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Board approves variance for Lyons Elementary bus canopy to add covered bus loading
Summary
The Board of Adjustments granted a variance to eliminate a south-side side setback at Lyons Elementary so the school system can extend a canopy to shelter students at the bus drop-off area.
The Board of Adjustments approved a variance request from the St. Tammany Parish School System to eliminate the south‑side setback at Lyons Elementary and construct an extended canopy over the bus loading area.
Case number 25‑01‑04 asked the board to allow the school to place a protective cover closer to the property line so one and a half to two buses can pull under the canopy to shelter students during loading and unloading. Jeff Shane, legal counsel for the school system, told the board the canopy addresses “health, safety, welfare” needs by keeping students out of inclement weather during pickup and drop‑off.
Shane noted the school uses an area of adjoining St. Tammany Parish property under a cooperative endeavor agreement dating to 1991 and that the lane in question has served the school for many years. Commissioners voted to approve the variance following discussion; the roll call recorded all five commissioners in favor.
Votes at a glance: Case 25‑01‑04 — variance to eliminate south side setback for Lyons Elementary bus canopy. Motion: approve. Outcome: approved (5–0).
Next steps recorded in the meeting included permitting and standard plan review for the canopy construction; no timetable for construction was recorded in the transcript.
