This article shall be known as, and be cited and referred to as, the "Calcasieu Parish Zoning Ordinance."

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12)

In interpreting and applying these provisions, these shall be held to be minimum requirements for the promotion of the public safety, health, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity, and general welfare. It is not intended to interfere with or abrogate or annul any ordinance, rules, regulations, or permits previously adopted or issued, and not in conflict with any of these provisions, or which shall be adopted or issued pursuant to law relating to the use of buildings or premises and likewise not in conflict to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easements, covenants, or other agreements between parties, provided, however, that where this article imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or land or upon the height of buildings, or requires larger open spaces or larger lot areas than are imposed or required by such ordinances or agreements, the provisions of this article shall control.

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12)

If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of these provisions shall, for any reason, be held to be unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions which shall continue in full force and effect.

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12)

All zoning regulations or parts of zoning regulations in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, provided, however, that all suits at law or in equity and/or all prosecutions resulting from the violation of any zoning ordinance heretofore in effect, which are now pending in any of the courts of this state or of the United States, shall not be abated or abandoned by reason of the adoption of this article, but shall be prosecuted to their finality, the same as if this article had not been adopted; and any and all violations of existing zoning regulations, prosecutions for which have not yet been instituted, may be hereafter filed and prosecuted; and nothing in this article shall be so construed as to abandon, abate, or dismiss any litigation or prosecution now pending, and/or which may have heretofore been instituted or prosecuted.

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12)

Except where specifically defined herein, all words used shall carry their customary meanings. Words used in the present tense include the future, and the plural includes the singular; the word "lot" includes the word "plot," the word "building" includes the word "structure"; the word "shall" is intended to be mandatory; and "used" or "occupied" shall be considered as though followed by the words, "or intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied."

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12)

For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the communities, the unincorporated area of Calcasieu Parish is hereby divided into the following types of zoning districts:

For regulations specific to the Nelson Road Overlay District, Lake Street Overlay District, planned unit development, and airports, see article VI. special districts.

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12; Ord. No. 6311, § 2, 1-23-14)

The boundaries of said districts are shown on a map, which has been properly attested and placed on file with the Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court. This zoning district map, together with all notations, references, and other information thereon, is made a part of this chapter and has the same force and effect as if fully set forth or described herein.

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12)

(a)

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts as shown on the zoning district map, the following rules shall apply:

(1)

Where district boundaries are indicated as following streets, highways, or alleys, the centerlines of such streets, highways, or alleys shall be construed to be such boundaries.

(2)

Where the land has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots and where district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow the lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be said boundaries.

(3)

In unsubdivided property, the district boundary lines on the zoning district map shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the map.

(4)

Where the boundary of a district follows a railroad line, such boundary shall be deemed to be located midway between the main tracks of said railroad line.

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12)

All areas which are under water and not shown as included within any district, shall be subject to all of the regulations of the district adjacent to the water area.

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12)

Except as hereinafter provided, no building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved, or altered unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12)

CHART A SCHEDULE OF ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS

ZONING DISTRICT: A-l (AGRICULTURAL)

Permitted uses—Animal hospitals; boat houses and docks; cemeteries; churches; clubs; coastal zone sites; community homes; duplexes; farms and farm-related buildings; gardens; helistops; home occupations; kennels; low-intensive recreational facilities; modular homes; nurseries (horticultural); oil and gas exploration; oil and gas pump transfer stations; ponds; private airstrips; public uses; public facilities; the sale of products grown on premises; single-family detached dwellings; single-unit manufactured homes; stables; temporary building used in connection with construction for a period of six (6) months; and wildlife reservations.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—Airports; bed and breakfast establishments; borrow-pits; communication towers; fourplexes; institutions; off-premises signs; outdoor shooting ranges; public and private schools; railroads; reception facility; solar energy facilities; solid waste sites, excluding sanitary landfills; triplexes; and uses permitted in a C-1 (light commercial) zoning district.

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—None.

Maximum height of main building—Thirty-five (35) feet.

Minimum lot area—

Within the urban service area:

(1)

Developments with a private community sewer system or public sewer system and with public water or community water, the minimum size of lots shall be one-half (½) acre with a minimum of one hundred (100) feet of frontage.

(2)

Developments of ten (10) lots or less, with individual sewerage disposal systems, the minimum size of lots shall be:

a.

One-half (½) acre with minimum of one hundred (100) feet of frontage with public or community water.

b.

One-half (½) acre with minimum of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of frontage without public or community water.

(3)

Developments of more than ten (10) lots, with individual sewerage disposal systems, the minimum size of lots shall be:

a.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred (100) feet of frontage with public or community water.

b.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of frontage without public or community water.

Outside the urban service area:

(1)

Developments with a private community sewer system or public sewer system and with public water or community water, the minimum size of lots shall be one hundred (100) feet wide and one-half (½) acre.

(2)

Developments with individual sewerage disposal systems, the minimum size of lots shall be:

a.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred (100) feet of frontage with public or community water.

b.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of frontage without public or community water.

Note—Additional frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front Yard—Thirty (30) feet.

Side Yard—Ten (10) feet on each side.

Rear Yard—Fifteen (15) feet.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Screening/fences—May be required subject to article III, division 6.

ZONING DISTRICT: R-l
(SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL)

Permitted uses—Accessory uses; churches; community homes; home occupations; low-intensive recreational facilities; museums; ponds; public uses; single family detached dwellings (one (1) per lot excluding manufactured homes); and temporary building used in connection with construction for a period of six (6) months.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—Bed and breakfast homes; borrow-pits; communication towers, day cares; detached barber/beauty shops; institutions; public and private schools; railroads; single unit manufactured homes; single unit modular homes; and temporary commercial amusements.

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—None.

Maximum height of main building—Thirty-five (35) feet.

Minimum lot area for development—

Within the urban service area:

(1)

Developments with a private community sewer system or public sewer system and with public water or community water, the minimum size of lots shall be sixty (60) feet wide and seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet.

(2)

Developments of ten (10) lots or less, with individual sewerage disposal systems, the minimum size of lots shall be:

a.

One hundred (100) feet wide and sixteen thousand (16,000) square feet (mechanical plant with public or community water).

b.

One hundred (100) feet wide and twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500) square feet (septic tank with public or community water).

c.

One hundred twenty-five (125) feet wide and sixteen thousand (16,000) square feet (mechanical plant with private water well).

d.

One hundred twenty-five (125) feet wide and twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500) square feet (septic tank with private water well).

(3)

Developments of more than ten (10) lots, with individual sewerage disposal systems, the minimum size of lots shall be:

a.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred (100) feet of frontage with public or community water.

b.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of frontage without public or community water.

Outside the urban service area:

(1)

Developments with a private community sewer system or public sewer system and with public water or community water, the minimum size of lots shall be sixty (60) feet wide and seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet.

(2)

Developments with individual sewerage disposal systems, the minimum size of lots shall be:

a.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred (100) feet of frontage with public or community water.

b.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of frontage without public or community water.

Note—Additional frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front yard—Thirty (30) feet.

Side yard—Five (5) feet on each side.

Rear yard—Fifteen (15) feet.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Note—All accessory buildings are subject to article III, division 7.

ZONING DISTRICT: R-2
(MIXED RESIDENTIAL)

Permitted uses—Accessory uses; churches; community homes; duplexes (one (1) per lot); home occupations; low-intensive recreational facilities; manufactured home (one (1) per lot); manufactured home subdivisions (lots for sale); modular home (one (1) per lot); museums; ponds; public uses; single family detached dwellings (one (1) per lot); and temporary building used in connection with construction for a period of six (6) months.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—Bed and breakfast homes; borrow-pits; communication towers; day cares; detached barber/beauty shops; fourplexes (one (1) per lot); institutions; public and private schools; railroads; temporary commercial amusements; and triplexes (one (1) per lot).

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—None.

Maximum height of main building—Thirty-five (35) feet.

Minimum lot area for development—

Within the urban service area:

(1)

Developments with a private community sewer system or public sewer system and with public water or community water, the minimum size of lots shall be sixty (60) feet wide and seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet.

(2)

Developments of ten (10) lots or less, with individual sewerage disposal systems, the minimum size of lots shall be:

a.

One hundred (100) feet wide and sixteen thousand (16,000) square feet (mechanical plant with public or community water).

b.

One hundred (100) feet wide and twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500) square feet (septic tank with public or community water).

c.

One hundred twenty-five (125) feet wide and sixteen thousand (16,000) square feet (mechanical plant with private water well).

d.

One hundred twenty-five (125) feet wide and twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500) square feet (septic tank with private water well).

(3)

Developments of more than ten (10) lots, with individual sewerage disposal systems, the minimum size of lots shall be:

a.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred (100) feet of frontage with public or community water.

b.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of frontage without public or community water.

Outside the urban service area:

(1)

Developments with a private community sewer system or public sewer system and with public water or community water, the minimum size of lots shall be sixty (60) feet wide and seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet.

(2)

Developments with individual sewerage disposal systems, the minimum size of lots shall be:

a.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred (100) feet of frontage with public or community water.

b.

One (1) acre with minimum of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of frontage without public or community water.

Note—Additional frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front yard—Twenty-five (25) feet.

Side yard—three and one-half (3½) feet on each side.

Rear yard—Fifteen (15) feet.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Note—All accessory buildings are subject to article III, division 7.

ZONING DISTRICT: R-M
(MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL)

Permitted uses—Apartments, bed and breakfasts homes; boarding houses; churches; cemeteries; clubs; cluster housing; college or university dormitories; community homes; condominiums; duplexes; fourplexes; fraternity or sorority houses; home occupations; institutions; low-intensive recreational facilities; mausoleums; modular homes; museums; ponds; public uses; single-family detached dwellings (excluding manufactured homes); temporary building used in connection with construction for a period of six (6) months; townhouses; and triplexes.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—Borrow-pits; communication towers; day cares; detached barber/beauty shops; institutions; professional offices; public and private schools; railroads; and temporary commercial amusements.

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—None.

Maximum height of main building—Fifty (50) feet.

Maximum density—Seven (7) units per acre.

For subdivisions, the minimum lot size shall be the same as residential lots for single-family dwellings. See R-2 (mixed residential).

Note—Frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front yard—Twenty (20) feet.

Side yard—Two and one-half (2½) feet on each side.

Rear yard—Fifteen (15) feet.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Screening/fences—May be required subject to article III, division 6.

Note—All accessory buildings are subject to article III, division 7.

ZONING DISTRICT: R-MHP
(MANUFACTURED HOME PARK)

Permitted uses—Same as R-M; plus accessory uses; cemeteries; churches; duplexes (one (1) per lot); home occupations; institutions; low-intensive recreational facilities; manufactured home parks (rental spaces); manufactured home subdivision (lots for sale); mausoleums; museums; public uses; single family detached dwellings; single unit manufactured homes (one (1) per lot); and single unit modular homes (one (1) per lot).

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—Airports; borrow-pits; business and professional offices; communication towers; convenience stores; day cares; detached barber/beauty shops; drug stores; institutions; personal service shops; public and private schools; public and private utilities; railroads; and temporary commercial amusements.

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—None.

Minimum lot area—Five thousand (5,000) square feet and fifty (50) feet in width per unit for each manufactured home or single family dwelling.

For manufactured home subdivisions, the minimum lot size shall be the same as residential lots for single-family dwellings. See R-2 (mixed residential).

For duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, condominiums, and townhouses, the minimum lot size shall be six thousand two hundred twenty-three (6,223) square feet per unit (seven (7) units per acre).

Maximum height of main building—Fifty (50) feet.

Note—Frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front yard—Fifteen (15) feet.

Side yard—Three and one-half (3½) feet on each side.

Rear yard—Five (5) feet.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Screening/fences—May be required subject to article III, division 6.

Note—All accessory buildings are subject to article III, division 7.

ZONING DISTRICT: R-RVP
(RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK)

Permitted uses—Accessory uses; churches; low-intensive recreational facilities; manufactured home parks (rental spaces); manufactured home subdivision (lots for sale); museums; ponds; recreational vehicle parks (rental spaces); single-family detached dwellings; single-unit manufactured homes (one (1) per lot); and single-unit modular homes (one (1) per lot).

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—Bed and breakfast homes; borrow-pits; business and professional offices; communication towers; convenience stores; day cares; detached barber/beauty shops; drug stores; duplexes (one (1) per lot); personal service shops; public and private utilities; railroads; and temporary commercial amusements.

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—None.

Minimum lot area—Two thousand (2,000) square feet and twenty-five (25) feet in width per unit for recreational vehicle park; five thousand (5,000) square feet and fifty (50) feet in width per unit for single family dwelling units.

For subdivisions, the minimum lot size shall be the same as residential lots for single-family dwellings. See R-2 (mixed residential).

Maximum height of main building—Fifty (50) feet.

Note—Frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front yard—Fifteen (15) feet.

Side yard—Three and one-half (3½) feet.

Rear yard—Five (5) feet.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Screening/fences—May be required subject to article III, division 6.

Note—All accessory buildings are subject to article III, division 7.

Additional requirements for recreational vehicle parks are contained in article III, division 13.

ZONING DISTRICT: C-l (LIGHT COMMERCIAL)

Permitted uses—Animal hospitals; bakeries; business and professional offices; catering and delicatessen services; churches; cleaning and dyeing of garments; convenience stores; day cares; drug stores; fix-it shops; funeral homes; kennels; laundromats; nurseries (horticultural); personal service shops; ponds; public uses; restaurants (no alcoholic beverages consumed on premises); seasonal fireworks stand; similar retail stores for convenience of neighboring residents; and studios.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—All residential uses; billboards; borrow-pits; communication towers; dwelling for resident watchman or caretaker employed on premises; indoor shooting ranges; institutions; intensive recreational facilities; mini-warehouses; parking lots for business uses within three hundred (300) feet of district boundary; and railroads.

Permitted signs—On premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—Six thousand five hundred (6,500) square feet where more than one (1) use is located in one (1) district; eight thousand (8,000) square feet is maximum combined total floor area.

Minimum lot area—Five thousand (5,000) square feet.

Maximum height of main building—Fifty (50) feet.

Note—Frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front yard—Twenty (20) feet.

Side yard—None.

Rear yard—None.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Screening/fences—May be required subject to article III, division 6.

ZONING DISTRICT: C-2 (GENERAL COMMERCIAL)

Permitted uses—Same as C-1, plus auditoriums and convention centers; auto/truck sales, service, and rental; boat sales and service (wholesale and retail); business schools; car washes; community-based recycling facilities; farm equipment sales, service and rental; farmer's market; gasoline stations; hotels and motels; institutions; intensive recreational facilities; janitorial service; (wholesale and retail); laundries and linen services; light manufacturing; lounges, mini-warehouses; neighborhood shopping; offices; retail and wholesale uses; off-premises signs; parking garages and lots; passenger terminals; ponds; printing and engraving; radio and television studios; reception facility; recreational vehicle and/or manufactured home sale, service, and rental; residential appliance sales and service; retail manufacturing; restaurants (alcoholic beverages consumed on premises); theaters; and truck stops.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—All residential uses; communication towers; dwelling for resident watchman or caretaker employed on premises; indoor shooting ranges; parking lots for business uses within three hundred (300) feet of district boundary; and railroads.

Permitted signs—On-premises shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet where more than one (1) use located in one (1) district; twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet is maximum combined total floor area.

Minimum lot area—Ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

Maximum height of main building—One hundred (100) feet.

Note—Frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front yard—Twenty (20) feet.

Side yard—None.

Rear yard—None.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Screening/fences—May be required subject to article III, division 6.

ZONING DISTRICT: C-3 (CENTRAL BUSINESS COMMERCIAL)

Permitted uses—Same as C-2; plus indoor shooting ranges; large business parks; large food stores; large department stores; ponds; and shopping centers and shopping malls.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—All residential uses; communication towers; dwelling for resident watchman or caretaker employed on premises; parking lots for business uses within three hundred (300) feet of district boundary; railroads; and workforce housing where site abuts an industrial district boundary.

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—None.

Minimum lot area—Ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

Minimum lot area for workforce housing—Five (5) acres.

Maximum height of main building—One hundred (100) feet.

Note—Frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front yard—Twenty (20) feet.

Side yard—None.

Rear yard—None.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Screening/fences—May be required subject to article III, division 6.

ZONING DISTRICT: I-1
(LIGHT INDUSTRIAL)

Permitted uses—Same as C-3; plus airports and airstrips; automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, bicycle repair and assembly; bakery factories; wholesale manufacturing; basket and hamper construction (wood, reed, rattan, etc.); bedding manufacture (mattress, pillow, and quilt); blending processes; candy wholesale (manufacturing permitted); carbon paper and inked ribbon manufacture; carpet, rug, and mat manufacture and cleaning; cemetery (mausoleum); cigar and cigarette manufacture; coffee roasting and blending; cold storage; contractor shop and storage yard; dairy product processing and packaging; dwelling for resident watchman or caretaker employed on premises; exterminating establishments; fruit and vegetable processing and packaging; garment factory; heavy equipment sales, service, and rental; heliport and helistop; ice manufacture, including dry ice (no gases to be manufactured on premises); industrial vocational training school (including internal combustion engines); iron (ornamental) fabrication or storage; knitting, weaving, printing, and finishing of textiles and fibers into fabric goods; laboratories (research or experimental); leather goods manufacture (excluding tanning); meat products, processing and packaging, (except slaughtering); monument processing and shaping, including sales; pipe fabrication; plating, communication tower; shipping container manufacture (including corrugated board, fiber, steel, or wood); transit vehicle storage and servicing; warehouses; oil well drilling and service company; water well service and drilling company; welding and machine shops; sandblasting shops; wholesale distributors; truck terminals; railroads; ponds; and public uses; tire recycling and storage/processing facilities.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—All residential uses; borrow pits; parking lots for business uses within three hundred (300) feet of the zoning district boundary; solar energy facilities; solid waste sites, excluding sanitary landfills; and workforce housing.

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—None.

Minimum lot area—Ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

Minimum lot area for workforce housing—Five (5) acres.

Maximum height of main building—One hundred (100) feet.

Note—Frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front yard—Thirty (30) feet.

Side yard—None.

Rear yard—None.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Screening/fences—May be required subject to article III, division 6.

ZONING DISTRICT: I-2
(HEAVY INDUSTRIAL)

Permitted uses—Same as I-1; plus, beverage blending and bottling (including distilling); bulk materials storage, sales, and manufacture (cement lime in bags or containers, sand, gravel, shell, lumber, and the like); chemical processing and storage; coal and coke storage, sales and manufacture; commercial and industrial machinery sales and service; electric utility generating (excluding nuclear power plant); fish, shrimp; oysters, and other seafood processing, packaging, and storing; fur finishing (including tanning); grain and rice blending, milling, packaging; insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants and related industrial and household chemical compounds (manufacturing); junk and scrap storage and sales; manufacture of gases; meat products packaging and processing (including slaughtering); paper products manufacture; petroleum and petrochemical production, refining and storage; solar energy facilities; tire retreading, recapping, and vulcanizing; transportation terminal; borrow-pits; and on-site generated naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) storage facilities.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—All residential uses; institutions; parking lots for business uses within three hundred (300) feet of the zoning district boundary; solid waste sites, excluding sanitary landfills; and workforce housing.

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Maximum floor area—None.

Minimum lot area—Ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

Minimum lot area for workforce housing—Five (5) acres.

Maximum height of main building—One hundred (100) feet.

Note—Frontage requirements or driveway spacing minimums may be required subject to article III, division 4.

Yard requirements—

Front yard—Thirty (30) feet.

Side yard—None.

Rear yard—None.

Note—All ponds not required as a runoff management plan feature and all borrow pits shall have a set-back minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines, right-of-way lines, or easements.

Screening/fences—May be required subject to article III, division 6.

ZONING DISTRICT: I-2R
(HEAVY INDUSTRIAL RESTRICTED)

Permitted uses—Same as I-2; plus, solid waste sanitary landfill sites; industrial solid waste facility sites; solid waste recovery or recycling sites; refuse derived energy sites; solid and industrial waste incinerator sites; infectious waste sites; commercial salt water injection well sites; commercial facility sites for offsite storage, treatment, and/or disposal of non hazardous oil field waste. These additional uses shall be in accordance with definitions of "Louisiana Solid Waste Rules and Regulations" and "Statewide Order 29-B" as they may be amended from time to time.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—All residential uses; institutions; and parking lots for business uses within three hundred (300) feet of district boundary.

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Floor area, lot area, building height and yard or buffer requirements—Permissible floor areas, lot areas, height of main buildings, and yard or buffer requirements shall be established by the division of planning and development and implemented through the development permit process.

Note—All development permit applications within this zoning classification shall be subject to chapter 11, article III.

ZONING DISTRICT: 1-3
(HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL)

Permitted uses—Same as I-2R; plus hazardous waste facility; nuclear power plant; nuclear disposal sites. These additional uses shall be defined in accordance with the "Hazardous Waste Management Plan" of the State of Louisiana as it may be amended from time to time.

Permitted as exceptions by planning and zoning board—Parking lots for business uses within three hundred (300) feet of district boundary and institutions.

Permitted signs—On-premises signs shall conform to article III, division 10.

Floor area, lot area, building height and yard or buffer requirements—Permissible floor areas, lot areas, height of main buildings, and yard or buffer requirements shall be established by the division of planning and development and implemented through the development permit process.

Buffer strip—One-third (⅓) of the total acreage must be utilized as a buffer strip.

Note—All development permit applications within this zoning classification shall be subject to chapter 11, article III.

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12; Ord. No. 6311, §§ 3, 4, 1-23-14; Ord. No. 6675, §§ 2—4, 3-24-16; Ord. No. 6694, § 3, 4-21-16; Ord. No. 7162, § 3, 1-17-19; Ord. No. 7250, 9-19-19; Ord. No. 7546, § 2, 12-1-22; Ord. No. 7782, § 3, 12-14-23; Ord. No. 7992, § 2, 12-5-24)