SUBPART D. SHREVEPORT METROPOLITAN PLANNING
§140.1. General purposes
A. It is the purpose and intent of this Subpart to authorize metropolitan planning in
the city of Shreveport and to provide for the creation, organization, powers and duties of a
metropolitan planning commission; for the regulation of the subdivision of land in the
metropolitan planning area, as defined in this Subpart; for the making and adoption of an
official map or maps to preserve the integrity of the major street plan and other plans by the
regulation of buildings in mapped streets; for the making and adoption of a zoning plan and
zoning ordinance or ordinances; for the adoption of ordinances prescribing minimum
construction, health, and sanitation standards to prevent the spread of slums and to encourage
and assist public and private agencies, corporations, and individuals in the rehabilitation and
redevelopment of blighted areas; and for the adoption of other plans, ordinances, and
measures to effectuate the purposes of this Subpart.
B. It is the intent of this Subpart to provide for the planning and the effectuation of
plans for the orderly physical development of the metropolitan planning area.
Acts 1962, No. 52, §1; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1. 2022.
NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 362, §3, relative to repeal of Acts 1975, No. 573,
Acts 1978, No. 554, Acts 1980, No. 411, Acts 1984, No. 162, and Acts 2003,
No. 265.