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Livingston Parish planning commission approves several rezones, denies contested multifamily request on North Cafe Line Road
Summary
The Livingston Parish Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 5 approved multiple rezoning requests and denied others, including a bid to change land on North Cafe Line Road from R-1.5 to R-4 after commissioners questioned density and master-plan consistency. The commission also denied a rezoning while recommending a nonconforming-use permit for a 0.28-acre lot on Whitley Road.
The Livingston Parish Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing Feb. 5 and voted on a string of rezoning requests across council districts, approving most staff-backed requests but denying some that commissioners said conflicted with neighborhood character and the parish master plan.
The meeting opened with a procedural adoption of the Jan. 13 minutes, which passed with one abstention. Commissioners then considered a sequence of zoning applications.
Case 26-13 (15025 Lewis Road) sought to rezone a 1.29-acre parcel in District 8 from R-1 to R-1.5. Department staff said the block contains primarily trailers and aging houses, but several commissioners raised concerns about establishing an R-1.5 precedent near large R-1 parcels and cautioned against issuing what one commissioner called a “blank check” without clearer intent for the property. After debate, a motion to approve failed on a 4–5 roll-call vote.
Case 26-14 (8805 Lockhart Road, District 3) requested rezoning from R-4 to AG so the owner could keep or add livestock. Applicant Nielsen Rizzuto said he wanted…
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