Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of Choudrant, Louisiana

Village of Choudrant’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Placing a mobile home on a site inside Choudrant village for residential or commercial use

  • Permit is issued by the zoning administrator and building inspector; it is a mobile-home placement permit only.
  • General building permit requirements for site-built homes were not located.

  “no mobile home shall be placed on any site within the village's limits to be used for residential or commercial purposes without the selling dealer, mover, mobile home park owner, or any one of them, first obtaining a permit from the zoning administrator and building inspector”

• Local zoningPresent

  All land inside the corporate limits of Choudrant village, Lincoln Parish, LA

  • Adopted as Chapter IV, Zoning Regulations, of the Village of Choudrant code (Ordinance No. 65). The copy was hosted on the village document host choudrant.municipalimpact.com; the village's own domain choudrant.org was not opened in this run.
  • The effective or adoption date of Ordinance No. 65 is not stated in the text read; effective_at is left null.
  • Later amendments exist as separate ordinances (for example Ordinance 96 amending the mobile home ordinance, and rezoning ordinances 98 to 124). They were not read and are not reflected here.
  • Section 3(b): territory annexed into the village is classified as O-L until changed by the amendment procedure.

  “this ordinance shall apply to all land within the corporate limits of the village of choudrant as such corporate limits exist or may exist in the future.”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Land inside Choudrant village limits

  • Districts listed in Section 6(a): O-L, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, B-1, I-1. The zoning map is incorporated by reference and was not read.
  • Section 16 table of permitted uses is stated as attached ('see attached') and was not legible in the text read.

  “the village of choudrant is hereby divided into the following types of districts.”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  R-2 (medium density, single-family residential) district inside Choudrant village

  • Subject to 'except as provided in article iii' (supplementary area regulations, Section 18, which includes a small-lot-of-record rule and reduced-lot rule) and to the subdivision ordinance; those were not fully read.
  • Multi-family and other uses have separate figures (multiple-family first two units 7,200 sq. ft.; each additional unit 2,000 sq. ft.; other permitted uses 10,000 sq. ft.).

  minimum building site area, single-family dwelling: >= 7200 sq. ft. (except as provided in article iii)

  “b. building site area. except as provided in article iii, the minimum building site area shall be: for a single-family dwelling……………………………7,200 sq. ft.”

• Building heightSpecified

  O-L (open land and agricultural) district inside Choudrant village

  • Section 19 (supplementary height regulations) excess-height provision not fully read.

  maximum building height: <= 40 feet

  “no structure shall be designed, erected, or altered to exceed forty (40) feet.”

  2 more reviewed findings on this topic

  • Specified — R-1 (rural, single-family residential) district inside Choudrant village

    “no structure shall be erected or altered to exceed forty (40) feet”

  • Specified — R-2 (medium density, single-family residential) district inside Choudrant village

    “no structure shall be erected or altered to exceed fifty (50) ft.”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Mobile or manufactured homes placed on sites inside Choudrant village

  • Mobile homes are allowed only in existing or newly approved mobile home parks, under the park regulations.
  • Placement outside a park requires a permit (see the building_permit_requirement claim).
  • Ordinance 64 (mobile home park regulations) and Ordinance 96 (amending the mobile home ordinance) were not read.

  “mobile homes are allowed only in existing or newly approved mobile home parks and according to regulations governing such parks.”

• Permit processPartial

  Uses requiring planning approval inside Choudrant village (zoning process only, not building permits)

  • Covers only uses requiring planning approval and special exception uses; building permit, fee and inspection procedure not located.
  • Procedures are in Article VII (Sections 32 to 40), not read in full.

  “uses requiring planning approval are permitted upon approval of the location and site plan by the choudrant planning commission”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of Choudrant or Lincoln Parish directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption from permits inside Choudrant village
• Building code adopted — Building code adoption inside Choudrant village
• Inspections — Building inspection of new construction inside Choudrant village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for a new home inside Choudrant village
• Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling floor area inside Choudrant village

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.