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St. Charles Parish Council approves assessment certification, zoning changes and multiple infrastructure contracts at Oct. 6 meeting
Summary
Council certified the assessor’s 2025 assessment roll, approved several rezonings, adopted code amendments, and authorized engineering and construction contracts and change orders in votes held Oct. 6.
The St. Charles Parish Council on Oct. 6 certified the assessor’s 2025 assessment roll and approved a package of ordinances, rezoning requests, contracts, and resolutions covering zoning, subdivision rules, flood-control engineering, roadway maintenance and a state industrial tax-exemption application.
Actions at a glance (file numbers and outcomes):
- File 2025-0302: Accept and certify the 2025 assessment roll as submitted by the assessor to the Louisiana Tax Commission — passed unanimously (motion by Councilwoman Duboisier; second by Councilman Fisher).
- File 2025-0286: Rezone Lot 4-11-A-5, Plantation Business Campus, 13080 River Road, Destrehan, from M-1 (light manufacturing) to C-2 (general commercial) — passed unanimously.
- File 2025-0287: Rezone lots in Ellington Gardens (Angus Drive, Luling) from C-2 to C-3 (highway commercial) — passed (Councilwoman Fonska voted no).
- Files 2025-0288, 2025-0289, 2025-0284: A series of residential rezoning requests (R-1AM to R-2; R-1M to R-1AM; R-1A to R-2) — each passed unanimously.
- File 2025-0203: Zoning ordinance amendment to exempt off-street parking paving requirements for manufactured and mobile homes in R-1AM districts — passed unanimously.
- File 2025-0291: Ordinance to increase the minimum setback for accessory buildings from 3 feet to 5 feet (to establish 10 feet separation between structures) — passed unanimously.
- File 2025-0293: Subdivision ordinance amendment to codify a waiver process for private sewer facilities — passed unanimously.
- Files 2025-0296 and 2025-0297: Professional services agreements with Berkley & Peter Inc. for engineering on the Ellington structures/Cousins Pump Station T-wall and Sunset Drainage Pump Station rehabilitation — both approved unanimously.
- File 2025-0298: Geotechnical services contract with Eustis Engineering LLC for the Ellington/Cousins T-wall — passed unanimously. Parish president Jewell noted updated geotechnical borings and federal coordination for the project.
- File 2025-0299: Change order No. 1 with Barrie Construction Company LLC for road maintenance 2024–25 (adds $626,929.15 and 20 calendar days) — passed unanimously.
- File 2025-0307: Resolution approving an Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) application for W. R. Grace & Co. (project ID 20230486-ITEP) for expansions and safety improvements in Norco — passed unanimously after committee review.
- File 2025-0301: Resolution granting solicitation permission to Knights of Columbus Council No. 3634 for November 2025 fundraising — passed unanimously.
- Appointments and resignations: The council confirmed Patrick Beard to the River Parishes Transit Authority (unexpired term through 01/09/2028) and accepted Frances Annie F. Harmon’s resignation from the St. Charles Parish Library Board of Control (District 2). Both votes were unanimous.
Most measures passed with little debate. A handful of zoning petitions generated extended discussion; the council and planning staff noted a concurrent review of C-2 and C-3 uses to consider modernizing those categories. The council scheduled multiple public hearings for the fiscal-year 2026 consolidated operating and capital budget.
