Newly Open Businesses

All business must have a zoning review this is to determine if the business you desire to open is an allowable use in the zoning classification you wish to be located.

Once you have applied for your Sales Tax Clearance and Occupational License your application will be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Department.

Home occupation/Phone Service only/Online only

An accessory use of a service character customarily conducted within a dwelling by the resident thereof, which is clearly secondary to the use of the dwelling for living purposes and which does not change the character thereof or have any exterior evidence of such secondary use, provided that in no case shall more than twenty (20%) percent of the floor area of any apartment in such dwelling exclusive of any accessory building be used. 

For businesses that are not any of the above you must complete the following:

• Business Occupancy Certificate
• Lease agreement/ownership of property
• Site plan
• Payment-New Business $50.00 Change of Occupancy $20.00-check/money order made payable to “Plaquemines Parish Government”

For those businesses in an A-2 Zoning classification fronting a State or Parish Highway you will need Plaquemines Parish Council approval and a notification 15 days to the surrounding property must be given prior to the application going to Council, along with the above documentation. 

Some business may require LA Fire Marshal, Health Department (food services), and Industrial Questionnaire.

Contact the Planning and Zoning Department (504)934-6130 or email zoning@ppgov.net to see if you will need any of the following.