Enforcement and remedies

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RS 140.39 - Enforcement and remedies

The City Council and the Police Jury may provide, in their respective jurisdictions, for the enforcement of any code, ordinance, or other measure enacted under this Sub-Part. A violation of any such code, ordinance, or other measure is hereby declared a misdemeanor. In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be constructed, reconstructed, altered, extended, converted, or maintained in violation of any code or ordinance enacted under this Sub-Part, the building inspector, permit or zoning clerk, municipal or parish counsel, or other appropriate authority of the municipality or of the parish, 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 construction, reconstruction, alteration, extension, conversion, maintenance, or use, or to correct or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupancy of such building.

NOTE: §140.39 repealed by Acts 2020, No. 294, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.

RS 140.39 - Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §39; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.



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