Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) — Coastal Master Plan (LA)
Tracked preemption from the Louisiana overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
2006-12-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:LA
Other Louisiana preemptions
Mississippi River Industrial Corridor + Atchafalaya Basin — Informational OverlayLouisiana Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) / Brownfields — La. R.S. 30:2271 et seq.Tax Increment Financing & Economic Development Districts — La. R.S. 33:9038 et seq.Louisiana State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act (SLCRMA) — Coastal Use PermitsLouisiana Constitutional Home Rule — Art. VI §§4–5Levee Districts and Levee Servitudes — La. Const. Art. VI §38 + La. R.S. Title 38Louisiana Historic Preservation — National Register Districts + La. R.S. 25:731 et seq.Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) — La. Const. Art. VII §21(F)
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
AND
city.is_in_coastal_zone==Trueparcel.geometrygeographic match
Preempted fields
2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
review_type | require | cpra_consistency_review | Projects within CPRA Coastal Master Plan project footprints (levee alignments, sediment diversions, marsh creation, ridge restoration) are subject to state consistency review. CPRA has eminent-domain authority for master plan implementation. |
base_districts[*].allowed_uses | remove | uses_inconsistent_with_adopted_master_plan_project |
Citation
Authority source
La. R.S. 49:214.5.1 et seq. (Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Act); 2012 Coastal Master Plan, 2017 Update, 2023 Update
§ §214.5.1 (CPRA creation); §214.5.3 (powers); §214.5.4 (Master Plan)
Research notes
CPRA is the single state authority for coastal protection and restoration policy, planning, and implementation post-Hurricane Katrina. The 2023 Coastal Master Plan ($50B/50-yr horizon) defines project footprints across the coastal zone that constrain inconsistent local land-use decisions. Federal conflict check enabled — many projects are funded via RESTORE Act / NRDA / GOMESA federal funds and require federal consistency. CPRA does not itself issue per-parcel permits (that's LDENR via SLCRMA), but its Master Plan creates a state-level land-use overlay that local zoning must accommodate.