St. Charles Parish - File #: 2000-0488

• File #: 2000-0488
• Version: 1
• Name: Amend Ordinance No. 99-12-8; change setback requirements; soil analysis, soil borings and geotechnical reports; to require right of way along major drainage canals; require buildable areas; limit the affects of the aforementioned ordinance
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Removed from Consideration
• File created: 10/9/2000
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 12/4/2000
• Final action: 12/4/2000
• Title: An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 99-12-8; an ordinance amending the St. Charles Parish Zoning Ordinance of 1981 and the St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981, to change setback requirements from property line to servitude line; to require a soil analysis, soil borings and geotechnical reports during subdivision review; to require right of way along major drainage canals during subdivision process; and to require buildable areas to be defined on final subdivision plats; to limit the affects of the aforementioned Ordinance to lots created after the effective date of the ordinance.
• Sponsors: April Black
• Indexes: P and Z (Dept. of), Subdivision Regulations
• Code sections: Appendix A. Section X. - Exceptions and modifications, Appendix C. - St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981
• Related files: 1999-5004, 2000-0062

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/4/2000	1	Parish Council	Rmv'd from Consid.	Pass
12/4/2000	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Not Satisfied
11/20/2000	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
11/20/2000	1	Parish Council	Removed from the Table	Pass
11/20/2000	1	Parish Council	Rmv'd and Reintroduced	Pass
11/6/2000	1	Parish Council	Tabled.
10/23/2000	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Not Satisfied
10/23/2000	1	Parish Council	Tabled.	Pass
10/9/2000	1	Council Member(s)	Introduced
10/9/2000	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
10/5/2000	1	Department of Planning & Zoning	Recommended Approval
10/5/2000	1	Planning Commission	Recommended Approval

2000-0488
INTRODUCED BY: APRIL W. BLACK, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT 5
ORDINANCE NO. ____________
Title
An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 99-12-8; an ordinance amending the St. Charles Parish Zoning Ordinance of 1981 and the St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981, to change setback requirements from property line to servitude line; to require a soil analysis, soil borings and geotechnical reports during subdivision review; to require right of way along major drainage canals during subdivision process; and to require buildable areas to be defined on final subdivision plats; to limit the affects of the aforementioned Ordinance to lots created after the effective date of the ordinance.
Body
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council passed Ordinance No. 99-12-8 on December 8, 1999; and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 99-128 has come into question by landowners in St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the additional setback serves no public benefit; and,
WHEREAS, the new setback requirement severely reduces the buildable area of lots.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. X.B. be amended by removing the following statement:
B. Exceptions to Area Regulations
3. Whenever property abuts a major drainage canal as defined by the Subdivision regulations the required setback for all structures shall be twenty feet measured from the inner boundary of such servitude or right of way, not withstanding any other provision of law, this provision shall not apply to any lot of record created and existing prior to the effective date of this ordinance.
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 ____________, 2000 to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.


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