(a)

Size and location of buildings. Except as hereinafter provided, no building shall hereafter be erected or altered to:

(1)

Exceed the height;

(2)

Accommodate or house a greater number of families;

(3)

Occupy a greater percentage of lot area; or

(4)

Have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, inner or outer courts than is specified herein for the district in which such building is located.

(b)

Yards.

(1)

No part of a yard or other open space required about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be included as part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building.

(2)

No single-family dwelling or building appurtenant thereto may be constructed nearer than fifteen (15) feet from a front or side street, or nearer than five (5) feet from the rear lot line and any interior lot lines, provided that any zoning ordinances or regulations fixing greater minimum setback distances than fixed in this article shall prevail over all requirements in this paragraph.

(3)

Where a lot in a business or industrial district abuts a lot in a residential district, there shall be provided along such abutting lines a yard equal in width or depth to that required in the residential district.

(4)

Where the frontage on one (1) side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets is zoned partly as residential and partly as business or industrial, the front yard depth in the business or industrial district shall be equal to the required front depth of the residential district.

(5)

On every corner lot there shall be provided on the side street a side yard equal in depth to one-half (½) the required front yard depth on the said side street; the front yard requirement of a residential district shall prevail over that of a commercial or industrial use.

(6)

On a corner lot in any district, no fence, wall, hedge, or other structure or planting more than three (3) feet in height shall be erected, placed, or maintained within the triangular area formed by the intersecting street lines and a straight line joining said street lines point of intersection, measured along said street lines at points which are thirty (30) feet from the point of intersection, measured along said street lines.

(7)

Covered but unenclosed areas may project into required yards not more than ten (10) feet and shall not be considered in determining yard sizes; provided, however, that such area shall not be closer than four (4) feet to any lot line.

(8)

Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky except ordinary projections not over eighteen (18) inches except that a roof, gutter, or eaves may project to the extent of four (4) feet providing at least three (3) feet remain open to the sky.

(9)

If forty (40) percent or more of the frontage on the same side of the street between two (2) intersecting streets is improved with buildings that have observed front yards less than that required, no building need be set back from the street more than the average front yard depth of such buildings.

(10)

Open fire escapes may extend into any required yard not more than five (5) feet.

(11)

Bay windows may project into any required yard not more than two (2) feet.

(c)

Height. Public, semi-public, or public service buildings, schools, or institutions when permitted in any district may be built to a height not exceeding sixty (60) feet when the required front, side, and rear yards are each increased by one (1) foot of additional height above the height limit of the district.

(d)

Area. More than one (1) main institutional, public, semi-public, commercial, or industrial building may be built on a lot provided such building is located within the buildable area of the lot.

(e)

One building to a lot. Every building hereafter erected, reconstructed, converted, moved, or structurally altered shall be located on a lot of record, and in no case shall there be more than one (1) main building on one (1) lot unless otherwise provided for in this chapter.

(f)

Temporary buildings. Temporary buildings used in connection with construction that remain on the property in excess of six (6) months in A-1 (agricultural) and all residential zoning districts must be approved by the director of planning and development.

(g)

Solid waste/hazardous waste.

(1)

All land use sites which collect, separate, store, dispose, treat, recycle, or recover solid waste, which is not produced or manufactured on site and regulated by the State of Louisiana, shall be considered permitted uses within the I-2R (heavy industrial restricted) district and the I-3 (hazardous industrial) district or where permitted as exceptions by the planning and zoning board.

(2)

All land use sites which collect, separate, store, dispose, treat, recycle, or recover solid waste shall be defined in accordance with definitions of "Louisiana Solid Waste Rules and Regulations" and "Statewide Order 29-B," as well as any applicable hazardous waste management regulations, as may be amended from time to time.

(3)

All uses within industrial zoning classifications having to acquire regulatory permits from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, and which produce a hazardous waste stream, shall be required to disclose to the division all information concerning hazardous materials to be generated, stored, or disposed of by the business, industry, or person.

(4)

All land uses within the I-2R (heavy industrial restricted) district and the I-3 (hazardous industrial) district must be permitted in accordance with chapter 11, article III of this Code.

(h)

Alcoholic beverage businesses.

(1)

Certain alcoholic beverage businesses are permitted within certain commercial and industrial zoning districts as provided for by chart A of the zoning district regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section to the contrary, no commercial or industrial zoning district shall permit an alcoholic beverage business in which alcoholic beverages constitute over fifty (50) percent of the total gross sales to locate within three hundred (300) feet of a dwelling under a class A parish permit, excluding civic clubs, unless approved by the board.

(2)

The business of selling, offering for sale, keeping for sale, storing, giving away, or otherwise handling as a business any alcoholic beverages, whether at retail, wholesale, or otherwise at any place whereby alcoholic beverages constitute over fifty (50) percent of the total gross sales is hereby prohibited within three hundred (300) feet of a dwelling under a class A parish permit in all commercial and industrial zoning districts, excluding civic clubs, unless approved by the board.

(3)

The distance provided in subsection (2) shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest point of the property line of such dwelling to the nearest point of the premises wherein such business is conducted or proposed to be conducted; however, if there are sidewalks, the measurement of this distance shall be made as a person walks using the middle of the sidewalk from the nearest point of the property line of the dwelling to the nearest point of premises to be permitted.

(4)

The above prohibitions shall not apply to any place of business mentioned in subsection (2) which was being conducted on and prior to the effective date of this chapter, and said prohibitions shall not apply to any such business not or hereafter being conducted under permits validly issued in the event a dwelling is built or established within three hundred (300) feet of said business at any time after such business has commenced, or the permit therefore has been issued.

(5)

All alcoholic beverage businesses must comply with chapter 4 of this Code.

(i)

Drainage.

(1)

All new development shall be designed in accordance criteria establish in article VII of this code and shall meet the following watershed performance standards:

a.

New developments shall be designed to result in zero increase in peak runoff rate for each outfall draining the proposed development. Peak runoff design shall be based on each of the following design storms (2-year, 5-year, 10-year, and the 25-year design storm events). Detention ponds or systems designed as per the requirements of this section shall meet the storage requirements for a 25-year storm.

b.

New developments shall be designed in manner to provide for no net loss of floodplain storage capacity. Pre and post development stage-storage curves for the new development site shall be compared for conformance.

c.

New developments shall be designed to avoid impacting any existing floodways. Development in a floodway will require a no-rise certification in accordance with FEMA guidelines to be completed.

d.

All new structures within new developments shall be required to comply with the police jury's freeboard requirements as included herein. This provision shall apply regardless of flood zone designation.

(Ord. No. 6143, § II, 12-6-12; Ord. No. 7007, § 5, 11-16-17; Ord. No. 7162, § 4, 1-17-19)