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Council reviews zoning amendment to allow single‑family and duplex homes in some multifamily districts

St. Tammany Parish Council · January 30, 2026
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Summary

Planning staff explained ordinance 8053 would add single‑family and two‑family dwellings as permitted uses in multifamily‑medium and multifamily‑high zoning classifications, enabling duplexes and certain single‑family homes where they were previously disallowed.

Council planning staff and members discussed an ordinance (calendar item 8053) that would change the parish Unified Development Code to permit single‑family and two‑family dwellings in zoning districts currently designated as multifamily‑medium and multifamily‑high.

Ross, a planning staff member, said the change would expand housing opportunity…

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