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File #: 2020-0243    Version: 1 Name: Amend Zoning Ordinance, Sections III. and VI.A.[I].1.a., to add Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast to permitted uses in the Open Land zoning district
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 9/8/2020 In control: Parish Council
On agenda: 9/21/2020 Final action: 10/5/2020
Enactment date: Enactment #: 20-10-5
Title: An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Zoning Ordinance of 1981, as amended, Sections III. and VI.A.[I].1.a., to add Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast to permitted uses in the Open Land zoning district.
Sponsors: Matthew Jewell, Department of Planning & Zoning
Indexes: P and Z (Dept. of)
Code sections: Appendix A. Section III. - Definitions, Appendix A. Section VI. - Zoning district criteria and regulations
Attachments: 1. 2020-0243 Recommendation at a Glance (BnB).pdf, 2. 2020-0243 Minutes_08.06.20_AddHistHomeBB, 3. 2020-0243 LUR_2020-07-ORD_Historic BnB, 4. 2020-0243 Final Ord 20-10-5
Related files: 2013-0225, 2020-0274

2020-0243

INTRODUCED BY:                     MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT

                                                               (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING)

ORDINANCE NO. ___________

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An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Zoning Ordinance of 1981, as amended, Sections III. and VI.A.[I].1.a., to add Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast to permitted uses in the Open Land zoning district.

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WHEREAS,                     the St. Charles Parish Zoning Ordinance of 1981 restricts Historic home site bed and breakfasts to Historic (H) and General Commercial District-retail sales (C-2) zoning districts; and,

WHEREAS,                     many historic home sites exist in Open Land (O-L) zoning districts but cannot operate a bed and breakfast; and,

WHEREAS,                     expanding appropriate permitted uses in suitable zoning districts promotes economic development; and,

WHEREAS,                     the St. Charles Parish Council wishes to promote economic development by amending the definition of Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast and the Zoning district criteria to allow this use in the O-L zoning district.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL ORDAINS:

SECTION I.                     That the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Appendix A Section III. is amended as follows, with additional text in underline and deleted text in strikethrough:

Historic home site bed and breakfast: Accommodations for tourists and travelers which provide sleeping rooms within an historic home or on the historic home site in another historic structure. Historic home sites are identified as having a main structure that is over one hundred (100) years old and is located in a commercial or historic zoning district.

SECTION II.                     That the Code of Ordinances Appendix A. Section VI.A.[I].1.a. is amended to add Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast as follows, with additional text in underline and deleted text in strikethrough:

                     a.  A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:

                                          (14)                     Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast

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

 

 

 

 

And the ordinance was declared adopted this               day of                        , 2020, 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: