2026-0128
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. __________
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An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of the donation of a thirty (30) foot drainage servitude by Stephen O. Vial and Leon C. Vial, III and to St. Charles Parish and to revoke and abandon a fifteen (15) foot drainage servitude granted by Stephen O. Vial and Leon C. Vial, III to St. Charles Parish on April 22, 2013.
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WHEREAS, Stephen O. Vial and Leon C. Vial, III are the owners of a portion of Lots 14 and 15 located in Fashion Plantation Subdivision in Section 8, Township 13 South, Range 20 East; and,
WHEREAS, an improved drainage ditch is required to flow rainwater runoff that collects in Old Fashion Subdivision, passes through culverts under the UP Railroad, and then collects south of the UP Railroad; which in large events causes rainwater to back up into Old Fashion Subdivision resulting in flooding; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish currently has a drainage canal on the west side of South Fashion Plantation Subdivision that starts at the park located at the south end of General Lee Drive, which flows southwest to the Vial Canal; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish desires to connect the culverts that travel under the UP Railroad from Old Fashion Subdivision to the drainage canal located on the western side of South Fashion Plantation Subdivision via a new drainage ditch that is to be located along the eastern side of the properties, which is adjacent to South Fashion Plantation Subdivision; and,
WHEREAS, Stephen O. Vial and Leon C. Vial, III are amenable to donating a thirty (30) foot drainage servitude, located on Lot 14, to allow St. Charles Parish to make the connection between the UP Railroad southern ditch and the drainage canal on the west side of South Fashion Plantation Subdivision; and,
WHEREAS, the existing fifteen (15) foot drainage servitude in the center of the property does not connect to the V...
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