The St. Tammany Parish Planning and Zoning Commission considered subdivision and right-of-way requests, including several postponements and approvals. The commission postponed a proposed 60-lot Oakmont Reserve plan for revisions after discussing buffers, recreational space and its commercial surroundings.

Discussion Points

•Commissioner Robert asked whether an intermittent stream crossed the access road and could affect access; staff said it did not.
•Commissioner Robert objected to the layout, not the lot sizes, and said the layout concerns aligned with staff comments.
•Commissioners raised concerns about nearby commercial and industrial activity, screening, access, neighborhood notification and whether residential development was a good fit at this site.
•Staff described the sole identified recreational amenity as a sidewalk wrapping around five lots and said the larger northern green-space area had limited access.
•Staff questioned the adequacy of narrow perimeter buffers, screening where drainage works may remove trees, and the usability of proposed green space.
•Staff said prior minor-subdivision processing made commission approval necessary.
•Staff said single-family homes are permitted in HC2 zoning, while noting the site has challenges.
•Staff said the revised plat and plans needed updates to address comments and markups issued Nov. 4, 2026.
•The applicant described the planned road widening as moving toward its property.
•The applicant said the conditional-use appeal could affect whether the resubdivision proceeds and how lots are configured.
•The applicant sought a waiver of construction requirements for an existing private servitude.
•The developer said it was modifying its proposal after staff shared concerns and an alternate concept.
•The earlier HC2 rezoning request for lot 41B1 had been dropped; the conditional-use appeal remained pending.
•The engineer said the applicant had reviewed the staff report and could comply.

Decisions

•The commission approved combining lots 1A and 2A into one lot.
•The commission approved final plat and construction plans subject to staff conditions.
•The commission approved the parcel split with waivers.
•The commission approved the right-of-way request subject to the attached resolution.
•The commission postponed the case for one month.
•The commission postponed the case for one month; it did not approve the concept plan.
•The commission postponed the resubdivision for two months.

Directions

•Approval was conditioned on the staff report, staff comments and items one through five listed in the report.
•The applicant was asked to study staff comments and return with a revised concept plan.
•The applicant was urged to carefully consider staff comments.

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Facebook Live Q & A November 19,2026

A Facebook Live Q&A featured District Attorney Colin Sims, Detective Brian Brown and a forensic laboratory representative discussing child-safety investigations, criminal justice funding, a proposed sales tax and the role of a local DNA lab. The participants urged voters to review information about a Dec. 12 vote; the transcript does not state the year.

Discussion Points

•A viewer asked why cases with what the viewer described as strong evidence were not resulting in offenders being removed from the street.
•Brown described online approaches targeting children and a recent undercover operation.
•Sims and the laboratory representative described the local lab’s value for investigation, testing and expert testimony.
•Sims argued that restricted tax revenues make it difficult to fund criminal justice services through the general fund.
•Sims described a proposed quarter-cent sales tax, cost estimates, expected revenue and a cluster-dedication oversight approach.
•Sims described the Special Victims Unit’s shared investigative capacity and cited felony caseload figures.
•Sims gave differing parish contribution figures at different points; the transcript does not reconcile them.
•Sims outlined potential effects of a reduction in parish funding, including possible staffing losses and effects on specialized services.
•Sims said evidence governs what prosecutors can bring to court and cited office refusal and conviction estimates.
•The participants discussed proposed collective criminal justice funding, without deciding the lab’s future funding.
•The representative said the lab had lost staff after a millage was not renewed in 2024 and an analyst retired.
•The speakers discussed a five-year request and the need for longer-term tax restructuring.

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