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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.87 Board of adjustment; membership; powers and procedures; appeals from decisions
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§4780.87. Board of adjustment; membership; powers and procedures; appeals from decisions A. The governing authority of the parish may provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment and, in the regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to this Subpart, may provide that t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.88 Judicial review
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§4780.88. Judicial review Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision by the board of adjustment relative to any officer, department, board, or bureau of the parish may present a petition to the district court of the parish or municipality in which the pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.89 Enforcement of building and zoning regulations; penalty for violations
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§4780.89. Enforcement of building and zoning regulations; penalty for violations A. In case any building or structure is erected, structurally altered, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this Subpart or of any ordinance or other regulation …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.9 Enforcement of building and zoning regulations; penalty for violations
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§4780.9. Enforcement of building and zoning regulations; penalty for violations In case any building or structure is erected, structurally altered, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this Subpart or of any ordinance or other regulation made…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.90 Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply
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§4780.90. Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply A. Whenever the regulations made pursuant to authority of this Subpart impose higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.91 Applicability
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§4780.91. Applicability The provisions of this Subpart are intended to authorize the governing authority of the parish of Rapides to provide zoning regulations and restrictions in the district. The governing authority shall have no additional authority to provide zoning regulatio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4781 Regulation of tourist camps; suppression by injunction
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§4781. Regulation of tourist camps; suppression by injunction Police juries may pass ordinances providing for the regulation, supervision, and control of tourist courts or tourist camps and provide penalties of fine, imprisonment, or both, for violating the ordinances. Police jur…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4782 Regulation of electricians
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§4782. Regulation of electricians All municipalities, except New Orleans, may enact ordinances for the purpose of regulating persons pursuing or engaged in the business of installing wires or apparatus to convey electric current for light, heat, or power. In furtherance thereof, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4783 Sunday closing of butcher shops and bakeries in cities of over 25,000
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§4783. Sunday closing of butcher shops and bakeries in cities of over 25,000 Municipalities having a population of over twenty-five thousand may regulate or prohibit the opening and closing of butcher shops, meat markets, baker shops, and bakeries within their corporate limits on…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4785 Retail dealers in alcoholic beverages; suspension or revocation of permits
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§4785. Retail dealers in alcoholic beverages; suspension or revocation of permits A. Any municipality may suspend or revoke within the corporate limits and any police jury or other governing authority of a parish may suspend or revoke within the limits of the parish, permits issu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4786 Hearing; requirement of majority vote for suspension or revocation
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§4786. Hearing; requirement of majority vote for suspension or revocation Before any permit is suspended or revoked the holder thereof shall be entitled to a hearing as hereinafter provided, and no permit shall be revoked unless such a hearing has been held and a majority of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4787 Notice of hearing; petition for suspension or revocation of permit
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§4787. Notice of hearing; petition for suspension or revocation of permit A notice shall be served upon the holder of the permit stating the time and place of the hearing to be held by the governing body of the municipality or parish, or a municipal alcoholic beverage control boa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4788 Appeal from suspension or revocation of permit
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§4788. Appeal from suspension or revocation of permit The holder of the permit who is aggrieved by a decision of the governing body of the municipality or parish or a municipal alcoholic beverage control board to suspend or revoke his permit, may within ten days of the notificati…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4789 Sale of products from Communist countries
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§4789. Sale of products from Communist countries A. The governing authority of the parishes and municipalities of this state are hereby authorized to adopt ordinances to prohibit the sale and offering for sale of products manufactured or produced in any Communist country, any Com…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4790 Bicycle regulation in the city of New Orleans
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§4790. Bicycle regulation in the city of New Orleans The governing authority of the city of New Orleans is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt ordinances regulating the business of purchasing, selling, transferring, exchanging, repairing, or storing of new and used bicycles,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4791 Regulation of private ambulance services
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§4791. Regulation of private ambulance services A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of each municipality within the state of Louisiana shall have the power to adopt ordinances for the regulation of ambulance services operated by …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4791.1 Regulation by local governing authorities of ambulance services, emergency
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§4791.1. Regulation by local governing authorities of ambulance services, emergency medical services, and aspects attendant to ambulance operation A. The legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) The provision of consistently high quality emergency medical care, an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4792 Regulation by municipalities or other local governing authorities of private for hire vehicles, however propelled, providing passenger transportation services
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§4792. Regulation by municipalities or other local governing authorities of private for hire vehicles, however propelled, providing passenger transportation services A. The legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) The orderly regulation of vehicular traffic on the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:481 Municipalities governed by a special legislative charter; silent charter
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§481. Municipalities governed by a special legislative charter; silent charter Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in any municipality governed by a special legislative charter, if the provisions of the special legislative charter are silent on a particula…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4811 Ordering removal of remains of dead interred in residential area
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§4811. Ordering removal of remains of dead interred in residential area Whenever it appears to the police jury of any parish, that it is in the interest of the public health that the remains of any dead interred in any part of a residential subdivision of the parish, not within t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4812 Notice of ordinance ordering removal of remains
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§4812. Notice of ordinance ordering removal of remains Notice of the adoption of the ordinance shall be published once a week for five weeks in the official journal of the parish, calling upon all parties interested to remove the remains from the area within forty days after the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4813 Removal of remains of dead by police jury
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§4813. Removal of remains of dead by police jury The ordinance shall provide that, if the remains are not removed within forty days, or within such longer time as the ordinance may allow, after the first publication of the adoption of the ordinance in the official journal, the po…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4814 Board of examiners of steam boilers; certification of engineers
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§4814. Board of examiners of steam boilers; certification of engineers Municipalities of over fifty thousand inhabitants, through their local councils, may regulate the use of stationary and portable steam boilers, and may appoint a board of examiners of stationary and portable s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4831 Hawking and peddling to be regulated by police jury
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§4831. Hawking and peddling to be regulated by police jury All police juries may pass ordinances regulating and defining hawking and peddling. Police juries may enforce these ordinances by fine or imprisonment.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4832 Hawking and peddling in cities of over 25,000
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§4832. Hawking and peddling in cities of over 25,000 Municipalities with over twenty-five thousand population, may enact ordinances regulating the hawking and peddling in the streets and thoroughfares of market produce, vegetables, meat, fish, game, fruit and oysters, and may enf…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4833 Municipal ordinances prohibiting peddling of farm produce or fish forbidden
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§4833. Municipal ordinances prohibiting peddling of farm produce or fish forbidden A. It shall be unlawful for any municipality with a population of less than twenty-five thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census to enact an ordinance forbidding farmers or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4834 Protection given only to farmers raising produce
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§4834. Protection given only to farmers raising produce R.S. 33:4833(A) shall apply only to farmers selling produce raised by them or on their farms and shall in no way be construed to protect peddlers who did not themselves raise the produce which they peddle. Acts 2005, No. 354…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4835 Regulation of street sale of farm produce or fish permitted
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§4835. Regulation of street sale of farm produce or fish permitted A. Nothing in R.S. 33:4833(A) or 4834 shall be construed to prevent a municipality with a population of less than three hundred thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census from exercising its…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4851 Municipalities authorized to prohibit gambling
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§4851. Municipalities authorized to prohibit gambling Municipalities having a population of more than five thousand and less than one hundred thousand inhabitants may pass ordinances prohibiting gambling and provide penalties for the violation of any ordinances passed under this …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4851.1 Municipalities with population of 100,000 inhabitants or less
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§4851.1. Municipalities with population of 100,000 inhabitants or less All municipalities in the state of Louisiana having a population of one hundred thousand inhabitants or less are hereby authorized and empowered to pass laws prohibiting within said municipalities gambling or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4852 Parishes authorized to prohibit gambling with cards
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§4852. Parishes authorized to prohibit gambling with cards Police juries may suppress and prohibit gambling with cards, or any card game by whatever name the game may be called, at which anything of value is pledged, bet, or hazarded. This Section shall not apply to any private g…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4853 Authority to enforce ordinances
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§4853. Authority to enforce ordinances The police juries may adopt the necessary ordinances to carry out R.S. 33:4852 and may enforce the ordinances by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4854 Pool rooms and turf exchanges; regulations
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§4854. Pool rooms and turf exchanges; regulations Municipalities of less than five thousand inhabitants may regulate pool rooms and turf exchanges and provide penalties for the violation of ordinances adopted under authority of this Section.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4871 Authority to provide parking meters
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§4871. Authority to provide parking meters Municipalities may provide by ordinance for the installation, operation, maintenance, policing and supervision of parking meters on their streets as an aid to the regulation and control of parking of vehicles therein, and may fix and req…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4872 Election to approve parking meters
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§4872. Election to approve parking meters Where the parking meters are installed, an election shall be held by the municipality to decide whether the parking meters shall remain on the streets or be removed if a petition signed by fifteen percent of the qualified voters of the mu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4873 Parish and municipal advertising
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§4873. Parish and municipal advertising Parish and municipal governing authorities may advertise by publications and radio and spend of their funds, not otherwise specifically allocated by law, sums prescribed as follows: (1) Those serving territories exceeding one hundred thousa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4875 Hedges and fences; specifications
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§4875. Hedges and fences; specifications The police juries may regulate the height, and thickness, and may restrict the location of hedges and of fences constructed with posts and barbed wire.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4875.1 Exercise of police power; enclosure of residential and commercial swimming pools
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§4875.1. Exercise of police power; enclosure of residential and commercial swimming pools A. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and general welfare of the community, parish and municipal governing authorities may adopt ordinances regulating the enclosure of resident…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4876 Abandoned automobiles, major appliances, and other junk; disposition
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§4876. Abandoned automobiles, major appliances, and other junk; disposition A. The governing authority of any municipality or parish may enact ordinances regulating or prohibiting the storing or abandoning of junk, wrecked, or used automobiles or motor vehicles, or any part or pa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4876.1 Junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle; public nuisance
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§4876.1. Junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle; public nuisance A junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle, including part of a junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle, that is visible at any time of year from a public place or public right-of-wa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4876.2 Offense
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§4876.2. Offense A. A person commits an offense if the person maintains a public nuisance described by R.S. 33:4876.1. B. An offense under R.S. 33:4876.1 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars. C. The court shall order the abatement and removal of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4876.3 Authority to abate a public nuisance; procedures
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§4876.3. Authority to abate a public nuisance; procedures A. A municipality or parish may adopt procedures that conform to this Section for the abatement and removal from private or public property or a public right-of-way of a junk, wrecked, or used automobile or part of a wreck…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4876.4 Notice; time frame
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§4876.4. Notice; time frame A. The procedures for the abatement and removal of a public nuisance under R.S. 33:4876.3 shall provide not less than ten days' notice of the nature of the nuisance. The notice must be personally delivered, sent by certified mail with a five-day return…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4876.5 Hearing
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§4876.5. Hearing A. The governing body of the municipality or parish or a board, commission, or official designated by the governing body shall conduct hearings pursuant to the procedures adopted under this Part. B. If a hearing is requested by a person for whom notice is require…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4876.6 Disposal of a junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle
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§4876.6. Disposal of a junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle A. A junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle, including a part of a junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle, may be removed to a scrapyard, a motor vehicle demolisher, or a suitable si…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4877 Parish zoning ordinances; St
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§4877. Parish zoning ordinances; St. John the Baptist Parish The governing authority of the parish of St. John the Baptist is authorized to zone its territory, to create residential, commercial, and industrial districts, and to prohibit the establishment of places of business in …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4877.1 Parish zoning, notice to property owners, prohibited rezoning
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§4877.1. Parish zoning, notice to property owners, prohibited rezoning The governing authority of any parish with a population of less than three hundred fifty thousand authorized to zone its territory shall, at least ten days prior to the initial hearing on the matter, notify th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4878 Reciprocal enforcement of traffic offenses in contiguous parishes
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§4878. Reciprocal enforcement of traffic offenses in contiguous parishes A. The provisions of this Section shall apply only to contiguous parishes. For the purposes of this Section, contiguous parishes are parishes which share a common boundary. B. Parish governing authorities ma…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4879 Purpose; firearms buyback program; authorization
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§4879. Purpose; firearms buyback program; authorization A. It is not the purpose of this Section to discourage private ownership of firearms by law abiding citizens, but rather to provide an avenue by which citizens may safely dispose of firearms they no longer desire to own. B. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4880 Maximum penalty for dumping; Orleans Parish
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§4880. Maximum penalty for dumping; Orleans Parish Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing authority for the parish of Orleans may levy a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars for the violation of any ordinance which prohibits the dumping of trash, refuse, gar…