2024-0214
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING)
ORDINANCE NO. _________
Title
An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Zoning Ordinance of 1981, Appendix A, as amended, Section VI. Zoning district criteria and regulations.; Section VIII. Site design requirements.; Section XXI. Sign Regulations.; to add the Highway 90 Corridor Overlay Zone (COZ), to add criteria for site plans and site plan review, and to add recommended sign definitions.
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WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update, Action Plan item CC 1.3 directs the Parish to "conduct a corridor plan for Highway 90 to address design standards for the corridor" (p. 163); and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance 23-4-12 adopted on April 24, 2023, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with N-Y Associates, Inc., to perform professional services for the Highway 90 Overlay Zone project, in the not to exceed amount of $150,320.00, to develop a Highway 90 Overlay Zone; and,
WHEREAS, N-Y Associates in coordination with the Department of Planning and Zoning developed the recommendations detailed in the document titled St. Charles Parish Corridor Overlay Zone (COZ), revised 6/07/24; and,
WHEREAS, recommendations include design standards specific to the Highway 90 corridor between the I-310 North on-ramp in Boutte and Willowdale Boulevard in Luling, improved standards for site plans and the site plan review process for applicable projects Parish wide, and adding corresponding definitions to the St. Charles Parish sign regulations; and,
WHEREAS, adoption of the proposed Corridor Overlay Zone would fulfill Action Plan item CC 1.3 and further implementation of the St. Charles Parish 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Department recommended approval of these amendments; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of these a...
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