Louisiana § RS 33:4755.1 - Creation; purpose

§ RS 33:4755.1. Creation; purpose

A.  The New Orleans Housing Commission is hereby created as an administrative agency of the city of New Orleans.  However, the New Orleans Housing Commission, hereinafter referred to as "the commission," shall not exercise any of the powers conferred upon it by this Subpart until and unless the governing authority of the city of New Orleans has by resolution authorized the commission to exercise such powers as further provided herein.

B.(1)(a)  No later than ninety days after the effective date of this Subpart, the governing authority of the city of New Orleans, hereinafter referred to as "the city governing authority," shall by resolution call a public hearing on the activation of the commission.

(b)  Notice of the hearing shall be published at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing in the official journal of the city, and a full opportunity to be heard shall be given to all interested residents of the city at the hearing.

(c)  If the city governing authority finds it to be in the public interest to activate the commission, the city governing authority shall adopt a resolution so finding and declaring and shall transmit notice of the resolution to the mayor of the city.

(2)  Upon receipt of the notice of the resolution, the mayor shall appoint, with the approval of the city governing authority, members of the commission as further provided herein.  A certificate stating that the city governing authority made the finding and declaration and that the mayor has appointed the initial members of the commission shall be signed by the mayor and the initial members and shall be filed with the secretary of state.  Upon such filing, the commission shall be authorized to exercise all powers conferred by this Subpart.

C.  The purpose of the commission shall be to enforce those ordinances and regulations of the city applicable to vacant substandard structures, including but not limited to the Building Code of the city of New Orleans, Ordinance No. 17525 C.C.S., as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the city of New Orleans, Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended, Chapters 28, 30, 37, 48, and 54 of the City Code of the city of New Orleans, and the Fire Code of the city of New Orleans, Ordinance No. 4912 M.C.S.  It is the intent of this Subpart not to preempt any other mechanism of enforcement of such ordinances and regulations presently utilized by the city but to provide through the commission an alternative method of such enforcement.

Acts 1984, No. 920, §1, eff. July 20, 1984.