St Mary Parish City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 1
Zoning Districts and Land Use
Sections
- DIVISION 1.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- DIVISION 1.2 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 1.3 PERMITTED; LIMITED; SPECIFIC; AND PROHIBITED USES
- DIVISION 1.4 LIMITED AND SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS
- DIVISION 1.5 AIRPORT ZONING
- DIVISION 1.6 AGRICULTURAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT STANDARDS
- DIVISION 1.7 SPECIAL STANDARDS FOR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS (EN)
- DIVISION 1.8 NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICT STANDARDS
- DIVISION 1.9 TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENTS (TNDS)
CHAPTER 2
Buildings and Structures
Sections
- DIVISION 2.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- DIVISION 2.2 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS
- DIVISION 2.3 NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS
- DIVISION 2.4 TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENTS
CHAPTER 3
Site Design and Development
Sections
- DIVISION 3.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- DIVISION 3.2 SUBDIVISION DESIGN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
- Sec. 3.2.1 General Provisions
- Sec. 3.2.2 Resubdivision of Land
- Sec. 3.2.3 Subdivision and Street Names
- Sec. 3.2.4 Property Owners' Association Required
- Sec. 3.2.5 Covenants and Restrictions
- Sec. 3.2.6 Streets
- Sec. 3.2.7 Blocks
- Sec. 3.2.8 Lots
- Sec. 3.2.9 Flag Lots
- Sec. 3.2.10 Servitudes
- Sec. 3.2.11 Public Sites, Open Space, and Natural Features
- Sec. 3.2.12 Subdivision Monumentation
- DIVISION 3.3 TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENTS DESIGN AND LAYOUT
- DIVISION 3.4 MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS AND SUBDIVISIONS
- DIVISION 3.5 PARKING AND LOADING
- DIVISION 3.6 STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND ACCESS
- Sec. 3.6.1 Street Design Objectives and Review
- Sec. 3.6.2 Street Standards
- Sec. 3.6.3 Dead-end Streets/Cul-de-sacs
- Sec. 3.6.4 Intersections
- Sec. 3.6.5 Alleys
- Sec. 3.6.6 Site Distance Requirements
- Sec. 3.6.7 Private Streets
- Sec. 3.6.8 Street Surfacing and Improvement
- Sec. 3.6.9 Street Name and Traffic Control Signs
- Sec. 3.6.10 Bridges
- Sec. 3.6.11 Access Management and Circulation
- Sec. 3.6.12 Performance Standards for Residential Streets
- Sec. 3.6.13 Traffic Study
- DIVISION 3.7 UTILITIES
- Sec. 3.7.1 Design Standards for Potable Water Facilities
- Sec. 3.7.2 Design Standards for Sewerage Facilities
- Sec. 3.7.3 Design Standards for Lighting Facilities
- Sec. 3.7.4 Requirements for Electrical Facilities
- Sec. 3.7.5 Requirements for Natural Gas Distribution Systems
- Sec. 3.7.6 Requirements for Telephone Service
- Sec. 3.7.7 Requirements for Cable TV
- Sec. 3.7.8 Screening of Substations and Utilities
- DIVISION 3.8 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND FLOOD PROTECTION
- Sec. 3.8.1 Authorization, Findings of Fact, Interpretation
- Sec. 3.8.2 Purpose and Methods
- Sec. 3.8.3 General Provisions
- Sec. 3.8.4 General Standards for Flood Hazard Reduction
- Sec. 3.8.5 Specific Standards for Flood Hazard Reduction
- Sec. 3.8.6 Standards for Subdivision Proposals
- Sec. 3.8.7 Standards for Areas of Shallow Flooding (AO/AH Zones)
- Sec. 3.8.8 Standards for Areas of Shallow Flooding (AO/AH Zones)
- Sec. 3.8.9 Warning and Disclaimer of Liability
- Sec. 3.8.10 Abrogation and Greater Restrictions
- DIVISION 3.9 DRAINAGE
- DIVISION 3.10 GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
- DIVISION 3.11 LANDSCAPING
CHAPTER 4
Administrative Bodies
Sections
- DIVISION 4.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- DIVISION 4.2 PARISH COUNCIL
- DIVISION 4.3 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
- DIVISION 4.4 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
- DIVISION 4.5 AIRPORT BOARD OF APPEALS
- DIVISION 4.6 PARISH STAFF
CHAPTER 5
Permits and Procedures
Sections
- DIVISION 5.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- DIVISION 5.2 GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR ALL APPLICATIONS
- DIVISION 5.3 PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS
- DIVISION 5.4 GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS
- Sec. 5.4.1 Required Public Notice
- Sec. 5.4.2 Rezonings (Zoning Map Amendments)
- Sec. 5.4.3 Specific Use Permits
- Sec. 5.4.4 Variances
- Sec. 5.4.5 Appeals of Administrative Decisions
- Sec. 5.4.6 Airport Variances
- Sec. 5.4.7 Airport Appeals
- Sec. 5.4.8 Floodplain Variances
- Sec. 5.4.9 Text Amendments
- Sec. 5.4.10 Pattern Book Approvals
- DIVISION 5.5 STANDARDIZED DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCEDURES
- Sec. 5.5.1 General Provisions
- Sec. 5.5.2 Conceptual Approval
- Sec. 5.5.3 Preliminary Approval
- Sec. 5.5.4 Engineering Approval
- Sec. 5.5.5 Final Approval
- Sec. 5.5.6 Acceptance
- Sec. 5.5.7 Subdivision Variances
- Sec. 5.5.8 Minor Modifications of Plats or Parcel Lines
- Sec. 5.5.9 Major Modifications of Plats; Change of Subdivision Name
- Sec. 5.5.10 Combinations
CHAPTER 6
Nonconformities
Sections
- DIVISION 6.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- DIVISION 6.2 TYPES AND CLASSES OF NONCONFORMITIES
- DIVISION 6.3 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Sec. 6.3.1 Generally
- Sec. 6.3.2 Elimination of Nonconforming Status
- Sec. 6.3.3 Abandonment
- Sec. 6.3.4 Enlargement
- Sec. 6.3.5 Alteration of a Structure with a Nonconforming Use
- Sec. 6.3.6 Moving a Nonconforming Use
- Sec. 6.3.7 Change of Nonconforming Nonresidential Use
- Sec. 6.3.8 Destruction of Structure with Nonconforming Use
- Sec. 6.3.9 Nonconforming Structures
- Sec. 6.3.10 Nonconforming Lots
- DIVISION 6.4 CONVERSION OF NONCONFORMITIES
CHAPTER 7
Enforcement, Remedies, and Interpretation
Sections
- DIVISION 7.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- DIVISION 7.2 ENFORCEMENT AND REMEDIES
- DIVISION 7.3 INTERPRETATION
CHAPTER 8
Title; Authority; Purpose; and Legal Status
Sections
- DIVISION 8.1 TITLE; AUTHORITY; JURISDICTION; EFFECTIVE DATE
- DIVISION 8.2 LEGISLATIVE INTENT; PURPOSE AND INTENT
- DIVISION 8.3 CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS; SEVERABILITY
CHAPTER 9
Measurements and Definitions
Sections
- DIVISION 9.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- DIVISION 9.2 MEASUREMENTS
- DIVISION 9.3 USE DEFINITIONS
- DIVISION 9.4 GENERAL DEFINITIONS
- Sec. 9.4.1 Word Usage
- 0-9
- A
- Abandonment
- Accessory Building
- Accessory Dwelling Unit
- A
- Accessory Use
- Accessory Use, Agriculture
- Airport Board of Appeals
- Airport Elevation
- Alley
- Alluvial Fan Flooding
- Alteration, Structural
- Apartment
- Apex
- Approach Surface
- Approach, Transitional, Horizontal, and Conical Zones
- Area of Shallow Flooding
- Area of Special Flood Hazard
- Area Regulations
- B
- C
- Centerline, Street or Alley
- Central Sewerage [Sewer] System
- Certificate of Occupancy
- Coastal High Hazard Area
- Collector Street
- Commercial Districts
- Composting Facility
- Condominium
- Condominium Apartment Structure
- Conical Surface
- Construction/Demolition Debris
- Convalescent Home/Nursing and Convalescent Hospital
- Critical Feature
- Crosswalk
- Cul-de-sac
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z