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Council clarifies Dollar General at Jefferson and Pines is outside city limits; zoning lies with Caddo Parish
Summary
Residents asked the Shreveport City Council about a new Dollar General development at Jefferson/Pines; city staff explained the site is in Caddo Parish, commercially zoned, and therefore the city council had no authority to block the project.
A resident asked the Shreveport City Council what recourse residents have to stop or delay a new Dollar General being built at the southeast corner of Jefferson Paige and Pines Road. Council and staff clarified the site is outside Shreveport city limits, within Caddo Parish, and already zoned for commercial use; as a result the city council and the Metropolitan Planning Commission had no jurisdiction to deny a site that is legally entitled to development.
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