St. Martin Parish |
Code of Ordinances |
Appendix C. ZONING ORDINANCE |
Appendix A. SCHEDULE OF ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS; LAND USE/ZONING DEFINITIONS |
SCHEDULE OF ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS |
Zoning District C-1 (Light Commercial).
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.