The Livingston Parish zoning commission recommended rezoning a property on Louisiana Highway 16 (Case 25-37) from R-1 to C-1 to bring zoning into alignment with an existing commercial operation called Precision Canine. Thomas Johnson (Alwyn Fairburn and Associates) said the canine training facility predated zoning and is currently operating; planning staff said the parcel has a fence and other commercial improvements and that rezoning would ease permitting and financing.
Staff noted such cases are typically “cleanup” items — they make current use conforming to zoning rather than imposing new restrictions — and that the property can continue operating in the interim as a nonconforming use until the council acts. Commissioners voted to recommend rezoning; staff said any future alterations or expansions would be subject to standard permitting and code requirements.