2019 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes
§4882. Building and zoning regulations in local governmental subdivisions; nonconforming use
RS 4882 - Building and zoning regulations in local governmental subdivisions; nonconforming use
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law or municipal or parish ordinance or resolution to the contrary, the governing authority of any municipality or parish and any agency of any such municipality or parish shall not allow and shall not cause any building or land to lose its nonconforming use status because, during all or part of the period of August 29, 2005, through August 28, 2007, as a result of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, it is temporarily vacant or operations normally carried on in such building or on such land have been temporarily discontinued.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governing authority of any parish having a population in excess of four hundred thousand, based on the latest federal decennial census, may by ordinance reduce the time period of August 29, 2005, through August 28, 2007, provided in Subsection A of this Section.
Acts 2006, No. 737, §1, eff. June 29, 2006.
