2001-0260
INTRODUCED BY: ALBERT D. LAQUE, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING)
ORDINANCE NO.__________
Title
An ordinance to amend Appendix C of the Code, St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981, Ordinance No. 81-8-2 to allow the Planning Commission to require Traffic Impact Analysis for certain developments within St. Charles Parish before preliminary plat approval is granted.
Body
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations govern the standards by which property is developed; and,
WHEREAS, a development which generates excessive traffic results in additional cost in both road maintenance and delays; and,
WHEREAS, in the best interests of the general public health, safety, and welfare of St. Charles Parish that such excess traffic be identified and mitigated; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary by the St. Charles Parish Council to assure that the traffic generated by development does not overburden the existing transportation system.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby amend Appendix C of the Code, St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981, Ordinance No. 81-8-2 to require a Traffic Impact Analysis for certain developments within St. Charles Parish.
SECTION I. That the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Appendix C, Section II.B.3. Preliminary Plat/Additional Submission Requirements, is hereby amended by adding:
b. Traffic Impact Analysis. If deemed necessary by the St. Charles Parish Planning Commission, the Director of the Department of Public Works or the Director of the Department of Planning and Zoning, the applicant shall submit a Traffic Impact Analysis prepared pursuant to the guidelines specified in Section III.A.6. The Traffic Impact Analysis shall be approved by the Director of Public Works before a preliminary plat approval can be granted. A vote by the Planning and Zoning Commission to require a Traffic Impact Analysis shall stay all action in furtherance of approval of said preliminary plat, until submission of an approved Traffic Impact Analysis.
Vote
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2001, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
Traffic Impact Analysis (P&Z)
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