Commercial and larger buildings must provide off-street loading space rather than blocking the street. The zoning code requires at least one loading space per 7,500 square feet of gross floor area.
Jefferson Parish's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Sec. 40-663) sets off-street loading requirements. Buildings that generate deliveries must provide at least one permanently maintained off-street loading space for each 7,500 square feet of gross floor area, or fraction thereof. These spaces keep delivery and freight activity off public streets and neutral grounds. Loading and parking areas must be paved with an approved all-weather hard surface (Sec. 40-662(j)). On-street loading zones themselves are designated and posted by the parish's Department of Public Works traffic-engineering division. Incorporated cities set their own loading-zone rules.
Failing to provide required loading space is a zoning violation reviewed at site-plan/permit stage; unauthorized street loading may be cited under Chapter 36 parking rules.
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