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Planning and Zoning Board OKs workforce-housing exception on West M. Perkins Road; applicant denies 'man camp' plans
Summary
On April 22, 2025, the Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board approved an exception allowing workforce housing on part of a 39-acre industrially zoned site in Sulphur. The applicant, Steve Belshi, denied social-media claims the project would operate as a "man camp." The motion passed 9–0 with one member absent.
The Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board on April 22 approved an exception to allow workforce housing on a portion of a 39-acre site on West M. Perkins Road in Sulphur, voting 9 in favor, none opposed, with one member absent.
Planning staff told the board the property had been rezoned last month to permit industrial uses and that workforce housing requires a two-step approval: rezoning followed by a board exception. The staff recommended the exception be granted with conditions including adherence to the submitted site plan, inward-oriented exterior lighting,…
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