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File #: 2002-0134    Version: 1 Name: Amend Ordinance No. 91-5-16 as subsequently amended in order to more fully describe precinct divisions approved as part of the St. Charles Parish Council 2000 reapportionment plan adopted, pursuant to Ordinance No. 01-12-06
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 3/25/2002 In control: Parish Council
On agenda: Final action: 4/8/2002
Enactment date: 4/8/2002 Enactment #: 02-4-8
Title: An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 91-5-16 as subsequently amended in order to more fully describe precinct divisions approved as part of the St. Charles Parish Council 2000 reapportionment plan adopted, pursuant to Ordinance No. 01-12-06.
Sponsors: Albert D. Laque
Indexes: Creating Wards, Precincts, Districts, etc., zz-Reapportionment Cmte
Attachments: 1. 2002-0134 Final Ord 02-4-8
Related files: 2003-0005, 2001-0463, 2021-0328
2002-0134
INTRODUCED BY: ALBERT D. LAQUE
PARISH PRESIDENT
ORDINANCE NO. ______________
Title
An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 91-5-16 as subsequently amended in order to more fully describe precinct divisions approved as part of the St. Charles Parish Council 2000 reapportionment plan adopted, pursuant to Ordinance No. 01-12-06.
Body
WHEREAS, on May 14, 1991, the St. Charles Parish Council adopted Ordinance No. 91-5-16 which established and defined the St. Charles Parish 1990 Visible Precinct Boundaries in accordance with the then current State law; and,
WHEREAS, subsequent amendments thereto did further amend the boundaries of Precincts 3-4 and 6-6 the most recent of which was Ordinance No. 98-9-14 adopted on September 21, 1998 pursuant to Act 1420 of the 1997 Louisiana Legislature (La.R.S. 18:532.1(B)) in order to provide for visible precinct boundaries in anticipation of the 2000 Census; and,
WHEREAS, on December 3, 2001, the St. Charles Parish Council adopted Ordinance No. 01-12-6, which established and defined the St. Charles Parish 2000 Reapportionment Plan in accordance with La.R.S. 33:1411 and the St. Charles Parish Home Rule Charter, Article III, Section 3; and,
WHEREAS, whereas the 2002 Reapportionment Plan provided for the division of Precincts 3-4 and 6-6; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish desires to provide a written description of the previously approved precinct splits.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Ordinance No. 91-5-16 as subsequently amended by Ordinance No. 98-9-14 is hereby amended by deleting the current descriptions for Precincts 3-4 and 6-6 and replacing each with a new description and by adding descriptions for three new precincts to be numbered 6-8, 3-5 and 3-6 as follows:
Precinct 3-4
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of the Mississippi River and the centerline extension of Vans Lane; thence proceeding northeasterly along the extension of Vans Lane to its intersection with an un...

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