RS 140.30 - Method of procedure
Before enacting the zoning ordinance or any amendment thereto, the Police Jury shall hold a public hearing thereon, at least ten days notice of the time and place of which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish. The zoning ordinance, including the map or maps, may from time to time be amended; but no amendment shall become effective unless it be first submitted to and approved by the planning commission, or, if disapproved, shall receive the favorable vote of not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the City Council or the Police Jury, as the case may be.
NOTE: §140.30 as amended by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
RS 140.30 - Enforcement and remedies
The city council may provide for the enforcement of any ordinance enacted under this Subpart. A violation of any such ordinance is hereby declared a misdemeanor. In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, or maintained, or any building structure, or land is or is proposed to be used in violation of any ordinance enacted under this Subpart, the building inspector, permit and zoning clerk, municipal counsel, or other appropriate authority of the municipality, or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specifically damaged by such violation, may, in addition to other remedies, institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or use, or to correct or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land.
Acts 1962, No. 52, §30. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 211, §1, eff. June 29, 1978; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.