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Zachary council approves alcohol permit for Waywood Drive cafe, tables residential moratorium and introduces excavation-permit ordinance
Summary
The council approved a conditional-use permit allowing alcohol service at a Waywood Drive cafe, tabled a proposed 12-month moratorium on many new single-family subdivisions, and introduced an ordinance requiring excavation permits and emergency plans before ground-disturbing activity.
The Zachary Mayor and Council on Dec. 10 approved CUPAB-3-24, a conditional-use permit for a cafe at 4823 Waywood Drive that would allow the establishment to serve alcoholic beverages. Mayor McDavid opened and closed the public hearing after no one spoke for or against; the council approved the permit (YEAS: Westmoreland, DeVirgilio, Graves, Landry; ABSENT: LeBlanc).
In other ordinance business, the council voted to table the public hearing and adoption of Ordinance 2024-17, which proposed an immediate 12-month moratorium on many new residential single-family developments (those creating more than five lots and certain single-family forms). The motion to table the moratorium was approved unanimously, postponing further action and review.
Councilmembers also introduced Ordinance 2025-18, which would amend §§ 70-40 and 70-41 of the City Code to require permit issuance and submission of emergency plans before any excavation, ground-disturbing, boring or groundbreaking activity in the city’s jurisdiction; the introduction was approved unanimously.
Votes at a glance: the minutes record a number of other routine approvals, including receipt of Planning Commission minutes, acceptance of accounts payable for November 2024, approval to amend the 2025 council meeting calendar (moving Nov. 11 to Nov. 10), and a recommendation of no objection to a flag-lot subdivision (ZOI — CS-16-24). Those items were recorded as passed in the minutes.
What the minutes do not show: The meeting minutes summarize public comment and actions but do not include verbatim testimony for or against the moratorium or the excavation-permit ordinance; they do not record detailed rationale from council members for tabling or for introducing the ordinance.
