§ 33:140.202 — Definitions

Louisiana § 33:140.202

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 33: Municipalities and Parishes

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For the purposes of this Subpart, certain words and phrases used herein are defined as follows:
(1) "City council" means the chief legislative body of a participating municipality.
(2) "Metropolitan planning area" means the unincorporated area of Calcasieu Parish and one or more incorporated municipalities within the parish who have entered into a joint cooperative agreement with respect to zoning and planning.
(3) "Municipality" means any incorporated municipality within the parish of Calcasieu and, where appropriate to the context, to that area lying within the corporate limits of such municipality as such corporate limits exist or may exist in the future. "Municipal" refers to any such municipality.
(4) "Parish" means Calcasieu Parish as such parish exists today or may exist in the future.
(5) "Planning commission" or "commission" means the Calcasieu Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission as provided for in R.S. 33:140.203.
(6) "Police jury" means the governing authority of Calcasieu Parish.
(7) "Street" or "streets" means streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, and other ways.
(8) "Subdivision" means the division of a lot, a tract, or parcel of land or a portion thereof, into two or more lots, sites, or other divisions, any one or more of which is to be platted as a lot of record for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, and also means resubdivision, or the consolidation of lots or tracts or portions thereof into single lots, and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing, as to the land or area subdivided.

Legislative History

Acts 2003, No. 1168, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.