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Commission approves minor rezoning for 1.72-acre Nelson Road parcel to allow family subdivision

St. Tammany Parish Planning and Zoning Commission · February 4, 2026
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Summary

The St. Tammany Planning & Zoning Commission approved rezoning a 1.72-acre Nelson Road parcel to L2 (large-lot residential) with overlays, enabling a minor subdivision so the petitioner's son may build next to his mother; a neighbor called the change "spot zoning."

The St. Tammany Parish Planning and Zoning Commission approved a rezoning request to allow a minor subdivision of a 1.72-acre property on Nelson Road in Covington’s Ward 2.

Staff told the commission the parcel is currently developed with a single-family home and that rezoning to L2 (large-lot residential) with the manufactured housing and rural overlays would permit a minor subdivision and a new vacant…

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