1.5 Jurisdiction

1.5.1   

These regulations apply within the City of New Orleans to all subdivisions and resubdivisions of land, as defined in Article 6, Section 6.2. Definitions, of these regulations. The boundaries of the city are the same as those defined in the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans.

1.5.2   

No land shall be subdivided through the use of any legal description other than with reference to a plat approved by the City Planning Commission in accordance with these regulations.

1.5.3   

Subdivisions which have been approved by the Commission and endorsement shown thereon shall be recorded in the Conveyance Records of Orleans Parish Civil District Court, Land Records Division, as required herein (Article 3, Section 3.2.12).   No plan or plat shall be recorded, and no lots shall be sold from such plat unless and until approved as in these regulations.

1.5.4   

No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any lot of land created by subdivision, as defined herein, unless such subdivision has been approved and recorded as required by these regulations.  No excavation of land and no construction of public or private improvements shall take place or be commenced except when in conformity with these regulations.