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Livingston Parish planning committee: master plan adopted, waits for unified code; drainage concerns raised
Summary
The parish confirmed adoption of the master plan and outlined next steps — adoption by council is complete but implementation depends on a Unified Land Development Code, drainage master plan and traffic master plan. Commissioners and residents raised concerns at a drainage public hearing that a local wall may be worsening flooding.
The Livingston Parish Master Plan Review Committee met Dec. 1 and confirmed that the final master plan copy presented earlier has been approved by the planning commission and adopted by the parish council, but commissioners said implementation depends on related documents that are still pending.
Committee members said the master plan is effectively complete and that what remains are implementing documents — notably the Unified Land Development Code, the drainage master plan and the traffic master plan — which staff and consultants must finish before zoning changes or regulatory overlays can be enforced. "The final copy was presented and approved by the planning commission, and it went to the council who adopted it," one commissioner said during the meeting.
Why it matters: the master plan frames long-range land-use…
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