2023-0056
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING)
RESOLUTION NO. ____________
Title
A resolution in support of Planning and Zoning Commission Resolution 2022-1, adopting the 10-year update to St. Charles Parish 2030 Comprehensive Plan.
Body
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish 2030 Comprehensive Plan (Plan 2030), the Parish's comprehensive land use plan, was adopted by the Planning Commission on June 2, 2011 with support of Ord. No. 11-6-11; and,
WHEREAS, the plan states "the Planning and Zoning Department...should conduct a thorough review, revision, and update of the Comprehensive Plan at least every five (5) years" (pg. 161); and,
WHEREAS, the first update, containing changes to the Future Land Use Map of Plan 2030 shown on a digital map referred to as, "St. Charles Parish Future Land Use Map 2016," was approved by the Planning Commission on September 1, 2016 with support of Ord. 16-9-16; and,
WHEREAS, in 2020, the Planning and Zoning Department recognized the need to update Plan 2030 further considering "growth trends, completed projects, and other factors," as Plan 2030 requires (pg. 162); and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance 21-1-3 authorized the execution of a Professional Services Agreement between the Center for Planning Excellence, Inc. and St. Charles Parish to complete a comprehensive, 10-year update to Plan 2030; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission finds that the update prepared by The Center for Planning Excellence, Inc. meets the stated objectives for a plan update expressed on page 162 of Plan 2030 in that it:
* Updates the Comprehensive Plan base data regarding growth trends, completed projects, and other factors experienced since the adoption of Plan 2030
* Documents plan effectiveness and implementation efforts identifying constraints upon implementation, and summarizing trends and challenges which have emerged or changed in the period since the plan was adopted
* Revises goals, strategies, and actions to reflect cha...
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