St. Tammany planners postpone LA 3241 overlay after residents raise density and buffer concerns

Erin Cook, senior planner for St. Tammany Parish Department of Planning and Development, presented a draft overlay for LA 3241 on the parish zoning map, describing a 20‑mile controlled‑access route and proposed regulations intended to guide development along the corridor.

Cook said the study breaks the corridor into three subareas — a corridor enhancement subarea (about 11.26 miles), an environmentally sensitive subarea (about 14.58 miles) and two town‑center subareas (2.54 and 1.78 miles). The draft would retain existing underlying zoning but add rules that apply to new commercial, industrial and major residential development, including a 50‑foot scenic no‑cut buffer in the environmentally sensitive area, a requirement that conservation subdivisions preserve at least 40% of a site and cluster no more than 15 homes, a prohibition on “small box” variety…