Votes at a glance: Livingston Parish Planning Commission, July 8, 2025

The Livingston Parish Planning Commission voted on a series of resolutions, ordinances, site plans and waivers during its regular meeting on July 8, 2025. This roundup lists each formal action, the motion text where recorded, mover/second when on the record, and the roll-call outcome referenced during the meeting.

Why this matters: The votes decide which policy proposals move to the Parish Council, which projects advance toward permitting, and which items were delayed or denied. The commission recorded results by roll call for the items below.

Votes (itemized) - Adoption of minutes, regular meeting dated June 5, 2025 — Motion to adopt minutes (mover: Wax; second: Clemons). Recorded roll-call: Engler — yes; Clemons — yes; Guidry — yes; Wack — yes; Dana — yes; Burns — yes; Farris — abstain. Outcome: adopted (yes votes recorded; one abstention).

- Master Plan: Recommendation to include a legacy drainage/ detention-pond plan in the master-plan update and forward materials to WSP (resolution to send proposal to WSP, mover: Burns; second: Engler). Recorded roll-call: Engler — yes; Clemons — yes; Guidry — yes; Wack — yes; Dana — yes; Burns — yes; Farris — yes. Outcome: recommended to WSP (unanimous).

- Economic corridor guidance (master plan): Motion to send the draft economic corridor language back to the Master Plan Review Committee for additional work (mover: Clemons; second: Wax). Recorded roll-call: Engler — no; Clemons — yes; Guidry — no; Wack — yes; Dana — yes; Burns — no; Farris — yes. Outcome: motion carried; item returned for further committee consideration.

- Ordinance (R-2 residential): Introduction/ recommendation to change R-2 maximum density and minimum lot width (change density from 4 units/acre to 3.75 units/acre and minimum lot width 60'→65', with side-yard language adjusted) — motion carried on roll call (Engler, Clemons, Guidry, Wack, Dana, Burns, Farris all recorded yes). Outcome: recommended for adoption with the stated amendments.

- Ordinance reactivate R-1.5 (rural single-family) with revised density/minimum-lot-size language: Motion to send to council with favorable recommendation including permitted mobile/manufactured home language clarified (mover: Burns; second: Guidry). Recorded roll-call: Engler — yes; Clemons — yes; Guidry — yes; Wack — yes; Dana — yes; Burns — yes; Farris — yes. Outcome: forwarded to Parish Council with favorable recommendation.

- Subdivision regulations (procedures for subdivisions with improvements, Article 5): Motion to table for one month to refine wording and related procedures (mover: Burns; second: Clemons). Recorded roll-call: Engler — yes; Clemons — yes; Guidry — yes; Wax — yes; Dana — yes; Burns — yes; Farris — yes. Outcome: tabled for one month.

- AT&T, French Settlement (site-plan waiver for monopole near Hwy 444): Motion to forward to council with a favorable recommendation contingent on receipt of notarized letters of no-objection from adjacent property owners and filing of those letters with the Clerk of Court (mover: Wax; second: Dana). Recorded roll-call: Engler — yes; Clemons — yes; Guidry — yes; Wack — yes; Dana — yes; Burns — yes; Farris — yes. Outcome: forwarded to Parish Council with the stated contingency.

- AT&T, Nickens Lake (site-plan waiver): Motion to deny (mover: Burns; second: unspecified on record). Recorded roll-call: Engler — no; Clemons — yes; Guidry — no; Wax — yes; Dana — yes; Burns — yes; Farris — yes. Outcome: motion to deny carried (5 yes, 2 no).

- MHP LLC preliminary site plan (US Hwy 190, manufactured housing sales lot): Motion to approve preliminary site plan (mover: Wax; second: Engler). Recorded roll-call: Engler — yes; Clemons — yes; Guidry — yes; Wax — yes; Dana — yes; Burns — yes; Farris — yes. Outcome: approved.

- Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 4 (Station 7 expansion, Walker South Road): Motion to forward with favorable recommendation contingent on required waivers (mover: Dana; second: Engler). Recorded roll-call: Engler — yes; Clemons — yes; Guidry — yes; Wack — yes; Dana — yes; Burns — yes; Farris — yes. Outcome: forwarded to Parish Council with favorable recommendation and waiver requirement.

- The Woodlands Phase 2 preliminary plat (US Hwy 444): Motion to approve preliminary plat (mover: Wax; second: Engler). Recorded roll-call: Engler — yes; Clemons — yes; Guidry — yes; Wax — yes; Dana — yes; Burns — yes; Farris — yes. Outcome: preliminary plat approved.

Notes on procedure and contingencies - Several approvals were conditional on the applicant or carrier supplying additional documentation to the council (for example, notarized no-objection letters for adjacent property owners filed with the clerk in the case of the French Settlement tower). The commission recorded those contingencies during the roll-call votes.

Sources and provenance: Commission roll-call recorded on the transcript of the Livingston Parish Planning Commission regular meeting, July 8, 2025. For a concise list of motions and recorded tallies, see the meeting minutes and this article’s itemized list above.

Ending: Items that were tabled (subdivision procedures) or sent back to committee (economic corridor language) will return to a future commission meeting for additional review before the commission forwards further recommendations to the Parish Council.