[StBernard] zoning

[Westley Annis]

well  like i said what's wrong with a few more chemicals at this point? 
might as well go ahead and kill off the rest of the parish.  STOP THE
INSANITY!  GOD BLESS and KEEP THE FAITH

Ben
----- Original Message -----

> I have not been able to read for myself the minutes of the council 

> meeting that dealt with the Meraux tract rezoning, having only read 

> what the T-P reported.

>

> It appears that the council approved something, either a zoning change 

> from commercial to heavy industrial, or a conditional use to heavy 

> industrial, contingent upon the planning commission issuing a letter 

> of no objection.

> However, an authoritive source who was there would have to answer as 

> to what official action they did.

>

> You asked what is allowed in heavy industrial. This is off the 

> internet website for municipal codes and is what St. Bernard permits 

> in a heavy industrial zone. If you want to see what's in a commercial 

> zone, I can post that from the same site. Oil wells are listed in 

> paragraph c (64).

>

> The process I am used to dealing with in my years on the commission is 

> that an applicant applies for a zoning change, the public notices are 

> given, the planning commission holds a public hearing at one of its 

> meetings, the applicant appears and states their request, those in 

> favor and opposed address the commission, the applicant has a 

> rebuttal, the commission asks questions, the planners in the Office of 

> Community Development give the planning commission their 

> recommendation, and at the next meeting the planning commissioners 

> vote to approve or deny. An applicant that is denied, then has the 

> right to appeal to the council which then votes to approve or deny.

>

> A councilman or the parish president would be the person to explain 

> why a different process was done.

>

> Deborah Keller