§ 33:140.26 — The zoning plan

Louisiana § 33:140.26

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 33: Municipalities and Parishes

Text

§140.26. The zoning plan
If the commission recommends to the city council a zoning plan, including both the
full text of a zoning ordinance and the map or maps, representing the recommendations of
the commission for the regulation by districts or zones of the location, height, bulk, number
of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of the lot which may be
occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, and the
uses of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic
activities, and other purposes, then the city council may exercise the powers granted for the
purpose mentioned in R.S. 33:140.25 and may divide the municipality into districts or zones
of such number, shape, and area as it may determine, and, for such purposes, may regulate
the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, and uses of buildings and
structures and the uses of land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind
of building throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those
in other districts.

Legislative History

Acts 1962, No. 52, §26; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.