Louisiana/Avoyelles
312 N. Main St., Courthouse Bldg. Marksville, LA, 71351 Phone: (318) 253-9208
Permits will be issued from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. Monday-Friday 1st Floor of the Courthouse **NO CASH ACCEPTED**
PHONE: (318) 253-7291 FAX: (318) 253-9218 E-MAIL: permits@avoypj.org
Municipalities:
Cities: Bunkie | Marksville
Towns: Cottonport | Evergreen | Mansura | Simmesport
Villages: Hessmer | Moreauville | Plaucheville
Unincorporated community: Center Point
Code of Ordinances | Clerk of Court | Avoyelles Assessor GIS | Sec. 6-2. - State uniform construction code adopted. | Sec. 6-135. - Fees. Fees Again| Chapter 8.5 - FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION | Drinking Water Protection Critical Area-Potential Permit
| Servitudes | Lots | Front | Sides | Rear |
| The minimum front yard setback shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet from the nearest corner of the dwelling or commercial structure to the right-of-way line. All other setbacks on a lot shall be at least ten (10) feet from the property line. | The minimum size of residential lots for single-family dwellings shall be eighty (80) feet wide and a total surface area of not less than eight thousand (8,000) square feet if connected to a community-type sewer system approved by the health department of the State of Louisiana. These regulations do not purport to fix the minimum lot size for townhouses, common wall buildings, cluster housing or any form of multiple-family housing developments. | 25 | 10 | 10 |
| Where on-site sewerage disposal facilities will be utilized, the minimum lot size shall have a frontage of eighty (80) feet with a minimum area of twelve thousand (12,000) square feet. The Office of Public Health has authority to require larger lot sizes to avoid nuisance and hazards. The on-site sewerage disposal facility shall be approved by the Office of Public Health of the State of Louisiana. |
Permit Requirements: Application
- 911 Address
- Recorded Deed
- Survey of Property
- Plot plan by CT Homes
- Onsite Wastewater Permit from La. Dept. of Health
- All Elevation Certificates if in Flood Zone
- R.O.W. for Utilities & Telecommunications
Notes: FIRM
The police jury requires that elevation certificates be issued to anyone who builds a structure in a flood zone.
The police jury does hereby set a minimum standard size of eighteen (18) inch culverts in parish ditches. Under special conditions, the juror and superintendent can determine the minimum size, larger or smaller. Further, every forty (40) feet, a cleanout is required.
Sec. 22-1. - Residential mechanical sewer treatment systems.
- For residential mechanical sewer treatment systems in the parish, there shall be installed at least one hundred (100) feet of effluent reduction (field line) directly behind the treatment plant, with the option of one hundred (100) feet of open ditch or another one hundred (100) feet of effluent reduction (field line) for the second one hundred (100) feet before reaching a parish road ditch.
