New Orleans Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance

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18.3 SC Suburban Corridor Use Restriction Overlay District

18.3.A Applicability   

1.  The SC Overlay District applies to the following areas:

a. All lots with frontage on General DeGaulle Drive/Woodland Highway between the Westbank Expressway and the Intracoastal Waterway;

b. All lots with frontage on Behrman Place and Behrman Highway between General DeGaulle Drive and the Orleans Parish/Jefferson Parish boundary line;

c. All lots within the entirety of all non-residential zoning districts that abut General Meyer Avenue between Behrman Avenue and Bennett Street.  
d. All lots with frontage on Chef Menteur Highway between Old Gentilly Road and the Industrial Canal.

e. All lots within the entirety of the blocks located at the intersections of the following streets with Chef Menteur Highway:

i. Press Drive;

ii. Louisa Drive;

iii. France Road.

18.3.B Use Restrictions   

When allowed as a permitted use in the base zoning district, the following uses require conditional use approval in accordance with Section 4.3

1.  Bar

2.  Car Wash

3.  Restaurant, Fast Food

4.  Retail Sales of Packaged Alcoholic Beverages.  Grocery stores are exempt.

Adopted by Ord. 28269 MCS, 12-5-19, ZD 78/19

18.3.C SC Sub-District Standards   

The SC Sub-District applies to all lots with frontage on any of the below streets:

1.  Newton Street

2.  General Meyer Avenue

Adopted by Ord. 28269 MCS, 12-5-19, ZD 78/19

18.3.C.1 Floor Area Limitation Increase   

Grocery stores, as described in Section 26.6, that dedicate thirty percent (30%) or more of shelf space and display area to fresh or fresh frozen foods, as described in Section 26.6, shall be entitled to an additional 5,000 square feet of floor area by right.

Adopted by Ord. 28269 MCS, 12-5-19, ZD 78/19