New Orleans Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance

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11.3.A.1 General Regulations

Table 11-2A: Bulk and Yard Regulations establishes bulk and yard regulations for the Historic Urban Neighborhood Districts, less and except the HU-RD1 zoned properties in the area known as the Garden District Historic District. The boundaries of the Garden District Historic District are roughly Magazine Street, Josephine Street, Carondelet Street and Delachaise Street, excluding parcels facing along St. Charles Avenue except at the intersection with Jackson Avenue. (Highlighted letters in Table 11-2A indicate where those bulk and yard regulations are illustrated on the accompanying site diagram.)

Table 11-2B: Bulk and Yard Regulations establishes bulk and yard regulations for the HU-RD1 zoned properties in the area known as the Garden District Historic District. The boundaries of the Garden District Historic District are roughly Magazine Street, Josephine Street, Carondelet Street and Delachaise Street, excluding parcels facing along St. Charles Avenue except at the intersection with Jackson Avenue. (Highlighted letters in Table 11-2B indicate where those bulk and yard regulations are illustrated on the accompanying site diagram.)

Table 11-2A: Residential Districts Bulk & Yard Regulations
Table 11-2A: Residential Districts Bulk & Yard Regulations
BULK & YARD REGULATIONS		DISTRICTS
BULK & YARD REGULATIONS		HU-RS	HU-RD1	HU-RD2	HU-RM1	HU-RM2
BULK REGULATIONS
	MINIMUM LOT AREA	Residential: 5,000sf/du Non-Residential: 10,000sf	SF: 2,250sf/du 2F: 2,200sf/du MF: 2,000sf/du Small MF Affordable: None Non-Residential: 10,000sf	SF: 2,250sf/du 2F: 1,800sf/du Townhouse: 2,000sf/du MF: 2,000sf/du Small MF Affordable: None Non-Residential: 10,000sf	SF: 3,000sf/du 2F: 1,700sf/du MF: 1,250sf/du Small MF Affordable: None Townhouse: 2,000sf/du Non-Residential: 10,000sf	SF: 3,000sf/du 2F: 1,700sf/du MF: 800sf/du Small MF Affordable: None Townhouse: 1,800sf/du Non-Residential: 10,000sf
A	MINIMUM LOT WIDTH	50’	SF: 30’ 2F: 40’ MF: 40' Non-Residential: 50’	SF, 2F, & MF: 30’ Townhouse: 18’ per du Non-Residential: 50’	SF: 30’ 2F: 40’ MF: 40’ Townhouse: 18’ per du Non-Residential: 50’	SF: 30’ 2F: 40’ MF: 50’ Townhouse: 18’ per du Non-Residential: 50’
	MINIMUM LOT DEPTH	90’	90’	90’	90’	90’
B	MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT	35’	35’	35’	SF & 2F: 35’ Townhouse: 40’ & no more than 3 stories MF & Non-Residential: 40’ & no more than 3 stories	SF & 2F: 35’ Townhouse: 40’ & no more than 3 stories MF: 48’ & no more than 4 stories Non-Residential: 45’
	MINIMUM PERMEABLE OPEN SPACE	30% of lot area	30% of lot area	30% of lot area	30% of lot area	30% of lot area
	MINIMUM OPEN SPACE	None	Townhouse or Multi-Family: 120sf/du	Townhouse or Multi-Family: 120sf/du	Townhouse or Multi-Family: 120sf/du	Townhouse or Multi-Family: 120sf/du
	MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IN FRONT YARD	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%
	MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IN CORNER SIDE YARD	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%
	MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ATTACHED TOWNHOUSE UNITS			6	6	6
MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS
C	FRONT YARD	See Section 11.3.A.2	See Section 11.3.A.2	See Section 11.3.A.2	See Section 11.3.A.2	See Section 11.3.A.2
D	INTERIOR SIDE YARD	10% of lot width or 3’, whichever is greater	SF & 2F: 3’ MF: 3' Non-Residential: 5’	SF & 2F: 3’ MF: 3' Townhouse: 2-Story: 3’ Over 2-Story: 10’ Non-Residential: 5’	SF, 2F & MF – 3-4 Unit: 3’ Townhouse: 2-Story: 3’ Over 2-Story: 10’ MF – 5+ Unit: 10’ Non-Residential: 5’	SF, 2F & MF – 3-4 Unit: 3’ Townhouse: 2-Story: 3’ Over 2-Story: 10’ MF – 5+ Unit: 10’ Non-Residential: 5’
E	CORNER SIDE YARD	Residential: See Section 11.3.A.3 Non-Residential: 10’	SF & 2F: See Section 11.3.A.3 Non-Residential: 10’	SF & 2F: See Section 11.3.A.3 Townhouse: 2-Story: 3’ Over 2-Story: 10’ Non-Residential: 10’	SF & 2F: See Section 11.3.A.3 Townhouse: 2-Story: 3’ Over 2-Story: 10’ MF – 3-4 Unit: 10% of lot width but a minimum of 3’ MF – 5+ Unit, & Non-Residential: 10’	SF & 2F: See Section 11.3.A.3 Townhouse: 2-Story: 3’ Over 2-Story: 10’ MF – 3-4 Unit: 10% of lot width but a minimum of 3’ MF – 5+ Unit, & Non-Residential: 10’
F	REAR YARD	20% of lot depth or 20’, whichever is less	20% of lot depth or 15’, whichever is less	20% of lot depth or 15’, whichever is less	SF & 2F: 20% of lot depth or 15’, whichever is less Townhouse, MF & Non-Residential: 20’	20’

Table 11-2B: Garden District Historic District HU-RD1 Bulk and Yard Regulations
Table 11-2B: Garden District Historic District HU-RD1 Bulk and Yard Regulations
BULK REGULATIONS
		Single-Family	Two-Family	Small MF Affordable	Non-Residential
	Minimum Lot Area (Sq. Feet)	4,400	2,500	None	20,000
A	Minimum Lot Width (Feet)	40	50	50	100
	Minimum Lot Depth (Feet)	90	90	90	100
B	Maximum Building Height (Feet)	40	40	40	40
	Minimum Permeable Open Space	By lot width 40' or less: 30% of lot area Greater than 40': 40% of lot area	By lot width 40' or less: 30% of lot area Greater than 40': 40% of lot area	By lot width 40' or less: 30% of lot area Greater than 40': 40% of lot area	By lot width 40' or less: 30% of lot area Greater than 40': 40% of lot area
	Maximum Impervious Surface in Front Yard	30%	30%	30%	30%
	Maximum Impervious Surface in Corner Side Yard	30%	30%	30%	30%
YARD REQUIREMENTS
C	Maximum Front Yard (Feet) – See Section 11.3.A.2	20	20	20	20
D	Minimum Interior Side Yard (Feet)	3	3	3	10
E	Minimum Corner Side Yard (Feet) – See Section 11.3.A.3	4	4	4	10
F	Minimum Depth of Rear Yard (Feet)	18	18	18	20

Table 11-3: The Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Sub-District (MIZ) regulations establish mandatory inclusionary unit thresholds, set aside requirements, and Area Medium Income (AMI) levels and is required for any development that contains residential development of 10 or more dwelling units, including rental and homeownership dwelling units. Affordable Housing Units shall be in accordance with the standards outlined in the table below. All other bulk and yard regulations for the sub-districts are subject to the corresponding non-inclusionary zoning base district regulations.

Table 11-3: Historic Urban Residential Inclusionary Zoning Sub-District Regulations¹
Zoning Sub-District	Minimum Lot Area Requirement	Affordable Housing Unit Threshold	Set Aside Requirement %	Area Medium Income (AMI) Rental Units (%)	Area Medium Income AMI Homeownership (%)
HU-RD1-IZ	NA²	10	5	60	60
HU-RD2-IZ	NA²	10	5	60	60
HU-RM1-IZ	800 sf/du	10	5	60	60
HU-RM2-IZ	800 sf/du	10	5	60	60

TABLE 11-3 FOOTNOTES

¹The terms for the Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Sub-Districts in this section are outlined in Article 28.

²The minimum lot area requirement for properties in this district is established through the Established Two-Family or Multi-Family regulations as defined in Article 20.3.W.

Ord. No. 26,726, §1, December 7, 2015, Zoning Docket 081/15;j Ord 28178, 9-5-19, ZD 49/19; Ord. No. 28,911, §3, January 6, 2022, Zoning Docket 084/21