Louisiana § RS 33:140.50.29 - Zoning plan
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 33:140.50.29 — Zoning plan, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 33:140.50.29. Zoning plan
A. If the commission recommends to the town council and to the police jury 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 town council and the police jury may exercise the powers granted for the purpose mentioned in R.S. 33:140.50.28 and may divide the municipality or that part of the parish within the metropolitan planning area outside the municipality, as the case may be, 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.
B. 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.
Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 33:140.50.29 ("Zoning plan") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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