Board approves special exception to retain modular home at 215 Winfield with one-year compliance

The Bossier Parish Board of Adjustments voted Jan. 29 to grant a special exception allowing a 30-by-36 modular home to remain on a 3.82-acre parcel at 215 Winfield in Police Jury District 4.

The applicant, David Allen, told the board the modular home belonged to his late parents and that he hopes to keep it so a relative can live there. "Yes, we have a modular home on my property that belonged to my parents who have now deceased," Allen said while presenting the request.

Staff explained the zoning context: the lot is zoned RLD (residential low density) and the special exception is a conditional use. "This is a conditional use, and all conditional use have 1 year," staff said, adding that approval allows the owner one year to obtain parish-engineer approval, record the required plat and otherwise meet subdivision requirements.

Board member Carrie Landry moved to approve PBOA0002192025; the motion was seconded by Suzette Hadden and carried on a voice vote. The board did not read individual roll-call votes during the motion; members voiced "aye" and the chair declared the motion carried.

The decision allows Allen to proceed to the Metropolitan Planning Commission to pursue the subdivision steps the code requires. If the owner does not complete the subdivision and recording within a year, staff said the conditional-use approval will expire and the applicant must return to the board.

The meeting record shows the board handled the matter during its regular session and that the applicant was given the one-year compliance period as the condition of the approval.