Louisiana Aviation Hazards Act + Federal Airspace Overlays (LA)

Tracked preemption from the Louisiana overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
1948-07-01
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:LA

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

OR
  • city.airport_influence_zones attribute is present
  • city.military_installation_influence attribute is present

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].max_height_ftcap_atfederal_part_77_or_aicuz_surfaceHeight of structures cannot penetrate Part 77 imaginary surfaces around public-use airports or AICUZ surfaces around military airfields. La. R.S. 2:135 prohibits airport hazards and authorizes municipalities to adopt airport-zoning regulations.
base_districts[*].allowed_usesremovenoise_sensitive_uses_in_aicuz_high_noise_zonesAICUZ Clear Zones and APZ-I prohibit most habitable structures; APZ-II restricts density. Applies near Barksdale AFB (Bossier City/Shreveport), Fort Polk / JRTC (Vernon Parish), NAS JRB New Orleans (Belle Chasse, Plaquemines).

Citation

Authority source
La. R.S. 2:1 et seq. (Aviation Code); La. R.S. 2:135 (airport hazards); FAA Part 77 (14 CFR Part 77); DoD AICUZ program (DoDI 4165.57)
§ La. R.S. 2:135 (airport hazards / zoning); FAA Part 77; AICUZ
https://legis.la.gov/legis/Laws_Toc.aspx?folder=58&title=2

Research notes

Louisiana hosts multiple major federal aviation overlays: Barksdale AFB (Bossier/Shreveport — Air Force Global Strike Command bomber base), Fort Polk / Joint Readiness Training Center (Vernon Parish), NAS JRB New Orleans (Belle Chasse), plus large civil airports MSY (Kenner), BTR (Baton Rouge), SHV (Shreveport), LFT (Lafayette), AEX (Alexandria). State-overlay set has no direct height floors today, but any city-level overlay that would raise height or introduce noise-sensitive uses must surface here for federal conflict resolution. Original prompt cited 'La. R.S. 1:351 et seq.' — the correct title for aviation hazards is Title 2 (Aeronautics), and §2:135 is the operative section.