§ 33:4882 — Building and zoning regulations in local governmental subdivisions; nonconforming

§4882. Building and zoning regulations in local governmental subdivisions; nonconforming
use
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law or municipal or parish ordinance or
resolution to the contrary, the governing authority of any municipality or parish and any
agency of any such municipality or parish shall not allow and shall not cause any building
or land to lose its nonconforming use status because, during all or part of the period of March
11, 2020, through March 16, 2022, it is temporarily vacant or operations normally carried on
in such building or on such land have been temporarily discontinued.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governing
authority of any parish having a population in excess of three hundred fifty thousand, based
on the latest federal decennial census, may by ordinance reduce the time period of March 11,
2020, through March 16, 2022, provided in Subsection A of this Section.

Legislative History

Acts 2006, No. 737, §1, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2022, No. 699, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.