Planning commission backs master plan for Parish Council review after changes; removes specific zoning from future land use map recommended

At a special meeting, the Livingston Parish Planning Commission voted to recommend the draft Livingston Parish master plan to the Parish Council with a set of amendments and caveats, and it asked staff and the council to resolve two outstanding review items before final adoption.

The commission voted to forward the plan after hearing a presentation from Nathan, a planning consultant with WSP, who said the recommended edits include replacing one commissioner name in the document, adding two appendices (a full breakdown of population projections and raw survey results), aligning pedestrian and bicycle language to the Capital Region bicycle and pedestrian plan, and adding additional outreach documentation from a recent implementation meeting.

The commission's endorsement includes language asking the council to consider four primary changes discussed at the meeting and to treat two outstanding items — the Parish drainage master plan review and whether to include specific "associated zoning" designations in the future land use map — as separate, follow-up items.

Why it matters: the commission's choice on whether to list specific zoning tied to future land use categories affects how property owners and the public interpret the plan and how rezone requests are analyzed. Removing specific associated zoning would retain the master plan's status as a policy guide and leave site-specific zoning determinations to the planning and zoning…