St. Charles Parish - File #: 2009-0219

• File #: 2009-0219
• Version: 3
• Name: Amend Code by revising Chapter 21, Article I. Section 21-1. Installation of bridges, culverts, etc.
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 3/21/2011
• In control: Parish Council
• Final action: 4/4/2011
• Enactment date: 4/4/2011
• Enactment #: 11-4-15
• Title: An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances by revising Chapter 21, Article I, Section 21-1(e), and adding Section 21-1(f) regarding the installation of culverts in subdivisions/areas not accepted by the Parish with designed open swale/ditch drainage systems.
• Sponsors: V.J. St. Pierre Jr., Lawrence 'Larry' Cochran, Dennis Nuss, Department of Public Works
• Indexes: Culverts, Operations, Maintenance, and Construction Mgmt. Cmte
• Code sections: Ch. 21. Art. I. Sec. 21-1. - Installation of bridges, culverts, etc.
• Related files: 2015-0344, 2000-0501, 1999-4827, 2001-0179, 2014-0197, 2012-0296, 2011-0071, 2004-0324, 2000-0489, 2001-0069, 2003-0150, 2004-0354, 2013-0196, 2015-0144, 2019-0117, 2019-0359

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/6/2011	3	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
4/4/2011	3	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
4/4/2011	3	Parish Council	Approved 1	Pass
3/21/2011	3	Parish President	Introduced
3/21/2011	3	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
2/28/2011	2	Legislative Committee	Discussed.
2/8/2011	2	Legislative Committee	Discussed.
12/15/2010	2	Legislative Committee	Meeting Cancelled
11/17/2010	2	Legislative Committee	Meeting Cancelled
9/30/2010	2	Legislative Committee	Meeting Cancelled
10/19/2009	2	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Not Satisfied
10/19/2009	2	Parish Council	Postponed Indefinitely 1	Pass
10/19/2009	2	Parish Council	Reconsidered	Pass
10/19/2009	2	Parish Council	Postponed Indefinitely 1	Pass
10/7/2009	2	Legislative Committee	Discussed.
10/5/2009	2	Council Member(s)	Introduced
10/5/2009	2	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
9/29/2009	2	Legislative Committee	Meeting Cancelled
6/17/2009	1	Operations, Maintenance and Construction Management Committee	Discussed.

2009-0219
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
LARRY COCHRAN, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT V
DENNIS NUSS, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT VII
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances by revising Chapter 21, Article I, Section 21-1(e), and adding Section 21-1(f) regarding the installation of culverts in subdivisions/areas not accepted by the Parish with designed open swale/ditch drainage systems.
Body
WHEREAS, numerous residents of subdivisions that were designed and accepted by the Parish with open swale/ditch drainage systems have expressed a desire to have their ditches closed in with the installation of subsurface drainage systems; and,
WHEREAS, numerous residents in other areas of the Parish with open swale/ditch drainage systems have also expressed a desire to have their ditches closed in with the installation of subsurface drainage systems; and,
WHEREAS, in order to respond to these requests and still maintain the integrity of the overall drainage systems, it is necessary that the Parish establish procedures for said installations; and,
WHEREAS, 2010 House Bill No. 941 Act # 719 Section 1. R.S. 33:4883 makes stipulations regarding installment and payment for culvert installations.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 21, Article I, Section 21-1(e) is hereby amended and Section 21-1(f) added to read as follows:
(e) Prohibitions. No culvert permits shall be issued, other than for driveway and walkway crossings, in any subdivision designed and constructed based on an engineering design with an open swale/ditch drainage system that was accepted by St. Charles Parish after January 1, 1992, nor in Davis Plantation Park Subdivision Phase I & II, Lagatutta Estates Subdivision, Willowdale Subdivision, and Willowridge Subdivision, Phase I, unless the following procedures have been complied with.
(1) The owners of all of the lots in the s...