St. Charles Parish - File #: 2020-0243

• File #: 2020-0243
• Version: 1
• Name: Amend Zoning Ordinance, Sections III. and VI.A.[I].1.a., to add Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast to permitted uses in the Open Land zoning district
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 9/8/2020
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 9/21/2020
• Final action: 10/5/2020
• Enactment #: 20-10-5
• Title: An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Zoning Ordinance of 1981, as amended, Sections III. and VI.A.[I].1.a., to add Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast to permitted uses in the Open Land zoning district.
• Sponsors: Matthew Jewell, Department of Planning & Zoning
• Indexes: P and Z (Dept. of)
• Code sections: Appendix A. Section III. - Definitions, Appendix A. Section VI. - Zoning district criteria and regulations
• Related files: 2013-0225, 2020-0274

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/7/2020	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
10/5/2020	1	Parish Council	Removed from the Table	Pass
10/5/2020	1	Parish Council	Removed from the Table
10/5/2020	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
9/21/2020	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
9/21/2020	1	Parish Council	Tabled.	Pass
9/21/2020	1	Parish Council	Tabled.
9/8/2020	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
9/8/2020	1	Parish President	Introduced
8/24/2020	1	Parish Council	Meeting Cancelled
8/10/2020	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
8/10/2020	1	Parish President	Introduced
8/6/2020	1	Department of Planning & Zoning	Recommended Approval
8/6/2020	1	Planning Commission	Recommended Approval

2020-0243
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, as amended, Sections III. and VI.A.[I].1.a., to add Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast to permitted uses in the Open Land zoning district.
Body
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Zoning Ordinance of 1981 restricts Historic home site bed and breakfasts to Historic (H) and General Commercial District-retail sales (C-2) zoning districts; and,
WHEREAS, many historic home sites exist in Open Land (O-L) zoning districts but cannot operate a bed and breakfast; and,
WHEREAS, expanding appropriate permitted uses in suitable zoning districts promotes economic development; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council wishes to promote economic development by amending the definition of Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast and the Zoning district criteria to allow this use in the O-L zoning district.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Appendix A Section III. is amended as follows, with additional text in underline and deleted text in strikethrough:
Historic home site bed and breakfast: Accommodations for tourists and travelers which provide sleeping rooms within an historic home or on the historic home site in another historic structure. Historic home sites are identified as having a main structure that is over one hundred (100) years old and is located in a commercial or historic zoning district.
SECTION II. That the Code of Ordinances Appendix A. Section VI.A.[I].1.a. is amended to add Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast as follows, with additional text in underline and deleted text in strikethrough:
a. A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:
(14) Historic Home Site Bed and Breakfast
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote th...