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Resident wins rezoning to place family mobile home; waiver needed for third address
Summary
The commission approved rezoning on Bill McLenn Road (case 25-59) to permit a double-wide mobile home so a son can live with and care for elderly, ill parents; department staff said a separate waiver for a third address must go to the parish council.
The Livingston Parish Zoning Commission voted Dec. 2 to approve a rezoning request for parcel 0243691 on Bill McLenn Road (case 25-59), moving the property from R-2 to R-1.5 to allow placement of a new double-wide home.
Applicant Randy Jones spoke at the hearing and said he sought the change to obtain an address for a new home on his parents’ property so he can care for them. Jones said his mother is seriously ill and “she’s on oxygen 24 7,” explaining the family’s need to live on the same lot.
Department staff explained that even if the zoning map is changed, the family will still need a separate waiver for a third address; that waiver would require parish council review. The department also said the parcel appears to have been previously mis-zoned as R-2 and that the requested change aligns it more closely with surrounding trailer/mobile-home uses.
Commissioners discussed legacy zoning and the family’s circumstances and approved the rezoning by recorded vote. The commission noted the address/waiver process is administratively separate and must be completed with the council.
Next steps include the administrative process to request the address waiver before the parish council; no additional conditions were recorded by the commission during the hearing.
