§ 24.7.1.2. Rural Residential:

24.7.1.2.1 Streets:

All streets shall be hard surfaced in accordance with section 24.7.6.1 and with drainage to conform to the S.D.D.M. Streets shall consist of a minimum of six (6) inch thick Portland cement concrete pavement, minimum twenty (20) feet in width, or an equivalent structural design of asphaltic concrete pavement on a stabilized base with minimum four (4) foot width, minimum four (4) inch thick compacted aggregate shoulders or three (3) foot width paved shoulder; and open roadside ditches. Alternatively, streets may be constructed with curb and gutter with subsurface drainage in accordance with the parish's S.D.D.M., with a minimum width of twenty-seven (27) feet measured from back-to-back of curb. Curb and gutter streets shall be constructed with roll-over type curbs not less than twelve (12) inches in width and four (4) inches in height and/or barrier type subs no less than six (6) inches in width and six (6) inches in height.

24.7.1.2.2 Setbacks:

Lot size shall be sufficient to provide front setback lines of not less than twenty (20) feet.

24.7.1.2.3 Parking:

Lot size shall be sufficient to provide space for residence and off-street parking in single-family and multifamily residential areas consisting of two (2) parking spaces per dwelling unit.

24.7.1.2.4 Minimum Residential Lot Size:

Minimum residential size lots size shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet if connected to a sewerage disposal system (public or private) that is approved by the state department of health and hospitals. However, all lots must front along a public roadway and shall contain adequate frontage and depth to enclose four (4) fifty-foot sides at ninety (90) degree angles to each other, none of which may encroach upon a public road right-of-way or access servitude to adjacent property. The minimum frontage width of a lot, or servitude of passage for a rural residential subdivision is twenty-five (25) feet.

24.7.1.2.5 Rural Residential Development Sewerage Requirements:

The developer shall provide a sewerage collection system in compliance with section 24.7.5.5.

24.7.1.2.6 Rural Drainage:

Storm drainage pipe shall be located within the street right-of-way. Special servitudes may be required for interconnection or outfall purposes within the subdivision.

All lots in subdivisions inside rural subdivisions are to be graded to drain to the street or to major drainage arteries as defined by the S.D.D.M.

Rear lot drainage may not be used in lieu of roadside drainage.

The Houma Terrebonne Regional Planning Commission is authorized to allow that portion of a lot that it deems appropriate to drain to the rear in the following nonexclusive circumstances:

i)

In areas where parish maintained drainage to the rear of the lots being developed already exists or is to be dedicated.

ii)

Where the size limitation of the road side ditches will otherwise be exceeded.

iii)

Where the size of the curb and gutter drainage pipe exceeds thirty-six (36) inches in diameter.

(Ord. No. 7749, § I, Att. A, 12-2-09)