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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4723 (2026)
The regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the public streets, secure safety from fire, promote health and the general welfare, provide adequate light and air, avoid undue concentration of population, and facilitate adequate transportation, water supply, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. The regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the values of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the municipality.
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§4723. Purpose of regulations
The regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the public streets, secure safety from fire, promote health and the general welfare, provide adequate light and air, avoid undue concentration of population, and facilitate adequate transportation, water supply, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. The regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the values of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the municipality.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1956–2024 · leading case: Faubourg Marigny Improvement Ass'n v. City of New Orleans, 195 So. 3d 606 (La. Ct. App. 2016).
Faubourg Marigny Improvement Ass'n v. City of New Orleans, 195 So. 3d 606 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “R.S. 33:4723. Similarly, these regulations are to “be made with reasonable consideration of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with ,a view to conserving the values of buildings 12Sand encouraging the most appropriate use of land…”
City of Baton Rouge/Par. of East Baton Rouge v. Myers, 145 So. 3d 320 (La. 2014). “See LSA-R.S. 33:4723; LSA-R.S. seq. (governing the conduct of municipal and parish planning commissions and requiring that zoning be pursuant to a “master plan for the physical development” of the municipality or parish).”
Morton v. Jefferson Par. Council, 419 So. 2d 431 (La. 1982). “However, this broad grant is tempered by the express statutory purpose, R.S. 33:4723, and the possibility of "judicial review on the grounds of abuse of discretion, unreasonable exercise of the police powers, an excessive use of the power herein granted, or the denial of a right…”
Phillips' Bar & Restaurant, Inc. v. City of New Orleans, 116 So. 3d 92 (La. Ct. App. 2013). “R.S. 33:4723 indicates that zoning regulations shall, among other things “be made with reasonable consideration of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the values of buildings and encouraging the most…”
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. City of Alexandria, 155 So. 2d 776 (La. Ct. App. 1963). “Passing now to the specific issues in this case, we understand defendant Lowther's principal contention to be that the ordinance in question constitutes illegal spot zoning in violation of the provisions of LSA-R.”
West v. City of Lake Charles, 375 So. 2d 206 (La. Ct. App. 1979). “COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The plaintiff's first four specifications of error relate to the question of whether the city council's action in this case *208 conformed to a "comprehensive plan" as required by LSA-R.S. 33:4723. That statute reads as follows: "The regulations shall be made…”
Treme v. St. John the Baptist, 93 F.4th 792 (5th Cir. 2024). “R.S. 33:4723. 3 Case: 23-30084 Document: 00517066680 Page: 4 Date Filed: 02/16/2024 No.”
Archer v. City of Shreveport, 85 So. 2d 337 (La. Ct. App. 1956). “346, 348 , owners of property adjoining the lot which was rezoned from residential to commercial attacked the validity of the ordinance, contended, among other things, that the ordinance did not comply with the provisions of Section 3 of Act 240 of 1926, LSA-R.S. 33:4723,…”
Jemison v. City of Kenner, 277 So. 2d 728 (La. Ct. App. 1973). “The language of the ordinance is similar to that of LSA-R.S. 33:4723, which provides for the purpose of such zoning regulations.”
Lauritsen v. City of New Orleans, 503 So. 2d 580 (La. Ct. App. 1987). “33:4722 and R.S. 33:4723. Defendants and intervenors argue the trial court properly granted a directed verdict because plaintiffs failed to meet their burden of proof.”
TRAIL MIN., INC. v. Vill. of Sun, 619 So. 2d 118 (La. Ct. App. 1993). “R.S. 33:4723. Trail Mining appealed. Plaintiff assigns as error: 1) upholding the constitutionality of Ordinance 31 by finding the "Exceptions" section severable; and 2) finding Ordinance 31 is a validly enacted ordinance and not in violation of La.”
Wood Materials LLC v. City of Harahan, 262 So. 3d 1034 (La. Ct. App. 2018). “R.S. 33:4723 indicates that zoning regulations shall, among other things, "be made with reasonable consideration of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the values of buildings and encouraging the most…”
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