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Commission denies Pine Acres Road revocation after neighbors, public works raise access and safety concerns
Summary
The St. Tammany Parish Planning Commission voted to deny an applicant’s request to revoke a 171-square-foot paved segment of Pine Acres Road, citing concerns from Public Works about limiting access and potential impacts on emergency vehicle passage.
The St. Tammany Parish Planning Commission on a recorded vote denied a request to revoke a 171-square-foot portion of Pine Acres Road that an applicant asked to combine into private property.
Applicant Gail Benoit sought the revocation, represented at the hearing by attorney Jared Shinek. Shinek said the paved area is within Benoit’s property and functions as a dead-end that serves no public through-traffic: “There frankly is no public use that is identified,” he told commissioners, and he cited submitted…
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