La. R.S. § 33:106.1 Planning Commissions; Exempt Subdivisions; Septic Tanks and Field Drains Permitted

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 33:106.1

A. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Chapter to the contrary, no parish, regional, or other planning commission, except those of the parishes of Bossier, Cameron, St. Charles, St. James, Lincoln, Plaquemines, St. Tammany, Washington, Allen, Tangipahoa, Jefferson Davis, Evangeline, Sabine, St. John the Baptist, West Baton Rouge, and Caddo, and those of any city or municipality within said parishes, and except those covering a jurisdiction with a population greater than three hundred thousand, shall have jurisdiction over the following subdivisions of land except with respect to requirements for utilities, drainage, including sewerage disposal and street planning dimensions, composition, and alignment:

(1) Any parcel of land situated outside an incorporated area which is owned wholly by one owner or co-owners and is divided into single-family lots of a minimum square footage of twenty-two thousand five hundred square feet, with a minimum width of one hundred twenty-five feet of frontage, except those lots that are nonrectangular with less than a minimum of one hundred twenty-five feet of frontage have an average width of one hundred twenty-five feet, provided said lots have a frontage of at least sixty feet, and provided that the size of the lots can support sewage disposal systems and individual water systems which meet the requirements of the office of preventive and public health services after consideration of recognized standards of suitability. However, the provisions of this Section and those of R....

(2) Any parcel of land, wherever located, upon which a servitude of passage is created for ingress or egress which does not create a through passage and is used exclusively as a driveway need not meet any street planning dimensions, except said servitude must be adequate in dimensions to provide for ingress and egress by service and emergency vehicles.