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Zoning panel recommends rezoning for Terrebonne Children’s Advocacy Center site on Armor Drive
Summary
The zoning and land use commission recommended rezoning a vacant parcel at 132 Armor Drive from R-3 multifamily residential to C-2 general commercial to allow an expansion of the Terrebonne Children’s Advocacy Center; the commission’s motion passed after staff recommended approval based on changes in conditions and need for business sites.
The Terrebonne Parish Zoning and Land Use Commission recommended approval of a rezoning request for a vacant parcel at 132 Armor Drive so the Terrebonne Children’s Advocacy Center can expand.
The motion to rezone the property from R-3 (multifamily residential) to C-2 (general commercial) passed after staff briefed commissioners on findings that the application met the ordinance’s rezoning criteria. "We're requesting to rezone this piece of property from R 3 Multifamily Residential 2 C 2 General Commercial," said David Waits, who identified himself as representing the Terrebonne Children’s Advocacy Center.
Parish planning staff told commissioners the application fits two of the zoning ordinance’s rezoning conditions: a change in conditions and an increased need for business or office sites because adjoining office space was damaged by Hurricane Ida and is being rebuilt. Staff noted the existing building at 118 Armor Drive is being demolished for new development and that the subject parcel would become an extension of the abutting C-2 zone, making it exempt from the minimum size requirement. Staff reported all public-notice requirements had been met and that one inquiry had been received but no opposition.
Commissioner Dan Rogers moved to approve staff’s recommendation; Commissioner Barry Soudier seconded the motion, which commissioners approved. The body’s recommendation will be forwarded as the commission’s record-level action on the rezoning request.
The commission also noted a commissioner recusal earlier in the meeting for a separate agenda item because the member was a neighbor to that parcel; no conflict was declared for the Armor Drive item.
Planning staff said the rezoning is for future commercial use tied to the advocacy center’s plans and that site-specific development and permitting steps would follow zoning approval. No construction permits or final site plans were approved at the hearing.
The record contains public testimony from the applicant’s representative and staff analysis supporting the rezoning; commissioners did not request additional studies prior to forwarding the recommendation.
