Louisiana/Lafayette/Carencro
From Townsend Management Group Permit Database
Code of Ordinances | Fema Flood Zone Map | Fee Schedules & Ordinance | Planning Department |
| Zoning | Code | Front | Street Sides | Interior sides | Rear | Width |
| Single Family Residential | R-1 | 20 | 5 | 3 feet (min.)(0 feet /6 feet acceptable) | 5 | 30
35-corner |
- 911 Address
- Recorded Deed
- COA- Certificate of Appropriateness (Historical District)
- Survey of Property
- Engineered signed plans
- Subdivision Covenants/Restrictions
- Onsite Wastewater Permit
- 337-262-3900 220 West Willow Street Building A, Lafayette, LA 70501
- Temporary Power Account Number
- Electrical | Plumbing | Mech | permits
- Preliminary Elevation Certificate and/or Flood Zone Determination(Flood Zone)
- Form Board Certificate (Flood Zone)
- Final Elevation Certificate (Flood Zone)
- Floodplain Development Permit (Flood zone)
- Culvert / Right of Way / Driveway Permit
- Drainage Culvert Requirements & Access Management
- The minimum size pipes for any culvert shall be 15-inch diameter.
- Drainage Culvert Requirements & Access Management
- Any development that fills or modifies a designated special flood hazard area must mitigate that development activity volumetrically.(General Floodzones)
- No development, fill, or obstruction of any type on or over any portion of a floodway shall be permitted.
- New construction and substantial improvement of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor (including basement), elevated to one foot or higher above the base flood elevation as specified in section 30-71(a)
- All new residential shall have the minimum lowest floor elevation be one foot above the highest of the following four measurements:
- Base flood elevation as determined by the latest flood insurance rate map (FIRM) as issued by the FEMA;
- (2)Center line of the nearest street across from or adjacent to the structure;
- (3)Top of the nearest upstream or downstream sanitary sewer manhole where a community or municipal system is provided; or
- (4)Highest recorded historical or modeled (100-year) inundation levels.
- All mechanical equipment must also comply with the above minimum lowest floor elevation requirements.
- (c)Should the above freeboard calculation requirement result in an unreasonable elevation, a waiver may be requested.
- (d)If the nonresidential property is in a floodway, no development is allowed in the floodway.
- (e)A licensed land surveyor or engineer will be required to certify numbers (2) and (3) above through the use of the following freeboard elevation form.
- (f)The plat may state that, in lieu of elevating the nonresidential structure as required by the above freeboard calculation the building may be floodproofed as certified by a state licensed engineer or architect and approved by the floodplain administrator.
- All mechanical equipment must also comply with the above minimum lowest floor elevation requirements.
Permits & Aplications & Ordinance For your convenience, some applications are available online, while others are in paper form. If using a paper form, please download and email the completed forms to planning@ carencro .org. For faster service, please call (337) 896-7971 to schedule an appointment before visiting City Hall.
Architecture Requirements (Mainly Commercial) |
