§ 40-474. Area regulations.

(a)

Area regulations concerning front, side and rear yard and lot area shall be in accordance with the underlying zoning district with the following exceptions:

(1)

In addition to front yard requirements of the underlying district, the first twenty (20) feet from the front lot line shall be the minimum front yard and building setback and shall be landscaped in accordance with section 33-6.25, Landscaping, buffering, and screening. No parking or paving shall be allowed in the required front yard except for sidewalks or approved driveways directly connecting the development site to the adjacent street. Notwithstanding provisions in Chapter 33 that establish lot frontage, for purposes of applying CPZ landscaped buffer requirements in the required yards of a corner lot and as determined by the planning director, the required front yard shall be located on the street with the higher classification in the parish thoroughfare plan, or if the streets have equal classification, it shall be located on the street upon which the building has its primary entrance.

(2)

On corner lots there shall be a yard with a minimum depth of ten (10) feet from the lot line abutting the side street, and this yard shall be landscaped in accordance with section 33-6.25, Landscaping, buffering, and screening. No building or structure shall be located within this required side yard. If a development has a side yard greater in depth than the minimum required yard, no support building or structure shall be located any closer to the lot line abutting the side street than the principal building.

(b)

All new development shall occur on sites with a minimum site area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet and a minimum frontage of seventy-five (75) feet and a minimum depth of one hundred (100) feet.

(c)

When two (2) or more adjoining lots comprise a CPZ development site, such lots shall be resubdivided into one (1) lot of record, except as provided for in section 40-472 Definitions and Permitted Uses and section 40-479(c) Group Development and Outparcels.

(d)

Development sites established prior to the effective date of this amendment, adopted on October 8, 2003, that do not meet the 10,000 square feet minimum site area requirement shall be exempt from such requirement. However, where two (2) or more adjoining and vacant lots with continuous frontage are in a single ownership at the time of passage of this amendment and such lots have a frontage or lot area less than is required by the CPZ, such lots shall be resubdivided to create one (1) development site which conforms to the minimum lot area requirements of the CPZ.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(XIII-G(4)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 22010, § 12, 10-8-03; Ord. No. 23663, § 2, 10-14-09; Ord. No. 24955 , § 7, 6-10-15; Ord. No. 25405 , § 74, 8-9-17)