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Zoning commission approves most rezoning requests, denies one and postpones a rezoning
Summary
At the meeting the commission approved five rezoning applications (multifamily expansion, resilience overlay for a home site, family parcel, public facilities for a fire station, and a PBC campus), denied one Highway Commercial rezoning and postponed one industrial rezoning for a month.
The St. Tammany Parish Planning and Zoning Commission considered seven rezoning applications and acted on six.
The commission approved a request to rezone about 22.96 acres on Airport Road to a higher‑density multifamily district (MH) to allow expansion of an existing 144‑unit complex. Attorney Jeff Shane represented the petitioner and described high occupancy and market demand; commissioners voted to recommend approval to the parish council.
A 4.286‑acre parcel owned by Ricky and Regina Cox was rezoned to L1 large‑lot residential including the resilience overlay to permit a single‑family home. Commissioners discussed resilience requirements (three feet of freeboard and pier‑and‑beam construction) and the motion to approve carried.
A family parcel application for roughly 3 acres in Folsom was approved to allow subdivision for an in‑family home; speakers noted multi‑generation family ownership and intent to place a new home for a family member nearby.
The commission approved rezoning of 3.81 acres to PF1 public facilities district for Fire Protection District 5 to allow construction of living quarters adjacent to an existing station; the fire chief described state capital outlay funds and the need to replace temporary living quarters.
Petitioners for a roughly 23.97‑acre tract on West Ochsner Boulevard asked to rezone from neighborhood commercial to Planned Business Campus (PBC). The petitioner’s attorney said improved infrastructure and adjacent commercial zoning made PBC appropriate; commissioners approved despite some emailed opposition earlier in the process.
Two items did not carry forward as requested. A 0.36‑acre application on Coast Boulevard to rezone suburban residential to HC1 Highway Commercial was denied after commissioners said it would be an isolated commercial island in a residential area. Separately, a petitioner asking to rezone a 0.21‑acre parcel on US Highway 190 from large‑lot residential to I1 light industrial asked for a postponement to further study buffer impacts and whether HC2 with a conditional use permit might be a better option; the commission postponed that item for one month at the petitioner’s request.
Minutes from the prior meeting were approved at the start of the evening and the meeting adjourned after staff updates. The items approved will be forwarded to the parish council as recommendations where applicable.
