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Gretna
Sec. 102-94. Neighborhood commercial district, C-1.
(a) Description. The C-1 neighborhood commercial district is composed of certain lands and structures
used primarily to provide for the retailing of goods and the furnishing of selected services. Regulations
for the district are intended to permit and encourage full development of necessary and desirable
commercial uses. Compact shopping centers located in proximity to the residential areas to be served
are encouraged in this district. When development in an area creates a need for additional commercial
development, the code enforcement official and the planning advisory board will evaluate applications
for such neighborhood commercial districts with five conditions:
(1) A time limit may be placed on the zoning action to ensure that development of the commercial
structure will be carried out within a reasonable time. This limitation is important since a distinguishing
feature of the district is the necessity for the actual development to provide services essential to stable
neighborhoods.
(2) No neighborhood commercial district shall exceed a maximum area of ten acres.
(3) The neighborhood commercial district as proposed will not adversely affect the abutting residential
areas.
(27) Shops for minor repair employing not more than five persons on the premises (seeRepair, minor ,
section 102-3).
(28) Retail stores having a gross floor area of not more than 15,000 square feet or 12 percent of the
total area of the commercial shopping center in which the retail store is located, whichever is larger,
including restaurants and cafeterias. Retail seafood market establishments which are located within 100
feet of a residential district will only be permitted when the following criteria are met:
a. There is at least 50 feet between any such use and the adjacent residences; and
b. Approval is obtained from the city council.
Westwego
Sec. 20:110. - Neighborhood Commercial District (C-1).
Description. This district is composed of certain lands and structures used primarily to provide for the
retailing of goods and the furnishings of selected services. Regulations for the district are intended to
permit and encourage full development of the necessary commercial uses while at the same time
protecting nearby residential areas from possible adverse effects of the commercial activity. It is
expected that future commercial uses requiring this district classification will occur as planned, compact
shopping centers located in proximity to the residential areas to be served. At such time as development
of presently undeveloped areas of the city warrants the provision of additional commercial facilities, the
planning director and the planning advisory board will evaluate applications for such neighborhood
commercial districts neighborhood commercial districts on the basis of the requirements described
below. Upon finding by the planning director and the planning advisory board that an area is suitable for
and in need of a neighborhood commercial district, the area may be zoned, provided, however, that a
time limit may be placed on the zoning action to insure that development of the commercial structure
will be carried out within a reasonable time.
This limitation is important since a distinguishing feature of the district is the necessity for the actual
development to provide the surrounding residential area with the commercial facilities and services
essential to stable neighborhoods. In no case will the neighborhood commercial district exceed a
maximum area of ten (10) acres. Conditions of fact to be determined by the planning director and the
planning advisory board as a basis for neighborhood commercial C-1 classification:
(a) The neighborhood commercial district as proposed will not adversely affect the abutting residential
areas.
Permitted uses. In C-1 districts only the following uses of property shall be permitted: Any use permitted
in an R-1 single-family district, however, residential uses will only be permitted in the main structure
when in conjunction with permitted commercial uses in this district, provided such residential uses do
not exceed fifty (50) percent of the floor area of the structure, however, any existing residential use shall
be recognized as a conforming use.
Bakeries, retail, employing not more than five (5) persons. Banks, including drive-in banks, Barber shops
and beauty shops, Catering and delicatessen business; no food consumed on premises, Clinic, medical,
dental or chiropractic.
General retail stores having a gross floor area of not more than seventy-five hundred (7,500) square
feet, or twelve (12) percent of the total area of the commercial shopping center in which the retail store
or establishment is located, whichever is larger. Offices, any office not exceeding seventy-five hundred
(7500) square feet in one building, in which goods, wares, and merchandise are not stored, exchanged
or sold.
Kenner
Section 12.02. - Permitted uses: C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District.
A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:
Banks and homesteads, drive-in or otherwise, so long as driveway space shall be provided off the
street for eight (8) vehicles waiting for drive-up service at banks and two (2) vehicles waiting for
drive-up service at homesteads.
(22)
Stores and shops, except adult book/video stores and pawnbrokers for the conduct of a retail
business occupying not more than four thousand, five hundred (4,500) square feet of gross floor
area.
(23)
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses. Any building used
primarily for any of the above permitted uses may use no more than twenty-five (25) percent of
the floor area for storage purposes incidental to each operation.
(24)
Nonilluminated accessory signs as permitted in the RR-3 District except maximum height shall
be thirty (30) feet aboveground and illuminated or nonilluminated accessory signs pertaining to
the permitted uses in this district, limited in height to thirty (30) feet aboveground, total area not
to exceed one and one-half (1.5) square feet per linear foot of business frontage where sign/s
located, and maximum area per individual establishment, per business frontage where sign/s
located, shall be one hundred fifty (150) square feet. If a detached accessory sign is used,
maximum area shall be eighty (80) square feet.
(26)
The applicant shall submit a notarized affidavit indicating the property has not been vacant for
more than six (6) months.
c.
The applicant shall submit records from utility companies indicating usage for the past twelve
(12) months for all meters on the property.
Slidell
Section 2.16. - C-2 neighborhood commercial. (about the SAME AS HARAHAN C-1)
2.1601 - Permitted uses in the C-2 district are: any use permitted in A-8 residential district; office;
restaurant; grocery and drugstores; filling stations; barbershops; florists; beauty shops; meat markets;
clinic; bank, including drive-in banks; day care centers and nurseries; locker plants for storage of food;
launderettes; bakery; appliance shop; sporting goods; hardware; department stores; funeral homes and
mortuaries; art and dance studios; publishing and distribution but not printing, provided that the space
devoted to warehousing does not exceed 8,000 square feet of gross floor area and is not used for
storage of explosive, flammable or hazardous materials; retail dry cleaning dropoff and pickup stations,
dry cleaning shops employing facilities for the cleaning and pressing of dry goods for retail trade only,
and as approved by the fire marshal. However, multi-family residential uses shall not be permitted.
2.1601A - Conditional uses in the C-2 district are: trailers as defined by section 9.31e and in accordance
with the procedures and standards of section 2.2215.
2.1602
Prohibited uses in the C-2 district are: multi-family residential uses, and all uses not permitted herein
and trailers, except as used for temporary offices for construction purposes and other uses detrimental
due to odor, smoke, dust, gas, excessive glare, noise, vibration. See section 2.1901 for standards.
2.1603 - Height regulations in the C-2 district are: No building shall exceed 45 feet in height.
2.1604 - Area regulations in the C-2 district are as follows:
Front yard, 25 feet; side yard, rear yard—None is required except where a lot is used for a dwelling or in
part for a dwelling and it shall be the same as for A-8 residential district. See (h) below. When a side yard
is provided, said side yard shall not be less than three feet.
Whenever a C-2 commercial district abuts on a residential district which requires front, side, rear yards,
these requirements shall apply for the C-2 district for the side on which the abutment occurs only or 150
feet if no block exists and requirements of section 2.201(2)(b) and (2)(c) shall apply.
Lot size: Where a lot is used for a dwelling or in part for a dwelling, it shall be the same as district A-8
residential.
Jefferson Parish
Sec. 40-322. - Permitted uses.
In C-1 districts only the following uses of property shall be permitted:
This district is composed of certain lands and structures used primarily to provide for the retailing of
goods and the furnishing of selected services. ..... In no case will the neighborhood commercial
district exceed a maximum area of ten (10) acres. Conditions of fact to be determined by the
planning director and the planning advisory board as a basis for neighborhood commercial C-1
classification.
The front, side, and rear yard requirements shall be based on the non-residential use contained on the
lot. A residential dwelling shall not be permitted in structures containing non-residential uses that
operate between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m., or use, sell, or store hazardous materials as
classified in Chapter 13 Fire Prevention and Protection; Emergency Services and Communication of the
Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances, more particularly section 13-7(a) entitled Classes of hazardous
substances.
(3) – Bakeries, retail, employing not more than ten (10) persons per work shift, provided the gross floor
area of the bakery not exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(4) Banks, including drive-in banks. (5) Barber shops and beauty shops. (6) Board and care home
provided all applicable requirements are met and approval is obtained in accordance with Article XL,
Special Permitted Uses. (7) Catering and delicatessen business. (8) Cemeteries provided the following
criteria are met: a. No structure shall be permitted within the required yard area, however, in no case
shall a structure be located closer than ten (10) feet from the front property line of any zoning district. b.
All required yard areas shall be landscaped and permanently maintained. c. An opaque, visual barrier of
not less than six (6) feet in height and consisting of material such as masonry, wood, metal, vegetation
or any combination thereof shall be established along the perimeter property lines in compliance with
the applicable requirements of the Jefferson Parish Building Code and Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance. Additionally, if the visual barrier consists entirely of plant materials, a chain-link fence of not
less than six (6) feet in height is also required. d. Approval is obtained from the Jefferson Parish Council
in accordance with Article XL, Special Permitted Uses, however, any cemetery established and/or
dedicated at the time of adoption of this ordinance shall be considered conforming and shall not have to
comply with the provisions of Article XL.