§ 40-302. Permitted uses.

A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

(1)

Any use permitted in an R-3, Multiple-Family District.

(2)

Banks.

(3)

Clinics.

(4)

Drug stores limited to the sale of medical and dental products and articles of personal hygiene.

(5)

Flower shops.

(6)

Health and athletic clubs, providing the following criteria are met:

a.

The sale and service of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.

b.

There shall be no restaurant facilities. However, a health bar, which is an accessory use to the health and athletic club whose function is to offer for sale to the membership a limited selection of health related edible items, such as smoothies, juices, yogurt, soft drinks, pre-cooked food products, fruits and vegetables, is allowed. The health bar shall have no cooking facilities other than a microwave oven, occupy a maximum of ten (10) percent of the floor area of the health and athletic club, not be available for use by the general public and, further, serve no alcoholic beverages.

c.

There be at least one hundred (100) feet between any such use and buildings used as residences.

d.

The site has a minimum lot area of forty thousand (40,000) square feet.

e.

Landscaping and buffer provisions. Section 33-6.25 Landscaping, buffering, and screening shall apply, with the following additional provisions:

1.

All service areas and trash receptacles are screened by a wood, brick or masonry fence a minimum height of seven (7) feet. When such service areas or trash receptacles are located adjacent to residential development, an additional landscaped buffer strip a minimum of ten (10) feet in width is provided on that side of the property; [and]

2.

In accordance with section 40-665, Clear vision area regulations, accessway and street intersection sight triangles shall be maintained.

f.

The maximum height for any light fixture is forty (40) feet, except on the side of the development abutting residences, in which case the maximum height is twenty-five (25) feet. All light fixtures are shaded or hooped and oriented inward so as to prevent intrusion into surrounding areas.

g.

Any building consisting of a metal exterior shall be designed and constructed such that the front building face, the side building face on corner lots with street exposure, and at least five (5) feet of the adjoining side walls are finished with wood, brick, stucco, and concrete blocks with architectural treatment, glass or similar materials.

h.

Special permitted use :

1.

For health and athletic clubs not meeting the criteria outlined above due to site related or other hardships, council approval shall be required as per Article XL, Special Permitted Uses, with the exception of section 40-764, renewal of special permitted uses.

2.

Submittal requirements : The applicant shall submit those materials required by the parish for the special permitted use to the department of planning. Such submittal materials shall sufficiently detail the proposed health and athletic club as it relates to the above criteria.

(7)

Hospitals, convalescent and nursing homes—lots containing hospitals, convalescent or nursing homes must provide a minimum lot area of not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

(8)

Institutions.

(9)

Offices, medical.

(10)

Parking lots.

(11)

Pharmacies.

(12)

Restaurants.

(13)

Retail shops dispensing ocular or surgical supplies, providing that such store or shop be operated incidental to, and in the same building with professional offices as described above, and provided further, that such use not be advertised by signs projecting at an angle from any wall.

(14)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses when located on the same lot.

(15)

Multiple-family dwellings.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(XII(2)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 22670, § 6, 1-11-06; Ord. No. 22794, § 5, 7-19-06; Ord. No. 23330, § VIII, 6-11-08; Ord. No. 24823 , § X, 9-17-14; Ord. No. 25405 , § 53, 8-9-17)