The Saint Tammany Parish Board of Adjustment met Dec. 2 and approved a series of zoning variances while postponing others where the board or applicants lacked requested documentation or parties.

The board approved a variance allowing removal of three live oak trees at 68500 U.S. Highway 190 Service Road for a North Shore Toyota service expansion, subject to on‑site replacement plantings and payment into the St. Tammany Parish Tree Bank. Representative Jason Rebert said the trees “could not be preserved due to their proximity to the new building, incompatibility with vehicle inventory areas and the substantial fill required to meet the grade and drainage requirements.”

The board also approved reductions to required street and side‑yard landscape depths for a light‑industrial project on the condition a detailed landscape plan be submitted and required class A/B trees be installed, and it approved after‑the‑fact wider driveway widths for an industrial site after the applicant described practical truck‑turn constraints. Ritchie Mitchell said there was “absolutely no way” to operate large trucks in the constructed 35‑foot driveway configuration.

Several cases were postponed. A motion to postpone BOA case 20254404 failed on a 2–2 vote, so the board determined the case would be heard rather than postponed. Multiple other items— including a large‑lot buffer reduction request and a residential side‑setback matter—were postponed to allow applicants to supply clearer drawings, neighbor consent letters or a tree survey.

Members also voted to ask staff to draft a resolution for the parish council to consider requiring continuing education (suggested four hours annually) for board members; staff said the director was already planning training.

The meeting closed with routine housekeeping and an adjournment.