§ 33:140.50.17 — Subdivision regulations

Louisiana § 33:140.50.17

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 33: Municipalities and Parishes

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§140.50.17. Subdivision regulations
A. In exercising the powers granted to it by this Subpart, the commission shall
recommend regulations governing the subdivision of land within the metropolitan planning
area. Such regulations may provide for the harmonious development of the metropolitan
planning area; for the coordination of streets within subdivisions with other existing or
planned streets or with other features of the master plan or official map of the metropolitan
planning area; for adequate open spaces for traffic, recreation, light, and air; and for the
distribution of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable to health,
safety, convenience, or prosperity.
B. Such regulations may include requirements as to the extent to which and the
manner in which streets shall be graded and improved and water, sewer, and other utility
mains, piping, connections, or other facilities shall be installed as a condition precedent to
the approval of the plat. The regulations or practice of the commission may provide for the
tentative approval of the plat previous to such improvement and installation, but any such
tentative approval shall not be entered on the plat. Such regulations may provide that, in lieu
of the completion of such work and installations previous to the final approval of a plat, the
commission may accept a bond, in an amount and with surety and conditions satisfactory to
it, providing for the securing to the municipality and the parish, as appropriate, the actual
construction and installation of such improvements and utilities within a period specified by
the commission and expressed in the bond, and the town council and the police jury are
hereby granted the power to enforce such bonds by all appropriate legal and equitable
remedies.
C. Such regulations may provide, in lieu of the completion of such work and
installations previous to the final approval of a plat, for an assessment or other method
whereby the municipality or parish, as appropriate, is put in an assured position to do such
work and make such installations at the cost of the owners of the property within the
subdivision.
D. Before recommending its subdivision regulations or any amendments thereto, the
commission shall hold a public hearing thereon, at least ten days notice of the time and place
of which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and in
the parish; certified copies of these regulations shall be filed with the town council, police
jury, and the clerk of court. The commission shall then present its recommendation for
subdivision regulations to the town council or the police jury for adoption by the town
council or the police jury, as the case may be.

Legislative History

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.