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Planning board approves four‑trailer exception for Southside Assembly church with multiyear limit after neighborhood protests
Summary
After neighbors raised concerns about noise, drainage and a potential de facto trailer park, the Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board approved a zoning exception allowing Southside Assembly of God Church to place four FEMA trailers on its property for temporary housing, subject to a four‑year limit and return review.
Pastor Max Dukes said his church would accept four donated FEMA trailers to provide temporary housing for people displaced by the storms and later repurpose the units for church activities. "There's no rent involved," Dukes said, adding the church would be responsible for insurance and upkeep and that the trailers must be available to qualifying people under FEMA rules for about a year.
Neighbors at the meeting described long‑running problems with noise,…
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