2020-0178
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to enact a MORATORIUM on the approval of major subdivisions (more than five lots) until lifted for any community, as defined by Ordinance No. 00-9-11, upon completion of parish drainage and sewage master plans for that community where the results have been accepted by resolution of the parish council or eighteen (18) months, whichever occurs first.
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WHEREAS, the further development of major subdivisions has the potential to have detrimental impacts on the public health, welfare, safety, well-being, and property interest of residents from the potential hazards of adverse effects of sewer, drainage, and other infrastructure issues; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish values orderly growth and is making investments to protect the community interest of both current and future residents; and,
WHEREAS, in order to protect and preserve the health, welfare, safety, well-being, and property interest of residents in St. Charles Parish it is necessary to impose a Moratorium on the development of major subdivisions to allow for the comprehensive study of sewer and drainage infrastructure to assure that new development is safe, adequate, and orderly; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish should be doing as much as possible to protect the homes and properties of its residents, and the parish has an obligation to ensure that new developments do not adversely affect current residents and their properties; and,
WHEREAS, this Moratorium only applies to major subdivisions (more than five lots) as defined by Ordinance No. 81-8-2, The St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981, as amended, and does not apply to commercial and industrial building permit projects.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That there is hereby imposed a Moratorium on the approval of major subdivisions as defined by the Subdivision Ordinance.
SECTION II. Th...
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