200 Rue Christe, Houma, LA 70360

General Commercial Districts

These districts are composed of land and structures used to furnish, in addition to the retail goods and services found in neighborhood districts, such less frequently needed goods as clothing and automobiles and such less frequently needed services as banking and theaters, the wider range of retail goods and services to satisfy all of the household and personal needs of the residents of a group or community of neighborhoods. Usually located on a thoroughfare or near the intersection of 2 thoroughfares, these districts are large and are within convenient driving distance of the group of neighborhoods they will serve. The district regulations are designed to permit the development of the districts for their purpose and to protect the abutting and surrounding residential areas by requiring certain minimum yard standards to be met, standards that are comparable to those called for in residential districts. It is intended that additional general commercial districts will be created in accordance with the amendment procedure set forth herein, as they are needed to serve groups of new neighborhoods. To ensure that such districts are actually developed to supply the business needs of the groups of neighborhoods, the amendment creating the district may set a time limit for its development.