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File #: 2021-0270    Version: 1 Name: Amend Appendix A, Section VI.-permit transmission towers in the OL zoning district as a Special Permit Use
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 11/1/2021 In control: Parish Council
On agenda: 11/15/2021 Final action: 11/15/2021
Enactment date: Enactment #: 21-11-6
Title: An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Zoning Ordinance of 1981, Appendix A, as amended, Section VI. Zoning district criteria and regulations, in order to permit transmission towers in the OL zoning district as a Special Permit Use.
Sponsors: Matthew Jewell, Department of Planning & Zoning
Indexes: P and Z (Dept. of)
Code sections: Appendix A. Section VI. - Zoning district criteria and regulations
Attachments: 1. 2021-0270 Recommendation at a Glance (Transmission towers).pdf, 2. 2021-0270 Minutes_10.14.21_Transmission Towers.pdf, 3. 2021-0270 LUR_2021-06_Transmission towers as resi accessory.pdf, 4. 2021-0270 Final Ord 21-11-6
Related files: 2021-0211

2021-0270

INTRODUCED BY:                     MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT

                     (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING)

ORDINANCE NO.                                                                 

Title

An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Zoning Ordinance of 1981, Appendix A, as amended, Section VI. Zoning district criteria and regulations, in order to permit transmission towers in the OL zoning district as a Special Permit Use.

Body

WHEREAS,                     the Zoning Ordinance of 1981, as amended, defines Transmission tower as: A structure or framework, usually of a steel lattice construction, principally intended to support radio, cellular, telecommunications, television, electric utility and/or any other electromagnetic transmissions, and receiving antennas and/or equipment (Ord. No. 97-7-4, § I, 7-7-97); and,

WHEREAS,                     the Zoning Ordinance of 1981, as amended, also defines Accessory building or structure as: A subordinate structure, not sharing a common wall with the main structure, the use of which is incidental to that of the main structure; and,

WHEREAS,                     the St. Charles Parish Council wishes to provide for transmission towers to be permitted, for personal use, as residential accessory structures in the OL zone in a way that promotes the public health, safety, and welfare.

THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:

                     SECTION I.                     That the Code of Ordinances, Appendix A, Section VI.A[I].1.c. Special permit uses and structures [in the O-L zoning district] is hereby amended as follows with new text in underline and deleted text in strikethrough:

(12)  Transmission towers

                     The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:

 

 

 

 

                     And the ordinance was declared adopted this                day of                       , 2021, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.

 

 

CHAIRMAN:_________________________________________

SECRETARY:________________________________________

DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:____________________________

APPROVED:______________ DISAPPROVED:_____________

 

PARISH PRESIDENT:_________________________________

RETD/SECRETARY:__________________________________

AT:_______________ RECD BY: _______________________