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I'M ABOUT TO, UM, START THE MEETING.
IF Y'ALL COULD SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES, THAT'D
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BE GREAT.WE'LL START WITH THE PLEASURE, ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC MALICIOUS STANDS, ONE NATION INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE ROLL.
UM, GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, TAKING THE TIME TO JOIN US THIS EVENING FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, TODAY IS APRIL, UH, THURSDAY, APRIL 11TH.
UH, WE ARE THE JEFFERSON PARISH, UH, PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, WE'RE LOCATED HERE IN THE WEST BANK, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THE, UH, PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD IS APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JEFFERSON PARISH WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE SUBDIVISION AND ZONING OF PROPERTY.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS TO REVIEW THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED CHANGE.
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BEGIN, UH, THIS EVENING BY REQUESTING MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THE DISTRICTS THEY REPRESENT.I'M DARRYL AUGH, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, DON BON IS TWO ST.
NONE OF THESE ARE WORKING MILD RESORT AND JIMMY AT LARGE.
AND, UM, MS. MCCANN IS ON HER WAY.
SHE'S, UH, DISTRICT, UH, FOUR.
I AM AT, AT LARGE DIVISION B, AMBER, AND I'LL BE S SERVING AS YOUR CHAIRMAN TODAY.
TONIGHT, UH, THERE ARE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PERTINENT TO THIS PROCESS THAT I'LL INTRODUCE NOW, UM, FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
MS. HANLON DIVERGES, UH, FROM, UH, BUILDING PERMITS, MR. PAUL FA.
UH, MS. BROOKE TOLBERT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
SHE'S SENIOR PLANNER RIGHT HERE.
UH, IN THE BACK WE HAVE, UH, MS. AMANDA PONCIA.
AND MS. BEST UHFO MARTIN IS THE DIRECTOR AND SHE'S ALSO HERE IN THE FRONT ROW.
UM, BELOW ME I HAVE MS. AMBER SAND.
SHE'S THE SECRETARY OF OUR BOARD, AND SHE'LL READ OFF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
PLEASE TURN OFF BEEPERS AND CELL PHONES DURING THE COURSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD.
ALL SPEAKERS, MS. KELLYE STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ALL SPEAKERS MUST DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE AUDIENCE REFRAIN FROM COMMENTS WHEN A SPEAKER IS AT THE PODIUM.
ASSIGN IN CHIEF FOR EACH OF THE CLA CASES ON THE AGENDA'S AVAILABLE AT THE PODIUM.
PLEASE LOCATE THE DOCKET NUMBER AND SIGN IN ON THE SHEET IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK OR CHOOSE NOT TO SPEAK AND CHECK IF YOU ARE FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS CASE, THE SIGNING SHEET WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL TO LET THEM KNOW YOUR POSITION ON THIS MATTER.
THE COUNCIL WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE WHETHER THE REQUEST IS APPROVED OR DENIED.
THE FORMAT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS AS FOLLOWS.
THE DOCKET NUMBER FOR EACH CASE IS CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH IT APPEARS ON THE AGENDA AND THE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT IS READ.
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS ASKED TO PRESENT THEIR ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WITH COMMENTS FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS ON THE CASE.
PROPONENTS HAVE 25 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR ARGUMENTS AS TO WHY A CHANGE SHOULD TAKE PLACE.
OPPONENTS HAVE 25 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR ARGUMENTS AS TO WHY A CHANGE SHOULD NOT TAKE PLACE.
THE PROPONENTS THAT HAVE A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL, THE CASE OF A TEXT IN OUR AREA STUDY, OR WHEN THERE IS NO OPPOSITION, THERE IS NO REBUTTAL.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THEN CONCLUDED.
THE BOARD WILL THEN TAKE A VOTE AND ANNOUNCE THE ACTION ON THE CASE.
THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA IS AVAILABLE AT THE PODIUM FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
UH, WE WILL PROCEED WITH OUR AGENDA.
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UM, WE HAD ONE ABSENTEE, UH, MS. MCCANN ON A, UM, APRIL 4TH.SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. JEMI, UH, SECOND BY MR. JONES.
ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
[SCHEDULED CASES FOR 04/11/24]
ALL RIGHT.MOVING ON TO OUR FIRST, UM, SCHEDULED CASE.
UH, THESE ARE, UH, GONNA BE, UH, HEARD TOGETHER COMPANION CASES, UH, WS 1 29 23 AND SP 70 23 4900 BLOCK OF PROMENADE BOULEVARD, SUBDIVISION OF PARCELS, SIX A FOUR C AND SIX A FOUR D BELL PLANTATION SUBDIVISION INTER PARCEL SIX A FOUR F BELL PLANTATION SUBDIVISION, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA.
AS A PRELIMINARY FINAL PLAT, THE RENUNCIATION OF A, A PORTION OF A COMMON DRIVE, THE DEDICATION OF WATER SERVITUDE AND THE DEDICATION OF SEWER SERVITUDES, BOUNDED BY LAPALCO BOULEVARD AND ARIA BOULEVARD.
SO MUCK MIXED USE CORONER DISTRICT COMPANION CASES SP 70 23 COMES WITH DISTRICT 2 4900 BLOCK OF PROMENADE BOULEVARD.
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MUCD MIXED USE COURT DISTRICT FOR THE WATERS AT PROMENADE ON PROPOSED LODGE.
SIX A FOUR F BELL PLANTATION SUBDIVISION, BOUNDED BY LAPALCO BOULEVARD AND BARR TERRY BOULEVARD, ZONE MUCD MIXED USE COURT DISTRICT COMPANION CASE, WS 1 29 23 COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION PLEASE.
PURPOSE OF THE FIRST, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST REQUEST.
THE SUBDIVISION REQUEST IS TO SUBDIVIDE TWO LOTS INTO ONE LOT IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE CONCURRENT CASE AS NOTED AS SP 70 23, THIS PARCEL WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF LARGER PROPERTY THAT WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE BELL PROMENADE SHOPPING CENTER.
THE MALL WAS DEMOLISHED AND IT WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO SMALLER PARCELS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING, UH, TWO OF THOSE PARCELS TO BE COMBINED.
AGAIN, THE SUBDIVISION INVOLVES MORE THAN TWO ACRES, WHICH REQUIRES PARISH AND COUNCIL APPROVAL.
UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A TOTAL OF 12.6 ACRES.
THE MIXED USE CORRIDOR DISTRICT HAS A MINIMUM WITH REQUIREMENT OF 75 FEET AND A DEPTH OF A HUNDRED FEET IN AN AREA OF 10,000 SQUARE FEET FOR EACH LOT.
THE PROPOSED COMBINED LOT MEETS THE MINIMUM LOT WITH DEPTH AND AREA REQUIREMENTS OF THE MUD ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, AS NOTED, THERE ARE EXISTING SERVITUDES ON THE PROPERTY FOR WATER AND SEWER THAT ARE TO REMAIN IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
TWO NEW SEWER SERVITUDES ARE PROPOSED AND ONE NEW WATER SERVITUDE IS PROPOSED THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE DIAGRAM HERE.
THE PROPOSED PARCEL ALSO HAS A 40 FOOT WIDE COMMON 45 FOOT WIDE COMMON SERVITUDE IN FAVOR OF THE ABUDDING PARCEL, WHICH IS NOW DEVELOPED WITH THE ALD SUPERMARKET.
ONLY A PORTION OF THAT DRIVE HAS BEEN USED.
THE SOUTHERN PORTION IS GOING TO BE ABSORBED INTO THE SITE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO RENOUNCE THAT PORTION OF THE ACCESS.
THE SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN REVIEWED UNDER THE CRITERIA FOR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLATS AND FOR BLOCK AND LOT STANDARDS AND COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THOSE REGULATIONS.
THEREFORE, FOR THE SUBDIVISION, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS IT DOES MEET THE CODE REQUIREMENTS AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ENVISION JEFFERSON PLAN.
UH, WE'RE GONNA LISTEN TO S SP 70, UH, 23 NOW.
FOR SP 70 23, IT IS THE SITE DEVELOPMENT FOR A MIXED USE, EXCUSE ME.
UM, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIXED USE CORRIDOR ZONING DISTRICT THAT REQUIRES APPROVAL FROM THE PAR PARISH COUNCIL.
UH, CURRENTLY THE LAND IS UNDEVELOPED, SO ALL THE DEVELOPMENT SITES WITHIN MANY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES NEED TO BE A MINIMUM OF FIVE ACRES WITH A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 200 FEET AND A DEPTH OF 500 FEET.
THE PROPOSED PARCEL, UH, AS NOTED BEFORE, HAS 12.6 ACRES.
THE AVERAGE WIDTH IS 350 FEET, AND THE AVERAGE DEPTH IS 800 FEET.
THEREFORE, IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE MUG ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO INCLUDE 10 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WITH 24 TO 36 UNITS IN EACH STRUCTURE.
IT'LL HAVE A CLUBHOUSE, A POOL, AND PATIO MAINTENANCE BUILDING, DOG PARK, AND SOME COVERED PARKING AREAS.
THE OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS 1.5 SPACES FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT.
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PROPOSED SITE HAS 522 PARKING SPACES.THEREFORE, THEY ARE EXCEEDING THE, UH, MINIMUM CRITERIA.
THE SETBACKS FOR A M ZONING DISTRICT REQUIRES A 20 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK AND 10 FOOT SETBACKS FOR SIDES AND REAR YARDS.
ALL OF THE BUILDINGS ARE SETBACK A MINIMUM OF 20 FEET FROM THE FRONT SIDE AND REAR.
THEREFORE, THEY'RE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL.
THEY HA ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF A MINIMUM TOTAL OF 50 DWELLING UNITS FOR MULTIFAMILY IN MUCK ZONING DISTRICT.
THIS SITE HAS 324 UNITS PROPOSED, AND EACH STRUCTURE HAS TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE UNITS OR MORE PER DWELLING.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AS NOTED, EACH PROPOSED BUILDING WILL HAVE EITHER 24 OR 36 UNITS, SO IT MEETS THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
UM, INTERIOR LOT LANDSCAPING IS REQUIRED IN THE PARKING AREAS.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 90 TREES, AND THERE'S ALSO A STREET FRONTAGE REQUIREMENT FOR ONE CLASS A TREE PER 50 LINEAR FEET OF LOT FRONTAGE.
SO 16 CLASS A TREES ARE PROVIDED ON THE FRONTAGE, WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENT.
THE 90 TREES INTERIOR MEET THE REQUIREMENT.
UM, THERE'S AN OVERALL MINIMUM OF 50% CLASS A TREES.
SO THEY ARE MEETING THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
REGARDING THE EXTERIOR TREATMENTS OF THE BUILDINGS, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT THE BUILDINGS USING A FIBER CEMENT SIDING, WHICH IS AN ACCEPTABLE ARCHITECTURAL MATERIAL.
UH, FOR THE, FOR THE MAIN BUILDINGS.
THE SUPPORT STRUCTURES ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO BE CONSTRUCTED OF A SIMILAR DESIGN, EXCUSE ME, A SIMILAR DESIGN AS THE, UM, PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS.
SO THEIR MAINTENANCE BUILDING AND CLUBHOUSE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, WITH THOSE SAME TYPES OF MATERIALS.
A ONE SIGN, ONE DETACHED SIGN IS ALLOWED FOR THE MUG ZONING DISTRICT WITH A MAXIMUM AREA OF ONE SQUARE FOOT PER LINEAR FOOT OF STREET FRONTAGE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 200 SQUARE FEET.
AND THE MINIMUM SIDE HEIGHT, EXCUSE ME, MAXIMUM SIGN HEIGHT SHALL BE 20 FEET.
THE PROPOSED SIGN IS 10 FEET HIGH WITH A 41 SQUARE FOOT AREA OF THE PROMENADE BOULEVARD, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY FUNCTION, HAS A WIDTH OF 452 FEET.
THEREFORE, THEIR PROPOSED SIGN DOES MEET THESE REGULATIONS FOR SIGN REQUIREMENTS.
SO, BASED ON THESE FINDINGS, UH, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IN MU ZONING DISTRICT, AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
ANY, UH, QUESTIONS UP HERE TO THE BOARD? ALRIGHT, I'LL, UM, I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ZERO ONE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UM, PRESCOTT BAILEY, TWO 10 EAST MORRIS AVENUE, HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, 7 0 4 0 3.
UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, STOA.
UM, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THEN I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY AS, AS WAS JUST PRESENTED, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING A CLASS, A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT INSIDE A MIXED USE ZONING.
UM, WE'RE ATTRACTED TO THE SITE BECAUSE OF ALL THE RETAIL, UH, SURROUNDING IT, ALL THE COMMERCIAL USES, UM, BEING A MIXED USE ZONE, KIND OF ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT'S ACTUALLY MISSING IS THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION.
UM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO KIND OF ACTIVATE, UH, THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, UM, WITH SOME CLASS A MULTIFAMILY.
AS, AS WAS TOUCHED ON, WE'LL HAVE A, YOU KNOW, 8,000 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE, LUXURY RESORT STYLE POOL, UM, COWORKING SPACE, UH, DOG PARK, 24 HOUR FITNESS CENTER.
UM, REALLY KIND OF THE TOP OF THE LINE AMENITIES THAT, THAT ALLOW THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, UH, THAT ARE RENTERS NOWADAYS ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, AS WELL AS A LOT OF EMPTY NESTERS.
UH, AND ALSO, UM, AND WE'RE, UH, WE'RE MEETING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OR, OR EXCEEDING 'EM, PARKING, UH, TREE PLANNING, SETBACKS, KIND OF EVERYTHING.
WE, WE, UH, ON THAT END, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PARISH, UH, ON ALL THE UTILITIES.
RELOCATIONS, UH, MET WITH THE COUNCILMEN, UH, ON THE PROJECT MULTIPLE TIMES AS WELL.
UM, AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN TO A, A SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT.
UH, WE'VE WE'RE ALSO TALKED ALL OF THE PARKING INTERIOR TO KIND OF GIVE IT A MUCH BETTER AESTHETIC, UM, AND TO KIND OF BLEND WELL WITH THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT OVERLAY SHOWS HOW IT KIND OF INTERFACES WITH THE NEW, NEW ALDI NEXT DOOR, UH, AND HOW THOSE BUILDINGS ARE PRESERVED ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
UH, WE'RE ALSO PRESERVING ALL OF THE LIVE OAKS THAT ARE THERE, UM, TO KIND OF HELP, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT
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WE DON'T MAKE AN OVERALL TOO MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON THE, ON THAT CORRIDOR.UM, AND I THINK IF YOU CAN SLIDE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, THIS IS JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF, OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, EITHER IN THE AREA OR, OR, UM, NEARBY.
SO, UM, YEAH, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE CLUBHOUSES, GYMS, KINDA LUXURY STYLE POOL, UM, ALL THOSE AMENITIES THAT WE OFFER.
SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE LOCATION, AND, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON IT.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME OR ADDRESS.
JAY DRAN, 1624 MANHATTAN BOULEVARD IN HARVEY.
BEEN WORKING WITH THE PARISH ON THIS PROJECT TO DEAL WITH THE, THE UTILITIES THAT THEY'RE IN, IN THE SITE ALREADY.
SO WE'VE COME TO TERMS WITH HOW WE'RE GONNA RELOCATE THE SEWER, WHAT WATER'S GONNA BECOME PRIVATE, HOW THAT'S GONNA CHANGE, WHICH, WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO THE DRAINAGE.
SO I'M HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THOSE FEATURES.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? SEEING NONE.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, YOU WANT A QUESTION RIGHT NOW? OKAY.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, DOES THE PROPERTY HAVE, HAS THE PROPERTY BEEN GIVEN ANY STATE TAX INCENTIVES OR IS THIS ANY, UH, HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE? LIKE, WILL, WILL THIS PROPERTY BE, UH, GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED? UH, NO MA'AM.
THIS IS A MARKET RATE PROPERTY.
UM, WE DON'T DO ANY KIND OF SUBSIDIZED HOUSING TAX CREDITS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD ANOTHER PROJECT OVER ON MANHATTAN BOULEVARD AND HARVEY, UM, SIMILAR, UH, IF YOU EVER WANNA CHECK IT OUT, BUT, UM, VERY, VERY HIGH END CLASS.
A AVERAGE RENTS ON THAT PROPERTY ARE ABOUT 1800, UH, A MONTH.
UM, NOW I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL, UH, LOOK FOR A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON BOTH, UH, CASES ON, UH, WS 1 29, 23, AND SP 70 23.
I'M CONCURRENT WITH, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON BOTH UNTIL APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. OVITZ, UH, FOR BOTH CASES TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, SECOND BY MR. BIERBAUM.
UH, WE NEED TO IN ORDER, LET'S TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME, RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. BONOVITCH ON WS 1 29 23, UH, FOR APPROVAL, SECOND BY MR. BIERBAUM.
AND WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY MR. BENOWITZ ON S SP 70 23 FOR APPROVAL.
AND AMBER, WE NEED TO TAKE TWO SEPARATE VOTES, RIGHT? MR. BOROWITZ? YES.
WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, THIS BOARD WILL, WILL, UM, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF WS 1 29 23 TO COUNSEL.
NOW, UM, WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON SP 70 23.
MS. BOARD WILL RECOMMEND APPROVAL AT OF S SP 70 23 TO COUNSEL THAT GOES UNDER, IT'LL BE READ INTO SUMMARY ON THE COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 17TH FOR A HEARING AT THE WEST BANK COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 1ST.
SO MAY FIR, MAY 1ST, UH, THEY CAN COME BACK HERE.
UM, 10:00 AM TO THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
48 LAPIN STREET SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOTS FIVE AND SIX ACT ACT BAR PLANTATION SUBDIVISION, AND TWO LOTS, FIVE C AND FIVE D ACT BAR PLANTATION SUBDIVISION, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA.
AS A PRELIM PRELIMINARY FINAL PLAT WITH A WAIVER OF SECTION 33 DASH 6.6 LOT STANDARDS AND THE DEDICATION OF A FIVE FOOT WATER SERVITUDE BOUND, BOUNDED BY PRIVATE TIER ROAD, NAOMI STREET, BAYOU BARARI, AND HELMER STREET ZONE U ONE R, UNRESTRICTED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
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DISTRICT ONE.UH, THANK YOU, UH, POINT OF, UH, OF RECOGNITION, UH, MS. MCCANN, UH, JOIN US, UH, UH, FROM DISTRICT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE AND GETTING STUCK IN TRAFFIC FROM KENNER.
NO, I JUST, JUST WANNA MAKE THAT A POINT OF RECORD, THE RECORD.
UH, REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE.
THE SITE IS COMPROMISED OF PART OF LOT SIX AND PART OF LOT FIVE.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY A SECOND HOME ON THE FRONT PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS DAMAGED BY STORMS AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEMOLISHED.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS TO REORIENT THE LOTS SO THAT THE SECOND RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE CAN BE RECONSTRUCTED.
UM, THE, THE CODE REQUIRES THAT EVERY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE LOCATED ON A SINGLE LOT OF RECORD.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE DIAGRAM THAT THE EXISTING HOUSE DOES SPLIT THE CURRENT LOT LINES, THE SUBDIVISION REQUEST WILL REMEDY THAT AS WELL.
THE PROPERTY HAS ACCESS TO PRIVATE TIER BOULEVARD VIA LAPE STREET, WHICH IS A PRIVATE STREET THAT DOES NOT MEET THE IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS FOR JEFFERSON PARISH.
ALL LOTS ARE REQUIRED TO, UH, FRONT ON A PUBLIC OR A PRIVATE STREET THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO PARISH STANDARDS.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS NOT, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A WAIVER TO THIS STANDARD, UH, PUBLIC WORKS NOTES THAT PUBLIC SEWER IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, THE EXISTING RESIDENCE HAS A PRIVATE WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN THE PREVIOUS HOUSE, UH, THAT WAS THERE AS WELL, HAD THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT.
THEREFORE, WITH THE PRIVATE SEWER IN PLACE, UH, ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES WAIVER IS NOT REQUIRED.
THERE IS ALSO, UH, AN EXISTING NINE FOOT ACCESS OF SERV SERVITUDE IN FAVOR OF LOT SEVEN G AT THE REAR.
UM, THAT ACCESS, ACCESS SERVITUDE, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE IN GREEN, WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED ON THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION.
DOES RESULT IN THE WATER METER FOR THE EXISTING HOUSE AT 49 48.
LAPINE BEING LOCATED ON A DIFFERENT LOT OF RECORD IN ORDER TO, TO, UH, CORRECT THAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRING THE PROPERTY OWNER TO RELOCATE THE WATER METER AND PAY TO EXTEND THE WATER LINE ACROSS THE EXISTING, UH, PROPERTY PROPOSED LOT TO SEE.
SO THE OWNER HAS AGREED TO THAT AND IS DEDICATING THE FIVE FOOT WATER SERVITUDE TO CROSS LOT FIVE C INTO LOT FIVE D FOR THIS WATER ACCESS.
THE CREATION OF LOTS THAT DON'T MEET THE PROVISIONS OF THE UDC AND NECESSARY SUB WA SUBDIVISION WAIVERS ARE PROVIDED, EXCUSE ME, REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY THE PARISH COUNCIL.
SO FOR PROPERTIES IN THE UNR DISTRICT THAT ARE DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, THERE'S A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 40 FEET PER LOT, A DEPTH OF 75 FEET IN AN AREA OF 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO THE PROPOSED LOTS WOULD MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.
UM, AS NOTED, THE EXISTING LOT LINE DIVIDES THE STRUCTURE LOCATED, UH, THAT'S ALREADY LOCATED THERE.
SO THIS WILL CORRECT THAT AND PROVIDE THE PROPER SETBACKS FOR BOTH STRUCTURES THERE.
THE UDC HAS THE ESTABLISHED SET OF REVIEW CRITERIA FOR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLATS, AS WELL AS BLOCK AND LOT STANDARDS.
THE SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN EVALUATED THERE AGAINST THIS CRITERIA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STREET FRONTAGE, IT COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THE REGULATIONS.
THEREFORE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION AND THE WAIVER AS IT DOES MEET, DOES MEET ALL THE REGULATIONS, AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD UP HERE? NOT NOW, NO.
I WILL OPEN THIS, UH, CASE UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
IS NO ONE HERE FOR IN FAVOR OF WS 1 45 23.
UH, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF WS 1 45 23? PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS TRAVIS FISH.
I LIVE 1 3 0 6 9 PRIVATE HILL BOULEVARD, WHICH IS THE CORNER LOT OF LAPE STREET.
AND BARRETT AREA IS QUITE NARROW.
IS LAPE STREET DEDICATED OR PRIVATE? I DON'T HAVE A, IT IS CURRENTLY, UH, SHOWN AS A PRIVATE STREET.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT PLANNING SAYS.
IT'S PRI IT'S A PRIVATE STREET.
IN OTHER WORDS, I OWN THE BEGINNING
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OF LAPIN STREET.THE STREET RUNS THROUGH MY LOT.
NOW, THIS GOES BACK, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS, UH, I'VE BEEN, MY WIFE'S BEEN LIVING ON LAPIN STREET FOR 71 YEARS, NEVER MOVED OFF AS IS ANYBODY TRYING TO TAKE AND PUT A RIGHT OF WAY FOR WATER GOING FROM THE MAIN ROAD TO THE BAYOU TO THE PROJECT THEY GOT GOING ON? UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR PLANNING.
THE, THE WATER LINES ALREADY EXIST.
THIS IS JUST AFFECTING THESE TWO PROPERTIES.
EXCUSE ME, JUST ONE PERSON AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
THE ONLY PROPERTIES AFFECTED ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PART OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
AND THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT IN THE FUTURE THE PROPERTIES ARE SOLD, THAT THE PERSON AT THE REAR PROPERTY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO WATER THROUGH THAT.
IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE EXISTING WATER LINES UP UNTIL THE POINT OF THIS, UH, SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY.
SO WATER LINES ARE, ARE, UH, ARE CURRENTLY, UH, NAVIGATING TO THAT BACK LOT? CORRECT.
ANYTHING ELSE, MISS? UH, SIR? YES.
THE MOST OF THESE PEOPLE LIVE BEHIND ME.
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY HAS TO GO IN THE BACK, THEY GOTTA PASS BY ME.
18 WHEEL HAS BEEN GOING BACK THERE.
NOW, IF IT'S PRIVATE, I GOTTA FIX THE ROAD.
ARE YOU ASKING THAT'S A, IF WHO OWNS THE PRIVATE ROAD? UM, A LOT OF THESE COULD BE LEGAL ISSUES THAT DON'T CONCERN THE SUBDIVISION AT HAND.
IT'S ALSO NOT NECESSARILY NECESSARILY THE TIME TO HAVE A BACK AND FORTH QUESTION, BUT TO SEE WHO'S FOR AND WHO'S AGAINST.
AND THEN WE CAN ADDRESS WHATEVER QUESTIONS AT THE END.
SO WE, WE WE'RE JUST HERE TO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND AT THE END WE WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL, UM, HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF QUESTIONS GOING ON IN THE BACK OF ME.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MR. GUIDRY? AND THERE'S TWO INE STREETS NOW.
ONE TIME THEY HAVE ONE AND ALL IN THE BACK OF ME IS ALL IN CAHOOTS WITH, UH, ONE SAY THIS IS HIS LAND ONE SAY THAT'S HIS LAND AND ALL THIS HUMBUG.
AND WHEN WE WAS, WHEN I FIRST MOVED THERE, MY WIFE'S BEEN THERE FOR 71 YEARS.
LIKE I SAID, THE ROAD USED TO STOP AND IT WAS NOT LAPE STREET.
LAPE STREET USED TO CURVE TO THE LEFT AND PASS NORTH OF THIS.
LAPE STREET USED TO BE AROUND IT.
NOW THEY, THEY SAID THEY GOT A RIGHT OF WAY IN THE BUILDING ON ANOTHER ROAD THAT'S UPSETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
HOW CAN IT BE DONE? WE WE'RE HERE TO, TO, UH, REVIEW THE SUBDIVISION OF THIS JUST ONE PROPERTY.
SO THE PROPERTY'S BEEN THERE FOREVER.
WE'RE WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE SUBDIVISION OKAY.
TO COMBINE THOSE TWO PROPERTIES TOGETHER.
SO THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE ROAD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF THEY CAN DO SOMETHING IN THE BACK, WHY CAN'T I DO IT IN THE FRONT? WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO IN THE FRONT? IF IT PASSES THROUGH MY LAND? WHAT? WELL, WE, THE LAPINE STREET IS A PRIVATE STREET.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT, I DON'T, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, PLANNING, BUT THAT'S NOT HIS LAND.
IT'S A PRIVATE STREET WHO'S RIGHT.
WHAT DOES A PRIVATE STREET MEAN? WHO OWNS A PRIVATE OWNED BY WHO OWNS A PRIVATE STREET? IT'S OWNED BY A PERSON.
NOT SO, OH, FOR CLARIFICATION, THE PRIVATE STREET IS OWNED BY THE, EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER WHOSE, UH, PROPERTY RUNS ACROSS.
SO HE DOES OWN THE PORTION THAT IS ON HIS PROPERTY.
SO HE OWNS THE ROAD ON HIS LOT.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A SURVEY WAS DONE? YOU HAVE A WE HAVE, WE HAVE PICTURES OF WHERE LAPINE STREET USED TO BE AND WHERE LAPINE STREET, THEY WANNA MAKE IT NOW.
IT USED TO RUN AND GO ON AN ANGLE AROUND A DITCH.
NOW SOMEBODY COVERED UP THE DITCH AND PUT A COVER IN IT AND COVERED IT UP.
AND NOW THEY WANNA MAKE IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DITCH, WHICH CUT IN A OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.
SO WE DO HAVE A, UH, PARDON ME.
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AHEAD.UM, SEE, WE GOT TITLES, WE GOT PICTURES, WE GOT LAND PAPERS.
WE GOT WHERE THE ROAD USED TO BE AND WHERE THEY WANNA MAKE IT NOW.
OKAY, LET ME HEAR FROM GLEN QUICK.
WELL, I KNOW THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MR. RY WANTING TO SUBDIVIDE HIS LOCK.
BUT WHEN I, I FIRST LEARNED THAT YOU COULD ONLY HAVE ONE HOUSE ON ONE LOT.
NOW HE WANTS TO MAKE TWO HOUSES OR PUT TWO HOUSES BACK THERE.
HE'S, HE SAID DIVIDE THIS INTO ONE LOT.
NO, HE'S, HE'S, THERE'S, IT'S EXISTING TWO LOTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT IN A ACCURATE, UH, THEY'RE NOT IN A, UM, SUITABLE CONFIGURATION TO CONSTRUCT, TO RECONSTRUCT THE SECOND HOUSE.
SO THEY ARE CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT SECOND HOUSE, WHICH WAS EXISTING BEFORE BACK ON THAT PROPERTY.
UH, BUT SO ALL THE OTHER HOUSES OR LOTS HAVE ONE HOUSE? AM I THAT CORRECT, SIR? YEAH, WE OWN ALL, WE ALL HAVE ONE HOUSE INDIVIDUAL LOT.
AND THE ROAD BESIDE THAT, THE PRIVATE ROAD, HE MAINTAINS LAND THE ROAD IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE PASSES RIGHT ON THE FASTEST MONT PROPERTY.
BUT, BUT THAT HAD, THAT'S NOT CHANGING FROM WHAT'S HERE.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, THIS SUBDIVISION IS NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING THAT AFFECT, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THAT ON THIS PARTICULAR ROAD.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES, THEY WOULD STILL BE OUTSTANDING.
AND THAT'S NOT FOR OUR, THAT WE, WE HAVE NO PURVIEW ON THAT.
MR. GIDRICK JUST WANTS TO DIVIDE HIS LINE UP WHERE CAN PUT THE HOUSE.
AND THAT'S FROM WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME.
SO LONG AS THEY DON'T TAKE NONE OF MY PROPERTY, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
THAT'S NO, BUT WE'RE VOTING ON THESE PEOPLE.
HE OWNS PROPERTY ON THE SAME ROAD AND WHY MR. RY AIN'T HERE, HE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU GOT SOMETHING ELSE? HOW Y'ALL DOING TODAY? MY NAME'S CLARENCE WISEMAN.
I'VE BEEN LIVING ON THAT STREET FOR 63 YEARS AND I KNOW CALVIN GUIDRY, WE GREW UP TOGETHER.
WHEN WE CALLED ABOUT ALL THIS, I WANNA KNOW IF IT'S A PRIVATE ROAD.
NOW, WHO OWNS IT? IT'S, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA OWN IT, HUH? IT'S OWNED BY THE PERSON THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE, TO THE ROAD.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO FIND OUT.
SO MR. GID FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK, HE DOESN'T OWN AT ALL.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.
'CAUSE I, I, SHRIMP FOR A LIVING TO GET TO MY PROPERTY, TO THE BAYOU, I PASSED WHAT WAS IN LAPE STREET? LAPINE STREET WAS TO THE NORTH OWNER.
OWNERSHIP OF THE, THIS ROAD COULD, COULD BE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE.
SO Y'ALL CAN'T TELL ME WHO OWNS THE ROAD IF IT'S A PRIVATE ROAD, COME ON MAN.
WE'RE, THAT'S NOT OUR PURVIEW.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT JUDGING ON THE ROAD ITSELF.
WE'RE JUDGING ON THE NO SIR PROPERTY.
SOMEBODY OWNS A PRIVATE ROAD AND SAYS, LOOK, YOU CAN'T COME BACK HERE NO MORE.
IT, IT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ANYBODY'S ROAD THAT WE'RE, WE'RE JUDGING ON TODAY.
SO ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY.
IS THAT'S ALL WE HAVE CONTROL OVER.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE CONTROL OVER RIGHT NOW.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS.
BUT WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON TODAY ISN'T ABOUT.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS, I GET IT.
BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FOR US TO DECIDE ABOUT THE ROAD.
OKAY? WE'RE ALL, WE ARE, WE'RE WORKING ON IS DECIDING TO ALLOW THE SUBDIVISION OF THE LOTS IN A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION.
THAT, AND IT'S WHERE THAT INTERNAL LOT LINE IS TRYING TO, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE CONTROL OVER WHEN THE ROAD BECAME PRIVATE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT NOBODY, WE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE PURVIEW.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION.
HEY, I GOTCHA IS, UH, WHEN I LEFT HOME, MR. GUIDRY WAS ON HIS PROPERTY.
WE LIVED RIGHT ACROSS FROM ONE ANOTHER, BUT KNOWING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I, I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE HERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHY I'M ASKING YOU THIS.
FOUR DAYS AGO I PULL UP, THEY GOT A BIG SIGN WHEN YOU GET OFF PRIVATE TIER ABOUT A JEFFERSON PARISH MEETING.
I SAID, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? ARE THEY COMING? 'CAUSE THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW BRIDGE DOWN THERE AND IT'S GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A, A LEVY PROTECTION WALL.
AND I GOT ABOUT 800 CRAB TRAPS OUT THERE.
I SAID, LOOK, AND I WORK OFFSHORE.
I SAID, DO I NEED TO MOVE MY TRAPS? I DON'T WANT 'EM TO COME BULLDOZE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF
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TRAPS.I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
NOW WOULDN'T THAT JUST SEEM A LITTLE FISHY? HE COULD HAVE TOLD ME RIGHT THEN AND THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S HIS PROPERTY.
HE COULD SUBDIVIDED HOW HE WANTS.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M UP HERE TODAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? DANNY CAME ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER.
OH MAN, I THINK MY SON WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M, HE'S BEEN LIVING THERE ABOUT 12 YEARS.
I GOT THREE LOTS, YOU KNOW, AND MY LOT IS USED TO BE ON A PRIVATE ROAD.
MY DAD BUILT, WELL, WE COULD GET TO OUR SHRIMP BOATS.
WE HAD 200 FOOT SHRIMP BOATS OUT THERE.
MR. RE'S DAD HAD ONE ON LAPE STREET.
THEY USED TO TAKE LAPE STREET TO GO TO THEIR BOATS.
WE GOT THE PAPERWORK RIGHT HERE.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO COME CHANGE STUFF WITHOUT LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
LIKE, WE GOT THIS PAPER, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
IT'S, IT'S, BUT IT, IT IS JUST A SUBDIVISION OF HIS PROPERTY.
SO TO BUY THE LAND HE VILLE IN THE HOUSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT'S THE SALE? I WANT TO GO TO MY BUYER FRONT.
HE SAYS, NO, YOU CAN'T PASS ANYMORE.
THIS ROAD IS NOT PART OF OUR PURVIEW.
WE, WE HAVE NO, WELL, AND I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER POINT.
HE WORKS FOR THE TOWN HALL, TIM KE, AND I KNOW HE GOES ON LA'S NOT A HAPPY PLACE RIGHT NOW WITH THE ERS.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? AND MY NAME'S CLARENCE WISEMAN.
AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO DIFFERENT ONES IN, IN THIS AREA FOR THE LAST, ACROSS THE RIVER ALSO ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS.
LIKE HE SAY, THE GENTLEMAN KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
HE WORKS FOR THE TOWN OF LAFITTE.
I BATTLED IN COURT WITH HIM YEARS AGO.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT'S GOING ON? WE LOST LAND BECAUSE OF THIS.
I TALKED TO MR. MARIO AND EDWARD A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
I GOT A MEETING TOMORROW WITH JENNIFER AT 10 O'CLOCK.
IN OTHER WORDS, Y'ALL SAYING THAT SERVICE TOO.
AND I TOLD THIS TO ALICE THE OTHER DAY, THAT SERVICE TOO IS NOT WHERE SHORT ON THAT MAP.
THAT SERVICE TOO GOES ACROSS HIS LAND.
MY PROBLEM, HIS LAND AND MY LAND ON 4 9 70 LAPIN STREET.
I'M, THE SECOND LOT I'LL LAND CROSSES THE STREET IF IT'S A PRIVATE STREET, JUST LIKE HE'S FEELING.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT HAPPENS IF HE SAYS I CAN'T PASS GETTING TO MY PROPERTY? OKAY.
NOT SUPPOSED MR. FISH SAYS, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM PASS NEEDLE.
I SAID, YOU CAN'T PASS NEEDLE.
SO HOW YOU GONNA BUILD A HOUSE BAG THERE WITH NO RIGHT OF WAY TO GET BACK THERE? HE, HE'S GOT, LOOK, HE TOLD US WHEN PHONE WENT TO COURT.
I DON'T KNOW THE POLITICAL POWER I GOT.
LET ME, LET ME ASK, UH, THE PLANNER, SHE'S GOT SOME, SHE, SHE'S GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION.
SHE KNOWS WHAT I TOLD HER WHEN I SHOWED HER THE MOUTH THE OTHER DAY.
SHE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE WHEN I PRESENTED IT TO THE OTHER DAY.
BUT THERE'S A RIGHT OF WAY GOING THROUGH HIS, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
LET WHAT, LET HER SPEAK, LET HER SPEAK.
SO, UM, FURTHER RESEARCH, YES.
HE DID PROVIDE IN, UH, BRING IN A, A RECORDED ACT OF SALE IN SUBDIVISION THAT SHOWED A SERVITUDE.
IT SHOWED LAPE STREET GOING THROUGH WHERE THE EXISTING HOUSE IS NOW.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS A, A LAWSUIT ENSUED AT ONE TIME.
THE CONSENT JUDGMENT RESULT OF THAT LAWSUIT DEDICATED THIS PORTION THAT YOU SEE IN GREEN ON THESE TWO PROPERTIES AS A DEDICATED SERVITUDE TO GET TO ACCESS TO THOSE REAR PROPERTIES.
IT MOVED THAT SERVITUDE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE TO THIS LOCATION WITH THIS CONSENT JUDGMENT.
SO THERE'S A CONSENT JUDGMENT NOW THAT, THAT, UM, IN FAVOR OF FAVOR OF THIS SERVITUDE, OF THIS SERVITUDE SHOWN ON THE, IN GREEN ON THIS DIAGRAM IN LIEU OF THE PREVIOUS SERVITUDE OR THE PREVIOUS ROADWAY.
IT WAS NOT A SERVITUDE AT THAT TIME.
SO IN ORDER TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ROAD, YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE COURT.
WHICH ISN'T I I, WE GET IT, BUT IT'S NOT ON, IT'S NOT ON US.
WE'RE NOT JUDGES IN JEFFERSON PARISH TO BE ABLE TO, BUT Y'ALL PLANNING TO BUILD A HOUSE.
WE'RE ALL WE, ALL WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IS SAY YES OR NO.
YOU CAN DIVIDE YOUR LOT THE WAY, THE WAY YOU, YOU SEE THE SERVICE TWO Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON'S NAME ON IT.
THAT WAS HIS GRANDFATHER'S LAND SINCE 1937.
THAT WAS OUR PROPERTY GOING TO THE BUYER.
'CAUSE THEY SAY IT WAS THEIR PROPERTY.
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WAS MY ATTORNEY AND KATRINA WIFE SHUT EVERYTHING OUT.'CAUSE WE HAD OVER 30 YEARS ACQUI PRESCRIPTION ON IT.
THEY DIDN'T OWN THEIR LAND UNTIL 1948.
BUT WHEN WE WENT TO COURT, THEY LET HIS GRANDFATHER USE IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS POLITICAL.
IT WAS ALL POLITICAL WITH CHRIS ROBERTS USED TO GO BACK THEN EAT ALL THE TIME HE WORKED FOR TAMMY KE IT, IT WAS ALWAYS POLITICAL FROM DAY ONE.
AND HE THREW IT TO OUR FACE ABOUT WHAT WAS GONNA GO ON.
AND HE WAS RIGHT WHEN MR. GUS GOT WASHED OUT NEW ORLEANS FOR KATRINA.
AND I GOT LAUGHED AT, I GOT LAUGHED AT IN THE BACK IN THE CHAMBER IS WHEN WE SETTLED ALL THIS TO GIVE ME A ROUTE AWAY ON OUR OWN LAND.
'CAUSE HIS MEASUREMENTS WAS ONLY 54 AND 54 ON THE TITLES AND ON LOT SIX C.
NO, I'M SIX C ON LOT SIX GOING TO THAT BUYER.
IT WAS GIVEN IN 1940 SOMETHING BEFORE HIS UNCLE SOLD IT TO HIS GRANDPA WHERE THERE WAS A RIDEAWAY COMING THROUGH THERE.
I SHOWED MISS ALICE THE OTHER DAY.
I SAID, CAN YOU BLOCK A RIDEAWAY? SHE SAID, NO, YOU CANNOT.
YOU COULD COVER IT, DO WHAT YOU WANT.
THAT HOUSE IS SITTING ON TOP OF THAT ROAD.
THAT WHOLE HOUSE THAT WAS THERE.
YOU AIN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE TWO.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU HOW, HOW IT IS.
TWO HOUSES ON ONE PIECE OF LAND.
HALF HOW MANY YEARS? FOR A BUNCH OF YEARS SINCE, SINCE THE STORMS HE PUT IT THERE.
I GOT A MEETING TOMORROW WITH JENNIFER.
THEY, AS LONG AS THEY CAN TAKE IT, THEY'RE GONNA KEEP IT TAKING, THEY'RE GONNA KEEP IT TAKING, THEY'RE GONNA KEEP IT TAKING, IF TAMMY WENT HAD THIS BATTLE WITH THE, THE CONEX, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE THAT WHEN THEY BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD IT ON THAT SERVITUDE.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR ARE WHEN THEY SAY THEY MOVED THE SERVITUDE, SERVITUDE AIN'T MOVED, IS DOCUMENTED RIGHT HERE.
WELL, BUT I THINK THE, THEY GIVE ME A RIGHTAWAY ONLY ME AND ANYBODY THAT GET PERMISSION IF YOU READ THE COURT DOCUMENTS.
SO I THINK THE CONSENT DECREE DID GIVE THEM THE SERVITUDE RIGHT THERE AND MOVED THAT, UM, AND I, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN TERMS OF, IT MAY HAVE BEEN POLITICAL, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE JUDGE ORDERED, GIVING THEM THE SERVITUDE RIGHT THERE.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MS. ALICE RIGHT NOW IS SHE'S SAYING THEY CANNOT BUILD ON THAT SERVITUDE SO THAT SERVITUDE WILL STAY AS IT IS.
SO I GUESS AGAIN, WHAT WE KEEP SAYING TO Y'ALL RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE BACKUP INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROAD BECAUSE WHAT WE, WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US ONLY STRICTLY WAS ABOUT SUBDIVIDING THE LANDS.
I DON'T CARE WHAT HE DOES ON HIS LAND, BUT MR. HAYDEN, SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE HERE FOR IS HIS LAND IS HIS LAND.
THAT'S TO SAY AND SUBDIVIDING IT, DIVID THAT BECAUSE HE'S SAYING THAT HE'S LOOKING TO, I GUESS HIS SON TO BUILD HIS SON ANOTHER HOUSE ON THAT OTHER PART OF THE LAND.
WE ONLY HAVE THE POWER TO SAY YES OR NO.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY I WANNA GO THROUGH THIS.
HE HAD TWO HOUSES ON A PIECE OF LAND.
WE, WE DON'T WHAT WE SAYING WE DON'T KNOW EITHER TO HEAR YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET WELL, NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR, YOUR COMPLAINT TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
AND WE ARE NOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR YOU AND WE, WE, WE ARE LISTENING.
OUR POWER IS ONLY IN CAN YOU DIVIDE YOUR LOT? YEAH.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU SIR.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? GO AHEAD SIR.
UH, IF HE DOESN'T BUILD THE HOUSE FOR HIS SON THERE, ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO STOP HIM FROM GETTING TO HIS HOUSE? NO.
AND YOU CAN ASK ANY ONE OF 'EM THAT'S SIT DOWN RIGHT HERE.
HE'S GONNA SHOW YOU THE POWER HE'S GOT.
SO WHAT, LET ME TAKE, LEMME LET ME SPEAK ONE TIME.
LAST TIME THEY BLACKED OUT THAT ROAD ON LAPIN STREET.
AND IT TURNED AROUND PORT GOT SIX C AND UNCLE FISH KNOWS THAT, RIGHT? IT CUTS THE CORNER.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, IT CUTS THE CORNER.
I SAID, LOOK, I SAID, IF IT'S A PRIVATE STREET, THEY KEPT ON SAYING IT WAS A PRIVATE STREET BACK THEN.
I SAID, GO STRAIGHT, PASS ME A LITTLE BIT AND JUST TURN.
JUST GO FURTHER WHEN YOU GET ON THE
HE GOT ALL FRUSTRATING BENT OUTTA HELP.
HE TURNED AROUND, WENT CALLED CHRIS ROBERTS ON THE PHONE.
SO THEY CAME BACK AND THEY PUT IT DOWN.
WELL, NOW, IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT'S PRIVATE,
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WELL GUESS WHAT? THE PORT THAT HE COVERED ON MY HAND, I COULD GO OUT THERE AND PUT A PIPE ON THE CORNER.NOW STILL GIVE HIM ACCESS 10 FOOT TO PASS THROUGH.
YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT I RECLAIMED MY LAND.
'CAUSE I GOT A CORPORAL RIGHT THERE WITH MY CAMP ON IT.
AND UNCLE ASKED HIM, WHAT YOU GONNA DO IF HE PUTS A PIPE IN THE ROAD? HE SAID, WELL, I'M GONNA CALL A LAWYER.
IT'S ALL HIS WAY OR NO WAY SINCE.
SO SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY POWER TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOU.
ON THE, UM, WE'RE NOT AGAINST HIM BUILDING A HOUSE.
WE JUST, THAT HE'S TAKEN AND TAKING AND TAKING CAN'T GET BACK TO HIS BODY.
SO TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM, A BIT OF JUST, JUST ADVICE IS RETAIN A LAWYER AS A GROUP.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU.
'CAUSE I, WE CAN'T, WHEN IT'S POLITICAL, YOU CAN'T, YOU CANNOT BEAT THE SYSTEM.
AND I DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT TO PROVE TO THE BODY.
A LOT OF OLDER GENTLEMEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE WE NEED TO MOVE ON THOUGH.
AND WE AIN'T TRYING TO SIGN FROM A BILL IN THE HOUSE.
WE NOT, THAT'S HOW WE JUST, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE HERE FOR.
THAT'S ALL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
HE COULD JUST DO WHATEVER HE WANT AS LONG AS HE DON'T TAKE LAND FROM NOBODY.
AND WHAT WE, LIKE I SAID, LIKE WE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN I COME BACK, I'M GONNA CLEAN MY PIECE OF LAND.
I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU, JENNIFER, TOMORROW MORNING ABOUT ALL THIS, OKAY? YEP.
UH, ANYONE ELSE? UH, WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU REGARDING THE WATER LINE.
MY FAMILY'S PROPERTY IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIS PROPERTY.
AND BACK IN LA FEET, THEY JUST DID THINGS THE EASY WAY.
THE WATERLINE GOES THROUGH HIS PROPERTY TO MY GRANDMOTHER'S PROPERTY.
SO WHERE AM I GONNA STAND WITH THIS NEW WATERLINE? IF I WANTED MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED AFTER THE STORM, BUT WHAT IF I WANTED WATER THERE AGAIN, THE WHERE THAT PUTS ME AND THIS BACK TO ZERO.
THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT, WELL, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DPW, RIGHT? YEAH.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO WATERLINE.
DPW WOULD BE THE ONE TO ASK THAT QUESTION TOO.
WE ARE HEARING YOU GUYS, IT'S JUST Y'ALL ARE COMING TO THE WRONG PEOPLE TO GET YOUR SOLUTIONS.
OKAY, WELL, GOT ANOTHER QUESTION ON NEXT PROPERTY OVER WHICH IS 300 FEET LONG, WAY LONGER THAN MR. GIDREY'S PROPERTY.
DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUBDIVIDE THAT? IT, IT NEEDS TO BE A CERTAIN DIMENSION.
IF ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT IN AN APPLICATION, IT'S YOUR PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE CAN, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A CERTAIN DIMENSION.
AND IF IT FALLS WITHIN THE, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT, RIGHT THERE, THERE'S THE PARAMETERS.
I WAS STRIKING CURIOSITY, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SERVITUDE EARLIER, Y'ALL.
I, I STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT AND I GOT OFF OF IT.
THE SERVITUDE Y'ALL SHOWING IS ON HIS LAND ON SIX.
IT PASSES ON HIS LAND ACROSS THE STREET ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
WHERE Y'ALL SHOWING THE NEW INE STREET AT.
IT'S ON THAT SIDE RIGHT THERE.
'CAUSE MR. RE'S WATER LINE GOES UNDER THAT ROAD.
AM I RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS, UH, GRAPHIC THAT THAT'S ON THERE.
Y'ALL SHOWING THE WATER LINE TO THE, TO THE NORTH OF IT.
AND I TOLD MISS ALICE THE OTHER DAY, THAT'S NOT THE SERVITUDE.
THE SERVITUDE WHERE ALL THE TELEPHONE POLES, THERE'S WATER LINES AND GAS LINES IS GOING THROUGH THAT TO THE SOUTH OF US.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THEY HAD A SURVEY? YES.
BUT REGARDLESS, WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY JUDGING ON THE SUBDIVISION OF THE PROPERTY.
WE'RE THE SHORES IS GONNA COME ACROSS MY LAND AND MR. FISHER'S LAND.
SO WHERE ARE THEY GOING WITH THIS? WITH THIS SERVITUDE? HE, HE'S SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT HE NEEDS.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS NOT THE COMPLETE SERVITUDE, THIS IS JUST THE PORTION OF THE SERVITUDE THAT'S ON LOT FIVE.
UH, AND PART OF LOT SIX CURRENTLY.
SO YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE ROAD.
IT, IT COULD BE LARGER THAN WHAT IS SHOWN, BUT THIS IS THE PART THAT'S ON LOT FIVE AND LOT SIX AND WOULD AFFECT THE BUILDABLE AREA FOR LOT FIVE IF ANY HOUSE IS BEING BUILT.
IF FIVE C LET ASK FIVE D ASK A QUESTION.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS PASSING HIS PROPERTY OR HIM PASSING YOUR IN THE PAST? EVERYBODY GOES AND COMES AND GOES.
OR DID HE STOP YOU OR YOU STOP HIM? NO.
SO IT, IT HADN'T BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST, WHAT I'M SAYING YEARS AGO.
SO NOW HE BUILDS ANOTHER HOUSE.
HOW, WHY IS IT ALL OF A SUDDEN GONNA BE A PROBLEM FOR YOU? NO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
HU HUD CLOSED THAT DITCH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOUR TAX DOLLARS CLOSED THAT DITCH UP.
AND IT WAS GRANTED BY THE JUDGE NOT TO CLOSE THAT DITCH.
THEY CLOSED THAT DITCH TO MAKE ALL HIS LAND INTO ONE TURN AROUND.
IN OTHER WORDS, I CAUGHT THE FEDS.
THE FEDS COME OUT THERE, THEY TURN AROUND, THEY CLOSED THE DITCH WITH FEDERAL MONEY.
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AND I WENT UP THERE TO, TO, I CAN'T THINK OF EVEN THE COMPANY THAT WAS WORKING.I WENT UP THERE AND HE WAS CLAIMING ON MAKING THAT WHOLE RULE LAPIN STREET 20 FOOT WIDE.
AND MR. FISH 10 CAME FROM ME, OVER 10 FISH.
Y'ALL WANNA KNOW WHY WE ASKING QUESTIONS FOR YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM.
IF I WOULDN'T HAVE CAUGHT IT, THIS WAS ALL UNDERNEATH IT WAS GONE.
IT WOULDN'T BE GOING WITH ONE OF THESE ELECTIONS.
TRUST ME, IT WOULDN'T HAVE CAME THIS FAR.
'CAUSE HE WOULDN'T HAVE GOT THAT FAR.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF THINGS WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE THIS BACK THEN TO GET THIS HOUSE APPROVED AND ALL THAT, TRUST ME, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
MORE THAN WHAT PEOPLE KNOWS ABOUT A LOT.
WELL, AND MR. HAYDALE, AGAIN, YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING IN TERMS, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR MY BEST INTEREST TO, TO PROTECT MY, MY PROPERTY.
I AIN'T GOT BIRTH ALREADY, YOU KNOW.
AND I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, YES, YOU DO AGREE WITH THAT, BUT WHAT MS. MCCANN HAS SAID AND OTHER PEOPLE UP HERE SAYING, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
YOU KEEP TALKING TO THE PROPER PEOPLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT AT THE ONLY, ONLY THING WE ARE DOING IS SUBDIVIDING THAT LAND.
I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP THAT FELL WITHIN THE LEGAL RIGHT REALM OF BEING ABLE TO SUBDIVIDE IT.
AND SO WE ARE JUST SAYING, OKAY, YOU FELL WITHIN THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF DOING SO.
I'M SUBDIVIDED, I'M LOOKING AT THE SERVITUDE.
WHERE'S ON, ON ACT SIX? ALMOST IN THE MIDDLE OF ACT SIX.
REALLY? 'CAUSE IT COMES ACROSS THE STREET.
UNLESS HE COMES ACROSS TO WHERE THE SERVITUDE IS, WHICH THE MAP DON'T SHOW IT.
CHARLIE, UH, BUREAU IS LAYING NOW, BUT HE'S NOT BUILDING THERE.
HE'S GONNA BUILD NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WATER SERVITUDE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS IS ALSO A, A GRAPHIC THAT'S NOT TO SCALE EITHER.
IT'S ABOUT 20, 20 FOOT OR SO OFF.
BUT AGAIN, WE JUST DON'T COMING THROUGH OUR PROPERTY.
'CAUSE THE SERVICE TOOL IS THERE ALREADY TO THE RIGHT OF US.
THAT'S WHAT MY WIFE'S SCARED ABOUT.
WE, WE, WE UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT WE, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON.
WHAT, SIR? WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? ON THE CORNER.
HEY, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? EARL BIERBAUM.
I, I'VE BEEN KNOWING C ALL MY LIFE.
HE'S GOT THREE SONS, TWO OF THEM OVER THERE, LIVE OVER THERE ABOUT THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO.
I WENT TO MY, I GOT THREE LODGE BAG THERE.
ONE OF THE SONS GET OUT, OPEN MY DOOR AND PUNCHES ME IN MY FACE.
HUH? HE'S 20 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME.
COPS CAME, HIM AND HIS BROTHER SAID, I STARTED AT FIRST, SAID YOU'D LIKE TO GO SEE MY CAMERAS.
WENT SHOW THE POLICE MAN IN THERE.
HE TOLD HIM GO GET HIM OUTTA HIS DADDY'S TRAILER.
SO ABOUT A WEEK LATER, THE BOY HAD HIT ME, CAME BEGGING ME.
'CAUSE HE'S ALWAYS IN TROUBLE, MAN.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ALL THAT.
I'VE BEEN KNOWING HIM ALL MY LIFE.
WHEN YOU ASK A MAN WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND HE CAN'T AND HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
I MEAN, I SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE, I'M THINKING IT'S FOR THE LEVI BY THE BYE.
YOU KNOW, HE COMES BACK 10 MINUTES LATER.
OH, I THINK MY SON WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S HIS LAND.
WE, WE UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
UH, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND UH, I'M GONNA LOOK FOR A MOTION.
UH, THERE'S SO DARN MANY QUESTIONS HERE.
UH, ONE REASON I'M UPSET WITH IT IS CALVIN GUIDRY NOT HERE.
I MEAN, HE'S REPRESENTING HIMSELF.
NOW, YOU ALL HAVE PERSONAL PROBLEM WITH WHATEVER IT IS.
I, UH, UH, I SEE WHERE HE COMING FROM AND I SEE WHERE HE COMING FROM.
AND THE WAY I SEE IT, UH, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND AND VOTE DENIAL OF WS 1 45 DASH 23.
I GOT A MOTION ON THE FOUR, UH, FOR, UH, WS 1 45 23 FOR DENIAL.
ALRIGHT, I GOT A SECOND BY, UH, MR. JONES.
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YES.SO THIS BOARD, UH, WILL RECOMMEND, UH, DENIAL ON, UH, VOTE OF FOUR TO THREE TO COUNCIL.
AND THAT VOTE GOES WHEN? THAT WILL BE, UH, AGAIN, UH, TO THE COUNCIL ON MAY 5TH.
SO WHAT DATE MAY 1ST IS THE COUNCIL HEARING? MAY 1ST, UM, BACK HERE AT 10:00 AM UM, THEY'LL BE READ TO, UM, TO COUNSEL.
YOU CAN STATE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CASE.
DANIELLE, CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING, SIR? NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, I'M JUST SAYING NO, NO.
I DON'T WANT HIM TO STOP FROM BUILDING HIS HOUSE.
WE DON'T, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? GO AHEAD.
HE, HE HAS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR COUNSEL.
SO THIS, THIS IS NOT THE FINAL.
ALRIGHT, NEXT, UH, CASE UP WS 10 24.
THAT WAS 1 0 1 3 6 REYNOLDS DRIVE, SUBDIVISION OF LOTS A AND B SQUARE 41 K SOUTH KENNER SUBDIVISION INTO LOT A ONE SQUARE FOUR ONE K SOUTH KENNER SUBDIVISION, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA AS THE PRELIMINARY FINAL PLAT BOUNDED BY SOUTH KEN AVENUE, MORNINGSIDE DRIVE AND VETE BOULEVARD.
UH, REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION PLEASE.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS QUEST IS TO COMBINE TWO LOTS INTO ONE LOT.
UM, IN 1966, THE PLOTS WERE SUBDIVIDED INTO LOT 41 K IN 1968, IT WAS THEN BROKEN DOWN INTO SEVERAL SMALLER LOTS AND THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY, ANY CHANGES SINCE THEN.
THERE WAS A PREEXISTING HOUSE ON THIS PROPERTY THAT CROSSED BOTH LOT LINES.
THAT HOUSE HAS BEEN, UH, DEMOLISHED.
SO THEY'RE WANTING TO COMBINE THE LOTS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RECONSTRUCT THE HOUSE.
UH, THIS ACREAGE IS JUST OVER TWO ACRES, WHICH REQUIRES PARISH COUNCIL APPROVAL.
SO THE S ONE SUB SUBURBAN DISTRICT HAS A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 100 FEET AND DEPTH OF 200 FEET IN AN AREA OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROPOSED LOT DOES MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, PUBLIC WORKS NOTED THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC, PUBLIC SEWER IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROPERTY, BUT THERE WAS AN EXISTING, OR IS AN EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT FROM THE PREVIOUS EXISTING HOUSE.
SO A WAIVER FOR ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES IS NOT REQUIRED IN THIS CASE.
UH, THE PROPOSED LOT DOES HAVE TWO SERVITUDES ON IT.
IT HAS A 30 FOOT, UH, SERVITUDE FOR DRAINAGE RUNNING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND ALONG THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
IT HAS A 10 FOOT PRIVATE SERVITUDE FOR LOUISIANA POWER AND LIGHT OR LPNL.
SO IN EVALUATING THIS SUBDIVISION AGAINST THE CRITERIA FOR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLATS, AS WELL AS THE BLOCK AND LOT STANDARDS, IT WAS FOUND TO MEET ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA.
THEREFORE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS UP HERE? COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE? ALRIGHT, UH, I'M GONNA OPEN UP THIS CASE FOR PUBLIC, UH, HEARING.
ANYONE IN HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
SAM, DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING? DO YOU WANNA DO THE RE RECAP? A REVOTE DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? YES.
THIS WAS MY PARENTS' HOUSE AND STILL VERY EMOTIONAL.
MY PARENTS MOVED HERE IN THE SEVENTIES.
MY FATHER WAS AVIE, I'M SORRY, KOREAN WAR VETERAN.
HE WAS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER, SO HIS JOB LED HIM TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATES.
THEY MADE LOUISIANA THEIR NUMBER ONE HOME FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
MY, ALL MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR SIBLINGS AND YOUR FAMILY IS GONE.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE NEW MEMORIES AND PUT THE HOME BACK APPROXIMATELY WHERE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.
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LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE AND HELP HEAL AND REBUILD A BEAUTIFUL HOME BACK WHERE IT WAS.SO I JUST ASK PERMISSION TO DO SUCH.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
SEEING NONE, I'LL UM, ENCLOSE THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LOOK FOR A MOTION.
UH, I'M GONNA MOVE FOR, UH, TO CONCUR WITH PLANNING.
I HAVE A MOTION ON FORM OF MR. JONES TO, UM, CONCUR WITH PLANNING FOR APPROVAL.
UH, THIS BOARD WILL RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF WS 10 24 TO COUNCIL.
THAT IT'LL BE MAY 1ST, MAY, MAY 1ST.
UH, IT'LL BE, UH, HEARD BACK HERE IN THE, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
NEXT CASE UP 30 S 12 24 600 BLOCK HOMES BOULEVARD, SUBDIVISION OF LOT FIVE, AND A PORTION OF REVOKED DESOTO STREET SQUARE 61 ELMWOOD SUBDIVISION INTO LOTS FIVE A AND FIVE B SQUARE.
61 ELMWOOD SUBDIVISION, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA.
PRELIMINARY FINAL PLAT WITH A WAIVER TO THE AREA REGULATIONS OF THE R ONE, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 33 DASH 2.35.
SUBDIVISION WAIVERS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BOUND BY NOW.
STREET, STREET, NILES STREET AND BERMAN HIGHWAY ZONE R ONE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
UH, REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO SUBDIVIDE LOT FIVE IN A PORTION OF THE REVOKED DESOTO STREET INTO LOTS FIVE A AND FIVE B FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
CURRENTLY, THE LAND IS UNDEVELOPED AND VACANT.
THE, UH, PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY SUBDIVIDED INTO LOT FIVE IN 1931.
IT'S AN ODD-SHAPED, LOCKED FACING HOLMES BOULEVARD ON THE CORNER OF WHAT WAS THEN PROPOSED.
DESOTO STREET, UH, PROPOSED DESOTO STREET WAS REVOKED BY THE POLICE JURY UNDER ORDINANCE IN 1952.
UH, THE PROPERTY DESIGNATED FOR THE PROPOSED STREET WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTIES.
IT IS SHOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DIAGRAM.
UH, SO THE OWNER OF LOT FIVE ACQUIRED PORTION OF THE FORMER DESOTO STREET, BUT NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROPERTY SINCE 1952.
THAT REVOKED PORTION OF DESOTO STREET IS BEING INCLUDED IN THE SUBDIVISION REQUESTS BECAUSE THE PLAT WAS NOT CORRECTLY REPORT PROPERLY RECORDED BACK IN 1952.
SO WE'RE INCLUDING IT AS PART OF THIS REQUEST.
THE UM, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES THAT SUBDIVISIONS INVOLVING THE CREATION OF LOTS THAT DON'T MEET THE MINIMUM WIDTH DEPTH AND AREA REQUIREMENTS BE APPROVED BY JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL.
UH, THIS PROPERTY, THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION, DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM LOT DEPTH REQUIREMENT, THEREFORE, IT IS, UH, COMING TO YOU FOR RECOMMENDATION.
THE R ONE, A ZONING DISTRICT HAS A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 50 SQUARE FEET, EXCUSE ME, 50 FEET.
A MINIMUM DEPTH OF 100 FEET AND AN AREA OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET PROPOSED LOT FIVE A DOES EXCEED THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
PROPOSED LOT FIVE B HOWEVER, HAS, UH, 136 FEET ON ONE SIDE AND 23.4 FEET ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THEREFORE, THAT AVERAGES OUT TO A LOT DEPTH OF ONLY ABOUT 80 FEET, AND IT DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 100.
UH, THEREFORE, A WAIVER IS BEING, UH, REQUESTED FOR IN INSUFFICIENT LOT DEPTH.
THE, UM, HOMES BOULEVARD WAS RECENTLY EXTENDED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UH, TO, TO THE, UM, FRONT THIS PROPERTY, IT'S ONLY A RECENT, UH, ADDITION, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FOR THIS EXTENSION DO NEED TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE PARISH COUNCIL.
THAT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT THE APRIL 17TH MEETING.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER WILL JUST NEED TO EXTEND THE HOUSE WATER AND SEWER, UH, FROM THE, UH, CONNECTIONS ALONG THE STREET.
INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS SUBDIVISION.
UM, IT HAS BEEN, UH, REVIEWED AGAINST THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT CRITERIA
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AND FOR BLOCK AND LOT STANDARDS.SO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LOT DEPTH WAIVER, IT DOES COMPLY WITH CRITERIA, UH, REGARDING THE WAIVER.
UH, AS NOTED, THE UM, HAS AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 80 FEET.
THE MINIMUM IS, UH, A HUNDRED FEET.
SO THEY'RE REQUESTING A WAIVER OF 20 FEET TO THE DEPTH.
UM, IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE CRITERIA FOR SUBDIVISION WAIVERS.
UM, AS NOTED, THIS IS A LONG ESTABLISHED TRACK THAT WAS DEFINED IN ITS SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS BACK IN 1931.
UH, THE ODD SHAPE LOT WITH AN ORDER NORTHERN BORDER, UH, MEASURING ONLY 23 FEET IN LENGTH.
SO THIS, UM, THE WAIVERS BEING REQUESTED DUE TO THE PHYSICAL SHAPE OF THE PROPERTY, NOT TO ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSED BY THE OWNER.
IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE PURPOSES OF THE UDC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, THAT PROPERTY CAN'T REASONABLY TO BE DEVELOPED WITHOUT THAT.
UM, WITH THE WAIVER, IT DOES NOT CONFER ANY SPECIAL PRIVILEGES THAT WOULD BE DENIED BY, UH, THE CODE IN OTHER SIMILAR SITUATIONS AND CONFIGURED LAND.
UM, IT IS NOT CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, NOR WILL IT ADVERSELY AFFECT PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREA.
IT IS AN, UH, IN HARMONY WITH THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE UDC.
SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UH, APPROVAL TO THE SUBDIVISION AND THE WAIVER FOR THIS CASE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS UP HERE FROM COUNCIL STATE ONE? NO.
I'M GONNA OPEN UP THIS CASE FOR PUBLIC.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, PLEASE STEP FORWARD? YES.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
THE ADDRESS IS 2321 NILE STREET, GRETNA, LOUISIANA, 7 0 0 5 6.
MYSELF AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE NOTICED A LOT OF WATER COLLECTING IN OUR YARDS.
AFTER THIS LAND WAS, UM, THE TREES AND EVERYTHING WAS KNOCKED DOWN.
SO OUR YARDS ARE TAKING ON LOTS OF WATER NOW.
AND I WANTED TO KNOW WOULD THERE BE ANY REMEDIATION PROVIDED BY THE BUILDER TO HELP PUMP THAT WATER OUT? IT SHOULDN'T BE.
I DON'T FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE OUR ALBERTS.
I'VE HAD THAT PROPERTY 26 YEARS NOW.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO KNOW, I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE, THIS YOUNG LADY RIGHT HERE SAID, DECREASE PRO, IT WON'T DECREASE THE PROPERTY VALUE.
AND LASTLY, HOW MANY HOUSES ARE PLANNED FOR BACK THERE? IT'S NOT A BIG AREA.
I'VE WALKED BACK THERE WHEN I COULD GET THROUGH THE TREES.
CAN CAN WE GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED? UH, ALICE, THIS ZONE SINGLE.
SO IT'S, IT'S ZONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
SO THESE, THE SUBDIVISION WILL ONLY CREATE TWO LOTS, THEREFORE ONE HOUSE PER LOT.
SO A TOTAL OF TWO HOUSES WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
SO TWO, YEAH, TWO HOUSES, UM, WILL BE, WILL BE BUILT.
AND THEN AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS, UH, STORM WATER, UH, UM, ONTO THEIR LAND THAT THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH.
THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THEIR BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.
SO THAT'S AFTER, THAT'S AFTER WE, OUR, OUR OUR OUR, UM, HEARING HERE, THEY'LL HAVE TO ARRANGE PLANS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COMPLIANT WITH JEFFERSON PARISH CODES FOR STORM WATER.
SO IT WILL BE ADDRESSED THEN? YES.
THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS? YES.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? OPPOSITION.
I'M REALLY SORRY 'CAUSE I AM NERVOUS.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? ALEXIS? UM, 6 3 5 HOMES BOULEVARD.
UM, I ACTUALLY TOOK PICTURES OF ALL THEIR WATER.
THAT A WHOLE BEACON TO THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BETTER.
I ACTUALLY TOOK PICTURES OF THAT WATER POOLING BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A LAKE.
UM, AND I'M KIND OF CURIOUS BECAUSE HE, THERE'S SEVEN HOUSES I BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA BE PUT BACK THERE, FIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S ASKING TO BE ABLE TO PUT TWO.
NOW WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT'S HOLMES BOULEVARD.
THAT GOES DOWN TO OAKWOOD AND TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS, THE NEIGHBORS THAT I SPOKE WITH SAID, UM, AND THEY FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IT
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THAT HOLMES BOULEVARD WOULD NEVER BE OPENED UP TO CONNECT.THEY SAID THEY WERE PROMISED THAT, UM, LONG TIME AGO.
UH, THEY HAVE BEEN NERVOUS TRYING TO WATCH THIS BECAUSE THEY INITIALLY THOUGHT WE WERE THE ONE DOING ALL OF THIS.
SO MULTIPLE PEOPLE CAME TO US AND ASKED US ABOUT IT.
AND I TOLD 'EM, THAT'S NOT ME.
UM, I DID LOOK INTO PURCHASING A LOT BECAUSE I WAS INTERESTED IN IT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, NO, IT WASN'T US.
UM, AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANSWERS.
SO WE WERE LOOKING INTO IT 'CAUSE WE'RE CONCERNED AS WELL.
WE WERE TOLD LAST YEAR THAT THOSE TWO LOTS WERE BEING SACRIFICED, WHICH, YOU KNOW, GRACIOUSLY TO TURN IT INTO A CUL-DE-SAC.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, IF YOU DON'T OPEN UP HOMES BOULEVARD, THE TRAFFIC THAT GOES INTO FOR THOSE SEVEN HOMES, INCLUDING US, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GO? PEOPLE ARE GONNA TURN IN, LIKE, WHERE'S THE TURNAROUND? WE WERE TOLD THE OWNER WAS GRACIOUSLY TURNING THOSE TWO LOTS THAT HE'S NOW ASKING TO TURN INTO TWO HOMES INTO THE CUL-DE-SAC.
SO THEN IF YOU TOLD US THAT LAST YEAR WE, WE HAVE MADE CALLS AND FROM ONE OFFICE TO THE OTHER, WE GET DIFFERENT INFORMATION CONSTANTLY.
AND THEN PEOPLE JUST BACK UP AND THEN KIND OF SCOFF IT OFF.
LIKE, TO ME, THERE'S NOTHING FUNNY.
THIS IS PEOPLE PLANNING THINGS.
AND WHEN I ASK 'EM, OKAY, YOU'RE THE PLANNER SENDS US TO THE ENGINEER.
THE ENGINEER SENDS US OVER HERE, THEY SEND US OVER THERE, AND THEN THEY TELL US BACK CALL CODE LIKE, OH MY GOD, NONE OF Y'ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER.
THE PLANNERS AND THE ENGINEERS SHOULD BE WELL TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE OUT THERE SHOWING US A, A, UM, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE RIGHT NAMES, BUT A MAP THAT HE OPENS UP AND SAYS, LOOK WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
BUT THEN WHEN I TALK TO THE CONSTRUCTION GUY OUT THERE BUILDING THAT STREET, HE SHOWS ME ANOTHER MAP AND SAYS, OH, THAT ENGINEER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
AND THERE HE POURED A STREET AND THERE'S A CURB.
AND RIGHT OFF, I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG.
SO YOUR ENGINEER TOLD ME SOMETHING THAT THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE.
BECAUSE LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID EARLIER, WHEN YOU LOSE TRUST AND SOMEONE'S LYING TO YOU CONSTANTLY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO KEEP DOING THINGS AND THEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GO BEHIND YOUR BACK TO DO SOMETHING MORE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY TOLD YOU SOMETHING ELSE AND THEY'RE JUST COVERING THEIR TRACKS.
AND TO ME, I'M HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN.
THERE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT.
THIS WE WONDERED WHY NO ROAD TRAFFIC THING WAS DONE BECAUSE IT'S A DEAD END STREET AND YOU NOT DOING A TRAFFIC THING OR YOU OPENING IT UP TO HOLMES BOULEVARD.
SO NOW HE'S PUTTING THE HOUSES IN 'CAUSE HE WANTS TO SNEAK IN AND Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE FORCED TO OPEN UP HOLMES BOULEVARD AND NOBODY HAS A CHOICE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? HE ALREADY LAID THE PIPES FOR HIS TWO HOUSES.
SO THAT TELLS ME HE'S GOT SOMEBODY HE TOLD ME FOUR YEARS AGO, AND I, I REALLY HATE SAYING STUFF LIKE THIS.
AND I HEARD THE GUY SAY IT EARLIER, BUT THESE THINGS, WHETHER THEY'RE TRUE OR NOT, OR MEANT TO HAVE POWER AND CONTROL OVER YOU AND INTIMIDATE YOU.
YEARS AGO HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING TO PUT SOMEBODY IN HIS POCKET.
I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS A CULTURAL LANGUAGE BARRIER THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT.
OR AT LEAST WHAT, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WHAT IT MEANS TO Y'ALL.
I KNOW WHAT A CARJACK TOLD ME ONCE.
WHEN HE SAID HE WANTED TO PAD PEOPLE'S POCKETS.
HE SAID IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, BUT I THOUGHT HE JUST MEANT SOMEBODY TO HELP HIM.
BUT AS THIS GOES ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WELL THIS MAN HAS TOLD ME I MUST SELL HIM MY HOME AND MY PROPERTY.
HE CALLED ME NEW YEAR'S DAY AND I SAID NO, 'CAUSE HE SAID I HAD TWO CHOICES.
AND I SAID NO, 'CAUSE I CAN DO NOTHING.
AND HE TOLD ME I WAS STUPID BECAUSE I BOUGHT MY UNCLE'S PROPERTY FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO LOSE, BUT HE'S JUST A POWER PLAYING LITTLE PERSON GOING AROUND SMILING.
AND THEN HE IS TREATING ME BAD.
AND YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS TO ME.
AND WHEN ENGINEERING COMES AND TELLS ME THAT THAT IS BEING TURNED INTO A CUL-DE-SAC.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE COMING IN AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT AND PEOPLE.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S ANOTHER LIE.
I HAVE SEEN OTHER LIES 'CAUSE I WENT TO A TAR TOWN CIVIC, MEANING THE FIRST NIGHT, THE FIRST MEETING THAT I SAW THERE WAS A PROBLEM HERE.
AND I WENT TO THIS CIVIC MEETING AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR.
SO I JUST SAT THERE AND I WAS QUIET AND IT WAS, THEY WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, WHAT'S
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GOING ON? BECAUSE ON THE PHONE PEOPLE HAD TOLD US IT WAS GONNA BE MULTI-DWELLING.WELL, AT THE TIME I WOULD LOVE SOME NEIGHBORS.
SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WE'RE LONELY, YOU KNOW, DON'T REALLY HAVE A NEIGHBOR.
MAYBE WE COULD SAY HI TO PEOPLE AND LET 'EM COME MEET.
SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE FOR ME.
'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE UNHAPPY THAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD HOMES.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH PROGRESS.
THE CONCERN COMES IN WHAT FEELS LIKE UNDERHANDED MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, OR ATTEMPTS TO IN POWER.
AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL OUR BACKS EVENLY.
SO I WENT TO THAT CIVIC MEETING AND I WAS QUIET.
EVERYBODY'S ASKING REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.
AND THE PEOPLE, THE COUNCILMAN, THE COUPLE OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP, SAID, OH, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND I'M LOOKING BECAUSE I'M SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THE MAN WHO KNOWS THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE HE'S THE OWNER.
SO AFTER I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO AFTER, AS I GO TO THE PARISH PRESIDENT AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S HIM.
WELL THEN WHY DIDN'T HE ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE ASKING TO ME? THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION.
WHY, WHY ARE YOU NOT DISCLOSING WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO LET YOUR NA WELL IT'S NOT REALLY HIS NEIGHBORS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, HE'S IN IT FOR THE MONEY.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE? WHO CARE? WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RAISING FAMILY AND WANNA DO IT? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T WANNA ESCAPE ALL OF YOU BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHOSE BACK YOU GOT.
YOU GOT THE POWER PLAYING GUY WHO'S MAKING MONEY.
YOU GOT THE MAN WHO ACTUALLY THEY SAID AT THE CIVIC MEETING, DID A PROJECT SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUILT IT AND THEN CAME IN AND SAID, OH, CAN I DO A CHANGE OF THE ORDINANCE? HE ALREADY PREPPED IT AND THEY SAID THEY FELT GUILTY TO TELL HIM NO.
BUT HE JUST DID THE SAME THING.
HE PUT PIPES IN EXPECTING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GONNA SAY YES.
WHAT ABOUT THE ROAD? ARE Y'ALL OPENING THE ROAD? ARE THEY OPENING IT? WHAT ABOUT THE CUL-DE-SAC THAT WAS PROMISED LAST YEAR? 'CAUSE WE PIPED DOWN.
I THINK ME AND ALL MY NEIGHBORS, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW THE REST OF MY NEIGHBORS, I TRIED TO OTHER NEIGHBORS TO COME.
LIKE, LIKE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IN LIFE.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE UPSET WHEN THEY COME AFTERWARDS AND SEE WHATEVER TRICK HE'S GOT UP HIS SLEEVE FOR THIS PROJECT HE'S DOING.
AND THEN THE NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA BE UPSET, BUT IT'S GONNA BE OH, OH, WELL, OH MY GOSH, I HATE TO TELL HIM.
LOOK AT ALL THE MONEY HE SPENT THAT ROAD, THAT BRAND NEW BEAUTIFUL ROAD I WAS ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
IT'S ALREADY CRACKING DOWN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THE, THE, MY DAD USED TO DO CEMENT WORK.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
AND THEN I DIDN'T CATCH IT BECAUSE OF DOING, THEY'RE FIXING THE ROAD IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE, THE ROAD THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE NOW PAYING FOR BECAUSE THAT CONSTRUCTION CREW CRACKED IT ALL UP.
AND NOW THE CITY'S OUT THERE REPAIRING IT, WHICH I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.
SO CONTRACTORS CAN COME IN, MAKE MONEY OFF A BUILDING, CRACK UP EXISTING ROADS THAT THE TAXPAYERS THEN HAVE TO FIX.
WHY DIDN'T THEY FIX IT? AND, AND THIS MIGHT SOUND STUPID, IT REALLY MIGHT.
Y'ALL MIGHT UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.
'CAUSE AS A NURSE, ONCE I UNDERSTOOD THINGS THAT PEOPLE OUT HERE DON'T UNDERSTAND IN HEALTHCARE, AND MAYBE Y'ALL KNOW THOSE, LIKE THOSE HIDDEN LITTLE ANSWERS THAT WE DON'T KNOW, IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME FOR ME TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THAT ROAD IS CRACKING DOWN THE MIDDLE.
WHO FIXES IT IN THE FUTURE? WHEN WASN'T THERE SOME KIND OF CODE? 'CAUSE THERE'S NO REBAR THROUGH IT.
THEY DIDN'T PUT THAT CENTER LINE LIKE A A A PIECE OF WOOD AND THIS PRESSURE WAS THERE.
NO, LIKE IT, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL DON'T DEAL WITH THAT.
BUT THE THING IS, THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CUTTING CORNERS.
AND HE WAS ALLOWED TO CUT CORNERS.
WHERE WAS THE ENGINEER OR THE PLANNERS FOR THAT WHO DIDN'T LAY OUT THAT THERE WAS A SPECIFIC WAY TO LAY A ROAD SO THAT TAXPAYERS DON'T HAVE TO FIX IT TWO YEARS FROM NOW? THERE, THERE AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS.
WE'RE NOT JUDGING ON THE ROAD
IT'S, IT, UM, WE'RE ON THIS, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY ONLY.
THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY ALREADY HAS PIPES LINKED TO IT.
SO HE ALREADY KNEW THE ANSWER WOULD BE YES, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
AND THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS PROMISED TO BE A CUL-DE-SAC.
AND I LISTED OUT OTHER THINGS THAT SHOW THAT THERE IS LACK OF INTEGRITY, LACK OF TRUTHFULNESS, DISCLOSURE.
AND THAT ROAD WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CUL-DE-SAC FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THAT, THAT LITTLE SEVEN HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO ARE YOU ASKING US TO WHAT YOUR, 'CAUSE THE ONLY THING WE HAVE CONTROL OVER IS, ARE YOU TELLING US YOU WANT US TO VOTE? NO, NO.
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ALLOW IT.NO, BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CUL-DE-SAC TO GET TRAFFIC IN AND OUTTA THAT, THAT SECTION.
BUT THE APPLICATION IS TO SPLIT THE LOTS, THE THE NOT A A CUL-DE-SAC.
RIGHT? SO THE ANSWER SHOULD BE NO, BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CUL-DE-SAC.
AND HE JUST CHANGED IT AROUND CONVENIENTLY TO WHAT HE WANTS.
WHO SAID IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CUL-DE-SAC? THE JEFFERSON PARISH ENGINEER LAST YEAR SAID HE, THE OWNER GRACIOUSLY GAVE UP THOSE LOTS TO TURN IT INTO A CUL-DE-SAC SO THAT CARS ARE NOT TRAPPED DOWN THAT ROAD.
YOU GET IT? LIKE I HAVE IT ON RECORDING, RIGHT? BUT LIKE, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE.
SO THEN ANSWER I'M, I'M SAYING PLEASE VOTE NO BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING HONEST.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE THERE'S NO WAYS FOR CARS TO GET IN AND OUT OF THERE WITHOUT IT CAUSING A PROBLEM.
SO A TRAFFIC THING SH THAT LITTLE, I FORGOT WHAT SHE CALLED IT, BUT WE WONDERED WHY ONE WASN'T DONE AND SHE SAID IT'S SOMETHING NOT BIG ENOUGH OR SOMETHING.
WHY NOT? BECAUSE YOU'RE CREATING SEVEN HOUSES THAT HAVE NO WAY TO ESCAPE EXCEPT KIND OF GETTING BOTTLENECKED IN AND TURNING BACK AROUND UNLESS YOU OPEN UP HOMES BOULEVARD, WHICH THEY SAID THEY'RE NOT DOING, WHICH THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE FORCED TO DO, WHICH IS THIS IS PEOPLE LAYING A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT.
EVEN THOUGH NEIGHBORS IN THIS SUBDIVISION ARE BEING MISLED, THEN THEY'RE BEING LIED TO.
SO, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE UPSET LATER.
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CUL-DE-SAC.
WE WERE TOLD HE GRACIOUSLY WAS GIVING IT UP TO PUT A ROAD TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT.
SO THEN NO, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
OKAY? SO WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN AND WE UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE YOU STAND, UH, THE, THE CUL-DE-SAC THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN IS NOT IN FRONT OF US AS A CUL-DE-SAC.
IT'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S GONNA BE SUBDIVIDED.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUDGING ON.
AND IF EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO FOLLOW THE RULES, WHY DOESN'T HE? BUT HE, HE, HIS APPLICATION DOES FALL WITHIN THE RULES.
IT'S, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE SAYING? WHAT, BUT THE, IT'S, IT'S, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE SAYING? LIKE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US IS HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE ASKING FOR AN THAT'S THAT'S WORD AGAINST WORK.
HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE ASKING FOR AN EXCEPTION IF HIS PROPERTY FELL WITHIN THE RULES OKAY.
WE YES WE DO, BUT I, I DO HAVE TO MOVE ON.
WE, WE'VE COVERED THIS, THIS TOPIC, I THINK ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
I THINK IF YOU GIVE PERMISSION FOR HIM TO CHANGE AND ACCEPT THAT, THEN HE DOESN'T EVER HAVE TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, ARE YOU GONNA BRING UP ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT UP BEFORE? IS IT TWO OR SEVEN HOUSES? TWO.
TWO FOR THIS PRO PROPERTY, THIS LOT, THIS SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO, TWO LOTS OF RECORD AND EACH LOT CAN HAVE ONE HOUSE.
SO ON THAT MAP, THAT LINE BETWEEN, THAT'S ONE AND THEN THAT'S TWO.
CAN YOU, YEAH, CAN YOU BRING UP THE, THE MAP? SO THIS IS THE TRIANGLE PIECE AND YOU GOT ONE, TWO, YOU GOT FIVE LOT FIVE A AND LOT FIVE B.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO ON THE FIRST ONE? NO, JUST ONE THERE.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT HERE, ONE THERE AND ONE THERE.
TOTAL TWO, RIGHT? YOU CAN ONLY PUT ONE HOUSE PER LOT.
SO SUPPOSE THERE ARE POPS UP SEVEN, THEN THEY ARE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BE DENIED AT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME TO US TO DO THAT.
AND WE'LL, AND THEY'RE GONNA SHOW THAT IN THAT NEXT MEETING, THAT IS ACTUALLY SEVEN AND NOT TWO THAT THEY'LL GET DENIED.
OH, THE OTHER ONES SHE'S TALKING ABOUT ARE ACROSS THE STREET, I BELIEVE.
SO IF I HAVE FIVE ACROSS THE STREET, IF I CAN PROVIDE THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE IT COMES UP TO SEVEN.
THERE'S FIVE LOTS ACROSS THE STREET.
YEAH, SO THOSE TWO, THOSE LOTS ARE EXISTING.
THE DEVELOPER CAME IN A FEW YEARS AGO TO DEVELOP HOLMES BOULEVARD IN ORDER TO ACCESS THOSE LOTS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE ALREADY PLATTED.
SO HE'S ALREADY CONSTRUCTED THE STREET AND NOW HE'S COMING IN AND ALL WE'RE FOCUSING ON TODAY IS THIS TRIANGLE PIECE THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THOSE OTHER LOTS.
WE'RE ALSO NOT DOING ANYTHING TO MODIFY THE STREET DESIGN.
THE STREET, YOU KNOW, IS HAS AS IT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
YOU KNOW, ALL WE'RE DEALING WITH IS THIS TRIANGULAR PORTION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ALREADY A PART OF THE LOT THAT'S VERY SMALL AND NARROW.
WE'RE JUST SHIFTING IT TO EVEN OUT THE EXISTING LOTS SO THAT YOU CAN BUILD TWO HOMES ON THIS TRIANGULAR PORTION EACH ON THEIR OWN LOT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S SAYING? YES.
UH, ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHES TO SPEAK, UH, IN OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO ENC CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LOOK FOR A MOTION.
YEAH, I'M GONNA GO ALONG WITH THE PLANNING
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DEPARTMENT ON THIS ONE AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF WS 1224.UH, MOTION BY MR. BIBA FOR APPROVAL.
THIS BOARD WILL RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF WS 1224 TO COUNSEL THAT WILL BE READ IN THE COUNCIL, UM, FOR THE MAY 1ST, MAY 1ST WEST BANK MEETING.
SO MAY 1ST, UH, HERE IN THE COUNCIL OF CHAMBERS.
WE HAVE, WE'VE GOT THREE OF 'EM IN A ROW THERE.
UM, THE TEXT, UH, AMENDMENTS, UH, TXT 3 23 TXT 4, 23, AND Z 1723.
WE'RE GONNA READ ALL THESE INTO, UM, THE SUMMARY TOGETHER.
UM, AND I WILL GIVE IT OVER TO, UM, AMBER FOR THE ADVERTISEMENTS RIGHT NOW.
INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDY, A TEXT AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 13, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND AND COMMUNICATION AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.
CHAPTER 33, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IN CHAPTER 40 40, ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO CREATE A SET OF NEW MODERN INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND STANDARDS THAT WORK WITH THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS TO ADD AND DEFINE NEW USES AND ASSIGN THESE USES TO EXISTING AND NEWLY ESTABLISHED DISTRICTS IN A MA IN A USE MATRIX.
APPLY NEW DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO MITIGATE ANY IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING USES, MODIFY SPECIAL PERMITTED USE PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS, AND PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS AS AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 3 7 6 1 7 ON MAY 19TH, 2021.
TEXT 4 23, A TEXT AMENDED AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 13, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND COMMUNICATION AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, CHAPTER 16, GARBAGE AND OTHER WASTE, SOLID WASTE.
CHAPTER 33, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 39, WATERWAYS AND BEACHES AND CHAPTER 40, ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO MODIFY REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE A IM AND AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE DISTRICT AND THE UU ONE R UNRESTRICTED RURAL DISTRICT.
AND ADDRESS O OTHER RELATED AMENDMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDY AND PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS AS AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 3 7 6 7 ON MAY 19TH, 2021.
AND COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 3 8 8 0 7 ON JANUARY 12TH, 2022 PARISH WIDE.
Z 1723 REZONING OF CERTAIN PROPERTY ZONE OW ONE OFFICE WAREHOUSE DIS WAREHOUSE DISTRICT M1, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, M TWO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, M THREE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT M FOUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH CERTAIN PROPERTIES OVERLAID WITH THE CBZ COMMERCIAL PARKWAY OVERLAY ZONE AND THE A IM AND AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE DISTRICT FROM THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT.
THE MOST APPROPRIATE ZONING DISTRICT IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY RIS LIMITED, AS AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 3 7 6 1 7 ON MAY 19TH, 2021.
COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 3 8 8 0 7 ON JANUARY 12TH, 2022.
AND BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ON APRIL 27TH, 2023 PARISH WIDE.
UM, TXT 3 23 TXT 4 23 AND Z 1723 ARE PART OF THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDY.
OUR CONSULTANT, UM, ARISTA STRS FROM CAMAROS WILL BE PRESENTING VIRTUALLY.
UM, AND JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE NOTE BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATION THAT THIS IS A COLLECT ALL THREE DOCKETS SHOULD BE, UM, CONSIDERED COLLECTIVELY AND NOT SEPARATELY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UM, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I BELIEVE OUR DIRECTOR BEST MARTIN WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
YOU'RE ASKING BEST FOR THREE DIFFERENT VOTES OR ONE VOTE.
I MEAN, STILL NEED TO VOTE, BUT WE STILL NEED TO VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY.
BUT IT ALL SHOULD, THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED
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RIGHT.AND RELATED AND NEED TO NOT, AND, YOU KNOW.
AND WE DO HAVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE TO DEF YEAH, WE'RE DEFERRING THIS.
DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT TODAY? YOU, YOU WOULD VOTE TO DEFER THE DEFER ITEMS TO THE FOUR 20 OF THEM.
AS, UH, ELENA SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS, UH, DRAFT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS THAT WERE WRITTEN IN CONCERT WITH CAMAROS, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING LATER.
UM, I FIRST WANNA BRING SOME CLARITY TO WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
BEFORE YOU, UM, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE FEE FOR A BUILDING PERMIT IN THE 1960S WAS $3? RIGHT? IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A SINGLE PAGE DOCUMENT THAT THE PERMIT TECH WROTE OUT IN INK IN FRONT OF THE CUSTOMER.
TODAY, PERMITS ARE A MINIMUM OF $36 FOR A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT AND $42 FOR A COMMERCIAL PROJECT.
THE PERMIT APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED ONLINE WITH MULTIPLE PAGES AND DOCUMENTATION.
AT THE END OF THE 1960S, JEFFERSON PARISH HAD 1,166 MILES OF STREETS UNDER PARISH MAINTENANCE.
TODAY, THE STREET DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 3,200 MILES OF STREETS.
AND IN 1966, JEFFERSON PARISH HAD ONLY TWO INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, THE M1 AND THE M TWO.
TODAY, JEFFERSON PARISH HAS FOUR DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS ALLOWING CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL USES.
AND MY POINT IN ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY THAT THINGS CHANGE AND WE ARE NO LONGER THE PARISH THAT WE WERE IN, THE FIFTIES AND THE SIXTIES WHEN ZONING WAS FIRST INTRODUCED, BUT OUR EXISTING INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS ARE STILL STUCK IN IN THAT TIME PERIOD.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT.
WHAT WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ARE NEW, MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE INDUSTRIAL REGULATIONS, WHICH ARE MORE SUITABLE TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH OF TODAY.
I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, VERY CLEAR THAT THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT WILL NOT SHUT DOWN ANY EXISTING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY ALLOW FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF THESE EXISTING FACILITIES IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU AIM TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF JEFFERSON PARISH RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING CLEAR ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT THAT PROTECTS BOTH INDUSTRY AND THE SURROUNDING USES.
WHILE WE HAVE ASKED FOR AND HAVE BEEN RECEPTIVE TO FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION FROM ALL PARTIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY DOCUMENTATION OR EVIDENCE THAT THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS WILL RESULT IN INDUSTRIAL JOB GROWTH, STAGNATION, OR REDUCTION OR LIMITED PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE PARISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
TO THE CONTRARY, THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS PROVIDE MORE PREDICTABILITY AND CLARITY IN THE ZONING PROCESS BY PROVIDING SPECIFIC ZONING PERMISSIONS AND STANDARDS FOR ALL OF THE USES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS ADD NUMEROUS NEW TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL USES DESIRED BY THE PARISH, SUCH AS THOSE RELATED TO CLEAN AND GREEN INDUSTRIES, LOGISTICS AND FOOD PRODUCTION, WHICH SUPPORT SEVERAL INITIATIVES, STRATEGIES, AND TARGET INDUSTRIES IDENTIFIED IN THE JEFFERSON EDGE 2025.
THE ADDITION OF THESE USES ALSO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF ENVISION JEFFERSON 2040 AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT JEFFERSON PARISH IS OPEN TO THESE NEW INDUSTRIES.
THERE HAVE BEEN MURMURS THAT UPDATED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WILL HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AND THAT POTENTIAL BUSINESSES WILL SIMPLY GO TO OTHER NEIGHBORING PARISHES WHO SUPPOSEDLY HAVE A MORE FAVORABLE BUSINESS CLIMATE SHOULD THESE REGULATIONS BE ADOPTED.
THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORING PARISHES ACTUALLY HAVE STRICTER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAN THOSE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND THOSE USES.
CHARLES PARISH REQUIRES A BUFFER OF AT LEAST 2000 FEET FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL ZONES IN THEIR M TWO ZONING DISTRICT IN ST.
THE BAPTIST SITES IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT THREE MUST BE LOCATED A MINIMUM 2000 FEET AWAY FROM A CONCENTRATION OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND OUR REGULATIONS IN THE PROPOSED IH OR THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
WE ARE REQUIRING A MINIMUM 25 FOOT SETBACK ONLY WHEN ABUTTING A NON-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND 50 WHEN ABUTTING A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WITH LANDSCAPING BUFFERS WHEN ABUTTING NON-INDUSTRIAL.
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IN THE PROPOSED HMO OR THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OVERLAY, THERE IS A REQUIRED 500 FOOT LANDSCAPING BUFFER AND A 1500 FOOT DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL TANKS INVOLVED IN THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FROM THE LOT LINE OF AN ABUTTING LOT THAT IS OWNED.ANY DISTRICT OTHER THAN IL OR IH.
THIS HMO DISTRICT IS RESERVED ONLY FOR USES THAT STORE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN BULK, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY IN QUANTITIES OF 10,000 GALLONS OR MORE.
FURTHERMORE, THESE LANDSCAPING BUFFERING AND DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS ONLY APPLY TO NEW FACILITIES AND LIMITED EXPANSION SCENARIOS.
WE HAVE ALSO CARVED OUT EXCEPTIONS FOR BULK STORAGE OF CULINARY MEDICINAL MATERIALS, WHICH APPLIES TO FOOD GRADE OILS AND MEDICINAL CHEMICALS.
IT IS BOTH STANDARD PRACTICE AND GOOD PLANNING TO HAVE HEIGHTENED DISTANCE AND BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN INCOMPATIBLE USES.
OUR EXISTING REGULATIONS HAVE HEIGHTENED SETBACK AND BUFFERING LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS WHEN A COMMERCIAL USE ABUTS A RESIDENTIAL USE.
SO WHY WOULD WE ALSO NOT PLACE THESE SAME REQUIREMENTS ON INDUSTRIAL USES WHEN A BUDDING OR ACROSS THE STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL USES? FURTHERMORE, OUR CURRENT CODE HAS MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OF A HEIGHTENED SEPARATION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN USES FROM RESIDENTIAL.
CURRENTLY IN THE M1, M TWO AND M THREE GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS ARE PERMITTED AS SPECIAL PERMITTED USES PROVIDED ADDITIONAL CRITERIA ARE MET, INCLUDING DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS, GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS, AND OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS.
THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS TODAY, GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE LOCATED A MINIMUM OF 500 FEET FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND THE NEAREST PROPERTY LINE OF ANY SCHOOL, CHURCH, OR PLACE OF WORSHIP AND PARK OR RECREATION AREA.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE LOCATED A MINIMUM OF 1000 FEET FROM ANY PAWN SHOP AND COMMERCIAL CHECK CACHING ESTABLISHMENT.
THESE ARE GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS, NOT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
ADULT USES ARE REQUIRED TO BE LOCATED A MINIMUM OF 1000 FEET FROM A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UNDER OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS, ANIMAL HOSPITALS, VETERINARY CLINICS ARE REQUIRED TO BE LOCATED A MINIMUM OF 100 FEET FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
FINALLY, CAR DEALERSHIPS OR AUTOMOBILE CELLS CAN ONLY CONDUCT MECHANICAL OR BODY REPAIRS WITHIN A BUILDING HAVING NO OPENING OTHER THAN STATIONARY WINDOWS WITHIN 100 FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
THERE IS CONSIDERABLE PRECEDENT WITHIN OUR EXISTING CODE TO REQUIRE HEIGHTENED SEPARATION DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN INCOMPATIBLE USES.
ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COIN, THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS STREAMLINE THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE REVIEW AND WILL ALLOW FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL FOR MINOR CHANGES.
A PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN SORELY NEEDED AS THE INDUSTRY WITHIN JEFFERSON PARISH CONTINUES TO GROW.
PROVISIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDED REGARDING TEMPORARY USES AND STRUCTURES, WHICH WILL ALLOW INDUSTRIAL SITES TO FULFILL NECESSARY FUNCTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE EXTENDED THE RENEWAL TERM FOR A SPECIAL PERMITTED USE FOR THOSE BULK STORAGE FROM TWO YEARS TO THREE YEARS.
THIS AND OTHER REFINEMENTS TO THE REGULATIONS WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT BULK STORAGE FACILITIES, BUT ALSO OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE CONSIDERED SPECIAL PERMITTED USES IN OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS.
LASTLY, WE RECEIVED MANY COMMENTS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS CONCERNING AIR QUALITY EMISSIONS AND THE IMPACT INDUSTRY HAS ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IS THE STATE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING AND MANAGING AIR PERMITS AND AIR QUALITY.
THUS, JEFFERSON PARISH IS LIMITED IN TERMS OF HOW WE ADDRESS EMISSIONS CONCERNS IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
TO THAT END, WE'VE TRIED OUR BEST TO ADDRESS THOSE EMISSIONS CONCERNS WITH NEW EMISSION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
IN JUNE, WE PROPOSED AIR MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR SOURCE FACILITIES.
WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL ISSUES WITH OUR PREVIOUS APPROACH.
WE'VE DISCUSSED THE EMISSION REPORTING WITH CORNERSTONE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO IMTT, AND THE CHAMBER SEVERAL TIMES SINCE JUNE.
CORNERSTONE HAS PROVIDED TWO SEPARATE SETS OF REDLINE EDITS, WHICH WERE REVIEWED IN PERSON WITH THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL ON TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS.
INSTEAD OF REQUIRING AIR MONITORING SYSTEMS, WE ARE NOW REQUIRING NEW AND EXISTING TITLE V MAJOR SOURCE FACILITIES TO SUBMIT AN ADMISSION REPORTING PLAN, DEVELOP AN AIR PERMIT COMPLIANCE WEBSITE, AND PROVIDE THE PARISH ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS, WHICH ARE ALREADY REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO LDEQ.
THE AIR PERMIT COMPLIANCE WEBSITE WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE FACILITIES OPERATIONS,
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INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A LIST OF PERMITTED CRITERIA AND TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS, EXPLANATION OF AIR MONITORING AND RECORD KEEPING PROGRAMS, OTHER COMPLIANCE DEMONSTRATIONS AND OTHER RELATED INFORMATION.THESE NEW REGULATIONS AIM TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
THE NEW REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISH A SIMPLER DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM, UM, THAN THE STATE'S ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OR THE EDMS, UH, WHICH IS VERY INFORMATIVE, BUT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM REGARDING SPECIFIC TEXTS AND MAP AMENDMENTS WE RECEIVED THUS FAR.
WE ALSO APPRECIATE BOTH THE INDUSTRY AND THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US AS WE DRAFTED THESE REGULATIONS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK TONIGHT REGARDING THE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS AND THE PROPOSED MAP CHANGES AS WE START THIS FINAL PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
NOW FOR OUR REPORT, RECOMMEND, UH, REPORT, TEXT STUDY.
AND WE'LL BE IN COORDINATING WITH OUR CONSULTANT ARISTA.
AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN JUST HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
THERE'S JUST, LEMME JUST GIVE US ONE SECOND.
UM, SO ALLOW ME TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
UM, SO IF I COULD JUST GET A VERBAL OKAY.
THAT YOU CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION.
I'M, I'M HAPPY TO GET STARTED.
WE CAN SEE IT, WE CAN SEE IT UP HERE ON THE BOARD.
UH, WELL THANK YOU ALL, UM, FOR HAVING ME BACK AGAIN TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE SERIES OF AMENDMENTS IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDY.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, AND I THINK BESS HAS, HAS SAID IT BEST THAT WE TOOK A LOT OF, UH, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND FEEDBACK.
AND SO WE'RE HERE NOW WITH, WITH SOMETHING WE THINK KIND OF BALANCES THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITHIN THE PARISH, HOPEFULLY.
SO, UM, JUST TO SAY WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THESE THREE ITEMS. UM, THIS IS THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDIES, WHICH CAMEROS THE FIRM I'M FROM.
UM, WORKED WITH THE PARISH TO EVALUATE THE CURRENT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, AND REALLY LOOK AT KINDA HOW WE CAN SHAPE THEM INTO NEW MODERN DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
UM, THE RELATED AMENDMENTS IN FROM THE PLANNING STUDY THAT ADDRESS THE NEW USES CREATED BY THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, THE AIM DISTRICTS, AND UPDATING SECTIONS AND REFERENCES, AND THEN FINALLY TAKING THESE DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE CRAFTED AND PLACING THEM ON THE MAP.
SO WE'LL TACKLE THIS PRESENTATION WITH THESE THREE SECTIONS AS KIND OF THE SPINE OF THE DISCUSSION FOR TONIGHT.
UH, SO THE FIRST IS THE ZONING DISTRICT STUDY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS, THIS MAY BE VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU.
SOME OF THESE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO UPDATE EVERYONE IN TERMS OF, OF CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
UM, ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR A WHILE NOW ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
UM, SO WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS KIND OF WAY BACK IN 2021, LOOKING AT GETTING FEEDBACK FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES BEFORE WE EVEN MADE ANY DECISIONS.
SO REALLY LOOKING AT A STAKEHOLDER LIST.
WE DID A WHOLE SERIES OF IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, SOME OPEN HOUSE STAKEHOLDER SESSIONS, REALLY JUST KIND OF TRIED TO TALK TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE COULD.
UH, WE DID WORK WITH THE WEST BANK PORT DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE THROUGH A SERIES OF MEETINGS, UPDATING, PRESENTING THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DRAFTED.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE FRAMEWORK REPORT, WHICH WAS THE FIRST THING THAT WE PRESENTED THAT TALKED ABOUT KINDA THE APPROACH THAT WE WERE GONNA TAKE.
UH, AND THEN A SERIES OF MEETINGS ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST BANKS THAT LOOKED AT THE DRAFT REGULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE IN 2022 AND 2023.
UH, THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT WAS VARIED.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, KIND OF WHAT WE EVEN OUTLINED WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK REPORT.
THINGS MAY NOT NECESSARILY AGREE, WE WERE JUST TAKING INPUT.
UH, BUT IT LOOKED AT AREAS LIKE DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT AND KIND OF WHAT IS GOING ON
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WITHIN THESE INDUSTRIAL AREAS.HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION? HOW SENSITIVE OF AN ISSUE IS THIS? UH, WHAT ARE THE LAND USE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL USES AND VARIOUS THINGS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THE ROADWAY SYSTEM, THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW ENFORCEMENT IS WORKING.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE ZONING CONCERNS.
UM, UNDERSTANDING, REMOVING FROM KIND OF CHAPTER 40 OF THE ZONING INTO CHAPTER 33, THE, UH, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH IS A KIND OF A BIT MORE MODERN APPROACH TO ZONING.
HOW CAN WE BRING THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS INTO THAT? SO WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT BEING CLEAR, BEING PREDICTABLE, BEING MODERNIZED, UH, AND THEN FINALLY, ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THESE DID FOCUS, FOCUS ON THE SPECIAL PERMIT USE.
HOW DOES THAT FUNCTION, THE RENEWALS, THE MODIFICATIONS.
AND SO REALLY THESE, THIS WAS A LOT OF THE INPUT THAT WE HEARD EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.
UH, WE STARTED JUST LOOKING AT THE BASIC CURRENT INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
UH, THIS IS PROBABLY FAMILIAR TO THOSE WHO'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PROCESS.
UH, YOU HAVE THE OW ONE, THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.
THIS IS REALLY OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE USES THE M1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS REALLY THINGS THAT ARE A BIT MORE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL THAN THE OTHER ONES.
KINDA THE MIDDLE GROUND OF THE M TWO, THE CURRENT M TWO DISTRICT, WHICH IS, UH, A BIT MORE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES, BUT A REALLY A BIT MORE OPEN-ENDED DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS TO HAPPEN THERE TO.
FINALLY, THE M THREE, WHICH IS THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES, UH, THE SPECIALIZED M FOUR, WHICH IS THE LANDFILL DISTRICT.
UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS KIND OF ALWAYS OVER THERE AND KIND OF KIND SITTING OUT THERE IN THE PROCESS WAS THE AIM AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE, UH, OVERLAY DISTRICT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ZONING, WE'RE REALLY SEEING KIND OF VERY CLEAR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
YOU HAVE THE EAST BANK, SOUTH OF AIRLINE, UP FROM THE RIVER.
YOU SEE THOSE KIND OF SMALLER INDUSTRIAL USES HAPPENING THERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
IT'S A KIND OF DIFFERENT CHARACTER THAN WHEN YOU GET OVER TO THE WEST BANK, UH, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE HEAVIER INDUSTRIAL USES.
THEY'VE GOT KINDA BIGGER LAND AREA FOR THE MOST PART.
SO REALLY MAKING SURE, UH, THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE CHARACTER BETWEEN THOSE TWO DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
UH, AS PART OF THIS, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USES, THE SBU.
AND THEN IN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, THE CUP REALLY LOOKING AT THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
HOW DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT GET APPROVED? WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE RENEWALS? AS YOU'LL SEE AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THAT REALLY AS THIS MOVES INTO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OR THE UDC, UH, THAT WE'RE BRINGING TOGETHER, THE SPU AND THE CUP PROCESSES INTO ONE, THE SPU PROCESS, UH, AND REALLY KIND OF TRYING TO ALIGN IT AND BUILD IN SOME FLEXIBILITIES INTO THAT.
AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
UH, SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, HAVING SAID ALL THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REGULATIONS ARE OUTDATED.
SO YOU'VE GOT KIND OF THESE OLDER INDUSTRIAL USES SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AS THE SLIDE INDICATES HERE, KOCH OVENS, GRAIN ELEVATORS, UH, BUT NEW MODERN USES LIKE MICRO BREWERIES AND DISTRIBUTION ARE NOT PART OF THE CODE.
UM, M1 AND M TWO HAVE THIS LANGUAGE THAT THOSE OF US THAT WORK IN ZONING ALWAYS GET A LITTLE BIT SCARED OF ALL USES, NOT PROHIBITED, OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
YOU KNOW, IT REALLY KIND OF KEEPS IT OPEN AND UNPREDICTABLE.
IT'S AMBIGUOUS WHAT CAN GO IN THAT DISTRICT.
IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN USES.
DOESN'T CREATE THAT RELATIONSHIP WHERE THINGS CAN WORK.
UH, WE DID HEAR A LOT ABOUT CONCERNS REGARDING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, THE STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS, UM, IT BEING REALLY ALLOWED IN THE M THREE ALSO SOMEWHAT IN THE M TWO.
UH, WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE REALLY LOOKING AT PROMOTING, UM, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY AND HOW THESE ARE ALLOWED AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
AND THEN FINALLY, AS I JUST MENTIONED, THE SBU PROCESS.
HOW DO WE MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR APPLICANTS THAT HAVE A SPECIAL PERMITTED USE? AND HOW DO WE WORK WHEN THERE'S MINOR CHANGES NEEDED? MINOR AMENDMENTS REALLY, LET'S MAKE THIS PROCESS WORK FOR EVERYBODY IN A WAY THAT'S PREDICTABLE, BUT NOT KIND OF ALLOWING TOO MUCH TO HAPPEN WITHOUT OVERSIGHT.
SO WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED, UM, SO THIS IS REALLY A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS, UM, IS REALLY TO REPLACE THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE AND CREATE THIS NEW SET OF BASE AND OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
UH, SO THE ONES THAT ARE NEW ARE THE IMU, THE INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE, THE IL, THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, THE IH, THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, AND THE HMO OVERLAY OR THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OVERLAY.
UH, AND THEN GROUPED INTO THIS AS WELL AS THE AVONDALE MARINE AREA.
UM, WE LOOKED A LOT AT THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING INTO THE WAY THAT THE, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE HANDLES USES NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE MAY NEED, WE, WE ADDED SOME NEW USES TO THAT, THAT SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE THERE.
UM, AND THEN ADDED NEW STANDARDS AND ZONING RESTRICTIONS FOR THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, UH,
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WHICH I HAD TO CLARIFY DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS AND HOW LANDSCAPING IS APP IS APPLIED.WE AMENDED THE SPECIAL USE OR SPECIAL PERMITTED USE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES.
UH, AND WE ADDRESSED THOSE RESIDENTIAL USES THAT STILL MAY HAPPEN TO BE WITHIN THESE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, SO THESE REALLY ARE RELATED IN A LOT OF WAYS TO WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO THE IMU COULD HAVE USED THE OW THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE AS A BASE, THE IL OR THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS REALLY RELATED TO THE M1.
THE IH THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL IS REALLY A COMBINATION OF M TWO AND M THREE.
UH, THE NEW LANDFILL INDUSTRIAL, THE ILF IS THE M FOUR DISTRICT.
UH, AGAIN, BOTH OF THOSE VERY USED SPECIFIC, THEY REALLY WERE TARGETED AT THE LANDFILL.
SO REALLY THAT'S WHAT GOT BRED OVER.
UH, AND THEN THE AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE, UH, WHICH IS PROPOSED HERE TO TRANSITION FROM A FORMER OVERLAY DISTRICT INTO A BASE DISTRICT.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE NEW OVERLAY, UH, THAT WE'VE PROPOSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT, UM, WE HEARD ABOUT REGARDING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
IT'S THE HMO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OVERLAY DISTRICT.
EACH OF THESE, AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THEM WITHIN THE DOCUMENT, EACH OF THEM HAVE A PURPOSE STATEMENT.
I'M NOT GONNA READ EACH OF THESE OFF 'CAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF INTEGRATED IN THE SLIDES AS WE TALK ABOUT THEM.
UM, BUT REALLY IT'S INTENDED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF HOW THESE DISTRICTS WOULD DEVELOP THE TYPES OF USES THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN THEM, UH, AND REALLY CREATE A, A SENSE OF FORM AND FUNCTION FOR EACH OF THEM.
UM, THIS IS, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE.
IT'S A BROAD MIX OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, ARTISAN INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL USES.
REALLY ENCOURAGING ADAPTIVE REUSE OF STRUCTURES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, WIDE VARIETY OF COMMERCIALS ALLOWED THERE.
EVEN SOME RESIDENTIAL, INCLUDING MULTIFAMILY AND TOWN HOMES.
UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY BASED UPON THAT OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THESE KIND OF NEW CREATIVE USES, BREWERIES, DISTILLERIES, UH, COMMERCIAL KITCHENS, FOOD PRODUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES.
UH, AND THEN AS PART OF THIS, REALLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES LANDSCAPE APPLY WHEN IT'S ABUTTING, SAY, RESIDENTIAL USES OR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
AND THEN SITE DESIGN STANDARDS RELATED TO THAT AS WELL.
UH, THE IL, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE M1, UM, THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INDUSTRIAL THAT HAS LESS OUTSIDE IMPACTS TO IT.
UM, WE MAINTAIN MANY THINGS FROM THE M1 DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTIAL USE RESTRICTIONS FOR, EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
HOW DO WE MEASURE HEIGHT? WHAT IS PARKING AND SIGN REQUIREMENTS? UM, AGAIN, KIND OF VERY LIMITED COMMERCIAL USES ARE ALLOWED BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE'VE TRANSITIONED INTO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
SO IT'S INDUSTRIAL FOR INDUSTRIAL.
UM, AGAIN, A LOT OF THOSE KIND OF CREATIVE ARTISAN USES.
ADDED SOME SETBACKS, SOME MINIMUM LOT AREA SIMPLIFIED THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS.
UM, AGAIN, LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING WHEN ABUDDING, NON-INDUSTRIAL SITES.
SO REALLY KIND OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT HELP IT FUNCTION AS THIS LIGHT AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
UH, THE NEXT WOULD BE THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
SO AGAIN, AS I TALKED ABOUT THAT COMBINATION OF M TWO AND M THREE, UH, THESE ARE USES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.
THEY MAY HAVE LARGE AREAS OF OUTDOOR STORAGE OR OPERATIONS.
UH, SO WE NEEDED TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THE STANDARDS REFLECTED THAT.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S TO PERMIT THESE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES, CLARIFIED THINGS, AGAIN, LIKE HEIGHTS AND DIMENSIONS.
UM, THE USES ARE REALLY TAILORED PRIMARILY TOWARDS BEING A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOKING AT BRINGING IN SOME OF THE ONES THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, UH, THAT MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL IMPACTS.
THINGS LIKE DATA MINING OR RECYCLING FACILITIES.
ALLOWING THOSE IN AS A SPECIAL PERMITTED USE.
UM, PROHIBITING BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS THAT THEN RELATES BACK TO THE HMO DISTRICT.
UM, THERE'S A DUAL ZONE CONCEPT FOR LANDSCAPING THAT'S GOING ON THERE.
THINGS, AS I BEST MENTIONED IN OUR INTRODUCTION, THE 25 FEET WHEN A BUDDING NON-RESIDENTIAL 50 FEET WHEN A BUDDING RESIDENTIAL AND LOOKING AT SITE PLAN REVIEW.
UM, WHEN THESE DISTRICTS ARE BUDDING THINGS OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, THE LANDFILL IS PROBABLY THE MOST SELF-EXPLANATORY OF THESE.
YOUR CURRENT M FOUR DISTRICT WAS ORIENTED THIS WAY.
MUCH OF THE PURPOSE STATEMENT WOULD BE VERY MUCH THE SAME.
THIS IS REALLY LIMITED TO WASTE COLLECTION, HANDLING AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
UH, WE'VE MAINTAINED THE STANDARDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR THE M FOUR DISTRICT.
IT'S REALLY JUST TRANSITIONED OVER INTO THE LANDFILL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS LIMITED VARIANCES ARE GRANTED BY COUNCIL, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF WHAT GOES ON WITHIN A LANDFILL.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE VARIOUS DISTRICT STANDARDS, YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE NOW ORGANIZED INTO TABLES.
THIS ONE'S A SUMMARY TABLE THAT BRINGS EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE HOW BUILDING HEIGHT IS ADJUSTED.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE YARD STANDARDS ARE CLARIFIED.
UM, YOU CAN SEE IN THE, THE INTERIOR SIDE IN THE REAR
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THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL SIZE YARD THAT'S REQUIRED WHEN YOU'RE ABUTTING A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.UM, AND THESE ARE ALL FAIRLY COMMON, FAIRLY STANDARD TO ANY TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
SO THE LAND USE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, WAS REALLY UPDATING THE LAND USES.
THERE'S KIND OF, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IN THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE IS KIND OF A LIST OF USES.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE UDC, YOU SEE WHAT'S CALLED THE, UM, LAND-BASED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
MUCH MORE DETAILED ALLOWS YOU TO BE VERY SPECIFIC IN THE TYPES OF USES THAT YOU'RE ALLOWING.
SO WE REALLY WENT THROUGH AND WE MOVED INTO THE, THE CHAPTER 33 MASTER USE MATRIX.
UH, WE REVIEWED EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THERE.
WE'VE ADDED SOME NEW USES TO THE CODE.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, KIND OF BRINGING UP THOSE ARTISAN OR CRAFT MANUFACTURING THINGS THAT MAY HAPPEN, THINGS THAT AREN'T REALLY, WEREN'T ACCOMMODATED IN EITHER THE ZONING ORDINANCE IN CHAPTER 40 OR THE UDC IN CHAPTER 33.
SO KINDA THE BONUS OF THIS IS BRINGING THESE THINGS INTO HERE, UM, AND THEN REALLY LOOKING AT AND REFINING AND DEFINING, UH, WHAT WE MEAN BY BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
SO REALLY DISTINGUISHING THOSE THAT, THAT WE ARE INTENDING TO, UM, ADDRESS WITHIN THAT HMO DISTRICT.
SO YOU CAN SEE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE UDC, THAT THE LAND-BASED CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS.
UM, IT'S A SYSTEM WITH, IT'S A NUMBERING SYSTEM THAT TIES TO DIFFERENT KIND OF GENERAL CATEGORIES OF USES AND THEN STARTS TO BRING THEM IN.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THINGS LIKE THE IMU HAS THE, AS I TALKED ABOUT, LIMITED RESIDENTIAL.
UH, REALLY THERE, THE INTENT IS FOR MULTIFAMILY AND TOWNHOUSE, UM, REALLY TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING THAT KIND OF UNIQUE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SOME SALE SALES ARE ALLOWED MORE BROADLY IN THE IMU, MORE LIMITED IN THE IL, AND THE IH REALLY MEANT TO ACCOMMODATE THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE THERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE TRADE AS THAT INCREASES INTO THE IH DISTRICT.
UM, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION, UTILITIES, UH, REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE WITHIN THE IMU AND THE IL.
UH, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THINGS LIKE ARTS AND RECREATION, UM, THOSE BEING BROUGHT INTO THE IMUA LITTLE BIT IN THE IL EDUCATION, CONSTRUCTION RELATED BUSINESSES, MINING AND EXTRACTION, REALLY TARGETING THAT TO THE IH DISTRICT.
UH, AND AGAIN, SOME AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING AND HUNTING.
UH, THESE ARE ALL VERY BROAD CATEGORIES.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC USES WITHIN THEM, WHICH IS WHEN YOU KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT, IT'S A LOT OF PAGES.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS, WE CAN GET MORE SPECIFIC AND WE CAN CALL OUT CERTAIN USES, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO REALLY TAILOR THEM TO ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLACE THEM IN.
KIND OF EVEN MOVING FORWARD, PAST THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, AS YOU CONTINUE TO CREATE THE FULL UDC, YOU'VE NOW GOT NEW THINGS IN THERE, LIKE THE MICRO BREWERIES OR THE COMMERCIAL KITCHENS, UM, INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT STUDY.
UM, REALLY THIS BRINGS ME TO, UH, WHAT I JUST SAID.
UH, A LOT OF THE PROPOSED NEW USES, UH, AGAIN, CRAFT, INDUSTRIAL, MODERN KIND OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DESIRE.
UH, THINGS LIKE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, CRAFT MANUFACTURING, COMMERCIAL KITCHENS, FOOD PRODUCTION.
WE KNOW THAT'S A BIG THING, UM, THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THAT, BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WORK WITH THAT AND KIND OF BUILD THAT INDUSTRY WITHIN JEFFERSON PARISH.
UH, SOME ALTERNATIVE ENERGY MANUFACTURING AS WELL, KIND OF THE CLEAN AND THE GREEN, UM, DISTRIBUTION AND FULFILLMENT CENTERS AND LOGISTICS HUBS, YOU KNOW, AS THOSE KIND OF TAKE ON PRECEDENT.
SO THESE ARE A NUMBER OF THE NEW USES THAT HAVE BEEN INTEGRATED INTO THE CODE.
UH, SO PROBABLY THE ONE THAT WE SPENT A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME DEFINING WAS THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
UM, AND REALLY WHAT WE DID WAS LINK BACK TO CHAPTER 13 OF THE PARISH COAT.
UH, AND REALLY WHAT THEY MEAN BY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND THE QUANTITIES THAT CHAPTER 13 CONTROLS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S THINGS LIKE LIQUIDS, UH, 10,000 GALLONS, GASES WITH THE CAPACITY EQUAL OR LIQUID CAPACITY EQUAL OR GREATER TO 5,000.
UM, THIS IS REALLY MEANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS RELATES BACK TO WHAT'S IN CHAPTER 13, YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE THINGS ARE COMING IN, WHEN THEY'RE RECEIVED, AND THEN THEY'RE STORED IN ABOVE GROUND TANKS AND SHIPPED OUT EVEN WAREHOUSES THAT STORE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND, AND DRUMS, TOTES AND BOXES.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, MENTIONING THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE PERMANENT, THAT MAY BE MOVED AROUND THE SITE.
UM, WE STILL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE WERE DEFINING THIS SPECIFIC USE OF BULK STORAGE, OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, UH, THAT WE LOOKED AT THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO BRING IN UNINTENTIONALLY.
SO THAT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE A RETAIL OUTLET, LIKE A HOME DEPOT THAT MAY HAVE THIS MUCH, IT MAY HAVE THESE QUANTITIES BUT IS NOT BULK STORAGE.
UM, WE ALSO MADE, UH, AN EFFORT TO PULL OUT THINGS, UH, AGAIN, AS BES MENTIONED IN THE INTRO, FOOD GRADE AND EDIBLE PRODUCTS, UH, ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MEDICINAL CHEMICALS.
SO YOU WILL SEE KIND OF A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED
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IN THAT DEFINITION.AND IN PARTICULAR, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE USE CATEGORIES WHERE THESE THINGS MAY BE PRESENT AS PART OF THE USE, BUT THE PRIMARY OPERATION IS NOT BULK STORAGE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USED AS PART OF DRY CLEANING, BUT THE MAIN USE OF THE SITE IS A DRY CLEANER.
SO WE PULLED THOSE TYPES OF USES OUT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY DIDN'T UNINTENTIONALLY END UP WITHIN THIS DEFINITION AND THEN BE FORCED INTO THE HMO DISTRICT.
UM, I DO THINK A LOT OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE DID ADD SOME STANDARDS, UM, THAT, THAT WERE PART OF THIS.
MANY OF THESE WERE EXISTING, UH, BUT MANY WE DID ADD ON TO THESE.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, WE'VE PULLED IN THE LANGUAGE, AND I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE, BUT WE'VE PULLED IN THE LANGUAGE, UH, THAT'S PART OF THIS.
BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, IT'S A NEW TERM CHANGE FROM FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE TO BE HAZARDOUS TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 13, AS YOU SAW IN A PREVIOUS DRAFT.
THERE IS THE ODOR CONTROL PLAN, UM, THAT'S REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS CLARIFICATION ON WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE STORING MATERIAL IN TOTES OR MOVABLE TEMPORARY THINGS.
UM, THE POSTING OF A 24 HOUR MAN HOTLINE NUMBER POSTED ON THE SITE.
UM, AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO KIND OF THE STANDARDS OF THE HMO DISTRICT FOR NEW FACILITIES AND EXPANSION, SITING REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW TANKS, THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THAT'S TALKING ABOUT SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND IN THE HMO DISTRICT FOR THOSE THAT ARE TITLE, TITLE V, MAJOR SOURCE FACILITIES, THERE IS NOW THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN REFINING, UM, SINCE THE PREVIOUS DRAFT.
THE EMISSION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, UM, AGAIN, I KIND OF WENT THROUGH THIS ALREADY, BUT TO SAY THERE'S OTHER BULK STORAGE USES THAT MAY BE ALLOWED IN OTHER DISTRICTS.
THEY'RE NOT RESTRICTED TO JUST THE HMO.
THIS IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE CULINARY AND MEDICINAL MATERIALS.
UH, BASICALLY THINGS THAT ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE DEFINITION OF BULK STORAGE, OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
THEY'RE ALLOWED AS AN SPU IN THE IH DISTRICT.
UM, AND THEN REALLY NON-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, BULK STORAGE.
IT'S ALLOWED IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
THESE ARE ANY MATERIALS THAT DO NOT QUALIFY AS NON, UH, AS HAZARDOUS, SO BULK STORAGE OF NON-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
UM, SO, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME SINCE WE STARTED WAY BACK WHEN, UH, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK REPORT.
UM, INITIALLY IT WAS NO NEW FACILITIES, NO EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING SBUS OF THESE HAZARDOUS, THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
UM, THIS WAS THE INITIAL APPROACH OF THE FRAMEWORK.
UM, THEN NOVEMBER, 2022, OUR INITIAL DRAFT WAS NO NEW FACILITIES, BUT THERE WOULD BE SOME LIMITED EXPANSION FOR THE EXISTING FACILITIES THAT HAVE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
AND THEN THE CURRENT APPROACH THAT YOU SEE, UH, IS REALLY NEW FACILITIES AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, UM, WOULD BE ALLOWED, BUT THERE'S A MORE ROBUST MAP AMENDMENT PROCESS AND ADDITIONAL CRITERIA THAT NEED TO BE MET.
SO, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME WITH FEEDBACK AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THINGS, YOU'VE SEEN HOW THIS APPROACH TO THESE THINGS HAS EVOLVED.
UM, THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT, THE HMO, UM, A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THIS, WHICH MAY BE FAMILIAR TO MOST THE PURPOSE OF THE HMO DISTRICT.
IT'S REALLY TO ADDRESS THE ENVI ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY CONCERNS, BALANCE THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY, UH, CREATE CLEAR RULES FOR EXISTING FACILITIES AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOW FOR LIMITED EXPANSION, INCLUDING EVEN, UH, NEW FACILITIES.
AS I TALKED ABOUT WITH THE MAP AMENDMENT.
UM, INITIALLY WE, IT WAS MAPPED UPON THE EXISTING SSPU SITES FOR BULK STORAGE.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S AN OVERLAY.
IT MUST BE APPLIED OVER THE IH DISTRICTS AND THE STANDARDS OF THE IH DISTRICT WOULD APPLY UNLESS IT'S MODIFIED BY THE HMO STANDARDS.
UM, SO JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, ONE MAJOR CHANGE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE SECOND DRAFT IS THE APPROACH TO THE HMO.
UH, WHEREAS THE PREVIOUS ITERATION WAS TIED TO EXISTING APPROVED SBUS FOR BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WITH VERY LIMITED PERMISSIONS FOR EXPANSION OF EXISTING SITES.
UH, THE DRAFT, THE CURRENT DRAFT, UM, PROPOSES TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING SITES, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE HMO TO NEW AREAS THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL BULK STORAGE.
AGAIN, AS I SAID, UH, THROUGH A MAP AMENDMENT PROCESS, UH, WITH A BUNCH OF STANDARDS, WITH A SERIES OF STANDARDS THAT NEED TO BE MET TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS BALANCE THAT WE NEED TO ACHIEVE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
UH, THERE IS AN ODOR CONTROL PLAN.
THIS IS JUST, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS DRAFTS, AND I BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF BEEN GOING ON WITHIN THE PARISH.
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THERE IS THE 24 HOUR MAN HOTLINE OF THE STATE REQUIRED EMERGENCY CONTACT REALLY JUST TO POST THAT.UM, THERE ARE EMISSION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND AIR PERMIT COMPLIANCE WEBSITE TO BE CREATED FOR EXISTING AND NEW TITLE V FACILITIES.
UH, AGAIN, TO EMPHASIZE THE TITLE V PART OF THAT, UM, WE CLARIFIED THE REQUIRED SEPARATION OF STORAGE TANKS.
IT'S 1500 FEET FROM THE LOT LINE OF ANY LOT THAT ISN'T ZONED IIL OR IH EITHER FOR NEW FACILITIES AND EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING SPU BOUNDARY.
UM, JUST TO REALLY CLARIFY THAT THERE, WHEN A SPECIAL PERMITTED USE IS ENLARGED, THE REQUIRED SEPARATION SHALL APPLY IN AN INCREMENTAL BASIS, WHICH MEANS THE SEPARATION REQUIREMENT SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE ENLARGEMENT IS APPLIED IN THE SAME PROPORTION THAT THE ENLARGEMENT SITE OR LOT AREA HAS TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY BEEN MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS 500 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UH, WITH THE TWO DIFFERENT ZONES THAT YOU SEE THERE, UH, AS WELL AS PERMISSIONS FOR REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TANKS THAT CAN BE REPLACED FOR MAINTENANCE SAFETY OR WHERE NEW NEW TECHNOLOGIES MAKE THINGS SAFER OR MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MORE RECENT INVOLVED IN THE SECOND DRAFT INTO THE DRAFT THAT'S HERE, IT'S THE EMISSION REPORTING PLAN AND AIR PERMIT COMPLIANCE WEBSITE, UM, JUNE, 2023 DRAFT.
WE DID CONTAIN SOME AIR MONITORING LANGUAGE FROM SOME STATE BILLS THAT REQUIRED REAL-TIME NOTIFICATION, REQUIRED MONITORING FOR EXTENSIVE LIST OF POLLUTANTS, UM, OTHER, OTHER ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO BE FULLY REFINED.
UM, PLANNING IS MET WITH A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM COUNCIL FROM INDUSTRY TO REFINE THESE PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DEPARTMENTS CAN MONITOR THIS AS WELL.
SO WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE PROVIDED A PURPOSE STATEMENT FOR THIS.
UH, PROVIDED A PROCESS FOR REVIEW OF AN ADMISSION REPORTING PLAN THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LDEQ REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER PARISH REGULATIONS, UH, AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON PUBLIC, UH, EDUCATION THROUGH A NEW REQUIRED PERMIT COMPLIANCE WEBSITE.
UH, SO FINALLY, KIND OF LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE DONE, KINDA MOVING AWAY FROM THE USES IN THE DISTRICTS.
UM, SBUS AND CU PS, THEY'VE BEEN MERGED TOGETHER IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, STILL A LIMIT OF ONE SPU, UH, PER LOT.
TRACK PLOT DEVELOPMENT SITE, UH, CLARIFIED WHAT HAPPENS WITH AN SPU THAT IT CAN BE SOLD, LEASED OR TRANSFERRED, UH, ESTABLISHED A MINOR AMENDMENT PROCESS, INCLUDING THRESHOLDS, UH, THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY WILL BE THREE YEARS.
UM, ADDED SOME ABILITY THAT IF THERE'S APPROVALS FROM OUTSIDE AGENTS NEEDED, THAT VALIDITY PERIOD CAN BE EXTENDED FOR ONE TO TWO YEARS WITH EVIDENCE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THE STUFF IS GOING ON.
UH, ADDED EXPIRATION PROVISIONS AS WELL AS ADDED AN EMERGENCY EXCEPTION FOR TEMPORARY EQUIPMENT AND SITE, UH, STRUCTURES ALLOWED ON SITE, UM, REALLY IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES, UH, HAZARDS THAT HAPPEN, OR NATURAL, YOU KNOW, EVENTS THAT HAPPEN THAT THINGS NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, MADE SAFE.
SO ADDED THAT EMERGENCY EXCEPTION.
UM, FINALLY, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT ARE IN SOME OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE PROPERLY.
ANY EXISTING STANDALONE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING THAT EXISTS NOW PRIOR TO THE EFFECT OF DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS RECOGNIZED AS A CONFORMING USE.
SO IT WON'T HAVE NON-CONFORMING STANDARD, AND IT CAN BE GRANTED PERMITS FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE, UH, SUBJECT TO THE R THREE DISTRICT STANDARDS.
IF IT IS DEMOLISHED OR DESTROYED, UH, BEYOND 75% OF ITS VALUE MORE, UH, IT CAN COME BACK IN, PROVIDED THE NEW CONSTRUCTION MEETS THE MINIMUM DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS.
AGAIN, THAT R THREE THAT YOU SEE THERE, AND THAT IT'S THE SAME DWELLING TYPE.
SO IF IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY BEFORE, IT CAN ONLY BE RESTORED AS SINGLE FAMILY.
SO REALLY A SUMMARY, AND I'M, I I, I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE, BUT IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT DOES THIS, WHAT DID THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDY, UH, RESULT IN.
AS YOU SAW, THERE IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICT STRUCTURE.
WE BASED IT ON, YOU KNOW, MUCH OF WHAT WAS THERE, BUT REALLY CREATED THESE CLEAR LEVELS OF, OF WHAT THEY ARE FROM THE MIXED USE TO THE LIGHT, THE HEAVY THE LANDFILL, UM, YOU KNOW, UPDATED THE USE STANDARDS WORKED WITHIN THE UD C'S LAND-BASED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
UM, REALLY DEFINED A BUNCH OF NEW USES THAT ARE EITHER CLEAN AND GREEN OR, YOU KNOW, LOGISTICS, FOOD PRODUCTION, ARTISAN CRAFT, INDUSTRIAL, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UH, DEFINED BOOK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, AGAIN, LINKING IT BACK TO CHAPTER 13, LOOKED AT PULLING THOSE INTO AN OVERLAY DISTRICT, UH, AND ADDED ADDITIONAL STANDARDS, UM, FOR HOW THAT BULK STORAGE IS DONE, INCLUDING EMISSIONS REPORTING AND DATA DISSEMINATION REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN THE SBUS KIND OF JUST WENT OVER THAT REALLY MERGED THEM INTO ONE,
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UH, THREE YEAR RENEWAL PERIOD, ADDED PROVISIONS FOR AMENDMENTS, UM, AND CLARIFIED EXPIRATION VALIDITY AND EMERGENCY EXCEPTIONS.UM, SO REALLY THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THESE REGULATIONS ARE CRAFTED FOR JEFFERSON PARISH.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN CRAFTED, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN TRACK THE MODIFICATIONS THROUGH THE RED LINES, UH, TO REFLECT THE CONCERNS AND INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS, THE LANDOWNER AND INDUSTRY.
UH, WE DID LOOK HARD AT ENVISION JEFFERSON 2040 AS WELL AS JEFFERSON EDGE 2025, AND MADE SURE THAT WE WERE WORKING, UH, TO CREATE THINGS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN THERE.
AND THEN WE DID HAVE TO BALANCE EVERYTHING THAT WE HEARD FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT AT TIMES THOSE CAN BE IN CONFLICT, BUT WE THINK THAT WE WERE ABLE, UH, TO REALLY BRING THESE TOGETHER AND CREATE A BALANCE, UM, THAT MANAGES THE NEEDS OF FACILITIES AS WELL AS THOSE OF, OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY, UH, AND MAKE THINGS MORE MODERNIZED.
UM, IT REALLY, THE DISTRICT STRUCTURE THAT'S IN PLACE NOW IS OLDER.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE USES AREN'T REALLY REFLECTING HOW MOST CODES MODERN CODES DEAL WITH THEM.
SO WE'VE REALLY MODERNIZED EVERYTHING WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
UM, SO ALSO RELATED TO THIS, THERE'S TXT 4 23.
THESE ARE THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS RELATED AMENDMENTS.
UM, IN THIS CASE, THIS WAS LED MORE BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH ALL OF THESE AS WELL.
UM, SO THESE ARE, THEY'RE RELATED AMENDMENTS.
AND IN SUMMARY, THIS IS REALLY WHAT THESE ARE.
UM, YOU'RE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW INDUSTRIAL USES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO MAKE THE AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE DISTRICT THE AIM A BASE ZONING DISTRICT, CLARIFY THE USES ALLOWED THERE, ADD NECESSARY DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, AND UPDATE CURRENT PROVISIONS AS APPROPRIATE, UH, TO MOVE THE REGULATIONS FOR THE U ONE R TO CHAPTER 33 AND UPDATE THOSE REGULATIONS AS NECESSARY.
UM, UPDATE THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR NEW USES, ADDRESS OTHER RELATED AMENDMENTS.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS CONSOLIDATING CONDITIONAL USE AND SPECIAL PERMITTED USE PROVISIONS INTO A SINGLE SECTION IN THE UDC.
REPLACE ALL THE REFERENCES TO THE OLD ZONING DISTRICTS WITH THE NEW ONES THAT WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.
UH, RESTRUCTURE CHAPTER 33, ARTICLE FIVE, SUPPLEMENTAL CONDITIONS, DIVISION ONE SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS BY TYPE AND INCLUDE USES WITH SPECIFIC STANDARDS IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
UH, INCORPORATE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GOT, AS WE SAID, WE WERE ADDING NEW USES TO THIS MA MASTER USE MATRIX INTO THE MIXED USE BASED ZONING DISTRICTS USE MATRIX.
UM, CLARIFY THE BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE IMU, AND THAT WOULD BE ARTICLE SIX OF THE UDC AND CLARIFY CONFORMING USE PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL USES.
IN TERMS OF THE AIM, UM, REALLY THE AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE OVERLAY DISTRICT IS MAPPED ON THE FORMER AVONDALE SHIPYARD.
CURRENTLY, THAT'S THE DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOLKS STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS UP TO 30% OF THE 254 ACRE SITE WITHOUT AN SPU.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS REALLY FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF.
UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE THE AIM DISTRICT A BASE DISTRICT MAP IT OVER THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT AND OVER LOT AV SEVEN LOCATED IN THE CORNER OF LA UH, 5 4 1.
AND LA 18 PLANNING IS ALSO PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL SITE THAT CAN BE USED FOR BULK STORAGE WITHOUT AN SPU TO LESS THAN 27.2% AND CLARIFY THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO FINALLY OUR LAST SECTION IS Z DASH 17 DASH 23, THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT'S MAP AMENDMENT.
AGAIN, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT LED.
THIS IS TAKING EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE WORKED ON AND REALLY STARTING TO PUT IT ON THE MAP.
UM, AND SO THIS FINAL SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION GOES OVER THAT.
UH, SO THE METHODOLOGY OF HOW THIS WAS DONE, WHAT WAS THE SURVEYING THAT WAS DONE? UM, SO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SURVEYED INDUSTRIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES AND UPDATED LAND USE INFORMATION IN THE PARISH'S GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM, THE GIS SOFTWARE.
THEY DID SITE VISITS AND SURVEYS CONDUCTED DURING THE SUMMER OF 2021.
AND BETWEEN WINTER OF 2022 AND 2023, THE LAND USE SURVEY WAS BASED USING, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THIS NEW LAND-BASED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, UM, THAT IS IN PLACE IN THE UDC.
WHILE PLANNING WAS EVALUATING, THEY REALLY KIND OF LOOKED AT THE FOLLOWING IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT BASED ZONING? WHAT IS THE CURRENT OVERLAY ZONING? IF THAT APP, IF THAT IS APPLICABLE, THE TYPE AND SIZE OF LAND USES BY DEVELOPMENT SITE, THE TYPE AND SIZE OF LAND USES WITH PROPOSED ZONING, THE SURROUNDING ZONING, THE PROXIMITY TO INCOMPATIBLE USES, AND THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION,
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UH, FROM THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.WITH THIS, THE STAFF CREATED AN ARC GIS STORY MAP, AND, AND THESE ARE REALLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
UM, THIS WAS REALLY, UH, I HAVE TO SAY, JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE.
UM, STAFF PUBLISHED AN ARC GIS STORY MAP IN JUNE, 2023, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, DRAFT MAPS AND THE STORY MAP WERE PRESENTED AT THE WEST BANK COURT DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE, AND TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS IN JUNE OF 2023.
INDUSTRIAL'S OWN PROPERTY WAS BROKEN INTO FO FOCUS AREAS FOR EASE OF ANALYSIS.
AND THEN EACH FOCUS AREA IS BROKEN DOWN WITH CURRENT ZONING, PROPOSED ZONING, AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE PROPOSED ZONING.
SO REALLY IN GENERAL, UM, WE'RE LOOKING HERE FIRST AT THE EAST BANK.
UM, THE EAST BANK IS CHARACTERIZED BY A MIX OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIGHT AND MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL USES, ORGANIZED IN A SOMEWHAT TYPICAL CLUSTERED PATTERN CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE ELMWOOD BUSINESS PARK, AND ALONG CORRIDORS LIKE AIRLINE DRIVE, AIRHART AND JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THESE DISTRICTS KIND OF, AS I MENTIONED, UM, THE CURRENT DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN PLACE RIGHT THERE, THE PROPOSED ZONING FOR THE EAST BANK.
UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE IN GENERAL, THE IMU INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE DISTRICT IS MAPPED ON PROPERTIES ALONG THE PERIPHERY IN ELMWOOD ON SITES THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THE CPZ COMMERCIAL PARKWAY OVERLAY ZONE MAPPED ON THEM, SUCH AS LASALLE PARK AND SITES NEAR JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AND THE ORLEANS PARISH LINE.
AND ON SITES THAT, UM, AND ON SITES THAT ARE BUFFER BETWEEN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LAND AND NON-INDUSTRIAL LAND.
UH, THE IL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS MAPPED ON SITES THROUGHOUT THE EAST BANK, INCLUDING THE CORE OF ELMWOOD, ALONG ERHARDT AND PARTS OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.
THE IH, UH, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS MAPPED ON LIMITED SITES ALONG BATCH OF PROPERTY AND ON ONE SITE USED FOR RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.
UH, AND FOR MORE SPECIFICS, AGAIN, ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE ARC GIS STORY MAP, AND IT CAN REALLY KIND OF LEAD YOU THROUGH, UM, WHY THESE CHANGES WERE PROPOSED FOR THE WEST BANK, BECAUSE AS WE TALKED ABOUT, KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT THINGS HERE, UH, IN GENERAL, THE WEST BANK IS TWO PRIMARY INDUSTRIAL AREAS ORIENTED IN A LINEAR PATTERN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND THEN ALONG HARVEY CANAL.
MANY OF THE INDUSTRIAL USES ON THE WEST BANK FALL WITHIN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY AND RANGE FROM SHIP REPAIR TO BULK STORAGE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALSO WITHIN THE WEST BANK, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES LOCATED WITHIN LARGER RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SUCH AS WMAN AND AVONDALE.
SO WHAT IS THE PROPOSAL? UM, SO FOR THE WEST BANK, UH, IN GENERAL, THE IMU, UH, MIXED USE DISTRICT IS MAPPED ON PROPERTIES ON SITES THAT SERVE AS A BUFFER BETWEEN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL LAND.
THE IL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS MAPPED ON LARGE UNDEVELOPED SITES AS A WAY TO PRO PRESERVE INDUSTRIAL LAND ON THE WEST BANK, AND ON SITES BUFFERING BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL SITES AND NON-INDUSTRIAL SITES.
UH, THE IH HEAVY IS MAPPED ALONG THE BATCH OF PROPERTY, THE HARVEY CANAL, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AND WHERE THE PROPOSED HMO OVERLAY WOULD BE MAPPED.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THOSE ARE LINKED.
THE HMO CAN ONLY GO OVER THE IH DISTRICT.
UH, THE ILF THE LANDFILL IS MAPPED ON THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF THE LANDFILL.
THE HMO OVERLAY DISTRICT IS MAPPED ON APPROVED SITE PLANS FOR THE BULK STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS.
AND AGAIN, UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION, ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THE ARC GIS STORY MAP.
THE LINK TO THAT IS ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE AS WELL.
SO, FINALLY, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, IN REGARD TO THIS REMAPPING IS, UM, PLANNING DOES RECOMMEND REZONING INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTIES TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE NEW INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT OR EXISTING NON-INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AS APPROPRIATE.
UH, PLANNING DOES RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING MAP CHANGES, UH, MAP THE IMU INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE ON PROPERTY PROPERTIES ALONG THE PERIPHERY AND ELMWOOD ON SITES THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THE CPZ COMMERCIAL PARKWAY OVERLAY ZONE MAPPED ON THEM, SUCH AS LASALLE PARK AND SITES NEAR JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AND ORLEANS PARISH LINE, AND ON SITES THAT SERVE AS A BUFFER BETWEEN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LAND AND NON-INDUSTRIAL LAND.
BUT MAP THE IL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, UM, THAT IS ON SITES THROUGHOUT THE EAST BANK, INCLUDING THE CORE OF ELMWOOD ALONG AIRHART AND PARTS OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.
IT IS ALSO MAPPED ENLARGED, UNDEVELOPED SITES AS A WAY TO PRESERVE INDUSTRIAL LAND ON THE WEST BANK AND ON SITES BUFFERING INDUSTRIAL USES AND NON-INDUSTRIAL SITES.
UH, THE IH DISTRICT ALONG THE BADGER PROPERTY, THE HARVEY CANAL, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AND WHERE THE PROPOSED HMO OVERLAY IS MAPPED.
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THE ILF ON THE ILF ON THE EXISTING FOOT FOOTPRINT OF THE LANDFILL, AND THEN MAP THE HMO OVERLAY DISTRICT ON SOME OF THE APPROVED SITE PLANS FOR BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.UH, PLANNING ALSO RECOMMENDS MAPPING THE AIM AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AS A BASE DISTRICT ON THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT AND ON LOT AV SEVEN.
AND SO WITH THAT, I KNOW IT'S A LOT, IT'S A PRETTY INTENSE PRESENTATION, BUT WE THANK YOU.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
UM, I WILL, UH, OPEN FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD HERE FIRST FOR ANY OF THIS NICE INFORMATION.
UH, I AM GOING TO OPEN ALL THREE OF THESE CASES UP AT ONCE, UH, FOR DISCUSSION.
SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UM, ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THESE, UM, TEXT AMENDMENTS, UH, PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM.
SEEING NONE, UH, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, I'M GONNA PREFACE THIS WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING, GETTING LATE.
WE, WE ALL WANT TO GET OUTTA HERE, SO IF ANYBODY BRINGS UP ANYTHING THAT'S, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANT TO, TO KEEP BRINGING THE SAME THINGS UP.
SO, UH, ALSO WE HAVE MISS AMANDA IN THE BACK, IF THERE'S ANYTHING PARTICULAR ON A TECHNICAL, UH, ISSUE WITH YOUR SPECIFIC PROPERTY, I'D ASK THAT YOU GO SPEAK TO AMANDA, YOU KNOW, AND SHE, SHE CAN BRING UP THE MAP FOR YOU.
UH, SHE'S GOT THE COMPUTER BACK THERE.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF, UM, ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK, UM, IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
KIRK FARE, 25 44 MICHIGAN AVENUE.
THAT'S IN MERIE, WESTGATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, MY PARTICULAR ISSUE WITH, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, ZONING ISSUES ARE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE HMO OVERLAY AS IT PERTAINS SPECIFICALLY TO CORNERSTONE CHEMICAL COMPANY.
UM, IF WE CAN GET REAL ABOUT THE SITUATION, A LOT OF THIS CAME, UM, FROM, UH, SOME FALSE NARRATIVE THAT CAME OUT OF SOME ISSUES THAT THEY WERE HAVING IN, UH, RIVER RIDGE AND HARAHAN IN REGARDS TO AIR QUALITY, UH, BACK IN 2020 AND 2021.
UM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THOSE SITUATIONS WERE DIFFICULT, UH, FOR THOSE FOLKS, UH, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF FALSE NARRATIVE BUILT AROUND THAT.
AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THIS REZONING AND YOU LOOK AT THAT WEST BANK MAP, IT'S AWFULLY CURIOUS TO ME THAT THE MAJORITY OF THAT HMO OVERLAY, UH, PERTAINS ONLY TO CORNERSTONE CHEMICAL.
ALL RIGHT? SO I THINK WE GOT A BIT OF AN UNFAIR SHAKE IN THAT WHOLE DEAL BECAUSE, UH, WE WERE EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF, UH, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD, UH, IN TERMS OF AIR QUALITY, UM, IN TERMS OF AIR MONITORING.
UM, I'VE WORKED FOR CORNERSTONE CHEMICAL FOR 14 YEARS.
UH, ONE OF MY POSITIONS, WHICH THEY'RE, I ACTUALLY KIND OF WEAR A LOT OF DIFFERENT HATS THERE.
UH, I AM A, UM, HOURLY SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE.
I'M ALSO, UM, UH, AN OPERATOR.
SO ONE OF MY JOBS THAT I'M QUALIFIED IN IS WHAT WE CALL EOP OR END OF PIPE.
ALL RIGHT, SO END OF PIPE REFERS TO AFFLUENT FLOW, SPECIFICALLY WATER, UH, TREATMENT.
UM, WHENEVER WE GET RAINWATER IN, I TREAT THAT WATER, AND THEN I DISCHARGE IT TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, WHICH FRANKLY, WE TAKE WATER IN FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS WELL, BUT WE DISCHARGE IT CLEANER THAN WHAT WE TOOK IT OUT.
UM, SO ONE OF THE OTHER, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES IS THE EOP OPERATORS, ALSO AIR MONITORING.
UH, SO WHEN ALL OF THOSE LDEQ AND, UM, ALL THOSE REPRESENTATIVE CAME TO DO THOSE AIR MONITORING, I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT GUIDED THEM AROUND THE PLANT.
UM, BUT YET THERE HAS BEEN, UH, A FALSE NARRATIVE ABOUT THE BUSINESS THAT WE DO ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.
UM, AND, AND, AND A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION IS JUST CATEGORICALLY FALSE.
ALL RIGHT? I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED WITH CORNERSTONE 14 YEARS.
I AVERAGE ROUGHLY 3000 HOURS PER YEAR ON SITE, UH, UH, DURING MY EMPLOYMENT.
SO OVER, OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME,
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I'VE LOGGED 42,000 HOUR MAN HOURS ON THAT FACILITY.ALL RIGHT? IN THAT TIME, I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED ANYTHING, UH, THAT WOULD LEAD TO ANY OF THE, UH, ISSUES THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS HAVE, UM, WHO KIND OF DROVE THIS WHOLE INITIATIVE, UH, USED AS THE, THE FUEL BEHIND THIS.
ALRIGHT? SO, UM, I, I, I DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND, UH, THE FULL MAGNITUDE OF THIS WHOLE PROPOSAL, BUT AS FAR AS THE HMO OVERLAY IS CONCERNED, UM, IF THERE IS EVEN A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT OVERLAY WOULD CURB GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AT CORNERSTONE CHEMICAL WITH THE PRODUCTION OF NEW FACILITIES WITHIN OUR EXISTING FOOTPRINT, UH, BY LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF STORAGE TANKS THAT WE CAN CONSTRUCT ON OUR FACILITY, UM, IS A DETRIMENT TO OUR BUSINESS, AND, IN MY OPINION, WOULD BE A DETRIMENT TO, UH, THE ECONOMIC STABILITY OF THIS PARISH.
UM, WE'VE BEEN GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR FACILITY, OF WE'VE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS, UH, TO THE FOLKS IN WMAN.
NOW, WE ARE AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN, UH, BUT WE ARE OVERLY TRANSPARENT, UH, WITH PEOPLE.
UM, IF, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS A RESIDENT, IF YOU GO ON GOOGLE MAPS AND YOU DRAW A LINE BETWEEN MY HOUSE AND, UH, WESTGATE AT ON MICHIGAN AVENUE, IT IS EXACTLY 3.2 MILES FROM MY HOUSE TO CORNERSTONE CHEMICAL.
SO I'VE GOT A VESTED INTEREST HERE.
I'M NOT ONLY AN EMPLOYEE, BUT I'M ALSO A RESIDENT.
IF YOU TAKE THAT SAME LINE AND, UH, DRAW IT OUT TOWARDS, UH, RIVER RIDGE AND, AND, UM, UH, HARRAH HAND, THAT LINE FALLS DIRECTLY ON THE INTERSECTION OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AND CITRUS BOULEVARD.
SO, THEREFORE, I LIVE CLOSER IN PROXIMITY AS THE CROW FLIES TO CORNERSTONE THAN MOST OF THE RESIDENTS IN RIVER RIDGE AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN HAN.
IF YOU TAKE THAT SAME LINE AND EXTEND IT TOWARDS WESTWEGO, I LIVE CLOSER THAN MANY OF THE RESIDENTS IN WMAN AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF AVONDALE.
ALL RIGHT, SO TO SAY, UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN KNOCKED IN THE MEDIA A LOT, AND ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN TRADITIONAL MEDIA SAYING THAT WE'RE A COMPANY FULL OF FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE A VESTED INTEREST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT? I RAISED A FOUR MONTH OLD SON, 3.2 MILES AWAY FROM THAT PLANT, AND HAVING SPENT 42,000 MAN HOURS IN THAT PLANT, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO PUT THE RESIDENTS AT, UH, IN, IN SOME SORT OF INHERENT RISK.
ALL RIGHT? IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, DOING SOME ZONING, UH, AND KEEPING PROTECTING PEOPLE AND KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU REZONE THE MCDONALD'S DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA KILL ME LONG BEFORE ANYTHING AT CORNERSTONE CHEMICAL WILL.
OKAY? UM, SO, UM, THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK TODAY IS JUST IMPLORE YOU ALL TO REALLY LOOK INTO THIS, UH, FEASIBILITY STUDY, ALL RIGHT? IF THERE IS ANY OPPORTUNITY WHATSOEVER THAT WE WOULD BE DENIED PERMITTING FOR NEW BULK STORAGE FACILITIES, UM, ON OUR EXISTING FOOTPRINT, THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY CURB OUR APPEAL, UH, TO OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO INVEST IN THIS REGION.
ALRIGHT? I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME, UH, ENGINEERING GOING ON AND ARE LOOKING AT OUR FACILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, TO TRY AND, UH, COME AND BRING, UH, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW OPERATING UNITS INTO THE FACILITY.
UM, I REMEMBER BACK, UH, OVER 10 YEARS AGO OR SO WHEN, UH, WE, UH, BUILT THE AMMONIA PLANT, UH, DINO NOBEL AMMONIA FACILITY ON OUR, UH, ON OUR, UM, FACILITY.
UH, I WENT BACK AND I LOOKED AT THE PRESS RELEASE, UH, FROM THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.
AND IN THAT PRESS RELEASE, IT SAID THAT DINO NOBEL INVESTED $20 MILLION ON TOP OF WHAT THEY USED TO BUILD THEIR FACILITY FOR.
UM, CERTAIN THINGS IN OUR FACILITY LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, UH, SAFETY UPGRADES, REDUNDANCY UPGRADES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT YOU ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS IF YOU CURB OUR ABILITY TO GROW, YOU CURB OUR ABILITY TO UPGRADE TECHNOLOGY, YOU CURB OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THAT PLACE SAFER FOR OURSELVES AND FOR THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS.
OKAY? SO I JUST IMPLORE ALL OF YOU TO, UH, REALLY DIG IN AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT THIS HMO OVERLAY, UH, PERTAINS.
IF THERE IS, AGAIN, ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THAT OVERLAY COULD RESULT IN, UH, LIMITING GROWTH POSSIBILITIES, THAT CORNERSTONE, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST IN THE PARISH, UH, FOR US TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
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ALL THE WORK THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE DONE AS A RESIDENT.I'M GLAD TO SEE MODERNIZATION, ALL RIGHT? I WANNA SEE MODERNIZATION AT MY PLANT AS WELL, BUT THAT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN INVESTORS ARE ALLOWED TO COME IN AND TO INVEST IN OUR FACILITY.
OKAY? SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
IF, AND I, AND I SAY THIS TO ALSO TO RESIDENTS OF WMAN, UH, I SAY THIS TO RESIDENTS OF AVONDALE OR HARAHAN OR RIVER RIDGE, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT GOES ON, ON INSIDE THAT FACILITY, ASK SOMEBODY WHO WORKS THERE, OKAY? DON'T GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA, DON'T LISTEN TO THE NEWS REPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
COME TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THAT PLACE.
'CAUSE I'LL BE A HUNDRED PERCENT HONEST AND I'LL BE A HUNDRED PERCENT TRANSPARENT, RIGHT? THANK YOU ALL.
ALL RIGHT, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I'M SEAN WARD, UH, ALSO WITH CORNERSTONE CHEMICAL, TEN EIGHT HUNDRED RIVER ROAD WMAN.
UM, JUST REALLY BRIEFLY TONIGHT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, FIRST RECOGNIZE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, AS A PRE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION.
I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, UH, HOURS AND HOURS OF CONSULTATION, UH, OVER THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, CHANGES TO THE, UH, INDUSTRIAL ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO WE THANK, UH, THANK THE PARISH FOR THE COLLABORATION.
UM, IN, IN THE READ, UH, WE'VE HAD SEVEN DAYS TO, TO LOOK OVER THE FINAL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT COLLABORATION, THE SPIRIT OF, UH, UH, COOPERATION.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF AREAS OF CONCERN STILL.
ONE BEING THE, UH, SETBACK REQUIREMENT, GETTING CLARIFICATION ON, ON THE SETBACKS IN PARTICULAR, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE ZONING AND A NEW, UH, OVERLAY FOR OUR SITE.
UH, AND ALSO REVIEWING SOME OF THE PARTICULAR ELEMENTS THAT CAN HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, UH, OF APPROVALS AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT LEVEL VERSUS GOING ALL THE WAY TO, UH, HAVING TO VOTE ON COUNCIL, UM, MATTERS FOR, FOR MINOR CHANGES AT, UH, AT THE FACILITY.
SO THERE'S SOME WORDING, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS THAT WE ARE, WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION FOR TONIGHT.
WE JUST ASK FOR, FOR MORE TIME TO, UH, TO CONTINUE THAT NARRATIVE.
THANK YOU, THANK, APPRECIATE IT.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK.
I, UM, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT.
UH, I WILL, I WILL, UM, CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK.
UM, I DO COMMEND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THEIR HARD WORK.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT IS REALLY, REALLY AWESOME TO SEE THE SLIDER EFFECT ON THE, IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, IT'S, UH, THAT WAS, THAT'S A, UH, REALLY COOL TRIP.
YEAH, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK.
UM, SO I, I KNOW, UH, WE'RE GONNA HEAR THIS, UH, ON, UH, ANOTHER TIME ON THE EAST BANK.
SO I'M GONNA ASK FOR A MOTION.
I'M SORRY, TO THE APRIL 25TH EAST BANK PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, WHICH ONE THAT IS FOR? OH, ALL THREE? YES.
UM, WE CAN DO LOBO OR DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON 'EM SEPARATELY? SEPARATELY.
UM, SO FOR TXT 3 23, MOVE TO DEFER.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. RUSSO, UH, TO DEFER.
UH, ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.
SO ORDERED TO DEFER, UH, FOR WAIT FOR TEXT, TXT DASH FOUR DASH 23.
UH, ANY OBJECTIONS HERE AND NONE SO ORDERED.
MOTION BY MS. JI, SECOND BY MR. JONES.
WE'LL, WE WILL HEAR THIS AGAIN, UH, IN TWO WEEKS ON, UH, THE EAST BANK.
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COMING OUT.UM, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING OTHER BUSINESS.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO DE TO, TO, UH, ADJOURN.
I'LL SECOND DEFER MOTION BY MS. JI TO, UH, ADJOURN.