§ 40-880. Permits pending amendments; moratorium.

(a)

Upon filing with the planning director a petition or application for a change or amendment to the comprehensive zoning ordinance and/or future land use map, or after a proposed amendment, supplement, change, zoning or land use study has been initiated by resolution of the Jefferson Parish Council and pending final disposition of said amendment, supplement, change, zoning or land use study, whether by ordinance, hearing or otherwise, the council may call for moratorium on development approvals affected by the proposed amendment or adopt interim development standards. Such moratorium or interim development standards shall be in effect from the date that a resolution is adopted or an ordinance is placed in summary for up to one (1) year or until the effective date of the ordinance, whichever occurs first. The council action shall not affect action on completed applications submitted prior to the resolution or ordinance, but may affect subsequent applications for the same project. When calling a study or invoking a moratorium, the council may establish interim development standards providing for reasonable approval conditions or exemptions for certain types of development applications that would otherwise be affected by the study or moratorium. Introduction of an ordinance that conveys the substantial intent of the planning director's findings and recommendations for the final disposition of a study shall extend a moratorium or interim zoning regulations for an additional period not to exceed six (6) months or the effective date of final council action, whichever comes first.

(b)

The expiration of a moratorium or interim development standards shall not result in the expiration of a study. The planning director shall notify the council ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of a moratorium. At any time during the ninety-day period the council may extend the moratorium or interim development regulations by resolution or ordinance for no more than one (1) additional period not to exceed six (6) months. Upon the expiration of the moratorium no identical moratorium shall be imposed for a two-year period from the final expiration date of the expired moratorium.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(XXVIII(5)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 21074, § 1, 9-20-00; Ord. No. 21396, § 1, 10-10-01; Ord. No. 21459, § 1, 12-12-01; Ord. No. 22142, § 12, 3-17-04; Ord. No. 23881, § 13, 9-22-10)