourist camps; suppression by injunction
Police juries may pass ordinances providing for the regulation, supervision, and control of tourist courts or tourist camps and provide penalties of fine, imprisonment, or both, for violating the ordinances. Police juries may suppress tourist courts or tourist camps whenever they have evidence submitted that the tourist camps or tourist courts are being conducted in a disorderly manner or for immoral purposes. The procedure for suppression shall be by injunction brought for the purpose of prohibiting the continued operation of the camps or courts. The injunction proceedings shall be instituted in the district court of the parish in which the camp or court sought to be enjoined is located. The present rules of practice and the rules of law in force relative to the issuance of injunctions shall apply, with the right of appeal to the proper appellate court being granted to either the police jury or to the owner of the camp or court involved.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4782. Regulation of electricians

RS 33:4782 - Regulation of electricians
All municipalities, except New Orleans, may enact ordinances for the purpose of regulating persons pursuing or engaged in the business of installing wires or apparatus to convey electric current for light, heat, or power. In furtherance thereof, the mayor, by and with the consent of the council, may appoint a board of not more than five members, of which the city electrician shall be a member and chairman. The remaining four members shall be electricians, who have had five years' experience, as such. The municipalities may in their discretion vest the board with full power, control, and regulation of the business. The power or final inspection of any of the work shall be vested solely in the city electrician. The municipalities may enforce compliance with these rules and regulations and provide methods of punishment for the violation thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4783. Sunday closing of butcher shops and bakeries in cities of over 25,000

RS 33:4783 - Sunday closing of butcher shops and bakeries in cities of over 25,000
Municipalities having a population of over twenty-five thousand may regulate or prohibit the opening and closing of butcher shops, meat markets, baker shops, and bakeries within their corporate limits on Sunday. Municipalities of over one hundred thousand may also regulate or prohibit the sale and delivery of bakery products within their corporate limits on Sunday.
Municipalities may punish by penal ordinance violations of ordinances passed in pursuance of this Section.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4784. Collection of license fees by summary proceedings

RS 33:4784 - Collection of license fees by summary proceedings
Any municipality which requires a license to conduct any business within its corporate limits may proceed against any person who is conducting a business without paying the required license by rule to show cause why he should not pay the license and penalties or close the business, which rule may be tried on the fifth day, exclusive of holidays, after the service thereof. The rule shall always be tried by preference and may be tried in term time or vacation, in open court or in chambers. If the rule is made absolute the municipality shall have judgment for the amount of the license, penalty, and costs against the defendant, who shall also be ordered to close his business until he obtains the required license. Every violation of the order of court shall constitute and be punishable as a contempt of court.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4785. Retail dealers in alcoholic beverages; suspension or revocation of permits

RS 33:4785 - Retail dealers in alcoholic beverages; suspension or revocation of permits
A. Any municipality may suspend or revoke within the corporate limits and any police jury or other governing authority of a parish may suspend or revoke within the limits of the parish, permits issued to retail dealers in beverages having an alcoholic content of more than six percent by volume for causes set forth in R.S. 26:88, 26:89; and may suspend or revoke permits issued to such retail dealers in beverages having an alcoholic content of not more than six percent by volume for causes set forth in R.S. 26:285, 26:286.
B. The city of New Orleans is hereby authorized to create a municipal alcoholic beverage control board. The board may suspend or revoke within the corporate limits, permits issued to retail dealers in beverages having an alcoholic content of more than six percent by volume for causes set forth in R.S. 26:88 and 89; and may suspend or revoke permits issued to such retail dealers in beverages having an alcoholic content of not more than six percent by volume for causes set forth in R.S. 26:285 and 286. The board shall be governed by the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act unless the procedure is specifically established by R.S. 33:4787 or 4788.
Acts 1952, No. 493, §1. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 302, §1; Acts 1975, No. 359, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1370, §4; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4786. Hearing; requirement of majority vote for suspension or revocation

RS 33:4786 - Hearing; requirement of majority vote for suspension or revocation
Before any permit is suspended or revoked the holder thereof shall be entitled to a hearing as hereinafter provided, and no permit shall be revoked unless such a hearing has been held and a majority of the governing body of the municipality or parish, or a municipal alcoholic beverage control board thereafter votes for such suspension or revocation.
Acts 1952, No. 493, §2. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 302, §1; Acts 1975, No. 359, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4787. Notice of hearing; petition for suspension or revocation of permit

RS 33:4787 - Notice of hearing; petition for suspension or revocation of permit
A notice shall be served upon the holder of the permit stating the time and place of the hearing to be held by the governing body of the municipality or parish, or a municipal alcoholic beverage control board which shall be not less than ten calendar days from the date such notice is given. The notice shall enumerate the cause or causes for suspending or revoking the permit, and shall be sent by registered mail to the holder of the permit at the address of his place of business as given in his application for the permit, or may be served on him in person by an officer or employee of the municipality or parish. Any trade organization consisting of brewers and distributors of beverages of low alcoholic content, through its authorized representative, may file with the governing body of any municipality or parish, or a municipal alcoholic beverage control board a sworn petition requesting that a permit be suspended or revoked, and the procedure in such cases shall be the same as herein set out.
Acts 1952, No. 493, §3. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 302, §1; Acts 1975, No. 359, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4788. Appeal from suspension or revocation of permit

RS 33:4788 - Appeal from suspension or revocation of permit
The holder of the permit who is aggrieved by a decision of the governing body of the municipality or parish or a municipal alcoholic beverage control board to suspend or revoke his permit, may within ten days of the notification of the decision take a devolutive appeal to the district court having jurisdiction of his place of business and on such appeal the trial shall be de novo. Within ten calendar days from the signing of the judgment by the district court the municipality or parish governing authority, a municipal alcoholic beverage control board or the holder of the permit, as the case may be, may devolutively appeal from the judgment of the district court to the court of appeals as in ordinary civil cases.
Acts 1952, No. 493, §4. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 302, §1; Acts 1975, No. 359, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4789. Sale of products from Communist countries

RS 33:4789 - Sale of products from Communist countries
A. The governing authority of the parishes and municipalities of this state are hereby authorized to adopt ordinances to prohibit the sale and offering for sale of products manufactured or produced in any Communist country, any Communist controlled country, or any country which is a satellite of a Communist country, including but not necessarily restricted to products manufactured or produced in any form or manner in the U.S.S.R., Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, North Vietnam, Hungary, Cuba, Bulgaria, East Germany, North Korea, and Red China.
B. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to the authority herein granted may include provisions for enforcement of the ordinance, including criminal penalties for the violation thereof which shall consist of a fine not in excess of five thousand dollars or imprisonment for not to exceed two years in the parish jail, or both a fine and imprisonment not exceeding the limits herein stated.
Acts 1963, No. 48, §§1, 2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4790. Bicycle regulation in the city of New Orleans

RS 33:4790 - Bicycle regulation in the city of New Orleans
The governing authority of the city of New Orleans is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt ordinances regulating the business of purchasing, selling, transferring, exchanging, repairing, or storing of new and used bicycles, parts and accessories for bicycles, at wholesale or retail, and to provide for the registration of description and ownership of bicycles.
Acts 1964, No. 363, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4791. Regulation of private ambulance services

RS 33:4791 - Regulation of private ambulance services
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of each municipality within the state of Louisiana shall have the power to adopt ordinances for the regulation of ambulance services operated by private individuals or companies within the corporate limits of said municipality.
B. In the parishes of Caddo and Bossier, this power shall include but not be limited to the power to franchise, exclusively or otherwise, emergency ambulance operations within said municipalities. In exercising the power authorized in this Subsection, municipalities are hereby specifically authorized to take action that would, absent this explicit grant or authority, violate the antitrust laws of the United States and/or this state as they may now or hereafter be written. Provided, however, that in event an exclusive franchise is issued, the process employed in granting said exclusive franchise shall provide that it shall be awarded by the municipal governing authority to the entity submitting the best bid in response to a publicly advertised request for bids and further provide that no exclusive franchise shall be granted for period of time to exceed five years. Exclusive franchises shall be issued only for emergency ambulance services and shall be issued only to ambulance service companies who have agreed in writing to provide service to all eligible medicare and medicaid recipients.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 770, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 100, §1, eff. July 11, 1982.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4811. Ordering removal of remains of dead interred in residential area

RS 33:4811 - Ordering removal of remains of dead interred in residential area
Whenever it appears to the police jury of any parish, that it is in the interest of the public health that the remains of any dead interred in any part of a residential subdivision of the parish, not within the limits of a municipality, should be removed from the area, it may, by an ordinance, adopted by a majority vote at any regular meeting, order the removal of the remains in the manner hereinafter set forth, provided that the area from which the removal is ordered is not a regularly dedicated cemetery, and provided, further, that there is no act of sale of record in the office of the clerk of court of the parish, transferring or dedicating the property for burial purposes.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4812. Notice of ordinance ordering removal of remains

RS 33:4812 - Notice of ordinance ordering removal of remains
Notice of the adoption of the ordinance shall be published once a week for five weeks in the official journal of the parish, calling upon all parties interested to remove the remains from the area within forty days after the first publication, or within such longer time as the ordinance may provide.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4813. Removal of remains of dead by police jury

RS 33:4813 - Removal of remains of dead by police jury
The ordinance shall provide that, if the remains are not removed within forty days, or within such longer time as the ordinance may allow, after the first publication of the adoption of the ordinance in the official journal, the police jury shall have the right to remove the remains. The ordinance may also provide that the cost of removal shall be at the expense of the parish or at the expense of the record owner of the property in which the bodies are interred.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4814. Board of examiners of steam boilers; certification of engineers

RS 33:4814 - Board of examiners of steam boilers; certification of engineers
Municipalities of over fifty thousand inhabitants, through their local councils, may regulate the use of stationary and portable steam boilers, and may appoint a board of examiners of stationary and portable steam boilers for the carrying out of this purpose, and fix its powers and responsibilities. The board of examiners may be authorized to fix certain fees for its maintenance, to conduct examinations, to have and use a seal, to issue graded certificates of authority and year renewals to qualified engineers passing satisfactory examinations before the board, to suspend or revoke the certificates or order the discharge of engineers in cases where the public safety requires it, to conduct trials, subpoena witnesses and administer oaths, which oaths shall have the same sanctity as oaths administered in courts of justice. Municipalities may require persons operating steam boilers to have in their possession and posted in conspicuous places in their engine rooms, certificates of authority, and proper renewals thereof. Municipalities may require owners of plants or establishments, who employ engineers to operate boilers, to have none but certified engineers, having proper certificates and renewals thereof, as aforesaid, in charge of operating the boilers. Municipalities may enforce ordinances, passed under the provisions hereof, by imposing both fine and imprisonment. This Section shall not apply to locomotive engineers engaged in operating locomotive engines on railroad tracks, nor to engineers of steam vessels coming within the jurisdiction of the United States Board of Supervising Inspectors.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4832. Hawking and peddling in cities of over 25,000

RS 33:4832 - Hawking and peddling in cities of over 25,000
Municipalities with over twenty-five thousand population, may enact ordinances regulating the hawking and peddling in the streets and thoroughfares of market produce, vegetables, meat, fish, game, fruit and oysters, and may enforce the ordinances by fine or imprisonment.
Acts 1988, No. 539, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4833. Municipal ordinances prohibiting peddling of farm produce or fish forbidden

RS 33:4833 - Municipal ordinances prohibiting peddling of farm produce or fish forbidden
A. It shall be unlawful for any municipality with a population of less than twenty-five thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census to enact an ordinance forbidding farmers or their employees to sell or peddle farm produce on the streets, avenues, and alleys and in public places located within the municipality.
B. It shall be unlawful for any municipality with a population of less than twenty-five thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census to enact an ordinance forbidding fishermen as defined in R.S. 56:8 or their employees to sell or peddle fish as defined in R.S. 56:8 on the streets, avenues, and alleys and in public places located within the municipality.
Acts 2005, No. 354, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4834. Protection given only to farmers raising produce

RS 33:4834 - Protection given only to farmers raising produce
R.S. 33:4833(A) shall apply only to farmers selling produce raised by them or on their farms and shall in no way be construed to protect peddlers who did not themselves raise the produce which they peddle.
Acts 2005, No. 354, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4835. Regulation of street sale of farm produce or fish permitted

RS 33:4835 - Regulation of street sale of farm produce or fish permitted
A. Nothing in R.S. 33:4833(A) or 4834 shall be construed to prevent a municipality with a population of less than three hundred thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census from exercising its police powers to prevent the parking of any vehicle for a period of longer than thirty minutes on any street, avenue, or alley, or in any public place, nor to otherwise make reasonable regulations with respect to sales of farm produce.
B. Nothing in R.S. 33:4833(B) shall be construed to prevent a municipality from making reasonable regulations with respect to sales of fish on the streets, avenues, and alleys and in public places located within the municipality.
Acts 2005, No. 354, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4851.1. Municipalities with population of 100,000 inhabitants or less

RS 33:4851.1 - Municipalities with population of 100,000 inhabitants or less
All municipalities in the state of Louisiana having a population of one hundred thousand inhabitants or less are hereby authorized and empowered to pass laws prohibiting within said municipalities gambling or games of chance for money or for value in any form whatsoever, and to define what shall constitute gambling and to provide penalties for the violation of any laws passed under the power hereby delegated.
Acts 1952, No. 327, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4852. Parishes authorized to prohibit gambling with cards

RS 33:4852 - Parishes authorized to prohibit gambling with cards
Police juries may suppress and prohibit gambling with cards, or any card game by whatever name the game may be called, at which anything of value is pledged, bet, or hazarded. This Section shall not apply to any private game played in a private home occupied by a family as such, or game in private clubs, conducted without rake-off for gain.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4862.1. Redesignated as R.S. 27:301-324 by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, 3, eff. May 1, 1996.

PART V-B. VIDEO DRAW POKER DEVICES
§§4862.1-4862.24. Redesignated as R.S. 27:301-324 by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §3, eff. May 1, 1996.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4871. Authority to provide parking meters

RS 33:4871 - Authority to provide parking meters
Municipalities may provide by ordinance for the installation, operation, maintenance, policing and supervision of parking meters on their streets as an aid to the regulation and control of parking of vehicles therein, and may fix and require the payment of a fee for the privilege of parking opposite the meters when they are in operation.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4872. Election to approve parking meters

RS 33:4872 - Election to approve parking meters
Where the parking meters are installed, an election shall be held by the municipality to decide whether the parking meters shall remain on the streets or be removed if a petition signed by fifteen percent of the qualified voters of the municipality is presented to the governing authority after a six months trial period and prior to nine months after meters are installed. A majority of the qualified votes cast in the election shall determine the issue.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4873. Parish and municipal advertising

RS 33:4873 - Parish and municipal advertising
Parish and municipal governing authorities may advertise by publications and radio and spend of their funds, not otherwise specifically allocated by law, sums prescribed as follows:
(1) Those serving territories exceeding one hundred thousand population may spend the sum of thirty thousand dollars annually.
(2) Those serving a territory with a population not exceeding one hundred thousand may spend the sum of fifteen thousand dollars annually.
(3) Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 501, §3, eff. June 28, 1999.
Acts 1991, No. 823, §1; Acts 1999, No. 501, §§1, 3, eff. June 28, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4875.1. Exercise of police power; enclosure of residential and commercial swimming pools

RS 33:4875.1 - Exercise of police power; enclosure of residential and commercial swimming pools
A. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and general welfare of the community, parish and municipal governing authorities may adopt ordinances regulating the enclosure of residential and commercial swimming pools. The ordinance shall provide for minimum heights for fences or walls enclosing the pool and locking or limited access gates. However, any such ordinance shall be subject to judicial review on the grounds of abuse of discretion, unreasonable exercise of police powers, excessive use of the power herein granted, or the denial of the right of due process. However, the right of judicial review of such ordinances shall not be limited by the provisions of this Section.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to municipalities or parishes that either have an existing ordinance that governs fencing of swimming pools or that have a home rule charter.
Acts 1999, No. 1034, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4876. Abandoned automobiles, major appliances and other junk; disposition of

RS 33:4876 - Abandoned automobiles, major appliances and other junk; disposition of
A. The governing authority of any municipality or parish may enact ordinances regulating or prohibiting the storing or abandoning of junk, wrecked or used automobiles or motor vehicles, or any part or parts thereof, or any other junk, discarded or abandoned major appliances, such as refrigerators, freezers, ranges or machinery or other metal, tin or other discarded items, on any vacant lot, or any portion of any occupied lot, neutral ground, street or sidewalk, within the municipality or parish.
B. The term "junk, wrecked or used automobiles or motor vehicles" as used herein shall mean any motor vehicle which is totally inoperable, left unattended on any portion of any occupied lot, neutral ground, street or sidewalk, and is so damaged or dismantled as to be a total loss. The term "total loss" shall mean that the cost to repair a damaged or dismantled motor vehicle exceeds the junk value of said vehicle, as determined by any recognized national appraisal book. The ordinance shall provide for the removal and disposition of such junk motor vehicles after notice of not less than ten days either placed on the vehicle itself or given to the owner, if known. Any vehicle which remains on the public ways or private property described above after notice given as provided in the ordinance shall be considered as public property and disposed of by the municipality or parish as the governing authority may designate. In the case of other abandoned property set forth in Subsection A, the notice shall be given to the owner of the lot or parcel of ground upon which the junk material is located, and the cost of removing said material shall constitute a special lien collectible in the same manner as special assessments are collectible by law.
C. In the exercise of the authority herein granted, the governing authority may provide for the removal of such abandoned junk by the municipality or parish and for the collection of the cost of removal, not to exceed two hundred dollars, from the owner of the material and, among other things, may require, but not by way of limitation, that any vacant lot or portion of any occupied lot used for the storage of junk, as herein defined, shall be surrounded or enclosed by a board fence or other enclosure.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 187, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 348, §1; Acts 1981, No. 703, §1; Acts 2005, No. 317, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4877. Parish zoning ordinances; St. John the Baptist Parish

RS 33:4877 - Parish zoning ordinances; St. John the Baptist Parish
The governing authority of the parish of St. John the Baptist is authorized to zone its territory, to create residential, commercial, and industrial districts, and to prohibit the establishment of places of business in residential districts. No zoning ordinance or creation of districts pursuant to the authority herein shall interfere with or hinder the operation of any existing public utility facilities, whether publicly or privately owned. The members of the governing authority attending zoning meetings shall be paid a twenty-five dollar per diem not to exceed eighteen meetings in any calendar year.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 632, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4877.1. Parish zoning, notice to property owners, prohibited rezoning

RS 33:4877.1 - Parish zoning, notice to property owners, prohibited rezoning
The governing authority of any parish with a population of less than three hundred fifty thousand authorized to zone its territory shall, at least ten days prior to the initial hearing on the matter, notify the owner or owners of record of the properties to be zoned or rezoned in parochial zoning of the time and place of the hearing and subject matter of the regulations and restrictions.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 175, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4877.2. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1274, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.

RS 33:4877.2 - Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1274, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4878. Reciprocal enforcement of traffic offenses in contiguous parishes

RS 33:4878 - Reciprocal enforcement of traffic offenses in contiguous parishes
A. The provisions of this Section shall apply only to contiguous parishes. For the purposes of this Section, contiguous parishes are parishes which share a common boundary.
B. Parish governing authorities may enter into reciprocal agreements for the enforcement of traffic ordinances of the parishes or of the municipalities within the parishes. The agreement may include provisions relating to service of citation; personal jurisdiction; issuance of bench and arrest warrants; enforcement of judgments, warrants, and orders, and any other matters relating to enforcement of traffic ordinances.
C. In the absence of an agreement as authorized in Subsection B herein, the following provisions shall apply:
(1) The governing authority of a parish may provide by ordinance for the service of citation on residents of contiguous parishes who have allegedly violated a traffic ordinance of the parish adopting the ordinance or of a municipality within that parish. The service of citation shall be by registered mail, return receipt requested. Proof of such service shall be deemed service sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction over the alleged offender in any court which has subject matter jurisdiction over the offense.
(2) A court which obtains jurisdiction over a defendant as provided herein may issue a bench warrant for a defendant who fails to appear in court at the time stated in the citation.
(3) A bench warrant, judgment, or order of a court which obtains jurisdiction over a defendant as provided herein may be enforced in any manner not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of this state.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 725, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4879. Purpose; firearms buyback program; authorization

RS 33:4879 - Purpose; firearms buyback program; authorization
A. It is not the purpose of this Section to discourage private ownership of firearms by law abiding citizens, but rather to provide an avenue by which citizens may safely dispose of firearms they no longer desire to own.
B. Any municipality or parish may institute a firearms buyback program. Funding for the buyback program shall be acquired from cash donations from private businesses and may include funds from the assets, seizures, and forfeitures of any participating law enforcement agency within the jurisdiction of the municipality or parish, and no other public funds shall be used to implement the program. The firearms buyback program shall exist for not more than a thirty-day period in any calendar year or shall exist until the funds acquired or received for the purchase of the firearms are exhausted.
C. The municipality or parish shall promulgate rules of procedure governing the acquisition and disposal of firearms purchased through the program. Such weapons shall either be destroyed or delivered to law enforcement agencies of the municipality or parish for departmental use. Departmental use may include the sale of the firearms at a public auction. The proceeds of the sales shall be used to defray the costs of administering the auction, and any surplus funds shall be deposited into the training fund of the law enforcement agency conducting the sale or may be used by that agency to purchase law enforcement equipment. Any firearm sales authorized pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall comply with all state and federal firearms laws. In no case shall such weapon be given to any individual, except that a stolen weapon shall be returned to its rightful owner on proof of ownership.
Acts 1992, No. 600, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Acts 2014, No. 407, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4880. Maximum penalty for dumping; Orleans Parish

RS 33:4880 - Maximum penalty for dumping; Orleans Parish
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing authority for the parish of Orleans may levy a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars for the violation of any ordinance which prohibits the dumping of trash, refuse, garbage, debris or other solid or liquid waste upon any public property or private property without the owner's permission within the boundaries of the New Orleans Regional Business Park as provided in R.S. 33:4701. However, this provision shall not apply to any activity occurring in the course of servicing scheduled pickup routes pursuant to commercial, municipal or local government contracts or en route to an authorized pickup station, transfer station, or disposal facility by persons owning or operating duly licensed commercial vehicles engaged in the collection and transportation of solid waste, construction or demolition debris or wood waste as such terms are defined by the rules and regulations of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
Acts 2003, No. 238, §1; Acts 2004, No. 917, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4881. Maximum fines and penalties for dumping; Orleans Parish

RS 33:4881 - Maximum fines and penalties for dumping; Orleans Parish
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing authority for the parish of Orleans may provide for a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars and a sentence of imprisonment not to exceed six months in the parish jail for violation of any ordinance prohibiting the dumping of trash, debris, refuse, garbage, other solid and liquid waste, greases, and oils, such as but not limited to cooking oil and fats, motor oil, antifreeze, truck and automotive fluids, paint, paint thinners, and gasoline into drainage culverts, lines, or canals, upon any public place within the parish, upon private property within the parish not owned by the person accused of the violation, upon property owned or controlled by the parish, or in or on the waters within the parish, whether from a vehicle or otherwise, including but not limited to any public highway, public park, beach, campground, forestland, recreational area, trailer park, highway, road, street, or alley. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, this Section shall not apply to any activity permitted or authorized by a state or federal program and also shall not apply to any activity during the servicing of scheduled pickup routes pursuant to commercial, municipal, or local government contracts, or en route to an authorized pickup station, transfer station, or disposal facility by persons owning or operating duly licensed commercial vehicles engaged in the collection and transportation of solid waste, construction, or demolition debris, or wood waste as such terms are defined by the rules and regulations of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
Acts 2004, No. 834, §2, eff. July 12, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4882. Building and zoning regulations in local governmental subdivisions; nonconforming use

RS 33:4882 - Building and zoning regulations in local governmental subdivisions; nonconforming use
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law or municipal or parish ordinance or resolution to the contrary, the governing authority of any municipality or parish and any agency of any such municipality or parish shall not allow and shall not cause any building or land to lose its nonconforming use status because, during all or part of the period of March 11, 2020, through March 16, 2022, it is temporarily vacant or operations normally carried on in such building or on such land have been temporarily discontinued.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governing authority of any parish having a population in excess of three hundred fifty thousand, based on the latest federal decennial census, may by ordinance reduce the time period of March 11, 2020, through March 16, 2022, provided in Subsection A of this Section.
Acts 2006, No. 737, §1, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2022, No. 699, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:4883. Exercise of police power; backwashing and drainage of residential and commercial pools

RS 33:4883 - Exercise of police power; backwashing and drainage of residential and commercial pools
For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and general welfare of the community, parish and municipal governing authorities may adopt ordinances regulating the backwashing and drainage of residential and commercial swimming pools into the street. Such ordinances may restrict the practice of backwashing or draining a swimming pool into the street. Any such ordinance shall be subject to judicial review on the grounds of abuse of discretion, unreasonable exercise of police powers, excessive use of the power herein granted, or the denial of the right of due process. However, the right of judicial review of such ordinances shall not be limited by the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2010, No. 421, §1.