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Ordinance committee opens discussion on school impact studies and parish‑wide impact fees
Summary
The Livingston Parish Ordinance Committee discussed creating a pre‑planning "school impact study" like existing drainage and traffic studies, explored whether a fee would follow, and recommended forming a multi‑stakeholder advisory process and legal review before pursuing any fee or funding mechanism.
A council member told the Livingston Parish Ordinance Committee Friday that developers should submit a school impact study during preplanning—similar to drainage and traffic studies—so the parish and the school system can estimate how new housing would affect school capacity and capital needs.
The council member said the study would be submitted with development packets and would be used during planning review. "You gotta get a school impact study done just along with your drainage impact study and along with your traffic impact study," he said. He emphasized he did not…
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