SUBPART N. SMART GROWTH DEVELOPMENTS
§140.211. Findings, declaration of necessity and purpose
It is hereby found and declared that:
(1) It is the policy of the state to promote the sound growth and development of
parishes and municipalities by enabling them to undertake the correction of deficient
conditions, factors, and characteristics through a comprehensive master plan with
coordinated community development, the formulation, participation in, and adoption of
public and private improvement programs related thereto, and the encouragement of
participation in such efforts by private enterprise.
(2) It is the policy of the state to enable the governing body of parishes and
municipalities to promote the safety, health, morals and welfare, comfort and security of the
people of the state through the provision of adequate, safe, and sanitary accommodations and
facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto, for persons and families of all income levels.
(3) It is the policy of the state to promote a vigorous and growing economy, to
prevent economic stagnation, and to encourage the creation of new job opportunities, to
increase revenues to the state and to its parishes and municipalities and to achieve stable and
diversified local economies. In furtherance of these goals, it is the policy of the state to
enable the governing authority of parishes and municipalities to retain existing zoning and
planning initiatives, and to develop sites, reasonably accessible to residential facilities, for
new performing art and commercial building, in hopes that industrial and commercial
development of the area will proceed in sound fashion and in coordination with smart growth
development of housing, mass transportation and public services.
Acts 2016, No. 620, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.