New Orleans Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance

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14.3.A.1 General Regulations

Table 14-2: Bulk and Yard Regulations establishes bulk and yard regulations for the Suburban Neighborhood Districts. (Highlighted letters in Table 14-2 indicate where those bulk and yard regulations are illustrated on the accompanying site diagram.)

Table 14-2: Bulk & Yard Regulations
Table 14-2: Bulk & Yard Regulations
BULK & YARD REGULATIONS		DISTRICTS
BULK & YARD REGULATIONS		S-B1	S-B2	S-LB1	S-LB2	S-LC	S-MU
BULK REGULATIONS
	MINIMUM LOT AREA	Dwellings above the ground floor: 1,000 sf/du, Non-Residential: 10,000 sf	Dwellings above the ground floor: 1,000 sf/du, Non-Residential: 10,000 sf	SF: 3,125sf/du 2F: 1,750sf/du Non-Residential: 5,000sf	SF: 3,125sf/du 2F: 1,750sf/du MF – 3 Unit: 1,500sf/du MF – 4 Unit: 1,200sf/du MF – 5+ Unit: 1,000sf/du Non-Residential: 5,000sf	SF: 3,125sf/du 2F: 1,750sf/du MF – 3 Unit: 1,200sf/du MF – 4 Unit: 1,000sf/du Small MF Affordable: None MF - 5-11 Unit: 1,000(800)sf/du MF - 12-40 Unit: 1,000(600)sf/du MF - 41+ Unit: 1,000(400)sf/du Townhouse: 2,000sf/du Non-Residential: 20,000sf Educational Facility: 2 ac	SF: 3,125sf/du 2F: 1,750sf/du MF – 3 Unit: 1,500sf/du MF – 4+ Unit: 1,250sf/du Small MF Affordable: None Townhouse: 2,000sf/du Non-Residential: 20,000sf Mixed-Use Ground Floor Commercial: 5,000sf
	MAXIMUM TOTAL FLOOR AREA – COMMERCIAL USE¹	Permitted up to 5,000sf of total floor area Conditional use approval required for 5,000 or more square feet of total floor area	Permitted up to 25,000sf of total floor area Conditional use approval required for 25,000 or more square feet of total floor area	Permitted up to 5,000sf of total floor area Conditional use approval required for 5,000 or more square feet of total floor area	Permitted up to 5,000sf of total floor area Conditional use approval required for 5,000 or more square feet of total floor area	None	Permitted up to 5,000sf of total floor area (ground floor only) Conditional use approval required for 5,000 or more square feet of total floor area No stand-alone commercial uses are allowed unless on the same lot as multi-family residential
A	MINIMUM LOT WIDTH	50’	50’	SF & 2F: 30’ MF - 3 Unit: 40' MF- 4+ Unit:50' Townhouse: 18’ Non-Residential: 50’	SF & 2F: 30’ MF – 3 Unit: 40’ MF – 4+ Unit: 50’ Townhouse: 18’ Non-Residential: 50’	SF & 2F: 30’ MF – 3-4 Unit: 40’ MF - 5-11 Unit: 50’ MF - 12-16 Unit: 60’ MF - 17-40 Unit: 75’ MF - 41+ Unit: 100’ Townhouse: 18’ Non-Residential: 100’ Educational Facility: 30’	SF & 2F: 30’ MF - 3 Unit: 40’ MF - 4+ Unit: 50’ Townhouse: 18’ per du Non-Residential: 100’ Mixed-Use Ground Floor Commercial: 50’
B	MINIMUM LOT DEPTH	100’	100’	Residential: 90’ Non-Residential: 100’	Residential: 90’ Non-Residential: 100’	SF, 2F, MF - 3-11 Unit Townhouse & Non-Residential: 90’ MF – 12+ Unit & Educational Facility: 100’	Residential: 90’ Mixed-Use Ground Floor Commercial: 90’ Non-Residential: 100'
	MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ATTACHED TOWNHOUSE UNITS						6
C	MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT	40’	40’	40’	SF, 2F, MF – 3-4 Unit & Townhouse: 40’ MF – 5+ Unit & Non-Residential: 55’	MF, Educational Facility & Non-Residential: 90’ SF, 2F & Townhouse: 40’	SF, 2F, MF – 3-4 Unit, Townhouse & Non-Residential: 40’ MF – 5+ Unit: 45’
	MINIMUM SPACE BETWEEN MIXED USE AND MF BUILDINGS						Building Side to Building Side: 20' when no curb cut access & 40' with curb cut access Building Side to Building Rear: 40' Building Rear to Building Rear: 60' for residential façades
	MINIMUM PERMEABLE OPEN SPACE	20% of the lot area	20% of the lot area	20% of the lot area	20% of the lot area	20% of the lot area	40%
	MINIMUM OPEN SPACE RATIO	None	None	None	None	None	None
MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS
D	FRONT YARD	Section 14.3.A.2	Section 14.3.A.2	Residential: 20’ Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: None, to a maximum of 12’	Residential: 20’ Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: None, to a maximum of 12’	None, to a maximum of 12'	None, to a maximum of 12'
E	INTERIOR SIDE YARD³	None	None	SF, 2F: 3’ Townhouse: 5’ Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: 0' to a maximum of 30', unless abutting a residential district then 5’²	SF, 2F & MF – 3-4 Unit: 3’ Townhouse & MF – 5+ Unit: 5’ Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: 0' to a maximum of 30', unless abutting a residential district then 5’²	SF, 2F & MF – 3-4 Unit: 3’ MF – 5-16 Unit & Townhouse: 5’ MF – 17+ Unit: 6’ Educational Facility: 20’ Non-Residential/Mixed Use: 10’	SF, 2F, Townhouse & MF – 3-4 Unit: 10% of lot width, but a minimum of 3' MF – 5+ Unit: 5' Non-Residential: 10'
F	CORNER SIDE YARD	None, to a maximum of 12’	None, to a maximum of 12’	Residential: 10’ Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: None, to a maximum of 6’	Residential: 10’ Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: None, to a maximum of 6’	10’	10'
	MINIMUM REQUIRED AGGREGATE OF SIDE YARDS (PERCENT OF LOT WIDTH)			SF, 2F: 20% to a maximum required aggregate of 12’ Townhouse: 20% to a maximum required aggregate of 15’ Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: None	SF, 2F & MF – 5+ Unit: 20% to a maximum required aggregate of 12’ Townhouse: 20% to a maximum required aggregate of 15’ Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: None	SF, 2F, MF - 3-16 & Townhouse: 20% to a maximum required aggregate of 12’ MF - 17-40 Unit: 20% to a maximum required aggregate of 15’ MF – 41+ Unit: 20% to a maximum required aggregate of 12’ Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: 20% to a maximum required aggregate of 20’ Educational Institutions: 30% to a maximum required aggregate of 40’
G	MINIMUM REAR YARD	3’	3’	Residential: 20’ Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: 3’	Residential: 20’ Non-Residential/Mixed Use: 3’	SF, 2F, MF – 3-11 Unit: 15’ MF – 12+ Unit, Townhouse, Educational Institution & Non-Residential/Mixed-Use: 20’	20'

TABLE 14-2 FOOTNOTES

¹Total floor area limits per commercial use

² If a property abuts more than one zoning district, the more restrictive yard requirement applies.

³Within the area designated as Middle Harrison Avenue, for those lots fronting on Harrison Avenue between Canal and West End Boulevards, when the consolidation of lots through resubdivision reorients the lot(s) such that the interior side yard now abuts a residential district, there shall be a 20 foot interior side yard setback required.

Table 14-2: Bulk & Yard Regulations
Table 14-2: Bulk & Yard Regulations
BULK & YARD REGULATIONS	DISTRICTS
BULK & YARD REGULATIONS	S-LP	S-LM
BULK REGULATIONS
MINIMUM LOT AREA	None	5,000sf¹ Small MF Affordable: None
MINIMUM LOT WIDTH	None	None¹
MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT	35’	Boathouses: Section 14.3.B.4 All other uses: 65’
MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS
FRONT YARD	15’	10’¹
INTERIOR SIDE YARD	15’	10% of lot width, but a minimum of 5’¹
CORNER SIDE YARD	15’	10’¹
REAR YARD	20’	20’, unless rear yard abuts a waterway, then none required¹

TABLE 14-2 FOOTNOTES

¹ Bulk and yard regulations for boathouses in the S-LM District are provided below in Section 14.3.B.4.

Jan. 15, 2016, Zoning Docket 099-15, Ord. 26,756 MCS; December 20, 2016, Zoning Docket 100-16, Ord. 27,223 MCS, §1; Ord. No. 26,726, §1, December 7, 2015, Zoning Docket 081/15; Ord. No. 27,538, §1, September 21, 2017, Zoning Docket 064/17; Ord. No. 27,722, §7, April 11, 2018, Zoning Docket 113/17; Technical Correction #2 and #3, 12-17-18; March 14, 2019, Zoning Docket 138-18, Ord. 28,012 MCS, §1; Ord. No. 28,911, §6, January 6, 2022, Zoning Docket 084/21; Ord. 29126, 8-12-22, ZD016/22