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Planner recommends C1, not C3, for small commercial lot near Ellerby and East Warner Lucas Road

5963526 · June 11, 2025
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City planning staff and the MPC favored neighborhood-scale commercial C1 zoning for a roughly 0.8-acre parcel that is part of a larger, 16-acre development approved by the parish. Staff cited compatibility and traffic concerns as reasons to deny a broader C3 request.

Planning staff told the council that an applicant had requested a C3 (general commercial) zoning category for a parcel off Ellerby and East Warner Lucas Road but that the Municipal Planning Commission recommended C1 (neighborhood commercial) instead.

Staff said the applicant owns about 16 acres—mostly outside city limits—that had seen a mix of rural estate, rural agriculture and single-family residential zoning. The portion…

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