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Tangipahoa Parish Council extends 90‑day moratorium on approvals for halfway houses and related facilities
Summary
The Tangipahoa Parish Council unanimously adopted TP Ordinance 2611 to extend for 90 days an existing moratorium (TP Ordinance 2543) on acceptance, processing and approval of applications under Article 9, Chapter 26 related to halfway houses, addiction‑disorder treatment facilities, juvenile detention, live‑in mental‑health facilities, sober‑living homes and homeless shelters.
The Tangipahoa Parish Council on March 23 adopted TP Ordinance 2611, extending for an additional 90 days a temporary moratorium that halts the acceptance, processing and approval of applications under Article 9, Chapter 26 of the Tangipahoa Parish Code concerning halfway houses, addictive‑disorder treatment facilities, juvenile detention facilities, live‑in mental‑health facilities, sober‑living homes and homeless shelters.
Council members moved and seconded the ordinance for adoption during the public meeting and carried it by roll call. The ordinance extends the temporary pause first enacted by TP Ordinance 2543; the council did not record public testimony on the measure during the March 23 session.
The moratorium language cited in the ordinance applies to any application or request made pursuant to the referenced article and chapter of the parish code; the council did not change the list of facility types covered by the prior moratorium. The extension is administrative and temporary: it preserves the status quo for 90 days while the council and staff consider any further action, study or ordinance revisions.
Why it matters: ordinances that pause permitting for whole categories of facilities affect where providers and nonprofit operators can locate programs and can delay local approvals for proposed projects. The council did not provide on the record a timeline or specific deliverable tied to this 90‑day extension during the meeting.
What happened next: the motion carried on a unanimous roll call. The council did not solicit public speakers on TP Ordinance 2611 at the March 23 hearing; the next procedural step would normally be any directed staff work, drafting amendments or scheduling a future hearing if councilmembers request changes.
Authorities and references recorded during the meeting include TP Ordinance 2543 and the text of Article 9, Chapter 26 of the Tangipahoa Parish Code, which the ordinance explicitly referenced.
