Zoning District C-1 (Light Commercial).  


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  • Permitted Uses:

    Business and professional offices; personal service shops; restaurants (no alcoholic beverages consumed on premises); studios; fix-it shops; laundromats; drugstores; catering and delicatessen services; cleaning and dyeing of garments; convenience stores (with or without gasoline); fire and police stations; funeral homes; nurseries (horticultural); similar retail stores for convenience of neighboring residents; day care nurseries and kindergartens; bakeries; and a dwelling for resident watchman or caretaker employed on premises.

    Permitted as Exceptions by Board of Adjustment:

    Railroads; temporary commercial amusements or recreational developments; temporary buildings used in connection with construction; institutions; airports; radio and television broadcasting towers; parking lots for business uses within 300 feet of district boundary; billboards; mini-warehouses; single-family dwellings; single-family mobile homes; all other uses permitted in R-M (Multifamily Residential).

    Permitted Signs:

    Business signs not over 120 square feet.

    Maximum Floor Area:

    6,500 square feet where more than one use is located in one district; 8,000 square feet is maximum combined floor area.

    Maximum Height of Main Building:

    50 feet.

    Lot Requirements (subject to Louisiana State Sanitary Code, Chapter 13):

    Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet.

    Front yard: 10 feet.

    Side yard: None.

    Rear yard: None.