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Council declines final approval for five‑lot Bull Island subdivision after residents and staff flag ordinance issues
Summary
After public testimony alleging trash, missed permitting steps and an attempt to circumvent mobile‑home‑park rules, the council failed to carry a motion granting preliminary and final plat approval for a five‑lot subdivision on Bull Island Road (parcel 013597000).
Neighbors and planning staff told the Iberia Parish Council on May 13 that a proposed partition of a Bull Island Road parcel into five residential lots raises compliance and enforcement concerns, and the council did not approve the plat.
Byron LaSalle, a neighbor, said the property effectively operates as an extension of an existing mobile‑home park and that subdividing into five individual lots appears to circumvent the parish mobile‑home‑park ordinance. "If they put trash out like it's supposed to be put out... trash dumpsters would probably eliminate some of that problem," LaSalle said, urging the council to require mobile‑home‑park standards rather than simple residential lots.
Amy Daurese, another neighbor, asked whether the existing park holds a valid operating permit and whether required inspections had been performed. She said the applicant, Antonio (Tony) Alamo, had behaved disrespectfully at a planning commission hearing and that several ordinance requirements may not have been followed.
Planning staff (Agnes) told the council the owner installed septic infrastructure and water meters before submitting the plat, and that the septic may not meet the Board of Health setback (staff said the septic was short of the required 180 feet from Bull Island Road). Staff said earlier options included rezoning; the applicant instead submitted a five‑lot plat and had placed dirt pads and infrastructure prior to commission review. Council members asked whether the subdivision legally met lot‑size and mobile‑home rules (the record cites a provision that 3 or more manufactured homes on a lot constitute a park and that dividing contiguous property to evade the ordinance is disallowed). Staff confirmed the planning commission gave preliminary and final approval subject to compliance with staff report; several council members noted that approvals can be preliminary pending staff recommendations.
After extended discussion of setbacks, servitudes, septic placement, lot sizes, and whether the applicant’s actions amounted to an attempt to avoid mobile‑home‑park standards, the council voted on the item. The motion to approve the preliminary and final plat failed.
Actions and next steps: The council did not adopt the plat as presented; staff said they would follow up on septic location and servitude issues and may require rezoning or corrected plats before further action.
Provenance: The hearing and deliberation were recorded under the Regional Planning item for parcel 013597000 (Summary number 87) and include public comment from SEG 628–799, planning staff presentation SEG 1551–1576 and council deliberations through SEG 1886.
