New Orleans Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance

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10.2.B.5 HMC-1 District Floor Area Limitation

In the HMC-1 District, the floor area of commercial uses is limited as follows:

a.  Commercial uses are permitted uses up to three thousand (3,000) square feet of gross floor area, unless conditional use approval is required per Table 10-1.

b.  Conditional use approval is required for any commercial use of three thousand (3,000) to five thousand (5,000) square feet of total floor area.

c.  Any commercial use over five thousand (5,000) square feet of total floor area is prohibited. This applies only to new construction as of the effective date of this Ordinance. The establishment of a commercial use within an existing structure that as of the effective date of this Ordinance has more than five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area requires conditional use approval.