Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:3722 – Establishment of building lines; building restrictions
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:3722
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- street: as used in this Part shall mean any public highway, boulevard, esplanade, square or street, or any part or side of the same, within the limits of any incorporated municipality having a population in excess of fifty thousand inhabitants. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:3721
Any municipality having a population in excess of fifty thousand may provide by ordinance for the establishment of a building line, on any street, provided that written notice of the introduction of the ordinance establishing the line is sent by registered mail to the last known address of each person owning property fronting on the street on which it is proposed to establish the building line. After the establishment of the line, no building or other structures shall be erected or moved and no existing buildings reconstructed or structurally altered, within the line established.
The line may be established on one or both sides of any street for the total length of the street or any part of it. The ordinance establishing the line shall set forth the name of the street and the part to which the line shall apply, and shall provide that the owners of property abutting on the street within the part affected by the line, shall take notice of and be bound by the provisions of the ordinance.