Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:140.15

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

            A.(1) The secretary of the commission or his deputy shall issue a receipt showing the date, time, and sufficient description to identify any plat submitted to it for approval.

            (2) The commission shall approve or disapprove the plat within sixty days thereof, otherwise the plat shall be deemed to be approved and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the commission on demand; however, the applicant for commission approval may waive this requirement and consent to the extension of such period.

            (3) The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated upon the records of the commission, with the recorded vote of each member included in the records.

            (4) No plat shall be disapproved by the commission without affording a hearing thereon.

            B. Any applicant or other person may appeal commission approval or disapproval of a subdivision plat to the city council under such procedures and provisions as shall be established in the subdivision regulations.

            Acts 1962, No. 52, §15; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.