Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 33, § 4722. Creation of districts; powers of municipal authorities; transfers of development rights; and uniform regulations within district

(1) Establishment of procedures authorizing owners of designated property to transfer development rights in such amount and subject to such conditions and controls as are appropriate to secure the purposes of this Part;

(2) The acquisition of the complete ownership of properties so designated or a lesser interest therein, including a preservation restriction, and the reconstruction, operation, or transfer by the municipality of any such property so acquired or the transfer of any development rights so acquired, all in accordance with such procedures and regulations and subject to such conditions as the governing authority deems reasonable and appropriate.

C. (1) All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of land and structure throughout each district, but the regulations of one district may differ from those in other districts. However, no regulation shall change the status of premises which have been continuously used for commercial purposes since January 1, 1929, without interruption for more than six consecutive months at any one time. The governing authority may, however, provide for the removal of nonconforming signs and billboards, less and except billboards erected in compliance with parish or municipal regulations at the time of erection, provided that it first establish a reasonable amortization time for removal according to a reasonable set of standards and schedules.

(2) In the city of New Orleans the provisions of Subsection B of this Section shall apply only to the area bounded by the Mississippi River, Howard Avenue, the river side of I-10-Claiborne Avenue and the uptown side of Iberville Street.