[Unified Development Code Public Meeting on September 29, 2026.]
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          OKAY. HELLO. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M GETTING USED TO HAVING THIS LITTLE MIC RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING ON THE JEFFERSON PARISH UDC UPDATE PRESENTATION OF THE FRAMEWORK REPORT. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WE ARE RECORDING THE MEETING. 
          STARTED RECORDING PROMPTLY AT 5:00. SO YOU ARE ON CAMERA. AND ONCE WE GET A RECORDING THIS MEETING, WE WILL LINK IT TO THE PROJECT WEBSITE. AND AND ALSO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, I'LL DO THE PRESENTATION ON KIND OF THE CONTENTS OF THE FRAMEWORK REPORT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. SO MY NAME IS ARISTA STRANGIS. 
          I AM FROM COMMERCE. WE ARE THE PLANNING FIRM HIRED ON TO HELP UPDATE THE UDC. I'M JOINED BY CHRIS, JEANETTE AND MITCH CORONA FROM CAMAROS AS WELL. WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS TO KIND OF START TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO SEE THE UDC MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. SO REALLY, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT IS UPDATING AND CONSOLIDATING ALL THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. IF YOU'RE AWARE, YOU'VE GOT TWO CODES GOING ON. ONE IS CHAPTER 33, ONE IS CHAPTER 40. AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BRING THEM TOGETHER INTO ONE DOCUMENT TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT, TO KEEP IT STREAMLINED, TO MAKE IT UNDERSTANDABLE TO ALL. SO KIND OF A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITHIN THIS PROCESS IS TO MODERNIZE, CLARIFY THESE REGULATIONS, ADDRESS ANY GAPS AND INCONSISTENCIES THAT ARE THERE, AS WELL AS ANY KIND OF MODERN DEVELOPMENT. TRENDS THAT ARE NOT ADDRESSED WILL BE EVALUATING THE ZONING DISTRICTS AS WELL AS THE ZONING MAP, THE ZONING MAPS KIND OF COMING A LITTLE BIT INTO THE FUTURE, STREAMLINING THE REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES, LOOKING TO INTEGRATE THE HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY PRIORITIES THAT WE SEE IN A VARIETY OF PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE'LL HAVE MEETINGS LIKE THIS. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WILL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST AS THIS PROCESS GOES ON. SO WE REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE WITH EVERYBODY AND GET YOUR OPINIONS ON WHAT KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IF WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND THEN FINALLY, ONCE IT'S ADOPTED ON THAT GLORIOUS DAY, WE WILL ALSO HELP WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND TRAINING OF STAFF THAT WORKS WITH THE CODE. SO WHAT IS THE INTENT OF THIS THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY THAT YOU ALL PULLED DOWN? I THINK IT'S 53 PAGES, PRETTY BIG, PRETTY BIG DOCUMENT. AND STILL, THAT'S STILL A HIGH LEVEL REPORT. SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS KIND OF OUR IDEAS FROM OUR ANALYSIS OF KIND OF THE FOUNDATION AND THE DIRECTION THAT THE NEW UDC WOULD BE GOING IN. WHAT WE DID WAS A TECHNICAL REVIEW OF CHAPTERS 33 AND 40. 
          THOSE TWO SEPARATE ONES YOU'VE GOT GOING ON, REALLY LOOK THROUGH THOSE. WE FOUND SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY STAFF OVER THE YEARS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING WITH IT EVERY DAY. THEY REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT. SO REALLY PULLING THOSE IN AS WELL. WE DID A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GIS ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS HERE WITHIN THE PARISH. WE LOOKED AT THE ADOPTED PLANS, THE STUDIES, THE INTERIM STANDARDS, REALLY HOW THOSE ARE ADDRESSING VARIOUS ISSUES. AND THEN LOOKING VERY SYSTEMATICALLY AT THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS STARTING TO LOOK AT THE ZONING MAP. SO ALL OF THAT WORK RESULTED IN THIS REPORT, THE FRAMEWORK REPORT AND THE FRAMEWORK REPORT. WHAT IT DOES IS BRINGS FORWARD CONCEPTS AND DIRECTIONS THAT WE THINK WE WANT TO GO IN. AND IT'S REALLY COMING OUT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO THOSE. ARE WE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE MISSED? ARE THERE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ADDED AND REALLY GET YOUR REACTION TO THE APPROACHES THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH? I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, WE'RE NOT REDOING THIS FRAMEWORK REPORT AFTER GETTING EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK. IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT'S OUT THERE FOR YOU TO TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD BE KIND OF LOOKING AT, AND THEN WE WILL USE THAT INFORMATION TO FEED INTO THE ACTUAL DRAFTING OF THE PROCESS. SO REALLY, THE DOCUMENT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS FINAL. IT'S REALLY JUST A A GIANT MEMORANDUM ON STEROIDS THAT REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. AS I MENTIONED, WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT A NUMBER OF ADOPTED PLAN STUDIES, AS WELL AS THOSE INTERIM STANDARDS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. THREE PLANS FEATURED VERY PROMINENTLY IN OUR REVIEW THAT WE LOOKED AT. THE FIRST IS JEFFERSON 2030 REALLY TOOK A LOOK AT THAT. WE CAN SEE THE ASPECTS OF PLACEMAKING, LOOKING, MAKING PLACES MORE WALKABLE, MIXED USE HOUSING CHOICE. SO REALLY LOOKING AT BRINGING THOSE POLICIES TO FRUITION WITHIN THE UDC, THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IS JUST THAT REALLY TALKS ABOUT THINGS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. SO REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, HOW CAN WE BRING THOSE INTO THE CODE AS WELL? AND THEN ENVISION JEFFERSON 2040 AGAIN, LOOKING AT HOW WE PROTECT ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ALLOW FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT. WE UPDATE THINGS TO START TO CREATE A MORE WALKABLE PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE AREAS OF THE PARISH IS A REALLY LOOKING AT THESE THREE PLANS AS KIND OF KEY TO THE POLICY DIRECTION THAT THE UDC WILL IMPLEMENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE A UDC IS NOT POLICY. WE ARE BASICALLY THE IMPLEMENTERS OF THINGS YOU HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED, REALLY TAKING WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO BRING THAT INTO THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. SO THE BIG THING 
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I'VE KIND OF MENTIONED IT A COUPLE TIMES NOW IS CONSOLIDATION. YOU HAVE TWO CODES THAT IS UNWIELDY. THAT IS DIFFICULT. I'VE WORKED WITH CODES FOR OVER 30 YEARS. YOU'RE ONE OF THE RARE CASES THAT HAD TWO OF THEM GOING AT THE SAME TIME. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU THROUGH THAT ANYMORE. SO THE KEY PART HERE IS TO CONSOLIDATE THESE INTO ONE CODE. SO BRINGING THEM TOGETHER AS A SINGLE SOURCE FOR THE ZONING, THE SUBDIVISION AND OTHER RELATED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, A LOT OF THIS THEN WILL ELIMINATE DUPLICATION AND OVERLAP AND CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE TWO CODES THAT MAY BE GOING ON NOW, JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU'VE GOT TWO THINGS GOING AT ONCE, MAKING THINGS EASIER, USING A CONSISTENT TERMINOLOGY BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM, MAKING THE REGULATIONS EASIER TO FIND. SO IT'S A USER FRIENDLY DOCUMENT. SO ONE USER FRIENDLY DOCUMENT AND THEN IMPROVING CLARITY AND PREDICTABILITY. SO IT ALL KIND OF LIVES IN ONE PLACE. AND IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT I CAN DO WITH MY LOT AND WHAT MAY HAPPEN ON THE LOT NEXT DOOR TO ME. SO SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE FIRST IS COMPARTMENTALIZATION. THIS IS HOW YOU STRUCTURE THE CODE AND THE INTENT. THERE IS REALLY TO PUT LIKE WITH LIKE, TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE, A GRAPHIC ORIENTATION. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT GRAPHICS EVERYWHERE WE CAN WITHIN THIS CODE BECAUSE FOLKS UNDERSTAND PHOTOS AND PICTURES. WELL, REALLY PICTURES A LOT MORE THAN THEY DO JUST THE TEXT. SO WE REALLY WANT TO SUPPLEMENT THAT AND CREATE A DOCUMENT LIKE THAT. AGAIN, DEFINING ALL THE TERMS, REALLY CREATING SOMETHING WHERE EVERYTHING IS DEFINED, REDUCING INTERPRETATION, ALLOWING YOU TO KIND OF NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CODE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ASKING YOU TO DO. BECAUSE YOU CAN FIND EASILY FIND THOSE DEFINITIONS, MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGIES, MAKING SURE THAT WITH THE MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGIES, THEY'RE ALL IN ONE PLACE. SO THERE ISN'T MULTIPLE WAYS TO DO BUILDING HEIGHT. THERE IS ONE BUILDING HEIGHT MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY, AND IT LIVES IN THAT CHAPTER CALLED MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGIES. AND THEN FINALLY, A CONSISTENT VOICE, TWO CODES, BOTH WITH SOME AGE ON THEM, BOTH WITH VARIOUS ELEMENTS, BOTH WITH VARIOUS AUTHORS OF THOSE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS MEANS THAT THEY DON'T REALLY SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE JUST INTERNALLY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDES FOR A MASSIVE REFRESH, CREATING A CODE THAT SPEAKS IN ONE VOICE THAT'S CONSISTENT FROM BEGINNING TO END. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT ACTUALLY WILL HELP A LOT WITH THE READABILITY OF THE CODE. SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE COMPARTMENTALIZATION ASPECT. YOU CAN SEE IT'S KIND OF ORGANIZED INTO FOUR BIG CHUNKS AND THEN ORGANIZED WITHIN THOSE FOUR BIG CHUNKS. SO THE FIRST IS THE INTRODUCTION TO THE CODE. ARTICLE ONE IS THE TITLE, PURPOSE AND INTENT REALLY INTRODUCING THE CODE, WHAT IT MEANS. AND THEN AS I TALKED ABOUT ALL THE DEFINITIONS INCLUDED IN ONE SECTION AND ALL THE MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGIES INCLUDED IN ONE SECTION, THE HEART OF THE BEAST LIVES IN ARTICLES FOUR THROUGH NINE. THESE ARE ALL OF YOUR ZONING AS WELL AS YOUR USE CONTROLS. SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE THERE, THEY'RE ORGANIZED BY THE KIND OF LARGER LAND USE CATEGORY THAT THEY'RE PART OF, AND THEN ENDS WITH A USE TABLE THAT WOULD REALLY TALK ABOUT ALL THE USES PERMITTED IN THESE DISTRICTS. AFTER WE MOVE FROM THAT PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE, PRINCIPAL USE KIND OF FOCUS, WE GET THE NEXT SET OF ARTICLES, ARTICLES TEN THROUGH 14. THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON THE LOT. SO THINGS LIKE EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SITE VISIBILITY TRIANGLES AT THE CORNER TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ALL CROSS THE STREET SAFELY. ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CONTROLS OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING SIGNS AND LANDSCAPE. AND FINALLY, WE END UP AT THE END, WHICH IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION. HOW DO I DO SOMETHING? WHO DOES IT? HOW DO I APPLY FOR SOMETHING? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT? ALL OF THOSE GET BROUGHT INTO THIS SECTION. SO WE REALLY WANT TO ORGANIZE IT. SO IT'S EASY TO SEE HOW AN APPLICATION WOULD MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE AT THE PARISH. SO YOU SEE THAT REALLY LAID OUT IN 15 THROUGH 17. ALSO AS A UDC BRINGING IN THE SUBDIVISION CONTROLS, YOU SEE THAT IN 18 AND THEN THE IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED IN 19 AND THEN FINALLY, WHILE WE ALL WE WOULD LOVE TO GET RID OF ALL THE NONCONFORMITIES. YOU'RE TOO BIG, YOU'RE TOO COMPLEX. AND IT NEVER HAPPENS EVER. SO WE NEED TO HAVE THE RULES FOR THE ONES THAT REMAIN. SO MAKING IT VERY CLEAR HOW WE TREAT USES AND STRUCTURES AND LOTS THAT DON'T CONFORM TO THE NEW STANDARDS. SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR A WHILE, I WAS WORKING ON THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS PREVIOUSLY WAS INTRODUCED ME TO YOUR USE STRUCTURE FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT USES HERE IN THE PARISH UNDER THIS OLD SYSTEM OF LBCS, WHICH REALLY WASN'T SET UP FOR ZONING, IT WAS REALLY MORE OF A LAND BASED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM. I LITERALLY JUST SAID WHAT THE LBCS STANDS FOR, BUT THAT IS REALLY WHAT IT DOES. AND IT'S REALLY INTENDED FOR KIND OF MORE PLANNING PURPOSES. IT'S TECHNICAL. IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. IT'S GOT A LOT OF NUMBERS TIED TO IT THAT MAKE CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES. 
          AND BECAUSE IT CAN GET SO SPECIFIC, YOU CAN MISS USES THAT YOU WANT, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ADD THEM TO THAT CODE. YOU MAY NOT ALLOW FOR MODERN USE TERMINOLOGY ON THE BASIS AND HAVE TO KIND OF SHIFT THINGS AROUND. IT CAN REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT INTERPRETATION TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU'RE USE FITS INTO THESE CATEGORIES. SO WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S A LOT EASIER TO HANDLE. IT'LL LOOK FAMILIAR. IT'S STILL A TABLE. IT'S A GLOBAL USE MATRIX, BUT IT'S STILL A TABLE THAT LISTS ALL THE DISTRICTS, LISTS ALL THE USES, AND TELLS YOU WHETHER SOMETHING'S PERMITTED OR SPECIAL. BUT WE'RE JUST MOVING AWAY TO KIND OF ONE SET 
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OF USE DEFINITIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO BRING OUT WAS A MORE GENERIC USE APPROACH. 
          YOU SEE A VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE THERE IN THAT GRAPHIC, KIND OF THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT, RATHER THAN SPELLING OUT SHOE STORE, CLOTHING STORE, HARDWARE STORE, RECORD STORE, ANY STORE YOU CAN THINK OF, YOU JUST CALL IT RETAIL GOODS, ESTABLISHMENT. AND THEY ALL FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY. HOWEVER, WE DO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME USES THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC AND VERY SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. WE CAN STILL PULL THOSE OUT. JUST MOVING TO THE SYSTEM FOR MORE COMMON USES REALLY CLEANS UP THE TABLE. FOR THOSE THAT ARE STILL AN ISSUE, MAY HAVE IMPACTS YOU MAY NOT WANT TO ALLOW. AS BROADLY, YOU MAY WANT TO ADD SOME STANDARDS TO WHEN THEY'RE PUT IN PLACE. WE CAN STILL PULL THOSE OUT, DEFINE THEM SEPARATELY AND TREAT THEM SEPARATELY. AS I JUST MENTIONED, FOR MANY OF THE USES, WE'RE GOING TO ADD STANDARDS IN. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE, SAY, A DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY, YOU KNOW, YOUR LOCAL FAST FOOD DRIVE THROUGH SOME STANDARDS ON HOW THAT DRIVE THROUGH IS DESIGNED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE CIRCULATION FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. WE CAN ADD STANDARDS TO THAT EFFECT. AND THEN FINALLY, WITH THAT GLOBAL USE MATRIX, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL TYPES OF USES ARE ADDRESSED. SO THIS WOULD BE PRINCIPAL USES OF THE LOT. THE MAIN USE ANY ACCESSORY USES AND THEN CERTAIN TEMPORARY USES THAT WOULD OCCUR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND TO BE CLEAR, THE TEMPORARY USES THAT WOULD BE CONTROLLED UNDER THE UDC ARE THOSE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THESE TABLES LOOK LIKE A LITTLE BIT CLEANER THAN PROBABLY THE ONE THAT YOU MIGHT BE USED TO. THIS IS NOT YOU. THIS IS ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT WE WORKED WITH. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE VERY SIMPLY, ALL THE USES ARE LISTED DOWN THE COLUMN. ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE LISTED ACROSS A P MEANS IT'S PERMITTED. AN S MEANS IT'S SPECIAL, AND A BLANK MEANS IT'S PROHIBITED IN THAT DISTRICT. THE REAL BENEFIT TO THIS IS YOU CAN EITHER ACCESS THIS BY YOUR DISTRICT AND SAY, HEY, I OWN THIS PROPERTY IN THIS DISTRICT. WHAT CAN I DO? YOU SEE IT ALL THERE OR YOU ACCESS THIS ACCESS. ACCESS IT BY USE ART AND FITNESS STUDIO FOR THE EXAMPLE, YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS AND I CAN SEE WHERE I CAN HAVE THAT TYPE OF USE HAPPEN. THE ONE USE. WE ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON A LITTLE BIT MORE ON YOU SAW IT WRITTEN UP IN THE FRAMEWORK REPORT IS ALLOWANCES FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME PERMISSIONS NOW, BUT WE WANT TO LOOK IF THERE'S MAYBE A WAY WITH A NUMBER OF STANDARDS SURROUNDING THEM. AND AS YOU SEE HERE, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE, THE HEIGHT, THE SETBACK DESIGN, COMPATIBILITY, A RESIDENTIAL APPEARANCE, IF THERE'S WAYS TO ALLOW THOSE TO PERMIT THEM MORE BROADLY AND EASILY, BUT MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER THE CHARACTER AND CONTEXT OF ALLOWING FOR THESE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. WHEN, SAY, TIED TO A SINGLE FAMILY LOT. SO THEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE ZONING DISTRICTS. ARE YOU GET A LOT. YOU HAVE TWO CODES. YOU COULD JUST MAKE MORE AND NOT REALIZE YOU'RE MAKING MORE. 37 DISTRICTS AND SEVEN OVERLAYS. 
          AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS AND START TO SEE WHERE WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THEM INTO A NEW STRUCTURE. WE CAN REMOVE SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS THAT YOU HAVE THAT AREN'T EVEN ON THE MAP. I MEAN, THEY JUST EXIST, BUT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN USED AND ADDRESS NEW DISTRICTS AND BRING IN NEW DISTRICTS HAVE GAPS IN WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN THESE DISTRICTS WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ON THAT. THAT IS JUST A LONG TERM LAND USE POLICY GUIDE. IT DOESN'T DIRECTLY REGULATE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES. SO WHEN YOU START TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES COULD TECHNICALLY APPLY TO A MULTIPLE MULTIPLE KINDS OF ZONING DISTRICTS THAT YOU HAVE. AND THEN FINALLY, AS WE LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE EACH ONE A CLEAR PURPOSE STATEMENT. AND THEN AS WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE ZONING STANDARDS WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THESE WORDS A LOT. 
          MODERNIZE AND SIMPLIFY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS REALLY KIND OF ADDRESSING WHAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE CONTEXT, THE CHARACTER, THE THE BULK AND THE VOLUME OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT UP IN THERE, RATHER THAN SAYING SINGLE FAMILY, TWO FAMILY MULTI-FAMILY, MOVING AWAY FROM THAT AND USING THE WORD UNIT TO KIND OF DISCONNECT IT FROM THE IDEA OF FAMILY, SO THAT WE'RE REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TYPE OF DWELLING THAT'S COMING INTO PLACE AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS WITHIN IT, REPLACING THE BULK PLANE WITH CLEAR HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, SETBACKS, AND TRANSITION STANDARDS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE USING TO BE SENSITIVE TO TALLER USES, NEXT TO SHORTER USES. THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO DO IT THAT COULD BE MUCH MORE CLEAR, MUCH SIMPLER, AND REALLY EASY TO ADMINISTER AND REALLY GET AT THAT SAME TYPE OF TRANSITION THAT'S HAPPENING. SIMPLIFYING THE CORNER SIDE AND THE FRONT SETBACK, ESPECIALLY THE FRONT SETBACK AVERAGING THAT WE WANT TO BRING IN, ADDING IN A MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, WHICH IS KIND OF A BIG PUSH ON THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. SO REALLY GETTING THAT IN THERE TO ADDRESS STORMWATER AND THEN SIMPLIFYING HOW YOU CALCULATE MULTIFAMILY DENSITY CALCULATIONS WITHIN THOSE SECTIONS. SO LET'S BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT KIND OF HOW MUCH MULTIFAMILY AND HOW TALL IT CAN BE AND HOW MUCH DENSITY RATHER THAN A COMPLICATED FORMULA. SO 
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THE FIRST GROUPS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ARE THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS. AND WE CONDUCTED A RESIDENTIAL LOT ANALYSIS. I SAY WE, I MEAN, MITCH, WHO DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS, AND THESE ARE THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS YOU HAVE THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER TIME. SO YOU CAN SEE THEM KIND OF GOING FROM KIND OF THE LARGER LOT, SUBURBAN TYPE DEVELOPMENT ALL THE WAY TO THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE URBAN AND SCALE. THEY'RE DENSER, THEY'RE BIGGER, THEY'RE MULTIFAMILY. WHAT WE DID HERE WAS CALCULATE THE AREA OF EACH RESIDENTIALLY ZONED LOT, AND THEN COMPARED IT TO THE MINIMUM IN THE DISTRICT TO FIND OUT HOW MANY OF THAT OR WERE BELOW THAT. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE THE DISCLAIMER THIS IS A LOT BY LOT ANALYSIS. SO WE DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY OWNS TWO LOTS AND THEY'RE USING IT AS ONE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE TO US. SO WE JUST LOOKED AT LITERALLY THE PLATTED LOT AND WHAT THE SIZE OF THAT WAS. SO REALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, YOU'VE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT NONCONFORMITY GOING ON REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. THE R1A THERE IS HIGHLIGHTED JUST BECAUSE IT'S YOUR PRIMARY SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT. SO YOU CAN SEE IT WAY OUTNUMBERS ALL THE OTHERS. SO WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT. AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF SITTING AT ABOUT 28%, WHICH ISN'T, WHICH ISN'T BAD. 
          BUT THEN YOU SEE THINGS LIKE THE R ONE, WHICH IS 68% DON'T MEET IT. THE R TWO, 53% DON'T MEET IT. SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TRYING TO BRING IN THOSE LOTS THAT DON'T CONFORM TO A CONFORMING STATUS. AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. 
          WHEN THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF LOTS YOU HAVE DON'T MATCH WHAT THE BOOK SAYS, IT MEANS THE BOOKS NOT CAPTURING WHAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE ON THE GROUND. SO WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT JUST OBJECTIVELY AND KIND OF PULLED EVERYTHING IN AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHAT ARE THE LOT SIZES THAT ARE OUT THERE? JUST GENERALLY DISASSOCIATED FROM THE ZONING DISTRICTS? WHAT YOU SEE HERE, WHAT'S KIND OF MISSING IN YOUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ARE THE SMALL LOTS. IT'S THE ONES THAT ARE BETWEEN 2000 AND ALMOST 4000FT■!S IN AREA. IT'S THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF LOTS IN THESE CATEGORIES. IN THE IN THE PARISH, YOU SEE THE LARGEST BETWEEN THE 5000 AND JUST BELOW 7200. AND THEN THIS IS THE NEXT CATEGORY. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A DISTRICT THAT ADDRESSES THIS LOT SIZE, BUT YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, 34,000, ALMOST 35,000 LOTS. IT'S A QUARTER OF THE LOTS HERE IN THE PARISH. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT. SO THIS IS WHAT WE DID. TRIED TO SIMPLIFY THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DATA ANALYSIS AND A LOT OF EXPLANATION. YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE REPORT ITSELF. BUT HOW CAN WE CREATE A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT STRUCTURE THAT STARTS TO BETTER REFLECT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WE MADE SOME PROPOSALS ON DISTRICT NAMING THAT IS UP FOR GRABS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAME TO MIND FOR US. WE'RE ALREADY AWARE ONE OF THEM MAY LIKELY HAVE TO CHANGE BACK TO WHAT IT'S CALLED NOW. BUT REALLY LOOKING AT THIS KIND OF STRUCTURE THAT'S CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS AND THEN BRINGING IN SOME NEW ONES. SO YOU SEE HERE, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, THE RURAL AGRICULTURAL OR THE S1, LIKELY GOING BACK TO THE NAME S1, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS THAT KIND OF RURAL, LARGER, LARGER LOT DEVELOPMENT SIMILAR TO THE R1C AND THE R1D, WHICH YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AGAIN, 20,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. THIS WOULD BE MORE OF THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL, THE R ONE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED, IS REALLY YOUR R1B OF 7200FT■!S AND YOUR RN2, WHICH IS YOUR R1A AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR PRIMARY SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT. THAT IS THE ONE THAT WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE 500 ZERO SQUARE FOOT. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE GO INTO NEW DISTRICTS. SO THAT WOULD BE THE 3000 SQUARE FOOT DISTRICT. IS THE PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE AGAIN, LOOKING FOR YOUR REACTIONS AS A NEW SINGLE FAMILY, A NEW SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT THAT CAN ADDRESS THOSE LOTS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE ABOUT A QUARTER OF OF THE PARISHES, RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THEN STARTING TO LOOK AT WAYS TO BRING IN THIS KIND OF MISSING DENSITY, CREATING A SINGLE FAMILY, TWO FAMILY DISTRICT, WHICH IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO YOUR R TWO, BRINGING TOGETHER YOUR RR THREE AND YOUR R THREE, CONSOLIDATING THEM AND THEN ALIGNING THEM TO ALLOW FOR, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE MULTIFAMILY, SMALLER SCALE TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT, THAT FULL MIX OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND THEN FINALLY, A NEW RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT WOULD BE FOR HIGHEST DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS HIGH RISES. 
          THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR HIGH RISE MULTIFAMILY AND TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE KIND OF END UP WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF DISTRICTS, BUT WE'RE FILLING IN THE GAPS AFTER THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE OTHER ONES WITH THESE TWO NEW DISTRICTS, ONE FOR SMALL LOTS AND ONE FOR HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. OOPS, SORRY. AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND HOUSING OPTIONS THAT SMALL LOT, THAT HIGHER DENSITY DISTRICT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTEXT SENSITIVE INFILL. SO AS WE LOOK AT THESE THESE DISTRICTS, WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE HAVE THE STANDARDS CRAFTED TO MAKE SURE THEY FIT IN WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEN MAYBE LOOKING AT NEW TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. SO SOMETHING LIKE THE ILLUSTRATION YOU SEE HERE, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. THIS IS FROM ANOTHER CLIENT WE 
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WORKED WITH ABOUT HOW TO ALLOW COTTAGE COURT DEVELOPMENT. SO SMALLER LOTS LOCATED AROUND A CENTRAL COURTYARD. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE ILLUSTRATION. SO I TOLD YOU YOU'D SEE SIMPLIFIED AND MODERNIZED A LOT. AND YOU WANT TO DO THIS IN COMMERCIAL AS WELL, CONSOLIDATING ALL THESE COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE DISTRICTS INTO A LOGICAL SCALE, A LOGICAL PROGRESSION OF SCALE. SO GOING FROM THINGS THAT MAY BE CLOSE TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTED ALL THE WAY UP TO THINGS THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER AND DENSER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF BRINGING THINGS TOGETHER, MAKING IT CLEAR, ALLOWING FOR A LOT MORE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. SO REMOVING ANY BARRIERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DISTRICTS THAT ARE MORE WALKABLE, MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, BRINGING IN SOME FORM STANDARDS THAT WOULD LOOK AT THINGS LIKE BRINGING BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET, REQUIRING HIGHER TRANSPARENCY. SOME OF THE AREA SPECIFIC DISTRICTS ARE ALL GOING TO BE CONSOLIDATED, PER THE PROPOSAL. IN THE FRAMEWORK REPORT, THE THREE FAT CITY DISTRICTS BECOME ONE FAT CITY DISTRICT. CERTAIN ONES, LIKE THE KDR, GET INTEGRATED INTO OTHER DISTRICT TYPES, CONSOLIDATING THINGS LIKE THE O, B, M, ONE, AND TWO INTO THE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE, KEEPING ANY OLD BUCKTOWN SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT WE NEED TO, AND THEN PRESERVING PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AND AREA SPECIFIC STANDARDS WITHOUT CREATING STANDALONE DISTRICTS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL. WE WANT TO BRING IN MORE DESIGN. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN CREATE A LOGICAL PROGRESSION OF THESE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. AND THAT ALSO WILL LEAD US TO THE NEXT SET OF THINGS I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE ELIMINATING A LOT OF THE OVERLAYS. SO MOVING REALLY INTO DESIGN STANDARDS BAKED INTO THE DISTRICT ITSELF. SO YOU SEE HERE HOW WE'VE MADE THIS PROPOSAL. YOU CAN SEE THE NC, WE'VE MADE SOME PROPOSED NAMES. LOVE YOUR REACTION TO THOSE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF THE NATURE OF THE DIFFERENT SCALES OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. SO THE NC THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE C ONE LOWEST INTENSITY. IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE GC GENERAL COMMERCIAL BASED ON YOUR CURRENT C TWO, KIND OF A LOT OF THE COMMERCIAL THAT'S FOUND HERE IN, IN THE PARISH, THE CMU BRINGS TOGETHER ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT USED TO COMBINE. THEY USED TO BE MIXED USE AND ALSO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO GENERAL OFFICE, BRINGING THEM ALL TOGETHER INTO ONE DISTRICT, BRINGING TOGETHER THE TWO BUSINESS CORE DISTRICTS INTO ONE AS WELL. AND THEN AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE FAT CITY MIXED USE DISTRICTS AS ONE SINGLE DISTRICT, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, MIXED USE, KIND OF ALL THE COOL THINGS ABOUT IT. SO I KIND OF MENTIONED THIS ALREADY. WE'RE ADDING IN, WE WANT TO ADD IN A OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS INTO THE COMMERCIAL. SO THOSE WOULD APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO THROUGH ANY OVERLAY PROCESSES. THAT ALLOWS US TO TAILOR IT TO KIND OF THE FORM OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          WE'RE NOT TRYING TO REGULATE THE ARCHITECTURE. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING KIND OF THE GOOD BONES OF A BUILDING. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BUILT INTO THESE DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DO THESE COMPLICATED OVERLAYS. YOU'VE CURRENTLY GOT KIND OF DESIGN CONCENTRATED AND SPECIAL AREAS, EITHER THROUGH AN OVERLAY OR THROUGH A SPECIAL DISTRICT. THIS IS A NEW APPROACH. THIS IS MAKING IT INTO ALL OF THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE OUT THERE CREATING KIND OF MORE, MORE CONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS. IT'LL BE VARYING DEGREES. SOME PLACES MAY HAVE MORE DESIGN THAN OTHERS, BUT THE IDEA IS REALLY, LET'S MAKE IT KIND OF UNANIMOUS ACROSS THE BOARD THAT WE'RE BUILDING THIS IN. YOU MAY REMEMBER ME FROM MY PREVIOUS ROLES, THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS CONSULTANTS. WE'RE NOT OPENING THAT CAN OF WORMS. AGAIN, THAT IS REALLY SAD. WHAT WE'RE KEEPING THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AS WE WENT THROUGH THAT, THAT MULTI YEAR PROCESS TO REALLY GET THOSE INTO PLACE. 
          BASICALLY, THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS WILL STAY AS THEY ARE, INCLUDING THEIR OVERLAYS THAT WERE PUT INTO PLACE. AND THE ONLY THING THAT WILL HAPPEN WILL BE AN ALIGNMENT. SO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO INTO THAT NEW USE TABLE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE USES REFLECT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. BUT REALLY, THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE KIND OF BEEN THE FIRST PART OF THIS AND THEY'VE BEEN CAPTURED. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF CONTINUE WITH THEM, MAKE SURE THEY ALIGN WITH THE REST OF THE CODE. AND THAT CONSISTENT VOICE THAT I MENTIONED. SO THEN FINALLY, YOU CAN SEE IN THE SPECIAL PURPOSE AND OVERLAY DISTRICTS, IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF ADDRESSING VERY SPECIFIC SITUATIONS. SO THINGS LIKE THE H1 AND H2, THESE ARE REALLY ALL MEDICAL. SO REALLY BRINGING THEM INTO ONE MEDICAL DISTRICT. AND THEN YOU START TO SEE A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT SAY DELETED, DELETED, DELETED, DELETED. IN MANY OF THESE, IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT GETTING RID OF THESE SPECIAL OVERLAYS FOR DESIGN. SO WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT MAKING THEM INTO THE DISTRICTS THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, THE ONES, CERTAIN ONES HERE THAT ARE SPECIAL, WE HAVE TO RETAIN THEM. YOU CAN SEE HERE RETAINING THE HMO AND THE AIM DISTRICT THOSE AGAIN, THOSE ARE INDUSTRIAL. AND THEN WE'VE MADE A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW OPEN SPACE DISTRICT. THIS WOULD BE A DISTRICT PRIMARILY FOR PARKS AND CONSERVATION AREAS. THE INTENT THERE IS REALLY TO 
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PRESERVE THESE AND SIGNAL THESE AS AREAS THAT REALLY THE ONLY USE IS ALLOWED WITHIN. THERE ARE PARKS OR CONSERVATION TYPE USES. SO WE MADE IT TO THE TOP OF THE HILL. NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN THE HILL A LITTLE BIT EASIER ONCE YOU GET PAST THE DISTRICTS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS HERE. NOW THAT'S KIND OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS ON THE SITE. SO THESE ARE THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THINGS LIKE THE SITE TRIANGLE OR EXTERIOR LIGHTING OR HOW YOU BUILD A FENCE OR WHAT IS THE REFUSE CONTAINER, WHICH IS DUMPSTERS AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU'VE GOT SOME REGULATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE HERE. THESE LAST THREE ON THE LEVEES, UNDERWATER CANALS, THOSE ARE CURRENT. WE'RE JUST PORTING THEM INTO THIS. SO REALLY THOSE EXIST NOW THOSE AREN'T WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO KIND OF OPEN THOSE UP AND START LOOKING AT THEM, JUST KEEPING THEM AS THEY ARE. AS PART OF THIS, WE ALSO WANT TO DO COMPREHENSIVE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CONTROLS. SO THIS IS CREATING A SET OF GENERAL STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. AND THEN SOME SPECIFIC ONES NEED SOME SPECIFIC GUIDANCE. AND YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF ONES THAT WE TYPICALLY PUT FORTH AS NEEDING KIND OF SPECIAL STANDARDS AROUND THEM, WHETHER IT BE LOCATION OR HEIGHT OR KIND OF HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE LOT AND WITH THE NEIGHBORING LOT. SO REALLY BRINGING THOSE IN LIKE DETACHED GARAGES OR SOLAR PANELS, KIND OF INTEGRATING THOSE AS WELL. ALSO PART OF IT IS THE PERMITTED ENCROACHMENTS, NEW TABLE, NOT A NEW CONCEPT NECESSARILY, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE SOME OF THESE ALLOWED, BUT THIS WOULD BE MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE. WHAT THESE ARE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF A STRUCTURE THAT WE WOULD ALLOW TO ENCROACH IN CERTAIN YARDS FOR CERTAIN DISTANCES. AND IT'S NOT UNIVERSAL. IT'S EVERY SINGLE ONE IS ALLOWED IN EVERY YARD, AND IT'S GOT CARTE BLANCHE TO JUST GO AS FAR AS IT WANTS. YOU CAN SEE EVEN IN THIS EXAMPLE FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY, WE'VE GOT SOME LIMITS ABOUT HOW FAR IT CAN GO INTO THERE. SOME YARDS OR IT MIGHT NOT BE ALLOWED, BUT THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE BAY WINDOWS AND CHIMNEYS AND EAVES, AND ALLOWING THEM A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY TO ENCROACH INTO AND REALLY JUST GIVE THAT ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST TO THE BUILDING SO HOUSES LOOK NICER. 
          THERE'S SOME SHADOWING THAT GOES ON WITH THE SUN HITTING IT, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A FACADE THAT FLUCTUATES A LITTLE BIT, ALLOWING FOR THINGS YOU ALWAYS WANT TO SEE, LIKE FRONT PORCHES, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP SETTING BACK, THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME LEEWAY TO BUILD A PORCH WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING YOUR HOUSE, PARTICULARLY AS WE TALK ABOUT SMALLER HOUSES, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LAND AREA. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE 3000, 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING, WE WANT TO BE COMPREHENSIVE HERE. WE WANT TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT KIND OF GOES ON WITH PARKING AND LOADING. SO REALLY LOOKING AT THE DESIGN OF LOTS, THE DESIGN OF STRUCTURES, THE LOCATION FOR NONRESIDENTIAL PARKING LOT LOCATION, IF I'M A RESIDENTIAL USE, WHERE CAN I PUT MY PARKING LOT? NONRESIDENTIAL, WHERE CAN I PUT IT? LOOKING AT DRIVEWAY DESIGN, THINGS LIKE ALLOWING FOR ELECTRIC SPACES, SOME BIKE PARKING TO START BUILDING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE LOCATION AND THE DESIGN OF LOADING THOSE CAN GO AND MAYBE MOVING AWAY FROM REQUIRED AMOUNTS OF COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE STORAGE. PART OF THIS WILL BE UPDATING THE REQUIRED PARKING RATIOS. SO THAT USE TABLE I TALKED ABOUT WOULD BE MIMICKED IN THE PARKING SECTION TO REDUCE INTERPRETATION. AND BASICALLY IF YOU HAVE A USE, YOU'LL HAVE A PARKING REQUIREMENT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UPDATING THOSE RATIOS TO BE, YOU KNOW, TO BE REASONABLE, NOT TO REQUIRE TOO MUCH PARKING. AND THEN THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITIES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM MINIMUM PARKING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE BUILT INTO THE CODE. SO RELATED TO THAT IS LANDSCAPE. 
          AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ENSURE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, CONSISTENT LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARISH AS A WHOLE. SO WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THINGS LIKE CHARACTER CLASSIFICATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE AND MOVING TOWARDS THINGS LIKE TYING IT TO THE ZONING DISTRICTS OR TYING IT TO THE USE THAT'S HAPPENING. I THINK ONE OF THE BIG ONES IN THE EXAMPLES IS PARKING LOT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARKING LOT, LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING IS CONSISTENT. SO YOU WOULD HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR SCREENING ALONG A STREET. IF YOU'RE A LARGER PARKING LOT. YOU ALSO HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANTINGS ON THE INSIDE OF THAT LOT TO REDUCE HEAT ISLAND, TO REDUCE STORM WATER EFFECT THAT'S GOING ON. WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY BUFFERS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE WORKING, MAKE SURE THEY'RE CALCULATED CORRECTLY, AND LOOK AT THOSE TRANSITIONS. MAKE SURE THEY'RE DEFINED WELL. LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOW, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS INTO LANDSCAPE AS WELL. AND THEN A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND OF FLEXIBILITY AND A NEW APPROACH TO BUILDING FOUNDATION OR STREET FACING LANDSCAPE THAN YOU CURRENTLY HAVE NOW. SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS, IS MAKE SURE THAT LANDSCAPING IS CONSISTENT AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE SOME EXAMPLES. THESE ARE PULLED FROM THE REPORT AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW YOU HAVE BUILDING FOUNDATION, LANDSCAPING, HOW YOU CAN SCREEN A PARKING LOT WHEN IT'S LOCATED ALONG A STREET, AND HOW YOU MAY REQUIRE SOME PARKING LOT LANDSCAPE ON THE INTERIOR FOR 
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LARGER PARKING LOTS AS WELL. OKAY, NOW FOR SIGNS WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE SIGNS. I THINK OUR MOST IMPORTANT THING TO HAVE HERE IS THAT THE SIGNS NEED TO FIT THE KIND OF DESIGN OF THE DISTRICT, SO THEY'RE COMPLIMENTING THE BUILDING FORMS THAT WE'RE ALLOWING IN THERE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TYPES OF SIGNS AND THE SIZES OF SIGNS ALL MATCH UP WITH THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WE'VE HAD SOME ORGANIZATION SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT EASIER TO MANEUVER THROUGH THIS CHAPTER. WE ALSO WANT TO ADD IN A CLASSIC SIGN PROVISION, WHICH IS SOMETHING LIKE, IF YOU'VE GOT A REALLY COOL SIGN THAT'S VERY OLD, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY MEET ANY OF THE CURRENT SIGN REQUIREMENTS, YOU CAN DESIGNATE IT A CLASSIC SIGN IN ORDER TO PRESERVE IT. SO KIND OF CONSIDER IT LIKE HISTORIC PRESERVATION LIGHT FOR A SUPER COOL, SUPER OLD SIGN THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO IT GIVES YOU A REAL TOOL FOR THAT. WE CAN STILL MAINTAIN DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN WHETHER SOMETHING IS ON PREMISE OR OFF PREMISE. OFF PREMISE, JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR BILLBOARDS. AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT COMMERCIAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL MESSAGES ON A SIGN, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGE, THE AMOUNT OF MESSAGE ON A SIGN THIS IS ALL HAVE TO BE AS CONTENT NEUTRAL AS WE CAN BECAUSE OF THE SUPREME COURT RULINGS THAT HAVE COME DOWN OVER THE YEARS. SO THE REGULATIONS, AGAIN, LIKE I TALKED ABOUT, WE NEED TO SCALE THE SIGNS TO THE FORM AND SCALE OF EACH DISTRICT SO THAT THEY'RE REALLY COMPLEMENTING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THIS LIST, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE KIND OF SIGNS THAT REQUIRE A PERMIT. THESE ARE MOST TYPICALLY MOST OF THESE, I BELIEVE, ARE VERY PERMANENT SIGNS. AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW THEY WOULD FUNCTION. SOME DISTRICTS MAY ALLOW THEM, SOME MAY NOT. SOME DISTRICTS MAY HAVE DIFFERENT SIZES THAN OTHER ONES THAT ARE IN PLACE. AND SIMILARLY, THERE ARE SOME SIGNS WE ALLOW. THESE ARE TYPICALLY MORE TEMPORARY SIGNS OR THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMMON ACTIVITIES SUCH AS REAL ESTATE OR CONSTRUCTION, ALLOWING THESE AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS WITHOUT A PERMIT, BUT STILL WITH STANDARDS. SO THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO A CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE CODE. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE TO APPLY FOR ASSIGNED PERMIT. SO THEN FINALLY, THAT LAST SECTION, ADMINISTRATION, THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW YOU CAN APPLY FOR THINGS, WHAT SHOULD GO ON THERE. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE A GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF THE MAIN PART OF THIS SECTION, WHICH IS EVERYTHING FROM WHO DOES WHAT, WHICH IS THE CODE. ADMINISTRATORS OF THE PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD, A EVEN THE STAFF, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, THINGS LIKE THAT TO HOW I DO IT. SO MY GENERAL PROCEDURES, HOW DO I SUBMIT AN APPLICATION? WHAT IS THAT NOTICE GOING TO BE? HOW DOES PUBLIC HEARING WORK? WHAT ARE THE VESTING RIGHTS AFTER SOMETHING GOES THROUGH? AND THEN FINALLY LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF CODE APPROVALS AND PERMITS. SO EVERYTHING YOU CAN SEE HERE, TEXT AMENDMENTS, USE PERMITS, VARIANCES, ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATIONS, WHICH IS NEW. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BRING IN THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE VERY CLEAR AND THAT THE PROCESS IS VERY CLEAR FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD PICK UP THE DOCUMENT TO SEE HOW DO I APPLY FOR A VARIANCE. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU PROBABLY SAW SOME KIND OF BIG CONCEPTS THAT WE PUT FORTH WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK REPORT. AGAIN FOR CONSIDERATION. THIS IS AN APPROACHES REPORT. WE WANT TO KNOW IF OUR APPROACHES ARE WORKING IS KIND OF CONSIDERING WHAT THE ROLE OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD IS. YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THEY FUNCTION AS A PLANNING COMMISSION, AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT THEM AND SEE IF MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS? SO RATHER THAN REQUIRING IT TO GO THROUGH THEM AND THEN THROUGH COUNCIL, IT CAN ELIMINATE KIND OF AN ADDITIONAL STEP IN THE PROCESS, KIND OF ALIGNING IT WITH THE WAY OTHER PLACES ARE DOING THIS. IT MAY REDUCE DUPLICATIVE REVIEWS AND HEARING REQUIREMENTS. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. WE DO BELIEVE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, SOMETHING BIGGER THAN US IS THAT ANY CHANGES WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PARISH CHARTER. SO WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ONE CAVEAT THAT IS SITTING OUT THERE AS WELL. YOU ALSO HAVE A COMPATIBILITY MATRIX BUILT INTO YOUR CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS. AND THAT REALLY IS FOR MAP AMENDMENT BASICALLY STATING THAT IF YOU'RE THIS ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, YOU SHOULD BE ONE OF THESE. IT KIND OF GIVES IT'S NOT REALLY FUNCTIONING AS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS A BROAD POLICY GUIDANCE TOOL. IT DOES NOT FUNCTION AS A ZONING MAP. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO DO THAT A MATRIX LIKE THIS COULD STOP YOU FROM DOING, AND IT CAN BECOME OUTDATED AS CONDITIONS CHANGE, OR YOU ADD DISTRICTS OR YOU CHANGE DISTRICTS, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE NOT IN THIS TABLE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU COMMONLY SEE. SO WHAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED, AND I THINK YOU SAW SOME EXAMPLES IN THERE, WHEN YOU'RE DOING A REZONING OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO LOOK AT CERTAIN STANDARDS AND SAY, HEY, IS THIS COMPATIBLE WITH THE PLAN? IS IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP? WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF THIS CHANGE? SO REALLY APPROVAL STANDARDS RATHER THAN SOMETHING MORE RIGID THAN THIS MATRIX LEADS US TO ANOTHER THING THAT WE WANTED 
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TO PUT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION. STREAMLINING THE VARIANCE PROCESS. THE VARIANCE AUTHORITY IS CURRENTLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE BZA AND THE PARISH COUNCIL. RIGHT NOW THIS CAN BE COMPLEX AND INCONSISTENT. YOU SORT OF START TO THINK THAT THEY'RE SEPARATED AT A CERTAIN LINE, LIKE THEY'RE GOING THIS WAY WHEN THEY'RE COUNCIL AND THEY'RE GOING THIS WAY WHEN THEY'RE BZA. EXCEPT THERE'S A LOT OF ACCEPTS. SO YOU CAN SAY THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THIS ACCEPT, ACCEPT, ACCEPT, ACCEPT. SO IT'S NOT CONSISTENT. SO TYPICALLY THE THING WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS, THE ROLE OF THE BZA IS TO HANDLE VARIANCES. AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF VARIANCES JUST TO BEGIN WITH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE PRESENT HERE IN THE PARISH AND BUILD THEM INTO THE CODE RATHER THAN REQUIRE A VARIANCE FOR EVERYTHING. SO AGAIN, A CONSIDERATION WOULD BE TO MOVING ALL OF THAT TO THE TO THE BZA. AND FINALLY ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATIONS. WE WANTED TO BUILD THIS INTO THE CODE AS WELL. THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS THAT COULD BE VERY SMALL, THAT COULD BE APPROVED BY STAFF, BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR. WE SEE THESE IN A LOT OF CODES. IT'S THINGS LIKE 10% OF ANY DISTRICT DIMENSIONAL STANDARD OR THINGS LIKE 5% OF LOT COVERAGE. YOU CAN REALLY CRAFT IT TO THINGS THAT YOU FEEL ARE APPROPRIATE, AND THEY'RE JUST KIND OF VERY SMALL THINGS, VERY SMALL MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE MAYBE MORE COMMON BECAUSE LOTS ARE WEIRD THINGS HAPPEN, AND IT ALLOWS THIS TO GO THROUGH A QUICKER PROCESS THAN REALLY STICKING IT WITH THE KIND OF FULL VARIANCE PROCESS AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, A COUPLE OF UNIQUE THINGS ON THE SPECIAL USE THAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON. YOU'VE GOT THE ONE SPECIAL USE LIMITATION PER LOT THAT CAN REALLY STAND IN THE WAY OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS RENEWALS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF SPECIAL USES, WHICH IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT THAT MAY NOT BE THE MOST EQUITABLE THING OR PREDICTABLE THING. WE ARE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE BOTH OF THESE, EXCEPT WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS. CONSIDERING THE SENSITIVITIES TO THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND THE USES WITHIN THEM. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY KEEPING THE ONE SPECIAL USE PER LOT IN INDUSTRIAL, ALLOWING MORE THAN ONE SPECIAL USE ON A LOT ANYWHERE ELSE. THAT'S REALLY A WAY TO FACILITATE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL USES YOU WANT IN YOUR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN ELIMINATING THE SPECIAL USE RENEWALS. AGAIN, THIS IS KEEPING THAT THOUGH ONLY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS DUE TO THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS. AND THEN FINALLY, AS WE'VE WE TALKED ABOUT IT THE WAY BEGINNING. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR STICKING THROUGH THIS WITH ME SIMPLIFYING THE NONCONFORMITY REGULATIONS. SO LET'S BE REALLY CLEAR ON HOW WE TREAT A STRUCTURE, A USE A LOT, A SITE ELEMENT AND A SIGN. AND WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE. HOW CAN THEY BE EXPANDED? WHEN DO THEY HAVE TO COME DOWN? SO WE'VE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE MORE MODERN WAYS TO TREAT NONCONFORMITIES. SO ALLOWING RECONSTRUCTION OF NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE AFTER IT WAS DAMAGED, YOU GET BASICALLY A YEAR TO APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT AND YOU CAN REBUILD THE BUILDING AS IT WAS, PROVIDES A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY THERE. WHEN YOU'VE GOT A NONCONFORMING USE, IT SHOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED TO CONVERT TO A CONFORMING USE. IT CAN'T GO TO A LESSER NONCONFORMING USE. YOU'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE NONCONFORMITY, CREATING THOSE SEPARATE RULES, LIKE I SAID FOR SITE ELEMENTS. SO THIS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE LANDSCAPE PARKING, PARKING LOT DESIGN, FENCES. THE BUILDING DOESN'T GET CAUGHT IN A NONCONFORMING STATUS. IT'S JUST THE SITE ELEMENT THAT'S NONCONFORMING. SO THE FENCE IS TOO TALL. IT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER. CAME IN LEGALLY, IT'S STILL TOO TALL. THE FENCE IS THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF UNDER THE NONCONFORMING RULES, NOT THE WHOLE STRUCTURE, ALLOWING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NON-CONFORMING LOTS BASED ON KIND OF WHAT DISTRICT THEY'RE IN. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE NONCONFORMING SIGN? YOU TYPICALLY SEE THINGS LIKE 50% DESTROYED. YOU HAVE TO REBUILD IN CONFORMITY. AND THEN A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO TO PROTECT EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. YOU'RE AN OLD PARISH. I DON'T MEAN THAT AS AN INSULT. I MEAN THAT AS A VERY AFFECTIONATE TERM. SO YOU'VE GOT SOME SOME CRAZY STUFF GOING ON LIKELY OUT THERE. YOU MAY HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT, AND IT MAY HAVE A BUNCH OF DUPLEXES SITTING IN IT THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR DECADES UPON DECADES UPON DECADES. WE DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE THOSE. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IN THE CODE IS A DEEMED CONFORMING STATUS. SO THEY'RE NOT NONCONFORMING. THAT ALLOWS THOSE DUPLEXES TO CONTINUE AND ALLOWS THEM TO BE IMPROVED. 
          JUST USING DUPLEX AS AN EXAMPLE. IN THIS CASE, IT'S THAT NATURAL DENSITY AND NATURAL MIX OF HOUSING THAT YOU'VE GOT HERE. JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THINGS WERE WHEN THEY CAME INTO BEING. WE JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S PRESENT ALREADY. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST KIND OF NONCONFORMING STATUS FOR HOUSES THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT WAS ALLOWING FOR, FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND FOR TWO FAMILY THAT IF SOMEONE WERE, SAY, ENCROACHING WITH THEIR WALL TOO FAR INTO A SIDE YARD OR TOO FAR INTO A REAR YARD. AND THEY WANTED TO, LET'S SAY IT'S A SINGLE STORY HOME. THEY WANTED TO ADD A SECOND STORY ON IT TO ALLOW THEM TO MOVE IN LINE WITH THAT, THAT ENCROACHING WALL, WHETHER 
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IT'S THE SIDE OR THE REAR, SO THAT WHEN IT GOES UP, IT STAYS IN LINE WITH THAT WALL WITHOUT HAVING TO GET A VARIANCE. WHAT WE FIND IS THAT THIS REALLY HELPS TO MAINTAIN EXISTING HOUSING STOCK. IT EXTENDS ITS USEFUL LIFE. IT PROVIDES A WAY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO KIND OF BE CONTAINED. SO YOU'RE ALLOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE, MAKING THAT HOUSE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIVABLE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. IT'S GREENER BECAUSE THE GREENEST HOUSE IS THE ONE THAT'S ALREADY BUILT. AND SO REALLY, WE FOUND, AS WE'VE PUT THIS INTO PLACE IN MANY COMMUNITIES OVER THE YEARS, THAT IT'S BECOME VERY, VERY HELPFUL. YOU CAN'T EXCEED ANYTHING ELSE. YOU CAN'T GO TALLER, YOU CAN'T COVER MORE OF THE LOT. YOU CAN'T VIOLATE ANY OTHER SETBACKS. THEN YOU'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO DO THAT. YOU'VE GOT TO GO FOR A VARIANCE. BUT THIS IS REALLY JUST IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S OUT OF WHACK WITH WHAT'S IN THE DISTRICT AND ALLOWING THAT TO CONTINUE. SO THEN FINALLY, OUR LAST THING KIND OF MENTIONED SUBDIVISION, I REALLY WANT TO SIMPLIFY THIS SUBDIVISION IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS THAT DIVIDES LOTS. SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE A MINOR DIVISION, AND SOMETIMES IT COULD BE A WHOLE LOT OF LOTS IN A MAJOR CONTEXT. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE RULES IN PLACE FOR EXACTLY HOW SUBDIVISION HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, HOW IT TIES TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN KIND OF LOOKING AT CREATING MAYBE A SEPARATE STREETS AND RIGHT OF WAY ARTICLE THAT WOULD KIND OF TALK ABOUT HOW THOSE WOULD BE DESIGNED. BUT THE INTENT HERE IS REALLY, LET'S BRING THE FOCUS OF SUBDIVISION BACK TO WHAT IT IS. IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING REGARDING HOW LOTS ARE DESIGNED AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RELYING ON THE ZONING DISTRICTS RATHER THAN DUPLICATING ANYTHING IN SUBDIVISION. AND SO WITH THAT, YOU GET A LITTLE COUPLE MINUTE BREAK FROM ME BECAUSE I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MITCH. HELLO. NEW VOICE. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE RESULTS FROM A PUBLIC SURVEY THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE FROM JUNE THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST. THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY WAS TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ON THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT AND THE PARISH'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THERE WAS 59 RESPONSES TO A TO THE SURVEY, WHICH WAS 25 RATINGS BASED QUESTIONS AND SIX OPEN ANSWER QUESTIONS. THE ONE BIG TAKEAWAY IS THAT RESPONDENTS CARED LESS ABOUT SPECIFIC REGULATIONS, MORE ABOUT WHETHER THE CODE IS USABLE, TRANSPARENT, AND PREDICTABLE. TWO RESPONSES BEST CAPTURE THAT, AND THEY'RE REFLECTED HERE. ON THE SLIDE. 
          YOU SEE 88% KIND OF CUTTING OUT HERE. AGREED THAT THE DIAGRAMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS WOULD MAKE THE REGULATIONS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. AND THIS WAS THE STRONGEST CONSENSUS POINT ACROSS THE ENTIRE SURVEY. AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU SEE, 64% DISAGREED THAT THE STATE WITH THE STATEMENT THAT THE CURRENT STRUCTURE MAKES INFORMATION EASY TO FIND, AND THIS WAS THE LOWEST RATED SENTIMENT. AND AS SOMEONE POINTED OUT EARLIER TODAY, KIND OF AMAZING THAT 36% OF PEOPLE THOUGHT REGULATIONS WERE EASY TO FIND. AND THEN IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, SO THIS CHART IN THE TOP RIGHT SHOWS THE TOP FIVE AREAS OF AGREEMENT AGAINST THE TOP FIVE AREAS OF CONCERN. AND THAT'S THE NET SCORE OF AGREE MINUS AGREE. AND ON THE POSITIVE SIDE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE DIAGRAMS CLEARER LANDSCAPE RULES, STREAMLINED APPROVAL PROCESS, COMPLETE STREETS AND MORE BIKE PARKING. AND THEN ON THE CONCERN SIDE, IT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CODE. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS AREN'T CLEAR, TIMELINES AREN'T PREDICTABLE, AND THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS HARD TO NAVIGATE. OF THE GROUPINGS CODE CLARITY IS A TOP FRUSTRATION. THERE WAS STRONG SUPPORT TO SHOW THAT VARIETY WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING TYPES, AND THEN VIEWS ON SMALLER LOTS WERE A LITTLE BIT SPLIT. COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. IS IT ME? I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'LL TURN IT OFF. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT. COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FEEDBACK WAS MIXED ON VARIETY COMPATIBILITY, BUT THERE WAS STRONG SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND THEN THERE WAS NO CONSENSUS ON REDUCING PARKING MINIMUMS. BUT BIKE PARKING GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT. CAN I JUST BORROW THE LAB FROM YOU? THE WHAT? THAT MIC? YEAH. SO I DON'T HAVE ROBOT VOICE. NO, NO THAT'S FINE. OKAY. YOU GOTTA CLICK IT OVER. SORRY. HELLO. BETTER. OKAY. 
          MAYBE IT'S JUST MY VOICE. YOU KNOW, IT HAS LIKE THAT EFFECT. OKAY. SO. APPROVALS AND APPROVALS ARE THE CLEAREST DIRECTION IN THE SURVEY, WITH TWO THIRDS WANTING THAT PROCESS TO BE FURTHER STREAMLINED. AND THEN IF WE MOVE ON TO TALK ABOUT THE OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS, THEY REINFORCE THE QUESTION RATINGS AND ADD ONE THEME THAT WASN'T PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY THE OTHER ONES. AND THAT'S TREES AND OPEN SPACE. THERE WAS THIS WAS A FREQUENTLY RAISED ISSUE. 50% OF ALL RESPONDENTS MENTIONED SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, WITH A LOT OF FRUSTRATIONS RELATED TO THE. I GOT TO LOOK AT IT. I'M TPD AND OMNCD GOSH, ALPHABET SOUP AND 
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FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE TREE REMOVAL PROCESS. PEOPLE ALSO MENTIONED A DESIRE FOR MORE DECISIONS TO BE HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY. THERE WAS A STRONG INTEREST IN COMPLETE STREETS AND BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. ON THE HOUSING SIDE OF THINGS, THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS THAT FLAGGED CONCERNS ABOUT COMMERCIAL CREEP INTO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WHEN WE ASKED PEOPLE WHAT THEY VALUE MOST ABOUT THE PARISH, THE THING THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT WAS PUBLIC SAFETY, FOLLOWED BY QUALITY OF LIFE, PROXIMITY TO NEW ORLEANS AND THE TREE CANOPY. AND SO ALL OF THESE SORT OF IDEAS WERE CONSOLIDATED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE CODE FRAMEWORK REPORT. YOU HAVE SIMPLIFIED THE CODE, ADD ADDITIONAL VISUAL GUIDANCE, STREAMLINE APPROVALS, AND CREATE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS. 
          BACK TO ARISTA. OKAY, SO YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A MINUTE BREAK THERE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. SO I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO CLIP THIS BACK ON. SO WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS? SO I RECOGNIZE SOME OF YOU. YOU WERE HERE WITH US DURING PHASE ONE WHEN WE DID OUR INITIAL KICKOFF MEETING TO INTRODUCE THE PROJECT. THAT ONE'S DONE. 
          YAY! PHASE ONE FINISHED. SO ONLY FIVE MORE TO GO IN PHASE TWO. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE KIND OF CLOSING THIS PHASE OUT WITH THESE PRESENTATIONS OF THE FRAMEWORK REPORT. WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR IS YOUR FEEDBACK AND GATHER YOUR FEEDBACK AND WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT. TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THE REPORT ITSELF, READ THROUGH IT, KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING. THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE BRINGING YOU THE REPORT. WE JUST BROUGHT YOU THE ONLINE SURVEY RESULTS. SO WE'RE KIND OF CLOSING OUT PHASE TWO RIGHT NOW. SO EVERYTHING YOU TELL US IN REACTION TO THIS REPORT IS GOING TO FEED INTO DRAFTING THAT FIRST DRAFT. AND THAT'S A DRAFT THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE. WE'RE GOING TO COME WE'RE GOING TO START DRAFTING IN OUR CAVES BACK IN CHICAGO, LOUISVILLE AND RALEIGH, AND REALLY COME BACK TO YOU WITH A WHOLE SERIES OF, OF KIND OF A WHOLE COMPLETE DRAFT THAT TALKS ABOUT EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT IN HERE. AND AGAIN, YOUR COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE ON THIS REPORT TONIGHT OR TOMORROW OR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET SUPER EXCITED AND YOU WANT TO WRITE US A LONG EMAIL, WE'LL FEED INTO THAT DRAFT, WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF TO GET THAT OUT AND THAT WILL COME OUT. AND THEN THERE'LL BE A MUCH MORE ROBUST PUBLIC PROCESS SERIES OF OPEN HOUSES, WHERE WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO SPEAK ONE ON ONE WITH US AND WITH STAFF PRESENTATIONS. THERE'LL BE DISPLAYS EXPLAINING WHAT'S IN THAT, THAT CODE. SO REALLY A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING THERE, A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS TO RELEVANT BODIES TO REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE CODE AND THE NEW APPROACHES THAT ARE IN PLACE THERE. IT'S PHASE FOUR, BUT IT KIND OF PHASE FOUR KIND OF LIVES WITH BOTH PHASE THREE AND PHASE FIVE. IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT A ZONING MAP ANALYSIS. SO THE FIRST DRAFT IS GOING TO COME OUT. IT'S NOT COMING OUT WITH A MAP. IT'S COMING OUT WITH A DISTRICT STRUCTURE AND ALL THE TEXT. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON CREATING A NEW LOOKING AT A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ANALYSIS, LOOKING AT A ZONING MAP ANALYSIS, AND WORKING ON HOW WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THESE NEW DISTRICTS, THIS NEW STRUCTURE THROUGH A ZONING MAP, WHICH IS PART OF PHASE FOUR. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT WHEN WE COME BACK INTO PHASE FIVE, PHASE FIVE IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT SECOND DRAFT, THE SECOND PUBLIC DRAFT OF THE UDC. WHAT REALLY THAT IS, IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED ON DRAFT ONE, AND WE WILL CREATE A RED LINE VERSION OF THAT CODE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S CHANGED FROM 1 TO 2. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE KIND OF THE INPUT HAS GONE. WE'LL PRESENT THAT ALONG WITH THE MAP AGAIN, ANOTHER WHOLE SERIES OF MEETINGS, A WHOLE SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS ON THAT, AND THEN MOVING TOWARDS PHASE SIX, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION. A LOT OF THIS IS JUST KIND OF HOW THE STATE HAS US DO ADOPTIONS. 
          YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THESE THINGS ALREADY, PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND THEN IT GOES TO COUNCIL FOR A VOTE. FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL CREATE A CODE MANUAL THAT HELPS BOTH STAFF AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THE NEW UDC. WE DO SOME STAFF TRAINING. REALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS JUST TALKING TO TALKING STAFF THROUGH THE NEW UDC CODE AND KIND OF HOW THEY CAN USE IT MOVING FORWARD, AND THEN UPDATING ANY APPLICATIONS FOR THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR APPLICATIONS, APPLICATIONS, FOR APPLICATIONS THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED OVER THE COURSE OF THE UDC UPDATE. SO THIS IS THE TIMELINE. LIKE I SAID, WE WE FINISHED PHASE ONE. WE'RE WE'RE FINISHING UP PHASE TWO. AS WE START TO LOOK AT PHASE THREE. THAT'S REALLY US DRAFTING. SO KIND OF LOOKING WINTER SPRING COMING BACK WITH MAYBE SOMETHING IN THAT TIME PERIOD, STARTING TO CONDUCT THAT ZONING MAP ANALYSIS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT FORWARD DURING THAT SPRING TIME NEXT YEAR, THAT WILL LEAD US INTO A KIND OF FALL WINTER FOR THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE UDC. AND THEN LEADING TO WINTER OF 2027 FOR THE ADOPTION. AND WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS AGGRESSIVE. WE'RE STILL TRYING. WE'RE STILL GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THIS SCHEDULE. BUT WE ARE WE ARE AWARE WE'RE NOT NAIVE, NEITHER US NOR STAFF. SO WE ARE AWARE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND STICK TO THIS SCHEDULE. BUT THE THING IS THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS TO GET IT RIGHT. AND THAT'S REALLY OUR CONCERN HERE. SO KIND OF ONCE WE SEE ONCE IT GETS OUT IN THE WORLD, ONCE WE RELEASE OUR CHILD INTO THE WORLD AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS, YOU 
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KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT. NOT THAT WE HAVE TO STICK TO A RIGID SCHEDULE. SO FINALLY, AGAIN, YOU PROBABLY SAW THIS THE LAST TIME. IF ANY OF YOU SAW THE OTHER PRESENTATION WE MADE. JP UDC.COM. THIS IS THE WEBSITE. THIS THE TECHNICAL REPORT OR THE FRAMEWORK REPORT IS ON THAT WEBSITE RIGHT NOW FOLLOWING THE MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT. IF YOU'RE SUPER EXCITED, YOU CAN COME HERE THIS EXACT SAME THING AGAIN, PROBABLY WITH THE SAME TECHNIQUE. WE'LL TRY TO WORK IN THE SAME TECHNICAL DETAIL TO WITH THE MICROPHONE, JUST TO REALLY GIVE YOU LIKE DEJA VU. IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN, WE INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE WEST BANK TO SEE US GIVE THIS AGAIN. FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL BE POSTING THIS WHOLE POWERPOINT ON THAT WEBSITE. WE WILL LINK TO THIS MEETING THAT WE'VE RECORDED THAT YOU ALL. SO WE LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ALL PART OF THIS NOW, EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE IN A VIDEO AND THAT WILL BE LINKED ON THERE AS WELL. WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS IT HAS A PLACE FOR YOU TO COMMENT ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THERE'S BOTH A COMMENT FORM AS WELL AS EMAILS ON THAT SITE. WE WANT A WRITTEN RECORD OF THE COMMENTS. WE ARE TAKING NOTES ON THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY TO US IN THESE MEETINGS. OF COURSE, THAT IS VALUABLE, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IN YOUR OWN WORDS. YOU KNOW EXACTLY AS AS SPECIFIC AS YOU WANT TO GET ON THAT WEBSITE. THE WRITTEN RECORD FOR US IS KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE COMMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FILTERING IN AND USING TO DO THAT FIRST DRAFT. SO WE REALLY DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN EITHER USE THE COMMENT FORM, YOU CAN SEND US AN EMAIL. ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS ON THERE AS WELL. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'M DONE. I FINISHED THE PRESENTATION. YOU ALL STUCK WITH ME. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. VERY HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND WITH THAT, I MEAN, JUST OPEN UP THE FLOOR. MA'AM, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO YOU GUYS HAVE. OVER 1407. OH, SORRY. OH, OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE OVERLAYS FROM 14 DOWN TO SEVEN. A COUPLE OF THEM I SAW ONE OF THEM WAS THE METAIRIE RIDGE TREE PROTECTION DISTRICT. YES. SO IF THE DISTRICT IS ELIMINATED, DOES THAT STANDARD BECOME PARISH WIDE. WHAT WHAT HAPPENS? YEAH, THAT IS A VERY GOOD CATCH. I SHOULD HAVE POINTED THAT OUT. WE ARE AWARE THERE IS A TREE PRESERVATION STANDARD IN THERE. IT WILL BE GOING INTO THE LANDSCAPE SECTION KIND OF BASICALLY ALMOST AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S HOW WE'RE THINKING. IT GOES AS IT IS. SO YOU'RE RETAINING THAT, WE'RE SAVING IT, BUT WE'RE JUST MOVING IT INTO THE LANDSCAPE CHAPTER. SO WILL IT BE THEN PARISH WIDE? I, I, WE'RE NOT SURE. WE'RE NOT INTO THE SPECIFICS YET. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE TREE PRESERVATION PARISH WIDE, HOW IT WOULD LINE UP WITH TREE PRESERVATION GENERALLY, OR IF WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO KEEP ITS VERY SPECIFIC NATURE. WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW. OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. OKAY. THAT WAS THE MAIN QUESTION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LYDIA JEMISON. I'M HERE FROM THE WEST BANK BECAUSE I HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND COME GIVE OUR INPUT. I'M REPRESENTING THE STONEBRIDGE COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE ABOUT 1000 PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE WEST BANK, AND WE ARE BLESSED WITH ABUNDANT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FORM OF A 27 HOLE GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS ZONED RURAL RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT CONCERNS US ABOUT THAT IS WE DON'T WANT THIS AREA DEVELOPED BECAUSE BESIDES THE GOLF COURSE, AND I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE GOLFERS, IT'S A BIRD SANCTUARY AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS DRAINAGE RETENTION AREA. WE HAVE NEVER FLOODED BACK THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS 27 HOLE GOLF COURSE THAT THAT KEEPS THE WATER UNTIL THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM CAN KEEP UP WITH IT. SO WE ARE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF AN OPEN SPACE ZONING DISTRICT TO PROTECT THIS GREEN SPACE. AND WE WANT THAT TO BE PARISH WIDE, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER AREAS ON THE EAST BANK AND THE WEST BANK THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE, THAT WE DON'T HAVE A ZONING DISTRICT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RESOLUTION PENDING BEFORE THE STONEBRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION DISTRICT TO REQUEST JUST THAT, THAT THAT YOU CREATED. SO IT WAS VERY FORTUITOUS THAT YOU HAVE YOU'RE CREATING AN OPEN SPACE ZONING DISTRICT IN THIS. 
          AND WE'RE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THAT. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER THING, BECAUSE I KNOW JULIETTE AND I HAVE GONE BACK A LONG WAY. I WAS INVOLVED WITH LAND USE AND ZONING IN JEFFERSON PARISH FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND THE WAY THAT WE GOT SADDLED WITH ALL THESE SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT DESIGN STANDARDS IS IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS FORBIDDEN TO HAVE A DESIGN STANDARD OR SIGN CONTROL. SO WE KIND OF HAD TO DO BASIC BABY STEPS. AND NOW I'M THRILLED THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY PARISH WIDE ACROSS ALL THESE ZONING DISTRICTS. AND WE'LL HAVE A STANDARD THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, I THINK, IN THE FUTURE. CAN YOU COME TO THE WEST BANK? CAN YOU COME TO THE OTHER? JUST COME TO THE END. 
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IT'S LIKE AN HOUR INTO THE MEETING. JUST COME BY AND JUST DO THAT AGAIN. ANNUAL MEETING TOMORROW OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION. SO I WAS TOLD I HAD TO DO THIS TONIGHT. OVER THERE. RIGHT HERE. HI. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO GO BACK TO PAGE 20? I HAD A QUESTION ON PAGE 20 OF THE DOCUMENT OR OF THIS. IT WAS THE DOCUMENT. WHAT YOU HAVE IS 53 RIGHT NOW. JUST COULD YOU GO BACK GO TO 20? YES. IS IT POSSIBLE? CAN YOU DO THAT? SO THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEST BANK AND THE EAST BANK ON THAT. AND I MAYBE IT'S JUST I DIDN'T READ IT QUICKLY ENOUGH. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR POINT WAS ON THAT. THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS REALLY THIS IS KIND OF I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S NOT EVEN WE PROBABLY EVEN SHOULDN'T INCLUDED THIS. I GUESS I PICKED THE WRONG NUMBER. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. ELIMINATE DUPLICATE DUPLICATIVE EAST BANK WEST BANK AND STANDALONE OFFICE DISTRICT. MULTIPLE DISTRICTS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF HERE. YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE 1 OR 2 THINGS, OR MAYBE ONES ORIENTED TOWARDS EAST BANK AND ONES, THE WEST BANK, BUT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THESE CONSOLIDATIONS TO BRING THEM TOGETHER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALL DOING THE SAME THING. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE HERE, LIKE CONSOLIDATING BC ONE AND BC TWO INTO ONE DISTRICT, CONSOLIDATING GEO AND GEO TWO INTO ONE BIGGER DISTRICT, THAT'S ALL WE'RE SPEAKING OF. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF DISREGARD THE EAST BANK, WEST BANK. WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THERE IS DISTRICTS THAT ARE DOING THE SAME THING. WE DON'T NEED FIVE OF THEM DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. THAT'S WHAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S INTENDED. HI, I'M BURT TURNER. I, I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS FOR THE GRAPHICS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW BECAUSE AS AN ARCHITECT, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          YEAH. ALSO, I CHAIR THE PLANNING BOARD, PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD. SO MY QUESTION IS, A LOT OF TIMES THE PAB AT THE PAB, WE GET NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS IN AND THEY EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AT OUR MEETINGS. YOU KNOW, LIKE, SO I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE ONE, ONE OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO GET RID OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD. NO, NO, NO. CHANGE YOUR ROLE, NOT GET RID OF YOU. NO NO NO NO NO. TO ACTUALLY GIVE YOU MORE POWER. NO, TO GIVE YOU MORE POWER. NOT NOT TO NO. BUT WHAT I DIDN'T SEE OR ANY KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, MEETINGS THAT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT COME THROUGH OUR, OUR BOARD, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF, IF THERE'S A WAY TO SEPARATE OUT AND DIFFERENT BUCKETS, A, A, A MAJOR, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM CHILD AS TO SAY AND SOMETHING THAT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT CLEAR FOR THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD TO EVEN, EVEN EVEN HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA. SO LIKE, SOMETIMES WE'LL GET LIKE A BIG PROJECT, LIKE AN OCHSNER HOSPITAL, AND YOU'LL HAVE A GROUP OF 100 IN HERE. COME OUT AND THEY'LL VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. AND THEY, IT, IT KIND OF IT'S A, IT'S A LONG NIGHT FOR US. BUT IF YOU IF YOU TRY. YEAH. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD SOMETHING IN THERE, A CONDITIONAL USE, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICIPATION PROGRAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR JUST SPECIFIC PROJECTS. NOT IT DOESN'T NEED ALL OF THEM, JUST SPECIFIC ONES WE COULD REAR FOR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS. SO WE, WE DEFINITELY COULD. AND WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE KIND OF REFERRING TO IS NOT UNCOMMON. 
          SO WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS AND THE SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS. OFTENTIMES THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE KICKED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING OR KIND OF INVOLVE MORE SIGNIFICANT NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT. SO YEAH, THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON THING AND IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO. I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF TIME AND EVERYBODY SAYS THE SAME THING. IT'S LIKE WHEN THEY COME UP AND I, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ALREADY DOCUMENTED BEFORE. 
          YEAH, OFTENTIMES IT WE'LL SEE. WE'VE DONE THIS A FEW TIMES. I DON'T KNOW, CHRIS, IF YOU'VE DONE IT TO THE, THE ONUS FALLS ON. IT'S BASICALLY NOT THE STAFF. IT'S THE ONUS IS ON THE DEVELOPER TO CONDUCT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING TO COME AND PROVIDE VIDEO, A SIGN IN SHEET, NOTE TAKING AND ALL OF THAT. AND THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND THEY HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT ON THEIR OWN TO DOCUMENT THAT THEY'VE GOT NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT, AND THAT GETS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PACKET AS THEIR REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S OFTENTIMES THAT'S HOW WE SEE IT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ADD ANOTHER MEETING ONTO STAFF'S PLATE. IT'S IT'S A LOT TO IT AT ALL. YEAH, YEAH. STREAMLINING YEAH IS WHERE IT'S TRANSPARENT 
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TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE. RIGHT. YEAH. OH YEAH. WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO SOMETHING WE'VE, WE'VE DRAFTED THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE BEFORE. YEAH. OKAY. DID I UNDERSTAND THAT Y'ALL ARE POSSIBLY ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MORE OF THE DECISIONS, LESS OF THE COUNCIL. DID I UNDERSTAND? NO, NO, NO, I SAID YOU ALL CAN CONSIDER DOING THAT. I DIDN'T SAY THAT. WE DON'T REALLY WE AS THE DRAFTERS DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO TO DO THAT. WE NEED TO GET WE NEED TO GET THE PARISH TO TELL US THAT THEY WANT TO DO THAT. BUT OFTENTIMES WHAT YOU SEE IN OTHER PLACES IS THINGS LIKE YOUR PAB WOULD BE THE ONE STOP FOR A SPECIAL USE, BECAUSE BASICALLY THE SPECIAL USE TYPICALLY GOES TO SOMETHING. YOUR PAB IS LIKE A PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IF I SAY THE WRONG WORD, JUST BEAR WITH ME. BUT THAT'S USUALLY THE ONE WHO DOES THAT. APPROVAL DOESN'T CONTINUE TO GO ON TO ANY OTHER BODIES FROM THAT POINT. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THESE PROCESSES, RATHER THAN HAVING KIND OF TWO LAYERS OF REVIEW OF ONE SPECIAL USE. AND I THINK SOME OF THIS IS AS YOU CONSIDER THIS AND YOU LOOK INTO THIS, SO THIS IS THE MORE POWER WE WERE TRYING TO GIVE YOU. WE WEREN'T TRYING TO GET RID OF YOU. WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU GIVE YOU MORE OF WHAT TO DO. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S BEST TO CONSIDER IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THAT FIRST DRAFT THAT COMES OUT. SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH USES AND WITH DISTRICTS. SO IF YOU SEE THAT THINGS ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF THIS CODE, HEY, THIS WORKS A LOT BETTER. YOU MAY GET MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT IDEA, BUT THAT HAS TO BE VERIFIED THAT IT CAN BE DONE PER CHARTER AND ALL OF THAT. IT WAS A CONSIDERATION FOR YOU ALL TO JUST KIND OF MUNCH ON. WE CAN'T MAKE THAT CHANGE. SO OKAY, MY, MY EXPERIENCE WITH GROUP DYNAMICS AND WITH THINGS LIKE THESE SURVEYS IS THAT, I MEAN, IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF SAD THAT THERE WERE ONLY 59 RESPONSES TO THIS SURVEY. AND THE TENDENCY GENERALLY IS WHEN THE AND, AND I'M SPEAKING GENERALLY HERE, THE TENDENCY IS FOR THE GROUP THAT DISTRIBUTES THESE SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES IS WHEN THEY GET A RESPONSE LIKE THIS IS TO LOOK OUTWARD AS TO THE REASON FOR THAT. AND WHAT I MEAN IS, IS THAT PEOPLE, THEY. THE CRAFTERS OF THESE SURVEYS WILL LOOK OUT AND SAY, WELL, WE ONLY GOT 59 RESPONSES OUT OF 100 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND OR 200 000 PEOPLE, THEY JUST DON'T CARE. 
          THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS JUST DON'T CARE. THEY'RE LACKADAISICAL. MAYBE THEY'RE LAZY. ET CETERA. ET CETERA. THE REAL THING IS THAT THE CRAFTERS OF THESE SURVEYS SHOULD LOOK INWARD. WHY DID WE ONLY GET 59 PARTICIPANTS IN THIS? WAS IT LACK OF COMMUNICATION? WAS IT INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION? WAS IT THE SURVEY WAS TOO LONG. IF YOU'RE GOING. IF YOU HAVE A SURVEY THAT'S MORE THAN 10 OR 15 MINUTES, THAT'S. THAT'S NO GOOD. PEOPLE'S ATTENTION SPANS AREN'T AREN'T GOING TO CARRY THEM THROUGH A LONG SURVEY. AND ESPECIALLY WITH OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS, YOU HAVE TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO DIGESTIBLE, DIGESTIBLE SEGMENTS. SO MAYBE THE SURVEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN SECTIONS RATHER THAN ONE LONG SECTION. SO MY POINT IS, DON'T JUST LOOK OUTWARD AS TO WHY WE ONLY GOT 59 RESPONSES. LOOK INWARD. WHAT COULD WE WHAT COULD WE, THE CRAFTERS OF THIS DONE TO IMPROVE THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR RESIDENTS? THANK YOU. WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN COME UP. COME UP FRONT. I WILL SAY, JUST FROM THE COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE THINGS AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS OFTEN CONFUSING AND SCARY TO PEOPLE IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND WHAT'S ON THERE AND HOW DOES THAT WORK? BECAUSE IT'S NOT CURRENTLY WHAT THE RULE IS. SO I'M NOT A PLANNER. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ABSOLUTE NEED FOR US TO KEEP THAT, BUT I DO FIND IT IS OFTEN SOMETHING PEOPLE SEE, DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IN CONTEXT AND ARE VERY FEARFUL OF BECAUSE IT HAS SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T KNOW, WHERE IS THAT GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY DON'T LIKE 
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IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE WAS ONE. WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK GOING UP TO THE FRONT HERE. 
          RIGHT HERE. MY NAME IS, AND I RUN THE BONNEVILLE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. AND I SAW THROUGH THIS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE GONE THROUGH VERY BRIEFLY THE REPORT THAT'S OUT THERE. IT TALKS A LOT ABOUT TREE PRESERVATION, BUT IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT TREE EXPANSION. AND WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, OUR TREE CANOPY ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS IS LOWER THAN IT SHOULD BE. SO HAVE HAVE YOU ADDRESSED EXPANSION VERSUS PRESERVATION, OR WILL IT BE INCLUDED IN THIS AT ALL? AND THEN SECONDLY, I NOTICED THAT YOU'RE CONSOLIDATING MEDICAL USE INTO A SINGLE DISTRICT. IS ALL MEDICAL USE THE SAME? ARE THERE SOME MEDICAL USES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE LESS DESIRABLE THAN OTHERS? AND HOW WOULD THAT BE ADDRESSED? THEN? HOW MUCH GRANDFATHERING? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GRANDFATHERING IN OUR CODES NOW, AND WE GET WE GET THINGS ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY IN RESIDENTIAL USE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME OF OUR OUR MEMBERS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MULTI-USE PROPERTIES, DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, WHATEVER THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT USE HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. CURRENTLY, IF IT'S BEEN ABANDONED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, THEN IT IS THEN IT IS SUPPOSED TO REVERT TO A SINGLE FAMILY. HAS THAT BEEN ANTICIPATED IN THIS PLAN? OKAY, SO THE THREE THINGS. SO THE FIRST WOULD BE TREE EXPANSION. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE LOOKING AT AS WE ACTUALLY DRAFT THE LANDSCAPE CHAPTER. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE TREE PRESERVATION TO MAINTAIN THOSE THINGS. AND AS WAS POINTED OUT WITH THE FIRST QUESTION, MAINTAIN THE STUFF FROM THE THE OM. I'M GOING TO TRY, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE UP. AND SO THERE WILL BE THINGS AS WE LOOK AT HOW THINGS NEED TO BE LANDSCAPED, THAT'S PART OF THE TREE EXPANSION. WE CAN START LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE WHETHER OR NOT WHERE STREET TREES WOULD BE NEEDED, WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A REQUIRED ON STREET TREE PLANTING. WE'RE NOT THAT SPECIFIC YET, SO BUT WE'RE NOT AGAINST IT. WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A MATTER OF DEGREES AS TO KIND OF HOW THAT WORKS. BUT THE FINAL PLAN DOES ANTICIPATE THAT YOU WILL ADDRESS THAT. YEAH. THE FINAL CODE WILL ADDRESS A COMPREHENSIVE REWRITE OF THE LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS, WHICH WILL REQUIRE TREES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. HOW MUCH I'M NOT I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER YET. WE HAVEN'T DRAFTED IT. WE DON'T KNOW. IS THAT AT ALL USES? I DON'T KNOW INDUSTRIAL. YEAH. WELL, YEAH. DEPENDING ON WHERE LANDSCAPE APPLIES, WE WILL SEE KIND OF HOW MUCH THAT IS. I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU YET, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S DEFINITELY ON THE TABLE TO, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO LANDSCAPING IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. HOW MUCH OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE? WE DON'T KNOW YET. WE HAVEN'T DRAFTED IT YET. WE HAVE HEARD THE MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR THAT TREES ARE IMPORTANT. YEAH. SO IT'S GOING TO BE FRONT OF OUR MIND AS WE'RE DRAFTING THE SEE IT BEING APPLIED EVENLY ACROSS THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS. OKAY, OKAY. THE SECOND QUESTION WAS MEDICAL USE. THE MEDICAL USES. WE'RE TAKING TWO DISTRICTS YOU HAVE THAT ARE VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON KIND OF LARGE HOSPITAL CAMPUSES, THE H1 AND H2, AND CREATING THE MEDICAL INNOVATION DISTRICT, WHICH WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE KIND OF A GAMUT OF RESIDENTIAL USES. 
          AND IT'S A ZONING DISTRICT. SO ANYTHING THAT SWITCHES TO THAT, LIKE ANYTHING NEW THAT'S NOT ALREADY IN H1 OR H2 WOULD REQUIRE A REZONING PROCESS. IN TERMS OF OTHER MEDICAL USES. 
          THERE'S KIND OF THE OTHER THING IN A MIXED USE DISTRICT, YOU COULD HAVE DOCTORS OFFICES, YOU COULD HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY OFFICES, YOU COULD HAVE YOUR DENTIST. THAT'S NOT RESTRICTED TO THE MEDICAL DISTRICT. THE MEDICAL DISTRICT IS FOR KIND OF LARGE MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE SWITCHING IT TO MEDICAL INNOVATION. BUT WE KNOW YOUR LOCAL DENTIST, YOU DON'T YOU WANT TO SOMETIMES BE ABLE TO WALK TO YOUR LOCAL DENTIST, OR AT LEAST I HAVE TO BECAUSE I'M ALLERGIC TO LIDOCAINE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND THEN IN TERMS OF GRANDFATHERING, OBVIOUSLY THE RIGHTS TO NONCONFORMITIES CONTINUE TO EXIST. THIS IS A RIGHT. THEY WERE THERE LEGALLY. THEY'RE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UNTIL CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET. SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE LAW OF THAT. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. IT WOULD BE THE ISSUE OF SOMETHING OF, SAY, IT'S A WE WANT TO LOOK AT WAYS WHERE YOU HAVE THESE TRIPLEXES AND DUPLEXES IN THESE AREAS. ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO CONSIDER 
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ALLOWING THEM TO BE DEEMED CONFORMING, ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE. NOW, THE ISSUE IS IF SOMETHING'S ABANDONED AND IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR. NOW, DOES THAT CONSTITUTE AN ABANDONMENT OF THE USE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO TREAT THAT? WE DON'T KNOW YET. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. 
          WHAT WE STARTED LOOKING AT WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT TYPE OF PROVISION, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS SOMEBODY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A DUPLEX THAT'S BEEN OCCUPIED AND LIVED IN FOR 50 YEARS AND NO ONE EVEN KNOWS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE FOCUS. BUT NOW THE ISSUE, WHICH IS A GOOD ISSUE YOU BROUGHT UP FOR US IS IF THIS IS IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR AND IT'S JUST BEEN ABANDONED FOR OVER, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT YET. THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH, WE'RE CONCERNED WITH IS THE EXPANSION OF A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTIES VERSUS SINGLE FAMILY OWNED PROPERTIES THAT TEND TO GENERALLY BE BETTER MAINTAINED. OKAY, OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. YEAH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP, ACTUALLY HAVE A GREAT BUILT IN RESOURCE IN THIS PARISH. YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT I THINK THAT YOU COULD REACH OUT TO HELP YOU WITH GATHERING THIS KIND OF DATA. SO I WOULD SUGGEST BUILD A DATABASE AND GET IN TOUCH PROACTIVELY WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS TO HELP YOU GET THE DATA THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE EDUCATED, UNEDUCATED PLAN. OKAY. OKAY. ANY ANYBODY ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I THINK WE'RE BACK HERE. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD COMMENT ON IS WE UNDERSTAND DEVELOPERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT CLOSEST TO THE DECISION MAKERS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES, AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE, WHETHER IT'S THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD OR THE BZA OR THE COUNCIL, THAT THE PUBLIC STILL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT BEFORE A FINAL DECISION IS MADE ON WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS. BUT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE IN THE BACK THERE. JUST TO SPEAK TO THAT POINT, WOULDN'T IT WORK BETTER IF A DEVELOPER OR A HOSPITAL THAT'S EXPANDING OR WHOEVER THE APPLICANT THAT COMES IN TO DO WORK IN THE PARISH OR DEVELOP THE PARISH INSTEAD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER THE FACT, AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN PLANNED TO TAKE THEIR TOWN HALL OR HOWEVER IT IS, INVITE THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO SPEAK THROUGH A TOWN HALL OR WHATEVER FORMAT BEFORE ALL OF THE WORK IS DONE WITHIN THE PARISH TO GET EVERYTHING APPROVED, AND THAT, I THINK, IS A POINT WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE BECAUSE THERE ARE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY DEVELOPMENT, EITHER INDUSTRIAL OR HOSPITAL OR WHATEVER, THAT WANT TO KNOW BEFORE THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY A FAIT ACCOMPLI. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YOU WANT MORE POWER? LET'S GIVE YOU MORE POWER. NO, NO, NO, I DON'T, I DON'T THE CPG AND MUCK DISTRICTS, YOU SAID WE'RE GOING TO CONVERT TO THE DISTRICTS. NOW, IS THAT THE INTENT IS TO TAKE THE DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THOSE OVERLAYS AND BUILD THEM INTO THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS OF VARIOUS SCALES. SO IT'S NO LONGER DONE BY OVERLAY, BUT DONE BY JUST BASED DISTRICTS. SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO MAKE THAT INTERPRETATION. SO YOUR C ONE SAY, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, SAY DOWN AIRLINE DRIVE OR, YOU KNOW, SAY, YOU KNOW, ON ON NAPOLEON AVENUE, WOULD THAT WOULD THAT HAVE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AS STRINGENT AS THE CPC PUT ON THEM? OR IS IT IS IT IS IT BY THE AREA ITSELF? I MEAN, HOW HOW IS IT ON THE DISTRICT? IF IT'S DISTRICT, IF IT'S C ONE, IF IT'S C ONE PROPERTY, ARE YOU SAYING THAT ALL C ONES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF 
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LANDSCAPING? WELL IT WILL DEPEND. IT'S KIND OF DEPENDS HOW THE LANDSCAPING COMES OUT. 
          BUT IT ALSO WHEN YOU DO A LANDSCAPE CHAPTER AND YOU KIND OF LOOK AT IT AND YOU LOOK AT HOW LANDSCAPE IS TO BE DESIGNED. AND WE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF RESTRUCTURING THE WHOLE ENTIRETY OF THE LANDSCAPE CHAPTER. THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE MODIFIED BASED ON KIND OF HOW THE BUILDINGS SIT ON THE SITE, OR IF THERE'S PARKING THAT'S LOCATED THERE, HOW THAT GETS INFLUENCED, OR IF IT'S THE BUILDINGS ARE CLOSE TO THE STREET, OR IF THE LOTS ARE SMALLER AND THE LOTS ARE BIGGER. SO THERE'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY TO, TO GAUGE IT TO BOTH, NOT JUST THE DISTRICT, BUT TO THE DEVELOPMENT TYPES THAT HAPPEN WITHIN THAT DISTRICT PERCENTAGE, LIKE MAYBE A PERCENTAGE BASIS ON HOW I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY A PERCENTAGE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE USE PERCENTAGE THAT OFTEN. NO, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY THERE'S, THERE'S A WHOLE WAY TO KIND OF STRUCTURE IT OUT SO THAT IT'S GETTING YOU WHAT YOU NEED BASED ON WHAT THE SITE CAN DO, WHAT IT CAN ACCOMMODATE. BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS CREATE VARIANT SITUATIONS FOR STUFF LIKE THAT. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU OUT OF IS THE LANDSCAPE VARIANCE GAME. THAT SEEMS TO GO ON QUITE A BIT HERE. NO, I LIKE THAT. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF. WE'RE TRYING TO BE REALISTIC. WE WANT TREES. WE HEARD IT. WE WANT TREES AND WE WANT TREES. AND WE LIKE TREES. WE'RE TREE PEOPLE. WE'RE TREE PEOPLE. BUT YOU KNOW, WE ALSO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING LANDSCAPE CONSISTENTLY AND THAT IT WORKS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SITES. AND THAT IF YOU'RE SEEING A LANDSCAPE VARIANCE, IT'S VERY RARE. IT'S LIKE A UNICORN THAT PASSES THROUGH PLANNING BOARD ON ITS WAY TO COUNCIL. OKAY, GREAT. AND PARKING THE SAME WAY. IS THAT YOUR YOU'RE GOING TO YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO PARKING IS GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT CERTAIN FLEXIBILITIES AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. BECAUSE THE OTHER THING IS, IS WE WANT TO, NUMBER ONE, JUST REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING. THAT'S THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE STANDARDS THAT REFLECT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SAYS IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE ACCOMMODATING THAT MUCH PARKING. BUT HALF THE YEAR IT'S IT'S JUST EMPTY. SO PART OF IT IS JUST TWEAKING THOSE RATIOS TO GET THEM RIGHT. THE OTHER HALF OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT SMALL LOTS OR YOU'VE GOT LOTS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED OVER TIME THAT HAVE NEVER HAD PARKING, LAND DOESN'T FALL OUT OF THE SKY IF THERE'S NO LAND ON THAT SITE, IF NO LAND IS AROUND THAT SITE, THEN WE WANT TO WORK IN EXEMPTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE LAND. YOU CAN'T JUST MAKE IT, YOU KNOW. YEAH. SO YEAH, DEFINITELY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FLEXIBILITIES AND EXEMPTIONS AND PARKING, THAT'S THE OTHER ONE, BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY THE SECOND TIER OF VARIANCES THAT COME THROUGH MOST OFTEN IS PARKING. SO TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT GAME. THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE. HI. MY NAME IS CHARMAINE RUSSO AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE WHITNEY CECILE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. WE REPRESENT ABOUT 1200 1300 HOMES IN THE JEFFERSON PARISH AREA NEAR THE TRADER JOE'S COMPLEX. 
          AND SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD TALKED ABOUT HERE IS STREAMLINING THE PROCESS WHERE THIS ROOM DOESN'T GET FILLED WITH 100 RESIDENTS THAT ARE OPPOSED TO SOMETHING. BUT I AGREE WITH THE LADY FROM THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. WE NEED OUR VOICE HEARD BY THE DECISION MAKERS. WE DON'T NEED A PROCESS STREAMLINED TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A VOICE, AND DIRECTING US TO SPEAK TO DEVELOPERS AND VOICE OUR OPINIONS TO DEVELOPERS IS NOT THE DECISION MAKERS. SO WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT SOMETHING IS IN THE PROCESS FOR US. YEAH, AND TO BE CLEAR, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STREAMLINING PROCESSES, IT'S NOT THAT IT TAKES THE PUBLIC OUT OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROCESSES. IN SOME CASES, YOU'VE GOT THINGS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE AS TO HOW IT WORKS, LIKE A REZONING OR A TEXT AMENDMENT IS ALWAYS GOING TO GO THROUGH A VERY PUBLIC PROCESS. IF SOMETHING IS BEING REZONED, YOU'RE GOING TO GET NOTICED AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. YOU JUST YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO. THERE'S NO CHOICE. WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT. I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS SOME VERY SMALL THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO DO A 5%, 5% MODIFICATION OF REQUIRED SETBACK BECAUSE THE LOT STRANGE THAT COULD GO ADMINISTRATIVELY, POTENTIALLY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STREAMLINING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESSES ARE CLEAR, THAT THE STANDARDS ARE CLEAR, THAT YOU'RE EVEN EVALUATING IT. SO STREAMLINING ISN'T JUST KIND OF PUSHING THE PUBLIC OUT. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET THAT IMPRESSION THAT THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN. 
          STREAMLINING ALSO MEANS IS KIND OF HOW DO WE WORK THESE PROCESSES SO THEY GO SMOOTHER SO THAT THEY'RE EVALUATED AGAINST STANDARDS THAT ARE CONSISTENT, THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN. BUT THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THROUGH ANY OF THESE THINGS, WHETHER IT'S A VARIANCE, A SPECIAL USE, A CODE AMENDMENT AND OR A TEXT AMENDMENT OR A MAP AMENDMENT. 
          THERE'S ALWAYS A ROLE FOR THE PUBLIC IN THAT. NOW, HOW WE LOOK AT THESE OTHER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT COME THROUGH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE GOT TO LOOK MORE DEEPLY INTO THOSE AND KIND OF FACTOR IN WHERE THAT STUFF HAPPENS. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN TO THE TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE PLANNING BOARD, YOU KNOW, CAN WE HAVE A MEETING? CAN THE DEVELOPER HAVE THE MEETING FIRST? YEAH, YOU CAN. THAT GIVES YOU A RECORD, A DOCUMENT THAT KIND OF GETS GETS YOU THE SENTIMENT OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. SOMETIMES IN THOSE MEETINGS, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THE DEVELOPMENT CAN CHANGE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS BEFORE IT GETS KIND OF FORMALLY SUBMITTED 
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AND THE DEVELOPMENT CAN CHANGE IN REACTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO THAT WAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S LIKE, WELL, NO, NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY FINE WITH IT BECAUSE HE SAID HE'S GOING TO DO THIS, THIS AND THIS. YOU GO TO THE MEETING, HE GOES, I DID THIS, THIS AND THIS, AND EVERYONE GOES, OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. I MEAN, WE AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH. AND SO THE THING IS, BUT EVEN IN THAT POINT, THAT JUST BECOMES PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS. YOU STILL HAVE THAT ROLE AT THE MEETING TO SPEAK. THAT DOESN'T TAKE IT AWAY. IT'S MEANT TO KIND OF IT'S MEANT TO HELP BOTH OF YOU. IT'S MEANT TO HELP BOTH OF YOU GET ALONG BETTER. I KNOW RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPERS WILL NEVER GET ALONG, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN TOLERATE EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT. WE DON'T LOSE OUR VOICE WITH THE DECISION. YES. NO, NO, NO. YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET THAT IMPRESSION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT. TO THE POINT SHE'S MAKING. I DO I'M AN ARCHITECT. I WORK A LOT ON LOTS OF DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. AND SOME JURISDICTIONS WILL, WILL, WILL REQUIRE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THAT US AS THE ARCHITECT, WE HAVE TO HOST A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. WE HAVE TO SEND OUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE INVITATIONS TO THE HOWEVER MANY RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES WITHIN THE RADIUS THAT THAT THAT'S DICTATED. AND WE HOST WE HOST THE MEETING, WE PRESENT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, TAKE FEEDBACK. 
          JURISDICTION REQUIRES US TO PROVIDE THEM A REPORT AND RECORD IT. SO THEN, YOU KNOW, THE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A NECESSARILY A VENUE LIKE THIS. IT COULD BE A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A ZOOM MEETING OR A TEAMS MEETING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT THAT THAT SEEMS TO WORK. WELL. 
          YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, KIND OF STRUCTURING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THAT WOULDN'T BE ON THE PARISH TO CONDUCT IT WOULD BE ON THE THE DEVELOPER OR THE ARCHITECT TO DO THAT. SO YEAH, I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN IT WORK IN OTHER OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO, TO CONSIDER. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? NO, NO, NO, THERE'LL BE A SCALE. NO. 
          OKAY. NOW, NOW I'M GIVING YOU MORE POWER AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS ON IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S 1000FT■!. SO. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S UP TO THE DEPENDING ON THE ON THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT. YEAH. SOMETHING, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A, A BRANCH BANK IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION. YEAH. I MEAN, THERE'S ISSUES HERE KIND OF DOING THIS MEETING NEEDS TO KIND OF HAPPEN WHEN SOMETHING ELSE IS COMING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN THAT WE JUST WANT TO HAPPEN. YOU JUST WANT PERMITTED USES. WE DON'T WANT THE PAB OR THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT USES. WE WANT TO SEE. THEY JUST COME IN. BUT WE'VE GOT TO CREATE THOSE THRESHOLDS, THOSE THOSE KIND OF HOW YOU GET INTO THAT WHEN THAT'S REQUIRED OF YOU. SO YES, IT DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE A THRESHOLD. YEAH. OKAY. THIS TYPE OF VENUE, IT PUTS IT IN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT. AND IT'S DONE VERY EARLY IN THE. MAKING. WE HAVE. TO CHANGE. THAT HAS TO HAPPEN SO MUCH, SO MANY DAYS OR MONTHS OR WEEKS BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE AN APPLICATION. THINK ABOUT IT. IT'S EARLY. RIGHT? WELL, IT'S SMART DEVELOPERS DO THAT FOR MAJOR PROJECTS. THEY JUST DO IT. BUT THE OTHER ONES SAY, I'VE ALREADY DONE THE PLANS. I CAN'T CHANGE THEM. THOSE ARE THE ONES, THE RECALCITRANCE THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE WRAP UP? YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU. MITCH. YES, PLEASE. ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LEAVE INFORMATION THERE. SORRY TWICE TO GET ON THERE ON THE SURVEY. AND IT WAS CLOSED. SO YEAH, THE SURVEY CLOSED IN AUGUST. MID-AUGUST WAS THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE SURVEY. AS SOON AS I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. OKAY, SO OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. LIKE I SAID, PERFORMANCE IS TOMORROW ON THE WEST BANK. YOU'D LIKE TO REVISIT THIS, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU.
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