2012-0057
INTRODUCED BY: PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT IV
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to revise the Code of Ordinances Appendix A, Section VI. E. Batture Districts.
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THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Appendix A, Section VI. E. Batture districts be revised as follows:
AS-WRITTEN:
E. Batture districts: The regulations in the Batture District are as follows:
[I.] B-1 Non-industrial batture district:
1. Use Regulations:
a. Land shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Barge mooring (if no obnoxious odors exist).
(2) Those activities not related to other manufacturing or industrial activity.
(3) Recreation facilities.
(4) Restaurants.
(5) Riverboat docks.
(6) Site-built hunting or fishing camps.
(7) Aids to navigation (as deemed necessary by the U.S. Coast Guard).
2. Prohibited Uses:
a. Manufacturing; industrial; and resource extraction activities, excepting logging activities.
b. Medical waste storage, treatment, or disposal facilities.
[II.] B-2. Industrial batture district:
1. Use Regulations:
a. Land shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Commercial and/or industrial port facilities.
(2) Sand extraction pits.
(3) Fueling dock and/or facilities.
(4) Electrical generating plants.
(5) Coal handling, transfer, and storage facilities.
(6) Petroleum and petroleum by-products and storage facilities.
(7) Seaplane facilities.
(8) Milling facilities and support uses.
(9) Any other similar manufacturing or industrial establishment which shall adhere strictly to all State and Federal mandates, and which, under normal operations, will not be injurious to employees and the general public from health or safety factors.
(10) Aids to navigation (as deemed necessary by the U.S. Coast Guard).
2. Prohibited Uses:
a. Medical waste storage, treatment, or disposal facilities.
AS REVISED:
E. Batture districts: The regulations in the Batture District are as follows:
[I.] Definitions - the following definitions shall apply to the batture districts.
1. Bulk cargo related port facility - a port facility designed to handle merchant ships known commonly as a bulk carrier, a bulk freighter, or bulker specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo such as grains, coal, ore, and cement in its cargo holds.
2. Container - An intermodal container, commonly known as a container, freight container, ISO container, shipping container, hi-cube container, box, conex box, and sea can, is a standardized reusable steel box used for the safe, efficient and secure storage and movement of materials and products within a global containerized intermodal freight transport system.
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Container related port facility - a port facility where containers are transported between different transport vehicles such as container ships and land vehicles for onward transportation.
4. Industrial port facility - a port facility related to the chemical and petrochemical industry.
5. Ship breaking - a method of ship disposal involving the breaking up and/or dismantling of ships for recycling purposes.
[II.] B-1 Non-industrial batture district.
1. Use Regulations:
a. Land shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Barge mooring (if no obnoxious odors exist).
(2) Those activities not related to other manufacturing or industrial activity.
(3) Recreation facilities.
(4) Restaurants.
(5) Riverboat docks.
(6) Site-built hunting or fishing camps.
(7) Aids to navigation (as deemed necessary by the U.S. Coast Guard).
2. Prohibited Uses:
a. Manufacturing; industrial; and resource extraction activities, excepting logging activities.
b. Medical waste storage, treatment, or disposal facilities.
[III.] B-2(M) Moderate Industrial batture district:
1. Use Regulations:
a. Land shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Any port related facilities other than bulk cargo related port facilities.
(2) Loading and unloading facilities for earthen materials.
(3) Shipyards associated with the construction, repair, and maintenance of tugboats, push boats, inland barges and offshore deck barges, dredges, and other similar marine vessels.
(4) Fueling docks and/or facilities.
(5) Aids to navigation (as deemed necessary by the U.S. Coast Guard.
2. Prohibited Uses:
a. Medical waste storage, treatment, or disposal facilities.
3. Special permit uses:
a. Sand extraction pits upon review by the Planning Commission and approval by the Council.
[IV.] B-2 Industrial batture district:
1. Use Regulations:
a. Land shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) All uses in the B-2(M) Moderate Industrial batture district.
(6) Coal handling, transfer, and storage facilities.
(7) Petroleum and petroleum by-products and storage facilities.
(8) Ship breaking and similar type facilities.
(10) Any other similar manufacturing or industrial establishment, which shall adhere strictly to all State and Federal mandates, and which, under normal operations, will not be injurious to employees and the general public from health or safety factors.
2. Prohibited Uses:
a. Medical waste storage, treatment, or disposal facilities.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2014, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
2012-0057 B-2 Amend Code-App A Sec VI Zoning district criteria regulations (02-03-14) for signature
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