Appendix B. ZONING

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PLAQUEMINES PARISH COMMISSION COUNCIL:

§ VI. Zoning district regulations.

Latest version.

The regulations in the A-1 Rural or Agricultural Zoning District are:

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

(a)

Farming.

(b)

Animal raising, or fowl, fish or shellfish cultivation, or the commercial sale of any such products raised or cultivated and sold on the land itself.

(c)

Trapping and fishing.

(d)

Single-family dwelling, or two (2) single-family dwellings attached or detached. However, it shall be unlawful to subdivide or resubdivide a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, plots, parcels or building sites for the purpose of sale, occupancy, building development or improvement, either immediate or future, where new streets are to be created or where property fronts on a street which has not been dedicated and accepted by the Plaquemines Parish Council, unless the subdivider and owner first obtain a zoning classification change for such subdivision or resubdivided land to a residential classification as established in this zoning ordinance. In Growth Areas 1—8 in the Belle Chasse Drainage District and 9—11 in the Ollie Drainage Districts, residential zoning classifications must contain no less than the square foot area and acreage allocation as established by the Probability Growth Models adopted by Plaquemines Parish Council Ordinance Nos. 95-314 and 95-315.

(e)

Home occupations.

(f)

Mineral extractions and development of natural resources upon obtaining a special permit from the council pursuant to its rules and regulations.

(g)

Public and private forest.

(h)

Agricultural nurseries.

(i)

Private stables and private kennels.

(j)

Mini-farms.

(k)

Accessory uses when located on the same lot.

(l)

Mobile homes.

(m)

Private boat houses (dry storage only).

(n)

Conservation projects.

Conditional uses:

(a)

Cemeteries.

(b)

Airports and heliports.

(c)

Radio and television broadcasting towers.

(d)

Public stables and public kennels.

Editor's note— Paragraphs 1.(d)—(n) and 2.(a)—(d) appear as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-31, adopted March 14, 1996.

Height, area and yard requirements: See Table 1 at the end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this section are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Paragraph N—Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Paragraph 8—Regulation of Signs

The regulations in the A-2 Rural or Agricultural Zoning District are:

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

(a)

Farming.

(b)

Animal raising, or fowl, fish or shellfish cultivation, or the commercial sale of any products raised or cultivated and sold on the land itself.

(c)

Trapping and fishing.

(d)

Single-family dwelling, or two (2) single-family dwellings attached or detached. However, it shall be unlawful to subdivide or resubdivide a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, plots, parcels or building sites for the purpose of sale, occupancy, building development or improvement, either immediate or future, where new streets are to be created or where property fronts on a street which has not been dedicated and accepted by the parish council, unless the subdivider and owner first obtain a zoning classification change for such subdivision or resubdivided land to a residential classification as established in this zoning ordinance. In Growth Areas 1—8 in the Belle Chasse Drainage District and 9—11 in the Ollie Drainage Districts, residential zoning classifications must contain no less than the square foot area and acreage allocation as established by the probability growth models adopted by Plaquemines Parish Council Ordinance Nos. 95-314 and 95-315.

(e)

Home occupations.

(f)

Mineral extractions and development of natural resources upon obtaining a special permit from the council pursuant to its rules and regulations.

(g)

Public and private forests.

(h)

Agricultural nurseries.

(i)

Private stables and private kennels.

(j)

Mobile home residences, attached or detached.

(k)

Mini-farms.

(l)

Accessory uses when located on the same lot.

(m)

Any use permitted in the C-2 General Commercial Zoning District for property fronting on a state- or parish-maintained highway, subject to council approval after a minimum fifteen-day written notification has been given to the adjacent property owners.

(n)

Conservation projects.

Conditional uses:

(a)

Cemeteries.

(b)

Airports and heliports.

(c)

Radio and television broadcasting towers.

(d)

Public stables and public kennels.

(e)

Homes for the aged, nursing homes and convalescent homes.

(f)

Orphan's homes.

Editor's note— Paragraphs 1 and 2 appear as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-32, adopted March 14, 1996. Ord. No. 98-1, § 1, adopted Jan. 8, 1998 added items (e) and (f) to subparagraph B.2.

Height, area and yard requirements: See Table 1 at the end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this section are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Paragraph N—Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Paragraph 8—Regulation of Signs

The regulations in the RS-1, RS-2, R-1A, R-1AB, R-1AA, R-1B, and R-1C Single-Family Residential Zoning Districts are:

Editor's note— Section I of Ord. No. 617, adopted June 26, 1985, added the R-1AA and R-1BB districts to subsection C. Sections I and II of Ord. No. 619, adopted June 26, 1985, purported to add the same districts to subsection 1 of § VI; but none of the paragraphs numbered 1 contain references to specific districts. The effect, therefore, would seem to be that Ord. No. 619, §§ I, II, would amend subsection C. in the same manner as § I of Ord. No. 617.

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

(a)

Detached single-family dwelling.

(b)

Private agricultural nurseries and gardens.

(c)

Private recreational uses.

(d)

Home occupations.

(e)

Accessory uses when located on the same lot.

(f)

Raising vegetables and fruit such as citrus fruit for home consumption only.

(g)

Public and private forests.

(h)

Conservation projects.

Conditional uses:

(a)

Parks, playgrounds, libraries and museums.

(b)

Churches.

(c)

Public and private schools.

(d)

Commercial aquarium, beach, circus or carnival grounds, zoo, amusement park or midway, when located on a site of at least fifty thousand (50,000) square feet and set back, a minimum of fifty (50) feet from any property line abutting a residential district.

(e)

Cemeteries and mausoleums on site of not less than five (5) acres.

(f)

Funeral homes and mortuaries located on a site not less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet and set back twenty (20) feet from all property lines. When such facilities abut a residential district, a visual screen of a fence or wall a minimum of seven (7) feet high shall be provided along all interior lot lines except within the front yard requirements.

(g)

Industrial and trade schools.

Editor's note— Paragraphs VI.C.1. and 2. appear as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-35, adopted March 14, 1996.

Height, area and yard requirements: See Table 1 at the end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this section are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Paragraph N—Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Paragraph 8—Regulation of Signs

The regulations in the R-2 Two-Family Residential Zoning District are:

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

(a)

Detached single-family dwelling.

(b)

Two-family dwellings.

(c)

Town houses, subject to provisions of Section VIII, Subsection 7A.

Editor's note— Subsection (c) has been amended by Ord. No. 513, § 4, adopted April 18, 1984.

(d)

Private agricultural nurseries and gardens.

(e)

Private recreational uses.

(f)

Home occupations.

(g)

Accessory uses when located on the same lot.

(h)

Raising vegetables and fruit such as citrus fruit for home consumption only.

(i)

Public and private forests, and similar conservation projects.

Conditional uses:

(a)

Parks, playgrounds, libraries and museums.

(b)

Churches.

(c)

Public and private schools.

(d)

Commercial aquarium, beach, circus or carnival grounds, zoo, amusement park or midway, when located on a site of at least fifty thousand (50,000) square feet and set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from any property line abutting a residential district.

(e)

Cemeteries and mausoleums on site of not less than five (5) acres.

(f)

(g)

Industrial and trade schools.

Editor's note— Paragraphs VI.D.1. and 2. appear as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-36, adopted March 14, 1996.

Height, area and yard requirements: See Table 1 at the end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this section are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Paragraph N—Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Paragraph 8—Regulation of Signs

The regulations in the RM-1 and RM-2 Multiple Family Residential Districts are:

Editor's note— Section I of Ord. No. 622, adopted June 26, 1985, changed "R-M" to "RM-1 and RM-2" in subsection E. Sections III and IV of Ord. No. 619, adopted June 26, 1985, purported to amend subsection 1 to change R-M to RM-1 and add RM-2; but since subsection 1 contained no specific district regulations, the effect would seem to be that Ord. No. 619, §§ III, IV, and § I of Ord. No. 622 make the same amendments to subsection E.

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

(a)

Any use permitted in the R-1A, R-1AA, R-1B, R-1BB, R-1C Single-Family Residential District and in the R-2 Two-Family Residential District.

Editor's note— Subsection (a) appears as amended by Ord. No. 652, § 2, adopted Jan. 8, 1986.

(b)

Town houses, subject to provisions of Section VIII, Subsection 7A.

Editor's note— Subsection (b) appears as amended by § 5 of Ord. No. 513, adopted April 18, 1984.

(c)

Multiple-family dwellings and apartment hotels

(d)

Houses for the aged, nursing homes, convalescent homes, and orphans' homes

(e)

Convents and monasteries

(f)

Fraternities, sororities, private clubs and lodges

(g)

Rooming, boarding, and lodging houses

(h)

Tourist homes

(i)

Storage garages.

Conditional uses:

(a)

(b)

Cemeteries and mausoleums on sites not less than five (5) acres.

(c)

Funeral homes and mortuaries located on a site not less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet and set back twenty (20) feet from all property lines. Where such facilities abut a residential district, a visual screen of a fence or wall a minimum of seven (7) feet high shall be provided along all interior lot lines.

(d)

Hospitals and sanitariums, but not animal hospitals, located on a site of at least three (3) acres.

Height, area, and yard requirements: See Table 1 at end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this section are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Paragraph N—Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Paragraph 8—Regulation of Signs

The regulations in the MH-Mobile Home Park District are:

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

(a)

Mobile home residences, attached or detached.

(b)

Mobile Home Parks, Trailer Court, Trailer Camps, and RV Parks, subject to compliance with Ordinance No. 96-108, the Plaquemines Parish Recreational Vehicle Park and Campground Ordinance, as amended, and Ordinance No. 96-110, the Plaquemines Parish Trailer Park Ordinance, as amended.*

Editor's note— Subsection (b) was amended by Ord. No. 00-143, § 1, adopted June 22, 2000.

(c)

Single-family dwelling*

(d)

Two family-dwelling*

(e)

Townhouses* - Subject to the provisions of Section VIII, Subsection 7A.

(f)

Multiple-family dwelling*.

*However, it shall be unlawful to subdivide a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, plots, parcels or building sites for the purpose of sale, occupancy, building development or improvement, either immediate or future, where new streets are to be created or where property fronts on a street which has not been dedicated and accepted by the Plaquemines Parish Council unless the subdivider and owner first obtain a zoning classification change for such subdivision or resubdivided land to a residential classification as established in this zoning ordinance. In Growth Areas 1—8 in the Belle Chasse Drainage District and 9—11 in the Ollie Drainage District, residential zoning classifications must contain no less than the square foot area and acreage allocation as established by the probability growth models adopted by Plaquemines Parish Council Ordinances No. 95-314 and 95-315.

For the purpose of this note, all permitted uses in subparagraph (b) above shall be treated as single-family dwellings for the purposes of complying with the probability growth models.

Editor's note— This note has been amended by Ord. No. 00-143, § 2, adopted June 22, 2000.

(g)

Private agricultural nurseries and gardens.

(h)

Private recreational uses.

(i)

Home occupations.

(j)

Raising vegetables and fruit such as citrus fruit for home consumption only.

(k)

Public and private forests, and similar conservation projects.

(l)

Accessory structures.

Conditional uses:

(a)

Parks, playgrounds, libraries and museums.

(b)

Public and private schools.

(c)

Pier, dock, boat livery, boat launching area, marina, and golf, country, yacht and fraternal club, and other appropriate recreational area and facilities primarily designed for use of occupants of the district.

(d)

Civic, cultural or community center.

(e)

Child or day care center.

(f)

Administrative and service area.

Editor's note— Paragraphs VI.F.1. and 2. appear as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-37, adopted March 14, 1996.

Height, area, and yard requirements: See Table 1 at end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this section are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Paragraph N—Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Paragraph 8—Regulation of Signs

Reserved.

Editor's note— Paragraph 5 of § VI.F., concerning special regulations for mobile home parks, was deleted by § 2 of Ord. No. 333, adopted Sept. 9, 1981.

The regulations in the M Medical Service District are:

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

(a)

Single-family dwelling*.

(b)

Two-family dwelling*.

(c)

Townhouses*, subject to the provisions of Section VIII, Subsection 7A.

(d)

Multiple-family dwelling*

*However, it shall be unlawful to subdivide a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, plots, parcels or building sites for the purpose of sale, occupancy, building development or improvement, either immediate or future, where new streets are to be created or where property fronts on a street which has not been dedicated and accepted by the parish council unless the subdivider and owner first obtain a zoning classification change for such subdivision or resubdivided land to a residential classification as established in this zoning ordinance. In Growth Areas 1—8 in the Belle Chasse Drainage District and 9—11 in the Ollie Drainage District, residential zoning classifications must contain no less than the square foot area and acreage allocation as established by the probability growth models adopted by Plaquemines Parish Council Ordinances No. 95-314 and 95-315.

(e)

Hospitals and clinics.

(f)

Offices of physicians, surgeons, dentists, psychiatrists, physiotherapists or practitioners in related specialties.

(g)

Parking lots and parking garages.

(h)

Pharmacies, drug stores, beauty parlors, barber shops, banks, flower shops and retail shops dispensing medical or surgical supplies.

(i)

Restaurants, but not drive-in restaurants.

(j)

Dormitories.

(k)

Hotels containing not more than one hundred (100) rooms.

(l)

Parks, playgrounds, libraries and museums.

(m)

Churches.

(n)

Private agricultural nurseries and gardens.

(o)

Private recreational uses.

(p)

Home occupations.

(q)

Public and private schools.

(r)

Accessory uses when located on the same lot.

(s)

Raising vegetables and fruit such as citrus fruit for home consumption only.

(t)

Public and private forests.

(u)

Conservation projects.

Conditional uses: None.

Editor's note— Paragraphs VI.G.1. and 2. appear as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-38, adopted March 14, 1996.

Height, area, and yard requirements: See Table 1 at end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this section are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Paragraph N—Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Paragraph 8—Regulation of Signs

The regulations in the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District are:

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

(a)

Single-family dwelling*.

(b)

Two-family dwelling*.

(c)

Townhouses*, subject to the provisions of Section VIII, Subsection 7A.

(d)

Multiple-family dwelling*

*However, it shall be unlawful to subdivide a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, plots, parcels or building sites for the purpose of sale, occupancy, building development or improvement, either immediate or future, where new streets are to be created or where property fronts on a street which has not been dedicated and accepted by the parish council unless the subdivider and owner first obtain a zoning classification change for such subdivision or resubdivided land to a residential classification as established in this zoning ordinance. In Growth Areas 1—8 in the Belle Chasse Drainage District and 9—11 in the Ollie Drainage District, residential zoning classifications must contain no less than the square foot area and acreage allocation as established by the probability growth models adopted by Plaquemines Parish Council Ordinances No. 95-314 and 95-315.

(e)

Stores and shops for the conduct of a retail business.

(f)

Personal service shops.

(g)

Restaurants.

(h)

Studios.

(i)

Meeting places.

(j)

Fix-it shops.

(k)

Laundries and laundromats.

(l)

Similar establishments for the convenience of the neighboring residents.

(m)

Mobile homes.

(n)

General business office, including, but not limited to, general administrative offices and sales offices with or without interior or show window display of products incidental to the office use.

(o)

Professional offices.

(p)

Banks, drive-in or otherwise, provided driveway space is made off the street for vehicles waiting for drive-in service, with a minimum off-street driveway storage space to accommodate five (5) automobiles for each drive-up banking window.

(q)

Clinics, but not to include animal clinics.

(r)

Data processing center.

(s)

Health or athletic club or studios, commercial or private.

(t)

Laboratories, medical and dental.

(u)

Private agricultural nurseries and gardens.

(v)

Private recreational uses.

(w)

Home occupations.

(x)

Accessory uses when located on the same lot.

(y)

Raising vegetables and fruit such as citrus fruit.

(z)

Public and private forest, and similar conservation projects.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 02-160, adopted Aug. 22, 2002, repealed former subsection (aa) of Sec. VI.H.1.

Conditional uses:

(a)

Amusement places.

(b)

YMCA, YWCA and similar institutions.

(c)

Private clubs.

(d)

Private and public schools.

(e)

Business schools.

(f)

Parks, playgrounds, libraries and museums.

(g)

Churches.

(h)

(i)

Cemeteries and mausoleums on sites not less than five (5) acres.

(j)

Funeral homes and mortuaries located on a site not less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet and set back twenty (20) feet from all property lines. When such facilities abut a residential district, a visual screen or a fence or wall a minimum of seven (7) feet high shall be provided along all interior lot lines.

(k)

Hospitals and sanitariums, but not animal hospitals, located on a site of at least three (3) acres.

(l)

Advertising signs and new and used machinery sales and services provided such establishments are located within one hundred (100) feet of the highway.

(m)

Airports, heliports and helistops.

Editor's note— Paragraphs VI.H.1. and 2. appear as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-39, adopted March 14, 1996.

Height, yard and area requirements: See Table 1 at end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this section are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Paragraph N—Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Paragraph 8—Regulation of Signs

The regulations in the C-2 General Commercial District are:

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

(a)

Single-family dwelling*.

(b)

Two-family dwelling*.

(c)

Townhouses*, subject to the provisions of Section VIII, Subsection 7A.

(d)

Multiple-family dwelling*.

*However, it shall be unlawful to subdivide a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, plots, parcels or building sites for the purpose of sale, occupancy, building development or improvement, either immediate or future, where new streets are to be created or where property fronts on a street which has not been dedicated and accepted by the parish council unless the subdivider and owner first obtain a zoning classification change for such subdivision or resubdivided land to a residential classification as established in this zoning ordinance. In Growth Areas 1—8 in the Belle Chasse Drainage District and 9—11 in the Ollie Drainage District, residential zoning classifications must contain no less than the square foot area and acreage allocation as established by the probability growth models adopted by Plaquemines Parish Council Ordinances No. 95-314 and 95-315.

(e)

Stores and shops for the conduct of a retail business.

(f)

Personal service shops.

(g)

Restaurants.

(h)

Parking garages and lots.

(i)

Studios.

(j)

Amusement places, meeting places, etc.

(k)

Fix-it shops.

(l)

Laundries and laundromats.

(m)

YMCA, YWCA and similar institutions.

(n)

Mobile homes.

(o)

General business offices.

(p)

Professional offices.

(q)

(r)

Clinics, but not to include animal clinics.

(s)

Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics.

(t)

Health or athletic club or studios, commercial or private.

(u)

Data processing center.

(v)

Laboratories, medical and dental.

(w)

Dry cleaning shops using no cleaning fluid whose base is petroleum or one of the derivatives.

(x)

Retail and wholesale uses.

(y)

Warehouses.

(z)

Storage and public garages.

(aa)

Filling stations.

(bb)

Barrooms, nightclubs and lounges.

(cc)

Radio and television studios.

(dd)

Drive-in theaters.

(ee)

Funeral homes and mortuaries.

(ff)

Hotels, motels or motor lodges.

(gg)

Cemeteries or mausoleums.

(hh)

Amusement enterprises, including bowling alleys, skating rinks, billiard rooms and any other similar commercial or recreational enterprises.

(ii)

Automobile, trailer, and farm equipment sales (new and used) need not be enclosed.

(jj)

Mineral and oilfield services and supplies, to include testing and research laboratories, but not to include the testing of combustion engines.

(kk)

Restaurants.

(ll)

Private clubs.

(mm)

Public, private and business schools.

(nn)

Parks, playgrounds, libraries and museums.

(oo)

Churches.

(pp)

Private agricultural nurseries and gardens.

(qq)

Home occupations.

(rr)

Accessory uses.

(ss)

Raising vegetables and fruit such as citrus fruit.

(tt)

Public and private forests.

(uu)

Conservation projects.

Conditional uses:

(a)

Airports, heliports and helistops.

(b)

Radio and television broadcasting towers.

Editor's note— Paragraphs VI.I.1. and 2. appear as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-40, adopted March 14, 1996.

Height, yard and area requirements: See Table 1 at end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this section are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Paragraph N—Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Paragraph 8—Regulation of Signs

The regulations in the I-1 Industrial Park District are:

Purpose of the district: In order to provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for certain types of business, industry, and related distribution and service facilities in well designed and landscaped buildings and to make available more attractive locations for these businesses, industries, and related facilities, as well as to provide corresponding reduction of travel time from home to work, an industrial park district is hereby created.

Special requirements: The uses permitted in this district shall be subject to the following special requirements:

(a)

Except for public and private utilities, all uses shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building. Where storage is incidental to the approved occupancy of the building, all products and materials used or stored shall be in a completely enclosed building or enclosed by a masonry wall, screening fence, or hedge, not less than seven (7) feet nor more than fourteen (14) feet in height. Storage of all materials and equipment shall not exceed the height of the wall. Storage of vehicles used in connection with the permitted trade or business is permitted only within the walled or screened area; but storage of heavy equipment shall not be permitted except as hereinafter provided. Roadbuilding, excavating or other heavy equipment shall not be stored except as a part of the inventory of a sales outlet.

(b)

Notwithstanding the yard regulations for the district, no part of any building or accessory structure shall be located closer than one hundred (100) feet to any residential zoning district boundary, except the A-1 and A-2 Rural and Agricultural Zoning Districts.

(c)

Loading operations shall be screened and conducted in such a way that in the process of loading or unloading, no vehicle will block the passage of other vehicles on the service drive or extend into any other public or private drive or street used for traffic circulation.

(d)

No parking, loading or storage of materials or products shall be permitted in the required front yard as per Table 1, Section VI, which required front yard shall be landscaped with trees, grass and shrubs, or other ornamental plantings and maintained in a neat, attractive condition.

(e)

Any such district must contain a minimum of ten (10) acres.

(f)

The council, in order to protect adjoining residentially zoned property, may require the imposition by the owner of deed restrictions enforceable by the Parish of Plaquemines governing the permitted uses and/or development of those areas of such district situated within three hundred (300) feet of an adjoining residential district. Not later than thirty (30) days following date of approval by the council, a certified copy of the ordinance approving the district, an authentic or private act of the owner imposing the required deed restrictions, and a copy of the plans showing location of the district shall be filed and recorded in the conveyance office of Plaquemines Parish or said approval shall be deemed null.

Editor's note— Section VI.J.2.(f) appears as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 89-134, adopted Aug. 10, 1989.

(g)

The maintenance of the landscaping that may be required in this district shall be subject to inspection and enforcement by the appropriate agency of the Parish of Plaquemines.

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes, subject to the performance standards of Section VI, Subsection O:

(a)

Generally, those light manufacturing uses similar to those listed below which do not create any danger to health and safety in surrounding areas and which do not create any [more] offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, lint, odor, heat or glare than that which is generally associated with light industries of the types specifically permitted below:

(1)

Manufacture or assembly and sale of medical and dental equipment, drafting, optical and musical instruments, watches, clocks, toys, games, and electrical or electronic apparatus.

(2)

Manufacture or assembly and sale of boats, limited to boats of less than three (3) tons if not located on a navigable waterway, ornamental wrought iron products, electrical appliances and sheet metal products.

(3)

Beverage blending or bottling, bakery products, candy manufacture, dairy products, and ice cream, but no fruit and vegetable processing and canning, packing and processing of fish, meat and poultry products, distilling of beverages or slaughtering of poultry or animals.

(4)

Manufacture of rugs, mattresses, pillows, quilts, millinery, hosiery, clothing and fabrics, printing, and finishing of textiles and fibers into fabric goods.

(5)

Manufacturing of furniture, boxes, cabinets, baskets and other wood products of similar nature.

(6)

Compounding of cosmetics, toiletries, drugs and pharmaceutical products.

(b)

Auditorium or lecture hall and recreation facilities primarily for employees in the district.

(c)

Banks, drive-in or otherwise.

(d)

Dwelling for resident watchmen and caretakers and their families employed on the premises and/or living quarters for employees except residential subdivisions of two (2) or more dwellings whether existing or proposed.

(e)

Gasoline service station, if located on a lot having an area not less than one (1) acre, and not including truck or trailer storage or mechanical servicing of trucks or trailers.

(f)

Helistop, subject to the approval of the council.

Editor's note— Section VI.J.3.(f) appears as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 89-134, adopted Aug. 10, 1989.

(g)

Hotel, motel or motor lodge.

(h)

Laboratories, research, experimental or testing.

(i)

Offices and office buildings.

(j)

General business offices, including but not limited to general administrative offices and/or sales offices with or without interior or show window display of products, related servicing or storage facilities incidental to the office use.

(k)

Merchandise or storage warehouses, with or without floor area devoted to display, sale, servicing, warehousing and handling of merchandise.

(l)

Sales, display, storage and servicing or roadbuilding, excavating or other heavy equipment (new or used), subject to the restrictions on storage provided in Paragraph 2(a).

(m)

Motion picture studio.

(n)

Nursery for growing or propagation of plants, trees and shrubs.

(o)

Photographic processing or blueprinting.

(p)

Printing and publishing.

(q)

Restaurants, but not drive-in restaurants.

(r)

All necessary public utilities and services including but not limited to the following subject to review by the environmental review committee:

Editor's note— Section VI.J.3.(r) appears as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-42, adopted March 14, 1996.

(1)

Gas distribution mains and gas regulator stations.

(2)

Electrical utility distribution lines, meters, service lines, distribution transformers and related appurtenances and transmission facilities.

(3)

Radio, television and microwave relay, transmitting or receiving towers or antennae when set back a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from all lot lines, and not exceeding seventy-five (75) feet in height.

(4)

Underground sewerage lift or pumping station.

(5)

Aboveground sewerage lift or pumping station.

(6)

Water distribution systems, meters, sanitary and storm water sewerage systems and related appurtenances.

(7)

Public water towers and aboveground water storage tanks.

(8)

Water pumping stations.

(9)

Storm water pumping station providing at least two (2) off-street parking spaces are provided.

(10)

Electric substations on sites of a minimum of one acre sites completely surrounded by public streets, adequately screened from any abutting residential district by a landscaped fence or hedge at least sixteen (16) feet in height with all buildings or structures other than poles and self-supporting radio towers, set back a minimum of twenty (20) feet from all property lines abutting a residential district and limited in height to forty (40) feet. Self-supporting radio towers shall be set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines.

(11)

Telephone exchanges provided all buildings, structures, and parking areas are adequately screened from any abutting residential district by a landscaped fence or hedge at least six (6) feet in height. Off-street parking shall be provided in an amount necessary to provide adequate off-street parking area for all employees regularly employed on the premises.

(12)

Public telephones (booth or otherwise), subject to:

(a)

Such telephones being illuminated for night use and situated in such manner as to avoid the creation of a potential hazard for adjacent streets, roadways, or driveways.

(b)

Such telephones not obstructing any public sidewalks or pedestrian way.

(13)

Public transit waiting stations when they comply with the following requirements:

(a)

Such facilities shall be situated in such a manner as to avoid the creation of a potential hazard for adjacent streets, roadways or driveways.

(b)

Such facilities do not obstruct any public sidewalks or pedestrian way.

Conditional uses:

(a)

Dwellings that can be screened from industrial activity.

(b)

Town houses.

(c)

Multiple-family dwellings.

(d)

Trade schools, colleges and universities including usual housing and social facilities when located on a site of at least ten (10) acres and provided such facilities are set back in accordance with Table No. 1, Section VI, at the end of this section, and provided further that any accessory use which has accompanying hazards, such as fire, explosion, noise, vibration, dust, or emission of smoke, odors or toxic gases, or other hazards to public health, safety or welfare may be permitted only in accordance with the provision of Section VI, Paragraph L, Hazardous Industrial Uses.

(e)

Apartment hotels.

(f)

Homes for the aged, nursing homes, convalescent homes, and orphan homes when operated by public or private agencies.

(g)

Child care centers.

(h)

Heliport.

Height, area and bulk requirements: See Table 1 at the end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this article are supplemented or modified by regulations in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.	Subsection N—Off-street Parking and Loading
Section VI.	Subsection O—Performance Standards
Section VIII.	Exceptions and Modifications
Section VIII.	Subsection 8—Regulations of Signs

Editor's note— The provisions of subsection VI.J were amended in their entirety (1—6) by § 11 of Ord. No. 513, adopted April 18, 1984.

The regulations in the I-2 Light Industrial District are:

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes, subject to the performance standards of Section VI, Subsection O:

(a)

Dwelling for resident watchmen and caretakers and their families, employed on the premises and/or living quarters for employees except residential subdivisions of two (2) or more dwellings whether existing or proposed.

Editor's note— The provisions of subparagraph (a) of § VI.K.1 were amended by § 7 of Ord. No. 145, adopted March 10, 1976.

(b)

Any business, commercial or office uses permitted in any of the above districts.

(c)

(1)

Animal pound.

(2)

Animal, poultry and bird raising, commercial.

(3)

Automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle and bicycle repair and assembly.

(4)

Awning manufacture.

(5)

Bakery products, wholesale (manufacturing permitted).

(6)

Basket and hamper (wood, reed, rattan, etc.).

(7)

Bedding (mattresses, pillow and quilt).

(8)

Beverage blending, bottling (all types), but not distilling.

(9)

Boat sales, service and rentals.

(10)

Boot and shoe manufacture.

(11)

Box and crate.

(12)

Broom manufacture.

(13)

Bus garage and repair shop.

(14)

Cabinet making.

(15)

Candy, wholesale (manufacturing permitted).

(16)

Cap and hat manufacture.

(17)

Carbon paper and inked ribbons manufacture.

(18)

Carpet, rug and mat, including cleaning.

(19)

Cigar and cigarette manufacture.

(20)

Cleaning and dyeing of garments, hats, and rugs.

(21)

Clock manufacture.

(22)

Coal and coke storage and sales.

(23)

Coffin manufacture.

(24)

Condensed and evaporated milk processing and canning.

(25)

Contractor's shop and storage yard.

(26)

Creamery and bottling operations.

(27)

Dairy products.

(28)

Dental laboratory.

(29)

Electrical sign manufacture.

(30)

Electronic products.

(31)

Exposition building and center.

(32)

Exterminating establishment.

(33)

Fireplace logs.

(34)

Flower, artificial, manufacture.

(35)

Fruit and vegetable processing (including canning, preserving, drying and freezing).

(36)

Fur finishing.

(37)

Grain blending and packaging, but not mailing [milling].

(38)

Greenhouses, commercial, wholesale or retail.

(39)

Heating, ventilating, cooking and refrigeration supplies and appliances.

(40)

Airport hangar, heliport or helistop, provided it shall comply with the regulations of the Federal Aviation Agency.

(41)

Hosiery mill.

(42)

Ice cream, wholesale (manufacturing permitted).

(43)

Ice manufacture, including dry ice.

(44)

Industrial vocational training school, including internal combustion engines.

(45)

Ink manufacturing (mixing only).

(46)

Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants, and related industrial and household chemical compounds (blending only).

(47)

Iron (ornamental) fabrication.

(48)

Jewelry manufacture.

(49)

Kennel, boarding or otherwise.

(50)

Knitting, weaving, printing, finishing of textiles and fibers into fabric goods, including clothing.

(51)

Laboratories, research or experimental, but not combustion engines.

(52)

Laundries, linen service.

(53)

Leather goods manufacture, but not including tanning operations.

(54)

Livery stables and riding academies.

(55)

Looseleaf book manufacture.

(56)

Macaroni and noodle manufacture.

(57)

Malt products manufacture (except breweries).

(58)

Market, wholesale.

(59)

Meat products, packing and processing (no slaughtering).

(60)

Medicine manufacture.

(61)

Milk distributing stations, including bottling.

(62)

Monument processing and shaping, including sales.

(63)

Motion picture studio.

(64)

Oleomargarine (compounding and packing only).

(65)

Office equipment and supply manufacture.

(66)

Optical goods manufacture.

(67)

Organ and piano manufacture.

(68)

Open storage of products manufactured on the premises.

(69)

Open storage of building materials, cement or lime in bags or container, sand, gravel, shell, lumber, structural or reinforcing steel, and the like, storage and sales, but not steel fabrication or junk storage.

(70)

Paper book and sack manufacture.

(71)

Perfumes and perfumed soap (compounding only).

(72)

Pharmaceutical products, drugs.

(73)

Plating, electrolytic process.

(74)

Printing, publishing and engraving.

(75)

Produce and storage warehouse.

(76)

Radiator repairs, cleaning and flushing.

(77)

Radio or television broadcasting station, studios and office.

(78)

Railroad passenger and freight station.

(79)

Research centers.

(80)

Sheet metal products.

(81)

Shipping container (corrugated board, fiber or wirebound).

(82)

Sign fabrication and painting shop.

(83)

Silverware and plated ware.

(84)

Theaters, including open-air and drive-in theaters.

(85)

Tire retreading, recapping and vulcanizing shop.

(86)

Transportation terminal, rail, truck, bus or water.

(87)

Truck repair.

(88)

Warehouse.

(89)

Welding or soldering shop.

(90)

Wholesale houses and distributors.

(91)

Reserved.

Editor's note— Section VI.K.1.(c)(91) was repealed by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-43, adopted March 14, 1996.

(92)

Gas distributing facilities and gas service centers.

(93)

Electric utility generating, and transmission and distribution facilities and electric service centers.

(94)

Telephone and communication lines and related facilities.

(95)

Transit service centers.

(96)

Radio, television and microwave relay, transmitting or receiving towers or antennae when set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from all lot lines.

(97)

Underground sanitary sewerage lift or pump station.

(98)

Aboveground sewerage lift or pumping station.

(99)

Water distribution systems, meters, sanitary and storm water sewerage systems and related appurtenances but not including lift and pumping stations or water towers.

(100)

Public water towers and aboveground water storage tanks.

(101)

Water pumping stations.

(102)

Storm water pumping stations.

(103)

Electric substations on sites adequately screened from any abutting residential district by a landscaped fence or hedge at least six (6) feet in height with all buildings or structures other than poles and self-supporting radio towers, set back a minimum of twenty (20) feet from all property lines abutting a residential district. Self-supporting radio towers shall be set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from all property lines.

(104)

Telephone exchanges provided all buildings, structures and parking areas are adequately screened from any abutting residential district by a landscaped fence or hedge at least six (6) feet in height. Off-street parking shall be provided in an amount necessary to provide adequate off-street parking area for all employees regularly employed on the premises.

(105)

Public transit waiting stations when approved by the department of utilities and found to comply with the following requirements:

(a)

Such facilities shall be situated in such a manner as to avoid the creation of a potential hazard for adjacent streets, roadways or driveways.

(b)

Such facilities do not obstruct any public sidewalks or pedestrian way.

(106)

Electric transmission facilities.

(107)

Worm farms.

Conditional uses: Any conditional use permitted in the I-1 Industrial Park District.

Height, area and bulk requirements: See Table 1 at the end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this article are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Subsection N—Off-Street Parking and Loading

Section VI.
Subsection O—Performance Standards

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Subsection 8—Regulation of Signs

Editor's note— Subsection K of § VI was amended in its entirety by § 12 of Ord. No. 513, adopted April 18, 1984. The amendment to subparagraph 1(a) enacted by Ord. No. 145 was, in essence, reenacted by Ord. No. 513.

The regulations in the I-3 Heavy Industrial District are:

Permitted uses: A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes, subject to the performance standards of Section VI, Subsection O:

(a)

Any use permitted in the I-2 District.

(b)

Any use consisting of general heavy industrial character, such uses generally being wholesale establishments, service industries, and/or industries that manufacture, compound, process, package, treat, store and distribute goods and material and which are in general dependent on raw materials refined elsewhere and associated with heavy industries of the types specifically permitted below:

(1)

Aircraft and aircraft parts.

(2)

Aluminum extrusion, rolling, fabrication and forming.

(3)

Animal import-export quarantine station.

(4)

Blacksmith shops, including gas and steam fitting shops.

(5)

Boat manufacture and repair.

(6)

Bolts, nuts, screws, washers, and rivets.

(7)

Building materials (cement, lime in bags or containers, sand, gravel, shell, lumber and the like) storage and sales.

(8)

Button manufacture.

(9)

Carbon paper and inked ribbon manufacture.

(10)

Chewing gum.

(11)

Chocolate, cocoa, and cocoa products.

(12)

Coffee, tea and spices, processing and packaging.

(13)

Container (metal).

(14)

Cooperage works (except cooperage stock mill).

(15)

Cosmetics and toiletries.

(16)

Creamery and dairy operations.

(17)

Fish, shrimp, oysters, and other seafood, processing, packing or storing, except fish curing or smoking.

(18)

Foundry products manufacture (electrical only).

(19)

Furniture (wood, reed, rattan, etc.).

(20)

Gelatin products.

(21)

Glucose and dextrin.

(22)

Hat bodies of fur and wool felt, including men's hats.

(23)

Laboratories, research, experimental, including combustion engine testing.

(24)

Machinery manufacture; machine shops.

(25)

Nails, brads, tacks, spikes and staples.

(26)

Needles and pins.

(27)

Pencils.

(28)

Planing and millwork.

(29)

Plumbing supplies.

(30)

Pulp goods, pressed or molded (including papier mache products).

(31)

Poultry packing and slaughtering.

(32)

Rubber and synthetic treated fabrics (including all rubber and synthetic processing).

(33)

Safes and vaults.

(34)

Soap, washing or cleaning, powder or soda (compounding only).

(35)

Stove and range.

(36)

Tool, dye, gauge and machine shops.

(37)

Tools and hardware products.

(38)

Trailers, carriage and wagon.

(39)

Veneer.

(40)

Vitreous enameled products.

(41)

Wood products.

(42)

Yarn, threads and cordage.

(43)

Storage of goods used in or produced by permitted commercial and industrial uses or related activities, subject to applicable district regulations.

(44)

Gas distribution mains, service piping, service regulators, meters, gas regulation stations and related appurtenances.

(45)

Electric utility lines, transformers and related appurtenances.

(46)

Radio, television and microwave relay, transmitting or receiving towers or antennae when set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from all lot lines.

Environmental impact uses: The uses listed below in this section are those hazardous industrial uses which manufacture, compound, process, package or treat the following products which have accompanying hazards, such as fire, explosion, noise, vibration, dust or emission of smoke, odors or toxic gases, or other hazards to public health, safety or welfare or which cannot be designed and constructed without appreciable expense to conform to high performance standards with respect to the emission of objectionable influences and which normally generate a considerable amount of vehicular traffic, and for which permits should be issued only after special review procedures.

Whenever application is made for a permit to use land or buildings in an I-3 Heavy Industrial District for any of the uses listed below in this section, which are usually accompanied by hazards, said application shall be accompanied by a description in writing or preliminary plans and specifications sufficient in detail to determine the location and nature of such uses. The application shall be transmitted to the council for its action after review and comments from the building official and the environment review committee which will consist of the following: (a) Safety department—Department supervisor; (b) Engineering and public works—Department supervisor; (c) Drainage and levees—Department supervisor; (d) Sewerage and Water—Department supervisor; (e) Solid Waste—Department supervisor; (f) Port Authority—Department supervisor; (g) Planning, permits and zoning—Department supervisor; (h) Health department—Department supervisor; (i) Legal department—Department supervisor and other expertise that may be necessary. The following shall be deemed to be environmental impact uses:

Editor's note— The second paragraph of § VI.L.2 appears as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-44, adopted March 14, 1996.

(1)

Acetylene, generation and storage.

(2)

Acids and derivatives.

(3)

Alcohol, industrial.

(4)

Aluminum, powder and paint manufacture.

(5)

Ammonia.

(6)

Aniline dyes.

(7)

Arsenal.

(8)

Asphalt or asphalt products.

(9)

Atomic reactor.

(10)

Automobile wrecking yard.

(11)

Blast furnace, cupolas.

(12)

Bleaching products.

(13)

Blooming mill.

(14)

Boiler manufacture (other than welded).

(15)

Brick, firebrick refractories and clay products (coal-fired).

(16)

Carbide.

(17)

Casein.

(18)

Caustic soda.

(19)

Cellulose and cellulose storage.

(20)

Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris.

(21)

Charcoal and pulverizing.

(22)

Charcoal, lampblack or fuel briquettes.

(23)

Chlorine.

(24)

Cider and vinegar.

(25)

Cleaning and polishing preparations, dressings and blackings.

(26)

Coke oven products (including fuel gas) and coke oven products storage.

(27)

Cotton ginning.

(28)

Cotton wadding and linter.

(29)

Cottonseed oil, refining.

(30)

Creosote.

(31)

Distillation, manufacture or refining of coal, tar, asphalt, wood and bones.

(32)

Distillery (alcoholic), breweries and alcoholic spirits (nonindustrial).

(33)

Dyestuff.

(34)

Excelsior.

(35)

Explosives, including ammunition and fireworks and explosive storage.

(36)

Fat rendering.

(37)

Film, photographic.

(38)

Fertilizer, organic or nonorganic.

(39)

Fish curing or smoking.

(40)

Fish oil and meal.

(41)

Flour, feed, and grain milling.

(42)

Forge plant, pneumatic drop and forge hammering.

(43)

Foundries.

(44)

Galvanizing and/or vulcanizing shops.

(45)

Gas manufacture and storage.

(46)

Glue, gelatin (animal), glue and size (vegetable).

(47)

Graphite or graphic products.

(48)

Hair, felt or feathers, washing, curing and dyeing.

(49)

Hair, hides and raw fur, curing, tanning, dressing, dyeing and storage.

(50)

Hydrogen and oxygen.

(51)

Incinerator, industrial or public.

(52)

Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants, or related industrial or household chemical compounds.

(53)

Junkyards, open or enclosed storage of junk.

(54)

Jute, hemp and sisal products.

(55)

Lampblack, carbonblack and boneblack.

(56)

Lead oxide.

(57)

Leather tanning and curing.

(58)

Linoleum and other hard-surface floor coverings (except wood).

(59)

Linoleum or oil cloth.

(60)

Match manufacture.

(61)

Meat or fish products, including slaughtering of meat or preparation of fish for packing.

(62)

Metal and metal ores, reduction, refining, smelting and alloying.

(63)

Minerals and earths quarrying, extracting, grinding, crushing and processing.

(64)

Molasses.

(65)

Nitrate (manufactured and natural) of an explosive nature and storage.

(66)

Nitrating of cotton or other material.

(67)

Nylon.

(68)

Oil, gas and mineral exploration, including wells.

(69)

Oil cloth, oil treated products and artificial leather.

(70)

Ore dumps and elevators.

(71)

Petroleum, gasoline and lubricating oil, refining and wholesale storage.

(72)

Pickles, vegetable relish and sauces.

(73)

Plastic material and synthetic resins.

(74)

Potash.

(75)

Public and commercial incinerators.

(76)

Pyroxylin.

(77)

Radioactive waste handling.

(78)

Rayon.

(79)

Rayon yarns.

(80)

Rendering and storage of dead animals, offal, garbage and waste products.

(81)

Rubber (natural or synthetic, including tires, tubes or similar products), guttapercha, chicle and balata processing.

(82)

Sand and/or gravel pits.

(83)

Sandblasting, subject to regulations of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

Editor's note— Section VI.L.2.(83) appears as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-45, adopted March 14, 1996.

(84)

Toxic waste of any kind.

Editor's note— Section VI.L.2.(83) appears as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-46, adopted March 14, 1996.

Conditional uses: Any conditional use permitted in the I-2 District.

Height, area and bulk requirements: See Table 1 at the end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this article are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Subsection N—Off-Street Parking and Loading

Section VI.
Subsection O—Performance Standards

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Subsection 8—Regulation of Signs

Editor's note— Subsection L of § VI appears as amended by § 13 of Ord. No. 513, adopted April 18, 1984.

The regulations in the FP—Flood Plain District are:

Permitted uses: This district is intended to comprise those areas which are subject to periodic or occasional inundation from stream overflows, storms, and tidal conditions and which are not within publicly owned hurricane protection levees and pump drainage systems. The use of property and buildings or structures in the FP—Flood Plain District shall be limited to the following, subject to the performance standards of Section VI, Subsection O:

(a)

All of the following residential, commercial and industrial structures or buildings when they meet the requirements of the parish building and sanitary codes:

(1)

Any use permitted in the RS-1, RS-2, R-1A, R-1AA, R-1AB, R-1B, R-1C, Single-Family Residential Districts and the R-2 Two-Family Residential District.

(2)

Farming and the keeping of agricultural livestock when in compliance with the parish sanitary code.

(3)

Public recreation.

(4)

Fishing and/or hunting preserves or lodges.

(5)

Camps, subject to applicable state and parish requirements.

(6)

Boat house and boat docks.

(7)

Boat repairs and shipyards.

(8)

Marinas or yacht clubs.

(9)

Oil field services and supply companies.

(10)

Warehouses.

(11)

Trapping and associated light industries.

(12)

Mineral extraction and development of natural resources upon obtaining a parish permit.

(13)

Marine services.

(14)

Ice making plant.

(b)

Mobile homes and all other commercial and industrial uses not listed above, subject to the approval of the council, with the exception that temporary construction trailers and/or buildings located within the flood plain district shall not require approval of the council.

Editor's note— Subsection M.1(b) of § VI was amended by Ord. No. 09-293, § 1, adopted Dec. 10, 2009.

Conditional uses: Other uses similar to those listed above as may be determined by the parish council.

Editor's note— Section VI.M.1. and 2. appear as amended by § 1 of Ord. No. 96-47, adopted March 14, 1996.

Height, yard and area requirements: See Table 1 at the end of this section.

Reference to additional regulations: The regulations contained in this article are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other sections of this ordinance, especially the following:

Section VI.
Subsection N—Off-Street Parking and Loading

Section VI.
Subsection O—Performance Standards

Section VIII.
Exceptions and Modifications

Section VIII.
Subsection 8—Regulation of Signs

Editor's note— Subsection M of § VI appears herein as amended by § 14 of Ord. No. 513, adopted April 18, 1984. The subsection had previously been amended by § 8 of Ord. No. 145, adopted March 10, 1976; § 1 of Ord. No. 183, adopted April 19, 1978; §§ 7 and 8 of Ord. No. 213, adopted April 4, 1979. Because Ord. No. 513 substantially revised subsection M, it is not possible to individuate the effects of the previous amendatory ordinances.

Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements.

General requirements:

(a)

Off-street parking space or area for one-family and two-family dwellings shall be provided on the same lot or plot of ground as the building to be served. The location of off-street parking space or area for other uses shall be not more than three hundred (300) feet distant from the main building provided, however, that the zoning classification of such land is the same as or less restrictive than the classification of the lot upon which the main use is located except as hereinafter provided. Such parking space or area shall be established by a recorded covenant or agreement as parking space to be used in conjunction with the principal use and shall be reserved as such through an encumbrance on the title of the property to be designated as required parking space or area, such encumbrance to be valid for the total period of the use or uses for which the parking is needed or in existence. Such agreement or covenant shall be duly recorded in the office of the Civil District Court, Parish of Plaquemines, and a certificate furnished the zoning administrator.

(b)

Parking requirements for two (2) or more uses of the same or different type may be satisfied by the allocation of a common or collective parking facility when such uses adjoin the area to be allocated for the parking facility. Such facility shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the individual uses computed separately.

(c)

Area reserved for off-street parking or loading in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use unless the permitted use which it serves is discontinued or modified except where equivalent off-street parking or loading space is provided.

(d)

For uses not specifically mentioned in this section the requirements for off-street parking and loading facilities for a similar use specifically mentioned in this section shall apply.

(e)

Where parking area is required for a multifamily, commercial or industrial use, and it abuts a district which is more restrictive, such parking shall be designed in accordance with section V, paragraph 7 of this ordinance.

Editor's note— Subparagraph (e) of paragraph 1. of subsection N of section VI was created by § VIII of Ord. No. 169, adopted Aug. 31, 1977.

Off-street parking requirements: Off-street automobile parking space or area shall be provided on any lot on which any of the following listed uses are hereafter established and in accordance with the schedule shown. When a use is increased in capacity by the addition of dwelling rooms, guest rooms, floor area or seats, the minimum off-street parking shall be provided for such increase. Parking space or area may be located on any portion of a lot except in the required front yard, with the following exceptions:

(a)

In commercial or industrial districts that abut on a highway where provision is made for cars to back onto the highway and further when barrier curbs are erected at entrances and exits.

(b)

In commercial or industrial districts that front on secondary roads or streets where the zoning administrator after a determination of the effect of the amount of traffic on such secondary roads or streets by the safety engineer, may permit access to the street without provision for barrier curb.

(c)

Unless permitted hereinafter in this ordinance. It shall be unlawful to convert an attached or detached garage or carport in a permanent residential living space unless the required off-street parking requirements can still be provided on any portion of a lot, except in the required front yard as herein provided.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 417, § 1, adopted Jan. 26, 1983, amended paragraph 2. of subsection VI.N., by rewriting the third sentence and adding subsubparagraph (a)—(c).

Use	Number of Spaces Required
Single Family Dwelling	1 space per dwelling unit
Multiple Family Dwelling	1½ space for each dwelling unit
Townhouse	1 space per dwelling unit
Mobile Home Courts 1 space per dwelling unit
Rooming & Boarding or Lodging Houses	1 space for each 2 bedrooms, plus 1 space for each resident owner or manager
Apartment Hotel	1 space for each dwelling unit, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Hotel	1 space for each guest room, plus 2 spaces at office, plus 1 space for each 4 employees
Tourist Home, Motel or Motor Lodge	1 space for each room, 1 space for resident manager
Public Library, museum, art gallery, or community centers	1 space for each 400 sq. ft. floor area, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Universities & Colleges	5 spaces per classroom, laboratory or other teaching room
High Schools or Business Schools	3 spaces each classroom, plus 1 space for each 8 seats in main auditorium or 3 per classroom plus 1 for each 3 employees, whichever is greater
Jr. High Schools, Elementary or Nursery Schools	1 space each classroom, plus 1 space each 10 seats in main auditorium or 1 per classroom plus 1 for each 3 employees, whichever is greater
Dormitories, Fraternities & Sororities	1 space for each 400 sq. ft. of floor area, 5 spaces minimum
Industrial or Trade Schools	6 spaces for each classroom
Music and Dancing Schools	1 space for each 6 seats
Church or Temple	1 space for each 6 seats
Convents, Seminaries, monasteries, rectories, parsonages & parish homes	1 space for each 10 residents
Auditorium, theater, gymnasium, stadium, arena, convention halls, or other places of assembly	1 space for each 8 seats
Furniture or appliance store, machine equipment & auto and boat sale & services	1 space for each 400 sq. ft. of gross floor area, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Office building, post office and studio	1 space for each 300 sq. ft. of gross floor area, plus 1 space for each 2 employees plus additional spaces upon recommendation of Safety Inspector
Banks	1 space for each 300 sq. ft. of ground floor area, plus 1 space for each 2 employees plus additional spaces upon recommendation of Safety Inspector
Restaurant or other establishment for consumption of food on the premises	1 space for each 150 sq. ft. of gross floor area, 5 spaces minimum
Retail store or personal service establishment	In C-1 District: 1 space for each 400 sq. ft. of floor area, 5 spaces minimum, plus additional spaces if prescribed by the Safety Inspector. In C-2 District: 1 space for each 300 sq. ft. of floor area, 5 spaces minimum, plus additional spaces if prescribed by the Safety Inspector
General Service or repair establishment, publishing, plumbing, heating, broadcasting & laundry	1 space for each 2 employees on maximum work shift plus 1 space for each company or business vehicle maintained on the premises. 5 space minimum
Beauty shop, barber shop	1 space for each 100 sq. ft. floor area, minimum 5 spaces
Fire & Police Stations	1 space for each 2 employees minimum 5 spaces
Nightclubs, barrooms & lounges	1 space per 100 sq. ft. of floor area, minimum 10 spaces
Auto service stations 2 spaces per service bay
Auto Laundries	1 space for each 6 employees, plus 1 space per manager & 2 spaces per washing lane (self-service) or 5 spaces per washing lane (automatic)
Roadside stand	3 spaces for each stand
Hiring halls & work distribution centers, employment agencies	1 space for each 10 persons of rated capacity, minimum 5 spaces
Radio & TV Stations & Studios & Recording Studios	1 space for each 2 employees minimum 5 spaces
Philanthropic & Charitable institutions, foreign consulates & consular offices	1 space for each 4 employees minimum 5 spaces
Bus or railroad station or airport terminal building	1 space for each 100 sq. ft. of waiting room, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, creamery, bottling plant, wholesale, warehouse or similar establishment	1 space for each 2 employees minimum of 5 spaces
Hospitals	1 space for each 4 beds, plus 1 space for each staff doctor, plus 1 space for each 2 employees including nurses
Medical or dental clinics	1 space for each 300 sq. ft. of floor area, minimum of 5 spaces
Sanitarium or similar institutions and clinics	1 space for each 2 beds, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Home for aged, nursing home, convalescent home and orphanage	1 space for each 8 beds, plus 1 space for each doctor & nurse, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Funeral Home & mortuary	1 space for each 200 sq. ft. of ground floor area minimum 10 spaces
Mausoleum	1 space for each 200 sq. ft. of ground floor area, minimum 5 spaces
Amusement place, dance hall, skating rink, swimming pool, natatorium or exhibition hall without fixed seats	1 space for each 100 sq. ft. of floor area, plus 1 space for each 2 employees, minimum of 5 spaces
Animal Hospital, Kennel	Space equal to twice the enclosed area in such kennel, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Bowling Alley	5 spaces per alley, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Marina	1 space for each boat slip, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Pool halls & Billiard parlors	1 space for each 10 persons of rated capacity, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
Private clubs, country clubs, and lodges	1 space for each 400 sq. ft. of floor area, plus 1 space for each 2 employees, minimum
Riding stable	space equal to 50% of covered area of stable
Home occupations	minimum of 2 spaces.

Editor's note— The above table appears as amended by section IX of Ordinance Number 169, adopted August 31, 1977.

Off-street loading requirements: Every hospital, institution, hotel, commercial or industrial building or use having 7,500 square feet of floor area or more shall have at least one permanently maintained off-street loading space for each 7,500 square feet of floor area or portion thereof. Each space shall have the minimum dimensions of 10 feet by 25 feet and shall be provided within the building or upon the lot. This provision does not apply to commercial or industrial uses or to buildings that do not require the use of trucks or other vehicles for delivery or disposition of goods to and from the building.

Performance Standards. All uses shall be so operated as to comply with standards of performance or their equivalent which have been or which may be adopted or amended from time to time by air control commission of the State of Louisiana pursuant to Section 2204 et seq. of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes of Louisiana.

All uses shall be so operated as to comply with the performance standards described in this section below, and in addition to the performance standards hereinafter specified, all uses shall be so constructed, maintained and operated as not to be injurious to the use and occupation of the adjacent premises by reason of the emission or creation of noise, vibration, radiation, fire and explosive hazard or glaze.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter, change, modify or abrogate any authority granted exclusively to any state commission.

Smoke, dust, particulate matter, toxic or noxious waste materials: All uses shall be so operated as to comply with standards of performance or their equivalent which have been or which may be adopted or amended from time to time by the air control commission of Louisiana or by the stream control commission of Louisiana.

Radiation hazards: All uses shall be so operated as to comply with standards of performance or their equivalent which have been or which may be adopted or amended from time to time by the division of radiation control, Louisiana Board of Nuclear Energy.

Noise: Any industrial use shall be so operated as to comply with the performance standards governing noise set forth below. Objectionable noises of an intermittent nature shall be controlled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.

Sound levels shall be measured with a sound level meter and associated octave band filter manufactured in compliance with standards prescribed by the United States of America Standards Institute.

At no point on a property line or district boundary as indicated shall the sound intensity level of any industrial operation or plant other than the operation of motor vehicles or other transportation facilities exceed the decibel levels in the designated octave bands shown in the following table:

Between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Octave Band	Maximum Permitted	Sound Level (Decibels)
(Frequency, Cycles per Second)	Along Residential District Boundaries or at Lot Lines Within a Residential District	Along Residential District Boundaries or at Lot Lines Within a Commercial District
0 to 75	72	79
75 to 150	67	74
150 to 300	59	66
300 to 600	52	59
600 to 1,200	46	53
1,200 to 2,400	40	47
2,400 to 4,800	34	41
Above 4,800	32	39

Maximum permitted sound level shall be reduced by three (3) decibels in each octave band between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

Vibrations: No use shall be operated so as to produce ground vibration noticeable without instruments at the lot line of the premises on which the use is located.

Electromagnetic interference: No use, activity or process shall be conducted which produces electromagnetic interference with normal radio or television reception in any residential or commercial district.

Fire and explosion hazards: Each use shall be operated so as to minimize the danger from fire and explosion and to comply with the regulations contained in the building code of Plaquemines Parish and applicable fire prevention ordinances.

Humidity, heat or glare: In any commercial or industrial district (or floodplain district), any activity producing humidity in the form of steam or moist air, or producing heat or glare, shall be carried on in such a manner that the steam, humidity, heat or glare is not perceptible at or beyond the boundary of the district in which the use is located or at or beyond any residential or commercial district boundary.

Editor's note— Subsection O was added to § VI by § 15 of Ord. No. 513, adopted April 18, 1984.

TABLE 1. HEIGHT, YARD AND AREA REQUIREMENTS
District	Minimum Lot Area (in Square Feet)	Maximum Height of Building in Feet	Yard Requirements
			Minimum Front ⁽¹⁾	Side		Minimum Rear
				Total %	Min./Side
A-1 Rural or Agricultural	15,000	35	20	None	10	10
				(No building shall be erected within 15 feet from any side street line). For trailers, see MH requirements in this table.
A-2 Rural or Agricultural			For residential uses, see R-1C requirements in this table. For commercial uses, see C-2 requirements in this table. For trailers, see MH requirements in this table. For car parking requirements see table in Section VI, paragraph "N" shall govern for each respective use.
RS-1 Residential Suburban	43,000	35	30	20% lot width need not exceed 40	15	20% lot depth need not exceed 25
RS-2 Residential Suburban	22,000	35	30	20% lot width need not exceed 40	12	20% lot depth need not exceed 25
R-1A Single Family Residential	14,000	35	30	20% lot width need not exceed 20	10	20% lot depth need not exceed 25
R-1AB Single Family Residential	12,000	35	30	20% lot width need not exceed 20	8	20% lot depth need not exceed 25
R-1AA Single Family Residential	10,000	35	25	20% lot width need not exceed 20	6	20% lot depth need not exceed 25
R-1B Single Family Residential	8,000	35	25	20% lot width need not exceed 12	6	20% lot depth need not exceed 25
R-1C Single Family Residential	7,500	35	20	20% lot width need not exceed 12	6	20% lot depth need not exceed 25
R-2 Two Family Residential	5,000 Min. area per single family 3,500 per unit for two family (Townhouses—subject to provisions of Section VIII, Subsection 7A)	35	20	20% lot width	5	20% lot depth need not exceed 25
RM-1 Multiple	5,000 Min. area per single family 4,000 (each unit) 2 units or more	2 × width, not to exceed 100	20/40—when lot fronts on state or parish hwy.	20% lot width	5 (1-foot increase for each—10 max)	20% lot depth need not exceed 25
RM-2 Multiple	5,000—single family 3,000—(each unit) 2 units, 2,500—(each unit) 3 or 4 units, 2,000—(each unit) more than 4 units Townhouses—subject to provisions of Section VIII, Subsection 7A	2 × width, not to exceed 100	20/40 when lot fronts on state or parish hwy.	20% lot width	5 (1-foot increase for each—10 max)	20% lot depth need not exceed 25
MH Mobile Homes	5,000	35	20	20% lot width need not exceed 14	7	20% lot depth need not exceed 10
M Medical service	Same as adjoining Residential District	2½ × width, need not exceed 125	20/40—when lot fronts on state or parish hwy.	20% lot width (Same as R-2)	Same as R-2	10% lot depth need not exceed 10
C-1 Neighborhood commercial	Same as R-2 for dwellings	3 × width, need not exceed 150	20/40—when lot fronts on state or parish Hwy.	For commercial uses, reversed frontage shall be ½ of required front yard of abutting rear lot;		10% of lot depth need not exceed 10
				No side yard requirements except for dwellings, in which case same as R-2
C-2 General Commercial	Same as R-2 for dwellings	3½ × width (Max. 150)	20/40—when lot fronts on State or Parish Hwy.	For commercial uses, reversed frontage shall be ½ of required front yard of abutting rear lot
				No side and rear yard requirements except for dwellings, in which case same as R-2
I-1 Industrial Park	None	150	20/40—when lot fronts on State or Parish Hwy.	For industrial uses, reversed frontage shall be ½ of required front yard of abutting rear lot
				No side and rear yard requirements except for dwellings, in which case same as R-2
I-2 Light Industrial	None	150	20; 40 when lot fronts on state or parish hwy.	For industrial uses, reversed frontage shall be ½ of required front yard of abutting rear lot
				No side and rear yard requirements except for dwellings, in which case same as R-2
I-3 Heavy industrial	None	150	20; 40 when lot fronts on state or parish hwy.	For industrial uses, reversed frontage shall be ½ of required front yard of abutting rear lot
				No side and rear yard requirements except for dwellings, in which case same as R-2
FP Flood plain	None	None	20/40—when lot fronts on state or parish hwy.	None required except for dwellings, in which case same as R-2

Notes:

(1)

Any building fronting on Main Street from Avenue G to Hebert Drive, Belle Chasse, Louisiana shall have a minimum front setback line of 25 feet on the river side of Main Street and 30 feet on the west side of Main Street.

Editor's note

Table 1 appears as amended in its entirety by Ord. No. 96-52, § 1, adopted March 14, 1996. Table 1 was amended by Ord. No. 05-132, § 1, adopted May 12, 2005.

                    
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