Council hears requests to reduce drainage servitudes on multiple parcels
Oct 21, 2026
Multiple property owners asked the council to reduce parish drainage servitude widths (one from 100 to 60 feet, two related parcels from 100 to 40 feet) to permit replacement homes and property sales; staff reported sufficient clearance and recommended moving the ordinances forward for consideration.
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Council staff described a request by a property owner (Mr. Kenneth) to reduce the parish servitude on a drainage channel (L-36A-1H) from 100 feet to 60 feet because the owner had replaced a mobile home on the same footprint; staff said there is adequate room on both sides to maintain the channel. "He has a, mobile home he had tore down and mostly replaced it on the same piece of land," a staff member told the council when explaining the request.
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