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IF, UH,[MEETING CALLED TO ORDER]
YOU COULD SILENCE YOUR, UH, CELL PHONES.WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH, UH, PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'M, UH, CALL, CALL A MEETING INTO ORDER, PLEASURE, ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY JUSTICE FOR YOU.
UH, GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH.
UH, WE ARE THE, UM, PAB, THE PUBLIC, UH, THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD.
WE'RE LOCATED HERE IN THE EAST BANK COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
[INTRODUCTION OF PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS]
PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD IS APPOINTED, APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JUSTIN 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 THE SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED CHANGE.
I'M GONNA START BY, BY REQUESTING MY FELLOW B BOARD MEMBERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES IN THE DISTRICTS THEY REPRESENT.
I'M DARRYL BIERBAUM, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, JOHN BONI.
I'M DISTRICT FOUR, SAM RUSSO, DISTRICT FIVE, AND I'M BERT TURNER.
I WILL POINT OF REFERENCE, UH, MS. CONGENI IS ABSENT TODAY.
SHE'S AT LARGE DIVISION A AND MR. SHEA JONES IS ON HIS WAY.
SHOULD BE HERE WITHIN A MOMENTARILY.
THERE ARE OTHER, UH, PERTINENT INDIVIDUALS I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AT THIS TIME.
WE'VE GOT MR. HANLON DIVERGES.
HE'S WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, MR. PAUL FAM.
HE'S WITH, UH, UH, THIS DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
MS. BROOKE, UH, TOLBERT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
UM, IN THE BACK THERE, WE'VE GOT MISS AMANDA PONCHE, UH, PLANNER, AND MS. MR. SHANE YOKO, ALSO A PLANNER, AND SOMEWHERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
MS. BEST, UH, UH, REFIELD MARTIN IS THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
SHE'S ALSO HERE AND BENEATH ME, I'VE GOT MS. AMBER SAND.
SHE'S GOING TO READ THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
SHE'S YELL DAR YELL HERE, PLEASE TURN OFF FIRST AND CELL PHONES.
DURING THE COURSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING RECORDED FOR THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD.
ALL SPEAKERS MUST SLATE AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ALL SPEAKERS MUST CORRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE AUDIENCE OR FRANK COMMENTS WHEN SPEAKERS AT THE PODIUM, A ASSIGN IN CHIEF FOR SUBDIVISION ZONING MOTION CPC ARE AVAILABLE AT THE PODIUM.
PLEASE SIGN IN ON THE APPROPRIATE CHIEF IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK TO CHECK IF YOU ARE FOR OR AGAINST.
THE PERSON WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE WHETHER THERE REQUEST IS APPROVED IT OR NOT.
THE FORMAT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS AS FOLLOW.
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 ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMENTS FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS ON THE CASE.
PROPONENTS HAVE 25 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR ARGUMENTS AS TO WHY A CHANGE SHOULD TAKE PLACE.
PROPONENTS HAVE 25 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR ARGUMENTS AS TO WHY A CHANGE SHOULD NOT TAKE PLACE.
THE PROPONENTS THEN HAVE A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL IN THE CASE OF A TEXT IN OUR AREA STUDY, OR WHEN THERE IS NO OPPOSITION, THERE IS NO REBUTT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.
THE BOARD WILL THEN TAKE A VOTE IN NINTH THE ACCIDENT IN CASE THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD RULES PROCEDURE AND THE AGENDA ARE AVAILABLE AT THE PODIUM FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
[ADOPTION OF MINUTES ]
PROCEED WITH OUR AGENDA.OUR, UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM, UH, OUR APRIL, APRIL 18TH GENERAL MEETING.
TAKE, UH, A MOTION BY MR. BIERBAUM.
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I SECOND.[DEFERRED CASES (Part 1 of 2) ]
OUR DEFERRED CASES.I'D, I'D LIKE, UM, TO MAKE A MOTION AND ASK TO SU UH, SUSPEND THE PAB RULES TO MOVE THE TEXT.
UM, THE, UH, THE, UH, TEXT CASES TO THE END OF THE AGENDA AFTER, UM, OUR SCHEDULED CASES.
CAN I GET A MOTION? I'LL SECOND.
WE'LL, UM, ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT HERE? NONE.
WE'LL MOVE IT TO THE BACK, BACK END OF THE, UM, OF THE AGENDA.
[SCHEDULED CASES FOR 04/25/24]
SO STARTING OFF WITH OUR SCHEDULED CASES, UH, FIRST CASE UP IS EZ 3 24, 29 25 HARVARD AVENUE, REZONING OF LOT ONE SQUARE 32.TRENT GORDON SUBDIVISION, UNIT TWO, SECTION A JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA.
FOUNDED BY SANFORD STREET, LIME STREET, AND TRENTON STREET FROM BC TWO BUSINESS COURT DISTRICT TO C TWO, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, REPORT RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE.
THE PETITION TO PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED R ONE, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
WHEN THE PARISH COUNCIL ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE ZONING IN 1958.
IN 1966, THE PARISH COUNCIL REZONED THE PROPERTY TO C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AS PART OF THE PARISH WIDE REZONING.
IN 1986, THE PETITIONED PROPERTY WAS PART OF A ZONING STUDY THAT CONSISTED OF THE AREAS AROUND THE I 10 CAUSEWAY AND CLEARVIEW INTERCHANGES.
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED REZONING THE AREA AROUND THE I 10 CLEARVIEW INTERCHANGE TO BC TWO BUSINESS CORE DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDED THE PETITIONED PROPERTY.
THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDED NO CHANGE TO THE EXISTING ZONING OF THE SUB AREA, WHICH THE PETITIONED PROPERTY WAS IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, PARISH COUNCIL APPROVED THE STUDY, WHICH OFFICIALLY CHANGED THE ZONING OF THE PETITIONED PROPERTY TO BC TWO.
THE PETITIONED PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED BC TWO, AND THE SITE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A RESTAURANT THAT HAS A BAR.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE RESTAURANT COMPONENT OF THE BUSINESS TO OPERATE SOLELY AS A BAR.
THE EXISTING BC TWO ZONING ALLOWS FOR BARS AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO OTHER SUCH REST, OTHER USES, SUCH AS RESTAURANTS.
THE EXISTING ZONING DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A STANDALONE BAR.
THE, UM, PROPOSED C TWO ZONING REQUIRES BARS TO BE LOCATED A MINIMUM OF 200 FEET FROM ANY ENT FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT MEASURED ALONG THE NEAREST PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY.
FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT LINE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO RELOCATE THE ENTRANCE OF THE BUSINESS TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING TO INCREASE THE DISTANCE OF THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT THE SITE WILL ALLOW.
WITH THE PROPOSED ENTRANCE IN THE REAR, THE BAR WOULD MEET THE 200 FOOT REQUIREMENT WITH A WALKWAY OF 222 FEET.
THE USES ALLOWED IN THE C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE BC TWO DISTRICT INCLUDE ADULT USES DRIVE-IN THEATERS, FUNERAL HOMES, DRY CLEANING, OFF TRACK, WAGERING, FACILITIES, STABLES, AND TRAILER PARKS.
THE REQUESTED C TWO DISTRICT HAS NO MINIMUM LOT DIMENSION REQUIREMENTS.
THE LOT MEETS THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF 50 FEET OF WIDTH AT THE FRONT LINE AND 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF LOT AREA.
THE, UH, ZONING TO THE NORTH, THE PROPERTIES ARE FRONTING ON THE EAST SIDE OF HARVARD AVE.
AND FRONTING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SANFORD STREET ARE ALL ZONED BC TWO.
AND THE USES ARE PRIMARILY TRADES SERVICES AND REPAIR, WHEREAS THE PROPERTIES FRONTING TO THE WEST SIDE OF HARVARD ARE ALL ZONED, ARE OUR THREE, THREE AND FOUR FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND THE USES ARE PRIMARILY MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST.
ALL OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE BLOCK ARE ZONED BC TWO AND THE USES CONSIST OF AUTO REPAIR SHOPS, GENERAL RETAIL DANCE SCHOOLS, A VET HOSPITAL, AND A BAR TO THE SOUTH.
THE PROPERTY FRONTING THE EAST SIDE OF HARVARD AVENUE AND FRONTING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TRENTON STREET ARE ALL ZONED BC TWO.
THE USES CONSIST OF AUTO SALES SERVICE AND REPAIR AND A LODGE, WHEREAS THE PROPERTIES FRONTING ON THE WEST SIDE OF HARVARD ARE ALL ZONED RR THREE, THREE, AND FOUR FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THE USES ARE PRIMARILY MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE WEST.
THE PROPERTIES FRONTING ON HARVARD ARE ZONED RR THREE WITH THE PROPERTIES FURTHER TO THE WEST BEING ZONED.
R ONE, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THE USES IN THIS AREA ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY RESIDENTIAL.
THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROPOSED C TWO ZONING IN DETERMINING ITS RECOMMENDATION OR DECISION, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, PAB AND COUNSEL
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SHALL CONSIDER THE APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR MAP AMENDMENTS.AND THE C TWO ZONING DISTRICT DOES NOT SATISFY THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA.
A, WHETHER THE MAP AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE PROPOSED ZONING IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOLLOWING LAND USE GOALS.
GOAL ONE, OBJECTIVE SIX, GOAL TWO, OBJECTIVE FOUR, AND GOAL FOUR, OBJECTIVE SIX B.
WHETHER THE AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE UDC IN CHAPTER 40 ZONING, THE MAP, UM, AMENDMENT WOULD NOT PROMOTE PUBLIC ORDER AND GENERAL WEAR WELFARE AS THE REZONING WOULD RESULT IN A SPOT ZONE.
ADDITIONALLY, WHILE THE C TWO DISTANCE REQUIREMENT IS TECHNICALLY MET, THE RIGHT OF WAY EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 38 FEET PAST THE WESTERN CURB OF HARVARD AVENUE.
WHETHER THE AMENDMENT WILL BENEFIT THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE, THE REQUEST WILL NOT BENEFIT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE BECAUSE IT WILL BRING C TWO ZONING INTO AN AREA WHICH THE PARISH COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY REZONED FROM C TWO TO THE CURRENT BC 2D.
WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONING AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORY ARE COMPATIBLE, THE PROPOSED C TWO ZONING IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE OF COMMERCIAL.
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS DENIAL FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT DOES NOT MEET THE APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR MAP AMENDMENTS.
AND IF APPROVED, THE PROPOSED REZONING WOULD RESULT IN A SPOT ZONE OF C TWO IN THE AREA, AND THE PROPOSED REZONING TO C TWO WOULD DIRECTLY OPPOSE THE 1986 ZONING STUDY IN WHICH THE SITE WAS REZONED TO BC TWO.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS UP HERE FROM THE BOARD? NOT AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF EZ 3 24? PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HI, MY NAME IS KENNETH KI RESIDE AT 15 FARM PLACE IN MET LOUISIANA.
AND I'M A FRIEND OF THE BODIER FAMILY.
AND WITH MY EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE, I TOLD 'EM I WOULD HELP THEM IN THIS REQUEST.
THE REAL PROBLEM EXISTED BACK WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN MARCH OF, I THINK SEVENTH OF 2017.
THEY WENT TO GET A PERMIT EIGHT TC PERMIT LIKE THIS FOR BAR AND, UH, GENERAL CLASS, A GENERAL BEER AND LIQUOR LICENSE.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE ZONING DID NOT PERMIT THAT ZONING, EVEN THOUGH THIS PREVIOUS OWNER THAT SOLD IT TO 'EM OPERATED A BAR AT THAT LOCATION, LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING BECAUSE OF THE ZONING CHANGE IN 1980 SOME ODD.
BUT THE FACT THAT HE HAD A LEGAL ZONING, LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE, HE COULD TRANSFER THAT USE TO ANOTHER PARTY.
BUT PLANNING DENIED THE REQUEST SAYING THAT THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED BC TWO, WHICH ONLY ALLOWED RESTAURANT.
SO THEY TYPED UP AN APPLICATION, WHICH MR. BODIER SIGNED.
AND WE LATER FOUND OUT ONCE YOU, ONCE HE SIGNED THAT APPLICATION, HE VOIDED HIS LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE BY BEING TOLD THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD DO IT.
THE QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU PAY 500,000 PLUS A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO OPERATE A BUSINESS, YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE A BAR AND THEY TOLD YOU YOU COULDN'T OPERATE AND YOUR LEGAL'S NONCONFORMING IS NOT ON THE STATUTE TO WHERE ONE WOULD SAY, IS THIS PROPERTY LEGALLY NONCONFORMING? HE COULD HAVE PROVED THAT AT THAT TIME THAT IT WAS AND THEREFORE GOTTEN HIS ALCOHOL PERMIT.
WE ARE NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR A SPOT ZONING OR A CHANGE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO CORRECT AN ERROR THAT WAS MADE IN 2017 WHEN HE APPLIED FOR HIS PERMIT.
HERE'S A COPY OF THE A TC PERMIT OBTAINED BY THE SELLER OF THE PROPERTY ON MARCH, THE MARCH THE FIRST 2017, WHICH WAS GOOD UNTIL FEBRUARY, 2019.
SO THERE WAS A LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING USE APPROVED BY THE PARISH AND THE STATE TO OPERATE A BAR AT THIS LOCATION BECAUSE IT EXISTED BEFORE THE ZONING CHANGE, BUT IT WAS BUILT ON A C TWO ZONING AND APPLICABLE TO ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF C TWO ZONING.
UH, ALL WE WANT TO DO IS BE ABLE TO OPERATE ABOVE WHICH WE BOUGHT BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT OVER 300000 CENTS TRYING TO SELL FOOD IN A BAR THAT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR A RESTAURANT.
WE DON'T HAVE A MASSIVE KITCHEN.
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DON'T HAVE FISH FEATURES, UH, TO OPERATE AS A RESTAURANT, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET BY AND GIVING AWAY FOOD TO MEET THE 50 50 REQUIREMENT.AND WHEN THEY BROUGHT THIS TO ME ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, I SAID, I CAN HELP YOU.
THIS IS A SITUATION LEGAL NON-CONFORMING.
WE MET WITH THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AND SHE SAID, BUT HE SIGNED THAT PAPER ON IN 17, THEREBY ELIMINATING HIS NONCONFORMING USE, WHICH HE DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER AT THAT TIME.
MR. BODIER RETIRED STATE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN SERVED IN VIETNAM, AND HE'S NOT UP TO THE LEGAL JARGONS OF WHAT LEGAL NONCONFORMING MEANS OR DID HE HAVE A RIGHT ACKNOWLEDGE AT THAT TIME TO FIGHT FOR IT.
BUT NOW WE COMING BEFORE YOU ALL TO TRY TO CORRECT AN ERROR THAT WAS MADE, I THINK BY PLANNING INITIALLY TO ORDER TO MAINTAIN BC TWO ZONING, WHICH IS THEY SUPPOSED TO DO, AND I RESPECT THAT.
BUT THIS IS A GUY THAT HAD A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE BY PERMIT ALCOHOL AND TCC, WHICH WOULD EXPIRE IN FEBRUARY.
THEY BOUGHT IT FEBRUARY, 2018, 19.
THEY BOUGHT IT IN SEVEN MAR MARCH THE 17TH, 2017, AND WAS DENIED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PROPER TO YOU HAVE THIS BOARD TO REVERSE THE ACTION OF 2017 AND ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE THEIR NONCONFORMING USE.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE ASKING.
BUT WE MET WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THEY SAID WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A REZONING.
WE GOT A SURVEY SHOWING THAT THE ENTRANCE COULD BE 220 FEET FROM THE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL, UH, SIDEWALK.
SO WE HEARD TODAY WE DON'T COMPLY WITH BC ZONING UNLESS WE OPERATE A RESTAURANT, WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE.
WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA LOSE THE PROPERTY.
SO I HOPE YOU ALL WILL RECONSIDER SOME METHOD TO WORK WITH THIS FAMILY.
THIS IS MR. BODIER RIGHT HERE THAT CAN SUPPORT MY FACT FINDING THAT I WORK WITH THESE GUYS.
I'M NOT BEING PAID TO REPRESENT THEM.
I JUST FEEL THAT IT WAS A WRONGDOING AND WE WANT TO TRY TO SET IT STRAIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING ME.
I, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, PLEASE.
WOULD YOU MIND YEAH, IF WE CAN TAKE, IF WE CAN ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS REAL QUICK? SURE.
YOU SAY THAT THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN 2017 AND THE PERMIT EXPIRED IN 2019? YES, SIR.
WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN DOING SINCE 2019 TILL NOW? WELL, THEY APPLIED FOR A PERMIT IN 2017 FROM THIS PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO GET THE A TC LICENSE AND PLANNING SAID THEY COULDN'T OPERATE A BAR, THEY HAD TO BECOME A RESTAURANT.
SO AFTER THEY SPENT $500,000 AND THEY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU, THEY WERE AT A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
THEY EITHER HAD TO ACCEPT THE RESTAURANT OR GO OUTTA BUSINESS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO RUN A RESTAURANT SINCE 2017 FOR FINANCIAL LOSS OF OVER $300,000.
AND, UH, THEY, YOU KNOW, A BAR IS NOT A RESTAURANT AND A RESTAURANT'S NOT A BAR.
YOU, YOU HAVE DRINKS SERVED IN A RESTAURANT PRIOR TO MEAL, BUT THE BASIC FUNCTION IS A MEAL IN A BAR.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU GO BUY A COCKTAIL AND THAT'S IT.
I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
SO YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OPERATING IT AS A BAR, YOU'VE ONLY BEEN OPERATING IT AS A RESTAURANT BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY LICENSE WE COULD HAVE OBTAINED.
UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU SIGNED, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WAS THE DOCUMENT? IT WAS PREPARED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY WENT TO GET THEIR PERMIT AND IT SAID RESTAURANT ONLY.
SO THEY SIGNED IT NOT KNOWING THAT SIGNING THAT ELIMINATED THEIR, UH, WAIT, HOLD ON.
WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT THE PLAN DEPARTMENT HERE.
YEAH, I HAVE THE DOCUMENT THAT THEY'RE REFERENCING IS THEIR ZONING CLEARANCE.
IT WAS NOT FILLED OUT BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS COMPLETED BY BUILDING PERMITS BECAUSE AT THE TIME IT WAS DONE ON A COMPUTER USING THE INFORMATION GIVEN BY THE APPLICANT.
SO IT IS NOT THAT BUILDING PERMITS FILLED IT OUT AND FORCED ANYONE TO SIGN IT.
THEY FILLED OUT THE FORM AND PRINTED IT FROM THE COMPUTER
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BASED ON THE INFORMATION GIVEN FROM THE APPLICANT SO THAT THE FORM WAS LEGIBLE AND CLEAR PRIOR TO USING THE COMPUTER.PEOPLE FILLED IT IN, THEY HAND WROTE IT, AND SOMETIMES IT WASN'T LEGIBLE OR CLEAR.
SO THAT IS WHEN WE MOVED TO FILLING OUT THE FORMS ON THE COMPUTER, PRINTING IT OUT, AND THEN PROVIDING IT TO THE APPLICANT TO REVIEW AND SIGN ON THE ZONING CLEARANCE THAT MR. BODIER SIGNS.
IT REFERENCES TWO PREVIOUS PERMITS THAT WERE GRANTED TO THAT LOCATION.
BOTH OF THOSE PERMITS CLEARLY SHOW THAT THE USE WAS A RESTAURANT SLASH BAR.
THAT IS WHY MR. BODIER CANNOT GET A ZONING CLEARANCE FOR JUST A BAR.
NON-CON PERFORMING USE, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO WHATEVER THE A TC GRANTED 'CAUSE I'M NOT THE A TC.
ALL I CAN SPEAK TO ARE THE RECORDS FOR JEFFERSON PARISH GOVERNMENT.
THOSE RECORDS CLEARLY SHOW FROM 1993 THAT BEING USED FOR THAT PROPERTY WAS A RESTAURANT SLASH BAR.
WE HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THAT.
I CAN PROVIDE IT TO HIM, BUT I MEAN, MR. MARINO WHO SOLD THE PROPERTY SAID HE WAS SELLING A BAR.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING HE OPERATED UNDER.
AND WE, WE WEREN'T GIVEN THAT INFORMATION OTHER THAN THAT.
WE'RE, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE JUST TO CALL IT AS IT LIES.
NOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BACK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PURCHASED THE, THE, THE PROPERTY OR HOW IT WAS IT, IT WAS ADVERTISED TO YOU.
IT'S, IT'S, WELL, THE QUESTION TWO, THE QUESTION IS, THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP UNDER BC TWO ZONING, YOU COULD NOT HAVE A CLASS, A GENERAL BEER AND LIQUOR LICENSE IN 2017 WHEN THIS WAS GIVEN.
THAT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF ALL THE RULES AND REGULATION.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE A RESTAURANT WITH A BAR.
NO, BUT YOU, BUT YOU CAN'T GET A CLASS A.
IT'S A, A B, THE BEER AND ALCOHOL IS WHAT A B THIS, THIS IS AN AG LICENSE.
WE'D LIKE TO HEAR WHO YOU ARE.
YEAH, THIS IS A, THE LICENSE IS A GBL.
THAT MEANS IT'S A GENERAL LICENSE WHERE IT'S A BAR WHEN THE RESTAURANTS ARE AR MEANING IT'S A RESTAURANT.
I WENT BACK 10 YEARS AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BAR.
IT HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND IT WAS A BAR WHEN WE BOUGHT IT, WHEN I CAME IN, I THOUGHT 100% WE OWNED THREE OR FOUR BARS AND NEVER ONCE DREAMED OF OWNING A RESTAURANT.
AND WHEN WE CAME IN, I PUT THE PA WE PUT THE PAPERS UP AND THEY SAID, NO, YOU GOTTA, UH, YOU, YOU'RE NOT ZONE FOR A A BAR.
YOU HAVE TO GET A RESTAURANT LICENSE.
WE, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD A CHOICE.
I, WE SAID, WELL, OKAY, WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I GOTTA DO? AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THERE'S 50 50 SPLIT AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND I GOT, THEY AUDITED AND FOUND OUT WE WERE LESS THAN WHAT WE NEEDED AND WE SUNK A LOT OF MONEY INTO IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S ABOUT TO GO BELLY UP.
UH, IT'S, IT'S IN A MOSTLY WORK RELATED, UH, AREA.
I HAVE DOCUMENTATION FROM ALL OF THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES THAT FOR 10 YEARS OPERATING AS A BAR, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
IT IS NOT A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IT'S, IT'S AN OLDER PLACE.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF YOUNGSTERS GOING IN THERE.
WE HIT KARAOKE, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BAR THE WHOLE TIME.
HAD WE COME OVER HERE AND BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE THAT KICKS IN OR WHATEVER IT IS, IT, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY.
AND, AND THEN WE CHOSE TO MAKE IT A RESTAURANT.
IT WAS A BAR AND THAT'S WHAT WE BOUGHT IT AS.
AND WHEN WE TRIED TO GET THE PAPERWORK THROUGH, WE WERE TOLD, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
WE WEREN'T TOLD THERE WAS AN OPTION OR THAT THERE WAS A THING THAT, UH, COVERED IT.
THE GRANDFATHER THING, WE, WE JUST
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WENT ALONG WITH THE PROGRAM INITIALLY AND THEN WE CAME BACK A COUPLE YEARS LATER AND TRIED AND THEY SAID THE SAME OLD THING.YOU, YOU JUST LIKE, UH, THIS LADY SAID A MINUTE, A MINUTE AGO, THE, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT YOU ALREADY DID IT AND SINCE YOU DID IT, IT'S NOW A RESTAURANT
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU.
THAT, THAT PERMIT THAT YOU HAVE THERE, IS THAT ISSUED BY THE PARISH? NO, ISSUED BY THE STATE.
BUT IN ORDER, IN ORDER TO GET IT, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE APPROVAL FROM THE PARISH? YES.
AND IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE TOBACCO.
WE GOT, WELL, WE GOT THE TOBACCO LICENSES.
YOU CANNOT GET A TOBACCO LICENSE IN A RESTAURANT.
SO WE'VE GOT 'EM BACK 10 YEARS.
UM, IT, IT IS JUST, IT, IT WAS, AND WE HOPE WILL BE A BAR ANY MORE? THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT'S, I I, I HAVE TO GO THROUGH MY MOTIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK.
AND IF, UM, WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
THIS, THIS IS A TOUGH MOTION FOR ME TO MAKE BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE, I'VE LOOKED AT THE AREA, THE, THERE'S TWO BARS IN THE AREA.
THERE'S ONE DOWN STA SANFORD STREET, AND THERE'S ONE ON HARVARD ALREADY.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE IN OPPOSITION TO ANY OF THIS.
AND SO I LOOK AT THIS AND WE HAVE TWO WAYS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS WE HAVE.
AND I, UH, YES, I HAVE TO ASK, UH, IS THERE ANY WAY FOR THEM TO GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW? NOT IN THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT.
THE, THE ZONING CHANGE WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY TO, THAT'S TO ESTABLISH A BAR.
THAT'S ONLY, THAT'S THE ONLY OPTION.
THEN I'M GONNA MOVE TO APPROVE THE C TWO ZONING FOR THEM TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE BUSINESS.
I'VE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. RUSSO TO, UM, TO, TO APPROVE, UH, EZ 3 24.
UH, AMBER, PLEASE TAKE THE VOTE.
MR. MCCAIN? THIS IS A HARD ONE.
NO, MR. TURNER, I'M GONNA SAY NO ALSO.
UM, BUT THE MOTION DOES, UM, IT, UH, GOES FOR APPROVAL, UH, BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO TO TWO.
UM, WHEN DOES THIS GO UP FOR COUNSEL? THIS ONE WILL GO TO COUNSEL ON 5 22.
IT'LL BE, UH, HEARD HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN FRONT OF COUNSEL.
YOU CAN COME STATE YOUR CASE AGAIN AND IT HAS TO GO THROUGH COUNSEL TO BE FINAL FINALED OUT.
NEXT CASE IS CU U 3 24, 300 PARK ROAD AMENDMENT TO THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE APPROVED UNDER DOCKET NUMBER CU 7 21.
TO UPDATE THE 25 YEAR MASTER PLAN FOR ARY PARK COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ON LOT CD ONE AND CD TWO BOTH USE SUBDIVISION, FOUNDED BY TWO PLEASANT STREET, WOODY AVENUE SOUTHERN RAILROAD, RIGHT OF WAY,
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE.
THE CURRENT REQUEST IS TO UPDATE THE 25 YEAR MASTER PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL
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THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2022 AS FOLLOWS, THE WORK SLATED FOR SPRING OF 2024 WOULD BE TO CONSTRUCT A 456 SQUARE FOOT EDITION TO THE EXISTING BART COLLEGE BUILDING FOR ADDITIONAL PRE-K SPACE.AND THEY WOULD ADDITIONALLY INSTALL A NEW ATHLETIC FIELD TURF AND PERIMETER SOD FOR THE FOOTBALL STADIUM.
THE FIELD LOCATION WILL BE SHIFTED SLIGHTLY SOUTH AND EAST.
THE LOCATION OF EXISTING LIGHT POLES AND FIELD ACCESSORIES SUCH AS SCOREBOARDS, FIELD GOALS, ET CETERA, WILL BE ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SLIGHT SHIFT IN FIELD LOCATION.
A NEW EIGHT FOOT SEAT PERIMETER FENCE WILL BE INSTALLED AROUND THE STADIUM.
THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A NUMBER OF FUTURE NEW STRUCTURES DEPENDENT ON FUNDING AS WELL AS FUTURE LANDSCAPED AREAS AND PLAY AREAS PER THE APPLICANT.
THE TIMELINE FOR THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CAMPUS AS PORTRAYED IN THE MASTER PLAN WILL BE BASED ON FUNDING.
300 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE SITE AND 325 TOTAL PARKING SPACES ARE PROPOSED ONSITE UNDER THE MASTER PLAN.
THESE NUMBERS ARE UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN.
THE CODE STATES THAT THE COUNCIL SHALL NOT GRANT APPROVAL OF ANY SPECIAL USE UNLESS IT MAKES FINDINGS THAT EACH CASE INDICATES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, THAT THE PERMIT, IF GRANTED, WOULD NOT CAUSE ANY DIMINUTION OR DEPRECIATION OF PROPERTY VALUES OF ANY SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
THE REVISED MASTER PLAN PROPOSED UNDER THE AMENDMENT WILL NOT CAUSE ANY DEPRECIATION OF PROPERTY VALUES OR WILL ALTER THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE LOCALITY THE SCHOOL CAMPUS HAS EXISTED ON THE SITE FOR DECADES.
NUMBER TWO, THAT THE PERMIT OF GRANTED WILL TEND TO PRESERVE AND ADVANCE THE PROSPERITY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE GRANTING THE AMENDMENT TO THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE WILL PROVIDE CONTINUITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS SINCE THE EXISTING USE HAS BEEN ON THE PROPERTY FOR DECADES AND WILL PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
NUMBER THREE, THAT THE GRANTING OF THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC WELFARE OR SERIOUSLY AFFECT OR BE INJURIOUS TO OTHER PROPERTY OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE, UM, GRANTING OF THE AMENDMENT OF THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE THROUGH THE REVISED MASTER PLAN WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE AS THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE ALLOWS THE PARISH TO EXERCISE ENFORCEMENT AND MONITOR THE CAMPUS IN THE FUTURE.
NUMBER FOUR, ONLY ONE SPU OR SPECIAL PERMITTED USE SHALL BE ALLOWED PER DWELLING OR LOT THE, UM, NO OTHER SPU EXISTS ON THE SITE.
THE REGULATIONS FOR SPECIAL PERMITTED USES STATES THAT THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA SHALL BE MET BEFORE A BUILDING PERMIT WILL BE ISSUED.
ONE THAT THE LOT AREA SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 20 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
THIS CAMPUS HAS A LOT AREA OF 672574.8 SQUARE FEET.
NUMBER TWO, THAT ALL BUILDING SETBACKS FOR THE STRUCTURES SHALL BE 25 FEET WHERE ABUTTING A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, STREET OR CANAL.
ALL BUILDINGS MEET, ALL MEET OR EXCEED SETBACKS AND REQUIREMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED ADDITION WILL BE SET BACK ALMOST 50 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, ALMOST DOUBLING THE REQUIRED SETBACK AND THE SETBACK TO THE STADIUM BLEACHERS, WHICH NECESSITATED A VARIANCE UNDER CU 7 21 IS UNCHANGED FROM THAT MASTER PLAN.
NUMBER THREE, THAT THE SPECIAL USE SHALL HAVE ACCESS EITHER DIRECTLY OR WITHIN 300 FEET OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, COLLECTOR, COLLECTOR, OR COLLECTOR STREET OR MAJOR OR MINOR ARTERIAL.
THE MAIN ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL HAS ALWAYS BEEN FROM PARK ROAD, WHICH IS A LOCAL ROAD, AND THE ACCESS IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS CURRENT PROPOSAL.
NUMBER FOUR, THAT LANDSCAPING SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS.
LANDSCAPING IS PROPOSED UNDER THE SUBMITTED TREE PLAN AND MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS.
UM, NUMBER FIVE HAS TO DO WITH SIGNS.
NO SIGNAGE WAS PROPOSED AS A PART OF THE APPLICATION.
AND NUMBER SIX, COMPATIBILITY THAT A STRUCTURE IS COMPATIBLE IF IT MEETS THE GENERAL CRITERIA, UM, PER THE PREVIOUS FINDING, THE PROPOSAL MEETS ALL CRITERIA AND THAT THE STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURES SHALL HAVE A SAME OR SIMILAR EXTERIOR FINISH.
ROOF MATERIALS AND ROOF LINES.
THE APPLICANT IS AWARE OF THIS REQUIREMENT.
UM, THE CONSISTENTLY CONSISTENCY WITH PARISH PLANS, COMMUNITY FACILITIES SUCH AS SCHOOLS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE SITE'S.
FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS MEET THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPROVAL CRITERIA.
THEREFORE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS MEET THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPROVAL CRITERIA.
ANY QUESTIONS UP HERE FROM THE BOARD BEFORE I OPEN IT UP? DO WE KNOW HOW MANY FEET THEY'RE MOVING THE FIELD TO THE SOUTH? UM, IT WAS IN THE REPORT.
I MEAN, I, I KIND OF REMEMBER WHEN THEY PUT THE FIELD IN, I THINK.
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THE ONE REASON WHY IT WAS MOVED AS CLOSE TO THE NORTH AS POSSIBLE WAS TO KEEP LIGHTS AND STUFF OUT OF THE RESIDENCE FROM IONA STREET.AND NOW WE'RE MOVING IT BACK UP IONA STREET THE OPPOSITE WAY.
UM, SO I'M NOT SEEING THAT ON THE REPORTER GRAPHICS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I DO KNOW THAT IT WAS NOT BROUGHT ANY CLOSER TO THE RIGHT OF WAY OR THE PROPERTY LINE THAN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT INCREASING ANY SORT OF THAT'S THE EAST DIRECTION THOUGH.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NORTH AND SOUTH DIRECTIONS.
I DO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT, UM, IT HAS TO BE CONSIDERABLE IF THEY HAVE TO MOVE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING, SO.
WELL, THEY'RE MOVING EVERYTHING SLIGHTLY AS THEY ADD THE ARTIFICIAL TURF AS WELL AS SOD AND TURF AROUND THE FIELD ITSELF.
THEY'RE JUST SHIFTING THE ENTIRE THING SLIGHTLY.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO EXISTING FOOTPRINT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD THAT WE CAN SEE OVERLAID WITH WHAT'S NEW.
WE HAVE THE PREVIOUS ON, UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT AS A SLIDE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE THE SURVEY WHICH SHOWS STRUCTURES, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW THE FIELD NO.
SO HOW DO, DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR THE LIGHTS ARE MOVING? IS THERE SOMEBODY HERE, WHY DON'T WE WAIT AND SEE IF THEY, IF THEY DO A PRESENTATION? YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL HOLD THAT QUESTION FOR NOW.
WE'LL, UH, SEE IF ANYBODY IN THE CROWD, UH, UH, WHO SPEAKS CAN, CAN ANSWER THAT.
SO I'LL OPEN UP THE, UH, THE CASE FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
IS ANYBODY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
WELL, OUR ANSWER'S NOT, UH, SEEING NONE.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF CU 3 24? PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
WHAT DATE'S THIS SET FOR COUNSEL? THIS IS ACTUALLY SET FOR ACTION ON FIVE ONE.
YEAH, IT JUST SAYS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY SOUTH AND EAST AND THAT A EIGHT FOOT CEDAR PERIMETER WILL BE INSTALLED.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE SETBACK FROM IONA STREET IS THE SAME FOR THE BLEACHERS.
UM, SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE FIELD ITSELF THAT'S SLIGHTLY SHIFTING.
SO WHAT ORIGINALLY THE, IN THE PREVIOUS APPROVAL, THE BALL FIELD WAS SHOWN AS A GRASS FIELD.
OH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOMEBODY.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
I'M DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL.
UM, THE LIGHTING IS THE POLES, EVERYTHING REMAINS IN THE SAME LOCATION FOR THE FIELD LINING.
IT JUST THE DIRECTION OF THE LIGHTS GET SHIFTED SLIGHTLY.
UM, THE FIELD MOVES WITHIN MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
UM, BUT WITHIN 10 FEET, WHAT IS SLIGHTLY, SO YOU'RE TELLING ME, SO IT'S MORE, MOST OF THE FIELDS MOVING THE FIELD STAYS WHERE IT IS, BUT THE LINES TO THE SOUTH, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE SAYING 10 FEET TO THE SOUTH WITHIN 10, THAT THAT WILL BE WHAT IT WILL BE WITHIN? YES.
SO THE FIELD WHERE THE WAY IT'S SET UP NOW IS IN THAT SAME FOOTPRINT IS JUST THE LINES GET MOVED.
SO THE SAME ILLUMINATION OF THE SAME AREA IS JUST THE LINE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GRID GETS SHIFTED OVER.
SO YOU'RE JUST REALIGNING THE FIELD THAT'S THERE ALREADY.
YOU'RE GONNA PUT DOWN NEW TURF AND YOU'RE GONNA REALIGN THE FIELD THAT'S THERE.
YOU'RE NOT MOVING PHYSICALLY MOVING IT 10 FEET.
LIGHT POLES, EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME.
IT JUST, JUST GETS ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY FOR THE GRID.
THEY'RE GONNA RELY ON IT SO THEY HAVE TO READJUST THE LIGHTS.
WITH THAT, I'M GONNA MOVE TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WAIT, HOLD, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING? NO, I WAS SAYING YOU SHOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC.
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I MOVE TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL.SO WE GOT A MOTION BY MR. RUSSO TO CONCUR WITH PLANNING, UH, FOR APPROVAL SECOND BY MS. MCCANN.
THIS BOARD WILL RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UH, OF CU 3 24 TO PARISH COUNCIL.
AND IT GOES FIVE ONE UNDER FIVE AT FIVE ONE.
SO, UH, BACK HERE, 10:00 AM ON MAY 1ST THEY'LL HEAR YOUR CASE AGAIN.
UH, FIVE ONE IS ACTUALLY A WEST BANK MEETING.
SO ON THE WEST BANK, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
10:00 AM I WANT TO GET THIS ONE THROUGH.
[DEFERRED CASES (Part 2 of 2) ]
NEXT, NEXT UP.OKAY, WE'VE GOT, UM, THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDY.
THESE ARE, UH, I'M GONNA, I'M, I'M GOING HEAR, UH, ALL THREE OF 'EM AT ONCE.
AND, UM, BEFORE I DO, UH, MS. MS BE, UM, RE UHFO, MARTIN WANTS TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS.
YOU GONNA HAVE MS. AMBER READ THE, UH, YES.
THEN MS. AMBER'S GONNA READ, READ THE ADVERTISEMENT FIRST.
ALSO, MS. MR UH, SHAY JONES HAS, UH, ENTERED THE BUILDING AND HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR THE LAST, UH, TWO CASES.
TEXT 3 23 INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDY, A TEXT AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 13, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND COMMUNICATION AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
CHAPTER 33, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND CHAPTER 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 EXISTING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS TO IDENTIFY NEW USES AND ASSIGN THESE USES TO EXISTING AND NEWLY ESTABLISHED DISTRICTS.
AND 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 DISTRICT NUMBER 1 3 7 6 1 7 ON MAY 19TH, 2021 PARISH WIDE.
TEXT 4 23, A TEXT AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 13 BY A PREVENTION AND PROTECTION EMERGENCY SERVICES AND COMMUNICATION AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
CHAPTER 16, GARBAGE AND OTHER SOLID WASTES.
CHAPTER 33, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 39, WATERWAYS AND BEACHES AND CHAPTER 40, ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO MODIFY REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE A IM IN AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE DISTRICT AND THE U ONE R UNRESTRICTED RURAL DISTRICT.
AND ADDRESS 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 1 7 ON MAY 19TH, 2021.
AND COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 3 8 8 0 7 ON JANUARY 12TH, 2022 PARISH WIDE.
ZZ 1723 REZONING OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES.
ZONE OW ONE OFFICE, WAREHOUSE DISTRICT M1, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT M TWO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT M THREE, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT M FOUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH CERTAIN PRIORITIES PROPERTIES OVERLAID WITH THE CPZ COMMERCIAL PARKWAY OVERLAY ZONE IN THE A IM AND DALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE DISTRICT FROM THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE ZONING DISTRICT IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY CAR CARMO 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.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UH, FOR A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN THE SAME MANNER THAT I DID AT OUR INITIAL MEETING.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU, UH, TO PRESENT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S DRAFT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS WRITTEN
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IN CONCERT WITH OUR CONSULTANT KAROS.SINCE OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION ON APRIL 11TH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS FROM MULTIPLE INTERESTED PARTIES.
THIS PROCESS HAS RESULTED IN SOME REVISIONS TO THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS WHICH CAMEROS WILL ADDRESS IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
SPECIFICALLY, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM RIVER BIRCH AND A REQUEST TO ADD LANGUAGE ALLOWING FOR RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FACILITIES WITHIN THE ILF.
WE FEEL THAT THIS LANGUAGE IS APPROPRIATE AND IN KEEPING WITH THE PUSH FOR SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN INDUSTRIAL USES, WE WERE ALSO APPROACHED, UH, REGARDING AGRICULTURAL AND HUNTING FISHING USES ON LARGE UNDEVELOPED PARCELS.
UM, AND THE USE PERMISSIONS CURRENTLY EXISTING FOR THESE USES.
UH, IN THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS, WE HAVE UPDATED THOSE PERMISSIONS.
WE HAVE ADDED LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY THE DISTANCING AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HMO AND HAVE PROVIDED GRAPHICS TO CLEARLY SHOW THE APPLICATION OF THESE REQUIREMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS BOARD ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, ON THE MINOR AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR SPECIAL PERMITTED USES, AND THAT WILL ALSO BE ADDRESSED TONIGHT.
I WANT TO AGAIN REITERATE THAT THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WILL NOT SHUT DOWN ANY EXISTING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ALLOWS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF THESE EXISTING FACILITIES IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AIM 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 BEEN RECEPTIVE TO FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION FROM ALL PARTIES TO DATE, 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 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 SUPPORTS SEVERAL INITIATIVES, STRATEGIES, AND TARGET INDUSTRIES IDENTIFIED IN THE JEFFERSON EDGE 2025.
THE ADDITION OF THESE USES ALSO SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF ENVISION JEFFERSON 2040 AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT JEFFERSON PARISH IS OPEN TO THESE NEW INDUSTRIES.
FINALLY, I WANNA LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THE ORDINANCE FOR THESE PROPOSED REGULATIONS WILL BE PLACED INTO SUMMARY AT THE MAY 1ST MEETING, AND WILL COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MAY 22ND, AS WE'VE MADE REVISIONS TO THE REGULATIONS SINCE OUR INITIAL MEETING ON APRIL 11TH.
UM, AND FORESEE MAYBE ADDITIONAL REVISIONS PLANNING WOULD SUPPORT A DEFERRAL OF THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS TO THE WEST BANK PUBLIC HEARING, UM, SCHEDULED FOR MAY 9TH AS THIS WOULD NOT DELAY THE COUNCIL MEETING, UH, SCHEDULED FOR MAY 22ND WHEN THEY ARE, WOULD BECOME FOR THE COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND ARISTA STRS FROM CAMAROS WILL BE PRESENTING THIS EVENING.
UH, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, UH, FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
WE REALLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UH, THESE, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING AND BE VERY FAMILIAR TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WITH US IN THE EARLIER MEETING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST KICK THIS OFF.
UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART, UH, THERE'S THREE PARTS THAT, UM, MAKE UP THIS KIND OF FULL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REVISION.
UH, THERE IS THIS INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDY, UH, WHICH ROS OUR, OUR FIRM WORKED ON WITH THE STAFF, UH, TO COME UP WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS.
UH, THERE ARE RELATED INDUS RELATED AMENDMENTS AS PART OF THIS INDUSTRIAL, UH, UPDATE, WHICH IS THE PLANNING STUDY TO ADDRESS THE NEW USES CREATED BY THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
AND THEN FINALLY, MAP AMENDMENTS TO TAKE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE AND START TO PLACE THEM ON THE MAP.
SO THIS REALLY, ALL OF THIS TOGETHER REALLY CREATES A SET OF NEW MODERN DISTRICTS AND STANDARDS, UH, THAT LOOK AT THE EXISTING IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER.
SO FIRST OFF, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STUDY.
UH, SO THIS PROJECT BEGAN WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN WE STARTED TALKING TO PEOPLE BACK IN 2021, UH, 2022, REALLY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET SOME OUTREACH.
UH, WE HAD A LIST OF NEARLY 80 STAKEHOLDERS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS STAFF.
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TALKING TO THEM, WE WERE THERE IN NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY, LOOKING AT SEVERAL IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS AND VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO CREATE THAT FRAMEWORK REPORT AND THE DRAFT REGULATIONS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN BEFORE.YOU, UH, DISCUSSED THE STUDY WITH THE WEST BANK PORT DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
UH, WE HAD TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THAT FRAMEWORK REPORT, WHICH LAID OUT THE APPROACHES, UH, AND THEN HOSTED MEETINGS ON THE DRAFT REGULATIONS ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST BANKS.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE DATES THERE.
IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 AND JUNE OF 2023, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER INPUT ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, REALLY LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT, HOW THE EAST BANK IS WEST AND THE DI UH, THE WEST BANK, UH, CONTEXT SENSITIVE SENSITIVITY TO THINGS LIKE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION AND HOW FOLKS FELT ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE LAND USE RELATIONSHIPS, AGAIN, REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ADJOINING LAND USES THAT ARE NON-INDUSTRIAL TO INDUSTRIAL, AS WELL AS CERTAIN ZONING CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS ARE OUT OF DATE, THAT THEY SHOULD BE MORE CLEAR, MORE MODERN, MORE PREDICTABLE, UH, THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO LOOK AT ISSUES LIKE BUFFERING AND SCREENING, UH, LOOKING AT NONCONFORMITIES THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY CREATED AND BRINGING IN USES THAT ARE NEW THAT WEREN'T ADDRESSED IN KIND OF THE OLDER ZONING REGULATIONS THAT WERE IN PLACE.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, AS PART OF THIS, UH, LOOKING AT ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USES THAT ARE OUT THERE, THE SPECIAL APPROVALS THAT ARE REQUIRED, HOW CAN WE PERHAPS STREAMLINE SOME OF THIS AS WE CREATE MORE PREDICTABLE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS? SO YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT INDUSTRIAL ZONING THAT'S IN PLACE NOW.
UH, YOU HAVE THE OW ONE, THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S REALLY LIMITED TO OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE USES, UH, ALLOWS SOME C TWO DISTRICT USES AS WELL.
IT'S KINDA VERY LOW INTENSITY IN, IN TERMS OF THE INDUSTRIAL SCALE.
MOVING ON TO THE M1, WHICH IS REALLY MORE OF A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UM, IT ALLOWS A LOT OF THOSE THAT ARE NOT LISTED IN THE HIGHER INTENSITY DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE THE M TWO DISTRICTS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY HEAVY INDUSTRIAL WITH ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE REFINING ARE A BULK STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS.
AND THEN THE M THREE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
UH, AND THEN PART OF THE CURRENT STRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE NOW WITH THE DISTRICTS THERE IS THE M FOUR, WHICH IS REALLY TARGETED AT THE LANDFILL AND STRUCTURED AROUND THAT USE.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE AIM, THE AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE DISTRICT, UH, A NEWER OVERLAY DISTRICT CREATED THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE AVONDALE SHIPYARD.
YOU CAN SEE EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT A MAP THAT THE CHARACTER BETWEEN THE EAST BANK AND THE WEST BANK IN TERMS OF INDUSTRIAL USES IS DIFFERENT.
UH, YOU'VE GOT THAT MIX OF, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF LIGHTER INDUSTRIAL AND YOU SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE EAST BANK, AND THEN YOU HAVE MUCH LARGER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON THE WEST BANK THAT ARE OCCURRING THERE.
UH, AGAIN, AS WE SAID, WE LOOKED AT ALSO THE PROCESSES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
UM, AND AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT, IT'S REALLY KIND OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USES WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE INTO ONE PROCESS, REALLY LOOKING AT HOW THAT IS DONE.
UH, ADDRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO RENEWAL, TO MODIFICATIONS.
SO THIS WAS ALL PART OF THIS STUDY, UH, AND BROUGHT TOGETHER WITHIN THIS PROPOSED UPDATE.
UH, SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, CURRENT REGULATIONS ARE OUTDATED.
SO CERTAIN USES LIKE KOCH OVENS AND GRAIN ELEVATORS ARE PERMITTED USES.
BUT MODERN USES THAT ARE DESIRED, LIKE MICRO BREWERIES AND LOGISTICS DISTRIBUTION ARE NOT PART OF THIS.
UH, YOU DO HAVE THIS LOOPHOLE IN THE M1 AND M TWO ZONING DISTRICTS THAT BECOME CATCHALLS WITH ALL USES NOT OTHERWISE PERMIT PROHIBITED BY LAW.
UM, THIS CREATES IN UNPREDICTABLE SITUATIONS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT USES COULD FALL WITHIN THAT LOOPHOLE.
UH, THE BULK STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IS ALLOWED AS A SPECIAL PERMITTED USE IN M TWO AND M THREE RELATED, SO LONG AS THEY MEET SPECIFIC CRITERIA.
UH, BUT WE KNOW THAT FROM, UH, MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER TIME THAT THIS IS A CONCERN FOR FOR MANY IN THE PARISH.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, THE SBU REGULATIONS, AS I'VE TALKED ABOUT, RIGID, THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL FOR ANY CHANGE AND IT BECOMES A LENGTHY AND COSTLY PROCESS.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AS WELL.
SO THE SUMMARY OF THE, THE KIND OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS THAT WE'LL GET INTO IS REALLY LOOKING TO REPLACE THE CURRENT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS WITH NEW BASE AND OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE THE LIST OF THE CURRENT ONES I JUST DESCRIBED WITH THE PROPOSED NEW DISTRICTS THAT WE WOULD BRING IN.
SO THE INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE, THE LIGHT, THE HEAVY, THE LANDFILL, THE
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OVERLAY, AND THE CURRENTLY EXISTING AIM DISTRICT.UH, AS WE MOVED FROM THE ZONING CODE OR THE ZONING ORDINANCE INTO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, THERE IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY THAT USES ARE TREATED, WHICH ALLOWS US TO REALLY RESTRUCTURE AND UPDATE THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN EACH DISTRICT, AS WELL AS AN ABILITY TO EVALUATE THE WAY THAT THEY'RE TREATED IN THE UDC AND ADD POTENT AND ADD SOME NEW DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST WEREN'T PART OF THAT WHEN THE UDC WAS ADOPTED.
AND THEN CREATING THOSE SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
UH, WE WENT THROUGH THE DISTRICT REGULATIONS, REALLY TRIED TO CLARIFY THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, HOW LANDSCAPING IS APPLIED, WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCESSES ARE, UH, AND THEN ADDRESSING THINGS, LIKE I SAID, THE SBU PROCESS AS WELL AS ACKNOWLEDGING EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES THAT MAY BE PRESENT IN THE CURRENT INDUSTRIAL ZONING AREAS.
UH, THE BASE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED THERE IS THE INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE.
UH, THIS INCORPORATES THE FORMER OFFICE WAREHOUSE, SO IT'S REALLY THIS MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
UM, THE IL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL RELATES BACK TO THE M1.
THE IH HEAVY INDUSTRIAL RELATES TO THE M TWO AND THE M THREE.
THE ILF, THE LANDFILL INDUSTRIAL IS REALLY A TAKE ON THE M FOUR, UH, WHICH IS YOUR CURRENT LANDFILL DISTRICT.
UM, AND AS WE WILL SEE IN, UH, THE TXT 4 23, UH, MOVING THE CURRENT AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE, WHICH IS AN OVERLAY DISTRICT INTO A BASED INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE NEW OVERLAY, UH, PROBABLY REALLY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN HERE IS THE HMO, THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OVERLAY.
SO SINCE WE PRESENTED BACK ON FOUR 11, AS BESS INDICATED, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COMMENTS, UM, THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THAT HAVE INDICATED SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE CLEARED UP AND CLARIFIED.
UH, SO THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WE'LL FLAG THESE AS WE GO THROUGH THE, THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AS PART OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE, THE REGULATIONS YOU'VE SEEN.
SO CHANGES TO DISTRICT REGULATIONS AND PERMITTED LAND USES, UH, MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE ILF PURPOSE STATEMENT AND THE PERMITTED USES, UM, ALLOWED AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING AND HUNTING IN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, WHICH IS REALLY THE FLEXIBILITY NEEDED FOR LARGE TRACKS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND.
IN THE HMO DISTRICT REGULATIONS, WE CLARIFIED THE HMO SEPARATION, DISTANCE, AND LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIREMENTS.
UH, TO BE CLEAR, THESE DO NOT APPLY TO ANY EXISTING SPU BOUNDARY ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, WHEN THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE ADOPTED, UH, AND ONLY APPLY WHEN A BUDDING OR ADJOINING A LOT THAT HAS ZONED SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OR LANDFILL DISTRICT.
UH, MADE SOME OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS, UH, THAT WILL POINT OUT TO THE HMO TO ADD CLARITY AND SIMPLIFY SOME OF THE REGULATIONS, UH, PROVIDED SOME GRAPHICS TO SHOW POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS.
AND IN THE SVU REGULATIONS CLARIFIED THE SVU MINOR AMENDMENT PROVISIONS AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, ARE THE PURPOSE STATEMENTS.
EACH NEW DISTRICT HAS A PURPOSE STATEMENT THAT IS UNIQUE TO IT AND REALLY DESCRIBES ITS INTENT.
UH, WE'VE PROPOSED THE MINOR CHANGES THAT YOU SEE HERE TO THE ILF, THAT WOULD BE THE LANDFILL DISTRICTS SINCE THAT LAST PAB HEARING, UH, WHICH REALLY JUST ADDRESS RESOURCE RECOVERY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT LANGUAGE HERE AS WELL.
SO THE INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE, AGAIN, USED THAT OFFICE, WAREHOUSE DISTRICT AS THE BASE WIDE VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL USES, PERMITTED EVEN SOME RESIDENTIAL, THE MULTI-FAMILY AND HOME, TOWN HOME TYPE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY BROUGHT IN PARKING AND SIGN REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE EXISTING, BUT REALLY BROADENED IT TO ALLOW FOR A NUMBER OF NEW USES, DISTILLERIES, BREWERIES, WINERIES, UH, COMMERCIAL KITCHENS, FOOD SUPPORT, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, CRAFT PRODUCTION, TO REALLY GET THAT KEY MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT GOING.
THAT IS, WOULD BE REALLY UNIQUE TO AN IMU DISTRICT.
UM, SIMPLIFY THE DESIGN, THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, UM, REALLY CLARIFIED HOW LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING ARE APPLIED AND HOW SITE PLAN IS REQUIRED.
UH, AND THEN ALLOWANCES FOR VARIANCES, UH, WITH THE REVIEW CRITERIA THAT VARIANCE VARIANCES REQUIRE.
UH, THE IL DISTRICT, THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UH, THIS IS REALLY, IT'S MAINTAINED AS THE, UH, BASED ON THE, UH, ONE DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE CURRENT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UH, REALLY LOOKED AT CLARIFYING HOW HEIGHT IS MEASURED.
SOME RESIDENTIAL USE RESTRICTIONS.
UH, MANY THINGS OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, PARKING AND SIGNS WERE CARRIED OVER FROM EXISTING REGULATIONS.
UM, THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL STILL DOES ALLOW FOR SOME LIMITED COMMERCIAL USES, UH, BUT AS YOU KIND OF SAW IN THE IMU, AGAIN, BRINGING IN THESE NEW INDUSTRIAL USES THAT WORK WITHIN A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
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MICROBREWERY, FOOD PRODUCTION SUPPORT, COMMERCIAL KITCHENS, CRAFT PRODUCTION, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, UM, ADDED IN SOME MINIMUM SETBACKS AND MINIMUM LOT AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS.UM, AND THEN ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING AND SITE PLAN REVIEW WHEN IT ABUTS A NON-INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE, WHAT WE DID HERE.
UH, THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AGAIN, RELATES BACK TO THE CURRENT M TWO AND M THREE.
THESE ARE THE INDUSTRIAL USES WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.
THINGS MAY BE HAPPENING IN TERMS OF STORAGE OR OPERATIONS AND OUTDOOR AREAS.
UH, THEY HAVE MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THINGS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THEM.
SO IT IS REALLY ORIENTED TOWARDS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
UH, A FEW NON HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES ARE STILL ALLOWED, BUT REALLY FOCUSING IN ON THAT, AGAIN, THOSE CLARIFICATIONS OF THINGS LIKE HEIGHTS.
UM, THE USES HAVE BEEN TAILORED TO WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME NEW USES POP UP HERE, THINGS LIKE A DATA MINING CENTER THAT WOULD BE AN SPU.
UM, LOOKED AT BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S TREATED AS AN OVERLAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, ALLOWANCES FOR THINGS THAT ARE SAFE, FOOD GRADE OR EDIBLE, UH, ALLOWING THEM WHEN OR WHEN THEIR ACCESSORY TO A PRINCIPAL USE.
UM, THERE'S SOME SET SETBACKS, A NEW LANDSCAPE, UH, REQUIREMENT WHEN IT'S ABUTTING SOMETHING THAT'S NON-INDUSTRIAL.
UH, AND REALLY JUST CLARIFYING HOW IT CAN FUNCTION, KIND OF, UM, WHAT IT'S SURROUNDED BY THINGS THAT ARE NOT INDUSTRIAL IN NATURE.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE LANDFILL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
UM, IN THIS CASE, WE ARE MAINTAINING MOST OF THE EXISTING STANDARDS, BUT IN THE REVISIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED, CLARIFYING WHEN SITE PLAN REVIEW IS REQUIRED AND HOW WE ADDRESS VARIANCES.
PERMITTED USES ARE ALSO MOSTLY STILL LIMITED TO WASTE COLLECTION HANDLING AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE JUST A QUICK SUMMARY.
THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT KIND OF HOW THESE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS LAY OUT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THEM HERE, EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.
THERE'S TABLES WITHIN EACH OF 'EM, KIND OF REALLY CLARIFYING WHAT'S REQUIRED, UH, OF YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP WITHIN THESE DISTRICTS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, AS I MENTIONED, WE CLARIFIED HOW HEIGHT IS MEASURED.
THAT'S THAT LANGUAGE THERE AS WELL.
UM, SO HOW DO WE TREAT USES? UM, SO AGAIN, WE WERE MOVING FROM CHAPTER 40, WHICH IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE INTO CHAPTER 33, WHICH HAS THIS MASTER USE MATRIX.
SO REALLY NEEDED TO RESTRUCTURE AND UPDATE THE USES FOR EACH DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE WAY THAT CHAPTER 33, THE UDC REGULATES USES.
IN GOING THROUGH OUR REVIEW, WE'VE ADDED NEW USES TO THAT MASTER USE MATRIX.
THINGS AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, LIKE BREWERIES, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, CRAFT MANUFACTURING, MADE SURE THAT WE DEFINED EACH OF THOSE.
WE ADDED STANDARDS WHERE THEY WERE APPROPRIATE, UH, AND LOOKED TO DISTINGUISH AND LIMIT THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE HMO DISTRICT, THAT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OVERLAY KICKS IN.
SO AS YOU START TO LOOK AT THE LAND USES FOR THE PROPOSED DISTRICTS, THIS IS REALLY PULLING FROM THAT MASTER USE MATRIX WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND HOW IT TREATS THEM.
THEY'RE CLASSIFIED, IT'S THE LAND LAND-BASED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF LARGER LAND USE CATEGORIES THAT THEN INCLUDE MORE SPECIFIC USES UNDERNEATH.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE, KIND OF STARTING AT THIS POINT, YOU SEE THE RESIDENTIAL WHERE IT'S VERY LIMITED IN THE IMU AND THE IIL.
THIS WOULD BE FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL.
EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HAS BEEN DEEMED CONFORMING, UM, HOW SALES AND SERVICE COME IN, YOU KNOW, MORE BROADLY ALLOWED IN IMU MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE TRADE, REALLY ALLOWING FOR THOSE IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES, AGAIN, SPREADING OUT THROUGH THOSE DISTRICTS.
YOU CAN SEE KIND OF FOCUSED ON THE IMU AND THE IL.
UM, IN THIS ONE HERE, UH, YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF, UH, MORE CATEGORIES THAT AGAIN, COME FROM THAT MASTER USE MATRIX.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOW ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT INSTITUTIONS, CONSTRUCTION RELATED USES ALL OF THESE WITHIN THE IMU AND THE IL AND ALLOW AGRICULTURAL USES IN THE IL AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THAT LAST ROW RIGHT THERE.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSING ALSO TO ALLOW FOR AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING AND HUNTING IN THE IH TO PROVIDE SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY, ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE TRACKS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND.
UM, ALSO PROPOSING TO ALLOW SOME LIMITED GAMING HUNTING AND LOGGING USES WITHIN THE ILF.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE AS WE LOOK AT THIS, UM, A PROPOSED REVISION THAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION, ALLOWING FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL USES IN SPECIFIC DISTRICTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES HERE ARE IN THE IH.
SO THIS WOULD BE FOR ALLOWING FOR CROP PRODUCTION.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES HERE AS A PERMITTED USE WITHIN THE IH DISTRICT.
UH, AGAIN, KIND OF CONTINUING ON THE AGRICULTURAL
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USES IN SPECIFIC DISTRICTS.UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE AGAIN, THE IH DISTRICT, THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, UH, YOU SEE THOSE ANIMAL PRODUCTION USES AND, AND FUNCTIONS THAT SUPPORT AGRICULTURE.
ALL OF THOSE BEING PROPOSED TO NOW BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE IH DISTRICT.
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THOSE LARGE TRACKS OF LAND, UM, FORESTRY AND LOGGING, WE STARTED TO SEE THAT THAT COMES IN.
WE, WE PROPOSED THAT IT'D BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE IH AND THE ILF SIMILARLY, FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING.
UM, THOSE USES OF FISHING, HUNTING AND TRAPPING GAME RETREATS, GAME AND FISHING PRESERVES THAT THOSE BOTH BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE IH AND THE ILF.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, CLARIFYING OTHER USES THAT COULD BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE ILF.
UM, WE'VE UPDATED THESE USE PERMISSIONS IN THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, A ALLOWING FOR RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION, RAIL TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT USES ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES, IRRIGATION AND INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY, ALL IN THE ILF HAS PERMITTED USES.
UH, WE'VE ALSO UPDATED THE USE DESCRIPTION FOR A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL, UH, TO SUPPORT NEW RESOURCE RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES.
AND THAT IS THE NEW LANGUAGE YOU SEE THERE IN RED UNDERLINE.
AND AGAIN, I'VE KIND OF SAID THESE A BUNCH OF TIMES, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HEAR ME SAY MICROBREWERY AGAIN.
UH, BUT THIS IS REALLY SOME OF THESE NEW PROPOSED USES, AGAIN, COMING OUT OF PLANS THAT WERE THERE, ACKNOWLEDGING THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, FOOD PRODUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THAT COMMERCIAL KITCHENS ARTISAN PRODUCTION ARE ALL KIND OF PART OF THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALLOWANCES FOR THESE TO HAPPEN.
SO IT'S A LOT OF FOOD, A LOT OF ARTISAN OR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MANUFACTURING HAPPENING.
UM, ALSO ALLOWING FOR DISTRIBUTION AND FULFILLMENT AS WELL AS A LOGISTICS HUB.
SO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING USES THAT REALLY WEREN'T PART OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND HAVE NOW EVEN BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE UDC, UH, ITS MASTER USE MATRIX AS WELL.
UH, SO THERE IS THE PROPOSED STORAGE, UH, OF, OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
A LOT OF THIS THEN RELATES BACK TO CHAPTER 13 OF THE PARISH CODE.
UH, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THAT TO BE WHAT THE DEFINITION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WOULD BE, UM, INCLUDING THOSE WHERE THEY ARE STORED AND THEN SHIPPED OUT AS WELL AS WE'VE ADDRESSED THINGS WHEN THEY'RE STORED IN TOTE TANKS OR BOXES OR OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE MOVED AROUND IF THERE'S A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS THAT AS DEFINED IN 13, UH, THAT THEY WOULD FALL UNDER THIS.
UH, COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT DON'T QUALIFY AS BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
UH, THESE ARE RETAIL OUTLETS THAT STORE THESE MATERIALS FOR SALE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THINK OF A HOME DEPOT.
UH, IF IT, THE MATERIALS ARE ACCESSORY TO A SPECIFIC PRINCIPLE USE, THEY'RE NOT THE OPERATION, THEY'RE ACCESSORY TO THAT OPERATION.
UM, IF THAT STORAGE IS A FOOD GRADE AND EDIBLE PROB PRODUCTS SUCH AS VEGETABLE OIL OR SUGARS, UM, AS WELL AS ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MEDICINAL CHEMICALS AND DERIVATIVES.
UM, SO YOU SEE THERE ON THE SIDE USE CATEGORIES THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WHEN STORAGE IS ACCESSORY AND ESSENTIAL TO PRIMARY OPERATIONS.
KIND OF PULLED THESE OUT OF THAT USE MATRIX AND IDENTIFIED THEM AS THEY ARE PART OF THE OPERATION.
THE PRIMARY ACTIVITY ON THE SITE IS NOT BULK STORAGE OF THESE MATERIALS.
THEY'RE USED, YOU KNOW, DRY CLEANING'S, PROBABLY A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THEY'RE USED AS PART OF DRY CLEANING.
IT'S NOT STORING JUST DRY CLEANING, UH, UH, MATERIALS ON SITE.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED STORAGE OF, UH, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON THE SITE, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE ALREADY APPLY WITHIN THE ORDINANCE WITHIN CHAPTER 13.
UH, SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO BRING THESE IN.
AGAIN, KINDA A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS PART OF THE EXISTING CODE.
UM, WE'VE CHANGED THE TERM FROM FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 13.
UH, WE'VE INCLUDED AN ODOR CONTROL PLAN REQUIREMENT.
UH, WE'VE MADE CLEAR WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MATERIAL IS STORED IN TOTES.
UH, WE'VE ASKED FOR A 24 HOUR MANNED HOTLINE NUMBER TO BE POSTED ON THE SITE.
UM, FOR NEW FACILITIES AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING FACILITIES.
THERE ARE SITING REQUIREMENTS OR SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS, UM, LANDSCAPE BUFFERS.
UH, AND FOR THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE A TITLE V MAJOR SOURCE FACILITY, THERE IS THE EMISSION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING.
UH, SO THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF BULK STORAGE, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF PULLED THOSE AWAY FROM THE HOUSE OR JUST MATERIALS.
I'VE MENTIONED THIS ALREADY, THE BULK STORAGE OF CULINARY AND MEDICINAL MATERIALS.
SO THESE WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
HOWEVER, THEY MAY STILL BE SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 13.
AND THEN ALLOWANCES FOR BULK STORAGE OF NON-HAZARDOUS
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MATERIALS.IF THEY ARE NOT CLASSIFIED AS THAT BY CHAPTER 13, THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED, UH, IN THE IMU, THE IIL AND THE IH DISTRICTS.
SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER TIME WITH FEEDBACK.
UH, WE HAVE CHANGED THESE APPROACHES AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
UM, SO INITIALLY IT WAS NO NEW FACILITIES AND NO EXPANSION OF FACILITIES.
AND THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT THIS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THIS WAS THE INITIAL APPROACH THAT WE CAME OUT WITH IN THE FRAMEWORK REPORT.
UM, INITIAL DRAFT REGULATIONS WAS IN, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2022, REALLY LOOKING AT NO NEW FACILITIES, BUT SOME LIMITED EXPANSION FOR EXISTING FACILITIES.
AND THEN AS WE'VE EVOLVED TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UM, ALLOWING FOR THE HMO DISTRICT, THERE WOULD BE NEW FACILITIES AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING FACILITIES ALLOWED WITH A MAP AMENDMENT PROCESS THAT BUILT IN SOME ADDITIONAL CRITERIA.
SO YOU CAN SEE AS FEEDBACK WAS RECEIVED, OUR APPROACH HAS, HAS CHANGED OVER TIME.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE HMO DISTRICT AND WHERE THIS REALLY CAME FROM, UH, IT REALLY WAS TO ADDRESS THINGS, THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD, ADDRESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY CONCERNS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE NEEDS FOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, UM, THAT NEED TO BE BALANCED AGAINST THAT WE NEEDED TO CREATE CLEAR RULES.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EXPANSION, ANY TYPE OF EXPANSION WAS THOUGHTFUL.
TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THOSE THINGS WE'VE HEARD.
UM, THE MAPPING WAS INITIALLY MAPPED ON THE EXISTING SBU SITES FOR THE BULK STORAGE OF, UH, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF HOW THIS OVERLAY CAN BE APPLIED, 'CAUSE AS WE TALKED ABOUT, IT CAN BE PETITIONED ON NEW AREAS.
UM, IT WORKS IN CONCERT WITH THE IH DISTRICT, SO IT CAN ONLY BE APPLIED, UM, OVER THE IH DISTRICT.
UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY TRYING, AS WE DID THESE DRAFTS TO PROVIDE MORE CLARITY, UH, WHERE THE PREVIOUS ITERATION OF THE HMO DISTRICT WAS TIED TO EXISTING APPROVED SBUS FOR BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WITH LIMITED EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES.
THE CURRENT DRAFT AS PRESENTED NOW ALLOWS FOR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING SITES, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE HMO TO NEW AREAS FOR ADDITIONAL BULK STORAGE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT AGAIN, WE, YOU CAN SEE AS THIS SAYS REVISED, UM, SOME ISSUES THAT WE HEARD ABOUT IN BETWEEN THE MEETINGS.
UM, SINCE THAT MEETING ON APRIL 11TH, THE HEARING, UH, WE DID CLARIFY AND SIMPLIFY THE 1500 FOOT SEPARATION DISTRICT AND THE 500 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIREMENTS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE, THESE REVISIONS, UM, ESSENTIALLY KIND OF TYING THEM, ALLOWING THEM FOR THE EXPANSION AND TYING THEM TO, UM, THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
AND WE'LL GO OVER THIS, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
UM, SO FOR THE HMO SEPARATION DISTANCE CLARIFICATIONS, UM, SO WE HAVE THIS SLIDE NOW THAT IS NEW TO THE PRESENTATION, TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SEPARATION DIS DISTRICT DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WE CLARIFIED THAT THESE REQUIREMENTS SHALL NOT APPLY WITHIN ANY EXISTING SPECIAL PERMITTED USE BOUNDARY ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, SOME MINOR LANGUAGE, UH, CLARIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.
AND SO REALLY TO UNDERSTAND THIS 1500 FOOT DISTANCE REQUIREMENT, IT INCORPORATES THAT 500 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT CAN OCCUR WITHIN THERE.
UM, THAT DISTANCE CAN INCLUDE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS, PARKING LOTS ACCESSORY USES TO THE SITE.
IT CAN INCLUDE THE STORAGE OF NON-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, AS WELL AS THINGS LIKE THE CULINARY AND MEDICINAL MATERIALS.
UM, IT ONLY APPLIES FOR NEW SPU OR EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING SPU BOUNDARY.
UM, AND THEN ONLY APPLIES WHEN IT'S ABUTTING OR ADJOINING A LOT THAT IS ZONED SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
SO THE LIGHT HEAVY AND LANDFILL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, IT DOES NOT APPLY WITHIN THE EXISTING SBU FOOTPRINTS FOR HMO SITES, AND IT DOES NOT APPLY WHEN IT'S A BUDDING IT, WHEN IT'S A BUDDING OR ADJOINING AGAIN, THOSE OTHER INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, THE IL THE IH OR THE ILF.
SIMILARLY, THE CLARIFICATIONS HERE FOR THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, UM, CLARIFIED THAT THESE REQUIREMENTS DO NOT APPLY WITHIN ANY EXISTING SPU BOUNDARY PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
CLARIFY THAT THE 500 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ONLY APPLIES WHEN IT ABUTS A LOT.
UH, THAT IS A DISTRICT OTHER THAN THE ILFI, ILIH OR ILF DISTRICT.
SO AGAIN, ONLY WHEN IT'S THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS ONLY APPLIES FOR NEW SPU OR EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING SPU BOUNDARY.
UM, AS IT IS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THIS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS PARKING LOTS ACCESSORY
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USE AS IT'S MEANT TO BE LANDSCAPE.UM, IT DOES NOT APPLY WITHIN THE EXISTING SPU FOOTPRINT FOR ANY OF THE HMO SITES.
SO, UH, WHAT WE WANTED TO SHOW, THESE ARE, UM, SOME GRAPHICS THAT ILLUSTRATE KINDA HOW THESE THINGS DO APPLY.
SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
SO THIS IS EXISTING PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE PER THE SPU.
THE SPU ALLOWS THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THERE.
IT CONTINUES TO ALLOW THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT ARE PERMITTED THERE.
SO BASICALLY WHAT'S THERE NOW IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IN THAT FOOTPRINT OF THE SPU.
SO THIS WOULD BE A NEW FACILITY, UH, APPROVED AS AN SPU IN THE HMO DISTRICT.
IN THIS CASE, THE 1500 FOOT SEPARATION DISTRICT DISTANCE AND THE 500 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE KINDA ON THE LEFT, UM, WHEN A BUDDING A ZONING DISTRICT THAT IS NOT INDUSTRIAL.
SO REALLY THAT'S WHERE THAT ONE COMES IN.
UM, THE BULK STORAGE THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE, AND THAT'S RED SQUARE THERE, THAT THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IS PERMITTED THERE IN THAT AREA WHERE YOU SEE THAT, UM, WHERE YOU SEE THE SEPARATION DIS UH, DISTANCE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE LANDSCAPE IN THAT AREA.
YOU CAN STORE NON-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
YOU CAN HAVE A PARKING LOT ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS.
YOU CAN KNOW YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THAT WITHIN THAT, THAT AREA, EXCLUDING THE AREA OF THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE KIND OF RIGHT SIDE RIGHT THERE, UM, THE LOT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN THIS EXAMPLE, WHICH THEN MEANS THAT THE LANDSCAPE AND THE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS DO NOT APPLY IN THAT CASE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
SO, UM, FINALLY THE LAST EXAMPLE IS THE HMO SCENARIOS HERE WITH EXISTING FACILITIES AND EXISTING SSPU, UM, TWO DIFFERENT EXPANSION SCENARIOS ARE PROVI ARE PROVIDED ON THIS SLIDE.
UM, THE FIRST IS EXPANSION TOWARDS A PROPERTY ZONED NON-INDUSTRIAL.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT ONE OF THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE 1500 FOOT SEPARATION DISTRICT DISTANCE AND THE 500 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
UM, IF THE EXPANSION IS LESS THAN 1500, THEN THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CANNOT BE PLACED WITHIN THE EXPANSION AREA.
IN SCENARIO TWO, UM, AS YOU'RE EXPANDING ON THAT RIGHT SIDE TOWARDS THAT PROPERTY ZONED IL, THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, IT WOULD NOT TRIGGER THE SEPARATION DISTANCE OR THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WOULD BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE EXISTING SBU FOOTPRINT AND THAT AREA IN SCENARIO TWO, WHERE YOU SEE THE EXPANSION HAPPENING.
UM, AS PART OF THIS, UH, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED, UM, THE EMISSION REPORTING PLAN AND AIR PERMIT COMPLIANCE WEBSITE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE BEGAN IN, IN JUNE OF 2023.
UH, REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS, YEAH, UNDERSTANDING REAL-TIME NOTIFICATION MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE.
UM, WE INITIALLY DRAFTED WHAT MAY BE A MORE EXTENSIVE LIST OF POLLUTANTS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR MONITORING AND SOME ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO BE REFINED.
SO AGAIN, TAKING, UH, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOW ABOUT THIS, BOTH AS PART OF THE PARISH, UH, THOSE IN INDUSTRIES, WE'VE CONTINUED TO REVISE THIS.
UM, SO WE CAN SEE, SINCE IT CAME OUT IN JUNE OF 2023, UH, PLANNING HAS MET WITH COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE INDUSTRY, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES TO REFINE THE PROVISIONS.
WE'VE TALKED WITH THE PARISHES, ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DEPARTMENT.
AND SO REALLY HAVE REVISED THIS TO PROVIDE A PURPOSE STATEMENT AND CLARIFY ITS APPLICABILITY.
PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR REVIEW OF AN ADMISSION, UH, REPORTING PLAN THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE LDEQ, UH, AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH A PERMIT COMPLIANCE WEBSITE.
SO THEN FINALLY, UH, KIND OF LOOKING AT THE SVU AND CUP RECOMMENDATIONS, AGAIN, THIS IS MOVING FROM THE CHAPTER 40 ZONING ORDINANCE INTO CHAPTER 33, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO WE'RE MERGING TOGETHER THE SPU WITH THE CU PS AND MAKING SURE THINGS ARE NOW ALL CONSISTENT.
UH, MAINTAIN THAT THERE'S NO MORE THAN ONE SPU PER LOT.
TRACK PLOT OR DEVELOPMENT SITE CLARIFIED A PROPERTY WITH AN SPU CAN BE SOLD, LEASED OR TRANSFERRED TO A NEW OWNER EE TENANT TRANSFEREE.
WE'VE ESTABLISHED MINOR AMENDMENT THRESHOLDS AND STANDARDS.
UM, THE SBU APPROVAL WOULD BE VALID FOR THREE YEARS.
UM, WE'VE ADDED IN SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY WHERE THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE REQUIRES APPROVALS FROM AGENCIES OUTSIDE THE PARISH.
THAT PERIOD OF VALIDITY CAN BE EXTENDED.
UM, JUST PROVIDING EVIDENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE APPROVALS ARE BEING
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ACTIVELY BEING SOUGHT.UM, IF A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE SPU HAS BEEN APPROVED PRIOR TO THE SPU RENEWAL DATE DOESN'T MODIFY THE TIMEFRAME FOR RENEWAL.
IF THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR AMENDMENT PRIOR TO THE RENEWAL TIMEFRAME, THAT WILL NOW THEN SERVE AS A START DATE FOR THAT THREE YEAR RENEWAL PERIOD.
ADDED SOME EXPIRATION, UH, PROVISIONS.
BASICALLY, IF NO ACTION IS BEING TAKEN ON AN SBU AND ADDED AN EMERGENCY EXCEPTION, TEMPORARY EQUIPMENT AND STRUCTURES ARE ALLOWED ON SITE FOR 90 DAYS.
UM, WHEN CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN, SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME TYPE OF NATURAL DISASTER THAT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONTAINED ON THE SITE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EMERGENCY EXCEPTION IS IN PLACE.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE, UM, UH, A COUPLE OF THE REVISIONS HERE, AND THESE ARE SLIDES REALLY TO CLARIFY WHAT IS A MINOR AMENDMENT.
THE PLANNING DIRECTOR MAY APPROVE A MINOR AMENDMENT TO AN APPROVED SPU, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED.
UM, AND THEN SITE PLAN, WHEN IT IS DETERMINED BY A, A PLANNING DIRECTOR, THAT SUCH CHANGE IS NOT RELATED TO THE OPERATION, PHYSICAL DESIGN OR ANY CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE SPECIAL USE AND IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL.
UM, HOWEVER, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR MAY REQUIRE ANY MINOR AMENDMENT, EVEN IF IT MEETS THE CRITERIA OF THE MINOR AMENDMENT TO BE, TO REQUIRE THEM TO BE APPROVED AS A MAJOR AMENDMENT.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENT OTHER THAN THOSE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION AS A MINOR AMENDMENT, ARE CONSIDERED MAJOR AND IS APPROVED IN THE SAME MANNER AND SAME PROCEDURES AS THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL.
AND SO, JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW WE RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS, WELL, WHAT IS A MINOR AMENDMENT? UH, WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE LIST OF THOSE THAT QUALIFY AS MINOR AMENDMENTS.
UM, INSTALLATION OF SITE ELEMENTS, PARKING LANDSCAPE SIGNS AND FENCING CHANGES IN THE LOCATION OF VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION WAYS AND PARKING AREAS.
BUT THEY HAVE TO MEET CODE, UM, CONSTRUCTING ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, AGAIN, HAVE TO MEET CODE, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXISTING PRINCIPAL BUILDING WHERE NO DIRECT OPERATION OF THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE OCCURS.
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL PRINCIPAL USE THAT IS ALLOWED IN THE DISTRICT, BUT IS UNRELATED TO THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE AND MEETS APPLICABLE STANDARDS FOR THAT USE.
A DEMOLITION A CHANGE IN THE LOCATION OF A BUILDING STRUCTURE OR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE BY NO MORE THAN 10%.
UM, LOCATED WITHIN THE SPU BOUNDARY OR ANY CHANGE IN THE LOCATION OF AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, A CHANGE OF 10% OR LESS, UM, IN EITHER BUILDING FOOTPRINT, GROSS FLOOR AREA, IMPERVIOUS SURFACE CALCULATED CUMULATIVELY, CUMULATIVELY OVER WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THE INITIAL APPLICATION, SPECIFICALLY TO BULK STORAGE, INSTALLATION OF NEW YORK RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING WATER STORAGE TANKS OR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF ANY TANK, HOLDING ANY MATERIAL WITH ONE OF THE EXACT SAME SIZE AND FOOTPRINT IN THE EXACT LOCATION.
UM, AND THEN WHEN THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SBU, UH, PROVIDING THAT AFFIDAVIT THAT THE NEW OWNERS ACKNOWLEDGE, THE SBU, AGAIN, IS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THE MI UH, MINOR AMENDMENTS IN PLACE.
UH, AND FINALLY, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME MENTION THIS, UH, BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, THIS IS WHERE THESE WERE ADDED.
UM, THEY'RE PRESENT ALREADY IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, SO WE'VE ADDED THEM AS CONFORMING USES ANY EXISTING STANDALONE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS RECOGNIZED AS CONFORMING.
AND SO IT WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE GRANTED PERMITS FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, IF AN EXPANSION IS INCLUDED IN THAT, IT NEEDS TO MEET THE R THREE MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT STANDARDS.
UM, IT CAN BE RESTORED IF IT IS DEMOLISHED OR DESTROYED BEYOND 75% OR MORE OF ITS VALUE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE RESTORATION OF NON-CONFORMING STATUS PROCEDURE PROVIDED.
THE NEW CONSTRUCTION MEETS THE FOLLOWING, AGAIN, SUBJECT TO THE AREA OF REGULATIONS OF THE R THREE MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT.
UH, AND THE RESTORATION OF THAT DWELLING WILL BE THE SAME TYPE.
SO BASICALLY, IF A SINGLE FAMILY GOT DESTROYED, THEN A SINGLE FAMILY GETS REP, IT'S REPLACED WITH ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY.
SO REALLY YOU CAN SEE HERE THE SUMMARY OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
WE'VE CREATED A NEW INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT STRUCTURE.
UH, WE'VE MADE SURE THAT THERE'S DIMENSIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO EACH OF THESE.
WE'VE UPDATED THE LAND USES THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, UH, AGAIN, INTEGRATING THEM INTO THE UD C'S LAND-BASED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM MATRIX, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE BRINGING IN THOSE NEW USES, THE CLEAN AND THE GREEN, THE LOGISTICS, THE FOOD PRODUCTION, UH, MADE CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND HOW THOSE ARE CONTROLLED THROUGH THE HMO OVERLAY
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DISTRICT.UM, SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE STANDARDS THAT WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT, UH, IN THE UDC, WE'VE MERGED SBUS AND CU PS INTO ONE SECTION, AND WE JUST KIND WENT OVER SOME OF THOSE MAJOR UPDATES TO THAT REALLY TO STREAMLINE, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY, AND THEN ADDRESS THOSE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PRESENT WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE TO THEM BY GRANTING THEM CONFORMING USE STATUS, UH, AND ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE.
UM, SO REALLY THESE REGULATIONS ARE UNIQUE TO JEFFERSON PARISH.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN A NUMBER OF THE SLIDES HOW THINGS EVOLVED OVER TIME.
IT REALLY WAS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CONCERNS AND THE INTEREST OF THE PARISH RESIDENTS, LANDOWNERS IN THE INDUSTRY.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THE PLANS AND POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE, SO SUPPORTING NUMEROUS ENVISION JEFFERSON 2040 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
WE DID LOOK AT THE JEFFERSON EDGE 2025 PLAN, MAKING SURE THOSE ARE BROUGHT IN AS WELL.
UH, SO YOU SEE STAKEHOLDERS FROM KIND OF ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PARISH BRINGING THINGS TO US.
AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF THOSE CONCERNS MAY BE IN CONFLICT, UH, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO AS MUCH OF A CONSENSUS AS WE CAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, MANY ASPECTS OF THESE REGULATIONS SUPPORT MULTIPLE INTERESTS AND PARTIES.
THEY BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE FACILITIES AND THE LARGER COMMUNITIES.
THEY PROVIDE A LOT MORE CLARITY AND PREDICTABILITY.
THEY INCORPORATE MODERN INDUSTRIAL USES, AND THEY LOOK TO MAKE THE PROCESSES MUCH MORE CLEAR AND EFFICIENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE REALLY KEY TO GETTING THESE BENEFITS, IS REALLY, THIS IS WHY THESE NEW INDUSTRIAL ZONING REGULATIONS ARE NEEDED.
SO THEN FINALLY, KINDA THE TWO LAST PARTS OF THIS AMENDMENT, TXT 4 23, UH, RELATED AMENDMENTS, UH, FROM THIS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT STUDY.
SO WE WANNA AMEND THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW INDUSTRIAL USES, MAKE THE AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL, UM, MARINE DISTRICT AND BASE ZONING DISTRICT CLARIFY PERMITTED USES, ADD DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, UPDATE CURRENT PROVISIONS AS NEEDED, UH, MOVE REGULATIONS FOR THE UR ONE INTO CHAPTER 33, AND UPDATE THOSE REGULATIONS, UPDATE THE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW USES, ADDRESS OTHER RELATED AMENDMENTS.
SO REALLY CON CONSOLIDATING CONDITIONAL USE AND SPU PROVISIONS INTO A SINGLE SECTION.
IN CHAPTER 33, REPLACE THE REFERENCES TO THE OLD ZONING DISTRICTS WITH THE NEW DISTRICTS, UH, RESTRUCTURE CHAPTER 33, THE SUPPLEMENTAL CONDITIONS, UM, SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS BY TYPE AND INCLUDE THE NEW USES WITH SPECIFIC STANDARDS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
INCORPORATE INFORMATION FROM THE MASTER USE MATRIX INTO THE MIXED USE BASED ZONING DISTRICTS USE MA MATRIX.
UM, CLARIFY BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE IMU, UH, AND CLARIFY CONFORMING USE PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL USES.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL MARINE OVERLAY, AS WE INDICATED, KIND OF MOVING THIS, UH, INTO A BASE DISTRICT, UH, IT'S CURRENTLY MAPPED ON THE FORMER AVONDALE SHIPYARD.
CURRENTLY, THE DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR BULK STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS UP TO 30% OF THE 254 ACRE SITE WITHOUT AN SPU.
SO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE AIM PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF IS PROPOSING TO MAKE THE AIM DISTRICT A BASE DISTRICT AND MAP IT OVER ITS EXISTING FOOTPRINT AND OVER LOT AV SEVEN LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF LA 5 41.
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 ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
AND FINALLY, TAKING ALL THIS AND PUTTING IT ALL ON THE MAP.
UM, SO THIS IS REALLY Z 1723, THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT'S MAP AMENDMENT, AGAIN, LED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SOME REALLY, REALLY INCREDIBLE GIS WORK DONE HERE THAT REALLY SHOWS YOU THE OLD AND THE NEW.
UM, IT IS LINKED ON THE WEBSITE FOR THIS PROJECT AND REALLY WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT.
IT'S A FANTASTIC JOB, UH, THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID.
AND SO, KIND REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE, THE SURVEYING THE METHODOLOGY, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SURVEYED INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTIES AND UPDATED THE LAND USE INFORMATION AND THE PARISH'S GIS OR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
THEN CONDUCTED SITE VISITS AND SURVEYS DURING THE SUMMER OF 2021 AND BETWEEN WINTER OF 2022 AND 2023, USING THOSE CATEGORIES OF THE LAND-BASED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOW USES ARE HANDLED IN THE UDC.
UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT EVALUATED THE FOLLOWING WHILE THEY WERE MAPPING THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
THE CURRENT BASE ZONING, CURRENT
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OVERLAY ZONING IF APPLICABLE, THE TYPE AND SIZE OF LAND USES BY DEVELOPMENT SITE, THE TYPE AND SIZE OF LAND USES WITH PROPOSED ZONING, SURROUNDING ZONING, PROXIMITY TO INCOMPATIBLE USES, AS WELL AS THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.SO AGAIN, THIS, THIS REALLY IMPRESSIVE ARC, GIS STORY MAP THAT'S IN PLACE.
UM, STAFF PUBLISHED THE ARC GIS STORY MAP IN JUNE, 2023, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, DRAFT MAPS AND THE STORY MAP WERE PRESENTED AT THE WEST BANK PORT DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE, AND TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS IN JUNE OF 2023.
INDUSTRIALLY ZONE PROPERTY WAS BROKEN INTO FO FOCUS AREAS TO MAKE ANALYSIS EASIER.
AND THEN EACH FOCUS AREA IS BROKEN DOWN WITH CURRENT ZONING, PROPOSED ZONING AND THE RATIONALE, UH, BEHIND THAT PROPOSED ZONING.
SO IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT INDUSTRIAL ZONING ON THE EAST BANK, UM, IN GENERAL, YOU SEE IT CHARACTERIZED BY A MIX OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIGHT AND MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL USES, USES ORGANIZED IN A KIND OF TYPICAL CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE ELMWOOD BUSINESS PARK.
AND THEN ALONG THE CORRIDORS LIKE AIRLINE, AIRHART AND JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.
SO THE PROPOSED ZONING, THIS IS REALLY WHERE THAT INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE DISTRICT COMES IN.
IT'S MAPPED ALONG 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, THATS THAT FUNCTION AS A BUFFER BETWEEN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LAND AND NON-INDUSTRIAL LAND.
UM, THE IL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS MAPPED ON SITES THROUGHOUT THE EAST BANK, INCLUDING THE CORE OF THE ELMWOOD AREA ALONG AIR HARD AND, AND PARTS OF THE JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.
UM, LIMITED IH HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS ALONG THE BATCHER PROPERTY AND ALONG SITE AND ONE SITE USE FOR RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.
AND AGAIN, WE REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ARC, GIS STORY MAP, REALLY TO SEE KIND OF ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE FROM CURRENT TO PROPOSED ON THE WEST BANK.
UM, THERE'S REALLY TWO PRIMARY INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT ARE ORIENTED IN A LINEAR PATTERN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND THEN ALONG HARVEY CANAL.
UH, MANY OF THE INDUSTRIAL USES ON THE WEST BANK FALL WITHIN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY.
YOU KNOW, THINGS FROM SHIP REPAIR TO BULK STORAGE.
UM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WITHIN THE WEST BANK, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES LOCATED WITHIN LARGER, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS SUCH AS WMAN AND AVONDALE.
SO THE PROPOSED ZONING FOR THE WEST BANK, UM, SO REALLY AGAIN, THE IMU DISTRICT IS MAPPED ON PROPERTIES, UM, THAT ARE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LAND AND NON-INDUSTRIAL LANDS.
UM, THE IL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS MAPPED ON LARGE UNDEVELOPED SITES AS A WAY TO PRESERVE INDUSTRIAL LAND ON THE WEST BANK AND ON SITES THAT BUFFER BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL SITES.
UH, THE IH HEAVY INDUSTRIAL IS MAPPED ALONG BACK YOUR PROPERTY, THE HARVEY CANAL, MISSISSIPPI, AND WHERE THE PROPOSED HMO OVERLAY IS MAPPED.
UH, THE LANDFILL IS CURRENTLY MAPPED ON THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF THE LANDFILL.
AND THE HMO OVERLAY DISTRICT IS MAPPED, UM, IN THIS PROPOSAL ON APPROVED SITE PLANS FOR THE BULK STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS.
AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE EAST BANK ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ARC GIS STORY MAP, UH, TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ZONING CHANGES.
UM, AND SO REALLY, UH, IN SUMMARY, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS THE, THE INTENT HERE IS REZONING INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTIES, THE MOST APPROPRIATE NEW INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT OR EXISTING NON-INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AS IT'S APPROPRIATE IN GENERAL PLANNING.
RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.
MAP THE IMU ON PROPERTIES ALONG THE PERIPHERY ON IN ELMWOOD ON SITES THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THE CPZ OVERLAY ZONE MAPPED ON THEM LIKE LASALLE PARK SITES NEAR JEFFERSON HIGHWAY, ORLEANS PARISH LINE, AND ON SITES THAT BUFFER BETWEEN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL MAP, THE IL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ON AREAS.
UH, IT'S REALLY THROUGHOUT THE EAST BANK, INCLUDING THE CORE OF ELMWOOD ALONG AIRHART AND PARTS OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.
IT'S ALSO MAPPED ON LARGE, UNDEVELOPED SITES, IS A WAY TO PRESERVE INDUSTRIAL LAND ON THE WEST BANK AND ON SITES BUFFERING BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL SITES.
AND THE IH HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ALONG THE BATCHER PROPERTY, HARVEY CANAL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AND WHERE THE PROPOSED HMO OVERLAY SHOULD GO.
UH, AS WELL AS THE ILF LANDFILL DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF THE LANDFILL.
AND THEN MAPPING THE HMO OVERLAY DISTRICT ON SOME OF THE EXISTING APPROVED SITE PLANS, UH, FOR BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
AND THEN FINALLY, AS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, UH, MAPPING
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THE AIM AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AS A BASE DISTRICT ON ITS EXISTING FOOTPRINT, AS WELL AS INCORPORATING LOT A V SEVEN.AND SO WITH THAT, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO, UH, PRESENT THIS AGAIN.
I REALLY HAPPY TO, TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN.
THANK YOU ETA FOR THE, UH, THOROUGH SYNOPSIS, UM, OF THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, UH, TEXT STUDY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD UP HERE? I HAVE ONE VERY THOROUGH.
DO WE, UM, DO, DO WE FORESEE ANY MORE REVISIONS? ARE WE HAVING ANY MORE DISCUSSIONS? SO WE ANTICIPATE MAKING SOME MINOR CHANGES DEPENDING ON THE, THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED THIS EVENING.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THE, UH, ALL THREE OF THESE UP, UH, FOR DISCUSSION, UH, FOR, UH, FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
UH, I'LL ASK THAT, WHATEVER, IF, IF WE CAN LIMIT OUR TIME TO, UM, UH, SPEAK ON THE MATTER.
IF, IF SOMEBODY HAS, HAS SPOKE ABOUT THE, THE SAME TOPIC, PLEASE DON'T TRY AND BRING IT UP AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
UM, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UM, AND ALSO, UH, UH, EMAILS WE GOT IN OUR, UM, BINDER, UH, WE GOT SEVEN EMAILS, FOUR AND ONE AGAINST.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT AND TO THE RECORD.
SO I WILL, UH, OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, FOR THE, UM, THE, THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, ZONING, UM, UM, STUDY STUDIES.
UH, ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? PLEASE STEP FORWARD FOR THE PODIUM.
WHAT'S GONNA BE GOOD AFTERNOON.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HI, MY NAME IS ROBERT WALLENBERG.
MY ADDRESS IS ONE 10 MIDWAY DRIVE.
I DID SUBMIT A COMMENT TO YOU ALL THAT HOPEFULLY YOU WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY VERY FEW THINGS I WON'T TAKE VERY MUCH AT ALL.
UH, I'VE BEEN BEFORE THIS BOARD TWICE OVER THE LAST SUMMER YEARS, AND I FEEL I'VE GOTTEN VERY GOOD TREATMENT.
I HAD, UH, THIS IS MOSTLY FOR PERSONAL THINGS, BUT Y'ALL WERE VERY GOOD AND CAME UP WITH COMPROMISES THAT WERE VERY SATISFACTORY.
SO I HAVE, UH, REASONS TO HAVE GOOD FAITH IN Y'ALL'S JUDGMENT.
I DON'T PURPORT TO UNDERSTAND, UH, ALL THESE CHANGES.
UM, LOOKING AT ONE STUDY OF 192 PAGES, ANOTHER IS 3 44 NUMBER'S 82.
THE LAST HOUR OR SO, I WAS MARGINALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I'M NOT CRITICIZING, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S SO SIGNIFICANT.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT I, UH, LAST YEAR THERE WERE TWO, AT LEAST TWO MAJOR PLANTS THAT WERE, UM, GOING TO BE LOCATED AT THE CORNERSTONE 800 ACRE CHEMICAL FACILITY OVER IN THE WEST BANK, WHICH IS ONLY A MILE AND A HALF OR TWO MILES.
SO, AS THE CROW FLIES FROM WHERE I LIVE, I OPPOSED THEM, AS DID MANY OTHER PEOPLE, I BELIEVE, UH, 'CAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UH, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, POLLUTION THAT WAS GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, LEFT, THAT WAS GONNA BE EMITTED FROM THE PLANTS.
AND, UH, IT, UH, WAS UNDERSTOOD PRETTY MUCH BY, UH, UH, BY THE COUNCILMAN AND ALL THAT, UH, THEY HAD TO MAKE A, A DECISION.
IT WAS JOBS AND MONEY COMING IN ONE SIDE, BUT THEN ALSO NEEDED TO MODERATE THE EFFECT IT WAS GONNA HAVE ON THE, THE RESIDENTS OF THE PARISH.
UM, HOPEFULLY WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING TODAY, AND, UH, IT, IT, YOU DESCRIBED IT IN, UH, WAYS SUCH THAT, UH, I READ IT TO YOU.
THE CURRENT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS DATE BACK OVER 50 YEARS.
CURRENT REGULATIONS, IN MANY CASES DO NOT RELATE TO THE CURRENT BUILD ENVIRONMENTS, DO NOT CONTAIN ADEQUATE STANCE TO FACILITATE
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COMPATIBILITIES WITH SURROUNDING AREAS.UH, YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE CLEAN USES, SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES, STORAGE OF HAZARD MATERIALS.
SO I AM BASICALLY TAKING Y'ALL'S WORD IN ADDITION, WELL, THE PLANE DEPARTMENT WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF INPUT, UH, TAKING Y'ALL'S WORD THAT, UM, THESE ARE GONNA, THESE CHANGES ARE GONNA BE BENEFICIAL.
MY COUNSELING, UH, DINO BONANO, UH, HAS IMPLIED THAT IT'S A GOOD THING.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT, UH, I HAVE NO REASONS TO OBJECT.
I JUST HOPE THAT EVERYTHING IS, GOES AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
I'M SURE IT WON'T BE PERFECT, BUT, UM, I'M GLAD THAT THIS HAS BEEN A STUDY THAT HAS BEEN MADE OF GREAT LENGTH OF TIME, TIME, GREAT LENGTH OF EFFORT, BUT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT, UH, YOUR'S APPROVAL.
ANYONE ELSE HERE? WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? YES, SIR.
UH, MY NAME IS FRANK RICHARD, AND I'M AT 95 58 RAIN TREE, UH, LANE THAT'S IN, UH, WMAN, ACTUALLY BOUGHT A HOME AT, UH, 2021.
AND, UM, MY BIG CONCERN IS WE, MY WIFE AND I, WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE FOR THE FAMILY.
WE WANTED TO EXPAND GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL OF THAT.
AND SO, UM, QUITE QUITE RECENTLY, I'VE BEEN INFORMED ABOUT SMELL THE TOXIC COMING FROM THE BACKYARD AREA.
AND THEN UPSTAIRS WE STAY UPSTAIRS AND THE KIDS THAT WERE UPSTAIRS, THEY WERE SMELLING IT ALSO.
AND THEY DON'T REALLY WANT TO COME BACK WHERE WE WERE 'CAUSE OF THE, UH, OF WHAT THEY'RE HEARING ABOUT THE SMELL.
AND THEN IT WAS ON NATIONAL NEWS QUITE RECENTLY.
UH, THEY SAID MICHAEL REGAN WAS, UH, THE EPA CHIEF OF EPA WAS GOING TO, UH, DE DE DETER THE EMISSIONS, UH, TOXIC EMISSIONS, UH, UH, IN THE AREA CANCER ALLEY AND ALL AROUND, UH, AND WE STILL HAVE THAT SMELL.
I AM, UH, ALSO THE HOMEOWNERS, UM, AT WAGMAN.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND I GO TO A LOT OF THE, THE MEETINGS AND, UM, THE, FROM THE MEETINGS, I, I DO HEAR THAT YOU SAID, WELL, YOU JUST BEEN HERE 2021.
BEFORE THAT, IT WAS WORSE THAN THAT, AND IT HAS BEEN GETTING BETTER EACH TIME.
UM, HOWEVER, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
I JUST HAD A STROKE NOT LONG AGO, UH, UH, FROM F FROM A LOT OF THINGS.
SO, UM, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF WHAT'S BEING, UH, PRESENTED TO THE TABLE.
AND SO, UM, I'M IN FAVOR AGAIN.
I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ON THE UP AND UP.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN MONEY IS INVOLVED, UH, IT BECOMES A SITUATION.
BUT, UM, I'M PLACING MY TRUST, MY FAMILY, AND EVERY, EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE LINE TO SAY YES TO THAT.
UH, IF, IF THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE, THE, UH, SANITATION IN THE BACK FROM WHERE WE ARE IN, UH, IN WAGMAN, WE HAVE THE, THE, THE SMELLS ARE DEFINITELY COMING THROUGH.
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
I JUST WANT THE SAFETY AND HEALTH FOR THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WHEN I, WHEN I LEAVE THIS EARTH, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP.
UM, LISA CARLIN, 2 82 ORCHARD ROAD, RIVER RIDGE.
UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF JEFFERSON PARISH FOR 35 YEARS AND WORKED AS AN ONCOLOGY NURSE, SO I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
AND THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL ZONING REGULATIONS HELPED TO DO THIS.
THE NEED TO UPDATE THESE REGULATIONS WAS LONG OVERDUE.
AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN, UH, BONANNO FOR GETTING THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND.
I CAN ATTEST TO THE PROCESS THAT WAS USED TO UPDATE THE REGULATIONS.
I MET WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND CIRRUS.
I ATTENDED MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER AND PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND I SUBMITTED PAGES AND PAGES OF COMMENTS BACK TO THEM.
MY POINT IS THAT THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS ARE EVIDENCE-BASED, AND THE CONCERNS OF BOTH INDUSTRY AND THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
I COMMEND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
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AND KAROS FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT.THEY PRODUCED ABOUT 500 PAGES OF MATERIAL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I TUNED INTO THE APRIL 11TH PAB MEETING RIGHT AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
THE SCREEN SAID THAT THE MEETING WILL BEGIN SHORTLY, BUT THE MICROPHONES WERE ON.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T LOOK AT THIS MATERIAL OR WEREN'T ABLE TO GET PAST HALF OF THE FIRST PAGE, I HOPE THAT YOU WERE LISTENING TO MS. MARTIN LAST WEEK AND AGAIN TODAY, I HOPE YOU WERE ATTENTIVE DURING THE ER'S PRESENTATION.
AND I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING TONIGHT.
THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS PROVIDE CLARITY, PROMOTE NEW INDUSTRIAL USES, AND STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING AND RENEWAL PROCESSES.
THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS WILL NOT SHUT DOWN ANY INDUSTRIAL FACILITY.
THEY WILL NOT LIMIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN JEFFERSON PARISH, AND THEY WILL NOT CAUSE EXISTING FACILITIES TO FLEE TO OTHER PARISHES.
AT THE APRIL 11TH MEETING, YOU HEARD A CORNERSTONE EMPLOYEE, AND HE SAID THAT IF YOU CURB CORNERSTONE'S ABILITY TO GROW, YOU CURB THEIR ABILITY TO UPGRADE TECHNOLOGY, AND YOU CURB THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE CORNERSTONE SAFER.
HE SAID, QUOTE, MODERNIZATION CAN ONLY HAPPEN WHEN INVESTORS CAN COME IN AND INVEST IN THE FACILITY.
NOW, FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVES CLOSER TO CORNERSTONE THAN THAT EMPLOYEE, THAT'S A REALLY SCARY THING.
I MEAN, SHOULDN'T CORNERSTONE BE MODERNIZING ITS FACILITY AND UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY ON AN ONGOING BASIS? I MEAN, IMPROVING SAFETY SHOULD NOT BE CONTINGENT ON EXPANSION.
UPDATING THE ZONING REGULATIONS CAN IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
LARGER BUFFERS PUT MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES.
ODOR CONTROL REQUIREMENTS HELP TO LIMIT THE STINK IN THE AIR FROM THE LANDFILLS, TANK FARMS AND CHEMICAL PLANT SUBMISSION OF AIR EMISSIONS DATA TO THE PARISH, NOT JUST LDEQ, INFORMS THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS IN OUR AIR.
INDUSTRIAL ZONING AND REGULATIONS IMPACT EVERY PERSON IN JEFFERSON PARISH, NOT JUST NOW AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
I ASK THAT YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THESE THREE AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
NANCY PEARSON, 89 24 RENT SUE DRIVE, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AS PRESIDENT OF THE RIVER RIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IN THE LAST 50 YEARS SINCE I CAME BACK FROM COLLEGE.
AND JEFFERSON PARISH HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT.
THAT'S HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, EVERYTHING'S CHANGED.
THE PARISH IS WORKING TO UPDATE EVERYTHING FROM OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT OUR LIBRARY'S DIFFERENT NOW THAT YOU CAN GO GET A MIXER AT A LIBRARY.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT RECREATION DIFFERENTLY.
WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO GET TOGETHER WITH RESIDENTS AND INDUSTRY.
LIKE THE GENTLEMAN JUST SAID, WE'RE NOW PART OF CANCER ALLEY IN RIVER RIDGE FOR A YOUNG FAMILY TO MOVE IN THE RIVER RIDGE, IT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF.
A STARTER HOUSE IN RIVER RIDGE NOW RUNS ABOUT $400,000.
IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, THAT MEANS 400,000 FOR A HOUSE, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEND 'EM TO PRIVATE SCHOOL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LATEST CENSUS FROM 2020 TO NOW, JEFFERSON PARISH HAS LOST 4.3% OF ITS POPULATION.
19% OF OUR POPULATION IS UNDER THE AGE OF 15.
THAT'S EXTREMELY LOW, OVER 65, IT'S 18%.
THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN OUR, HOWEVER OLD WE ARE, WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
THEY CAN DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANNA STAY OR WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.
WHEN THEY LOOK AT HOUSES, LET'S SAY IN RIVER RIDGE, THEY'RE RIGHT ALONG THE RIVER.
THEY KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER.
THEY KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT HERE IN ELMWOOD.
AND WE ALL KNOW, AS A FEDERAL INSPECTOR TOLD ME, LDEQ IS A JOKE.
SO WE HAVE TO PUT REGULATION ON THE INDUSTRY.
I'D LOVE TO SEE EVERY ONE OF OUR OFFICE BUILDINGS, EVERY OFFICE SPACE RENTED WITH GOOD PAYING BUSINESS, WITH GOOD PAYING JOBS.
WE NEED TO GET OUR YOUNG PEOPLE COMING BACK HOME OR STAY HOME.
AND THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE LEAVING, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, HIS KID, HIS GRANDKIDS DON'T WANNA COME TO HIS HOUSE ANYMORE.
WE ARE TOTALLY 100% BEHIND 'EM.
AND AGAIN, I THANK COUNCILMAN BONANNO FOR BRINGING THIS UP A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED AND I PRAY THAT YOU ALL APPROVE IT AND THEN THAT THE COUNCIL WILL GO
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ON AND APPROVE IT ALSO.CAN I, CAN I SAY SOMETHING IN, IN, IN REGARDS TO THIS, WHAT YOU SAID IS, UM, SOMETHING EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HOW I FEEL ABOUT THINGS, ABOUT CREATING A PARISH THAT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, MA'AM, WILL BE PROUD AND HAPPY TO COME BACK TO AND CONTINUE ON.
SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH, WITH EVERY DECISION I MAKE.
IT'S ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? SEEING NONE.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
UM, MY ADDRESS IS 52 0 1 WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY IN MARRO.
UM, I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MORERO LAND COMPANY.
UM, I'VE BEEN TO A NUMBER OF THESE MEETINGS AND I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT PEOPLE AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE BEFORE ME COMPLAIN ABOUT, UH, THEIR CONCERN OVER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND ODORS.
AND, AND ESPECIALLY THE LADY, THE, THE LAST LADY THAT SAID SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, GRANDCHILDREN LEAVING THE AREA, CHILDREN LEAVING THE AREA.
OUR COMPANY IS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
OUR LAND HOLDINGS ARE RATHER SIGNIFICANT, PRIMARILY ON THE WEST BANK.
WE TRY TO BRING BUSINESSES INTO THE AREA.
IF THERE'S A BUSINESS THAT COMES INTO THE AREA AND IT'S NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES AND THE RULES AND THE REGULATIONS, UM, GOVERNMENT SHOULD STEP UP AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, TO, TO TAKE AND CHANGE THE WAY BUSINESS IS DONE, BECAUSE GOVERNMENT ISN'T DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND REGULATING THESE BUSINESSES WHO ARE CAUSING HARM TO THE CITIZENS.
I I THINK WE'RE GOING ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING BACKWARDS.
THE, THE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY IS THERE'S BEEN CHANGES MADE JUST ABOUT EVERY MONTH OR SO ON ALL THESE THINGS.
I I'VE GOT OVER 500 PAGES AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN, UH, M1 AND ONE H ONE.
AND SO FAR, I HAVE YET TO ATTEND ONE OF THESE HEARINGS WHERE SOMEBODY HAS MADE IT VERY SIMPLE, THIS IS WHAT YOU COULD DO IN THE CURRENT ZONING.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN'T DO IN THE PROPOSED ZONING.
YOU'VE GOTTA GO FROM ONE BOOK TO ANOTHER BOOK TO A SET OF RULES, A SET OF CODES THAT, THAT, THAT BECOMES VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR A BUSINESS WANTING TO COME IN THE AREA AND NOT HAVING A CLEAR SET OF INSTRUCTIONS AS TO WHAT THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CAN'T DO.
AND IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT ON US AS, AS, AS LANDOWNERS WHO LEASE PROPERTY, SELL PROPERTY TO BUSINESSES TO TRY TO EXPLAIN, YES, YOU CAN DO IT OR YOU CAN'T DO IT.
I MEAN, LATELY WE'RE HAVING TO SAY, YOU GOTTA CALL THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, OR YOU GOTTA CALL THE PARISH, OR YOU GOTTA CALL THE COUNCILMAN AND, AND, AND SIT DOWN WITH HIM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T HAVE THAT TIME AND DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT.
I, I'M GONNA ASK THAT SOMEBODY TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO CLEARLY SPELL OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS ZONING CHANGES SO THAT US SIMPLE-MINDED LANDOWNERS CAN, CAN SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OH, OKAY, WELL THIS BUSINESS ISN'T, ISN'T WELCOME.
THE OTHER COMMENT I WANNA MAKE IS ALL THIS COMMENTS ABOUT MICRO BREWERIES AND, AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
I, I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY CALL MY OFFICE AND SAY, DO YOU HAVE LAND OR DO YOU HAVE A BUILDING THAT WE CAN DO A MICROBREWERY IN? WHERE DID SOME OF THESE CONCEPTS AND IDEAS COME FROM? UM, YOU KNOW, I, IT'S ALMOST IN MY MIND, IT'S ALMOST LIKE PLANNING IN A VACUUM.
I CAN TELL YOU THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME INTO THE AREA, THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO COME INTO THE AREA.
I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYBODY IN THE MICROBREWERY BUSINESS.
UH, I THINK YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE REALISTIC.
I THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE PAST, SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED, AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE TODAY.
UM, WE LOST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BUSINESS.
WE HAD A LARGE, UH, UH, OUTMIGRATION OF POPULATION AS A RESULT OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY LEAVING THIS AREA.
PEOPLE ARE LEAVING JEFFERSON PARISH, PEOPLE ARE LEAVING ORLEANS PARISH.
WE, WE, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AND, AND TRY TO PUT FORTH AN IMAGE THAT, HEY, WE WANT BUSINESSES.
BUT WHEN YOU PRODUCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, THAT'S TANTAMOUNT OF SAYING,
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WE DON'T WANT YOU, WE DON'T WANT YOU.I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BULK STORAGE BUSINESS IS GOING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF MATERIALS THAT ARE, THAT IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT ARE CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS.
UM, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE USED IN THE ECONOMY, THEY'RE USED IN BUSINESS, THEY'RE USED FOR, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE USED IN, IN ALL DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
IF THAT IS A CONCERN AND A PROBLEM, WHY DOESN'T GOVERNMENT TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO REQUIRE ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT STORE AND PRODUCE THAT STUFF, THAT FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES? THEY AUDIT THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THEY MONITOR THEM, THEY MAKE THEM HAVE AIR MONITORS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
INSTEAD OF SAYING, WE DON'T WANT YOU IN THE AREA.
THERE ARE GOOD BUSINESSES OUT THERE.
NOT EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE CHEMICAL BUSINESS OR, OR, OR SOME OF THESE STORAGE FACILITIES OR BAD OPERATORS.
THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM THAT ARE VERY GOOD.
UM, IN ANY EVENT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, UM, WE OBJECT TO THIS, UM, THIS RECLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY THAT WE OWN, UH, UNDER THE AIM, UH, UNDER THIS AIM OVERLAY OR WHATEVER, UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, LOT AAV SEVEN, AV FIVE, AND PORTIONS OF AV SIX THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN USED BY DALE SHIPYARD, NEVER BEEN USED.
ONE IS A PARKING LOT FOR THE TECHNOLOGY BUILDING THAT IS, THAT IS RUN AND OWNED BY HUNTINGTON INGLES.
WE DON'T WANT THIS PROPERTY ZONED, UH, UNDER THE AIM SCENARIO WHERE THEY CAN DO ALL KINDS OF CRAZY THINGS TO IT AND THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
ONCE AGAIN, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU NOT, UH, UH, GO FORWARD WITH INCLUDING THIS UNDER, UNDER THE, UM, UH, UNDER THE A SCENARIO.
UM, AGAIN, THE, THE KEY HERE IS, UM, SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE, UH, TO PUT THIS THING IN A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER, UH, SCENARIO AND TAKE SOME OF THE DECISION MAKING OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND PUT IT BACK IN THE HANDS OF THE COUNCIL WHENEVER THERE NEEDS TO BE A VARIANCE OR A CHANGE OR, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
MR. OLA, UM, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU, UH, SEEN THE MATRIX THAT THEY PUT OUT FOR? YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, UM, THEY'VE, THEY'VE KIND OF SIMPLIFIED THINGS AND LABELED THINGS DOWN A LIST.
THE, THE MICRO BREWERY THING, I THINK JUST CAME UP BECAUSE IT'S A COOL THING AND IT'S NEW AND IT IS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, THE, UH, GEN LIARS AND MILLENNIALS, THEY LOVE IT, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE A MATRIX THAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH.
AND I'VE GONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THIS, THIS NEW MATERIAL, AND THEY'VE LABELED OUT NEW USES THAT WEREN'T IN EXISTENCE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE, IN, IN, YOU KNOW, SINCE 1950S WHEN THEY DID THE ORIGINAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS IN HERE.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT THEY COULD VERY WELL HAVE LEFT THE, THE, THE, THE ZONING AND, AND, AND THEY COULD HAVE LEFT THE CLASSIFICATIONS IN PLACE AND JUST SIMPLY ADDED THOSE THINGS THAT THEY FELT, UH, THEY NEEDED TO ADD.
DID YOU WANT LIKE THE, YOU LIKE THE M NUMBERS? IS THAT NO, NO.
I, I, I, I LIKE, I, I LIKE, I LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS.
'CAUSE I MEAN, READING ALL OF IT, IT IS A LOT.
UM, BUT THE NECESSITY OF IT, IT'S, IT, IT'S, UM, IT'S WORTH HAVING IT SPELLED OUT AS MUCH AS THEY DID BECAUSE THIS IS LONG OVERDUE, A LOT OF IT.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT HOW, HOW MANY PAGES IT IS, AND I DO UNDERSTAND HOW IT, YOU CAN GET IN, IN THE WEEDS, BUT, UM, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE ARE ACTUALLY, THEY ARE ADDRESSED, UM, IN, IN THE, IN THE, UM, THE PLAN.
A LOT OF THIS, WELL, THIS PARISH GREW TO WHAT IT IS TODAY, UH, FROM THESE ZONING ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THE COMPLAINTS, AND I THINK WHAT STARTED ALL THIS OR WHAT REALLY KIND OF GOT THINGS GOING WAS THE FOLKS THAT WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT ODORS AND CHEMICALS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.
AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF CAUGHT FIRE, UH, GOT IN THE HANDS OF, OF, OF THE MEDIA AND, AND, AND, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ATTACKING THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT WE DON'T WANT 'EM IN THE AREA.
I MEAN, THERE ARE MANY, MANY FACILITIES THAT ARE
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IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA THAT ARE DOING WELL.UH, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE, OR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT NOBODY, UH, CAN COME INTO THAT AREA TO OPEN UP A, A FACILITY.
I THINK THEY'RE SPENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE DOING IT.
AND IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, I'M NOT SURE, UM, LAST TIME BATON ROUGE REVISED THEIR, THEIR CODES TOO.
UM, BUT OURS, UH, IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME AND, AND IT'S BEEN NEEDED.
UM, AND I DO UNDERSTAND FROM THE, FROM YOUR YOUR POINT, THE BUSINESS POINT, THE CONCERNS AND THE, AND, AND THE SCARE, YOU KNOW, OF, OF, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA FRIGHTEN BUSINESSES AWAY.
WE JUST WANNA DO IT IN A RESPONSIBLE AND ETHICAL MANNER TO OUR CITIZENS.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN TOO, YOU KNOW, BUT I DO GET THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF IT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GROW UNLESS WE BRING IN BUSINESSES, UNLESS WE GROW IN, IN, IN THOSE AREAS, IN THE FUTURE AREAS TOO.
UM, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT IN, IN AN ETHICAL MANNER.
AND, AND OUR RESOURCES ARE, ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE RESOURCES.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YES.
THAT, THAT THESE COMPANIES LOOK FOR.
BUT, BUT ANYWAY, I I, I WOULD JUST SIMPLY, UH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECTS TO EVERYBODY, UM, ON, ON ON THE PODIUM, I, I THINK I, IF WE COULD GET THIS THING A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH, AND I'VE GONE THROUGH THOSE MATRIXES, AND WHEN YOU GO TO A MATRIX, YOU GOTTA GO TO REFER TO CHAPTER 33.3 POINT SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THEN IF THERE'S A CHANGE, YOU GOTTA LOOK FOR THAT CHANGE.
IT, IT'S JUST VERY, VERY, VERY CONFUSING.
AND IF THE PARISH IS GONNA GO FORWARD WITH, WITH, WITH THIS, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN SUCH A WAY TO WHERE IT'S SIMPLE SO THAT THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN THE BUSINESS TO BRING BUSINESS INTO THE AREA, WE CAN SAY, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, YOU, YOU WENT TO THE GIS UH, MAPPING, BUT YOU CAN, THERE'S A SLIDER.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT ACTUALLY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY NEAT.
IT, I MEAN, YOU SLIDE IT ONE WAY AND IT'S THE OLD, THE OLD ZONING.
IT'S THE NEW ZONING, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST ANOTHER, IT'S JUST LABELED ANOTHER LETTER BASICALLY.
I LIKE TO GET A PIECE OF PAPER AND I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IT.
AND I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE AL AL ALTERNATIVE, THAT ARE TODAY'S TIMES.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M GATHERING.
AND IT'S, AND IT, IT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
I MEAN, JUSTIN, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S 1950S THE LAST TIME WE, WE, UH, WE DID THIS.
SO, AND, AND THIS WILL BE ALL UPDATED IN THE LOUISIANA CODE OF ORDINANCES TOO.
AND IT'LL BE SPELLED OUT IN BLACK AND WHITE EVENTUALLY.
I MEAN, IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THAT SITE TO UPDATE.
BUT THEY WILL TAKE ALL, SORRY.
THEY WILL TAKE ALL OF THAT AND, AND, AND, AND BREAK IT DOWN WHERE YOU CAN THEN GO SEARCH IT IN, IN A, UM, A MUCH SIMPLER WAY.
I KEEP HITTING THIS THING, BUT THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? UH, MY NAME IS, UH, JESSE HOPPA, UH, 3 3 5 7 STATE STREET DRIVE, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
UM, I'M NOT REALLY HERE FOR OPPOSITION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE A FEW POINTS.
I, UH, I SAT DOWN ON GOOGLE EARTH AND KIND OF MEASURED DISTANCES.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE A HARVEY CANAL OR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, WHERE MOST OF OUR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY IS LOCATED, 1500 FEET KIND OF TAKES UP ALMOST THE ENTIRE HARVEY CANAL.
SO IF YOU'D ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT, YOU'RE KIND OF KILLING ANY KIND OF ACTIVITY WITH ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON THE HARVEY CANAL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE BUSINESSES ALONG THAT R RIVER OR CANAL, YOU'LL SEE THINGS WITH STORAGE TANKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY JUST BE ELIMINATED.
YOU KIND OF ARE ELIMINATING YOUR SPACE THAT YOU CAN USE FOR ANY KIND OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.
SO YOU GOTTA KIND OF LOOK AT IT FROM A BIGGER PICTURE.
YOU DO HAVE CHUNKS OF LAND ON THE WEST BANK THAT YOU CAN USE AND MAYBE A FEW ON THE EAST BANK, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THAT 1500 FEET AS A BUFFER, YOU ELIMINATE ALMOST ALL YOUR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL USAGE.
SO JUST KIND OF SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
I THINK Y'ALL ARE, IT'S A BIG AREA THAT THERE WAS A CORRIDOR PLAN MAYBE 10, 15 YEARS AGO.
I'M PAST PRESIDENT OF THE WEST BANK BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, SO I'VE BEEN ASKED TO KIND OF FOLLOW THIS STUFF, AND THERE WAS A GOOD PLAN FOR IT BACK IN THE DAY THAT WAS KIND OF JUST SHELVED.
THEY WERE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGES TO IT FOR THE HARVEY CANAL PARTICULARLY, BUT YOU GOTTA KIND OF LOOK AT THE PATH.
I MEAN, ALL OUR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY HISTORICALLY WAS NEAR THE WATERWAYS SO THEY CAN GET TO THE ACTIVE TO THE INDUSTRIAL PLACES.
IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AND PAY ATTENTION TO.
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AND I WOULD URGE YOUR GIS DEPARTMENT TO TAKE THAT AND TAKE THE 1500 FEET AND THEN KIND OF EXPAND IT IN TO WHERE YOUR REAL SPOT IS, WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY PUT A STORAGE AREA.YOU PUT BASICALLY EVERYTHING RIGHT UP AGAINST THE ROAD ON HARVEY CANAL, IF YOU HAVE ANY LEFT AT ALL.
THE MAJORITY OF YOUR BIG BUSINESSES.
I WOULD KIND OF LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT YOU DO APPRECIATE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
LIKE YOU HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OIL DISTRIBUTORS, YOU HAVE COMPANIES THAT DO INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY AND MANUFACTURING AND PARTS.
IF YOU GO LOOK AT ALL THESE PLACES NEAR THE AIRPORT OR ALONG THE HIGHWAY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO QUALIFY IN YOUR PARISH.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
AND LET ME GET BROOKE TO, TO ANSWER THAT FOR A SECOND.
I, UM, SO THE 1500 FOOT DISTANCE ONLY APPLY ONE, IT DOES NOT APPLY TO WATERWAYS.
SO THE, THE HARVEY CANAL OR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, THE OTHER THING WOULD, UM, IT ONLY APPLIES WHEN YOU'RE A BUDDING NON-INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.
SO MOST OF THE PROPERTY ALONG THE HARVEY CANAL AND THE MISS, YOU KNOW, PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, ZONING, BUT MOST OF IT IS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, UH, OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL CLOSE TO THE RIVER.
SO IF YOU'RE A BUTING, THE 1500 ONLY APPLIES.
IF YOU'RE NOT A BUDDING INDUSTRIAL, IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC CORRECT.
BUT IF YOU MEASURE IT FROM THE EDGE OF HARVEY CANAL RIGHT.
ALL THE WAY TO THE, IT WOULD NOT APPLY FROM A WATERWAY.
THE HARVEY CANAL WOULD NOT, SO THAT, THAT DOESN'T, BUT IT'D APPLY FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
ONLY IF IT'S A BUDDING, ONLY IF IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.
BUT IF THERE'S A STREET, NO, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BASICALLY THE CANAL IN THE BACK WITH RESIDENCE OF BUDDING, AND THEN FROM THERE YOU HAVE 15 FEET TO THE CANAL, HARVEY CANAL.
SO YOU'D KIND OF LIMIT THAT WHOLE THING IS THE WAY I'D READ IT, BUT NO, SO IT, IT DOES NOT APPLY.
AND ACTUALLY I THINK ELENA CAN PROBABLY BRING UP, UM, THE PRESENTATION TO KIND OF SHOW, BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT APPLY ADJACENT TO ANY WATERWAY.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE WATERWAYS ARE TAKEN OUT.
SO, AND THE 1500 ONLY APPLIES WHEN IT'S SOMETHING NON-INDUSTRIAL.
SO IF THERE'S A ROADWAY AND YOU'VE GOT, UH, A BULK STORAGE, DOES THE ROADWAY AND YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTIAL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, IS THAT A BUDDING OR IS IT A STREET? NO, NOT, NOT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A ROADWAY.
AND I THINK ELENA'S TRYING TO PULL UP THE, UH, HERE.
AND IT ONLY APPLIES IN THE H HMO, THE, THE OTHER, UM, POINT I WANTED TO BRING UP.
SO YEAH, IT'S NOT IN ANY, THE REGULATIONS ALSO PROVIDE FOR, UM, THERE'S A WHOLE TABLE OF USES AND, UM, ARISTA, I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE THIS IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF USES THAT, UM, LIKE HOME DEPOT ACROSS THE STREET PROBABLY HAS, YOU KNOW, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S AN ACCESSORY, BUT IT'S ACCESSORY.
UM, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, OVER A CERTAIN THRESHOLD OR, YOU KNOW.
SO WE DO PROVIDE, UM, EXEMPTIONS IN THE CODE THAT ALLOW FOR THOSE USES THAT HAVE ACCESSORY BULK STORAGE.
SO THERE IS PROVISION, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE CODE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO, SO WE DID ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
CAN, Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME RIGHT? OH YEAH.
JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN FOR A SECOND.
UM, JUST TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THAT 1500 FOOT SEPARATION, JUST TO ADD EVEN KIND OF A, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL TO THAT.
UM, IT'S ONLY APPLICABLE IN THE HMO AND TO WHAT BROOKE WAS JUST SAYING, IT'S ONLY APPLICABLE WHEN THE PRINCIPAL USE OF THE SITE IS THE BULK STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
UM, SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN INDUSTRIES, UH, MAY BE STORING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AS PART OF THEIR OPERATIONS, AND THOSE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE 1500 FOOT SEPARATION.
AND IN PARTICULAR, THOSE LIKELY WOULD NOT BE WITHIN THE HMO OVERLAY DISTRICT.
SO THERE'S KIND OF A BUNCH OF LAYERS YOU NEED TO GET THROUGH IN TERMS OF WHAT YOUR USE IS, WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED.
ARE YOU IN THE HMO BEFORE THAT 1500 FOOT SEPARATION KICKS? IT JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT VERY TARGETED.
I JUST URGE Y'ALL TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND THAT WAY WHEN YOU KIND OF READ THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
AND I DID READ THROUGH IT ALL ONE TIME, SO
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK, UH, IN OPPOSITION? PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
YOU GONNA OPEN IT? NO, IT GOES THE OTHER WAY.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A REBUTTAL.
UM, SO I'M, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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I'M GONNA LOOK FOR A MOTION.I, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO, UM, MAY WE MAKE A MOTION OF EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY OR, UH, YES.
SO FOR, YOU HAVE TO SPELL OUT THE, THE, THE CASE NUMBER.
WHICH ONE? FOR, FOR THE ONE THAT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION FOR.
WELL, UH, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAD DONE.
I'VE HIT IT FOUR TIMES ALREADY, AND, UH, IT GETS BETTER EVERY TIME.
I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN THE AIR FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT, UH, I WANNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT, UH, APPROVED TXT DASH THREE DASH 23.
I GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. BIERBAUM, UH, FOR TXT 3 23, UH, FOR APPROVAL.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER.
I JUST, NOW THAT A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, YOU CAN DISCUSS THE, THE MOTION.
YOU GET, SAY YEAH TO THE, YOU HAVE TO DEFER.
WE GOTTA HEAR IT ON THE WEST BANK YET.
SO I GUESS THE, THE FLOOR'S OPEN NOW FOR, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT TO DEFER.
WE HAVE, UM, I MEAN, THEY EVEN SPOKE ABOUT THEY HAVEN'T, THEY HAVE CHANGES COMING UP THAT THEY HAVEN'T EVEN REVISED YET.
UM, SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE FINAL DRAFT.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN THE FINAL WHAT IS IN IT.
SO I, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT BEFORE WE MAKE A VOTE ON THAT.
AND, AND THE THING IS, IS, IS US DEFERRING IT IS NOT GONNA DELAY PROGRESS, BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T EVEN GO TO THE COUNCIL TILL MAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST BE GIVEN THE OPTION OR THE CHANCE TO, TO LOOK AT WHAT IS COMING UP WITH THE, UM, WITH THE CHANGES, THE REVISIONS.
SO I'VE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR A DEFERRAL.
UM, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE CASE.
I HAD A MOTION EITHER WITH YEAH.
IF HE DOES NOT WITHDRAW THE MOTION, WE VOTE ON THE CASE.
SO I, I HAVE A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL FROM MR. HE NEVER GOT, HE NEVER GOT A SECOND.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA, UNLESS HE'S WILLING TO ALSO WITHDRAW THE MOTION, WE HAVE TO ACT ON THAT MOTION FIRST.
SO WE HAVE TO DO NOW SECOND BY MR. OVITZ.
UH, AMBER, PLEASE TAKE THE VOTE.
AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, IT'S, UM, OKAY.
THAT, THAT MISSION WILL FAIL AND YOU CAN BRING ANOTHER MOTION.
SO THIS, THAT MO MOTION, UH, FAILS.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE NO.
IS WHERE I, JUST A SECOND MOTION UP.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER ON TO AT LEAST, WHAT IS IT? MAY 9TH.
YOU DEFER ALL THE ALL THREE TOGETHER? ALL THREE TOGETHER.
TXT I'D LIKE TO DEFER TXT 3 23, TXT 4, 23 AND Z.
23 TILL, UM, AT LEAST, WHAT IS IT? MAY 9TH WE'RE LOOKING AT MAY 9TH.
GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DEFER.
ANY OBJECTIONS? I HAVE AN OBJECTION.
WHAT DO YOU SAY? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE WEST BANK? YES.
AT THE NEXT, AT THE MAY 9TH WEST BANK PB HEARING AT THE GTBI SAY MAY, MAY 9TH.
UH, WEST BANK, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS WILL, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN AND WE'LL, IS THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU WANT
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THEM TO PROVIDE? NO, I JUST WANNA SEE THE FINAL REVISION.THAT'S ALL THE QUESTION I HAVE.
WHAT DO THEY, WHAT THEY GOT TO PROVIDE US NOW? I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TOLD EVERYTHING FOUR TIMES.
HOW MUCH MORE DO WE HAVE TO BE TOLD IT'S GOOD OR BAD? I MEAN, I, I GET TIRED OF HEARING THE SAME THING ALL THE TIME.
AND IT'S GOOD THEY DID THEIR WORK FOR THREE YEARS AND NOW WE'RE DISAPPROVING IT OR MAKING 'EM DEFER.
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA BRING UP TO IT? THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW.
SO I GUESS WE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA GET TO A CONSENSUS ON WHAT YOU EX WHAT, WHAT, SINCE YOU DEFERRED IT.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE? IS IT THE, THE FINAL DRAFT THAT'S GONNA GO TO MUNI CODE? YEAH, IT'S JUST FINAL DRAFT THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING UP WITH.
Y'ALL HAVE THAT YET? SO, WELL, WE, ME ON THE MAY 9TH, WE CAN PROVIDE LIKE, HIGHLIGHTS OF THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL PRESENTATION.
AND WE CAN SUBMIT THE FINAL DRAFT TO YOU.
RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE WAS, Y'ALL WERE SAYING THAT THERE WERE THINGS THAT WOULD CHANGE.
WE AN TO SAY MINOR CHANGES, NOT MAJOR CHANGES.
MOST OF IT IS CLARIFICATION NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE READING IT AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S MAINLY MINOR CLARIFICATIONS, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ANY MODIFICATIONS.
BUT INSTEAD OF LIKE GETTING THIS KIND OF
SO THE, THE WAY THAT THE STAFF REPORTS ARE LAID OUT, WE HAVE OUR ANALYSIS IN THE, THE FRONT, THEN THE CODE EDITS, AND THEN THE PRESENTATION IS KIND OF ATTACHED TO THE END.
SO, UM, WE'LL, WE CAN HAVE THOSE UPDATED AND REVISED, YOU KNOW, REPORTS, UM, FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC MEETING.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU SEND THE EMAIL TO ALL OF US WITH THE, WITH THAT LINK? I, I DO HAVE A REQUEST.
UM, I KEEP GOING OVER MY MIND RECYCLING AND MOSTLY RECYCLING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
AND WHERE THAT FALLS, BECAUSE I THINK RECYCLING IS IN, UH, IT'S NOT IN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, I DON'T THINK.
AND SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A COMPANY THAT COMES IN AND SAYS, WE WANNA OPEN UP A PLANT TO RECYCLE, UH, OLD, UH, OLD, UH, SOLAR PANELS, WHICH ARE VERY HAZARDOUS.
SO, I, I, WELL, I, I NEED A, LIKE A FEEL FOR WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD FALL INTO THIS PLAN.
WE CAN, SO MR. SO WE CAN MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION AS PART OF OUR BRIEF PRESENTATION AT THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING YOU ADDRESS THAT.
I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE IT ASSEMBLED.
SO THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC REQUEST AS OF RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN, UM, MAKE THOSE CLARIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, TO YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR, AS PART OF THE THE MAY 9TH PRESENTATION.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE THAT Y'ALL REQUEST, UH, FOR NEXT TIME? ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S, UH, THE END OF MY AGENDA.
I WILL, UM, TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, ADJOURN FOR A MEETING.
I SECOND MOTION BY MR. JONES TO ADJOURN SECOND BY MS. MCCANN.
ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE, NO ORDER.