The intent and purpose of the district is to provide for single-family residential areas with large lots and low population densities. Certain structures and uses required to serve educational, religious, utilities and noncommercial recreational needs of such areas are permitted within the districts as special permitted uses.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(VII-D(1)), 9-22-99)

(a)

Dwellings, single-family.

(b)

Home occupations.

(c)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the permitted uses within the district when located on the same lot and not involving the conduct of business.

(d)

Government structures and land.

(e)

Public utility structures. See Article XXXIX, Exceptions and Modifications, for additional criteria.

(f)

Public parks or playgrounds. Athletic fields and stadiums must meet applicable additional criteria set forth in section 40-747, Regulations for stadiums and athletic fields.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(VII-D(2)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 22962, § 9, 1-10-07; Ord. No. 23898, § 4, 10-13-10; Ord. No. 24807, § XVI, 8-27-14)

(a)

Second culinary facility is permitted subject to the criteria delineated in section 33-5.3, specific use standards, and section 33-2.23, special permitted uses. Second culinary facilities are not subject to the stipulations of paragraph (c) below.

(b)

The following uses are permitted subject to the criteria listed in section 33-2.23, special permitted uses, of this Code including a Jefferson Parish Council Public Hearing.

(1)

Religious structures and uses.

(2)

Private parks or playgrounds. Athletic fields and stadiums must meet applicable additional criteria set forth in section 40-747, Regulations for stadiums and athletic fields.

(3)

Recreational uses, not to include stadiums or athletic fields.

(4)

Schools, elementary, junior high or high. Athletic fields and stadiums must meet applicable additional criteria set forth in section 40-747, Regulations for stadiums and athletic fields.

(5)

Public utilities/structures associated with generation of power.

(6)

Day care centers. Section 33-5.3. Specific use standards shall apply.

(c)

Special permitted use criteria. The following criteria shall be met before a building permit will be issued.

(1)

Lot area for special permitted use. The lot area shall be a minimum of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

(2)

Setbacks for special permitted uses. All building setbacks for special permitted uses shall be a minimum of fifty (50) feet where a lot abuts residential property, and twenty-five (25) feet where a lot abuts public rights-of-way, streets, canals, and public open spaces.

(3)

Access for special permitted uses. The special use shall have access, either directly or within three hundred (300) feet, of a neighborhood collector, collector street, or major or minor arterial as delineated by the Jefferson Parish Thoroughfare Plan, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter.

(4)

Landscaping. Landscaping shall be provided in accordance with section 40-84 of this chapter.

(5)

Signs. Signs shall be permitted in accordance with section 40-80 of this chapter.

(6)

Compatibility.

a.

A structure is compatible if it meets the general criteria of section 33-2.23, special permitted uses, and

b.

The structure or structures shall have the same or similar exterior finish, roof materials, and roof lines as the surrounding property within three hundred (300) feet.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(VII-D(3)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 22962, § 10, 1-10-07; Ord. No. 23292, § 6, 5-7-08; Ord. No. 24364, § XIII, 11-7-12; Ord. No. 24807, § XVII, 8-27-14; Ord. No. 26302, § 18, 11-10-21; Ord. No. 26792, § 44, 5-22-24)

(a)

Minimum yard requirements.

(1)

Front—Thirty-five (35) feet.

(2)

Rear—Twenty-five (25) feet.

(3)

Side—Fifteen (15) feet (two (2) side yards required, each fifteen (15) feet).

a.

If the lot width of an established residential site does not meet the minimum lot width requirements of this district, then the site may be subject to the side yard requirements of the range in which it falls in accordance with the following table:

b.

An established residential site shall be subject to all of the area requirements pertaining to side yards of the district in which it falls in the above table.

(b)

Minimum lot requirements.

(1)

Lot area—Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

(2)

Lot width—One hundred (100) feet.

(3)

Lot depth—Two hundred (200) feet.

(c)

Accessory structures.

(1)

The setback for accessory structures less than one thousand (1,000) square feet in area shall be no less than fifty (50) percent of the width of the required side yard in this zoning district.

(2)

Accessory structures one thousand (1,000) square feet in area or greater shall be required to meet the building setbacks established for the primary building.

(d)

Mechanical equipment. Mechanical equipment is allowed in accordance with Sec. 33-6.9. Site design of this Code.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(VII-D(4)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 22039, § 4, 11-5-03; Ord. No. 23551, § 7, 5-20-09; Ord. No. 26526, § 15, 12-14-22)

Three (3) stories up to a maximum of thirty-five (35) feet in height.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(VII-D(5)), 9-22-99)

Shall be provided as set forth in Article XXXV, Off-Street Parking, Loading, and Clear Vision Area Regulations.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(VII-D(6)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 23330, § IV, 6-11-08)

(a)

Where the average front yard of lots improved with buildings within three hundred (300) feet, measured from the outer corners of the front property line of the subject property on both sides of the property and of the street, within the same zoning district, is less than the minimum required front yard, the front yard on the subject property may be the average of the of the existing yards. The front yard setbacks of the properties within three hundred (300) feet, as measured from the outer corners of the subject property's front property line, shall be provided by the subject property owner or applicant.

(b)

An established residential site may be restored after destruction by Act of God, war, or other local catastrophe if so destroyed by seventy-five (75) percent or more of its value as determined by the Assessor of this Parish for tax purposes, and only if a permit to restore the residence is secured within one (1) year of the date of destruction.

(c)

Where a residential site has an area or frontage less than the minimum requirements for the smallest single-family residential district, R-1A, such site may be used only for single-family residential purposes or for any nonresidential purposes permitted in accordance with the provisions of article XXXIX.

(d)

For the purpose of this section, the term "residential site" means (a) a single lot, tract, or parcel of land or (b) two (2) or more adjoining lots, under single ownership with continuous frontage, and which site is in separate ownership from adjacent property at the time of passage of the ordinance which enacts this district.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(VII-D(8)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 23551, § 8, 5-20-09; Ord. No. 26369, § 20, 2-16-22; Ord. No. 26480, § 22, 9-14-22)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 26480, § 22, adopted Sept. 14, 2022, repealed § 40-152, which pertained to tree preservation and derived from Ord. No. 20783, § 3(VII-D(7)), adopted Sept. 22, 1999. Subsequently, said ordinance renumbered §§ 40-153—40-156 as §§ 40-152—40-155 as set out herein.

(a)

Residential dwellings shall meet the requirements set forth in section 40-46 of this Code.

(b)

For permitted uses, nonresidential buildings and nonresidential accessory buildings shall be compatible as defined in section 40-46 of this Code, except when the building is less than five hundred (500) square feet in area.

(c)

Special permitted uses shall be compatible as defined in section 40-148 of this Code.

(d)

A variance may be granted for exterior wall materials under the provisions set forth in section 40-792 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 24240, § VI, 3-28-12; Ord. No. 26480, § 22, 9-14-22)

Editor's note— Formerly, § 40-154. See editor's note at § 40-152.

Signs shall be permitted in accordance with section 40-80 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 24807, § XVIII, 8-27-14; Ord. No. 26480, § 22, 9-14-22)

Editor's note— Formerly, § 40-155. See editor's note at § 40-152.

The development site or campus of a nonresidential use shall be landscaped in accordance with section 40-84 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 24807, § XVIII, 8-27-14; Ord. No. 26480, § 22, 9-14-22)

Editor's note— Formerly, § 40-156. See editor's note at § 40-152.