Codes
(Also see Urban Regulations)
The current zoning code is inappropriate for Downtown Baton Rouge.
It imposes setback, yard, and parking requirements derived from suburban practice that make it difficult to build new structures that are compatible with existing buildings, particularly in Beauregard Town and Spanish Town. It also imposes often unreasonable, expensive, and incompatible requirements on new residential development within the rest of Downtown.
There is a need for a new Zoning Ordinance that enables new construction in Beauregard and Spanish Towns to be in character with the existing neighborhood and establishes requirements for the rest of the downtown that are consistent with efficient, predictable and profitable redevelopment.
A generalized ordinance is provided as “The New Code”. It must be redrafted in legally binding language and submitted to the City Planning Commission and the Metro-Council for approval of a Special Zoning District. The Code Development subcommittee will carry out the recommendations of the Codes In General section by drafting a legally binding document in collaboration with the Planning Commission.
[The Plan Baton Rouge Steering Committee has approved the Central Business District (CBD) section of the Code and transmitted those changes to the Mayor-President in April 1999. After the Planning Commission staff and DPW submitted the suggestions , the Codes Committee proposed revisions to the Planning Commission. The Metro Council approved the following revision in October 2000: 1) designation of the Central Business District boundaries; 2) elimination of set-back requirements in the Central Business District; 3) parking may not be located between the street and building facade unless screened with a six foot (minimum) masonry wall.]
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