2020-0244
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, Section XV.D to require rezoning requests to meet a minimum of two (2) rezoning guidelines and criteria in order to receive a recommendation for approval from Planning Staff and also to clarify the language; and to amend Section XV.E to eliminate a typographical error.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish established zoning districts with certain boundaries "for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare" which are depicted on the "Official Zoning Map of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana"; and,
WHEREAS, Zoning encourages neighborhoods to develop in an orderly way by grouping compatible uses and separating incompatible uses; and,
WHEREAS, Section XV establishes the procedure to amend the map or "rezone" property and identifies three Rezoning guidelines and criteria by which a request to rezone should be evaluated; and,
WHEREAS, The St. Charles Parish Council wishes to preserve the integrity of the "Official Zoning Map of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana," by requiring a rezone request to meet a majority of the Rezoning guidelines and criteria in order to receive a recommendation for approval from Planning Staff.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL ORDAINS:
That the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Appendix A.XV.D. is amended as follows, with additional text in underline and deleted text in strikethrough:
D. Rezoning guidelines and criteria: Before the Commission makes a recommendation or the Council rezones property; tThere proponent for a change should be present reasonable factual proof by the proponent of a change that two one or more of the following criteria are met:
1. The proposed rezoning conforms to land development pattern established by the St. Charles Parish Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map a...
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